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What's the biggest difference between Ione Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
564
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMADOR COUNTY UNIFIED·NCES 060245008788
Ione Elementary
415 South Ione St., Ione, CA 95640 · (209) 257-7000 · Amador County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL564 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
25.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
193 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 123 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is 37% larger than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
30.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.0pp since 2014
Math
22.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.7% | 23.3% | 25.1% | 44.9% |
| Math | 4.2% | 18.0% | 32.2% | 45.6% |
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 | 30.0% | 22.3% |
| 2023-24 | 29.5% | 23.9% |
| 2022-23 | 26.7% | 21.9% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.2% | 21.2% |
| 2018-19 | 45.2% | 32.3% |
| 2017-18 | 37.6% | 31.1% |
| 2016-17 | 27.5% | 29.7% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-33.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 59% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Ione Elementary
Ione Elementary's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ione Elementary this school | 564 | 34.2% | 26.4% |
| Brittan Elementary Sutter | 539 | 34.7% | 32.0% |
| Ocean View Elementary Arroyo Grande | 547 | 34.0% | 70.3% |
| Heinz Kaiser Elementary Costa Mesa | 539 | 34.9% | 69.7% |
| Earl LeGette Elementary Fair Oaks | 622 | 37.0% | 52.1% |
| Browns Valley Elementary Napa | 651 | 37.8% | 50.9% |
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 Ione Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Amador County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #3,931 of 5,151 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #4,074 of 5,172 ▼ 325 | #6 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #3,977 of 5,172 ▼ 149 | #5 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #3,110 of 5,116 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 564 | #1,707 of 5,915 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.0:1 | #4,441 of 5,352 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.8% | #2,626 of 5,354 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.2% | #4,592 of 5,625 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.3% | #152 of 1,139 | N/A |
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
564
+78 (+16%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 564 | 22.5 | 25.0:1 | 34% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 530 | 23 | 23.0:1 | 41% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 22.5 | 23.3:1 | 35% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 23 | 21.1:1 | 39% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 17.1 | 25.9:1 | 45% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 437 | 19 | 23.0:1 | 49% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | N/A | N/A | 48% (222) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 27 | 21.1:1 | 33% (190) |
| 1990-91 | 510 | 18 | 28.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ione Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (443 to 564); teachers up 32% (17.1 to 22.5).
About Ione Elementary
Ione Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Ione, California, one of the schools in Amador County Unified. The school serves 564 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Ione Elementary is part of a district of 12 schools: Amador County Unified, with 4,027 students.
A majority of students at Ione Elementary, 64%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 26% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Among all residents of Amador County, the White share is about 76%. The chance that two students picked at random at Ione Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 52%.
Ione Elementary employs 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 25.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. Ione Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 34%.
Ione Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 10% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Ione Elementary scores 33.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 26.4% actual versus 59.5% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Amador County census figures show that median household income is about $88,044, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. A total of 15 public schools operate in Amador County, serving about 4,050 students.
The closest public school, Ione Junior High, is about 0.2 miles from Ione Elementary. Within ten miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Ione Elementary is 5th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Ione Elementary as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Ione Elementary went from 486 students to 564. The ratio was 21.1:1 in 2020-21 and 25.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Amador County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
41,428
Census ACS
Median income
$88,044
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
4,050 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Amador County Unified
- Amador HighHigh · 615 students
- Argonaut HighHigh · 593 students
- Jackson ElementaryElementary · 479 students
- Ione Junior HighMiddle · 387 students
- Sutter Creek ElementaryElementary · 387 students
- Jackson Junior HighMiddle · 270 students
Nearby schools
- Ione Junior High0.2 mi · 387
- North Star Academy6.9 mi · 44
- County Community6.9 mi · 10
- Independence High (Continuation)6.9 mi · 49
- Amador High7.3 mi · 615
- Sutter Creek Elementary7.4 mi · 387
Frequently asked questions
About Ione ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ione Elementary?
Ione Elementary enrolls approximately 564 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Ione Elementary serve?
Ione Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Ione Elementary have?
Ione Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ione Elementary?
At Ione Elementary, the student body is approximately 64% White, 26% Hispanic, 0% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Ione Elementary?
Ione Elementary is overseen by Amador County Unified in Amador County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.