Is Lawrence Elementary a good school?

Lawrence Elementary ranks in the bottom 22.6% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Lawrence Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 518 students attended Lawrence Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Lawrence Elementary?

Students at Lawrence Elementary are 73% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 8% White, 3% Two or more races, 1% African American.

What schools do graduates of Lawrence Elementary attend?

Students who attend Lawrence Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Millswood Middle High : Lodi High

Lawrence Elementary

Summary:

Lawrence Elementary is a public elementary school located in Lodi, California, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 524 students. It is part of the Lodi Unified School District, which is ranked 951 out of 1,568 school districts in California and is rated 2 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Lawrence Elementary faces significant challenges, including a high chronic absenteeism rate that has risen from 11.3% in 2018-2019 to 35.0% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the district and state averages. Academically, the school consistently performs below the Lodi Unified School District and the state of California in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, only 28.68% of Lawrence Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 37.78% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school also struggles to support certain student subgroups, particularly Asian and Special Education students, who rank in the bottom 10-20% of their respective statewide categories.

When compared to other nearby elementary schools in the Lodi Unified School District, such as Erma B. Reese Elementary and Vinewood Elementary, Lawrence Elementary generally performs worse academically, with lower proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. The high chronic absenteeism rate at Lawrence Elementary appears to be closely linked to its lower academic performance, and the extremely high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds at the school likely presents significant challenges in terms of providing the necessary resources and support to help these students succeed academically.

Detail:

Public K-6

721 Calaveras St.
Lodi, CA 95240-0628

(209) 331-7356

District: Lodi Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4535^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,474

Students who attend Lawrence Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Millswood Middle
High:	Lodi High

Student/teacher ratio: 23.5

Number of students: 518

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

72.6%

Asian:

14.1%

White:

7.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 95.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Lawrence Elementary ranks worse than 77.4% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 22^nd among 31 ranked elementary schools in the Lodi Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 23.38. (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 (72.6%), Asian (14.1%), White (7.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 95.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lawrence Elementary is 23.5. 17 elementary schools in the Lodi Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lawrence Elementary is $12,474, which is the 4^th highest among 31 elementary schools in the Lodi Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lawrence Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Lawrence Elementary 4535^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Lawrence Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Lodi Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Lodi Unified 951^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Lawrence Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Lawrence Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	12.42	4527^th	4809	5.9%
2005	14.75	4352^nd	4822	9.7%
2006	10.36	4614^th	4818	4.2%
2007	16.65	4528^th	5113	11.4%
2008	13.30	4758^th	5113	6.9%
2009	7.08	5111^th	5193	1.6%
2010	13.32	4995^th	5314	6.0%
2011	14.35	4983^rd	5377	7.3%
2012	12.96	5076^th	5390	5.8%
2013	12.61	5177^th	5530	6.4%
2015	14.82	5119^th	5611	8.8%
2016	14.94	5044^th	5614	10.2%
2017	19.72	4717^th	5692	17.1%
2018	23.57	4366^th	5662	22.9%
2019	24.64	4392^nd	5789	24.1%
2021	19.09	1182^nd	1417	16.6%
2022	16.60	5208^th	5883	11.5%
2023	20.06	4848^th	5874	17.5%
2024	23.38	4535^th	5862	22.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Lawrence Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	41.71	1679^th	3246	48.3%
2019	43.27	1593^rd	3275	51.4%
2021	23.64	580^th	602	3.7%
2022	29.23	2668^th	3311	19.4%
2023	43.33	1596^th	3250	50.9%
2024	46.52	1385^th	3160	56.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Lawrence Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	17.92	2273^rd	2420	6.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lawrence Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	33.64	3510^th	5084	31.0%
2019	36.67	3378^th	5173	34.7%
2021	26.91	872^nd	1110	21.4%
2022	23.10	4411^th	5264	16.2%
2023	27.67	4104^th	5374	23.6%
2024	30.79	3870^th	5511	29.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Lawrence Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	22.25	4357^th	5413	19.5%
2019	22.29	4441^st	5492	19.1%
2021	18.60	1082^nd	1267	14.6%
2022	19.08	4803^rd	5635	14.8%
2023	21.90	4540^th	5617	19.2%
2024	21.78	4526^th	5605	19.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Lawrence Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	26.53	3982^nd	5431	26.7%
2019	28.70	3883^rd	5510	29.5%
2021	21.82	1011^th	1272	20.5%
2022	16.49	5075^th	5663	10.4%
2023	20.05	4715^th	5650	16.5%
2024	26.36	4141^st	5636	26.5%

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Rank History for Asian students at Lawrence Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	3.94	1142^nd	1203	5.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Lawrence Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	27.19	3749^th	4830	22.4%
2019	28.67	3790^th	4963	23.6%
2022	20.95	4443^rd	5084	12.6%
2023	26.08	4026^th	5098	21.0%
2024	28.26	3850^th	5102	24.5%

