Regular local school district · Stanislaus County
Empire Union Elementary, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Empire Union Elementary runs 6 public schools with 2,803 students in grades K to 8. Its ratio of 24.0 students per teacher is 2.1 higher than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 2,803
- Teachers (FTE)
- 117
- Students per teacher
- 24.0
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 116 North McClure Rd., Modesto, CA 95357
- Phone
- (209)521-2800
- County
- Stanislaus County
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- Grades offered
- K to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0612690
- State district ID
- CA-5071076
- Total staff (FTE)
- 362
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 561 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district24.0
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,866), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $52.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.4 million
- State revenue
- $29.9 million
- Local revenue
- $15.7 million
- Total spending
- $42.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,933
- Salaries
- $22.0 million51.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.2%
- State: 57.5%
- Local: 30.3%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,933
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Empire Union Elementary
By level: 1 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alice N. Stroud ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 379 | 23.7 |
| Bernard L. Hughes ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 455 | 26.8 |
| Capistrano ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 469 | 26.1 |
| Christine Sipherd ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 505 | 24.0 |
| Empire ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 384 | 24.0 |
| Norman N. Glick MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 602 | 20.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Stanislaus County
- Modesto City High School District 15,443 students
- Modesto City Elementary School District 14,461 students
- Ceres Unified 13,692 students
- Turlock Unified 13,488 students
- Sylvan Union Elementary 7,977 students
- Patterson Joint Unified 6,070 students
- Oakdale Joint Unified 5,118 students
- Stanislaus Union Elementary 3,329 students
- Newman-Crows Landing Unified 3,085 students
- Riverbank Unified 2,960 students
- Hughson Unified 2,239 students
- Salida Union Elementary 2,041 students
- Waterford Unified 1,725 students
- Denair Unified 1,301 students
- Hart-Ransom Union Elementary 1,225 students
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.