Is Machado Elementary a good school?

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

How many students attend Machado Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 550 students attended Machado Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Machado Elementary?

Students at Machado Elementary are 87% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% African American, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Machado Elementary attend?

Students who attend Machado Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Terra Cotta Middle High : Lakeside High

Machado Elementary

Summary:

Machado Elementary is a public elementary school located in Lake Elsinore, California, serving around 550 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Lake Elsinore Unified School District, which is ranked 1038 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Machado Elementary faces several significant challenges, including a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism rates, from 16.5% in 2018-2019 to 46.6% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the 34.4% rate at Railroad Canyon Elementary, the closest school in the district. Academically, the school consistently underperforms compared to the district and state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics, with only 17.95% of Machado students proficient or better in ELA in 2023-2024, compared to 37.65% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school's performance in Science (CAST) is also below the district and state averages, with only 11.39% of students proficient or better in 2023-2024.

Machado Elementary also struggles to support its student subgroups, with lower rankings for female, male, Hispanic, English Language Learner, and low socioeconomic status students compared to the state. However, the school performs better in supporting its special education and disabled student populations. Additionally, Machado Elementary has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, reaching 89.82% in 2022-2023, significantly higher than the district average, which ranges from 48.51% to 94.79% across the nearby schools.

Detail:

Public K-5

15150 Joy St.
Lake Elsinore, CA 92530-7912

(951) 253-7500

District: Lake Elsinore Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5436^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,613

Students who attend Machado Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Terra Cotta Middle
High:	Lakeside High

Student/teacher ratio: 20.7

Number of students: 550

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

87.3%

White:

7.5%

African American:

2.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 89.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Machado Elementary ranks worse than 92.7% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks last among 14 ranked elementary schools in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District. (See more...)

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

Chronic absenteeism in a high 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 (87.3%), White (7.5%), African American (2.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 89.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Machado Elementary is 20.7, which is the 2^nd best among 14 elementary schools in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Machado Elementary employs 26.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Machado Elementary is $7,613, which is the 6^th highest among 14 elementary schools in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Machado Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Machado Elementary 5436^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Machado Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Lake Elsinore Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Lake Elsinore Unified 1038^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Machado Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Machado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	21.23	3856^th	4809	19.8%
2005	18.67	4058^th	4822	15.8%
2006	20.45	3968^th	4818	17.6%
2007	14.18	4699^th	5113	8.1%
2008	29.34	3641^st	5113	28.8%
2009	17.49	4597^th	5193	11.5%
2010	22.45	4428^th	5314	16.7%
2011	24.71	4353^rd	5377	19.0%
2012	21.90	4522^nd	5390	16.1%
2013	22.74	4549^th	5530	17.7%
2015	14.18	5189^th	5611	7.5%
2016	13.94	5139^th	5614	8.5%
2017	11.16	5428^th	5692	4.6%
2018	13.09	5250^th	5662	7.3%
2019	12.31	5432^nd	5789	6.2%
2022	19.01	4951^st	5883	15.8%
2023	17.64	5093^rd	5874	13.3%
2024	13.43	5436^th	5862	7.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Machado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	14.99	3229^th	3246	0.5%
2019	24.15	2921^st	3275	10.8%
2022	23.98	3000^th	3311	9.4%
2023	25.88	2823^rd	3250	13.1%
2024	19.36	3092^nd	3160	2.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Machado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	36.00	1386^th	2420	42.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Machado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	18.54	4563^rd	5084	10.2%
2019	15.87	4787^th	5173	7.5%
2022	27.17	4069^th	5264	22.7%
2023	23.66	4408^th	5374	18.0%
2024	15.42	5113^th	5511	7.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Machado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	10.94	5196^th	5413	4.0%
2019	13.39	5130^th	5492	6.6%
2022	23.32	4389^th	5635	22.1%
2023	17.63	4923^rd	5617	12.4%
2024	14.95	5123^rd	5605	8.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Machado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	55.44	673^rd	2128	68.4%
2019	43.35	1181^st	2585	54.3%
2022	34.30	1299^th	2227	41.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Machado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	16.84	4835^th	5431	11.0%
2019	14.05	5117^th	5510	7.1%
2022	17.37	4996^th	5663	11.8%
2023	21.25	4606^th	5650	18.5%
2024	14.05	5228^th	5636	7.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Machado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	19.86	4254^th	4830	11.9%
2019	17.30	4547^th	4963	8.4%
2022	28.56	3831^st	5084	24.6%
2023	24.12	4179^th	5098	18.0%
2024	17.83	4602^nd	5102	9.8%

