Is Virginia Parks Elementary a good school?

Virginia Parks Elementary ranks 4289 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Virginia Parks Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 628 students attended Virginia Parks Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Virginia Parks Elementary?

Students at Virginia Parks Elementary are 76% Hispanic, 12% White, 8% Asian, 2% Two or more races, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Virginia Parks Elementary attend?

Students who attend Virginia Parks Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Cesar Chavez Junior High Middle : Mae Hensley Junior High High : Ceres High

Virginia Parks Elementary

Summary:

Virginia Parks Elementary is a public elementary school in Modesto, CA, serving 640 students in grades K-6. It is part of the Ceres Unified School District, which is ranked 1110 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Virginia Parks Elementary consistently performs below the district and state averages in standardized test scores, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics significantly lower than the state. The school's academic performance has been declining over the years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 2878 out of 5530 California elementary schools in 2012-2013 to 4289 out of 5862 in 2023-2024. Certain student subgroups, such as White students and Special Education students, perform particularly poorly, ranking in the bottom 10% of California elementary schools. Additionally, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 6.8% in 2017-2018 to 45.3% in 2020-2021, which is much higher than the state average.

While the nearby Samuel Vaughn Elementary and Walter White Elementary also perform poorly academically and have high rates of chronic absenteeism and low-income students, some schools in the Ceres Unified District, such as La Rosa Elementary and M. Robert Adkison Elementary, perform significantly better than Virginia Parks Elementary in academic achievement and other key metrics. The significant performance gaps and disparities within the school's own student subgroups suggest a need for targeted interventions and support to address the unique challenges faced by Virginia Parks Elementary.

Detail:

Public K-6

1021 Moffett Rd.
Modesto, CA 95351-4904

(209) 556-1670

District: Ceres Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4289^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,094

Students who attend Virginia Parks Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Cesar Chavez Junior High
	Mae Hensley Junior High
High:	Ceres High

Student/teacher ratio: 23.1

Number of students: 628

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

76.1%

White:

11.6%

Asian:

8.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 78%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Virginia Parks Elementary ranks worse than 73.2% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 6^th among 14 ranked elementary schools in the Ceres Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 25.78. (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 Racial makeup is: Hispanic (76.1%), White (11.6%), Asian (8.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 78% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Virginia Parks Elementary is 23.1, which is the 3^rd best among 14 elementary schools in the Ceres Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Virginia Parks Elementary employs 27.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Virginia Parks Elementary is $8,094. 11 elementary schools in the Ceres Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Virginia Parks Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Virginia Parks Elementary 4289^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Virginia Parks Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Ceres Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Ceres Unified 1110^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Virginia Parks Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	72.05	1228^th	4809	74.5%
2005	62.50	1639^th	4822	66.0%
2006	57.81	1825^th	4818	62.1%
2007	55.86	2027^th	5113	60.4%
2008	55.14	2099^th	5113	58.9%
2009	53.63	2263^rd	5193	56.4%
2010	51.71	2474^th	5314	53.4%
2011	39.47	3284^th	5377	38.9%
2012	41.96	3140^th	5390	41.7%
2013	46.76	2878^th	5530	48.0%
2015	28.03	3858^th	5611	31.2%
2016	26.57	4050^th	5614	27.9%
2017	24.88	4272^nd	5692	24.9%
2018	36.89	3348^th	5662	40.9%
2019	37.42	3357^th	5789	42.0%
2022	30.17	3857^th	5883	34.4%
2023	30.27	3861^st	5874	34.3%
2024	25.78	4289^th	5862	26.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Virginia Parks Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	46.54	1421^st	3246	56.2%
2019	37.24	1967^th	3275	39.9%
2022	42.12	1668^th	3311	49.6%
2023	40.48	1773^rd	3250	45.4%
2024	37.64	1991^st	3160	37.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Virginia Parks Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	21.93	2296^th	2634	12.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Virginia Parks Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	44.31	2729^th	5084	46.3%
2019	43.83	2837^th	5173	45.2%
2022	38.53	3126^th	5264	40.6%
2023	35.71	3411^th	5374	36.5%
2024	26.96	4235^th	5511	23.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Virginia Parks Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	36.77	3297^th	5413	39.1%
2019	37.73	3251^st	5492	40.8%
2022	31.81	3590^th	5635	36.3%
2023	28.92	3876^th	5617	31.0%
2024	30.10	3783^rd	5605	32.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Virginia Parks Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	30.27	1782^nd	2585	31.1%
2022	31.11	1441^st	2227	35.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Virginia Parks Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	36.92	3223^rd	5431	40.7%
2019	36.61	3279^th	5510	40.5%
2022	29.24	3849^th	5663	32.0%
2023	31.66	3632^nd	5650	35.7%
2024	23.45	4406^th	5636	21.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Virginia Parks Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	44.80	2564^th	4830	46.9%
2019	48.21	2404^th	4963	51.6%
2022	41.60	2783^rd	5084	45.3%
2023	43.10	2674^th	5098	47.5%
2024	33.10	3485^th	5102	31.7%

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Rank History for White students at Virginia Parks Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	22.50	2271^st	2737	17.0%
2019	29.54	2163^rd	2834	23.7%
2022	11.92	2476^th	2726	9.2%
2023	6.93	2538^th	2662	4.7%
2024	2.41	2627^th	2647	0.8%

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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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by a parent
Sunday, November 5, 2017

