Is Webster Elementary a good school?

Webster Elementary ranks 2441 st of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Webster Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 294 students attended Webster Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Webster Elementary?

Students at Webster Elementary are 46% White, 38% Hispanic, 6% African American, 5% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Webster Elementary attend?

Students who attend Webster Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Charles W. Eliot Middle High : Pasadena High

Webster Elementary

Summary:

Webster Elementary is a public elementary school located in Pasadena, California, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 303 students. It is part of the Pasadena Unified school district, which is ranked 730 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Webster Elementary has some areas of strength, such as the relatively strong performance of disabled students, the school faces several challenges. Chronic absenteeism rates have risen sharply, from 11.1% in 2018-2019 to 36.3% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the district and state averages. In academic performance, Webster Elementary's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are generally lower than the Pasadena Unified and California state averages across all grade levels. The school also has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 64.9% to 71.62% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than nearby schools like Aveson School of Leaders and Field (Eugene) Elementary.

One notable finding is the significant performance gaps between different student subgroups at Webster Elementary, with Hispanic and low socioeconomic status students performing better than White and multi-racial students. This suggests the need for targeted interventions and support to address these inequities. While Webster Elementary faces challenges, the school's performance in certain areas, such as the relatively strong performance of disabled students, indicates that there are opportunities for improvement and best practices that can be leveraged to support student success across all subgroups.

Detail:

Public K-5

2101 East Washington Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91104-1899

(626) 396-5740

District: Pasadena Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2441^st of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $10,059

Students who attend Webster Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Charles W. Eliot Middle
High:	Pasadena High

Student/teacher ratio: 22.0

Number of students: 294

Racial breakdown:

White:

45.6%

Hispanic:

38.4%

African American:

6.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 73.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Webster Elementary ranks better than 58.4% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 9^th among 14 ranked elementary schools in the Pasadena Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 52.19. (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 Webster Elementary has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Pasadena Unified School District. Racial makeup is: White (45.6%), Hispanic (38.4%), African American (6.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 73.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Webster Elementary is 22, which is the 2^nd best among 14 elementary schools in the Pasadena Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Webster Elementary employs 13.3 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Webster Elementary is $10,059, which is the 2^nd highest among 14 elementary schools in the Pasadena Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Webster Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Webster Elementary 2441^st of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Webster Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Pasadena Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Pasadena Unified 730^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Webster Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	50.05	2157^th	4809	55.1%
2005	43.07	2542^nd	4822	47.3%
2006	43.67	2513^th	4818	47.8%
2007	46.78	2506^th	5113	51.0%
2008	37.65	3090^th	5113	39.6%
2009	37.90	3186^th	5193	38.6%
2010	62.01	1884^th	5314	64.5%
2011	73.19	1335^th	5377	75.2%
2012	58.64	2115^th	5390	60.8%
2013	64.75	1847^th	5530	66.6%
2015	46.39	2664^th	5611	52.5%
2016	60.98	1946^th	5614	65.3%
2017	59.82	2020^th	5692	64.5%
2018	65.16	1801^st	5662	68.2%
2019	64.03	1882^nd	5789	67.5%
2022	39.84	3101^st	5883	47.3%
2023	46.66	2717^th	5874	53.7%
2024	52.19	2441^st	5862	58.4%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Webster Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	3.48	654^th	669	2.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Webster Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	59.51	1769^th	5084	65.2%
2019	67.44	1313^th	5173	74.6%
2022	50.71	2238^th	5264	57.5%
2023	51.56	2261^st	5374	57.9%
2024	50.96	2325^th	5511	57.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Webster Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	62.99	1846^th	5413	65.9%
2019	66.60	1671^st	5492	69.6%
2022	33.42	3461^st	5635	38.6%
2023	45.61	2660^th	5617	52.6%
2024	45.62	2677^th	5605	52.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Webster Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	77.86	368^th	2585	85.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Webster Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	64.60	1735^th	5431	68.1%
2019	59.75	1967^th	5510	64.3%
2022	45.15	2699^th	5663	52.3%
2023	46.93	2627^th	5650	53.5%
2024	57.52	2088^th	5636	63.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Webster Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	60.37	1607^th	4830	66.7%
2019	63.04	1527^th	4963	69.2%
2022	44.15	2586^th	5084	49.1%
2023	40.27	2884^th	5098	43.4%
2024	54.07	2001^st	5102	60.8%

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Rank History for White students at Webster Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	49.04	1556^th	2737	43.1%
2019	51.11	1516^th	2834	46.5%
2022	22.03	2220^th	2726	18.6%
2023	46.94	1512^th	2662	43.2%
2024	24.51	2104^th	2647	20.5%

