Is Withrow Elementary a good school?

Withrow Elementary ranks 4295 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Withrow Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 607 students attended Withrow Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Withrow Elementary?

Students at Withrow Elementary are 77% Hispanic, 14% White, 4% African American, 3% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Withrow Elementary attend?

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

Withrow Elementary

Summary:

Withrow Elementary is a public elementary school in Lake Elsinore, California, serving 607 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.

Withrow Elementary faces several challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates, consistently underperforming academic results compared to the district and state averages, and struggles to support certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic and White students, as well as English Language Learners and students with disabilities. The school has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 83.36% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, significantly higher than nearby schools. When compared to other schools in the district, such as Rice Canyon Elementary and Luiseno, Withrow Elementary consistently underperforms in academic assessments and has higher chronic absenteeism rates.

The data suggests that Withrow Elementary's performance has declined over the years, as evidenced by its decreasing statewide ranking and lower SchoolDigger star ratings. The school's high percentage of students from low-income families likely contributes to its academic struggles, and targeted interventions and support would be beneficial to address the specific needs of its student population. This could include implementing evidence-based strategies to improve attendance, providing additional academic and social-emotional support for struggling students, and collaborating with the community to address the unique challenges faced by high-poverty schools.

Detail:

Public K-5

30100 Audelo St.
Lake Elsinore, CA 92530-7300

(951) 253-7570

District: Lake Elsinore Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4295^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,283

Students who attend Withrow Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Terra Cotta Middle
High:	Lakeside High

Student/teacher ratio: 21.6

Number of students: 607

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

76.6%

White:

14.2%

African American:

4.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 83.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Withrow Elementary ranks worse than 73.3% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 11^th among 14 ranked elementary schools in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 25.71. (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 (76.6%), White (14.2%), African American (4.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 83.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Withrow Elementary is 21.6, which is the 6^th best among 14 elementary schools in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Withrow Elementary is $7,283. 8 elementary schools in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Withrow Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Withrow Elementary 4295^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Withrow 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 Withrow Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Withrow Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	49.34	2187^th	4809	54.5%
2005	60.27	1725^th	4822	64.2%
2006	52.72	2067^th	4818	57.1%
2007	57.99	1929^th	5113	62.3%
2008	64.10	1678^th	5113	67.2%
2009	68.80	1496^th	5193	71.2%
2010	63.85	1793^rd	5314	66.3%
2011	61.89	1908^th	5377	64.5%
2012	56.45	2239^th	5390	58.5%
2013	48.67	2763^rd	5530	50.0%
2015	22.71	4352^nd	5611	22.4%
2016	25.73	4116^th	5614	26.7%
2017	20.72	4626^th	5692	18.7%
2018	19.57	4719^th	5662	16.7%
2019	21.05	4702^nd	5789	18.8%
2022	25.17	4320^th	5883	26.6%
2023	16.04	5230^th	5874	11.0%
2024	25.71	4295^th	5862	26.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Withrow Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	25.86	2795^th	3275	14.7%
2022	35.67	2148^th	3311	35.1%
2023	36.00	2087^th	3250	35.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Withrow Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	29.19	1689^th	2420	30.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Withrow Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	24.56	4150^th	5084	18.4%
2019	22.54	4387^th	5173	15.2%
2022	28.15	3991^st	5264	24.2%
2023	18.04	4834^th	5374	10.0%
2024	29.68	3984^th	5511	27.7%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Withrow Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	32.40	264^th	356	25.8%
2023	20.18	314^th	336	6.5%
2024	55.02	133^rd	364	63.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Withrow Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.37	4503^rd	5413	16.8%
2019	23.04	4376^th	5492	20.3%
2022	21.97	4508^th	5635	20.0%
2023	13.52	5274^th	5617	6.1%
2024	25.77	4163^rd	5605	25.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Withrow Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	21.74	1882^nd	2128	11.6%
2019	42.47	1212^th	2585	53.1%
2022	57.37	650^th	2227	70.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Withrow Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.25	4552^nd	5431	16.2%
2019	20.70	4602^nd	5510	16.5%
2022	30.13	3771^st	5663	33.4%
2023	20.17	4700^th	5650	16.8%
2024	26.42	4134^th	5636	26.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Withrow Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	27.37	3729^th	4830	22.8%
2019	27.32	3879^th	4963	21.8%
2022	32.11	3520^th	5084	30.8%
2023	20.14	4490^th	5098	11.9%
2024	35.41	3325^th	5102	34.8%

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Rank History for White students at Withrow Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	4.11	2688^th	2737	1.8%
2019	7.09	2710^th	2834	4.4%
2022	15.82	2371^st	2726	13.0%
2023	6.32	2550^th	2662	4.2%
2024	10.39	2439^th	2647	7.9%

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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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by a parent
Friday, September 6, 2019

