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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REEF-SUNSET UNIFIED·NCES 063227008710
Tamarack Elementary
1000 Union Ave., Avenal, CA 93204 · (559) 386-4051 · Kings County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
412 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 96 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 55% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
10.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.3pp since 2014
Math
6.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 4 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 | 2.1% | 8.6% | 15.1% | 74.2% |
| Math | 1.1% | 5.4% | 20.0% | 73.5% |
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 | 10.8% | 6.5% |
| 2023-24 | 11.6% | 12.6% |
| 2022-23 | 9.1% | 10.6% |
| 2021-22 | 12.6% | 10.5% |
| 2020-21 | 8.4% | 2.9% |
| 2018-19 | 14.0% | 11.2% |
| 2017-18 | 18.6% | 11.2% |
| 2016-17 | 15.1% | 8.6% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 10.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
10.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Tamarack Elementary
Tamarack Elementary's state test result (10.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamarack Elementary this school | 433 | 95.2% | 10.4% |
| Amesti Elementary Watsonville | 431 | 95.6% | 10.3% |
| Wilson Elementary Sanger | 448 | 94.2% | 18.8% |
| San Gabriel Avenue Elementary South Gate | 432 | 95.6% | 27.9% |
| San Fernando Elementary San Fernando | 421 | 94.3% | 31.7% |
| Maywood Elementary Maywood | 426 | 95.8% | 50.3% |
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 Tamarack Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.4% | #5,094 of 5,151 | #30 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.5% | #5,138 of 5,172 ▼ 272 | #30 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #5,131 of 5,172 ▼ 23 | #30 of 30 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.9pp | #989 of 5,116 | #5 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #3,247 of 5,915 | #21 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,580 of 5,352 | #12 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.1% | #5,050 of 5,354 | #29 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.2% | #431 of 5,625 | #3 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #3,624 of 3,837 | #24 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
433
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 414
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 23.8:1
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 | 433 | 20.5 | 21.1:1 | 95% (412) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 21.5 | 21.2:1 | 96% (440) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 20 | 22.1:1 | 95% (421) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 18 | 23.8:1 | 96% (411) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 17 | 26.1:1 | 97% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 21 | 25.1:1 | 90% (473) |
| 2010-11 | 414 | N/A | N/A | 99% (411) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tamarack Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (443 to 433); teachers up 21% (17 to 20.5).
About Tamarack Elementary
Tamarack Elementary is a public elementary school run by Reef-Sunset Unified in Avenal, California. Enrolled students number 433 students, in kindergarten through 5.
Reef-Sunset Unified has 2,663 students in 7 schools, and Tamarack Elementary is one of those schools.
Most students at Tamarack Elementary are Hispanic: 96% of enrollment. That is higher than the 58% Hispanic share among all Kings County residents. Tamarack Elementary has a diversity index of 8%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 21.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 95% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 74% average for public schools in Kings County is 21 points lower.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Tamarack Elementary is -13.4 points: 10.4% actual, 23.8% predicted.
Tamarack Elementary is located in Kings County, where median household income is about $70,995, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Tamarack Elementary is one of 67 public schools in Kings County, which together enroll about 28,742 students.
The closest public school, Reef-Sunset Secondary Community Day, is about 0.7 miles from Tamarack Elementary. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. On average proficiency, Tamarack Elementary is 7th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Tamarack Elementary had 428 students in 2020-21 and 433 in 2024-25, nearly the same. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 21.1:1, from 23.8:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Tamarack Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Reef-Sunset Unified
- Avenal HighHigh · 762 students
- Avenal ElementaryElementary · 654 students
- Reef-Sunset MiddleMiddle · 554 students
- Kettleman City ElementaryElementary · 239 students
- Sunrise Continuation HighHigh · 14 students
- Reef-Sunset Secondary Community DayHigh · 7 students
Other schools in Avenal
- Avenal HighHigh · 762 students
- Avenal ElementaryElementary · 654 students
- Reef-Sunset MiddleMiddle · 554 students
- Sunrise Continuation HighHigh · 14 students
- Reef-Sunset Secondary Community DayHigh · 7 students
- Reef-Sunset Primary Community DayElementary
Other Tamarack Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Tamarack Elementary. Tamarack Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Tamarack Elementary SchoolOwensboro, KY · 564 students
- Tamarack Elementary SchoolHillsboro, OR · 337 students
Nearby schools
- Reef-Sunset Secondary Community Day0.7 mi · 7
- Sunrise Continuation High0.8 mi · 14
- Avenal High0.8 mi · 762
- Avenal Elementary0.9 mi · 654
- Reef-Sunset Middle1.2 mi · 554
- Kettleman City Elementary9.2 mi · 239
Frequently asked questions
About Tamarack ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Tamarack Elementary?
Tamarack Elementary enrolls approximately 433 students in grades KG-05.
Is Tamarack Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tamarack Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Tamarack Elementary have?
Tamarack Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
How diverse is Tamarack Elementary?
Tamarack Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 2% Asian.
Who oversees Tamarack Elementary?
Tamarack Elementary is overseen by Reef-Sunset Unified in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.