Is Melville S. Jacobson Elementary a good school?

Melville S. Jacobson Elementary ranks in the bottom 21.8% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Melville S. Jacobson Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 606 students attended Melville S. Jacobson Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Melville S. Jacobson Elementary?

Students at Melville S. Jacobson Elementary are 50% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 14% White, 6% African American, 6% Two or more races, 3% Pacific Islander, 1% American Indian.

What schools do graduates of Melville S. Jacobson Elementary attend?

Students who attend Melville S. Jacobson Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Monte Vista Middle High : Merrill F. West High

Melville S. Jacobson Elementary

Summary:

Melville S. Jacobson Elementary is a public elementary school in Tracy, California, serving 583 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Tracy Joint Unified School District, which is ranked 989 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Melville S. Jacobson Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 20-25% of California elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics are significantly lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, only 22.11% of students were proficient or better in ELA End of Course, compared to 39.12% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as Asian, Hispanic, and White students, who rank in the bottom 20-25% of their respective statewide subgroups. Additionally, Melville S. Jacobson Elementary has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 7.1% in 2020-2021 to 34.6% in 2022-2023, which is much higher than the district and state averages.

Compared to nearby schools in the Tracy Joint Unified School District, Melville S. Jacobson Elementary performs significantly worse, with the exception of North Elementary, which also struggles academically and has a high chronic absenteeism rate. The only exception is Primary Charter, a public charter school located near Melville S. Jacobson Elementary, which outperforms the district and state averages in both ELA and Mathematics. Addressing the challenges at Melville S. Jacobson Elementary, including declining performance, equity concerns, and high chronic absenteeism, will be crucial for improving educational outcomes and providing a high-quality learning environment for all students.

Detail:

Public K-5

1750 West Kavanagh Ave.
Tracy, CA 95376-0315

(209) 830-3315

District: Tracy Joint Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4582^nd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,087

Students who attend Melville S. Jacobson Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Monte Vista Middle
High:	Merrill F. West High

Student/teacher ratio: 21.8

Number of students: 606

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

50.3%

Asian:

19.6%

White:

13.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 81.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Melville S. Jacobson Elementary ranks worse than 78.2% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 9^th among 11 ranked elementary schools in the Tracy Joint Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 22.92. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Melville S. Jacobson Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (50.3%), Asian (19.6%), White (13.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 81.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Melville S. Jacobson Elementary is 21.8. 7 elementary schools in the Tracy Joint Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Melville S. Jacobson Elementary employs 27.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Melville S. Jacobson Elementary is $8,087, which is the 5^th highest among 11 elementary schools in the Tracy Joint Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Melville S. Jacobson Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Melville S. Jacobson Elementary 4582^nd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Melville S. Jacobson Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Tracy Joint Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Tracy Joint Unified 989^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Melville S. Jacobson Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Melville S. Jacobson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	37.03	2805^th	4809	41.7%
2005	34.51	3030^th	4822	37.2%
2006	25.05	3654^th	4818	24.2%
2007	24.53	3969^th	5113	22.4%
2008	30.91	3517^th	5113	31.2%
2009	30.09	3707^th	5193	28.6%
2010	22.44	4429^th	5314	16.7%
2011	32.82	3779^th	5377	29.7%
2012	31.98	3805^th	5390	29.4%
2013	26.31	4327^th	5530	21.8%
2015	19.01	4730^th	5611	15.7%
2016	17.67	4826^th	5614	14.0%
2017	19.43	4747^th	5692	16.6%
2018	19.74	4702^nd	5662	17.0%
2019	24.33	4428^th	5789	23.5%
2021	25.23	1047^th	1417	26.1%
2022	19.61	4900^th	5883	16.7%
2023	21.68	4696^th	5874	20.1%
2024	22.92	4582^nd	5862	21.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Melville S. Jacobson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	59.66	862^nd	3246	73.4%
2019	42.90	1612^th	3275	50.8%
2021	43.42	264^th	602	56.1%
2022	27.77	2767^th	3311	16.4%
2023	46.53	1377^th	3250	57.6%
2024	51.97	1077^th	3160	65.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Melville S. Jacobson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	23.82	1969^th	2420	18.6%
2024	42.46	1220^th	2634	53.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Melville S. Jacobson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	21.27	4383^rd	5084	13.8%
2019	29.68	3875^th	5173	25.1%
2021	28.37	846^th	1110	23.8%
2022	21.85	4508^th	5264	14.4%
2023	18.48	4815^th	5374	10.4%
2024	25.28	4346^th	5511	21.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Melville S. Jacobson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	19.00	4619^th	5413	14.7%
2019	23.49	4341^st	5492	21.0%
2021	28.53	882^nd	1267	30.4%
2022	26.21	4105^th	5635	27.2%
2023	26.09	4131^st	5617	26.5%
2024	23.58	4379^th	5605	21.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Melville S. Jacobson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	32.89	1312^th	2128	38.3%
2019	34.88	1540^th	2585	40.4%
2021	14.49	293^rd	293	0.0%
2022	18.86	2053^rd	2227	7.8%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Melville S. Jacobson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	10.23	122^nd	130	6.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Melville S. Jacobson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	22.21	4364^th	5431	19.6%
2019	26.03	4099^th	5510	25.6%
2021	23.93	964^th	1272	24.2%
2022	15.60	5160^th	5663	8.9%
2023	19.23	4789^th	5650	15.2%
2024	23.74	4381^st	5636	22.3%

