Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VISALIA UNIFIED·NCES 064116006810
Washington Elementary
500 South Garden, Visalia, CA 93277 · (559) 730-7795 · Tulare County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
263 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 61 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 49% larger than its 6th grade class (41).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
30.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +18.9pp since 2014
Math
15.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.7pp 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 16 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.4% | 22.5% | 22.5% | 46.6% |
| Math | 4.5% | 11.2% | 27.5% | 56.7% |
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 | 30.9% | 15.7% |
| 2023-24 | 21.7% | 9.3% |
| 2022-23 | 17.4% | 10.8% |
| 2021-22 | 19.5% | 8.5% |
| 2020-21 | 8.3% | 1.7% |
| 2018-19 | 27.4% | 20.3% |
| 2017-18 | 24.8% | 14.7% |
| 2016-17 | 24.2% | 11.1% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 12.0% |
| 2014-15 | 12.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
19.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 (19.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Elementary this school | 294 | 89.5% | 19.1% |
| Newcastle Elementary Reseda | 299 | 90.6% | 44.5% |
| Gault Street Elementary Lake Balboa | 298 | 87.9% | 38.1% |
| Anatola Avenue Elementary Lake Balboa | 269 | 87.4% | 31.0% |
| Jackson Elementary Fresno | 319 | 90.6% | 25.8% |
| Robertson Road Elementary Modesto | 306 | 91.5% | 28.5% |
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 | 19.1% | #4,643 of 5,151 | #92 of 102 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #4,680 of 5,172 ▲ 363 | #94 of 102 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #3,893 of 5,172 ▲ 700 | #74 of 102 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.3pp | #715 of 5,116 | #30 of 102 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #4,816 of 5,915 | #95 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #1,024 of 5,352 | #24 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.2% | #3,844 of 5,354 | #40 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.5% | #1,163 of 5,625 | #31 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #876 of 1,139 | #12 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
294
0 (0%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 436
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 294 | 14.6 | 20.2:1 | 89% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 11.7 | 24.4:1 | 93% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 261 | 13.2 | 19.7:1 | 92% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 294 | 13 | 22.6:1 | 91% (267) |
| 2017-18 | 285 | 12 | 23.8:1 | 94% (269) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 12 | 25.6:1 | 88% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 321 | N/A | N/A | 87% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 326 | 16 | 20.4:1 | 91% (298) |
| 1990-91 | 436 | 16 | 27.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (285 to 294); teachers up 22% (12 to 14.6).
About Washington Elementary
In Visalia, California, Washington Elementary is a small elementary school. The school serves 294 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 37% smaller than that.
Visalia Unified serves 28,725 students across 41 schools.
Most students at Washington Elementary are Hispanic: 82% of enrollment. Other groups make up 9% White, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. Tulare County as a whole is about 67% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Washington Elementary has a diversity index of 32%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Washington Elementary employs 14.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 20.2:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 89% in 2024-25. Public schools in Tulare County average 77%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 27.1% for Washington Elementary. The school posts 19.1%, 8.0 points below the prediction.
Across Tulare County, median household income is about $71,300, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Washington Elementary is among the 196 public schools in Tulare County.
Of nearby public schools, Charter Home School Academy is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Washington Elementary is behind the 33.3% nearby average, ranking 8th of 8.
In the federal locale system, Washington Elementary is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 294, close to the 294 recorded in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 22.6:1 to 20.2:1.
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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 Visalia Unified
- Redwood HighHigh · 2,490 students
- Golden West HighHigh · 2,059 students
- El Diamante HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Mt. Whitney HighHigh · 1,637 students
- Ridgeview MiddleMiddle · 975 students
- Valley Oak MiddleMiddle · 952 students
Other schools in Visalia
- Redwood HighHigh · 2,490 students
- Golden West HighHigh · 2,059 students
- El Diamante HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Mt. Whitney HighHigh · 1,637 students
- Special EducationCombined · 1,141 students
- Ridgeview MiddleMiddle · 975 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. Washington Elementary is the 98th largest of the 156.
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- Washington ElementaryLindsay, CA · 730 students
- Washington ElementaryMontebello, CA · 685 students
- Washington ElementaryPomona, CA · 645 students
Nearby schools
- Charter Home School Academy0.4 mi · 240
- Crescent Valley Public Charter II0.4 mi · 852
- Mt. Whitney High0.5 mi · 1,637
- Conyer Elementary0.7 mi · 377
- Redwood High0.8 mi · 2,490
- Highland Elementary1.0 mi · 438
Frequently asked questions
About Washington ElementaryHow many students attend Washington Elementary?
Washington Elementary enrolls approximately 294 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Washington Elementary serve?
Washington Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Washington Elementary have?
Washington Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Washington Elementary?
Student demographics at Washington Elementary are roughly 9% White, 82% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Washington Elementary public or private?
Washington Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Visalia Unified.
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