There were 101,088 students enrolled in Stanislaus County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.3% less than the previous year, according to the California Department of Education.
Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.2% identified as male, and 48.8% as female.
Data also showed that Hispanic or Latino students made up 65.7% of the student body, the largest percentage in the county, followed by white students at 20.7% (20,893 students), Asian students at 4.6% (4,637 students) and multiracial students at 3.1% (3,084 students).
Turlock High School had the highest enrollment among Stanislaus County’s 1,227 schools in the 2023-24 academic year, welcoming 2,465 students.
After peaking at 6.3 million in the early 2000s, public school enrollment in California has marked its seventh consecutive decline in the 2023-24 school year, with projections indicating it could fall to approximately 5.2 million by the 2033-34 school year. This trend is attributed to lower birth rates, slowed immigration, and families relocating out of state due to high housing costs. Rural and coastal districts have been particularly affected, facing tough decisions such as school closures and staffing reductions.
Although chronic absenteeism in California decreased in 2023, it remains double the pre-pandemic rate. According to the Public Policy Institute of California, chronic absenteeism in the state public schools reached 25% in 2023, up from 12% in 2019.
Enrollment in Stanislaus County Schools Over 7 Years
Breakdown of Student Enrollment in Stanislaus County Schools
| School name | Total Enrollment in 2022-23 | Total Enrollment in 2023-24 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turlock High School | 2,475 | 2,465 | -0.4% |
| Joseph A. Gregori High School | 2,332 | 2,414 | 3.5% |
| Modesto High School | 2,516 | 2,405 | -4.4% |
| James C. Enochs High School | 2,420 | 2,369 | -2.1% |
| Central Valley High School | 2,309 | 2,336 | 1.2% |
| Thomas Downey High School | 2,145 | 2,055 | -4.2% |
| Grace M. Davis High School | 2,059 | 2,022 | -1.8% |
| Peter Johansen High School | 1,984 | 2,000 | 0.8% |
| John H. Pitman High School | 2,082 | 1,982 | -4.8% |
| Patterson High School | 1,888 | 1,855 | -1.7% |
| Ceres High School | 1,777 | 1,713 | -3.6% |
| Oakdale High School | 1,644 | 1,607 | -2.3% |
| Fred C. Beyer High School | 1,575 | 1,590 | 1% |
| Turlock Junior High School | 1,257 | 1,297 | 3.2% |
| Elizabeth Ustach Middle School | 1,008 | 1,023 | 1.5% |
| Orestimba High School | 1,045 | 1,002 | -4.1% |
| Somerset Middle School | 974 | 957 | -1.7% |
| Daniel J. Savage Middle School | 863 | 901 | 4.4% |
| Walnut Elementary Education Center | 836 | 899 | 7.5% |
| Creekside Middle School | 920 | 897 | -2.5% |
| Marvin A. Dutcher Middle School | 851 | 866 | 1.8% |
| Bret Harte Elementary School | 852 | 856 | 0.5% |
| Hughson High School | 835 | 835 | 0% |
| Osborn Two-Way Immersion Academy | 817 | 824 | 0.9% |
| Apricot Valley Elementary School | 833 | 817 | -1.9% |
| Fair Oaks Elementary School | 821 | 817 | -0.5% |
| Roosevelt Junior High School | 777 | 816 | 5% |
| Julien Elementary School | 779 | 806 | 3.5% |
| Oakdale Junior High School | 756 | 800 | 5.8% |
| Riverbank High School | 784 | 788 | 0.5% |
| Franklin Elementary School | 766 | 782 | 2.1% |
| Dennis G. Earl Elementary School | 814 | 776 | -4.7% |
| Crossroads Elementary School | 735 | 764 | 3.9% |
| Fairview Elementary School | 732 | 733 | 0.1% |
| Yolo Junior High School | 696 | 731 | 5% |
| Prescott Junior High School | 739 | 725 | -1.9% |
| Hart-Ransom Elementary School | 737 | 720 | -2.3% |
