Enrollment
325
Elementary
STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEELEY UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063621006180
Seeley Elementary
1812 West Rio Vista St., Seeley, CA 92273 · (760) 352-3571 · Imperial County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% 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.
- 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.
- A-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
21.6:1
15 FTE teachers
STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
303 students
STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 5% larger than its 8th grade class (38).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
31.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.6pp since 2014
Math
23.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.2% | 23.2% | 25.9% | 42.7% |
| Math | 7.3% | 16.4% | 27.7% | 48.6% |
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 | 31.4% | 23.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.2% | 24.6% |
| 2022-23 | 26.4% | 22.5% |
| 2021-22 | 24.2% | 16.9% |
| 2020-21 | 20.2% | 11.3% |
| 2018-19 | 29.7% | 25.9% |
| 2017-18 | 33.2% | 23.7% |
| 2016-17 | 37.3% | 33.7% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 30.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 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
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Seeley Elementary
Seeley Elementary's state test result (26.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seeley Elementary this school | 325 | 93.2% | 26.3% |
| Carmela Elementary Whittier | 317 | 94.0% | 21.1% |
| Arminta Street Elementary North Hollywood | 317 | 93.7% | 34.6% |
| Sheridan Way Elementary Ventura | 325 | 94.2% | 14.1% |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary Selma | 335 | 91.3% | 23.8% |
| J. E. Hester Elementary Farmersville | 333 | 94.9% | N/A |
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 Seeley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Imperial County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #3,936 of 5,151 | #24 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #3,919 of 5,172 ▼ 251 | #24 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #3,835 of 5,172 ▲ 548 | #24 of 35 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,144 of 5,116 | #10 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #4,525 of 5,915 | #30 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,928 of 5,352 | #13 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.4% | #4,570 of 5,354 | #4 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.2% | #676 of 5,625 | #9 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #2,545 of 3,837 | #16 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
325
-68 (-17%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 24.6:1
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 | 325 | 15 | 21.6:1 | 93% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 337 | 16 | 21.1:1 | 94% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 16 | 21.6:1 | 95% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 16 | 24.6:1 | 92% (360) |
| 2017-18 | 366 | 13.1 | 28.0:1 | 84% (309) |
| 2015-16 | 337 | 16 | 21.1:1 | 93% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 392 | N/A | N/A | 99% (389) |
| 2000-01 | 541 | 29 | 18.7:1 | 70% (380) |
| 1990-91 | 481 | 20 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seeley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (366 to 325); teachers up 15% (13.1 to 15).
About Seeley Elementary
A small elementary school in Seeley, California, Seeley Elementary is part of Seeley Union Elementary. Enrollment totals 325 students across kindergarten through 8. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 30% below average.
For district matters, Seeley Elementary falls under Seeley Union Elementary.
At Seeley Elementary, 90% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 4% White and 2% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 17%.
Staffing at Seeley Elementary comes to 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 21.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. Seeley Elementary counts 93% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 77% average for public schools in Imperial County.
On the allk12 Grade, Seeley Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 37% of California public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Seeley Elementary is +1.4 points: 26.3% actual, 24.9% predicted.
Census data for Imperial County show median household income comes to about $57,681, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 17%. The county has 76 public schools and about 36,513 students.
About 6.3 miles separate Seeley Elementary from the closest public school, Sunflower Elementary. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Seeley Elementary ranks 8th of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 393 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 325 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 21.6:1, from 24.6:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Seeley Elementary. 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
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Nearby schools
- Sunflower Elementary6.3 mi · 427
- T. L. Waggoner Elementary6.3 mi · 613
- Imperial Valley Home School Academy6.3 mi · 131
- McCabe Elementary6.4 mi · 1,109
- Southwest High6.6 mi · 1,846
- Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary6.7 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About Seeley ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Seeley Elementary?
Seeley Elementary enrolls approximately 325 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Seeley Elementary serve?
Seeley Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Seeley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Seeley Elementary is approximately 21.6:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Seeley Elementary?
Student demographics at Seeley Elementary are roughly 4% White, 90% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Seeley Elementary public or private?
Seeley Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Seeley Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.