- Ten local schools doing very well with limited funds - chosen as 2008 Distinguished Schools including schools in Modesto, Ceres, Hughson, Oakdale, Atwater, Sonora.
The follwing are a list of school districts and the links to get more information for each of the ten schools:
Stanislaus County:
Modesto City School District : Rose Avenue, Martone
Empire Union School District : Capistrano, Sipherd
Ceres Whitmore Charter School of Technology
Hughson Unified School District : Fox Road Elementary School
Oakdale Joint Unified School District : Sierra View Elementary
Sylvan Union School District : Sherwood Elementary
Merced County:
Atwater Elementary School District : Elmer Wood Elementary
Tuolumne County:
Sonora School District : Sullivan Creek Elementary
To find out the schools' Academic Performance Index (API), please visit the California Department of Education website.
This is also a good website, Education Bug, which has a national directory of schools including public, private, school districts, colleges, and libraries.
