Booker T. Washington Elementary

Booker T. Washington Elementary is one of the small elementary schools in El Centro, California, operated by El Centro Elementary, with 351 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. That puts it 25% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within El Centro Elementary, which oversees 12 schools and 5,157 students, Booker T. Washington Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Booker T. Washington Elementary shows that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Booker T. Washington Elementary reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Imperial County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Booker T. Washington Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.1%; this one delivers 21.8%.

In the surrounding community, Imperial County reports that median household earnings sit near $57,681, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Booker T. Washington Elementary is one of 76 public schools in Imperial County (combined enrollment of about 36,513 students).

Nearest neighbor: Valley Academy, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Booker T. Washington Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.8%.

Booker T. Washington Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Booker T. Washington Elementary's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 352 (now 351). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

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