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Rank History for Asian students at Melville S. Jacobson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	0.59	1063^rd	1071	0.7%
2019	0.86	1130^th	1149	1.7%
2022	8.67	1045^th	1154	9.4%
2023	3.52	1134^th	1190	4.7%
2024	5.60	1118^th	1203	7.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Melville S. Jacobson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	23.75	3998^th	4830	17.2%
2019	33.23	3449^th	4963	30.5%
2022	20.00	4499^th	5084	11.5%
2023	20.37	4472^nd	5098	12.3%
2024	17.65	4613^th	5102	9.6%

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Rank History for White students at Melville S. Jacobson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	7.71	2600^th	2737	5.0%
2019	9.60	2643^rd	2834	6.7%
2022	11.76	2484^th	2726	8.9%
2024	19.35	2233^rd	2647	15.6%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Melville S. Jacobson Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1998	477	43	87	85	7	n/a	n/a	0	699
1999	498	46	102	115	6	n/a	n/a	0	767
2000	520	50	122	170	7	n/a	n/a	0	869
2001	468	63	180	222	4	n/a	n/a	0	937
2002	308	64	242	214	4	n/a	n/a	0	832
2003	308	64	242	214	4	n/a	n/a	0	832
2004	289	93	273	270	11	n/a	n/a	0	936
2005	242	86	308	308	15	n/a	n/a	0	959
2006	162	58	189	270	6	n/a	n/a	9	694
2007	151	63	160	308	3	n/a	n/a	22	707
2008	130	48	152	295	1	n/a	n/a	0	626
2009	120	58	149	270	2	6	51	0	656
2010	114	55	135	310	1	8	29	0	652
2011	111	52	127	304	2	9	25	0	630
2012	113	44	131	310	1	9	35	0	643
2013	111	41	113	313	2	8	36	0	624
2014	113	38	114	324	2	5	28	0	624
2015	132	39	114	311	2	6	37	0	641
2016	126	46	131	306	1	9	29	0	648
2017	116	41	124	317	1	8	24	0	631
2018	123	43	130	325	1	11	24	0	657
2019	106	42	130	329	2	16	27	0	652
2020	84	43	105	324	3	13	29	0	601
2021	76	34	102	319	2	15	26	1	575
2022	67	31	104	317	2	13	31	0	565
2023	76	28	110	316	4	16	31	2	583
2024	84	38	119	305	8	16	36	0	606

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Melville S. Jacobson Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1998	699	30.0	23.3	11.6
1999	767	31.0	24.7	12.3
2000	869	37.0	23.5	11
2001	937	42.0	22.3	11.2
2002	832	46.0	18.1	18.9
2003	832	46.0	18.1	18.9
2004	936	46.0	20.3	24.5
2005	959	41.0	23.4	24.3
2006	694	33.0	21.0	28.5
2007	707	30.0	23.6	36.2
2008	626	33.0	19.0	41.5
2009	656	31.0	19.9	49.4
2010	652	31.0	21.0	50.6
2011	630	n/a	n/a	57.5
2012	643	25.0	25.7	n/a
2013	624	25.0	24.9	56.9
2014	624	23.9	26.0	53.5
2015	641	28.0	22.8	53.4
2016	648	27.0	24.0	56.5
2017	631	28.0	22.5	62.6
2018	657	28.0	23.4	64.2
2019	652	27.0	24.1	65.2
2020	601	n/a	n/a	67.4
2021	575	24.5	23.4	61.7
2022	565	24.0	23.5	62.1
2023	583	24.3	23.9	69.8
2024	606	27.7	21.8	81.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Melville S. Jacobson Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1998	699	30.0	23.3	11.6
1999	767	31.0	24.7	12.3
2000	869	37.0	23.5	11
2001	937	42.0	22.3	11.2
2002	832	46.0	18.1	18.9
2003	832	46.0	18.1	18.9
2004	936	46.0	20.3	24.5
2005	959	41.0	23.4	24.3
2006	694	33.0	21.0	28.5
2007	707	30.0	23.6	36.2
2008	626	33.0	19.0	41.5
2009	656	31.0	19.9	49.4
2010	652	31.0	21.0	50.6
2011	630	n/a	n/a	57.5
2012	643	25.0	25.7	n/a
2013	624	25.0	24.9	56.9
2014	624	23.9	26.0	53.5
2015	641	28.0	22.8	53.4
2016	648	27.0	24.0	56.5
2017	631	28.0	22.5	62.6
2018	657	28.0	23.4	64.2
2019	652	27.0	24.1	65.2
2020	601	n/a	n/a	67.4
2021	575	24.5	23.4	61.7
2022	565	24.0	23.5	62.1
2023	583	24.3	23.9	69.8
2024	606	27.7	21.8	81.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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