Is Williamson Elementary a good school?

Williamson Elementary ranks in the bottom 7.5% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Williamson Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 460 students attended Williamson Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Williamson Elementary?

Students at Williamson Elementary are 38% Hispanic, 34% White, 11% Two or more races, 8% Asian, 7% African American, 2% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Williamson Elementary attend?

Students who attend Williamson Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : W. E. Mitchell Middle High : Cordova High

Williamson Elementary

Summary:

Williamson Elementary is a public elementary school located in Rancho Cordova, California, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 464 students. It is part of the Folsom-Cordova Unified School District, which is ranked 640 out of 1,568 school districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Williamson Elementary consistently performs significantly below the Folsom-Cordova Unified School District and the state of California in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 18.92% of Williamson students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 59.14% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school's performance in Mathematics is also very low, with only 16.53% of students proficient or better, compared to 49.08% for the district and 35.54% for the state. Williamson's performance in Science, as measured by the CAST exam, is also significantly below the district and state averages, with only 10.39% of students proficient or better. Additionally, Williamson Elementary has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, reaching 45.9% in the 2021-2022 school year, which is more than double the state average of 18.5% for that year.

Williamson Elementary's academic performance is consistently the lowest among the nearby schools in the Folsom-Cordova Unified School District, with Riverview STEM Elementary being the highest-performing school in the area. Cordova Gardens Elementary and White Rock Elementary, which are also in the Folsom-Cordova Unified School District, perform significantly better than Williamson in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. When compared to schools in the neighboring San Juan Unified School District, such as Gold River Discovery Center K-8, Mary Deterding Elementary, and Albert Schweitzer Elementary, Williamson Elementary's performance is still significantly lower.

Detail:

Public K-5

2275 Benita Dr.
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670-5299

(916) 294-9185

District: Folsom-Cordova Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5424^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,464

Students who attend Williamson Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	W. E. Mitchell Middle
High:	Cordova High

Student/teacher ratio: 20.5

Number of students: 460

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

38.0%

White:

34.3%

Two or more races:

10.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 82.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Williamson Elementary ranks worse than 92.5% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 19^th among 21 ranked elementary schools in the Folsom-Cordova Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.56. (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 (38%), White (34.3%), two or more races (10.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 82.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Williamson Elementary is 20.5, which is the 7^th best among 21 elementary schools in the Folsom-Cordova Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Williamson Elementary employs 22.3 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Williamson Elementary is $6,464. 15 elementary schools in the Folsom-Cordova Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Williamson Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Williamson Elementary 5424^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Williamson Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Folsom-Cordova Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Folsom-Cordova Unified 640^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Williamson Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Williamson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	39.83	2645^th	4809	45.0%
2005	32.35	3140^th	4822	34.9%
2006	21.88	3863^rd	4818	19.8%
2007	30.49	3541^st	5113	30.7%
2008	30.06	3583^rd	5113	29.9%
2009	29.24	3765^th	5193	27.5%
2010	23.24	4357^th	5314	18.0%
2011	14.36	4981^st	5377	7.4%
2012	10.55	5176^th	5390	4.0%
2013	19.14	4795^th	5530	13.3%
2015	24.53	4173^rd	5611	25.6%
2016	20.45	4578^th	5614	18.5%
2017	29.29	3896^th	5692	31.6%
2018	29.72	3842^nd	5662	32.1%
2019	28.02	4103^rd	5789	29.1%
2022	21.02	4749^th	5883	19.3%
2023	16.94	5159^th	5874	12.2%
2024	13.56	5424^th	5862	7.5%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Williamson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	22.44	286^th	339	15.6%
2022	0.82	609^th	610	0.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Williamson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	39.87	1773^rd	3246	45.4%
2019	53.27	1078^th	3275	67.1%
2022	37.43	2005^th	3311	39.4%
2023	43.57	1577^th	3250	51.5%
2024	23.45	2928^th	3160	7.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Williamson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	18.61	2470^th	2634	6.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Williamson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	43.61	2778^th	5084	45.4%
2019	37.35	3322^nd	5173	35.8%
2022	29.36	3897^th	5264	26.0%
2023	21.39	4599^th	5374	14.4%
2024	16.17	5061^st	5511	8.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Williamson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	28.01	3919^th	5413	27.6%
2019	22.03	4460^th	5492	18.8%
2022	25.86	4136^th	5635	26.6%
2023	20.41	4662^nd	5617	17.0%
2024	20.08	4701^st	5605	16.1%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Williamson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	34.75	1233^rd	2128	42.1%
2019	50.60	967^th	2585	62.6%
2022	37.72	1175^th	2227	47.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Williamson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	33.19	3453^rd	5431	36.4%
2019	36.17	3308^th	5510	40.0%
2022	18.70	4849^th	5663	14.4%
2023	15.30	5144^th	5650	9.0%
2024	9.87	5492^nd	5636	2.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Williamson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	40.85	383^rd	700	45.3%
2019	65.78	192^nd	747	74.3%
2022	29.47	479^th	663	27.8%
2023	15.28	641^st	662	3.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Williamson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	44.04	2614^th	4830	45.9%
2019	36.72	3186^th	4963	35.8%
2022	35.06	3286^th	5084	35.4%
2023	27.35	3925^th	5098	23.0%
2024	13.75	4833^rd	5102	5.3%

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Rank History for White students at Williamson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	14.56	2456^th	2737	10.3%
2019	9.34	2653^rd	2834	6.4%
2022	6.22	2619^th	2726	3.9%
2023	4.83	2587^th	2662	2.8%
2024	6.04	2550^th	2647	3.7%

