Is Goshen Elementary a good school?

Goshen Elementary ranks 4058 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Goshen Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 584 students attended Goshen Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Goshen Elementary?

Students at Goshen Elementary are 83% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more races, 4% White.

What schools do graduates of Goshen Elementary attend?

Students who attend Goshen Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : La Joya Middle High : El Diamante High

Goshen Elementary

Summary:

Goshen Elementary is a public elementary school in Visalia, California, serving 531 students in grades K-6. It is part of the Visalia Unified School District, which has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Goshen Elementary faces significant challenges, including a high chronic absenteeism rate of 50.2%, which is much higher than the district and state averages. The school also consistently underperforms the Visalia Unified School District and the state of California in standardized tests, with only 31.29% of Goshen students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 43.55% for the district and 47.04% for the state. Goshen Elementary struggles to support certain student subgroups, such as its Special Education students, who ranked in the bottom 1% of California elementary schools in 2022-2023. Additionally, the school has an exceptionally high rate of free and reduced lunch recipients, reaching over 92% in 2021-2022, indicating a high concentration of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

Goshen Elementary's performance lags significantly behind many of the nearby schools in the Visalia Unified School District, such as Manuel F. Hernandez, Linwood Elementary, Shannon Ranch Elementary, and Denton Elementary, which all have higher test scores, lower chronic absenteeism, and better support for student subgroups. Addressing the challenges at Goshen Elementary will require a comprehensive approach that considers the school's socioeconomic context and implements targeted interventions to support student learning and achievement.

Detail:

Public K-6

6505 Avenue 308
Visalia, CA 93291-8939

(559) 730-7847

District: Visalia Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4058^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,004

Students who attend Goshen Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	La Joya Middle
High:	El Diamante High

Student/teacher ratio: 28.4

Number of students: 584

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

82.7%

Asian:

8.4%

Two or more races:

4.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 86.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Goshen Elementary ranks worse than 69.2% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 18^th among 27 ranked elementary schools in the Visalia Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 28.55. (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 Racial makeup is: Hispanic (82.7%), Asian (8.4%), two or more races (4.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 86.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Goshen Elementary is 28.4, which is the highest among 27 elementary schools in the Visalia Unified School District! (See more...)

Compare Goshen Elementary employs 20.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Goshen Elementary is $7,004. 21 elementary schools in the Visalia Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Goshen Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Goshen Elementary 4058^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Goshen Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Visalia Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Visalia Unified 894^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Goshen Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Goshen Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	11.75	4571^st	4809	4.9%
2005	20.36	3941^st	4822	18.3%
2006	27.54	3485^th	4818	27.7%
2007	24.89	3941^st	5113	22.9%
2008	16.08	4585^th	5113	10.3%
2009	18.87	4508^th	5193	13.2%
2010	14.35	4943^rd	5314	7.0%
2011	12.86	5083^rd	5377	5.5%
2012	11.42	5144^th	5390	4.6%
2013	14.48	5082^nd	5530	8.1%
2015	11.98	5351^st	5611	4.6%
2016	11.17	5359^th	5614	4.5%
2017	13.57	5229^th	5692	8.1%
2018	10.67	5405^th	5662	4.5%
2019	17.18	5062^nd	5789	12.6%
2022	26.47	4202^nd	5883	28.6%
2023	26.31	4245^th	5874	27.7%
2024	28.55	4058^th	5862	30.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Goshen Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	30.10	2388^th	3246	26.4%
2019	43.10	1602^nd	3275	51.1%
2022	64.91	611^th	3311	81.5%
2023	61.47	732^nd	3250	77.5%
2024	37.79	1974^th	3160	37.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Goshen Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	15.38	2406^th	2420	0.6%
2024	15.62	2608^th	2634	1.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Goshen Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	14.53	4774^th	5084	6.1%
2019	25.29	4207^th	5173	18.7%
2022	36.23	3320^th	5264	36.9%
2023	35.13	3467^th	5374	35.5%
2024	34.48	3570^th	5511	35.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Goshen Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	9.43	5251^st	5413	3.0%
2019	17.45	4836^th	5492	11.9%
2022	26.56	4065^th	5635	27.9%
2023	30.91	3681^st	5617	34.5%
2024	32.06	3631^st	5605	35.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Goshen Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	31.63	1416^th	2227	36.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Goshen Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	13.43	5064^th	5431	6.8%
2019	17.64	4849^th	5510	12.0%
2022	27.68	3987^th	5663	29.6%
2023	23.00	4448^th	5650	21.3%
2024	26.18	4154^th	5636	26.3%

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Rank History for Asian students at Goshen Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	3.70	1032^nd	1071	3.6%
2019	4.05	1096^th	1149	4.6%
2023	33.00	894^th	1190	24.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Goshen Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	12.33	4627^th	4830	4.2%
2019	21.33	4284^th	4963	13.7%
2022	35.04	3287^th	5084	35.3%
2023	31.38	3600^th	5098	29.4%
2024	34.88	3356^th	5102	34.2%

