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Modesto City High School District
District details
School board members: 7
Students: 15,579 (2022-2023)
Schools: 8 (2022-2023)
Website: Link

Modesto City High School District is a school district in California (Stanislaus County). During the 2023 school year, 15,579 students attended one of the district's eight schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Elections

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Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 2

General election

General election for Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 2

Incumbent John Ervin III, Roman Messick, and Emma Sperling ran in the general election for Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	John Ervin III (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Roman Messick (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Emma Sperling (Nonpartisan)

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Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 4

General election

General election for Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 4

Incumbent Abel Maestas and Emma Alonzo ran in the general election for Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 4 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Abel Maestas (Nonpartisan)
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Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 6

General election

General election for Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 6

Incumbent Homero Mejia, Sebastian Jones, and Rueth Velez-Langrock ran in the general election for Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 6 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Homero Mejia (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Sebastian Jones (Nonpartisan)
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Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 1

General election

General election for Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 1

Incumbent Cindy Marks won election in the general election for Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 1 on November 7, 2017.

		Candidate
✔		Cindy Marks (Nonpartisan)

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Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 3

General election

General election for Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 3

Incumbent Chad Brown won election in the general election for Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 3 on November 7, 2017.

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✔		Chad Brown (Nonpartisan)

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Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 5

General election

General election for Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 5

Incumbent Charlene West won election in the general election for Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 5 on November 7, 2017.

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✔		Charlene West (Nonpartisan)

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Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 7

General election

General election for Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 7

Incumbent Adolfo Lopez won election in the general election for Modesto City Schools school board Trustee Area 7 on November 7, 2017.

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✔		Adolfo Lopez (Nonpartisan)

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Modesto City Board of Education At-large

General election

General election for Modesto City Board of Education At-large

Incumbent Steven Grenbeaux, incumbent Amy Elliot Neumann, and incumbent John Walker won election in the general election for Modesto City Board of Education At-large on November 3, 2015.

		Candidate
✔		Steven Grenbeaux (Nonpartisan)
✔		Amy Elliot Neumann (Nonpartisan)
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Modesto City Board of Education At-large

General election

General election for Modesto City Board of Education At-large

Incumbent Jordan Dickson won election in the general election for Modesto City Board of Education At-large on November 5, 2013.

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✔		Jordan Dickson (Nonpartisan)

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About the district

School board

The Modesto City High School District consists of seven members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members

Name	Seat	Year assumed office	Year term ends
John Ervin III	Area 2		2028
Abel Maestas	Area 4		2028
Homero Mejia	Area 6		2028
Jolene Daly	Area 5		2026
Chad Brown	Area 3	2017	2026
Adolfo Lopez	Area 7	2017	2026
Cindy Marks	Area 1	2017	2026

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Modesto City High School District

Office Name	Current Officeholder	Party	% School District Covered	% Other District Covered
California State Assembly District 9	Heath Flora	Republican Party	53%	4%
California State Assembly District 22	Juan Alanis	Republican Party	47%	6%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

This district reported no revenue or expenditures for the 2020-2021 school year.

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	23	45-49	10-14	15	<50	30-34	33
2018-2019	24	40-44	6-9	18	<50	25-29	35
2017-2018	22	35-39	6-9	15	<50	30-34	33
2016-2017	23	40-44	10-14	16	<=20	25-29	34
2015-2016	25	45-49	6-9	17	<50	30-34	35
2014-2015	23	40-44	10-14	15	<50	25-29	33
2013-2014	56	70-74	35-39	47	<50	55-59	67
2012-2013	53	65	25-29	47	21-39	55-59	63
2011-2012	53	70-74	35-39	43	>=50	55-59	65
2010-2011	52	61	35-39	43	45-49	45-49	62

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	48	60-64	25-29	42	<50	50-54	59
2018-2019	51	60-64	35-39	44	>=50	55-59	64
2017-2018	47	60-64	30-34	40	<50	50-54	61
2016-2017	55	65-69	30-34	48	21-39	60-64	67
2015-2016	57	70-74	35-39	51	<50	60-64	67
2014-2015	58	70-74	40-44	51	>=50	60-64	66
2013-2014	50	60-64	40-44	41	<50	45-49	64
2012-2013	54	58	30-34	48	40-59	55-59	64
2011-2012	49	65-69	40-44	39	<50	55-59	63
2010-2011	56	58	45-49	47	50-54	50-54	67

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	87	90-94	80-84	85	>=50	85-89	91
2018-2019	87	90-94	85-89	85	60-79	80-84	90
2017-2018	87	90-94	80-84	86	60-79	85-89	90
2016-2017	88	90-94	75-79	88	>=50	85-89	90
2015-2016	88	90-94	80-84	85	>=50	90-94	91
2014-2015	87	90-94	75-79	85	>=80	90-94	90
2013-2014	84	85-89	70-74	82	<50	85-89	88
2012-2013	84	90-94	80-84	81	60-79	75-79	88
2011-2012	78	85	75-79	75	60-79	60-64	82
2010-2011	76	83	65-69	72	40-59	65-69	82

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023	15,579	1.0
2021-2022	15,428	0.3
2020-2021	15,386	1.5
2019-2020	15,160	0.3
2018-2019	15,122	-2.4
2017-2018	15,488	0.6
2016-2017	15,388	1.9
2015-2016	15,100	0.9
2014-2015	14,969	2.7
2013-2014	14,563	-1.2
2012-2013	14,741	0.0
2011-2012	14,735	-2.3
2010-2011	15,071	-2.6
2009-2010	15,456	0.4
2008-2009	15,395	-2.3
2007-2008	15,742	-1.0
2006-2007	15,904	-0.4
2005-2006	15,967	0.7
2004-2005	15,856	1.7
2003-2004	15,581	0.2
2002-2003	15,544	3.6
2001-2002	14,991	3.0
2000-2001	14,547	3.9
1999-2000	13,983	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2022-2023

RACE	Modesto City High School District (%)	California K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.3	0.0
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	6.7	0.0
Black	2.8	0.0
Hispanic	61.6	0.0
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.6	0.0
Two or More Races	7.6	0.0
White	20.3	0.0

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Modesto City High School District had 636.95 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 24.46.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	0.00
Kindergarten:	0.00
Elementary:	0.00
Secondary:	636.95
Total:	636.95

Modesto City High School District employed 3.15 district administrators and 37.00 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	3.15
District Administrative Support:	42.58
School Administrators:	37.00
School Administrative Support:	125.66

Other staff, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	156.86
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	28.83
Total Guidance Counselors:	50.59
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	46.59
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.07
Library/Media Support:	0.00
Student Support Services:	18.55
Other Support Services:	317.37

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

The Modesto City High School District operates eight schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Fred C. Beyer High	1,575	9-12
Grace M. Davis High	2,059	9-12
James C. Enochs High	2,420	9-12
Joseph A. Gregori High	2,332	9-12
Modesto High	2,516	9-12
Peter Johansen High	1,984	9-12
Robert Elliott Alternative Education Center	451	9-12
Thomas Downey High	2,145	9-12

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