Is Le Grand Elementary a good school?

Le Grand Elementary ranks 4369 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Le Grand Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 337 students attended Le Grand Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Le Grand Elementary?

Students at Le Grand Elementary are 88% Hispanic, 9% White, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Le Grand Elementary attend?

Students who attend Le Grand Elementary usually go on to attend: High : Le Grand High

Le Grand Elementary

Summary:

Le Grand Elementary is a public elementary school located in Le Grand, California, serving grades K-8 with a total enrollment of 337 students. The school is part of the Le Grand Union Elementary School District, which is ranked 1252 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Le Grand Elementary faces significant challenges, with chronic absenteeism rates rising from 4.6% in 2018-2019 to 23.4% in 2022-2023, notably higher than the state average of 13.2%. The school's test scores are consistently below state averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with only 33.03% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and just 18.55% proficient in Mathematics, compared to state averages of 47.04% and 35.54%, respectively. Performance varies greatly among student groups, with English Language Learners and Hispanic students performing relatively better, while female students and low socioeconomic status students perform much worse.

When compared to nearby schools, such as Donn B. Chenoweth Elementary and Pioneer Elementary, both in the Merced City Elementary District, Le Grand Elementary generally performs worse on key metrics. However, Plainsburg Union Elementary, a small school located just 4 miles away, demonstrates significantly higher test scores and lower chronic absenteeism rates, suggesting that factors beyond just socioeconomic status may be contributing to Le Grand Elementary's performance challenges.

Detail:

Public K-8

13071 East Le Grand Rd.
Le Grand, CA 95333-9715

(209) 389-4515

District: Le Grand Union Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
4369^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,058

Students who attend Le Grand Elementary usually attend:

High:

Le Grand High

Student/teacher ratio: 18.6

Number of students: 337

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

88.1%

White:

8.6%

Two or more races:

2.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 80.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Le Grand Elementary ranks worse than 74.5% of elementary schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 24.91. (See more...)

Compare Details Le Grand Elementary ranks worse than 72.2% of middle schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 25.71. (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.

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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Le Grand Elementary is $14,058.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Le Grand Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Le Grand Elementary 4369^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Le Grand Elementary in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Le Grand Elementary 2004^th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Le Grand Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Le Grand Union Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Le Grand Union Elementary 1252^nd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Le Grand Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Le Grand Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	15.22	4331^st	4809	9.9%
2005	9.53	4672^nd	4822	3.1%
2006	11.18	4568^th	4818	5.2%
2007	18.48	4413^th	5113	13.7%
2008	21.30	4251^st	5113	16.9%
2009	26.59	3933^rd	5193	24.3%
2010	16.78	4797^th	5314	9.7%
2011	34.69	3640^th	5377	32.3%
2012	11.84	5131^st	5390	4.8%
2013	10.16	5285^th	5530	4.4%
2015	17.11	4902^nd	5611	12.6%
2016	17.43	4841^st	5614	13.8%
2017	14.35	5170^th	5692	9.2%
2018	24.31	4290^th	5662	24.2%
2019	16.55	5111^th	5789	11.7%
2022	21.10	4735^th	5883	19.5%
2023	27.07	4163^rd	5874	29.1%
2024	24.91	4369^th	5862	25.5%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Le Grand Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	42.45	1640^th	3246	49.5%
2019	53.80	1054^th	3275	67.8%
2022	47.42	1339^th	3311	59.6%
2023	51.32	1120^th	3250	65.5%
2024	53.57	995^th	3160	68.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Le Grand Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	27.93	3914^th	5084	23.0%
2019	20.89	4509^th	5173	12.8%
2022	25.31	4229^th	5264	19.7%
2023	27.45	4123^rd	5374	23.3%
2024	27.72	4169^th	5511	24.4%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Le Grand Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	24.62	4200^th	5413	22.4%
2019	24.94	4230^th	5492	23.0%
2022	22.61	4445^th	5635	21.1%
2023	32.83	3519^th	5617	37.4%
2024	30.07	3789^th	5605	32.4%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Le Grand Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	26.10	4011^th	5431	26.1%
2019	11.05	5302^nd	5510	3.8%
2022	21.63	4551^st	5663	19.6%
2023	25.15	4244^th	5650	24.9%
2024	23.91	4374^th	5636	22.4%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Le Grand Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	28.78	3643^rd	4830	24.6%
2019	22.60	4211^th	4963	15.2%
2022	28.53	3834^th	5084	24.6%
2023	36.44	3191^st	5098	37.4%
2024	34.76	3367^th	5102	34.0%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Le Grand Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	31.01	1176^th	1769	33.5%
2005	36.14	1085^th	1777	38.9%
2006	39.69	1014^th	1804	43.8%
2007	37.75	1177^th	1999	41.1%
2008	42.04	1107^th	2005	44.8%
2009	46.22	1055^th	2063	48.9%
2010	31.93	1518^th	2179	30.3%
2011	54.69	972^nd	2236	56.5%
2012	35.63	1489^th	2259	34.1%
2013	18.18	2051^st	2379	13.8%
2015	28.88	1666^th	2477	32.7%
2016	23.33	1895^th	2497	24.1%
2017	31.18	1642^nd	2508	34.5%
2018	33.15	1578^th	2480	36.4%
2019	27.14	1908^th	2715	29.7%
2022	21.69	2144^th	2740	21.8%
2023	33.20	1695^th	2802	39.5%
2024	25.71	2004^th	2777	27.8%

