Is Eliot Elementary a good school?

Eliot Elementary ranks in the bottom 17.0% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Eliot Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 504 students attended Eliot Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Eliot Elementary?

Students at Eliot Elementary are 86% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 2% Asian, 2% American Indian, 2% White.

What schools do graduates of Eliot Elementary attend?

Students who attend Eliot Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Brownell Middle High : Gilroy High

Eliot Elementary

Summary:

Eliot Elementary is a public elementary school in Gilroy, California, serving students from kindergarten to 5th grade. With consistently low academic performance and high chronic absenteeism rates, Eliot Elementary faces significant challenges compared to other schools in the Gilroy Unified School District.

Eliot Elementary has ranked in the bottom half of California elementary schools for the past several years, with a 1-star or 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's academic performance lags behind the district and state averages, with only 21.96% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 20.74% in Mathematics. Additionally, Eliot Elementary has seen a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 13.3% in 2017-2018 to 44.6% in 2021-2022, much higher than the district and state averages. These challenges are likely exacerbated by the school's high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 82.94% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

While Eliot Elementary's English Language Learner and Special Education students perform relatively better compared to the overall student population, the school's performance lags behind most of the other elementary schools in the Gilroy Unified School District, including Rucker Elementary, Luigi Aprea Elementary, Las Animas Elementary, Rod Kelley Elementary, and Glen View Elementary. Addressing the underlying issues, such as the high student-teacher ratio and the socioeconomic challenges, will be crucial for Eliot Elementary to improve student outcomes and performance.

Detail:

Public K-5

475 Old Gilroy St.
Gilroy, CA 95020-6214

(669) 205-4300

District: Gilroy Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4863^rd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Students who attend Eliot Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Brownell Middle
High:	Gilroy High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.0

Number of students: 504

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

86.1%

Two or more races:

6.9%

Asian:

2.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 82.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Eliot Elementary ranks worse than 83% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 6^th among 7 ranked elementary schools in the Gilroy Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 19.95. (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 (86.1%), two or more races (6.9%), Asian (2.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 82.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Gilroy Unified School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Eliot Elementary is 24, which is the 3^rd best among 7 elementary schools in the Gilroy Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Eliot Elementary employs 21 full-time teachers.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Eliot Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Eliot Elementary 4863^rd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Eliot Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Gilroy Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Gilroy Unified 772^nd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Eliot Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Eliot Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	24.46	3597^th	4809	25.2%
2005	23.96	3699^th	4822	23.3%
2006	20.29	3983^rd	4818	17.3%
2007	11.99	4826^th	5113	5.6%
2008	26.09	3884^th	5113	24.0%
2009	41.82	2952^nd	5193	43.2%
2010	58.45	2072^nd	5314	61.0%
2011	52.29	2455^th	5377	54.3%
2012	35.07	3592^nd	5390	33.4%
2013	23.96	4464^th	5530	19.3%
2015	40.85	2971^st	5611	47.1%
2016	31.11	3679^th	5614	34.5%
2017	30.15	3815^th	5692	33.0%
2018	26.44	4126^th	5662	27.1%
2019	34.85	3542^nd	5789	38.8%
2022	25.96	4254^th	5883	27.7%
2023	17.73	5082^nd	5874	13.5%
2024	19.95	4863^rd	5862	17.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Eliot Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	42.41	1641^st	3246	49.4%
2019	51.33	1177^th	3275	64.1%
2022	52.22	1093^rd	3311	67.0%
2023	44.95	1489^th	3250	54.2%
2024	45.22	1463^rd	3160	53.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Eliot Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	43.96	1081^st	2420	55.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Eliot Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	36.44	3285^th	5084	35.4%
2019	51.21	2320^th	5173	55.2%
2022	35.70	3358^th	5264	36.2%
2023	20.68	4661^st	5374	13.3%
2024	23.39	4498^th	5511	18.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Eliot Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	31.44	3645^th	5413	32.7%
2019	33.88	3507^th	5492	36.1%
2022	22.01	4505^th	5635	20.1%
2023	20.32	4673^rd	5617	16.8%
2024	22.64	4449^th	5605	20.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Eliot Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	78.78	353^rd	2585	86.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Eliot Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	22.63	4323^rd	5431	20.4%
2019	36.05	3312^th	5510	39.9%
2022	31.87	3638^th	5663	35.8%
2023	17.21	4983^rd	5650	11.8%
2024	19.18	4803^rd	5636	14.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Eliot Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	35.20	3202^nd	4830	33.7%
2019	47.38	2456^th	4963	50.5%
2022	34.36	3338^th	5084	34.3%
2023	21.24	4395^th	5098	13.8%
2024	25.04	4103^rd	5102	19.6%

