Is Dickson Elementary a good school?

Dickson Elementary ranks in the bottom 24.9% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Dickson Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 559 students attended Dickson Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Dickson Elementary?

Students at Dickson Elementary are 87% Hispanic, 6% White, 2% African American, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Dickson Elementary attend?

Students who attend Dickson Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Ramona Junior High High : Don Antonio Lugo High

Dickson Elementary

Summary:

Dickson Elementary is a public elementary school located in Chino, CA, serving grades K-6 with 597 students. It is part of the Chino Valley Unified School District, which is ranked 520 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Dickson Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of California elementary schools over the past decade, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school significantly underperforms the district and state in standardized test scores, with only 28.19% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy and 20.59% in math, compared to 60.65% and 48.64% for the district, respectively. Dickson's performance is particularly concerning in 3rd grade, where only 16.18% of students were proficient or better in ELA and 14.08% in math. The school also has a high rate of chronic absenteeism, rising from 12.9% in 2018-2019 to 47.0% in 2021-2022, more than double the district average.

In comparison, the nearby Lyle S. Briggs Fundamental, Eagle Canyon Elementary, and Rolling Ridge Elementary schools significantly outperform Dickson Elementary in academic achievement, with proficiency rates that are 20-50 percentage points higher in both ELA and math. These nearby schools also have lower chronic absenteeism rates and a lower percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, which may be contributing factors to Dickson's struggles.

Detail:

Public K-6

3930 Pamela Dr.
Chino, CA 91710-4130

(909) 591-2653

District: Chino Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4402^nd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $10,609

Students who attend Dickson Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Ramona Junior High
High:	Don Antonio Lugo High

Student/teacher ratio: 21.8

Number of students: 559

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

87.3%

White:

5.9%

African American:

2.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 88%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Dickson Elementary ranks worse than 75.1% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks last among 22 ranked elementary schools in the Chino Valley Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 24.56. (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 (87.3%), White (5.9%), Asian (2.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 88% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Chino Valley Unified School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Dickson Elementary is 21.8, which is the 3^rd best among 22 elementary schools in the Chino Valley Unified School District. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Dickson Elementary is $10,609, which is the 4^th highest among 22 elementary schools in the Chino Valley Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Dickson Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Dickson Elementary 4402^nd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Dickson Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Chino Valley Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Chino Valley Unified 520^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Dickson Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Dickson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	37.05	2804^th	4809	41.7%
2005	33.45	3085^th	4822	36.0%
2006	26.17	3575^th	4818	25.8%
2007	22.65	4078^th	5113	20.2%
2008	29.77	3609^th	5113	29.4%
2009	29.74	3726^th	5193	28.2%
2010	31.85	3710^th	5314	30.2%
2011	35.01	3619^th	5377	32.7%
2012	32.00	3802^nd	5390	29.5%
2013	26.76	4293^rd	5530	22.4%
2015	23.36	4302^nd	5611	23.3%
2016	19.10	4696^th	5614	16.4%
2017	18.31	4840^th	5692	15.0%
2018	24.09	4316^th	5662	23.8%
2019	27.44	4151^st	5789	28.3%
2022	24.09	4436^th	5883	24.6%
2023	22.79	4587^th	5874	21.9%
2024	24.56	4402^nd	5862	24.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Dickson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	49.01	1296^th	3246	60.1%
2019	44.82	1504^th	3275	54.1%
2022	17.64	3269^th	3311	1.3%
2023	42.29	1665^th	3250	48.8%
2024	51.41	1105^th	3160	65.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Dickson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	27.89	1749^th	2420	27.7%
2024	29.73	1855^th	2634	29.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Dickson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	34.87	3409^th	5084	32.9%
2019	40.04	3116^th	5173	39.8%
2022	29.17	3910^th	5264	25.7%
2023	27.36	4130^th	5374	23.1%
2024	30.17	3929^th	5511	28.7%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Dickson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	45.42	177^th	356	50.3%
2023	46.02	164^th	336	51.2%
2024	52.36	150^th	364	58.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Dickson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	29.50	3796^th	5413	29.9%
2019	29.50	3859^th	5492	29.7%
2022	26.93	4027^th	5635	28.5%
2023	24.02	4331^st	5617	22.9%
2024	24.12	4328^th	5605	22.8%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Dickson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	37.36	1122^nd	2128	47.3%
2019	40.24	1288^th	2585	50.2%
2022	24.16	1792^nd	2227	19.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Dickson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	21.29	4452^nd	5431	18.0%
2019	26.40	4073^rd	5510	26.1%
2022	22.88	4442^nd	5663	21.6%
2023	22.86	4468^th	5650	20.9%
2024	26.15	4158^th	5636	26.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Dickson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	30.81	3502^nd	4830	27.5%
2019	35.55	3275^th	4963	34.0%
2022	28.82	3803^rd	5084	25.2%
2023	29.86	3719^th	5098	27.0%
2024	34.13	3410^th	5102	33.2%

