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Does Beamer Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
496
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODLAND JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 064308006998
Beamer Elementary
525 Beamer St., Woodland, CA 95695 · (530) 662-1769 · Yolo County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of California public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- C-Three-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
26.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
367 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 52% larger than its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
33.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.1pp since 2014
Math
28.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.5% | 18.3% | 25.5% | 40.6% |
| Math | 11.1% | 17.5% | 29.0% | 42.5% |
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 | 33.9% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.9% | 19.3% |
| 2022-23 | 35.9% | 24.4% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 31.0% |
| 2018-19 | 37.8% | 26.5% |
| 2017-18 | 32.3% | 24.0% |
| 2016-17 | 35.8% | 24.5% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Beamer Elementary
Beamer Elementary's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beamer Elementary this school | 496 | 74.0% | 28.3% |
| San Cayetano Elementary Fillmore | 514 | 76.3% | 20.9% |
| Riverbank Language Academy Riverbank | 557 | 72.7% | 45.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary Dinuba | 563 | 74.1% | 39.0% |
| Lakeview Elementary Santa Fe Springs | 457 | 72.2% | 50.0% |
| Arroyo Elementary Ontario | 493 | 76.3% | 29.3% |
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 Beamer Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Yolo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #3,720 of 5,151 | #17 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #3,367 of 5,172 ▲ 881 | #16 of 29 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #3,573 of 5,172 ▲ 113 | #18 of 29 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.8pp | #1,022 of 5,116 | #13 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #2,489 of 5,915 | #16 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.0:1 | #4,846 of 5,352 | #34 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.5% | #4,678 of 5,354 | #34 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.0% | #2,691 of 5,625 | #12 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #3,192 of 3,837 | #19 of 23 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
496
-32 (-6%) vs 2017
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
26.0:1
was 25.1:1
% White
5%
was 7%
% Hispanic
92%
was 91%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 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 | 496 | 19.1 | 26.0:1 | 74% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 20 | 24.7:1 | 77% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 20.5 | 24.9:1 | 74% (376) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 21 | 25.1:1 | 67% (355) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 23 | 24.6:1 | 70% (398) |
| 2010-11 | 443 | N/A | N/A | 71% (316) |
| 2000-01 | 530 | 27 | 19.6:1 | 69% (368) |
| 1990-91 | 435 | 21 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beamer Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (528 to 496); teachers down 9% (21 to 19.1).
About Beamer Elementary
Beamer Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Woodland, California. The latest federal count shows 496 students in kindergarten through 6.
The 17 schools in Woodland Joint Unified enroll 9,304 students altogether, Beamer Elementary among them.
At Beamer Elementary, Hispanic students make up 92% of the student body. After that, the student body is 5% White and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Yolo County, the Hispanic share is about 33%. Beamer Elementary has a diversity index of 15%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 26.0 students per teacher and 19.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 74%. For comparison, public schools in Yolo County average 59%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Beamer Elementary receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 36.2%.
In Yolo County (population about 220,564), median household income is about $91,752, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. A total of 67 public schools operate in Yolo County, serving about 29,820 students.
The next-closest public school is Freeman Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Beamer Elementary's average proficiency of 28.3% compares with 27.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Small, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The number of students dropped from 528 to 496 over 7 years.
The Beamer Elementary community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Yolo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
220,564
Census ACS
Median income
$91,752
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
29,820 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Woodland Joint Unified
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Woodland Senior HighHigh · 1,155 students
- Ramon S. Tafoya ElementaryElementary · 772 students
- Douglass MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Woodland Prairie ElementaryElementary · 713 students
- Lee MiddleMiddle · 575 students
Other schools in Woodland
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Woodland Senior HighHigh · 1,155 students
- Ramon S. Tafoya ElementaryElementary · 772 students
- Douglass MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Woodland Prairie ElementaryElementary · 713 students
- Lee MiddleMiddle · 575 students
Nearby schools
- Freeman Elementary0.6 mi · 415
- Woodland Senior High0.7 mi · 1,155
- Dingle Elementary0.9 mi · 338
- Lee Middle1.0 mi · 575
- Cesar Chavez Community1.2 mi · 47
- Yolo County Special Education1.3 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About Beamer ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Beamer Elementary?
Beamer Elementary enrolls approximately 496 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Beamer Elementary serve?
Beamer Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Beamer Elementary?
Approximately 26.0:1 students per teacher at Beamer Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Beamer Elementary?
At Beamer Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 92% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Beamer Elementary public or private?
Beamer Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Woodland Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.