School district · California
Atwater Elementary
Atwater Elementary in California: 11 public schools with 4,925 students and 22.9 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $17,986 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 4,925
- Students per teacher
- 22.9
- CA 21.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $17,986
- CA $20.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 215
- Counselors (FTE)
- 12.7
- Students per counselor
- 388
- CA 407 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 10.0
- Librarians (FTE): 0.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%44%proficient
−0.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 52% of school districts in California
Median 42% · 854 school districts compared
3,199 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%33%proficient
+0.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 52% of school districts in California
Median 32% · 854 school districts compared
3,228 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 16% · $16.6M
- State
- 73% · $77.6M
- Local
- 12% · $12.3M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $11,288
- Support services
- $5,795
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $10.9M
- Long-term debt
- $31.5M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aileen Colburn ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 371 | 21.8 | 43% | 33% |
Bellevue ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 599 | 24.0 | 37% | 31% |
Elmer Wood ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 514 | 23.4 | 45% | 38% |
Juniper ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 495 | 24.8 | 46% | 40% |
Mitchell ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 528 | 24.0 | 45% | 46% |
Peggy Heller ElementaryFree meals for all | K–8 | 712 | 23.7 | 47% | 36% |
Shaffer ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 405 | 22.3 | 36% | 28% |
Thomas Olaeta ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 374 | 22.0 | 52% | 45% |
Atwater Senior AcademyAlternative | 6–8 | 5 | 4.9 | — | — |
| 7–8 | 178 | 15.3 | 40% | 21% | |
Mitchell IntermediateFree meals for all | 7–8 | 744 | 23.8 | 46% | 25% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 1401 Broadway Ave., Atwater, CA 95301
- Phone
- (209)357-6100
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.