| Sandra Tovar Medeiros Elementary School | 751 | 719 | -4.3% |
| Crowell Elementary School | 672 | 718 | 6.8% |
| La Loma Junior High School | 679 | 710 | 4.6% |
| Walnut Grove Elementary School | 666 | 698 | 4.8% |
| Salida Middle School – Vella Campus | 740 | 687 | -7.2% |
| Cesar Chavez Junior High School | 662 | 684 | 3.3% |
| Mark Twain Junior High School | 715 | 681 | -4.8% |
| Evelyn Hanshaw Middle School | 674 | 679 | 0.7% |
| Las Palmas Elementary School | 669 | 663 | -0.9% |
| Lucas Elementary School | 653 | 658 | 0.8% |
| Alberta Martone Elementary School | 672 | 647 | -3.7% |
| Freedom Elementary School | 661 | 647 | -2.1% |
| Blaker-Kinser Junior High School | 644 | 637 | -1.1% |
| Agnes M. Baptist Elementary School | 625 | 636 | 1.8% |
| Caswell Elementary School | 588 | 636 | 8.2% |
| Mae Hensley Junior High School | 648 | 635 | -2% |
| Virginia Parks Elementary School | 640 | 628 | -1.9% |
| Sierra View Elementary School | 652 | 627 | -3.8% |
| Walter M. Brown Elementary School | 642 | 622 | -3.1% |
| John Fremont Elementary School | 596 | 620 | 4% |
| Magnolia Elementary School | 615 | 619 | 0.7% |
| Mary Ann Sanders Elementary School | 619 | 613 | -1% |
| Cunningham Elementary School | 572 | 609 | 6.5% |
| Tuolumne Elementary School | 625 | 607 | -2.9% |
| Josephine Chrysler Elementary School | 641 | 605 | -5.6% |
| Orchard Elementary School | 580 | 604 | 4.1% |
| James Marshall Elementary School | 633 | 601 | -5.1% |
| Norman N. Glick Middle School | 624 | 601 | -3.7% |
| Sinclear Elementary School | 609 | 599 | -1.6% |
| Robert Elliott Alternative Education Center | 451 | 596 | 32.2% |
| M. Robert Adkison Elementary School | 614 | 591 | -3.7% |
| Waterford High School | 612 | 589 | -3.8% |
| Wakefield Elementary School | 602 | 587 | -2.5% |
| Samuel Vaughn Elementary School | 566 | 582 | 2.8% |
| Hickman Charter | 543 | 579 | 6.6% |
| Hughson Elementary School | 561 | 573 | 2.1% |
| Burbank Elementary School | 575 | 570 | -0.9% |
| Northmead Elementary School | 659 | 567 | -14% |
| Riverbank Language Academy | 569 | 566 | -0.5% |
| Denair Elementary Charter Academy | 598 | 564 | -5.7% |
| California Avenue Elementary School | 586 | 562 | -4.1% |
| La Rosa Elementary School | 589 | 557 | -5.4% |
| John Muir Elementary School | 523 | 555 | 6.1% |
| Harriette Kirschen Elementary School | 530 | 533 | 0.6% |
| Rose Avenue Elementary School | 517 | 530 | 2.5% |
| Carroll Fowler Elementary School | 558 | 527 | -5.6% |
| Von Renner Elementary School | 545 | 527 | -3.3% |
| Cardozo Middle School | 502 | 520 | 3.6% |
| Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary School | 537 | 520 | -3.2% |
| Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary School | 509 | 515 | 1.2% |
| George Eisenhut Elementary School | 532 | 514 | -3.4% |
| Sonoma Elementary School | 463 | 513 | 10.8% |
| Richard M. Moon Primary School | 527 | 506 | -4% |
| Mesa Verde Elementary School | 477 | 498 | 4.4% |
| Cloverland Elementary School | 513 | 497 | -3.1% |
| Sherwood Elementary School | 482 | 496 | 2.9% |
| Walter White Elementary School | 442 | 486 | 10% |
| Christine Sipherd Elementary School | 458 | 484 | 5.7% |
| Bernard L. Hughes Elementary School | 507 | 474 | -6.5% |
| Keyes Elementary School | 473 | 470 | -0.6% |
| Capistrano Elementary School | 473 | 468 | -1.1% |
| Stockard Coffee Elementary School | 473 | 466 | -1.5% |
| Dena Boer | 463 | 464 | 0.2% |
| Hart-Ransom Academic Charter | 436 | 462 | 6% |
| Emilie J. Ross Middle School | 438 | 456 | 4.1% |
| Shackelford Elementary School | 418 | 447 | 6.9% |