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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 Dickson Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	569	7	7	268	0	n/a	n/a	0	851
1989	554	32	6	250	0	n/a	n/a	0	842
1990	511	22	19	283	0	n/a	n/a	0	835
1991	485	29	9	286	1	n/a	n/a	0	810
1992	477	23	12	314	0	n/a	n/a	0	826
1993	453	29	14	351	0	n/a	n/a	0	847
1994	406	29	17	392	2	n/a	n/a	0	846
1995	334	29	17	417	1	n/a	n/a	0	798
1996	334	29	17	417	1	n/a	n/a	0	798
1997	308	31	16	453	0	n/a	n/a	0	808
1998	286	31	21	489	0	n/a	n/a	0	827
1999	251	29	23	537	0	n/a	n/a	0	840
2000	242	37	18	532	1	n/a	n/a	0	830
2001	228	30	23	523	1	n/a	n/a	0	805
2002	201	30	31	526	3	n/a	n/a	0	791
2003	201	30	31	526	3	n/a	n/a	0	791
2004	175	23	27	493	2	n/a	n/a	10	730
2005	147	18	25	485	2	n/a	n/a	20	697
2006	118	21	18	446	0	n/a	n/a	23	626
2007	99	20	14	421	2	n/a	n/a	26	582
2008	98	21	19	409	3	n/a	n/a	0	550
2009	88	20	19	391	1	1	37	0	557
2010	98	35	31	604	2	1	12	0	783
2011	70	23	27	594	1	0	6	0	721
2012	82	29	20	588	1	0	9	0	729
2013	60	19	20	544	0	3	1	0	647
2014	53	19	16	552	0	3	3	0	646
2015	50	21	15	575	1	3	2	0	667
2016	47	24	13	545	1	3	1	0	634
2017	49	23	18	509	1	2	1	0	603
2018	46	20	16	521	1	1	7	0	612
2019	36	12	19	482	1	0	6	0	556
2020	35	21	23	481	3	0	5	0	568
2021	32	15	22	447	2	0	9	0	527
2022	28	14	16	485	3	0	15	0	561
2023	33	25	20	506	1	0	12	0	597
2024	33	13	13	488	0	0	12	0	559

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 Dickson Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	851	35.0	24.3	n/a
1989	842	33.9	24.8	n/a
1990	835	34.5	24.2	n/a
1991	810	32.0	25.3	n/a
1992	826	32.5	25.4	31.2
1993	847	33.0	25.7	34.8
1994	846	35.0	24.2	38.1
1995	798	31.0	25.7	46.6
1996	798	31.0	25.7	46.6
1997	808	32.0	25.3	52.4
1998	827	36.0	23.0	53.4
1999	840	35.9	23.4	57.9
2000	830	39.0	21.3	62.2
2001	805	39.0	20.6	59.6
2002	791	38.0	20.8	61.4
2003	791	38.0	20.8	61.4
2004	730	33.5	21.8	57.4
2005	697	31.9	21.8	56.1
2006	626	29.0	21.6	54.1
2007	582	25.1	23.2	53.8
2008	550	27.6	19.9	51.3
2009	557	25.0	20.6	68
2010	783	31.0	25.2	75.5
2011	721	n/a	n/a	80.3
2012	729	26.8	27.1	99.6
2013	647	23.2	27.8	83.9
2014	646	21.6	29.8	82
2015	667	24.0	27.7	84.1
2016	634	24.0	26.4	83.6
2017	603	22.7	26.5	84.9
2018	612	23.1	26.4	84.6
2019	556	19.1	29.1	86
2020	568	n/a	n/a	83.6
2021	527	21.5	24.4	72.1
2022	561	23.9	23.4	67.4
2023	597	25.6	23.2	85.1
2024	559	25.5	21.8	88

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 Dickson Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	851	35.0	24.3	n/a
1989	842	33.9	24.8	n/a
1990	835	34.5	24.2	n/a
1991	810	32.0	25.3	n/a
1992	826	32.5	25.4	31.2
1993	847	33.0	25.7	34.8
1994	846	35.0	24.2	38.1
1995	798	31.0	25.7	46.6
1996	798	31.0	25.7	46.6
1997	808	32.0	25.3	52.4
1998	827	36.0	23.0	53.4
1999	840	35.9	23.4	57.9
2000	830	39.0	21.3	62.2
2001	805	39.0	20.6	59.6
2002	791	38.0	20.8	61.4
2003	791	38.0	20.8	61.4
2004	730	33.5	21.8	57.4
2005	697	31.9	21.8	56.1
2006	626	29.0	21.6	54.1
2007	582	25.1	23.2	53.8
2008	550	27.6	19.9	51.3
2009	557	25.0	20.6	68
2010	783	31.0	25.2	75.5
2011	721	n/a	n/a	80.3
2012	729	26.8	27.1	99.6
2013	647	23.2	27.8	83.9
2014	646	21.6	29.8	82
2015	667	24.0	27.7	84.1
2016	634	24.0	26.4	83.6
2017	603	22.7	26.5	84.9
2018	612	23.1	26.4	84.6
2019	556	19.1	29.1	86
2020	568	n/a	n/a	83.6
2021	527	21.5	24.4	72.1
2022	561	23.9	23.4	67.4
2023	597	25.6	23.2	85.1
2024	559	25.5	21.8	88

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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