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What's one thing Zamora Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODLAND JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 064308007012
Zamora Elementary
1716 Cottonwood St., Woodland, CA 95695 · (530) 666-3641 · Yolo County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
22.6:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
213 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 83 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 66% larger than its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
58.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.8pp since 2014
Math
52.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 30.5% | 28.3% | 25.7% | 15.5% |
| Math | 25.8% | 26.3% | 26.3% | 21.5% |
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 | 58.8% | 52.1% |
| 2023-24 | 64.4% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.7% | 55.7% |
| 2021-22 | 66.0% | 56.8% |
| 2018-19 | 67.8% | 64.3% |
| 2017-18 | 65.9% | 58.3% |
| 2016-17 | 55.5% | 49.6% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 48.0% |
| 2014-15 | 48.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Zamora Elementary
Zamora Elementary's state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zamora Elementary this school | 409 | 52.1% | 56.4% |
| Junipero Serra Elementary Ventura | 418 | 54.1% | 43.5% |
| Rancho Elementary Novato | 387 | 49.1% | 58.0% |
| Mountain View Elementary Simi Valley | 401 | 55.1% | 37.7% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Santa Barbara | 463 | 55.1% | 48.9% |
| Marengo Ranch Elementary Galt | 448 | 49.8% | 50.3% |
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 Zamora Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Yolo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #1,319 of 5,151 | #6 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #1,452 of 5,172 ▲ 77 | #8 of 29 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #1,416 of 5,172 ▼ 423 | #8 of 29 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.9pp | #441 of 5,116 | #5 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #3,584 of 5,915 | #23 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,682 of 5,352 | #17 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #1,916 of 5,354 | #18 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.1% | #3,825 of 5,625 | #20 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #2,221 of 3,837 | #10 of 23 |
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
409
-64 (-14%) vs 2017
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 23.6:1
% White
39%
was 40%
% Hispanic
50%
was 51%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
2%
was 3%
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 | 409 | 18.1 | 22.6:1 | 52% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 390 | 17.2 | 22.7:1 | 54% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 384 | 16.1 | 23.9:1 | 52% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 20 | 23.6:1 | 45% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 20 | 26.4:1 | 47% (250) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | N/A | N/A | 35% (186) |
| 2000-01 | 407 | 22 | 18.5:1 | 26% (106) |
| 1990-91 | 452 | 21 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zamora Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (473 to 409); teachers down 9% (20 to 18.1).
About Zamora Elementary
Federal records list Zamora Elementary as an elementary school in Woodland, California. The school has 409 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 6.
Zamora Elementary is in Woodland Joint Unified, a district with 9,304 students across 17 schools.
Of every 100 students at Zamora Elementary, about 50 are Hispanic, the largest group. The school is also 39% White, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Yolo County is about 33% Hispanic. The diversity index for Zamora Elementary is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Zamora Elementary has 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 22.6:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is close to this figure. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 52% at Zamora Elementary.
On the allk12 Grade, Zamora Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 67% of California public elementary schools.
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 Zamora Elementary, the prediction is 49.0% and the result is 56.4%.
For Yolo County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $91,752, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 67 public schools and about 29,820 students.
Zamora Elementary's nearest public school is T. L. Whitehead Elementary (about 0.8 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Zamora Elementary places 1st out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Zamora Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Small.
From 473 students in 2017-18, enrollment fell to 409 by 2024-25. From 2017-18 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 23.6:1 to 22.6:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Yolo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
220,564
Census ACS
Median income
$91,752
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
29,820 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Woodland Joint Unified
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Woodland Senior HighHigh · 1,155 students
- Ramon S. Tafoya ElementaryElementary · 772 students
- Douglass MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Woodland Prairie ElementaryElementary · 713 students
- Lee MiddleMiddle · 575 students
Other schools in Woodland
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Woodland Senior HighHigh · 1,155 students
- Ramon S. Tafoya ElementaryElementary · 772 students
- Douglass MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Woodland Prairie ElementaryElementary · 713 students
- Lee MiddleMiddle · 575 students
Nearby schools
- T. L. Whitehead Elementary0.8 mi · 331
- Gibson Elementary1.0 mi · 344
- Lee Middle1.3 mi · 575
- Douglass Middle1.3 mi · 768
- Dingle Elementary1.4 mi · 338
- Rhoda Maxwell Elementary1.8 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About Zamora ElementaryHow many students attend Zamora Elementary?
Zamora Elementary enrolls approximately 409 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Zamora Elementary serve?
Zamora Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Zamora Elementary have?
Zamora Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Zamora Elementary?
Student demographics at Zamora Elementary are roughly 39% White, 50% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Zamora Elementary in?
Zamora Elementary is part of Woodland Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.