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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 Eliot Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	146	0	5	144	1	n/a	n/a	0	296
1989	147	2	5	116	0	n/a	n/a	0	270
1990	149	3	8	129	1	n/a	n/a	0	290
1991	155	5	6	99	1	n/a	n/a	0	266
1992	174	8	6	88	3	n/a	n/a	0	279
1993	180	6	7	99	2	n/a	n/a	0	294
1994	161	4	4	119	1	n/a	n/a	0	289
1995	168	2	6	163	2	n/a	n/a	0	341
1996	168	2	6	163	2	n/a	n/a	0	341
1997	160	4	4	186	1	n/a	n/a	0	355
1998	148	3	3	206	4	n/a	n/a	0	364
1999	147	5	5	215	4	n/a	n/a	0	376
2000	134	2	6	223	3	n/a	n/a	0	368
2001	120	6	2	230	4	n/a	n/a	0	362
2002	79	6	3	296	0	n/a	n/a	0	384
2003	79	6	3	296	0	n/a	n/a	0	384
2004	59	4	2	299	0	n/a	n/a	3	367
2005	47	1	3	307	0	n/a	n/a	6	364
2006	22	3	4	396	0	n/a	n/a	8	433
2007	18	6	4	431	0	n/a	n/a	6	465
2008	18	6	8	464	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	496
2009	27	8	6	480	1	3	11	0	536
2010	28	3	3	508	1	1	5	0	549
2011	21	4	4	523	1	1	2	0	556
2012	16	5	3	525	3	1	1	0	554
2013	18	2	4	506	2	1	3	0	536
2014	16	0	3	493	4	3	1	0	520
2015	8	2	5	505	2	0	13	0	535
2016	8	0	4	473	3	0	5	0	493
2017	6	0	4	475	4	0	4	0	493
2018	5	0	4	433	4	0	18	0	464
2019	8	0	3	412	4	0	12	0	439
2020	9	1	3	461	6	0	7	0	487
2021	10	3	5	442	8	1	15	0	484
2022	10	7	7	457	14	0	18	0	513
2023	10	2	12	434	11	0	35	0	504

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 Eliot Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	296	15.7	18.8	n/a
1989	270	14.5	18.6	n/a
1990	290	14.5	20.0	n/a
1991	266	14.5	18.3	n/a
1992	279	14.7	18.9	25.1
1993	294	14.0	21.0	25.5
1994	289	14.0	20.6	30.4
1995	341	16.1	21.2	34
1996	341	16.1	21.2	34
1997	355	17.2	20.6	26.8
1998	364	19.0	19.2	28.6
1999	376	21.8	17.2	39.9
2000	368	21.0	17.5	42.1
2001	362	18.7	19.4	46.1
2002	384	19.6	19.6	61.7
2003	384	19.6	19.6	61.7
2004	367	19.6	18.7	36.8
2005	364	19.6	18.6	83
2006	433	22.0	19.7	88.7
2007	465	26.0	17.9	89.5
2008	496	30.6	16.2	82.5
2009	536	27.9	16.8	87.5
2010	549	28.8	19.0	98.5
2011	556	n/a	n/a	97.8
2012	554	20.0	27.7	n/a
2013	536	18.7	28.6	80.2
2014	520	20.0	26.0	76
2015	535	20.0	26.7	85.2
2016	493	20.0	24.6	94.1
2017	493	19.0	25.9	93.9
2018	464	19.0	24.4	90.1
2019	439	19.0	23.1	86.6
2020	487	n/a	n/a	91
2021	484	19.8	24.4	85.5
2022	513	19.3	26.5	86.2
2023	504	21.0	24.0	82.9

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 Eliot Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	296	15.7	18.8	n/a
1989	270	14.5	18.6	n/a
1990	290	14.5	20.0	n/a
1991	266	14.5	18.3	n/a
1992	279	14.7	18.9	25.1
1993	294	14.0	21.0	25.5
1994	289	14.0	20.6	30.4
1995	341	16.1	21.2	34
1996	341	16.1	21.2	34
1997	355	17.2	20.6	26.8
1998	364	19.0	19.2	28.6
1999	376	21.8	17.2	39.9
2000	368	21.0	17.5	42.1
2001	362	18.7	19.4	46.1
2002	384	19.6	19.6	61.7
2003	384	19.6	19.6	61.7
2004	367	19.6	18.7	36.8
2005	364	19.6	18.6	83
2006	433	22.0	19.7	88.7
2007	465	26.0	17.9	89.5
2008	496	30.6	16.2	82.5
2009	536	27.9	16.8	87.5
2010	549	28.8	19.0	98.5
2011	556	n/a	n/a	97.8
2012	554	20.0	27.7	n/a
2013	536	18.7	28.6	80.2
2014	520	20.0	26.0	76
2015	535	20.0	26.7	85.2
2016	493	20.0	24.6	94.1
2017	493	19.0	25.9	93.9
2018	464	19.0	24.4	90.1
2019	439	19.0	23.1	86.6
2020	487	n/a	n/a	91
2021	484	19.8	24.4	85.5
2022	513	19.3	26.5	86.2
2023	504	21.0	24.0	82.9

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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