Williams Primary Elementary

Set in Williams, California, Williams Primary Elementary is a medium-sized elementary-level community, overseen by Williams Unified. It instructs 407 students across grades K through 3.

Within Williams Unified, which oversees 4 schools and 1,303 students, Williams Primary Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Williams Primary Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). The remainder is composed of 2% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 63% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Williams Primary Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Williams Primary Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.4%, the actual is 23.3%, a residual of -5.1 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Colusa County indicate median household income runs about $75,672, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Williams Primary Elementary is one of 23 public schools in Colusa County (combined enrollment of about 4,732 students).

The closest other public school is Mid Valley High (Continuation), roughly 0.1 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Williams Primary Elementary comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 24.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Williams Primary Elementary's enrollment has contracted 12% since 2018, when it stood at 460 (now 407).

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