Public schools in Modesto, CA

Modesto has 77 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 11 high, 9 middle, 53 elementary, 4 other, enrolling 51,516 students. They are run by 18 districts and agencies; Modesto City Elementary runs 26 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 18 districts and agencies that run Modesto's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in ModestoDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Modesto City Elementary2614,049not reported
Sylvan Union Elementary127,972$16,034
Modesto City High815,579not reported
Stanislaus Union Elementary63,392$16,898
Empire Union Elementary52,875$17,501
Ceres Unified313,894$18,030
Stanislaus County Office of Education3741not reported
Hart-Ransom Union Elementary21,176$12,190
Shiloh Elementary2170$16,835
Paradise Elementary2193$14,503
Great Valley Academy District1847$13,113
Great Valley Academy - Salida District1823$12,141

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

11 high schools in Modesto, 16,740 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Joseph A. Gregori High2,34623.048.9%Modesto City High
James C. Enochs High2,30423.537.1%Modesto City High
Modesto High2,29222.078.6%Modesto City High
Thomas Downey High2,19223.969.8%Modesto City High
Grace M. Davis High2,08322.072.5%Modesto City High
Peter Johansen High2,02922.373.8%Modesto City High
Fred C. Beyer High1,60921.954.0%Modesto City High
Stanislaus Alternative Charter65126.459.3%Stanislaus Alternative Charter District
Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy61722.871.0%Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy District
Robert Elliott Alternative Education Center47914.582.5%Modesto City High
One more high school
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Petersen Alternative Center for Education13816.585.5%Stanislaus County Office of Education

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

9 middle schools in Modesto, 7,048 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Elizabeth Ustach Middle1,01620.442.6%Sylvan Union Elementary
Somerset Middle94720.964.4%Sylvan Union Elementary
Daniel J. Savage Middle90621.341.2%Sylvan Union Elementary
Roosevelt Junior High81821.767.1%Modesto City Elementary
Prescott Junior High74620.557.8%Stanislaus Union Elementary
La Loma Junior High70520.470.5%Modesto City Elementary
Mark Twain Junior High65821.690.6%Modesto City Elementary
Evelyn Hanshaw Middle65019.887.2%Modesto City Elementary
Norman N. Glick Middle60220.764.5%Empire Union Elementary

