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What's one thing Myron D. Witter Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
741
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRAWLEY ELEMENTARY·NCES 060579008487
Myron D. Witter Elementary
150 K St., Brawley, CA 92227 · (760) 344-0750 · Imperial County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL741 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
23.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
554 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 167 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (167) is 39% larger than its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
40.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.4pp since 2014
Math
37.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 13 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 | 20.5% | 19.9% | 23.8% | 35.8% |
| Math | 13.8% | 23.4% | 29.0% | 33.8% |
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 | 40.4% | 37.1% |
| 2023-24 | 39.4% | 29.6% |
| 2022-23 | 41.8% | 33.7% |
| 2021-22 | 37.8% | 31.1% |
| 2018-19 | 43.4% | 39.4% |
| 2017-18 | 37.0% | 33.4% |
| 2016-17 | 40.9% | 34.1% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Myron D. Witter Elementary
Myron D. Witter Elementary's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myron D. Witter Elementary this school | 741 | 74.8% | 36.5% |
| Cesar Chavez Language Academy Santa Rosa | 773 | 74.4% | 25.1% |
| Pedley Elementary Jurupa Valley | 736 | 76.4% | 18.4% |
| Henry F. Kammann Elementary Salinas | 743 | 73.2% | 19.0% |
| Lorena Falasco Elementary Los Banos | 669 | 77.0% | 27.4% |
| Daisy Gibson Elementary Palmdale | 714 | 77.2% | 19.4% |
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 Myron D. Witter Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Imperial County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #2,810 of 5,151 | #11 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #2,533 of 5,172 ▲ 589 | #9 of 35 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #2,899 of 5,172 ▼ 111 | #14 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #1,860 of 5,116 | #18 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 741 | #571 of 5,915 | #5 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #3,115 of 5,352 | #22 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.6% | #4,674 of 5,354 | #7 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.8% | #2,635 of 5,625 | #26 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #2,633 of 3,837 | #18 of 23 |
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
741
-72 (-9%) vs 2020
+4% since 2000-01, when it was 712
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 741 | 32 | 23.2:1 | 75% (554) |
| 2023-24 | 828 | 36 | 23.0:1 | 74% (613) |
| 2022-23 | 781 | 34.3 | 22.8:1 | 72% (563) |
| 2020-21 | 813 | 34 | 23.9:1 | 83% (673) |
| 2017-18 | 827 | 34 | 24.3:1 | 76% (632) |
| 2015-16 | 850 | 34 | 25.0:1 | 70% (593) |
| 2010-11 | 767 | N/A | N/A | 73% (558) |
| 2000-01 | 712 | 41 | 17.4:1 | 62% (444) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Myron D. Witter Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (827 to 741); teachers down 6% (34 to 32).
About Myron D. Witter Elementary
Myron D. Witter Elementary is a large elementary school that serves part of Brawley, California. It teaches 741 students in kindergarten through 5. It has 59% more students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Brawley Elementary has 6 schools and 3,883 students, and Myron D. Witter Elementary is one of those schools.
Roughly 92% of students at Myron D. Witter Elementary are Hispanic. Other students are 7% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Myron D. Witter Elementary scores 16%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 23.2:1. The school has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Federal data show 75% of students (554) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 77% average for public schools in Imperial County.
Myron D. Witter Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 48% of California public elementary schools.
Myron D. Witter Elementary scores 36.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 35.7%.
In Imperial County, home to about 180,202 people, the median household earns about $57,681 a year, roughly 16% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Myron D. Witter Elementary shares Imperial County with 75 other public schools.
About 0.7 miles separate Myron D. Witter Elementary from the closest public school, Barbara Worth Junior High. The five-mile area around Myron D. Witter Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Myron D. Witter Elementary at 2nd of 7.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
A 9% decrease took enrollment from 813 in 2020-21 to 741 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Myron D. Witter Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Imperial County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
180,202
Census ACS
Median income
$57,681
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,513 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brawley Elementary
- Barbara Worth Junior HighMiddle · 881 students
- Phil D. Swing ElementaryElementary · 725 students
- J. W. Oakley ElementaryElementary · 654 students
- Padilla-Pace MiddleMiddle · 445 students
- Miguel Hidalgo ElementaryElementary · 437 students
Other schools in Brawley
- Brawley Union HighHigh · 1,863 students
- Barbara Worth Junior HighMiddle · 881 students
- Phil D. Swing ElementaryElementary · 725 students
- J. W. Oakley ElementaryElementary · 654 students
- Padilla-Pace MiddleMiddle · 445 students
- Miguel Hidalgo ElementaryElementary · 437 students
Nearby schools
- Barbara Worth Junior High0.7 mi · 881
- Padilla-Pace Middle0.8 mi · 445
- Miguel Hidalgo Elementary0.8 mi · 437
- Brawley Union High0.8 mi · 1,863
- Renaissance0.9 mi · 22
- Desert Valley High (Continuation)0.9 mi · 162
Frequently asked questions
About Myron D. Witter ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Myron D. Witter Elementary?
Myron D. Witter Elementary enrolls approximately 741 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Myron D. Witter Elementary serve?
Myron D. Witter Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Myron D. Witter Elementary?
Approximately 23.2:1 students per teacher at Myron D. Witter Elementary.
How diverse is Myron D. Witter Elementary?
Myron D. Witter Elementary reports a student body of 7% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Myron D. Witter Elementary?
Myron D. Witter Elementary is overseen by Brawley Elementary in Imperial County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.