Total enrollment
4,925
+110 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
11 schools in Atwater Elementary
California · 4,925 students · 1 city
For families inside Atwater Elementary, public-school options total 11 K-12 schools, with enrollment near 4,925 (8 elementary and 3 middle).
4-year change in Atwater Elementary
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
11
+1 (+10%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Atwater Elementary ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #276 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 4,925 | #261 of 587 | #1,968 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 11 | #205 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #451 of 587 | #8,831 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 79.0% | #161 of 587 | #1,284 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.0% | #411 of 530 | #4,415 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Atwater Elementary
State test results across the district's 10 scored schools run from Thomas Olaeta Elementary at 48.6% proficient to Bellevue Senior Elementary at 30.6%, a gap of 18.0 points. That is the 339th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 10 district schools that reported both years went from 5,073 to 4,430 students (down 13%) and from 203 to 195 full-time teachers (down 4%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Intermediate | Atwater | Middle | 07-08 | 744 |
| Peggy Heller Elementary | Atwater | Elementary | KG-08 | 712 |
| Bellevue Elementary | Atwater | Elementary | KG-06 | 599 |
| Mitchell Elementary | Atwater | Elementary | KG-06 | 528 |
| Elmer Wood Elementary | Atwater | Elementary | KG-06 | 514 |
| Juniper Elementary | Atwater | Elementary | KG-06 | 495 |
| Shaffer Elementary | Atwater | Elementary | KG-06 | 405 |
| Thomas Olaeta Elementary | Atwater | Elementary | KG-06 | 374 |
| Aileen Colburn Elementary | Atwater | Elementary | KG-06 | 371 |
| Bellevue Senior Elementary | Atwater | Middle | 07-08 | 178 |
| Atwater Senior Academy | Atwater | Middle | 06-08 | 5 |
About Atwater Elementary
Across 11 schools, Atwater Elementary hosts about 4,925 students in California. By footprint it is a small district.
On the school-mix side, Atwater Elementary is built around 8 elementary and 3 middle.
On a per-school basis, Atwater Elementary runs about 448 students per school, 22% noticeably below the state mean of roughly 578.
Looking at the last 4 years. Combined enrollment now sits at 4,925 students, stayed largely flat from the 4,815 reported in SY 2020-21. Atwater Elementary now counts 11 public schools, up from 10 in SY 2020-21.
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