1
Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 409 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINTON·NCES 064296012038
Winfield Elementary
6981 Chestnut Ln., Winton, CA 95388 · (209) 357-6891 · Merced County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
411 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Winfield Elementary→Winton Middle
Based on grade levels within Winton. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
39.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.2pp since 2014
Math
32.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.6% | 21.6% | 24.2% | 36.6% |
| Math | 12.3% | 19.8% | 28.6% | 39.2% |
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 | 39.2% | 32.2% |
| 2023-24 | 37.2% | 29.5% |
| 2022-23 | 42.8% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.6% | 34.2% |
| 2020-21 | 28.7% | 17.0% |
| 2018-19 | 48.5% | 43.3% |
| 2017-18 | 40.5% | 32.2% |
| 2016-17 | 45.6% | 33.5% |
| 2015-16 | 46.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Winfield Elementary
Winfield Elementary's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield Elementary this school | 444 | 92.6% | 34.7% |
| T. S. MacQuiddy Elementary Watsonville | 438 | 92.9% | 7.4% |
| Walnut Elementary La Habra | 446 | 90.8% | 25.6% |
| Foothill Elementary Riverside | 451 | 93.3% | 17.8% |
| Felicita Elementary Escondido | 478 | 91.6% | 22.1% |
| Frank Sparkes Elementary Winton | 422 | 92.7% | 60.7% |
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 Winfield Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Merced County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #2,993 of 5,151 | #24 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #3,002 of 5,172 ▲ 139 | #26 of 54 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #3,012 of 5,172 ▼ 14 | #25 of 54 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.3pp | #1,422 of 5,116 | #12 of 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #3,111 of 5,915 | #40 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,344 of 5,352 | #19 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #4,578 of 5,354 | #44 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.6% | #762 of 5,625 | #9 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #3,468 of 3,837 | #31 of 35 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
444
-17 (-4%) vs 2017
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 453
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 21.9:1
% White
5%
was 8%
% Hispanic
91%
was 83%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
2%
was 6%
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 | 444 | 20 | 22.2:1 | 93% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 21 | 21.6:1 | 93% (424) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 21 | 22.4:1 | 92% (433) |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 21 | 21.9:1 | 94% (434) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 19 | 23.8:1 | 87% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 453 | N/A | N/A | 91% (412) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Winfield Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (461 to 444); teachers down 5% (21 to 20).
About Winfield Elementary
Winfield Elementary is an elementary school in Winton, California, according to federal school records. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 444 students.
Winfield Elementary is part of Winton, where 4 schools serve 1,807 students.
Hispanic students are 91% of those enrolled at Winfield Elementary. The next largest groups are 5% White and 2% Asian. In Merced County overall, about 63% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 17, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 20 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.2:1. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. At Winfield Elementary, 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Merced County, the average is 81%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Winfield Elementary, the prediction is 25.3% and the result is 34.7%.
American Community Survey estimates for Merced County show that the median household earns about $65,510 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Across Merced County, 117 public schools serve about 59,456 students.
Sybil N. Crookham Elementary is the nearest public school to Winfield Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Winfield Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Winfield Elementary as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment decreased 4% from 2017-18 to 2024-25. In 2017-18, 83% of students were Hispanic; in 2024-25, 91% were.
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Merced County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
290,201
Census ACS
Median income
$65,510
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
59,456 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Winton
- Winton MiddleMiddle · 579 students
- Frank Sparkes ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Sybil N. Crookham ElementaryElementary · 362 students
Other schools in Winton
- Winton MiddleMiddle · 579 students
- Frank Sparkes ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Sybil N. Crookham ElementaryElementary · 362 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 295 students
Other Winfield Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Winfield Elementary. Winfield Elementary is the 6th largest of the 9.
- Winfield ElementaryWestminster, MD · 724 students
- Winfield Elementary SchoolCrown Point, IN · 658 students
- Winfield Elementary SchoolWinfield, WV · 534 students
- Winfield Elementary SchoolWinfield, AL · 499 students
- Winfield ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 447 students
Nearby schools
- Sybil N. Crookham Elementary0.6 mi · 362
- Frank Sparkes Elementary0.9 mi · 422
- Winton Middle1.1 mi · 579
- Peggy Heller Elementary1.4 mi · 712
- Atwater High1.8 mi · 2,029
- Elmer Wood Elementary1.9 mi · 514
Frequently asked questions
About Winfield ElementaryHow large is Winfield Elementary?
Winfield Elementary enrolls approximately 444 students in grades KG-05.
Is Winfield Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Winfield Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Winfield Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Winfield Elementary is approximately 22.2:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Winfield Elementary?
Student demographics at Winfield Elementary are roughly 5% White, 91% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Winfield Elementary in?
Winfield Elementary is part of Winton.
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