I agree, not to mention they shut it down ALL THE TIME. WE had a fire in ANOTHER CITY and they closed it down. .....the test scores speak for themselves and the parents are on another level of not caring. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Withrow Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1990	626	7	10	100	0	n/a	n/a	0	743
1991	722	25	17	159	1	n/a	n/a	0	924
1992	683	10	24	138	8	n/a	n/a	0	863
1993	766	20	35	156	4	n/a	n/a	0	981
1994	781	31	44	181	10	n/a	n/a	0	1047
1995	610	29	31	180	10	n/a	n/a	0	860
1996	610	29	31	180	10	n/a	n/a	0	860
1997	599	31	28	204	10	n/a	n/a	0	872
1998	581	40	31	227	10	n/a	n/a	0	889
1999	586	37	34	277	9	n/a	n/a	0	943
2000	560	37	30	283	9	n/a	n/a	0	919
2001	573	35	34	306	8	n/a	n/a	2	958
2002	346	33	12	362	11	n/a	n/a	11	775
2003	346	33	12	362	11	n/a	n/a	11	775
2004	320	29	23	387	8	n/a	n/a	9	776
2005	280	29	10	432	15	n/a	n/a	6	772
2006	225	30	21	442	11	n/a	n/a	9	738
2007	188	24	24	442	10	n/a	n/a	9	697
2008	171	27	27	457	7	n/a	n/a	0	689
2009	189	30	17	428	5	6	11	0	686
2010	181	30	19	437	4	6	14	0	691
2011	191	34	7	494	6	7	15	0	754
2012	172	36	7	490	8	10	18	0	741
2013	193	26	5	505	3	7	18	0	757
2014	173	22	8	516	3	3	19	0	744
2015	218	25	10	498	2	0	15	0	768
2016	170	19	12	529	1	0	28	0	759
2017	159	23	10	562	2	1	30	0	787
2018	146	21	8	543	2	2	23	0	745
2019	115	14	7	530	2	0	19	0	687
2020	138	14	10	464	5	4	20	0	655
2021	91	10	6	476	2	4	22	0	611
2022	92	28	7	495	4	2	21	0	649
2023	86	25	6	465	4	3	18	0	607

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 Withrow Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	743	28.0	26.5	n/a
1991	924	34.0	27.1	n/a
1992	863	34.6	24.9	20.7
1993	981	35.0	28.0	20.6
1994	1047	37.0	28.3	27.1
1995	860	30.0	28.7	24.3
1996	860	30.0	28.7	24.3
1997	872	35.0	24.9	27.4
1998	889	40.0	22.2	22.7
1999	943	44.0	21.4	25.3
2000	919	43.0	21.4	23.8
2001	958	45.0	21.3	24.2
2002	775	36.0	21.5	45.5
2003	775	36.0	21.5	45.5
2004	776	36.0	21.6	46.3
2005	772	36.0	21.4	51.6
2006	738	36.0	20.5	48.4
2007	697	34.0	20.5	54.2
2008	689	36.0	19.1	55
2009	686	34.0	19.6	55.8
2010	691	32.0	21.5	59.8
2011	754	n/a	n/a	67.6
2012	741	30.0	24.7	n/a
2013	757	30.0	25.2	77.8
2014	744	29.0	25.6	77.3
2015	768	30.0	25.6	79.7
2016	759	30.0	25.3	79.6
2017	787	30.0	26.2	78
2018	745	28.5	26.1	82.3
2019	687	30.0	22.9	81.5
2020	655	n/a	n/a	81.2
2021	611	28.0	21.8	83
2022	649	28.2	22.9	77.8
2023	607	28.0	21.6	83.4

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 Withrow Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	743	28.0	26.5	n/a
1991	924	34.0	27.1	n/a
1992	863	34.6	24.9	20.7
1993	981	35.0	28.0	20.6
1994	1047	37.0	28.3	27.1
1995	860	30.0	28.7	24.3
1996	860	30.0	28.7	24.3
1997	872	35.0	24.9	27.4
1998	889	40.0	22.2	22.7
1999	943	44.0	21.4	25.3
2000	919	43.0	21.4	23.8
2001	958	45.0	21.3	24.2
2002	775	36.0	21.5	45.5
2003	775	36.0	21.5	45.5
2004	776	36.0	21.6	46.3
2005	772	36.0	21.4	51.6
2006	738	36.0	20.5	48.4
2007	697	34.0	20.5	54.2
2008	689	36.0	19.1	55
2009	686	34.0	19.6	55.8
2010	691	32.0	21.5	59.8
2011	754	n/a	n/a	67.6
2012	741	30.0	24.7	n/a
2013	757	30.0	25.2	77.8
2014	744	29.0	25.6	77.3
2015	768	30.0	25.6	79.7
2016	759	30.0	25.3	79.6
2017	787	30.0	26.2	78
2018	745	28.5	26.1	82.3
2019	687	30.0	22.9	81.5
2020	655	n/a	n/a	81.2
2021	611	28.0	21.8	83
2022	649	28.2	22.9	77.8
2023	607	28.0	21.6	83.4

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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