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

53 elementary schools in Modesto, 25,998 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Great Valley Academy97223.142.2%Great Valley Academy District
Great Valley Academy - Salida92724.729.0%Great Valley Academy - Salida District
Bret Harte Elementary86722.881.5%Modesto City Elementary
Fairview Elementary78624.886.6%Modesto City Elementary
Franklin Elementary77722.791.1%Modesto City Elementary
Freedom Elementary71325.037.6%Sylvan Union Elementary
Hart-Ransom Elementary70521.638.4%Hart-Ransom Union Elementary
Virginia Parks Elementary64324.673.1%Ceres Unified
Alberta Martone Elementary62721.471.5%Modesto City Elementary
John Fremont Elementary62520.258.1%Modesto City Elementary
The other 43 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Tuolumne Elementary62424.488.1%Modesto City Elementary
Josephine Chrysler Elementary62121.981.6%Stanislaus Union Elementary
James Marshall Elementary61122.387.6%Modesto City Elementary
Agnes M. Baptist Elementary60621.356.4%Stanislaus Union Elementary
Orchard Elementary57920.753.9%Sylvan Union Elementary
Burbank Elementary57225.185.1%Modesto City Elementary
John Muir Elementary56723.273.0%Modesto City Elementary
Rose Avenue Elementary56123.066.1%Modesto City Elementary
Mary Ann Sanders Elementary55821.144.1%Sylvan Union Elementary
Sonoma Elementary53621.152.2%Modesto City Elementary
Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary53222.844.7%Stanislaus Union Elementary
M. Robert Adkison Elementary53125.378.9%Ceres Unified
George Eisenhut Elementary51323.072.7%Stanislaus Union Elementary
Christine Sipherd Elementary50524.063.0%Empire Union Elementary
Harriette Kirschen Elementary50322.588.1%Modesto City Elementary
Shackelford Elementary49521.188.3%Modesto City Elementary
Sherwood Elementary48920.455.4%Sylvan Union Elementary
Capistrano Elementary46926.176.3%Empire Union Elementary
Elihu Beard Elementary46720.872.4%Modesto City Elementary
Stockard Coffee Elementary46121.947.5%Sylvan Union Elementary
Bernard L. Hughes Elementary45526.867.5%Empire Union Elementary
El Vista Elementary44720.678.1%Modesto City Elementary
Standiford Elementary43320.157.5%Sylvan Union Elementary
Catherine Everett Elementary42820.973.4%Modesto City Elementary
Aspire University Charter42322.772.3%Aspire University Charter District
Woodrow Elementary41623.974.3%Sylvan Union Elementary
Orville Wright Elementary39924.790.0%Modesto City Elementary
Lakewood Elementary39522.338.5%Modesto City Elementary
Enslen Elementary38522.141.3%Modesto City Elementary
Alice N. Stroud Elementary37923.766.0%Empire Union Elementary
Coleman F. Brown Elementary37821.677.2%Sylvan Union Elementary
Westport Elementary36424.387.9%Ceres Unified
Mildred Perkins Elementary36224.169.1%Salida Union
Aspire Summit Charter Academy35521.864.5%Aspire Summit Charter Academy District
William Garrison Elementary35216.579.8%Modesto City Elementary
Sylvan Elementary32618.164.4%Sylvan Union Elementary
Stanislaus Elementary30719.143.6%Stanislaus Union Elementary
Robertson Road Elementary30616.485.9%Modesto City Elementary
Wilson Elementary28321.879.5%Modesto City Elementary
Shiloh Charter16315.554.6%Shiloh Elementary
Paradise Charter11826.249.2%Paradise Elementary
Paradise Elementary5913.157.6%Paradise Elementary
Shiloh Elementary2363.943.5%Shiloh Elementary

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 other schools in Modesto, 1,730 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Connecting Waters Charter School - Central Valley77617.743.2%Connecting Waters Charter School - Central Valley District
Stanislaus County Special Education46210.451.3%Stanislaus County Office of Education
Hart-Ransom Academic Charter43626.838.1%Hart-Ransom Union Elementary
Stanislaus County West Campus5610.094.6%Stanislaus County Office of Education

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Modesto's public schools compare with California's

The median Modesto school has 21.9 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 536 students (state 471).

Modesto against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
ModestoCalifornia
Median students per teacher21.921.6
Median school size (students)536471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)87%74%
Charter schools13%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 77 Modesto schools and the 9,918 California schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Modesto

  1. Modesto City ElementaryRuns 26 of Modesto's 77 public schools.
  2. Joseph A. Gregori High, the largest high school in Modesto2,346 students in 2024-25, 23.0 per teacher.2,346
  3. Compare Modesto City Elementary with Sylvan Union ElementaryModesto's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in CaliforniaCalifornia's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Modesto addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in California

  1. Los Angeles564 schools
  2. San Diego283 schools
  3. San Jose232 schools
  4. Sacramento197 schools
  5. Fresno179 schools
  6. Bakersfield146 schools
  7. San Francisco123 schools
  8. Stockton122 schools

Questions about schools in Modesto

  1. How many public schools are in Modesto, CA?
    77 public schools with an address in Modesto were open in 2024-25: 11 high, 9 middle, 53 elementary, 4 other, enrolling 51,516 students. 10 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Modesto?
    Joseph A. Gregori High, with 2,346 students in 2024-25 (Modesto City High).
  3. Which districts run Modesto's schools?
    Modesto City Elementary (26 schools), Sylvan Union Elementary (12 schools), Modesto City High (8 schools), Stanislaus Union Elementary (6 schools), and 14 more. A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .