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How has Dena Boer Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALIDA UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063390006759
Dena Boer Elementary
4801 Gold Valley Rd., Salida, CA 95368 · (209) 543-8163 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
352 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 87 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Dena Boer Elementary→Salida Middle School - Vella Campus
Based on grade levels within Salida Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
49.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.3pp since 2014
Math
44.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 10 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 | 20.6% | 28.8% | 18.3% | 32.4% |
| Math | 21.1% | 23.4% | 21.1% | 34.4% |
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 | 49.3% | 44.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.4% | 31.1% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 40.5% |
| 2021-22 | 45.8% | 44.0% |
| 2020-21 | 41.4% | 40.0% |
| 2018-19 | 44.0% | 38.9% |
| 2017-18 | 46.0% | 37.0% |
| 2016-17 | 32.6% | 29.7% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Dena Boer Elementary
Dena Boer Elementary's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dena Boer Elementary this school | 444 | 79.3% | 40.6% |
| George Washington Elementary Hanford | 460 | 80.0% | 35.4% |
| James M. Burchfield Primary Colusa | 430 | 78.4% | 37.0% |
| College Park Elementary Costa Mesa | 473 | 78.4% | 34.7% |
| Grace Hudson Elementary Ukiah | 449 | 79.1% | 27.8% |
| Royal Oaks Elementary Visalia | 413 | 76.3% | 27.6% |
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 Dena Boer Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #2,426 of 5,151 | #27 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #1,961 of 5,172 ▲ 1,009 | #18 of 100 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #2,090 of 5,172 ▲ 882 | #20 of 100 ▲ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #2,653 of 5,116 | #54 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #3,108 of 5,915 | #68 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #1,030 of 5,352 | #10 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.7% | #3,201 of 5,354 | #54 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.3% | #2,247 of 5,625 | #51 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #1,783 of 3,837 | #13 of 56 |
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
444
-42 (-9%) vs 2020
-48% since 2000-01, when it was 858
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 444 | 22 | 20.2:1 | 79% (352) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 22 | 21.1:1 | 77% (357) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 22.3 | 20.8:1 | 74% (343) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 21 | 23.1:1 | 66% (322) |
| 2017-18 | 535 | 22 | 24.3:1 | 70% (374) |
| 2015-16 | 561 | 18 | 31.2:1 | 70% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 644 | N/A | N/A | 59% (377) |
| 2000-01 | 858 | 39 | 22.0:1 | 45% (388) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dena Boer Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (535 to 444); teachers unchanged (22 to 22).
About Dena Boer Elementary
Dena Boer Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Salida, California. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 444 students.
Dena Boer Elementary is part of a district of 5 schools: Salida Union Elementary, with 2,038 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Dena Boer Elementary, with 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 50% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 44% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 22 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Dena Boer Elementary was 20.2:1. This ratio sits 2.1 below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 79%.
A school with Dena Boer Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 33.1%. Dena Boer Elementary scores 40.6%, 7.5 points above that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Stanislaus County, the median household income is $81,468, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Stanislaus County is home to 190 public schools and about 106,477 public school students.
Nearby, Salida Elementary is about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Dena Boer Elementary ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 40.6% against a local average of 37.6%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment dropped 9% from its 2020-21 level of 486. The ratio of students to teachers went from 23.1:1 to 20.2:1 over the same years.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salida Union Elementary
- Salida Middle School - Vella CampusMiddle · 673 students
- Mildred Perkins ElementaryElementary · 362 students
- Sisk ElementaryElementary · 286 students
- Salida ElementaryElementary · 273 students
Other schools in Salida
- Salida Middle School - Vella CampusMiddle · 673 students
- Sisk ElementaryElementary · 286 students
- Salida ElementaryElementary · 273 students
Nearby schools
- Salida Elementary0.5 mi · 273
- Sisk Elementary1.2 mi · 286
- Salida Middle School - Vella Campus1.2 mi · 673
- Mildred Perkins Elementary1.3 mi · 362
- Great Valley Academy - Salida1.8 mi · 927
- Joseph A. Gregori High1.8 mi · 2,346
Frequently asked questions
About Dena Boer ElementaryHow many students attend Dena Boer Elementary?
Dena Boer Elementary enrolls approximately 444 students in grades KG-05.
Is Dena Boer Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dena Boer Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Dena Boer Elementary?
Approximately 20.2:1 students per teacher at Dena Boer Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dena Boer Elementary?
At Dena Boer Elementary, the student body is approximately 16% White, 73% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Dena Boer Elementary public or private?
Dena Boer Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Salida Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.