Is Arthur S. Dudley Elementary a good school?

Arthur S. Dudley Elementary ranks in the bottom 14.1% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Arthur S. Dudley Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 606 students attended Arthur S. Dudley Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Arthur S. Dudley Elementary?

Students at Arthur S. Dudley Elementary are 31% White, 30% Hispanic, 21% African American, 13% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 1% American Indian.

What schools do graduates of Arthur S. Dudley Elementary attend?

Students who attend Arthur S. Dudley Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Wilson C. Riles Middle High : Center High

Arthur S. Dudley Elementary

Summary:

Arthur S. Dudley Elementary is a public elementary school located in Antelope, CA, serving 606 students in grades K-6 as part of the Center Joint Unified School District. However, the school faces significant challenges, with declining academic performance, high chronic absenteeism rates, and struggles to support certain student subgroups.

Arthur S. Dudley Elementary has seen a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 17.3% in 2018-2019 to 49.0% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than nearby Oak Hill Elementary (22.7%) and Cyril Spinelli Elementary (31.3%). The school also consistently underperforms the district and state in Smarter Balanced Assessments, with only 23.63% of students proficient or better in ELA/Literacy and 15.7% in Mathematics, compared to 35.64% and 24.6% for the district, respectively.

Furthermore, Arthur S. Dudley Elementary struggles to support certain student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 10% of California elementary schools for Asian, Hispanic, and Low Socioeconomic Status students in ELA/Literacy, as well as the bottom 30% for English Language Learners and Special Education students. The school's high rates of free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, ranging from 69.31% to 76.03%, may be contributing to these challenges. Overall, the school's declining statewide ranking and underperformance compared to nearby schools suggest that targeted interventions and support are needed to address these issues and improve outcomes for all students.

Detail:

Public K-6

8000 Aztec Way
Antelope, CA 95843-4486

(916) 338-6470

District: Center Joint Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5036^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $5,331

Students who attend Arthur S. Dudley Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Wilson C. Riles Middle
High:	Center High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.7

Number of students: 606

Racial breakdown:

White:

31.0%

Hispanic:

30.4%

African American:

20.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 69.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Arthur S. Dudley Elementary ranks worse than 85.9% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks last among 4 ranked elementary schools in the Center Joint Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 17.86. (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 Student population at Arthur S. Dudley Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (31%), Hispanic (30.4%), African American (20.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 69.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Arthur S. Dudley Elementary is 24.7. 2 elementary schools in the Center Joint Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Arthur S. Dudley Elementary employs 24.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Arthur S. Dudley Elementary is $5,331. 2 elementary schools in the Center Joint Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Arthur S. Dudley Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Arthur S. Dudley Elementary 5036^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Arthur S. Dudley Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Center Joint Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Center Joint Unified 1101^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Arthur S. Dudley Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Arthur S. Dudley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	62.25	1610^th	4809	66.5%
2005	64.83	1551^st	4822	67.8%
2006	64.90	1549^th	4818	67.8%
2007	59.69	1842^nd	5113	64.0%
2008	48.10	2488^th	5113	51.3%
2009	62.95	1770^th	5193	65.9%
2010	60.49	1955^th	5314	63.2%
2011	48.19	2714^th	5377	49.5%
2012	45.69	2899^th	5390	46.2%
2013	42.49	3147^th	5530	43.1%
2015	41.42	2942^nd	5611	47.6%
2016	43.63	2850^th	5614	49.2%
2017	40.75	3055^th	5692	46.3%
2018	33.38	3576^th	5662	36.8%
2019	28.51	4061^st	5789	29.8%
2022	19.85	4883^rd	5883	17.0%
2023	14.21	5385^th	5874	8.3%
2024	17.86	5036^th	5862	14.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Arthur S. Dudley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	40.53	1739^th	3246	46.4%
2019	40.89	1731^st	3275	47.1%
2022	19.29	3229^th	3311	2.5%
2023	37.41	1987^th	3250	38.9%
2024	27.49	2724^th	3160	13.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Arthur S. Dudley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	29.59	1671^st	2420	31.0%
2024	31.26	1747^th	2634	33.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Arthur S. Dudley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	34.63	3429^th	5084	32.6%
2019	29.74	3873^rd	5173	25.1%
2022	21.01	4571^st	5264	13.2%
2023	15.36	5014^th	5374	6.7%
2024	17.53	4966^th	5511	9.9%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Arthur S. Dudley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	18.79	317^th	336	5.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Arthur S. Dudley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	28.63	3862^nd	5413	28.7%
2019	23.54	4336^th	5492	21.0%
2022	21.31	4588^th	5635	18.6%
2023	18.36	4859^th	5617	13.5%
2024	18.56	4829^th	5605	13.8%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Arthur S. Dudley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	39.68	1047^th	2128	50.8%
2019	42.37	1214^th	2585	53.0%
2022	27.37	1617^th	2227	27.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Arthur S. Dudley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	38.51	3133^rd	5431	42.3%
2019	34.17	3452^nd	5510	37.4%
2022	19.82	4732^nd	5663	16.4%
2023	12.40	5352^nd	5650	5.3%
2024	18.79	4826^th	5636	14.4%

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Rank History for Asian students at Arthur S. Dudley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	2.50	1148^th	1190	3.5%

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Rank History for African American students at Arthur S. Dudley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	32.26	477^th	700	31.9%
2019	41.94	396^th	747	47.0%
2022	33.10	431^st	663	35.0%
2023	31.42	447^th	662	32.5%
2024	27.48	449^th	593	24.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Arthur S. Dudley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	41.77	2749^th	4830	43.1%
2019	37.78	3110^th	4963	37.3%
2022	24.68	4142^nd	5084	18.5%
2023	11.34	4981^st	5098	2.3%
2024	24.96	4107^th	5102	19.5%

