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What's the biggest difference between Washington Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
730
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINDSAY UNIFIED·NCES 062187002596
Washington Elementary
451 East Samoa St., Lindsay, CA 93247 · (559) 562-5916 · Tulare County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL730 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
668 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 75 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 76 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 37% larger than its 8th grade class (76).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
49.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +20.7pp since 2014
Math
43.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +20.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 21 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.6% | 31.0% | 23.7% | 26.7% |
| Math | 23.2% | 20.7% | 27.8% | 28.3% |
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 | 49.7% | 43.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.3% | 37.1% |
| 2022-23 | 37.1% | 31.8% |
| 2021-22 | 35.5% | 27.4% |
| 2018-19 | 49.6% | 35.1% |
| 2017-18 | 45.6% | 36.8% |
| 2016-17 | 42.5% | 38.3% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 30.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in California's top 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 (43.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Elementary this school | 730 | 91.5% | 43.5% |
| Liberty Charter Madera | 704 | 91.1% | N/A |
| Cesar E. Chavez Elementary Bell Gardens | 702 | 91.5% | 30.3% |
| Mary Buren Elementary Guadalupe | 738 | 90.1% | 16.9% |
| KIPP Excelencia Community Preparatory Redwood City | 711 | 91.0% | N/A |
| Mary Chapa Academy Greenfield | 686 | 90.1% | 24.6% |
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 Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #2,197 of 5,151 | #17 of 102 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #2,000 of 5,172 ▲ 411 | #14 of 102 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #2,062 of 5,172 ▲ 429 | #19 of 102 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.3pp | #168 of 5,116 | #5 of 102 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 730 | #623 of 5,915 | #7 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #3,986 of 5,352 | #83 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.2% | #5,143 of 5,354 | #93 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.5% | #894 of 5,625 | #27 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.4% | #799 of 1,139 | #10 of 19 |
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
730
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 669
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 26.3:1
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 | 730 | 30 | 24.3:1 | 92% (668) |
| 2023-24 | 744 | 31 | 24.0:1 | 92% (686) |
| 2022-23 | 724 | 31 | 23.4:1 | 90% (649) |
| 2020-21 | 735 | 28 | 26.3:1 | 83% (609) |
| 2017-18 | 699 | 27 | 25.9:1 | 93% (651) |
| 2015-16 | 701 | 29 | 24.2:1 | 86% (603) |
| 2010-11 | 896 | N/A | N/A | 80% (717) |
| 2000-01 | 668 | 35 | 19.1:1 | 74% (494) |
| 1990-91 | 669 | 26 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (699 to 730); teachers up 11% (27 to 30).
About Washington Elementary
Washington Elementary is a large elementary school in Lindsay, California. It reported 730 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 57% larger than average.
The district for Washington Elementary is Lindsay Unified, with 10 schools and 3,928 students.
Of every 100 students at Washington Elementary, about 97 are Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Tulare County is roughly 67% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 6, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Washington Elementary, there are about 24.3 students; the school has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 668 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 92% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Tulare County average 77%.
Washington Elementary is 17.5 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in California.
In Tulare County, the median household earns about $71,300 a year, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Tulare County has 196 public schools with about 101,494 students, including Washington Elementary.
Washington Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Lindsay Community Day, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 26.7% on proficiency, and Washington Elementary is above that at 43.5%.
NCES assigns Washington Elementary the locale Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 730, close to the 735 recorded in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 26.3 to 24.3 over 4 years.
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Tulare County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
478,693
Census ACS
Median income
$71,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
196
101,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lindsay Unified
- Lindsay Senior HighHigh · 1,132 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Reagan ElementaryElementary · 426 students
- Kennedy ElementaryElementary · 376 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 355 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 333 students
Other schools in Lindsay
- Lindsay Senior HighHigh · 1,132 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Reagan ElementaryElementary · 426 students
- Kennedy ElementaryElementary · 376 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 355 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 333 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. Washington Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 156.
- Washington ElementaryRiverside, CA · 818 students
- Washington ElementaryRedondo Beach, CA · 776 students
- Washington ElementaryMontebello, CA · 685 students
- Washington ElementaryPomona, CA · 645 students
- Washington ElementaryBellflower, CA · 579 students
Nearby schools
- Lindsay Community Day0.2 mi · 14
- John J. Cairns Continuation0.2 mi · 65
- Loma Vista Charter0.2 mi · 24
- Reagan Elementary0.3 mi · 426
- Lincoln Elementary0.6 mi · 333
- Jefferson Elementary0.8 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Washington ElementaryHow large is Washington Elementary?
Washington Elementary enrolls approximately 730 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Washington Elementary serve?
Washington Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Washington Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Washington Elementary is approximately 24.3:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Washington Elementary?
Washington Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Washington Elementary?
Washington Elementary is overseen by Lindsay Unified in Tulare County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.