Is William Anderson Elementary a good school?

William Anderson Elementary ranks 1968 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend William Anderson Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 595 students attended William Anderson Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of William Anderson Elementary?

Students at William Anderson Elementary are 75% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% African American, 3% Two or more races, 3% White.

What schools do graduates of William Anderson Elementary attend?

Students who attend William Anderson Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Will Rogers Middle High : Hawthorne High High : Lawndale High High : Leuzinger High

William Anderson Elementary

Summary:

William Anderson Elementary is a public elementary school located in Lawndale, California, serving 609 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Lawndale Elementary District, which is ranked 630 out of 1,568 districts in the state.

William Anderson Elementary consistently outperforms the Lawndale Elementary District and the state of California in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics. The school's performance is particularly strong among Hispanic students and English Language Learners, ranking 1,109 and 246 out of California elementary schools, respectively. However, the school's performance in serving Special Education and Disabled students is relatively lower. Additionally, the school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 5.8% in 2020-2021 to 25.2% in 2022-2023.

Compared to nearby schools, Mark Twain Elementary stands out with consistently higher academic performance, particularly in English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics. Evelyn Carr Elementary, a school in the Torrance Unified School District, also outperforms William Anderson Elementary in academic achievement. The high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at William Anderson Elementary suggests that the school serves a predominantly low-income population, which may contribute to the challenges it faces.

Detail:

Public K-5

4130 West 154th St.
Lawndale, CA 90260-1740

(310) 676-0197

District: Lawndale Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
1968^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,248

Students who attend William Anderson Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Will Rogers Middle
High:	Hawthorne High
	Lawndale High
	Leuzinger High

Student/teacher ratio: 23.3

Number of students: 595

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

74.8%

Asian:

10.4%

African American:

7.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 91.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details William Anderson Elementary ranks better than 66.4% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 2^nd among 6 ranked elementary schools in the Lawndale Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 62.19. (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 William Anderson Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Lawndale Elementary School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (74.8%), Asian (10.4%), African American (7.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 91.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Lawndale Elementary School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at William Anderson Elementary is 23.3, which is the 3^rd best among 6 elementary schools in the Lawndale Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare William Anderson Elementary employs 25.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at William Anderson Elementary is $8,248. 4 elementary schools in the Lawndale Elementary School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

William Anderson Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks William Anderson Elementary 1968^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See William Anderson Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Lawndale Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Lawndale Elementary 630^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for William Anderson Elementary

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Rank History for all students at William Anderson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	19.56	3964^th	4809	17.6%
2005	21.40	3866^th	4822	19.8%
2006	20.04	4007^th	4818	16.8%
2007	20.25	4276^th	5113	16.4%
2008	17.51	4493^rd	5113	12.1%
2009	27.60	3873^rd	5193	25.4%
2010	38.68	3259^th	5314	38.7%
2011	38.08	3376^th	5377	37.2%
2012	31.70	3825^th	5390	29.0%
2013	34.30	3724^th	5530	32.7%
2015	44.33	2777^th	5611	50.5%
2016	51.40	2421^st	5614	56.9%
2017	53.40	2360^th	5692	58.5%
2018	51.89	2460^th	5662	56.6%
2019	48.75	2663^rd	5789	54.0%
2022	50.94	2493^rd	5883	57.6%
2023	48.13	2633^rd	5874	55.2%
2024	62.19	1968^th	5862	66.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at William Anderson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	68.83	581^st	3246	82.1%
2019	81.49	298^th	3275	90.9%
2022	59.93	760^th	3311	77.0%
2023	51.15	1130^th	3250	65.2%
2024	79.81	246^th	3160	92.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at William Anderson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	34.36	1460^th	2420	39.7%
2024	35.28	1541^st	2634	41.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at William Anderson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	70.50	1155^th	5084	77.3%
2019	61.66	1660^th	5173	67.9%
2022	68.71	1227^th	5264	76.7%
2023	63.29	1556^th	5374	71.0%
2024	73.33	1121^st	5511	79.7%

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Rank History for Female students at William Anderson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	55.01	2234^th	5413	58.7%
2019	52.20	2381^st	5492	56.6%
2022	52.08	2315^th	5635	58.9%
2023	43.38	2796^th	5617	50.2%
2024	60.85	1916^th	5605	65.8%

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Rank History for Disabled students at William Anderson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	38.02	1102^nd	2128	48.2%
2019	52.91	897^th	2585	65.3%
2022	34.82	1274^th	2227	42.8%

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Rank History for Male students at William Anderson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	47.18	2622^nd	5431	51.7%
2019	44.90	2732^nd	5510	50.4%
2022	48.63	2521^st	5663	55.5%
2023	52.51	2306^th	5650	59.2%
2024	61.51	1906^th	5636	66.2%

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Rank History for Asian students at William Anderson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	40.27	850^th	1203	29.3%

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Rank History for African American students at William Anderson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	80.43	84^th	700	88.0%
2019	46.27	349^th	747	53.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at William Anderson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	68.25	1220^th	4830	74.7%
2019	63.58	1494^th	4963	69.9%
2022	61.89	1523^rd	5084	70.0%
2023	62.15	1549^th	5098	69.6%
2024	71.72	1109^th	5102	78.3%

