Is Central Elementary a good school?

Central Elementary ranks in the bottom 7.3% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Central Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 225 students attended Central Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Central Elementary?

Students at Central Elementary are 63% Hispanic, 23% American Indian, 8% Two or more races, 5% White.

What schools do graduates of Central Elementary attend?

Students who attend Central Elementary usually go on to attend: High : Lemoore High

Central Elementary

Summary:

Central Elementary is a public elementary school located in Lemoore, California, serving grades K-8 with a student population of 250. It is part of the Central Union Elementary School District, which is ranked 947 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger.

Central Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 10-20% of California elementary schools, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics around 14-21%, significantly lower than the district's 40-57% and the state's 35-47%. The school also faces a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 5.1% in 2018-2019 to 63.9% in 2021-2022, notably higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, Central Elementary has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 57.6% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, compared to the district and state averages of around 27-80%.

Interestingly, the nearby schools within the same district, such as R.J. Neutra and Akers Elementary, consistently outperform Central Elementary in academic achievement, with proficiency rates that are 20-50 percentage points higher. These schools also have lower chronic absenteeism rates and a lower percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. Addressing the challenges faced by Central Elementary, such as the high student-teacher ratio and the socioeconomic factors, could be crucial in improving student outcomes and closing the performance gap.

Detail:

Public K-8

15783 18th Ave.
Lemoore, CA 93245-9742

(559) 924-7797

District: Central Union Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
5435^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $2,993,505

Students who attend Central Elementary usually attend:

High:

Lemoore High

Student/teacher ratio: 18.7

Number of students: 225

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

63.1%

American Indian:

22.7%

Two or more races:

8.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 65.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Central Elementary ranks worse than 92.7% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks last among 4 ranked elementary schools in the Central Union Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.43. (See more...)

Compare Details Central Elementary ranks worse than 89.7% of middle schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.35. (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 Central Elementary has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Central Union Elementary School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (63.1%), American Indian (22.7%), two or more races (8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 65.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Central Elementary is 18.7, which is the 2^nd best among 4 elementary schools in the Central Union Elementary School District. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Central Elementary is $2,993,505, which is the lowest among 4 elementary schools in the Central Union Elementary School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Central Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Central Elementary 5435^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Central Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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SchoolDigger ranks Central Elementary 2491^st of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Central Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Central Union Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Central Union Elementary 947^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Central Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Central Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	24.61	3592^nd	4809	25.3%
2005	21.96	3831^st	4822	20.6%
2006	23.57	3757^th	4818	22.0%
2007	19.19	4359^th	5113	14.7%
2008	16.81	4544^th	5113	11.1%
2009	6.05	5131^st	5193	1.2%
2010	16.88	4789^th	5314	9.9%
2011	16.29	4889^th	5377	9.1%
2012	15.32	4940^th	5390	8.3%
2013	11.68	5224^th	5530	5.5%
2015	14.41	5158^th	5611	8.1%
2016	40.23	3063^rd	5614	45.4%
2017	33.31	3577^th	5692	37.2%
2018	34.51	3504^th	5662	38.1%
2019	19.45	4848^th	5789	16.3%
2022	18.27	5030^th	5883	14.5%
2023	30.40	3852^nd	5874	34.4%
2024	13.43	5435^th	5862	7.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Central Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	48.57	2457^th	5084	51.7%
2019	36.04	3432^nd	5173	33.7%
2022	29.90	3848^th	5264	26.9%
2023	39.35	3122^nd	5374	41.9%
2024	20.66	4732^nd	5511	14.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Central Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	39.35	3128^th	5413	42.2%
2019	22.83	4399^th	5492	19.9%
2022	19.58	4758^th	5635	15.6%
2023	26.27	4117^th	5617	26.7%
2024	13.81	5204^th	5605	7.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Central Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	31.18	3612^th	5431	33.5%
2019	21.55	4515^th	5510	18.1%
2022	18.87	4817^th	5663	14.9%
2023	35.54	3371^st	5650	40.3%
2024	15.85	5084^th	5636	9.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Central Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	51.29	2151^st	4830	55.5%
2019	34.98	3316^th	4963	33.2%
2022	31.96	3532^nd	5084	30.5%
2023	42.60	2713^th	5098	46.8%
2024	20.63	4415^th	5102	13.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Native American students at Central Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	22.32	16^th	18	11.1%
2022	29.38	10^th	11	9.1%