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Rank History for White students at Arthur S. Dudley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	17.88	2374^th	2737	13.3%
2019	8.25	2684^th	2834	5.3%
2022	7.56	2586^th	2726	5.1%
2023	5.56	2569^th	2662	3.5%
2024	6.60	2534^th	2647	4.3%

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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 Arthur S. Dudley Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	473	118	70	48	3	n/a	n/a	0	712
1989	419	117	61	46	0	n/a	n/a	0	643
1990	440	113	67	48	0	n/a	n/a	0	668
1991	428	119	80	59	2	n/a	n/a	0	688
1992	433	164	92	65	1	n/a	n/a	0	755
1993	434	125	91	54	4	n/a	n/a	0	708
1994	495	159	83	78	16	n/a	n/a	0	831
1995	505	132	93	68	11	n/a	n/a	0	809
1996	505	132	93	68	11	n/a	n/a	0	809
1997	508	137	103	67	11	n/a	n/a	0	826
1998	509	152	106	76	3	n/a	n/a	0	846
1999	479	155	112	80	4	n/a	n/a	0	830
2000	443	134	88	85	7	n/a	n/a	45	802
2001	380	124	74	85	7	n/a	n/a	101	771
2002	433	115	110	88	7	n/a	n/a	89	842
2003	433	115	110	88	7	n/a	n/a	89	842
2004	479	137	107	99	12	n/a	n/a	62	896
2005	479	142	120	116	10	n/a	n/a	0	867
2006	399	118	87	114	11	n/a	n/a	10	739
2007	360	123	89	115	12	n/a	n/a	35	734
2008	352	88	72	100	7	n/a	n/a	0	619
2009	321	82	60	101	7	2	113	0	686
2010	326	90	75	143	8	7	15	0	664
2011	326	82	72	141	6	8	24	0	659
2012	370	80	73	149	5	5	47	0	729
2013	370	67	68	167	5	4	34	0	715
2014	342	50	61	168	8	6	87	0	722
2015	354	55	64	146	7	7	53	0	686
2016	317	84	68	154	6	7	40	0	676
2017	310	82	67	162	3	5	39	0	668
2018	306	90	67	164	3	6	39	0	675
2019	267	94	69	165	2	7	45	0	649
2020	237	123	66	191	2	5	31	0	655
2021	212	118	59	196	3	5	24	0	617
2022	178	124	53	174	4	6	20	0	559
2023	188	125	80	184	7	4	18	0	606

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Arthur S. Dudley Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	712	30.0	23.7	n/a
1989	643	29.0	22.1	n/a
1990	668	29.0	23.0	n/a
1991	688	27.9	24.6	n/a
1992	755	28.4	26.5	32.6
1993	708	31.0	22.8	43.5
1994	831	34.0	24.4	35.4
1995	809	32.0	25.3	29.7
1996	809	32.0	25.3	29.7
1997	826	37.0	22.3	34.1
1998	846	39.0	21.7	33.7
1999	830	41.0	20.2	35.7
2000	802	40.0	20.1	17.8
2001	771	39.0	19.8	36.4
2002	842	43.5	19.4	31.2
2003	842	43.5	19.4	31.2
2004	896	37.0	24.2	29.1
2005	867	37.4	23.2	40.1
2006	739	35.4	20.9	41.7
2007	734	35.0	21.0	49.2
2008	619	38.6	16.0	51.4
2009	686	34.0	18.2	54.1
2010	664	32.0	20.7	60.5
2011	659	n/a	n/a	55.8
2012	729	26.0	28.0	n/a
2013	715	26.0	27.5	64.2
2014	722	28.0	25.7	63.9
2015	686	27.0	25.4	61.2
2016	676	26.0	26.0	61.7
2017	668	24.5	27.2	65.9
2018	675	26.0	25.9	69.9
2019	649	26.0	24.9	70.6
2020	655	n/a	n/a	69.9
2021	617	25.0	24.6	72.4
2022	559	26.2	21.2	76
2023	606	24.4	24.7	69.3

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 Arthur S. Dudley Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	712	30.0	23.7	n/a
1989	643	29.0	22.1	n/a
1990	668	29.0	23.0	n/a
1991	688	27.9	24.6	n/a
1992	755	28.4	26.5	32.6
1993	708	31.0	22.8	43.5
1994	831	34.0	24.4	35.4
1995	809	32.0	25.3	29.7
1996	809	32.0	25.3	29.7
1997	826	37.0	22.3	34.1
1998	846	39.0	21.7	33.7
1999	830	41.0	20.2	35.7
2000	802	40.0	20.1	17.8
2001	771	39.0	19.8	36.4
2002	842	43.5	19.4	31.2
2003	842	43.5	19.4	31.2
2004	896	37.0	24.2	29.1
2005	867	37.4	23.2	40.1
2006	739	35.4	20.9	41.7
2007	734	35.0	21.0	49.2
2008	619	38.6	16.0	51.4
2009	686	34.0	18.2	54.1
2010	664	32.0	20.7	60.5
2011	659	n/a	n/a	55.8
2012	729	26.0	28.0	n/a
2013	715	26.0	27.5	64.2
2014	722	28.0	25.7	63.9
2015	686	27.0	25.4	61.2
2016	676	26.0	26.0	61.7
2017	668	24.5	27.2	65.9
2018	675	26.0	25.9	69.9
2019	649	26.0	24.9	70.6
2020	655	n/a	n/a	69.9
2021	617	25.0	24.6	72.4
2022	559	26.2	21.2	76
2023	606	24.4	24.7	69.3

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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