Stanislaus County Special Education: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
Stanislaus County Special Education posts low test scores — and test scores are one lens among several. If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 20 | 6% | 6% | — | 33.3% | 2.5% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Stanislaus County Special Education scores 20 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 3rd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “6% proficient” and call it done. Stanislaus County Special Education deserves a closer read. The school sits in Modesto, where more than half of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 3rd percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 6% meet the standard today, versus 16% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 21% | 3% | 8% | 7% | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 21% | — | 13% | 0% | — |
| Grade 5 | — | 18% | 7% | 6% | — |
| Grade 6 | — | — | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 0% | — | 9% | — | — |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 14% | 13% | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 5% | — | 4% | 12% | — |
| Grade 5 | — | 12% | 0% | 6% | — |
| Grade 6 | — | — | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 0% | — | — | — | 9% |
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask how English learners are supported, and what changes for them after they reclassify.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Stanislaus County Special Education in Modesto, 11.0% of disabilities students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 6.3% district-wide and 17.0% statewide. Stanislaus County Special Education outperforms its district average for disabilities students by 4.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Disabilities students (12.2% Math proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 28 students tested.
11 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly one and a half times the rate of Grades 7–8 students (57.8% vs 35.5%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
Stanislaus County Special Education serves grades K-12 — students can complete their entire K-12 education here, with no school-to-school transitions.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$47 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 0% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 48
Nearby High Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 51
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 15 | 7% | 0% | 7% | 87% | 7% | −37 |
| Grade 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 12 | 0% | 17% | 33% | 50% | 17% | −30 |
| Grade 7 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 8 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 17 | 6% | 0% | 12% | 82% | 6% | −40 |
| Grade 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 13 | 15% | 8% | 15% | 62% | 23% | −12 |
| Grade 7 | 11 | 0% | 9% | 0% | 91% | 9% | −25 |
| Grade 8 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 19 | 0% | 0% | 42% | 58% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students with Disabilities | 28 | 11.0% | +5 | −6 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanislaus County Special Education ← | — | 20 | 6.3% | 6.3% | — | 2.5% |
| La Rosa Elementary | 2.3 mi | 54 | 22.6% | 51.5% | −17.0 | 0.6% |
| Samuel Vaughn Elementary | 1.9 mi | 47 | 14.5% | 35.6% | +10.8 | 1.2% |
| El Vista Elementary | 2.3 mi | 43 | 10.6% | 27.4% | +12.0 | 2.3% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 16 | 1 | #5449 | 4.0% | 15.5% | 34.1% | 2.3% | — |
| 2022 | 21 | 10 | #5163 | 4.4% | 11.4% | 49.5% | 1.9% | +6.6pp |
| 2023 | 15 | 2 | #5629 | 0.7% | 6.7% | 55.4% | 3.6% | -4.3pp |
| 2024 | 17 | 2 | #5644 | 2.2% | 6.3% | 39.8% | 2.7% | -0.5pp |
| 2025 | 20 | 3 | #5597 | 6.3% | 6.3% | 33.3% | 2.5% | — |
- — Growth data isn't available — the state needs matched grades across years to compute it.
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 37.8% | 48.7% | +10.9pp |
| Male | 36.0% | 47.4% | +11.4pp |
| Asian | 50.0% | 52.6% | +2.6pp |
| Black/African American | 20.0% | 40.0% | +20.0pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 45.9% | 52.3% | +6.4pp |
| Two or More Races | 45.5% | 34.5% | -11.0pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 36.4% | 47.6% | +11.2pp |
| English Learners | 43.3% | 53.2% | +9.9pp |
| Foster Youth | 10.0% | 54.5% | +44.5pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 41.0% | 50.8% | +9.8pp |
| All Students | 36.4% | 47.7% | +11.3pp |
| Filipino | — | 58.3% | — |
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