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

Rank History for Central Elementary

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Rank History for all middle school students at Central Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	28.15	1237^th	1769	30.1%
2005	13.08	1611^th	1777	9.3%
2006	19.87	1484^th	1804	17.7%
2007	19.02	1669^th	1999	16.5%
2008	21.23	1647^th	2005	17.9%
2009	14.26	1850^th	2063	10.3%
2010	15.66	1946^th	2179	10.7%
2011	30.76	1619^th	2236	27.6%
2012	10.36	2109^th	2259	6.6%
2013	7.96	2267^th	2379	4.7%
2015	11.04	2319^th	2477	6.4%
2016	18.76	2067^th	2497	17.2%
2017	17.06	2142^nd	2508	14.6%
2018	14.66	2184^th	2480	11.9%
2019	16.35	2339^th	2715	13.8%
2022	17.81	2316^th	2740	15.5%
2023	20.58	2239^th	2802	20.1%
2024	14.35	2491^st	2777	10.3%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Central Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	19.71	1918^th	2230	14.0%
2019	19.95	2024^th	2369	14.6%
2022	29.54	1719^th	2458	30.1%
2023	30.23	1754^th	2549	31.2%
2024	22.92	2070^th	2575	19.6%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Central Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	9.69	2162^nd	2262	4.4%
2019	17.90	2017^th	2380	15.3%
2022	18.42	2134^th	2509	14.9%
2023	12.70	2388^th	2547	6.2%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Central Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.93	1653^rd	2273	27.3%
2019	17.97	2059^th	2407	14.5%
2022	20.41	2033^rd	2527	19.5%
2023	23.76	1931^st	2558	24.5%
2024	21.52	2019^th	2547	20.7%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Central Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	22.16	1701^st	2072	17.9%
2019	30.78	1517^th	2213	31.5%
2022	26.45	1765^th	2359	25.2%
2023	29.33	1679^th	2391	29.8%
2024	18.74	2057^th	2383	13.7%

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Rank History for middle school Native American students at Central Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	44.35	10^th	18	44.4%
2019	32.95	13^th	19	31.6%

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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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Enrollment information for Central Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	98	24	0	52	116	n/a	n/a	0	290
1989	102	25	0	51	119	n/a	n/a	0	297
1990	117	13	0	55	126	n/a	n/a	0	311
1991	109	9	0	64	115	n/a	n/a	0	297
1992	116	13	0	63	120	n/a	n/a	0	312
1993	132	10	0	62	98	n/a	n/a	0	302
1994	131	10	2	70	93	n/a	n/a	0	306
1995	121	21	3	93	104	n/a	n/a	0	342
1996	121	21	3	93	104	n/a	n/a	0	342
1997	121	13	1	79	93	n/a	n/a	0	307
1998	121	14	0	85	88	n/a	n/a	0	308
1999	103	15	3	85	102	n/a	n/a	0	308
2000	100	14	2	84	97	n/a	n/a	0	297
2001	79	19	2	88	129	n/a	n/a	0	317
2002	79	15	1	104	121	n/a	n/a	0	320
2003	79	15	1	104	121	n/a	n/a	0	320
2004	77	13	0	103	141	n/a	n/a	0	334
2005	69	12	1	101	150	n/a	n/a	0	333
2006	66	10	3	102	165	n/a	n/a	1	347
2007	56	10	3	102	181	n/a	n/a	4	356
2008	56	10	3	94	219	n/a	n/a	0	382
2009	43	14	2	97	220	0	2	0	378
2010	35	12	2	100	219	0	2	0	370
2011	36	13	2	77	240	0	1	0	369
2012	28	15	2	100	216	0	0	0	361
2013	34	12	2	104	193	0	1	0	346
2014	29	10	1	132	156	0	2	0	330
2015	28	5	2	130	123	0	4	0	292
2016	31	6	1	136	104	0	10	0	288
2017	36	5	0	142	101	0	11	0	295
2018	24	2	0	143	106	0	12	0	287
2019	24	0	0	145	90	0	15	0	274
2020	21	1	0	151	77	0	18	0	268
2021	17	1	0	147	74	0	21	0	260
2022	12	0	0	161	80	0	23	0	276
2023	15	1	0	150	64	0	20	0	250
2024	12	2	0	142	51	0	18	0	225

