Stanislaus County Office of Education

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Modesto, California - 5 schools

741
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
-
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types

District-Level NCES Analysis

Stanislaus County Office of Education operates 5 public schools serving 741 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Stanislaus County.

The funding mix is 39.0% local, 38.4% state, and 22.6% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.

a 104.9:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 64.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.7% Hispanic or Latino, 20.1% White, 6.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Stanislaus County Special Education, with a diversity index of 61.9/100.

Its largest campus is Stanislaus County Special Education, enrolling 462 students (52% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Stanislaus County West Campus, at 56 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.

Stanislaus County Special Education accounts for 51.7% of all Stanislaus County Office of Education student enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Stanislaus County Office of Education a distant remainder — means Stanislaus County Office of Education-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Stanislaus County Office of Education school enrollment varies 8.3× across entities

Stanislaus County Office of Education school enrollment ranges from 56 students (lowest) to 462 students (highest), a spread of 406 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Stanislaus County Office of Education has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 75.1% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch

free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.

Source: ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system

Stanislaus County Office of Education student-counselor ratio is 105:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)

student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection NCES Civil Rights Data Collection

Stanislaus County Office of Education chronic absenteeism rate is 64.3% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)

chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22

Where does the funding come from?

22.6%
Federal
38.4%
State
39.0%
Local

Student Demographics

Average demographic composition across 5 schools in Stanislaus County Office of Education.

White 20.1%
Hispanic or Latino 66.7%
African American 6.9%
Asian 1.6%
Multiracial 3.3%
Other 1.4%

Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.

Student-body diversity

Average diversity index 49.6/100

Average Simpson diversity index across Stanislaus County Office of Education's schools, above the California average of 46.0.

Most mixed schools

  1. 1 Stanislaus County Special Education 61.9
  2. 2 Stanislaus County West Campus 51.5
  3. 3 Stanislaus Military Academy at Teel 46.8
  4. 4 Petersen Alternative Center for Education 38.3

Programs & Resources

104.9:1
Student-Counselor Ratio
64.3%
Chronically Absent

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.

Schools in Stanislaus County Office of Education

School Enrollment
Stanislaus County Special Education
462
Petersen Alternative Center for Education
138
Stanislaus Military Academy at Teel
125
John B Allard
112
Stanislaus County West Campus
56

How Stanislaus County Office of Education Compares to Similar-Size Districts

The California districts closest to this one in total enrollment.

District Enrollment Spending Funding Mix
Chime Institute's Schwarzenegger Community District Similar size No spending data More locally funded
Ilead Lancaster Charter District Similar size No spending data Less locally funded
Terra Bella Union Elementary Similar size No spending data Less locally funded
Desert Sands Charter District Similar size No spending data Less locally funded
Siatech District Similar size No spending data Similar funding mix

Comparisons are relative to Stanislaus County Office of Education's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many schools are in Stanislaus County Office of Education?

Stanislaus County Office of Education has 5 schools, including 4 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 741 students.

What is the demographic composition of Stanislaus County Office of Education?

Stanislaus County Office of Education students are 66.7% Hispanic or Latino, 20.1% White, 6.9% African American, 1.6% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.