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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 Williamson Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	293	63	38	36	2	n/a	n/a	0	432
1989	338	34	52	36	0	n/a	n/a	0	460
1990	320	66	38	49	2	n/a	n/a	0	475
1991	332	60	33	59	0	n/a	n/a	0	484
1992	325	67	34	41	0	n/a	n/a	0	467
1993	328	65	11	53	0	n/a	n/a	0	457
1994	327	74	20	55	7	n/a	n/a	0	483
1995	368	55	10	41	3	n/a	n/a	0	477
1996	368	55	10	41	3	n/a	n/a	0	477
1997	349	52	11	60	1	n/a	n/a	0	473
1998	328	76	13	69	0	n/a	n/a	0	486
1999	296	74	14	63	0	n/a	n/a	0	447
2000	309	60	17	61	0	n/a	n/a	0	447
2001	281	71	29	73	3	n/a	n/a	7	464
2002	256	54	26	86	3	n/a	n/a	2	427
2003	256	54	26	86	3	n/a	n/a	2	427
2004	246	52	35	69	3	n/a	n/a	1	406
2005	238	55	26	77	1	n/a	n/a	8	405
2006	213	59	25	91	1	n/a	n/a	13	402
2007	193	52	24	83	1	n/a	n/a	7	360
2008	185	46	19	109	2	n/a	n/a	0	361
2009	172	41	21	136	1	3	1	0	375
2010	164	65	15	131	1	8	1	0	385
2011	218	88	15	219	5	11	16	0	572
2012	217	72	15	229	7	19	20	0	579
2013	223	87	15	227	10	19	16	0	597
2014	209	86	9	240	6	13	22	0	585
2015	208	77	10	234	7	16	30	0	582
2016	179	55	12	252	2	15	41	0	556
2017	172	53	16	238	1	17	57	0	554
2018	164	73	14	226	0	14	73	0	564
2019	152	60	17	228	0	13	67	0	537
2020	165	48	16	220	0	10	69	0	528
2021	150	35	16	198	0	9	66	0	474
2022	152	41	24	196	0	5	55	0	473
2023	156	36	30	182	0	11	49	0	464
2024	158	33	36	175	0	8	50	0	460

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 Williamson Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	432	17.0	25.4	n/a
1989	460	18.0	25.5	n/a
1990	475	19.0	25.0	n/a
1991	484	19.0	25.4	n/a
1992	467	19.3	24.1	53.1
1993	457	19.0	24.1	57.3
1994	483	19.0	25.4	73.5
1995	477	19.7	24.2	69.6
1996	477	19.7	24.2	69.6
1997	473	22.9	20.7	53.5
1998	486	21.9	22.2	88.1
1999	447	23.7	18.9	80.1
2000	447	23.9	18.7	80.1
2001	464	24.0	19.3	79.9
2002	427	22.8	18.7	70.4
2003	427	22.8	18.7	70.4
2004	406	20.0	20.3	85.2
2005	405	19.8	20.5	77.8
2006	402	19.0	21.2	81.5
2007	360	19.4	18.6	71.4
2008	361	23.2	15.6	80.6
2009	375	19.0	18.8	80.8
2010	385	15.7	24.5	82.6
2011	572	n/a	n/a	79.4
2012	579	22.9	25.2	n/a
2013	597	23.9	24.9	85.8
2014	585	20.0	29.2	90.4
2015	582	23.0	25.3	87.1
2016	556	23.0	24.1	81.8
2017	554	24.0	23.0	84.1
2018	564	23.0	24.5	88.8
2019	537	24.0	22.3	82.3
2020	528	n/a	n/a	83.3
2021	474	21.4	22.0	80.6
2022	473	21.2	22.2	81.6
2023	464	19.4	23.9	86.6
2024	460	22.3	20.5	82.4

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 Williamson Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	432	17.0	25.4	n/a
1989	460	18.0	25.5	n/a
1990	475	19.0	25.0	n/a
1991	484	19.0	25.4	n/a
1992	467	19.3	24.1	53.1
1993	457	19.0	24.1	57.3
1994	483	19.0	25.4	73.5
1995	477	19.7	24.2	69.6
1996	477	19.7	24.2	69.6
1997	473	22.9	20.7	53.5
1998	486	21.9	22.2	88.1
1999	447	23.7	18.9	80.1
2000	447	23.9	18.7	80.1
2001	464	24.0	19.3	79.9
2002	427	22.8	18.7	70.4
2003	427	22.8	18.7	70.4
2004	406	20.0	20.3	85.2
2005	405	19.8	20.5	77.8
2006	402	19.0	21.2	81.5
2007	360	19.4	18.6	71.4
2008	361	23.2	15.6	80.6
2009	375	19.0	18.8	80.8
2010	385	15.7	24.5	82.6
2011	572	n/a	n/a	79.4
2012	579	22.9	25.2	n/a
2013	597	23.9	24.9	85.8
2014	585	20.0	29.2	90.4
2015	582	23.0	25.3	87.1
2016	556	23.0	24.1	81.8
2017	554	24.0	23.0	84.1
2018	564	23.0	24.5	88.8
2019	537	24.0	22.3	82.3
2020	528	n/a	n/a	83.3
2021	474	21.4	22.0	80.6
2022	473	21.2	22.2	81.6
2023	464	19.4	23.9	86.6
2024	460	22.3	20.5	82.4

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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