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Which teacher or staff member at Washington Elementary deserves more recognition?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
426
Elementary
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EUREKA CITY SCHOOLS·NCES 060005201484
Washington Elementary
3322 Dolbeer St., Eureka, CA 95503 · (707) 441-2547 · Humboldt County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL426 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% 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.
- C-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
25.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
262 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
37.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.6pp since 2014
Math
35.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.4% | 22.0% | 23.8% | 38.8% |
| Math | 15.0% | 20.3% | 26.4% | 38.3% |
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 | 37.4% | 35.2% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 33.5% |
| 2022-23 | 34.3% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.2% | 35.8% |
| 2020-21 | 30.2% | 35.0% |
| 2018-19 | 36.4% | 37.3% |
| 2017-18 | 35.3% | 35.3% |
| 2016-17 | 42.1% | 42.3% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 35.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Washington Elementary
Washington Elementary's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Elementary this school | 426 | 61.5% | 34.5% |
| Ophir Elementary Oroville | 452 | 65.0% | 29.8% |
| Meadow Lane Elementary Anderson | 398 | 65.1% | 36.7% |
| Redwood Elementary Crescent City | 452 | 59.1% | 39.0% |
| Hemlock Elementary Vacaville | 413 | 58.4% | 36.6% |
| STREAM Charter Oroville | 515 | 58.4% | 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 Washington Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Humboldt County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #3,007 of 5,151 | #13 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #2,722 of 5,172 ▲ 9 | #13 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #3,181 of 5,172 ▲ 383 | #13 of 23 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.8pp | #2,699 of 5,116 | #13 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 426 | #3,324 of 5,915 | #3 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.1:1 | #4,458 of 5,352 | #20 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #1,216 of 5,354 | #7 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.5% | #3,406 of 5,625 | #15 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #1,898 of 3,837 | #8 of 17 |
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
426
-23 (-5%) vs 2020
+13% since 2000-01, when it was 378
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 426 | 17 | 25.1:1 | 62% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 18 | 26.1:1 | 67% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 19 | 26.3:1 | 69% (344) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 19 | 23.6:1 | 67% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 20 | 25.4:1 | 64% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 524 | 21 | 24.9:1 | 53% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | N/A | N/A | 45% (227) |
| 2000-01 | 378 | 19 | 19.9:1 | 29% (109) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (507 to 426); teachers down 15% (20 to 17).
About Washington Elementary
Washington Elementary is a public elementary school run by Eureka City Schools in Eureka, California. School enrollment was 426 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5.
Eureka City Schools serves 3,462 students across 8 schools.
At Washington Elementary, White students make up 52% of the student body. After that, the student body is 24% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 9% Asian. Census figures show Humboldt County is about 72% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers at Washington Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 25.1:1. That is 2.8 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 62%. That tracks the 60% average for public schools in Humboldt County.
allk12 grades Washington Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Washington Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 34.5% actual against 43.5% predicted.
Humboldt County has about 134,541 residents, and the median household income is $61,160, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Besides Washington Elementary, Humboldt County has 91 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Humboldt County Office of Education Juvenile Hall Court, about 0.7 miles away. Washington Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Washington Elementary ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 34.5% versus a 33.8% average.
In the federal locale system, Washington Elementary is coded Town: Remote, for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, Washington Elementary's enrollment dropped 5%, to 426. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 23.6:1 in 2020-21 to 25.1:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Humboldt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
134,541
Census ACS
Median income
$61,160
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
17,319 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eureka City Schools
- Eureka Senior HighHigh · 1,162 students
- Catherine L. Zane MiddleMiddle · 417 students
- Winship MiddleMiddle · 413 students
- Alice Birney ElementaryElementary · 375 students
- Lafayette ElementaryElementary · 324 students
- Grant ElementaryElementary · 278 students
Other schools in Eureka
- Eureka Senior HighHigh · 1,162 students
- Alder Grove Charter School 2Combined · 481 students
- Catherine L. Zane MiddleMiddle · 417 students
- Winship MiddleMiddle · 413 students
- Alice Birney ElementaryElementary · 375 students
- Northern United - Humboldt CharterCombined · 330 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. Washington Elementary is the 42nd largest of the 156.
- Washington ElementaryRiverside, CA · 818 students
- Washington ElementaryRedondo Beach, CA · 776 students
- Washington ElementaryLindsay, CA · 730 students
- Washington ElementaryMontebello, CA · 685 students
- Washington ElementaryPomona, CA · 645 students
Nearby schools
- Humboldt County Office of Education Juvenile Hall Court0.7 mi · 9
- Glen Paul0.8 mi · 128
- Catherine L. Zane Middle0.8 mi · 417
- Cutten Elementary0.8 mi · 288
- Winship Middle0.9 mi · 413
- Eureka Senior High1.1 mi · 1,162
Frequently asked questions
About Washington ElementaryHow large is Washington Elementary?
Washington Elementary enrolls approximately 426 students in grades KG-05.
Is Washington Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Washington Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Washington Elementary have?
Washington Elementary employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Washington Elementary?
At Washington Elementary, the student body is approximately 52% White, 24% Hispanic, 2% Black, 9% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Washington Elementary public or private?
Washington Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Eureka City Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.