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 Central Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	290	12.9	22.4	n/a
1989	297	15.0	19.8	n/a
1990	311	14.0	22.2	n/a
1991	297	14.0	21.2	n/a
1992	312	14.2	21.9	69.2
1993	302	13.0	23.2	61.6
1994	306	12.5	24.5	63.4
1995	342	15.5	22.1	76
1996	342	15.5	22.1	76
1997	307	17.0	18.1	73.6
1998	308	17.0	18.1	70.5
1999	308	17.0	18.1	66.2
2000	297	18.0	16.5	47.8
2001	317	19.0	16.7	50.2
2002	320	18.0	17.8	45
2003	320	18.0	17.8	45
2004	334	19.0	17.6	44
2005	333	20.0	16.7	42.3
2006	347	21.0	16.5	43.4
2007	356	21.0	17.0	47.7
2008	382	23.0	16.6	35.6
2009	378	22.0	15.8	36.2
2010	370	20.0	18.5	38.6
2011	369	n/a	n/a	36
2012	361	19.5	18.5	n/a
2013	346	19.0	18.2	51.2
2014	330	18.0	18.2	54.8
2015	292	17.0	17.1	54.8
2016	288	15.0	19.2	59.4
2017	295	14.0	21.0	63.4
2018	287	15.0	19.1	60.6
2019	274	15.0	18.2	56.2
2020	268	n/a	n/a	61.2
2021	260	13.0	20.0	46.2
2022	276	15.0	18.4	53.3
2023	250	13.0	19.2	57.6
2024	225	12.0	18.7	65.3

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 Central Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	290	12.9	22.4	n/a
1989	297	15.0	19.8	n/a
1990	311	14.0	22.2	n/a
1991	297	14.0	21.2	n/a
1992	312	14.2	21.9	69.2
1993	302	13.0	23.2	61.6
1994	306	12.5	24.5	63.4
1995	342	15.5	22.1	76
1996	342	15.5	22.1	76
1997	307	17.0	18.1	73.6
1998	308	17.0	18.1	70.5
1999	308	17.0	18.1	66.2
2000	297	18.0	16.5	47.8
2001	317	19.0	16.7	50.2
2002	320	18.0	17.8	45
2003	320	18.0	17.8	45
2004	334	19.0	17.6	44
2005	333	20.0	16.7	42.3
2006	347	21.0	16.5	43.4
2007	356	21.0	17.0	47.7
2008	382	23.0	16.6	35.6
2009	378	22.0	15.8	36.2
2010	370	20.0	18.5	38.6
2011	369	n/a	n/a	36
2012	361	19.5	18.5	n/a
2013	346	19.0	18.2	51.2
2014	330	18.0	18.2	54.8
2015	292	17.0	17.1	54.8
2016	288	15.0	19.2	59.4
2017	295	14.0	21.0	63.4
2018	287	15.0	19.1	60.6
2019	274	15.0	18.2	56.2
2020	268	n/a	n/a	61.2
2021	260	13.0	20.0	46.2
2022	276	15.0	18.4	53.3
2023	250	13.0	19.2	57.6
2024	225	12.0	18.7	65.3

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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