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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 William Anderson Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	284	62	136	384	10	n/a	n/a	0	876
1989	298	63	173	371	4	n/a	n/a	0	909
1990	263	84	169	399	6	n/a	n/a	0	921
1991	234	117	173	405	8	n/a	n/a	0	937
1992	189	148	179	390	6	n/a	n/a	0	912
1993	175	132	180	436	4	n/a	n/a	0	927
1994	145	162	205	433	5	n/a	n/a	0	950
1995	118	160	185	471	9	n/a	n/a	0	943
1996	118	160	185	471	9	n/a	n/a	0	943
1997	138	149	150	519	6	n/a	n/a	0	962
1998	118	136	117	510	1	n/a	n/a	0	882
1999	96	167	115	513	4	n/a	n/a	0	895
2000	92	143	115	523	5	n/a	n/a	0	878
2001	76	131	107	601	9	n/a	n/a	0	924
2002	67	103	103	658	5	n/a	n/a	0	936
2003	67	103	103	658	5	n/a	n/a	0	936
2004	52	97	108	630	7	n/a	n/a	0	894
2005	52	73	101	646	4	n/a	n/a	9	885
2006	44	82	101	644	4	n/a	n/a	13	888
2007	34	58	84	591	2	n/a	n/a	16	785
2008	30	65	91	551	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	737
2009	28	58	76	556	0	6	18	0	742
2010	26	50	77	606	1	8	12	0	780
2011	21	45	75	568	0	8	17	0	734
2012	25	46	72	578	1	10	34	0	766
2013	29	47	72	612	0	17	22	0	799
2014	26	59	71	605	0	12	31	0	804
2015	21	64	66	605	0	14	47	0	817
2016	20	67	59	558	0	10	51	0	765
2017	26	75	47	544	0	11	43	0	746
2018	28	63	42	540	1	12	44	0	730
2019	20	56	33	522	1	11	51	0	694
2020	15	51	38	499	1	11	41	0	656
2021	19	53	41	476	1	9	35	0	634
2022	21	43	53	450	2	4	23	0	596
2023	17	48	59	459	2	5	19	0	609
2024	17	47	62	445	3	3	18	0	595

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 William Anderson Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	876	32.0	27.3	n/a
1989	909	33.0	27.5	n/a
1990	921	33.0	27.9	n/a
1991	937	35.0	26.7	n/a
1992	912	35.6	25.6	62.7
1993	927	35.0	26.5	54.3
1994	950	37.0	25.7	73.8
1995	943	37.0	25.5	93.5
1996	943	37.0	25.5	93.5
1997	962	39.0	24.7	82.7
1998	882	37.0	23.8	85.3
1999	895	41.0	21.8	93.3
2000	878	44.0	20.0	90.4
2001	924	44.0	21.0	83.9
2002	936	44.0	21.3	84.2
2003	936	44.0	21.3	84.2
2004	894	40.0	22.4	82.4
2005	885	41.0	21.6	85.6
2006	888	40.0	22.2	82.6
2007	785	35.6	22.1	85.2
2008	737	37.6	19.6	82.1
2009	742	32.4	19.8	83.3
2010	780	34.7	22.4	77.6
2011	734	n/a	n/a	85.3
2012	766	30.0	25.5	n/a
2013	799	31.5	25.3	85.4
2014	804	31.5	25.5	88.2
2015	817	33.0	24.7	88
2016	765	31.0	24.6	83
2017	746	31.0	24.0	87.7
2018	730	30.0	24.3	87.7
2019	694	27.0	25.7	85.3
2020	656	n/a	n/a	83.5
2021	634	26.5	23.9	89.4
2022	596	26.5	22.4	90.4
2023	609	25.5	23.8	90.1
2024	595	25.5	23.3	91.3

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 William Anderson Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	876	32.0	27.3	n/a
1989	909	33.0	27.5	n/a
1990	921	33.0	27.9	n/a
1991	937	35.0	26.7	n/a
1992	912	35.6	25.6	62.7
1993	927	35.0	26.5	54.3
1994	950	37.0	25.7	73.8
1995	943	37.0	25.5	93.5
1996	943	37.0	25.5	93.5
1997	962	39.0	24.7	82.7
1998	882	37.0	23.8	85.3
1999	895	41.0	21.8	93.3
2000	878	44.0	20.0	90.4
2001	924	44.0	21.0	83.9
2002	936	44.0	21.3	84.2
2003	936	44.0	21.3	84.2
2004	894	40.0	22.4	82.4
2005	885	41.0	21.6	85.6
2006	888	40.0	22.2	82.6
2007	785	35.6	22.1	85.2
2008	737	37.6	19.6	82.1
2009	742	32.4	19.8	83.3
2010	780	34.7	22.4	77.6
2011	734	n/a	n/a	85.3
2012	766	30.0	25.5	n/a
2013	799	31.5	25.3	85.4
2014	804	31.5	25.5	88.2
2015	817	33.0	24.7	88
2016	765	31.0	24.6	83
2017	746	31.0	24.0	87.7
2018	730	30.0	24.3	87.7
2019	694	27.0	25.7	85.3
2020	656	n/a	n/a	83.5
2021	634	26.5	23.9	89.4
2022	596	26.5	22.4	90.4
2023	609	25.5	23.8	90.1
2024	595	25.5	23.3	91.3

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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