How does Walnut Elementary Education Center compare to other elementary schools in Turlock?

Walnut Elementary Education Center has a SchoolScope composite score of 56.4/100, placing it at the 79th percentile statewide. 34% of students exceed standard, with a total of 1,946 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Walnut Elementary Education Center?

33.6% of students at Walnut Elementary Education Center exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 61.8% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Walnut Elementary Education Center improving or declining?

Walnut Elementary Education Center's proficiency rate decreases by 14.9 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is not sustaining early academic gains.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Walnut Elementary Education Center?

4.0% of students at Walnut Elementary Education Center are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Walnut Elementary Education Center

Turlock Unified Turlock Stanislaus County 95382

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of elementary schools

State Rank

1,946 students tested

School overview

Enrollment

899 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

26:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

38%

Teachers

35 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 29.6%

White 46.2%

Asian 16.9%

Black 0.9%

Other 6.5%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Walnut Elementary Education Center
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	33.6%
Met Standard	28.1%
Below Standard	38.2%

Exceeded

33.6%

Met

28.1%

Below

38.2%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "62% proficient" for Walnut Elementary Education Center and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

33.6% of students exceeded standard while 28.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 12.7 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 20.5 points above the Turlock Unified district average of 13.1%. Compared to the 5 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 22.6 points higher (vs 11.1% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 14.9 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 4.0%, better than the state average of 18.7%.