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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Le Grand Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	57.07	333^rd	1364	75.6%
2019	75.09	170^th	1442	88.2%
2022	50.72	455^th	1540	70.5%
2023	66.19	205^th	1529	86.6%
2024	41.95	652^nd	1477	55.9%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Le Grand Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	41.48	1211^th	2230	45.7%
2019	34.33	1514^th	2369	36.1%
2022	19.65	2108^th	2458	14.2%
2023	37.30	1455^th	2549	42.9%
2024	26.24	1935^th	2575	24.9%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Le Grand Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	36.67	1381^st	2262	38.9%
2019	32.93	1523^rd	2380	36.0%
2022	20.75	2046^th	2509	18.5%
2023	30.53	1633^rd	2547	35.9%
2024	30.44	1654^th	2546	35.0%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Le Grand Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	30.45	1519^th	2273	33.2%
2019	24.04	1836^th	2407	23.7%
2022	23.69	1903^rd	2527	24.7%
2023	36.04	1470^th	2558	42.5%
2024	24.06	1913^th	2547	24.9%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Le Grand Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	38.52	1225^th	2072	40.9%
2019	35.30	1389^th	2213	37.2%
2022	26.45	1764^th	2359	25.2%
2023	36.22	1404^th	2391	41.3%
2024	33.21	1518^th	2383	36.3%

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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 Le Grand Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1988	100	0	3	205	0	n/a	n/a	308
1989	101	0	3	226	0	n/a	n/a	330
1990	106	0	3	236	0	n/a	n/a	345
1991	102	0	2	220	0	n/a	n/a	324
1992	98	4	4	258	0	n/a	n/a	364
1993	84	3	5	322	0	n/a	n/a	414
1994	98	2	2	342	3	n/a	n/a	447
1995	99	2	2	368	0	n/a	n/a	471
1996	99	2	2	368	0	n/a	n/a	471
1997	78	1	1	358	1	n/a	n/a	439
1998	90	0	3	357	1	n/a	n/a	451
1999	77	3	4	361	1	n/a	n/a	446
2000	78	4	4	375	1	n/a	n/a	462
2001	73	5	1	358	1	n/a	n/a	438
2002	76	3	2	358	0	n/a	n/a	439
2003	76	3	2	358	0	n/a	n/a	439
2004	65	11	4	356	0	n/a	n/a	436
2005	68	7	5	344	0	n/a	n/a	424
2006	86	7	6	358	0	n/a	n/a	457
2007	79	8	7	326	1	n/a	n/a	421
2008	67	8	5	331	3	n/a	n/a	414
2009	72	7	1	320	0	3	0	403
2010	69	6	0	328	3	2	0	408
2011	4	0	0	21	0	0	43	68
2012	58	4	0	348	1	0	3	414
2013	49	1	1	363	1	0	6	421
2014	39	3	2	364	1	0	7	416
2015	38	3	2	343	1	0	5	392
2016	36	3	2	352	0	0	9	402
2017	32	3	2	360	0	0	4	401
2018	34	5	2	335	0	0	6	382
2019	38	5	4	322	0	0	2	371
2020	37	4	4	304	0	0	2	351
2021	33	4	4	313	0	0	7	361
2022	28	1	4	305	0	0	7	345
2023	29	0	3	297	0	0	8	337