| Elihu Beard Elementary School | 456 | 440 | -3.5% |
| Hurd Barrington Elementary School | 441 | 435 | -1.4% |
| Whitmore Charter School of Art & Technology | 411 | 434 | 5.6% |
| Don Pedro Elementary School | 457 | 430 | -5.9% |
| Joel J. Hidahl Elementary School | 443 | 425 | -4.1% |
| El Vista Elementary School | 440 | 420 | -4.5% |
| Alice N. Stroud Elementary School | 433 | 417 | -3.7% |
| Standiford Elementary School | 396 | 415 | 4.8% |
| Catherine Everett Elementary School | 406 | 414 | 2% |
| Stanislaus County Special Education | 408 | 408 | 0% |
| Coleman F. Brown Elementary School | 418 | 407 | -2.6% |
| Lakewood Elementary School | 368 | 401 | 9% |
| Woodrow Elementary School | 411 | 395 | -3.9% |
| Chatom Elementary School | 382 | 386 | 1% |
| Mildred Perkins Elementary School | 405 | 379 | -6.4% |
| Empire Elementary School | 375 | 374 | -0.3% |
| Orville Wright Elementary School | 361 | 367 | 1.7% |
| Westport Elementary School | 364 | 360 | -1.1% |
| Keyes to Learning Charter | 317 | 354 | 11.7% |
| Lucille Whitehead Intermediate School | 386 | 351 | -9.1% |
| Enslen Elementary School | 333 | 332 | -0.3% |
| Hickman Elementary School | 289 | 322 | 11.4% |
| Sylvan Elementary School | 350 | 320 | -8.6% |
| William Garrison Elementary School | 330 | 313 | -5.2% |
| Robertson Road Elementary School | 331 | 303 | -8.5% |
| Stanislaus Elementary School | 315 | 292 | -7.3% |
| Salida Elementary School | 275 | 291 | 5.8% |
| Hunt Elementary School | 294 | 289 | -1.7% |
| Sisk Elementary School | 286 | 287 | 0.3% |
| Denair Middle School | 250 | 284 | 13.6% |
| Fox Road Elementary School | 268 | 284 | 6% |
| Denair High School | 285 | 277 | -2.8% |
| Waterford Junior | 262 | 262 | 0% |
| Grayson Elementary School | 266 | 260 | -2.3% |
| Wilson Elementary School | 258 | 253 | -1.9% |
| Barbara Spratling Middle School | 229 | 231 | 0.9% |
| Roselawn High School | 209 | 194 | -7.2% |
| Valley Home Elementary School | 169 | 186 | 10.1% |
| Argus High (Continuation) | 130 | 184 | 41.5% |
| Roberts Ferry Charter School Academy | 171 | 167 | -2.3% |
| Mountain View Middle School | 183 | 162 | -11.5% |
| Stanislaus Military Academy at Teel | 86 | 161 | 87.2% |
| Shiloh Charter | 140 | 154 | 10% |
| Denair Charter Academy | 167 | 147 | -12% |
| Hickman Middle School | 153 | 147 | -3.9% |
| Open Valley Independent Study | 151 | 136 | -9.9% |
| Bonita Elementary School | 134 | 134 | 0% |
| Paradise Charter | 122 | 122 | 0% |
| Knights Ferry Elementary School | 118 | 119 | 0.8% |
| Gratton Charter | 119 | 117 | -1.7% |
| Petersen Alternative Center for Education | 83 | 117 | 41% |
| Endeavor Alternative | 126 | 105 | -16.7% |
| Del Puerto High School | 100 | 103 | 3% |
| East Stanislaus High School | 81 | 94 | 16% |
| Whitmore Charter High School | 98 | 86 | -12.2% |
| Oakdale Charter | 53 | 68 | 28.3% |
| Paradise Elementary School | 71 | 60 | -15.5% |
| Stanislaus County West Campus | 52 | 50 | -3.8% |
| Adelante High School | 51 | 46 | -9.8% |
| Ceres Special Education | 30 | 36 | 20% |
| Valley Oak Junior and Senior High School | 85 | 36 | -57.6% |
| Dickens (Billy Joe) High (Continuation) | 37 | 32 | -13.5% |
| Sentinel High School | 21 | 26 | 23.8% |
| Roberts Ferry Union Elementary School | 27 | 24 | -11.1% |
| Shiloh Elementary School | 30 | 24 | -20% |
| Gratton Elementary School | 23 | 22 | -4.3% |
| Rising Sun | 21 | 22 | 4.8% |
| West Side Valley High (Continuation) | 24 | 22 | -8.3% |
| Newman-Crows Landing Independent Study | 5 | 16 | 220% |
| Valley Community Day | 14 | 6 | -57.1% |
| Foothill Community Day | 2 | 5 | 150% |