Enrollment
172
Elementary
STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBINE ELEMENTARY·NCES 060951000965
Columbine Elementary
2240 Road 160, Delano, CA 93215 · (661) 725-8501 · Tulare County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL172 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
10 FTE teachers
STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
97 students
STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 28 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 11 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 27% larger than its 8th grade class (22).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
67.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.9pp since 2014
Math
66.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.6% | 31.3% | 20.5% | 11.6% |
| Math | 38.4% | 27.7% | 18.8% | 15.2% |
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 | 67.9% | 66.1% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 64.9% |
| 2022-23 | 65.3% | 54.3% |
| 2021-22 | 64.1% | 49.6% |
| 2020-21 | 62.8% | 53.1% |
| 2018-19 | 64.4% | 56.8% |
| 2017-18 | 69.2% | 60.8% |
| 2016-17 | 61.4% | 52.3% |
| 2015-16 | 61.0% | 61.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in California's top 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 Columbine Elementary
Columbine Elementary's state test result (66.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbine Elementary this school | 172 | 56.4% | 66.8% |
| Oasis Charter Public Salinas | 193 | 54.4% | N/A |
| Semitropic Elementary Wasco | 140 | 61.4% | 20.3% |
| Olivelands Elementary Santa Paula | 236 | 62.3% | 34.7% |
| Imperial Valley Home School Academy El Centro | 131 | 58.0% | 34.7% |
| Shandon Elementary Shandon | 167 | 65.3% | 25.2% |
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 Columbine Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #799 of 5,151 | #1 of 102 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #773 of 5,172 ▲ 44 | #1 of 102 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #863 of 5,172 ▼ 202 | #4 of 102 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.1pp | #602 of 5,116 | #23 of 102 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 172 | #5,440 of 5,915 | #102 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.4% | #3,626 of 5,625 | #92 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #2,147 of 3,837 | #31 of 77 |
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
172
-14 (-8%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 169
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 20.7:1
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 | 172 | 9.6 | 17.9:1 | 56% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 175 | 9 | 19.4:1 | 59% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 185 | 9 | 20.6:1 | 51% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 186 | 9 | 20.7:1 | 55% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 200 | 9.6 | 20.8:1 | 62% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 196 | 9 | 21.8:1 | 60% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 193 | N/A | N/A | 50% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 181 | 9 | 20.1:1 | 52% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 169 | 6 | 28.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbine Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (200 to 172); teachers unchanged (9.6 to 9.6).
About Columbine Elementary
Columbine Elementary is a very small elementary school with an address in Delano, California. The school runs kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 172 students. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 63% lower.
Columbine Elementary is its own local education agency in federal data.
Hispanic students account for 88% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 10% Asian. Tulare County's residents are about 67% Hispanic, 22 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 21% means there is a 21% chance two randomly chosen students at Columbine Elementary are from different groups.
The school's 9.6 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Columbine Elementary, 56% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Tulare County report 77%.
In California, Columbine Elementary is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 66.8% compared with a predicted 46.5%.
In the surrounding county, Tulare County, the median household earns about $71,300 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Tulare County has 196 public schools with about 101,494 students, including Columbine Elementary.
Among nearby public schools, Morningside is closest at about 3.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Columbine Elementary. By average proficiency, Columbine Elementary is 1st among 7 schools close by.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school shrank from 186 students in 2020-21 to 172 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.7:1 to 17.9:1.
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Tulare County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
478,693
Census ACS
Median income
$71,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
196
101,494 students
Quick facts
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Other Columbine Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 2 states are named Columbine Elementary. Columbine Elementary is the 6th largest of the 6.
- Columbine Elementary SchoolFORT MORGAN, CO · 421 students
- Columbine Elementary SchoolBOULDER, CO · 369 students
- Columbine Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 346 students
- Columbine Elementary SchoolWOODLAND PARK, CO · 321 students
- Columbine Elementary SchoolLONGMONT, CO · 231 students
Nearby schools
- Morningside3.2 mi · 477
- Wonderful College Prep Academy3.2 mi · 1,845
- Valley High3.5 mi · 71
- Princeton Street Elementary3.6 mi · 308
- Terrace Elementary3.7 mi · 363
- La Vina Middle3.9 mi · 521
Frequently asked questions
About Columbine ElementaryHow large is Columbine Elementary?
Columbine Elementary enrolls approximately 172 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Columbine Elementary serve?
Columbine Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Columbine Elementary have?
Columbine Elementary employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Columbine Elementary?
Student demographics at Columbine Elementary are roughly 1% White, 88% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Columbine Elementary?
Columbine Elementary is overseen by Columbine Elementary in Tulare County.
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