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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 Goshen Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1988	176	3	8	296	4	n/a	n/a	487
1989	176	9	11	318	1	n/a	n/a	515
1990	178	11	5	336	0	n/a	n/a	530
1991	206	16	6	373	4	n/a	n/a	605
1992	199	12	11	381	7	n/a	n/a	610
1993	177	19	18	366	7	n/a	n/a	587
1994	173	18	16	377	2	n/a	n/a	586
1995	128	23	10	418	2	n/a	n/a	581
1996	128	23	10	418	2	n/a	n/a	581
1997	121	23	8	432	4	n/a	n/a	588
1998	97	18	7	443	1	n/a	n/a	566
1999	83	14	1	406	4	n/a	n/a	508
2000	97	13	0	422	2	n/a	n/a	534
2001	84	12	2	427	0	n/a	n/a	525
2002	78	21	1	408	0	n/a	n/a	508
2003	78	21	1	408	0	n/a	n/a	508
2004	54	25	1	396	2	n/a	n/a	478
2005	62	24	2	432	4	n/a	n/a	524
2006	57	23	2	432	7	n/a	n/a	521
2007	43	21	2	439	14	n/a	n/a	519
2008	47	25	2	458	11	n/a	n/a	543
2009	55	21	2	438	11	0	0	527
2010	55	13	1	447	6	2	2	526
2011	54	20	2	478	3	2	1	560
2012	47	21	3	465	1	2	5	544
2013	54	17	33	508	0	0	10	622
2014	45	9	46	581	1	2	8	692
2015	38	7	52	586	1	1	16	701
2016	33	10	63	580	1	3	16	706
2017	33	8	83	605	2	1	21	753
2018	38	8	87	601	3	0	21	758
2019	29	11	96	613	5	1	27	782
2020	21	6	40	486	1	2	27	583
2021	22	4	44	472	2	2	21	567
2022	14	0	42	427	2	0	18	503
2023	17	0	42	447	3	2	20	531
2024	22	0	49	483	2	2	26	584

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 Goshen Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	487	18.9	25.7	n/a
1989	515	20.0	25.7	n/a
1990	530	20.0	26.5	n/a
1991	605	22.0	27.5	n/a
1992	610	22.4	27.2	86.9
1993	587	23.0	25.5	95.1
1994	586	23.0	25.5	94.9
1995	581	23.9	24.3	94.8
1996	581	23.9	24.3	94.8
1997	588	27.5	21.4	94.9
1998	566	28.5	19.9	92.9
1999	508	27.5	18.5	94.9
2000	534	32.1	16.6	92.5
2001	525	29.6	17.7	91.8
2002	508	24.5	20.7	91.5
2003	508	24.5	20.7	91.5
2004	478	24.5	19.5	94.8
2005	524	23.5	22.3	93.1
2006	521	24.5	21.3	96.7
2007	519	23.5	22.1	91.5
2008	543	24.4	22.3	82.5
2009	527	22.0	21.1	94.7
2010	526	21.3	24.6	93.2
2011	560	n/a	n/a	94.1
2012	544	20.0	27.2	n/a
2013	622	20.0	31.1	99.4
2014	692	24.0	28.8	80.9
2015	701	25.0	28.0	84.5
2016	706	26.0	27.1	74.4
2017	753	26.0	28.9	89.5
2018	758	25.5	29.7	86
2019	782	30.2	25.8	93
2020	583	n/a	n/a	89.7
2021	567	23.7	23.8	88.5
2022	503	23.8	21.0	92.8
2023	531	20.9	25.3	91.7
2024	584	20.5	28.4	86.8

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 Goshen Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	487	18.9	25.7	n/a
1989	515	20.0	25.7	n/a
1990	530	20.0	26.5	n/a
1991	605	22.0	27.5	n/a
1992	610	22.4	27.2	86.9
1993	587	23.0	25.5	95.1
1994	586	23.0	25.5	94.9
1995	581	23.9	24.3	94.8
1996	581	23.9	24.3	94.8
1997	588	27.5	21.4	94.9
1998	566	28.5	19.9	92.9
1999	508	27.5	18.5	94.9
2000	534	32.1	16.6	92.5
2001	525	29.6	17.7	91.8
2002	508	24.5	20.7	91.5
2003	508	24.5	20.7	91.5
2004	478	24.5	19.5	94.8
2005	524	23.5	22.3	93.1
2006	521	24.5	21.3	96.7
2007	519	23.5	22.1	91.5
2008	543	24.4	22.3	82.5
2009	527	22.0	21.1	94.7
2010	526	21.3	24.6	93.2
2011	560	n/a	n/a	94.1
2012	544	20.0	27.2	n/a
2013	622	20.0	31.1	99.4
2014	692	24.0	28.8	80.9
2015	701	25.0	28.0	84.5
2016	706	26.0	27.1	74.4
2017	753	26.0	28.9	89.5
2018	758	25.5	29.7	86
2019	782	30.2	25.8	93
2020	583	n/a	n/a	89.7
2021	567	23.7	23.8	88.5
2022	503	23.8	21.0	92.8
2023	531	20.9	25.3	91.7
2024	584	20.5	28.4	86.8

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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