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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 Lawrence Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	274	2	24	140	1	n/a	n/a	0	441
1989	231	3	39	168	0	n/a	n/a	0	441
1990	312	4	48	233	4	n/a	n/a	0	601
1991	288	4	48	253	3	n/a	n/a	0	596
1992	278	3	27	272	3	n/a	n/a	0	583
1993	247	2	43	302	6	n/a	n/a	0	600
1994	241	4	40	301	4	n/a	n/a	0	590
1995	217	1	30	311	4	n/a	n/a	0	563
1996	217	1	30	311	4	n/a	n/a	0	563
1997	223	6	29	325	3	n/a	n/a	0	586
1998	202	2	33	320	2	n/a	n/a	0	559
1999	184	5	31	404	2	n/a	n/a	0	626
2000	161	5	27	422	3	n/a	n/a	0	618
2001	133	4	25	448	6	n/a	n/a	0	616
2002	118	10	18	496	3	n/a	n/a	0	645
2003	118	10	18	496	3	n/a	n/a	0	645
2004	88	12	20	482	6	n/a	n/a	0	608
2005	76	8	24	496	1	n/a	n/a	0	605
2006	71	6	29	464	1	n/a	n/a	2	573
2007	50	5	39	444	3	n/a	n/a	1	542
2008	48	6	42	446	3	n/a	n/a	0	545
2009	47	4	35	454	1	0	12	0	553
2010	77	3	30	10	2	0	417	0	539
2011	33	0	29	438	2	0	9	0	511
2012	32	0	28	411	2	0	7	0	480
2013	45	2	33	410	4	0	21	0	515
2014	37	3	29	428	9	1	30	0	537
2015	49	5	37	426	6	2	36	0	561
2016	41	5	51	418	1	2	39	0	557
2017	39	4	55	428	1	2	34	0	563
2018	34	3	50	405	1	2	36	0	531
2019	32	1	67	371	2	2	36	0	511
2020	30	5	71	386	1	3	30	0	526
2021	33	6	66	389	2	3	20	0	519
2022	37	2	71	394	2	3	15	0	524
2023	30	3	76	395	1	2	17	0	524
2024	41	7	73	376	0	3	18	0	518

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

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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 Lawrence Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	441	19.0	23.2	n/a
1989	441	19.5	22.6	n/a
1990	601	24.0	25.0	n/a
1991	596	23.4	25.4	n/a
1992	583	23.8	24.4	70.5
1993	600	23.0	26.1	40.2
1994	590	25.4	23.2	82.5
1995	563	28.0	20.1	70.9
1996	563	28.0	20.1	70.9
1997	586	27.0	21.7	93.2
1998	559	30.0	18.6	95
1999	626	33.0	19.0	88.2
2000	618	35.0	17.7	93
2001	616	34.9	17.7	99.5
2002	645	35.0	18.4	99.5
2003	645	35.0	18.4	99.5
2004	608	30.5	19.9	91
2005	605	26.0	23.3	88.1
2006	573	29.0	19.8	86.9
2007	542	30.4	17.8	96.7
2008	545	34.9	15.6	87.7
2009	553	36.3	13.4	92.2
2010	539	29.0	18.5	85.7
2011	511	n/a	n/a	96.3
2012	480	19.0	25.2	99.4
2013	515	20.9	24.5	94.8
2014	537	20.0	26.8	94.6
2015	561	24.0	23.3	93.8
2016	557	24.0	23.2	95.7
2017	563	24.0	23.4	95.7
2018	531	24.0	22.1	95.1
2019	511	24.0	21.2	89.4
2020	526	n/a	n/a	90.1
2021	519	21.0	24.7	86.3
2022	524	20.0	26.2	85.9
2023	524	21.0	24.9	96.8
2024	518	22.0	23.5	95.2

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 Lawrence Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	441	19.0	23.2	n/a
1989	441	19.5	22.6	n/a
1990	601	24.0	25.0	n/a
1991	596	23.4	25.4	n/a
1992	583	23.8	24.4	70.5
1993	600	23.0	26.1	40.2
1994	590	25.4	23.2	82.5
1995	563	28.0	20.1	70.9
1996	563	28.0	20.1	70.9
1997	586	27.0	21.7	93.2
1998	559	30.0	18.6	95
1999	626	33.0	19.0	88.2
2000	618	35.0	17.7	93
2001	616	34.9	17.7	99.5
2002	645	35.0	18.4	99.5
2003	645	35.0	18.4	99.5
2004	608	30.5	19.9	91
2005	605	26.0	23.3	88.1
2006	573	29.0	19.8	86.9
2007	542	30.4	17.8	96.7
2008	545	34.9	15.6	87.7
2009	553	36.3	13.4	92.2
2010	539	29.0	18.5	85.7
2011	511	n/a	n/a	96.3
2012	480	19.0	25.2	99.4
2013	515	20.9	24.5	94.8
2014	537	20.0	26.8	94.6
2015	561	24.0	23.3	93.8
2016	557	24.0	23.2	95.7
2017	563	24.0	23.4	95.7
2018	531	24.0	22.1	95.1
2019	511	24.0	21.2	89.4
2020	526	n/a	n/a	90.1
2021	519	21.0	24.7	86.3
2022	524	20.0	26.2	85.9
2023	524	21.0	24.9	96.8
2024	518	22.0	23.5	95.2

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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