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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 Webster Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	152	226	26	270	0	n/a	n/a	0	674
1989	148	214	36	312	0	n/a	n/a	0	710
1990	173	179	34	321	0	n/a	n/a	0	707
1991	172	155	25	393	0	n/a	n/a	0	745
1992	197	134	21	371	0	n/a	n/a	0	723
1993	227	155	20	393	0	n/a	n/a	0	795
1994	216	193	17	366	0	n/a	n/a	0	792
1995	222	184	10	368	1	n/a	n/a	0	785
1996	222	184	10	368	1	n/a	n/a	0	785
1997	239	164	10	362	1	n/a	n/a	0	776
1998	253	125	11	289	1	n/a	n/a	0	679
1999	246	108	18	276	1	n/a	n/a	3	652
2000	251	109	21	285	3	n/a	n/a	0	669
2001	266	102	26	290	3	n/a	n/a	2	689
2002	227	60	28	249	2	n/a	n/a	1	567
2003	227	60	28	249	2	n/a	n/a	1	567
2004	193	41	26	249	1	n/a	n/a	0	510
2005	173	49	28	203	2	n/a	n/a	0	455
2006	199	65	23	199	3	n/a	n/a	0	489
2007	226	72	26	173	1	n/a	n/a	6	504
2008	252	89	30	199	2	n/a	n/a	0	572
2009	245	74	43	173	1	0	8	0	544
2010	165	35	15	133	1	2	32	0	383
2011	162	31	13	137	1	3	19	0	366
2012	202	60	18	165	1	5	21	0	472
2013	226	47	21	190	1	6	20	0	511
2014	234	39	22	173	3	8	13	0	492
2015	210	39	26	173	4	9	13	0	474
2016	228	38	28	151	3	9	10	0	467
2017	213	34	22	156	4	7	6	0	442
2018	181	27	14	151	3	9	10	0	395
2019	154	19	13	143	2	7	7	0	345
2020	155	20	14	121	3	2	5	0	320
2021	160	21	13	132	2	0	11	0	339
2022	135	16	12	120	2	0	12	0	297
2023	94	17	15	121	2	0	54	0	303
2024	134	18	13	113	1	1	14	0	294

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 Webster Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	674	27.6	24.4	n/a
1989	710	28.0	25.3	n/a
1990	707	28.8	24.5	n/a
1991	745	28.0	26.6	n/a
1992	723	28.5	25.3	76.8
1993	795	28.0	28.4	84.5
1994	792	28.0	28.3	83.8
1995	785	27.0	29.1	85.7
1996	785	27.0	29.1	85.7
1997	776	30.0	25.9	90.7
1998	679	32.5	20.9	86.7
1999	652	33.4	19.5	86.9
2000	669	35.8	18.7	80.1
2001	689	34.8	19.8	75
2002	567	33.5	16.9	72.4
2003	567	33.5	16.9	72.4
2004	510	25.9	19.7	73.7
2005	455	25.0	18.2	81.3
2006	489	26.5	18.5	73.2
2007	504	26.2	19.2	66.3
2008	572	31.6	18.1	63.1
2009	544	30.6	16.2	52.8
2010	383	21.0	18.2	62.7
2011	366	n/a	n/a	59.6
2012	472	19.1	24.7	n/a
2013	511	21.5	23.7	56.4
2014	492	19.0	25.8	64.6
2015	474	18.0	26.3	64.6
2016	467	18.0	25.9	61
2017	442	15.5	28.5	57.9
2018	395	17.0	23.2	64.6
2019	345	15.0	23.0	65.5
2020	320	n/a	n/a	64.7
2021	339	15.0	22.6	64.9
2022	297	13.0	22.8	70.7
2023	303	13.9	21.6	71.6
2024	294	13.3	22.0	73.1

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 Webster Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	674	27.6	24.4	n/a
1989	710	28.0	25.3	n/a
1990	707	28.8	24.5	n/a
1991	745	28.0	26.6	n/a
1992	723	28.5	25.3	76.8
1993	795	28.0	28.4	84.5
1994	792	28.0	28.3	83.8
1995	785	27.0	29.1	85.7
1996	785	27.0	29.1	85.7
1997	776	30.0	25.9	90.7
1998	679	32.5	20.9	86.7
1999	652	33.4	19.5	86.9
2000	669	35.8	18.7	80.1
2001	689	34.8	19.8	75
2002	567	33.5	16.9	72.4
2003	567	33.5	16.9	72.4
2004	510	25.9	19.7	73.7
2005	455	25.0	18.2	81.3
2006	489	26.5	18.5	73.2
2007	504	26.2	19.2	66.3
2008	572	31.6	18.1	63.1
2009	544	30.6	16.2	52.8
2010	383	21.0	18.2	62.7
2011	366	n/a	n/a	59.6
2012	472	19.1	24.7	n/a
2013	511	21.5	23.7	56.4
2014	492	19.0	25.8	64.6
2015	474	18.0	26.3	64.6
2016	467	18.0	25.9	61
2017	442	15.5	28.5	57.9
2018	395	17.0	23.2	64.6
2019	345	15.0	23.0	65.5
2020	320	n/a	n/a	64.7
2021	339	15.0	22.6	64.9
2022	297	13.0	22.8	70.7
2023	303	13.9	21.6	71.6
2024	294	13.3	22.0	73.1

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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