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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Mark Twain Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
454
Elementary
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORCORAN JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060969001039
Mark Twain Elementary
1500 Oregon Ave., Corcoran, CA 93212 · (559) 992-8888 · Kings County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
410 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 218 | 48% |
| Grade 5 | 236 | 52% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Corcoran Joint Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
29.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.9pp since 2014
Math
18.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.4pp 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 18 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.3% | 19.6% | 22.3% | 47.9% |
| Math | 7.0% | 11.4% | 26.2% | 55.4% |
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 | 29.9% | 18.4% |
| 2023-24 | 27.4% | 19.3% |
| 2022-23 | 28.1% | 17.6% |
| 2021-22 | 27.6% | 14.5% |
| 2020-21 | 23.8% | 6.3% |
| 2018-19 | 35.7% | 24.7% |
| 2017-18 | 32.9% | 26.3% |
| 2016-17 | 27.8% | 19.6% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 11.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Mark Twain Elementary
Mark Twain Elementary's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Elementary this school | 454 | 90.3% | 23.8% |
| Roscoe Elementary Sun Valley | 481 | 90.9% | 30.2% |
| Carrillo Ranch Elementary Indio | 459 | 89.1% | 32.2% |
| Los Altos Elementary Whittier | 457 | 91.0% | 24.7% |
| Van Buren Elementary Jurupa Valley | 455 | 91.0% | 19.6% |
| Poplar Elementary Fontana | 450 | 88.2% | 32.5% |
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 Mark Twain Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #4,211 of 5,151 | #24 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #4,452 of 5,172 ▼ 212 | #27 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #3,997 of 5,172 ▲ 88 | #25 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.1pp | #2,239 of 5,116 | #17 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #2,982 of 5,915 | #18 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,900 of 5,352 | #15 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.8% | #4,767 of 5,354 | #28 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #1,066 of 5,625 | #10 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #1,371 of 3,837 | #5 of 25 |
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
454
-71 (-14%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 514
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 454 | 21 | 21.6:1 | 90% (410) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 22 | 22.4:1 | 92% (453) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 22.5 | 23.3:1 | 88% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 23 | 22.8:1 | 94% (496) |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 22.5 | 25.4:1 | 86% (491) |
| 2015-16 | 520 | 21 | 24.8:1 | 79% (409) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | N/A | N/A | 88% (437) |
| 2000-01 | 500 | 20 | 25.0:1 | 85% (425) |
| 1990-91 | 514 | 21 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mark Twain Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (571 to 454); teachers down 7% (22.5 to 21).
About Mark Twain Elementary
Students in Corcoran, California, attend Mark Twain Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 454 students at the school, in grades 4 through 5.
Corcoran Joint Unified counts 3,175 students in its 8 schools, and Mark Twain Elementary is one of them.
About 93% of the student body at Mark Twain Elementary is Hispanic. The remaining shares are 4% White. Among people living in Kings County, the Hispanic share is about 58%. Mark Twain Elementary's diversity index is 14%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 21 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The school's lunch program data list 90% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 74% for public schools in Kings County.
After adjusting for student poverty, Mark Twain Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 23.8%; the prediction is 26.6%.
Across Kings County, the median household income is $70,995, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 14%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. In all, Kings County has 67 public schools and roughly 28,742 students.
The closest public school, Bret Harte Elementary, is about 0.5 miles from Mark Twain Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Mark Twain Elementary is 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Mark Twain Elementary's enrollment declined from 525 in 2020-21 to 454 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 22.8:1 to 21.6:1.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Mark Twain Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Kings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,298
Census ACS
Median income
$70,995
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
28,742 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Corcoran Joint Unified
- Corcoran HighHigh · 931 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Bret Harte ElementaryElementary · 546 students
- John C. Fremont ElementaryElementary · 467 students
- Kings Lake Education CenterHigh · 16 students
- Mission Community DayHigh · 5 students
Other schools in Corcoran
- Corcoran HighHigh · 931 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Bret Harte ElementaryElementary · 546 students
- John C. Fremont ElementaryElementary · 467 students
- Kings Lake Education CenterHigh · 16 students
- Mission Community DayHigh · 5 students
Other Mark Twain Elementary schools
30 other US public schools in 13 states are named Mark Twain Elementary. Mark Twain Elementary is the 13th largest of the 31.
- Mark Twain ElementaryRiverside, CA · 1,033 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryLawndale, CA · 585 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryLynwood, CA · 542 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryAngels Camp, CA · 507 students
- Mark Twain ElementarySacramento, CA · 263 students
Nearby schools
- Bret Harte Elementary0.5 mi · 546
- Corcoran High0.6 mi · 931
- Kings Lake Education Center0.7 mi · 16
- Corcoran Academy0.7 mi · 2
- Mission Community Day0.7 mi · 5
- John Muir Middle1.0 mi · 754
Frequently asked questions
About Mark Twain ElementaryHow many students attend Mark Twain Elementary?
Mark Twain Elementary enrolls approximately 454 students in grades 04-05.
Is Mark Twain Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mark Twain Elementary is an elementary school covering grades 04-05.
How many teachers does Mark Twain Elementary have?
Mark Twain Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
How diverse is Mark Twain Elementary?
Mark Twain Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 93% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Mark Twain Elementary?
Mark Twain Elementary is overseen by Corcoran Joint Unified in Kings County.
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