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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 Machado Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1990	799	23	18	169	0	n/a	n/a	0	1009
1991	780	26	15	249	0	n/a	n/a	0	1070
1992	774	42	14	257	0	n/a	n/a	0	1087
1993	746	63	16	237	4	n/a	n/a	0	1066
1994	619	52	16	301	2	n/a	n/a	0	990
1995	511	42	18	342	0	n/a	n/a	0	913
1996	511	42	18	342	0	n/a	n/a	0	913
1997	426	65	20	386	4	n/a	n/a	0	901
1998	351	60	18	453	3	n/a	n/a	0	885
1999	322	69	17	474	7	n/a	n/a	0	889
2000	281	69	12	542	9	n/a	n/a	1	914
2001	284	67	18	567	12	n/a	n/a	5	953
2002	124	36	17	470	5	n/a	n/a	16	668
2003	124	36	17	470	5	n/a	n/a	16	668
2004	110	29	14	488	6	n/a	n/a	12	659
2005	114	29	17	545	4	n/a	n/a	11	720
2006	101	30	21	571	3	n/a	n/a	8	734
2007	94	21	19	620	5	n/a	n/a	10	769
2008	92	31	16	637	8	n/a	n/a	0	784
2009	94	14	16	599	8	5	6	0	742
2010	92	19	17	609	5	5	11	0	758
2011	84	17	10	584	6	4	9	0	714
2012	79	22	15	549	7	2	12	0	686
2013	71	19	14	573	2	3	13	0	695
2014	81	21	14	584	1	1	10	0	712
2015	72	30	12	577	0	1	17	0	709
2016	64	32	7	548	0	0	5	0	656
2017	47	30	6	541	0	0	10	0	634
2018	49	23	6	530	1	0	16	0	625
2019	77	25	3	540	0	1	11	0	657
2020	92	17	8	493	4	1	13	0	628
2021	45	13	4	486	1	3	12	0	564
2022	44	19	3	506	0	2	9	0	583
2023	41	14	4	480	0	1	10	0	550

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 Machado Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	1009	37.0	27.2	n/a
1991	1070	38.0	28.1	n/a
1992	1087	38.6	28.1	52.5
1993	1066	39.0	27.3	47.9
1994	990	36.5	27.1	61.8
1995	913	35.5	25.7	63.9
1996	913	35.5	25.7	63.9
1997	901	36.0	25.0	72.6
1998	885	42.0	21.1	68
1999	889	41.5	21.4	70
2000	914	43.0	21.3	71.3
2001	953	45.0	21.2	73.8
2002	668	31.8	21.0	82.2
2003	668	31.8	21.0	82.2
2004	659	31.5	20.9	96.9
2005	720	34.0	21.2	92
2006	734	36.0	20.4	79.5
2007	769	36.5	21.1	76.5
2008	784	41.0	19.1	78.8
2009	742	36.5	18.8	80.9
2010	758	35.0	21.6	83.6
2011	714	n/a	n/a	92.3
2012	686	28.0	24.5	n/a
2013	695	29.0	23.9	93.1
2014	712	29.0	24.5	91.4
2015	709	28.0	25.3	92.7
2016	656	28.0	23.4	93.4
2017	634	24.5	25.8	93.1
2018	625	25.5	24.5	91.2
2019	657	25.0	26.2	90.1
2020	628	n/a	n/a	89.5
2021	564	26.0	21.6	90.8
2022	583	27.5	21.1	82.8
2023	550	26.5	20.7	89.8

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 Machado Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	1009	37.0	27.2	n/a
1991	1070	38.0	28.1	n/a
1992	1087	38.6	28.1	52.5
1993	1066	39.0	27.3	47.9
1994	990	36.5	27.1	61.8
1995	913	35.5	25.7	63.9
1996	913	35.5	25.7	63.9
1997	901	36.0	25.0	72.6
1998	885	42.0	21.1	68
1999	889	41.5	21.4	70
2000	914	43.0	21.3	71.3
2001	953	45.0	21.2	73.8
2002	668	31.8	21.0	82.2
2003	668	31.8	21.0	82.2
2004	659	31.5	20.9	96.9
2005	720	34.0	21.2	92
2006	734	36.0	20.4	79.5
2007	769	36.5	21.1	76.5
2008	784	41.0	19.1	78.8
2009	742	36.5	18.8	80.9
2010	758	35.0	21.6	83.6
2011	714	n/a	n/a	92.3
2012	686	28.0	24.5	n/a
2013	695	29.0	23.9	93.1
2014	712	29.0	24.5	91.4
2015	709	28.0	25.3	92.7
2016	656	28.0	23.4	93.4
2017	634	24.5	25.8	93.1
2018	625	25.5	24.5	91.2
2019	657	25.0	26.2	90.1
2020	628	n/a	n/a	89.5
2021	564	26.0	21.6	90.8
2022	583	27.5	21.1	82.8
2023	550	26.5	20.7	89.8

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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