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Which teacher or staff member at Radcliff Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAJARO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 062949011460
Radcliff Elementary
550 Rodriguez St., Watsonville, CA 95076 · (831) 728-6469 · Santa Cruz County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
20.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
397 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
9.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.1pp since 2014
Math
6.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.6% | 7.3% | 12.5% | 77.6% |
| Math | 1.5% | 5.0% | 22.2% | 71.2% |
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 | 9.9% | 6.6% |
| 2023-24 | 10.3% | 8.1% |
| 2022-23 | 11.0% | 7.2% |
| 2021-22 | 8.7% | 5.9% |
| 2018-19 | 17.1% | 12.0% |
| 2017-18 | 14.8% | 14.0% |
| 2016-17 | 15.2% | 18.1% |
| 2015-16 | 16.0% | 12.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
8.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Radcliff Elementary
Radcliff Elementary's state test result (8.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radcliff Elementary this school | 409 | 97.1% | 8.8% |
| Liberty Boulevard Elementary South Gate | 410 | 96.8% | 35.4% |
| Malabar Street Elementary Los Angeles | 418 | 96.7% | 34.0% |
| N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts Los Angeles | 417 | 97.4% | N/A |
| Ohlone Elementary Watsonville | 391 | 96.7% | 14.2% |
| McCord Elementary Orange Cove | 426 | 97.7% | 36.1% |
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 Radcliff Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Cruz County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #5,117 of 5,151 | #35 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.6% | #5,137 of 5,172 ▼ 55 | #35 of 36 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.9% | #5,142 of 5,172 ▼ 11 | #35 of 36 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.9pp | #3,057 of 5,116 | #19 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #3,580 of 5,915 | #19 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,139 of 5,352 | #8 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.8% | #5,249 of 5,354 | #33 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.1% | #198 of 5,625 | #2 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.6% | #859 of 3,837 | #9 of 30 |
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
409
-69 (-14%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 485
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
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 | 409 | 20.1 | 20.4:1 | 97% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 21 | 19.8:1 | 98% (409) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 21.5 | 20.5:1 | 98% (430) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 21 | 22.8:1 | 97% (462) |
| 2017-18 | 550 | 22 | 25.0:1 | 86% (474) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 22 | 25.4:1 | 94% (526) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | N/A | N/A | 92% (447) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Radcliff Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (550 to 409); teachers down 9% (22 to 20.1).
About Radcliff Elementary
Radcliff Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school found in Watsonville, California. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 409 students in 2024-25.
Radcliff Elementary is in Pajaro Valley Unified, a district with 16,482 students across 33 schools.
Hispanic students account for 98% of the school's enrollment. Among all residents of Santa Cruz County, the Hispanic share is about 35%. A diversity index of 4% means there is a 4% chance two randomly chosen students at Radcliff Elementary are from different groups.
On staff are 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.4:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 97% of students at Radcliff Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Santa Cruz County is 52%.
Among California public elementary schools, Radcliff Elementary outscored 3%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Radcliff Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (8.8%) and its predicted rate (22.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
For the population of Santa Cruz County, the median household earns about $111,093 a year, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Radcliff Elementary shares Santa Cruz County with 82 other public schools.
Radcliff Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Watsonville Prep, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Radcliff Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 19.7% on proficiency, and Radcliff Elementary is below that at 8.8%.
The federal government classifies Radcliff Elementary's location as City: Small.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 409, down from 478 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 22.8:1 to 20.4:1.
On allk12, people connected to Radcliff Elementary can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Santa Cruz County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
264,926
Census ACS
Median income
$111,093
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pajaro Valley Unified
- Watsonville HighHigh · 2,215 students
- Pajaro Valley HighHigh · 1,293 students
- Aptos HighHigh · 1,274 students
- Alianza CharterElementary · 626 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 588 students
- Aptos Junior HighMiddle · 587 students
Other schools in Watsonville
- Watsonville HighHigh · 2,215 students
- Pajaro Valley HighHigh · 1,293 students
- Alianza CharterElementary · 626 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 588 students
- Cesar E. Chavez MiddleMiddle · 548 students
- Bradley ElementaryElementary · 520 students
Other Radcliff Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Radcliff Elementary. Radcliff Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Radcliff Elementary SchoolRadcliff, KY · 386 students
Nearby schools
- Watsonville Prep0.2 mi · 488
- Watsonville High0.5 mi · 2,215
- PVUSD Virtual Academy0.5 mi · 43
- Ceiba College Preparatory Academy0.5 mi · 501
- Linscott Charter0.6 mi · 258
- Mintie White Elementary0.7 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About Radcliff ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Radcliff Elementary?
Radcliff Elementary enrolls approximately 409 students in grades KG-05.
Is Radcliff Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Radcliff Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Radcliff Elementary have?
Radcliff Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
How diverse is Radcliff Elementary?
Radcliff Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 98% Hispanic.
Who oversees Radcliff Elementary?
Radcliff Elementary is overseen by Pajaro Valley Unified in Santa Cruz County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.