My experience with VP is they not equipped to handle a child with ADHD or ODD. Do not send your child here if they are not robots. The school doesn’t have time to ask your child what’s wrong and will send them straight to the office. Therefore they will treat your child poorly because they don’t have time to deal with an emotional child. They have labeled my child emotional disturbed now and telling me they do not want my child at their school because they don’t have time to ask him what’s wrong or deal with his emotions. Please do not send your child here if they are difficult or different because they will get treated poorly and it will cause tons stress for you. I’m just trying to save another mother the heartache I’m feeling right now. I’m hurt and sadly deeply that my child may not return because he has anxiety. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Virginia Parks Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1990	276	13	34	99	4	n/a	n/a	0	426
1991	299	10	39	82	2	n/a	n/a	0	432
1992	290	12	41	101	1	n/a	n/a	0	445
1993	385	31	49	162	2	n/a	n/a	0	629
1994	409	18	55	187	8	n/a	n/a	0	677
1995	444	35	68	277	3	n/a	n/a	0	827
1996	444	35	68	277	3	n/a	n/a	0	827
1997	429	43	59	296	15	n/a	n/a	0	842
1998	408	37	78	319	6	n/a	n/a	0	848
1999	425	27	83	304	5	n/a	n/a	0	844
2000	373	34	92	338	1	n/a	n/a	0	838
2001	339	34	94	364	16	n/a	n/a	0	847
2002	323	29	90	397	10	n/a	n/a	0	849
2003	323	29	90	397	10	n/a	n/a	0	849
2004	289	22	92	424	9	n/a	n/a	4	840
2005	259	26	95	461	6	n/a	n/a	7	854
2006	228	12	44	351	3	n/a	n/a	13	651
2007	208	14	44	342	2	n/a	n/a	24	634
2008	202	13	40	360	1	n/a	n/a	0	616
2009	192	11	43	391	4	8	15	0	664
2010	178	11	43	385	6	7	24	0	654
2011	153	13	44	395	4	1	15	0	625
2012	123	19	40	441	2	3	20	0	648
2013	132	19	45	460	0	2	20	0	678
2014	128	19	35	467	2	6	13	0	670
2015	127	15	41	499	1	4	8	0	695
2016	127	13	35	475	2	3	8	0	663
2017	129	20	32	496	3	6	6	0	692
2018	142	16	30	488	2	5	8	0	691
2019	120	15	25	515	1	3	7	0	686
2020	105	16	36	497	5	2	12	0	673
2021	97	15	39	480	5	0	8	0	644
2022	91	11	38	487	3	2	13	0	645
2023	92	11	46	475	3	0	13	0	640
2024	73	10	53	478	1	0	13	0	628

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 Virginia Parks Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	426	18.0	23.6	n/a
1991	432	15.0	28.8	n/a
1992	445	15.2	29.2	19.8
1993	629	22.0	28.6	30.4
1994	677	22.0	30.8	27.5
1995	827	29.8	27.8	44.5
1996	827	29.8	27.8	44.5
1997	842	34.0	24.8	48.1
1998	848	34.0	24.9	39
1999	844	39.0	21.6	43.1
2000	838	39.0	21.5	45.3
2001	847	39.0	21.7	44.9
2002	849	38.8	21.9	48.4
2003	849	38.8	21.9	48.4
2004	840	39.3	21.4	48.3
2005	854	37.5	22.8	51.8
2006	651	29.5	22.1	45.9
2007	634	28.0	22.6	50.7
2008	616	32.0	19.3	60.1
2009	664	30.0	20.8	60.8
2010	654	29.0	22.5	69
2011	625	n/a	n/a	74.1
2012	648	27.0	24.0	n/a
2013	678	27.0	25.1	72.1
2014	670	27.0	24.8	73.6
2015	695	26.0	26.7	74.8
2016	663	26.0	25.5	74.4
2017	692	26.5	26.1	79.3
2018	691	26.5	26.0	78.3
2019	686	26.5	25.8	78.4
2020	673	n/a	n/a	79.6
2021	644	26.5	24.3	79.3
2022	645	26.5	24.3	78.4
2023	640	27.0	23.7	76.4
2024	628	27.1	23.1	78

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 Virginia Parks Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	426	18.0	23.6	n/a
1991	432	15.0	28.8	n/a
1992	445	15.2	29.2	19.8
1993	629	22.0	28.6	30.4
1994	677	22.0	30.8	27.5
1995	827	29.8	27.8	44.5
1996	827	29.8	27.8	44.5
1997	842	34.0	24.8	48.1
1998	848	34.0	24.9	39
1999	844	39.0	21.6	43.1
2000	838	39.0	21.5	45.3
2001	847	39.0	21.7	44.9
2002	849	38.8	21.9	48.4
2003	849	38.8	21.9	48.4
2004	840	39.3	21.4	48.3
2005	854	37.5	22.8	51.8
2006	651	29.5	22.1	45.9
2007	634	28.0	22.6	50.7
2008	616	32.0	19.3	60.1
2009	664	30.0	20.8	60.8
2010	654	29.0	22.5	69
2011	625	n/a	n/a	74.1
2012	648	27.0	24.0	n/a
2013	678	27.0	25.1	72.1
2014	670	27.0	24.8	73.6
2015	695	26.0	26.7	74.8
2016	663	26.0	25.5	74.4
2017	692	26.5	26.1	79.3
2018	691	26.5	26.0	78.3
2019	686	26.5	25.8	78.4
2020	673	n/a	n/a	79.6
2021	644	26.5	24.3	79.3
2022	645	26.5	24.3	78.4
2023	640	27.0	23.7	76.4
2024	628	27.1	23.1	78

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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