Is Aileen Colburn Elementary a good school?

Aileen Colburn Elementary ranks 3571 st of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Aileen Colburn Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 383 students attended Aileen Colburn Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Aileen Colburn Elementary?

Students at Aileen Colburn Elementary are 85% Hispanic, 10% White, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Aileen Colburn Elementary attend?

Students who attend Aileen Colburn Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Mitchell Intermediate High : Atwater High

Aileen Colburn Elementary

Summary:

Aileen Colburn Elementary is a public elementary school in Atwater, California, serving 412 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Atwater Elementary District, which is ranked 737 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Aileen Colburn Elementary consistently performs below the district and state averages in academic assessments, with particularly low proficiency rates in Science and English Language Arts. The school's Hispanic and English Language Learner students perform relatively better than other subgroups, but the White, Special Education, and low-income students struggle, ranking in the bottom 30-40% of California elementary schools. Additionally, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 7.8% in 2017-2018 to 10.5% in 2022-2023, which likely contributes to the overall academic underperformance.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Peggy Heller Elementary, Bellevue Elementary, and schools in the Winton District, Aileen Colburn Elementary generally performs lower academically. However, the school's English Language Learner and Hispanic student populations perform better than the nearby schools, suggesting the school may be providing more targeted support for these subgroups. Addressing the high chronic absenteeism and the socioeconomic challenges faced by the predominantly low-income student population will be crucial for improving overall student outcomes at Aileen Colburn Elementary.

Detail:

Public K-6

2201 Heller St.
Atwater, CA 95301-3438

(209) 357-6136

District: Atwater Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
3571^st of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $4,339

Students who attend Aileen Colburn Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Mitchell Intermediate
High:	Atwater High

Student/teacher ratio: 20.1

Number of students: 383

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

85.4%

White:

10.2%

African American:

2.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 89.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Aileen Colburn Elementary ranks worse than 60.9% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks last among 7 ranked elementary schools in the Atwater Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 34.29. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Aileen Colburn Elementary has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Atwater Elementary School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (85.4%), White (10.2%), African American (2.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 89.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Aileen Colburn Elementary is 20.1, which is the lowest among 7 elementary schools in the Atwater Elementary School District! (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Aileen Colburn Elementary is $4,339, which is the highest among 7 elementary schools in the Atwater Elementary School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Aileen Colburn Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Aileen Colburn Elementary 3571^st of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Aileen Colburn Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Atwater Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Atwater Elementary 737^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Aileen Colburn Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Aileen Colburn Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	21.28	3850^th	4809	19.9%
2005	17.86	4115^th	4822	14.7%
2006	28.01	3449^th	4818	28.4%
2007	29.37	3617^th	5113	29.3%
2008	23.06	4113^th	5113	19.6%
2009	22.87	4226^th	5193	18.6%
2010	18.87	4655^th	5314	12.4%
2011	36.01	3534^th	5377	34.3%
2012	39.73	3277^th	5390	39.2%
2013	44.17	3065^th	5530	44.6%
2015	42.91	2862^nd	5611	49.0%
2016	51.82	2405^th	5614	57.2%
2017	50.21	2534^th	5692	55.5%
2018	42.70	2986^th	5662	47.3%
2019	30.76	3877^th	5789	33.0%
2022	35.09	3455^th	5883	41.3%
2023	35.08	3498^th	5874	40.4%
2024	34.29	3571^st	5862	39.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Aileen Colburn Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	46.10	1446^th	3246	55.5%
2019	34.76	2146^th	3275	34.5%
2022	67.18	537^th	3311	83.8%
2023	66.86	584^th	3250	82.0%
2024	46.99	1358^th	3160	57.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Aileen Colburn Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	32.84	1522^nd	2420	37.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Aileen Colburn Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	59.51	1768^th	5084	65.2%
2019	42.53	2935^th	5173	43.3%
2022	52.03	2153^rd	5264	59.1%
2023	46.39	2599^th	5374	51.6%
2024	42.80	2921^st	5511	47.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Aileen Colburn Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	45.82	2733^rd	5413	49.5%
2019	30.12	3817^th	5492	30.5%
2022	33.79	3431^st	5635	39.1%
2023	43.65	2771^st	5617	50.7%
2024	41.93	2926^th	5605	47.8%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Aileen Colburn Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	65.19	599^th	2585	76.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Aileen Colburn Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	39.33	3090^th	5431	43.1%
2019	31.78	3641^st	5510	33.9%
2022	37.06	3199^th	5663	43.5%
2023	28.68	3903^rd	5650	30.9%
2024	29.02	3910^th	5636	30.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Aileen Colburn Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	61.75	1546^th	4830	68.0%
2019	40.54	2921^st	4963	41.1%
2022	54.20	1930^th	5084	62.0%
2023	52.54	2088^th	5098	59.0%
2024	45.84	2554^th	5102	49.9%

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Rank History for White students at Aileen Colburn Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	1.52	2655^th	2662	0.3%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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by a citizen
Tuesday, November 1, 2011

