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What's something Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
442
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DIXON UNIFIED·NCES 061128001254
Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary
415 East C St., Dixon, CA 95620 · (707) 693-6360 · Solano County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
342 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 114 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 100% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Dixon Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
34.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.9pp since 2014
Math
30.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.1% | 21.7% | 22.2% | 42.9% |
| Math | 11.1% | 19.6% | 27.6% | 41.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.9% | 30.6% |
| 2023-24 | 32.3% | 33.8% |
| 2022-23 | 37.4% | 31.6% |
| 2021-22 | 39.2% | 34.1% |
| 2018-19 | 33.2% | 27.0% |
| 2017-18 | 40.6% | 27.0% |
| 2016-17 | 33.0% | 25.2% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 27.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary
Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary this school | 442 | 77.4% | 32.5% |
| Wright Charter Santa Rosa | 456 | 77.9% | 25.4% |
| Catherine Everett Elementary Modesto | 428 | 80.6% | 26.2% |
| Tulsa Street Elementary Granada Hills | 406 | 76.6% | 42.6% |
| Dena Boer Elementary Salida | 444 | 79.3% | 40.6% |
| Louis J. Villalovoz Elementary Tracy | 411 | 79.6% | 30.4% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Solano County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #3,225 of 5,151 | #28 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #3,159 of 5,172 ▼ 467 | #27 of 55 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #3,452 of 5,172 ▲ 68 | #30 of 55 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.9pp | #756 of 5,116 | #8 of 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #3,130 of 5,915 | #40 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.6:1 | #4,138 of 5,352 | #35 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #2,547 of 5,354 | #50 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.4% | #2,422 of 5,625 | #17 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #1,610 of 3,837 | #15 of 34 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
442
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 731
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
was 24.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 442 | 18 | 24.6:1 | 77% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 18.5 | 23.9:1 | 86% (381) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 19.3 | 25.1:1 | 61% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 18 | 24.7:1 | 63% (278) |
| 2017-18 | 541 | 19.9 | 27.3:1 | 80% (434) |
| 2015-16 | 524 | 19 | 27.6:1 | 83% (433) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | N/A | N/A | 72% (374) |
| 2000-01 | 721 | 44 | 16.4:1 | 73% (529) |
| 1990-91 | 731 | 30 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (541 to 442); teachers down 9% (19.9 to 18).
About Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary
Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Dixon, California, under Dixon Unified. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 442 students in 2024-25.
Dixon Unified counts 2,933 students in its 5 schools, and Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary, about 66 are Hispanic. It is also 18% White, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. Solano County's residents are about 30% Hispanic, 36 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary scores 53%.
Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary reports a ratio of 24.6 students per teacher, from 18 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 2.3 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary, 77% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 17 points above the 60% average for public schools in Solano County.
Among California public elementary schools, Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary outscored 29%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary is 1.7 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 32.5% actual, 34.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
The school is in Solano County, where the median household earns about $100,401 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary shares Solano County with 109 other public schools.
Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary's closest public school neighbor is John Knight Middle, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary, there are 5 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 32.5% is below the 47.2% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary as Town: Fringe.
Enrollment went from 444 in 2020-21 to 442 in 2024-25, a change of 2 students.
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Solano County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
451,918
Census ACS
Median income
$100,401
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
60,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dixon Unified
- Dixon HighHigh · 990 students
- John Knight MiddleMiddle · 634 students
- Tremont ElementaryElementary · 514 students
- Gretchen Higgins ElementaryElementary · 353 students
- Dixon Community DayHigh
- Maine Prairie High (Continuation)High
Other schools in Dixon
- Dixon HighHigh · 990 students
- John Knight MiddleMiddle · 634 students
- Tremont ElementaryElementary · 514 students
- Dixon Montessori CharterElementary · 471 students
- Gretchen Higgins ElementaryElementary · 353 students
- Dixon Community DayHigh
Nearby schools
- John Knight Middle0.1 mi · 634
- Dixon High0.7 mi · 990
- Dixon Montessori Charter0.7 mi · 471
- Gretchen Higgins Elementary1.1 mi · 353
- Tremont Elementary1.4 mi · 514
- Fairfield Elementary7.0 mi · 48
Frequently asked questions
About Anderson (Linford L.) ElementaryHow large is Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary?
Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary enrolls approximately 442 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary serve?
Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary have?
Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary?
At Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary, the student body is approximately 18% White, 66% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary public or private?
Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dixon Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.