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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Joshua Cowell Elementary, Manteca, CA

CEP schoolJoshua Cowell Elementary is a public elementary school in Manteca, part of Manteca Unified. It enrolled 702 students in 2024-25, with 22.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
702
Teachers (FTE)
31.0
Students per teacher
22.6
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 23.4. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school22.6
District23.4
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
740 Pestana Ave., Manteca, CA 95336
Phone
(209)858-7310
District
Manteca Unified
County
San Joaquin County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Small
NCES school ID
062361004004
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
428
Reduced-price lunch
37
Free or reduced-price lunch
46566.2% of enrollment.
Direct certification
228Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Manteca Unified

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.