I use to go to this school when i was young, and the atmosphere and teachers were great. if i could do it again, there wouldn't be any other school i would have gone to. Most memorable teacher was my third grade teacher who was great. She really cared about her students and i remember trying really hard to beat her 1 minute math quizzes, which i did and got to go to frosty freezes to get a banana split. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Aileen Colburn Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1988	258	26	9	159	1	n/a	n/a	453
1989	257	21	11	177	0	n/a	n/a	466
1990	246	23	16	211	0	n/a	n/a	496
1991	239	28	18	236	0	n/a	n/a	521
1992	244	27	24	226	1	n/a	n/a	522
1993	252	30	27	254	1	n/a	n/a	564
1994	242	33	32	274	0	n/a	n/a	581
1995	165	14	28	243	1	n/a	n/a	451
1996	165	14	28	243	1	n/a	n/a	451
1997	154	12	19	258	0	n/a	n/a	443
1998	154	18	16	280	0	n/a	n/a	468
1999	148	27	14	296	1	n/a	n/a	486
2000	126	31	22	329	0	n/a	n/a	508
2001	104	23	25	338	0	n/a	n/a	490
2002	95	19	27	358	3	n/a	n/a	502
2003	95	19	27	358	3	n/a	n/a	502
2004	80	20	19	358	2	n/a	n/a	479
2005	64	16	16	353	2	n/a	n/a	451
2006	69	17	19	328	1	n/a	n/a	434
2007	74	9	12	299	1	n/a	n/a	395
2008	60	10	10	308	1	n/a	n/a	389
2009	64	7	6	322	1	0	0	400
2010	50	8	1	318	3	0	0	380
2011	63	6	1	330	3	0	0	403
2012	64	4	1	326	2	0	0	397
2013	67	6	1	372	2	0	0	448
2014	78	3	3	368	4	1	1	458
2015	78	3	8	366	0	1	2	458
2016	58	5	7	339	2	1	3	415
2017	46	7	8	346	3	0	1	411
2018	54	4	7	358	0	0	2	425
2019	48	7	6	352	1	0	3	417
2020	32	11	7	351	2	0	1	404
2021	35	12	5	338	2	3	0	395
2022	40	12	4	352	3	3	2	416
2023	39	11	3	354	2	1	2	412
2024	39	9	2	327	2	2	2	383

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Aileen Colburn Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	453	17.0	26.6	n/a
1989	466	17.0	27.4	n/a
1990	496	19.0	26.1	n/a
1991	521	20.0	26.0	n/a
1992	522	20.3	25.7	54.6
1993	564	20.5	27.5	50.4
1994	581	21.0	27.7	71.8
1995	451	18.3	24.6	70.5
1996	451	18.3	24.6	70.5
1997	443	22.0	20.1	80.6
1998	468	23.0	20.3	88.5
1999	486	23.0	21.1	85.4
2000	508	25.0	20.3	81.5
2001	490	25.0	19.6	82.7
2002	502	27.2	18.5	85.9
2003	502	27.2	18.5	85.9
2004	479	24.0	20.0	78.5
2005	451	22.1	20.4	93.6
2006	434	21.0	20.7	97.2
2007	395	20.0	19.8	97.2
2008	389	23.0	16.9	84.8
2009	400	18.0	19.0	99.3
2010	380	19.0	20.0	93.2
2011	403	n/a	n/a	96.8
2012	397	16.0	24.8	n/a
2013	448	18.0	24.8	96.4
2014	458	19.0	24.1	93.4
2015	458	18.0	25.4	95.6
2016	415	18.0	23.0	95.4
2017	411	16.0	25.6	95.6
2018	425	18.0	23.6	94.4
2019	417	19.0	21.9	91.4
2020	404	n/a	n/a	92.6
2021	395	18.0	21.9	90.6
2022	416	19.3	21.5	89.4
2023	412	19.0	21.6	90
2024	383	19.0	20.1	89.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Aileen Colburn Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	453	17.0	26.6	n/a
1989	466	17.0	27.4	n/a
1990	496	19.0	26.1	n/a
1991	521	20.0	26.0	n/a
1992	522	20.3	25.7	54.6
1993	564	20.5	27.5	50.4
1994	581	21.0	27.7	71.8
1995	451	18.3	24.6	70.5
1996	451	18.3	24.6	70.5
1997	443	22.0	20.1	80.6
1998	468	23.0	20.3	88.5
1999	486	23.0	21.1	85.4
2000	508	25.0	20.3	81.5
2001	490	25.0	19.6	82.7
2002	502	27.2	18.5	85.9
2003	502	27.2	18.5	85.9
2004	479	24.0	20.0	78.5
2005	451	22.1	20.4	93.6
2006	434	21.0	20.7	97.2
2007	395	20.0	19.8	97.2
2008	389	23.0	16.9	84.8
2009	400	18.0	19.0	99.3
2010	380	19.0	20.0	93.2
2011	403	n/a	n/a	96.8
2012	397	16.0	24.8	n/a
2013	448	18.0	24.8	96.4
2014	458	19.0	24.1	93.4
2015	458	18.0	25.4	95.6
2016	415	18.0	23.0	95.4
2017	411	16.0	25.6	95.6
2018	425	18.0	23.6	94.4
2019	417	19.0	21.9	91.4
2020	404	n/a	n/a	92.6
2021	395	18.0	21.9	90.6
2022	416	19.3	21.5	89.4
2023	412	19.0	21.6	90
2024	383	19.0	20.1	89.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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