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 Le Grand Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	308	11.4	27.0	n/a
1989	330	14.1	23.4	n/a
1990	345	13.5	25.5	n/a
1991	324	15.0	21.6	n/a
1992	364	15.2	23.9	63.7
1993	414	14.0	29.6	81.4
1994	447	15.0	29.8	81.9
1995	471	17.0	27.7	81.1
1996	471	17.0	27.7	81.1
1997	439	18.0	24.4	82.7
1998	451	19.0	23.7	87.4
1999	446	21.0	21.2	85.9
2000	462	22.0	21.0	42.6
2001	438	21.5	20.4	48.9
2002	439	20.0	22.0	77.9
2003	439	20.0	22.0	77.9
2004	436	18.0	24.2	78.4
2005	424	19.0	22.3	83.5
2006	457	20.0	22.9	0
2007	421	20.0	21.1	74.1
2008	414	23.0	18.0	74.4
2009	403	19.0	17.5	77.2
2010	408	19.0	21.4	76
2011	68	n/a	n/a	95.6
2012	414	18.0	23.0	n/a
2013	421	18.0	23.3	84.8
2014	416	17.0	24.4	85.3
2015	392	18.0	21.7	79.3
2016	402	18.0	22.3	81.6
2017	401	18.0	22.2	81.3
2018	382	19.0	20.1	80.6
2019	371	18.0	20.6	71.2
2020	351	n/a	n/a	79.2
2021	361	17.0	21.2	79.5
2022	345	18.0	19.1	75.7
2023	337	18.0	18.6	80.7

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 Le Grand Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	308	11.4	27.0	n/a
1989	330	14.1	23.4	n/a
1990	345	13.5	25.5	n/a
1991	324	15.0	21.6	n/a
1992	364	15.2	23.9	63.7
1993	414	14.0	29.6	81.4
1994	447	15.0	29.8	81.9
1995	471	17.0	27.7	81.1
1996	471	17.0	27.7	81.1
1997	439	18.0	24.4	82.7
1998	451	19.0	23.7	87.4
1999	446	21.0	21.2	85.9
2000	462	22.0	21.0	42.6
2001	438	21.5	20.4	48.9
2002	439	20.0	22.0	77.9
2003	439	20.0	22.0	77.9
2004	436	18.0	24.2	78.4
2005	424	19.0	22.3	83.5
2006	457	20.0	22.9	0
2007	421	20.0	21.1	74.1
2008	414	23.0	18.0	74.4
2009	403	19.0	17.5	77.2
2010	408	19.0	21.4	76
2011	68	n/a	n/a	95.6
2012	414	18.0	23.0	n/a
2013	421	18.0	23.3	84.8
2014	416	17.0	24.4	85.3
2015	392	18.0	21.7	79.3
2016	402	18.0	22.3	81.6
2017	401	18.0	22.2	81.3
2018	382	19.0	20.1	80.6
2019	371	18.0	20.6	71.2
2020	351	n/a	n/a	79.2
2021	361	17.0	21.2	79.5
2022	345	18.0	19.1	75.7
2023	337	18.0	18.6	80.7

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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