Is Searles Elementary a good school?

Searles Elementary ranks 3885 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Searles Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 702 students attended Searles Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Searles Elementary?

Students at Searles Elementary are 67% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 5% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% African American, 1% American Indian.

What schools do graduates of Searles Elementary attend?

Students who attend Searles Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Cesar Chavez Middle High : James Logan High

Searles Elementary

Summary:

Searles Elementary is a public elementary school located in Union City, California, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 702 students. It is part of the New Haven Unified School District, which is ranked 703 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Searles Elementary has faced several challenges in recent years. The school has had high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 12.9% in 2017-2018 to 58.1% in 2021-2022, significantly higher than the state average and the rates of nearby schools like Guy Junior Emanuele Elementary (32.0%) and Tom Kitayama Elementary (26.9%). Additionally, Searles Elementary's test scores on the Smarter Balanced Assessments and CAST Science exams are consistently lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, only 33.02% of Searles students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 50.07% in the district and 47.04% statewide. In math, the proficiency rate was just 25.46%, compared to 35.68% in the district and 35.54% statewide.

Searles Elementary's performance on the Smarter Balanced Assessments is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as Asian and Hispanic students, who ranked in the bottom 20% of California elementary schools in both ELA and math. The school also has a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 43.16% to 55.77% in recent years, higher than the rates at nearby schools like Guy Junior Emanuele (46.1%) and Tom Kitayama (33.66%). These factors suggest that Searles Elementary may face significant challenges in providing an equitable education for its diverse student population.

Detail:

Public K-5

33629 15th St.
Union City, CA 94587-3322

(510) 471-2772

District: New Haven Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
3885^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $11,744

Students who attend Searles Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Cesar Chavez Middle
High:	James Logan High

Student/teacher ratio: 23.2

Number of students: 702

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

67.2%

Asian:

18.2%

White:

5.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 43.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Searles Elementary ranks worse than 66.3% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 6^th among 7 ranked elementary schools in the New Haven Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 30.5. (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

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Searles Elementary is $11,744. 3 elementary schools in the New Haven Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Searles Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Searles Elementary 3885^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Searles Elementary in the ranking list.)

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New Haven Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks New Haven Unified 703^rd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Searles Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Searles Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	38.77	2706^th	4809	43.7%
2005	45.31	2426^th	4822	49.7%
2006	34.77	3011^th	4818	37.5%
2007	31.76	3448^th	5113	32.6%
2008	37.44	3105^th	5113	39.3%
2009	28.47	3811^th	5193	26.6%
2010	31.15	3765^th	5314	29.1%
2011	35.44	3586^th	5377	33.3%
2012	18.18	4759^th	5390	11.7%
2013	30.22	4023^rd	5530	27.3%
2015	31.47	3587^th	5611	36.1%
2016	21.40	4483^rd	5614	20.1%
2017	22.32	4489^th	5692	21.1%
2018	25.72	4175^th	5662	26.3%
2019	28.87	4026^th	5789	30.5%
2022	24.28	4421^st	5883	24.9%
2023	25.45	4318^th	5874	26.5%
2024	30.50	3885^th	5862	33.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Searles Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	32.11	2247^th	3246	30.8%
2019	34.11	2196^th	3275	32.9%
2022	26.17	2866^th	3311	13.4%
2023	31.83	2407^th	3250	25.9%
2024	40.37	1791^st	3160	43.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Searles Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	53.51	872^nd	2634	66.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Searles Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.75	4072^nd	5084	19.9%
2019	33.06	3635^th	5173	29.7%
2022	22.54	4460^th	5264	15.3%
2023	26.94	4167^th	5374	22.5%
2024	30.49	3900^th	5511	29.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Searles Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	23.68	4262^nd	5413	21.3%
2019	25.96	4156^th	5492	24.3%
2022	22.53	4452^nd	5635	21.0%
2023	25.02	4229^th	5617	24.7%
2024	32.86	3569^th	5605	36.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Searles Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	28.40	3824^th	5431	29.6%
2019	32.20	3606^th	5510	34.6%
2022	27.02	4043^rd	5663	28.6%
2023	26.43	4102^nd	5650	27.4%
2024	29.59	3847^th	5636	31.7%

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Rank History for Asian students at Searles Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	5.51	1010^th	1071	5.7%
2023	19.99	999^th	1190	16.1%
2024	32.61	913^th	1203	24.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Searles Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	27.07	3759^th	4830	22.2%
2019	30.25	3678^th	4963	25.9%
2022	25.89	4052^nd	5084	20.3%
2023	26.01	4028^th	5098	21.0%
2024	25.05	4101^st	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 Searles Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1988	245	33	169	436	2	n/a	n/a	885
1989	219	51	168	394	5	n/a	n/a	837
1990	231	74	157	395	8	n/a	n/a	865
1991	247	65	177	368	3	n/a	n/a	860
1992	242	67	157	393	4	n/a	n/a	863
1993	213	58	165	409	1	n/a	n/a	846
1994	196	65	182	422	0	n/a	n/a	865
1995	185	93	194	457	3	n/a	n/a	932
1996	185	93	194	457	3	n/a	n/a	932
1997	180	102	198	465	4	n/a	n/a	949
1998	195	91	236	475	3	n/a	n/a	1000
1999	164	76	200	451	2	n/a	n/a	893
2000	169	89	261	544	3	n/a	n/a	1066
2001	144	77	272	536	2	n/a	n/a	1031
2002	87	56	236	461	1	n/a	n/a	841
2003	87	56	236	461	1	n/a	n/a	841
2004	70	66	214	438	0	n/a	n/a	788
2005	75	71	206	450	1	n/a	n/a	803
2006	71	64	199	423	3	n/a	n/a	760
2007	69	57	191	441	3	n/a	n/a	761
2008	64	62	188	446	2	n/a	n/a	762
2009	41	48	132	382	2	26	87	718
2010	34	36	158	443	3	21	25	720
2011	33	34	160	453	3	15	28	726
2012	31	32	144	464	2	19	26	718
2013	37	40	135	458	2	18	27	717
2014	31	37	127	462	4	17	24	702
2015	29	36	121	485	3	19	23	716
2016	24	34	117	468	8	21	27	699
2017	33	36	118	456	5	21	28	697
2018	31	26	131	439	4	18	24	673
2019	33	25	125	433	6	15	25	662
2020	35	21	130	476	8	18	29	717
2021	24	20	147	466	8	11	28	704
2022	31	22	130	458	9	5	30	685
2023	37	22	128	472	9	6	28	702

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 Searles Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	885	39.0	22.6	n/a
1989	837	36.0	23.2	n/a
1990	865	37.0	23.3	n/a
1991	860	37.0	23.2	n/a
1992	863	37.6	22.9	33.1
1993	846	38.3	22.1	34.9
1994	865	39.0	22.2	38.3
1995	932	43.6	21.4	41.8
1996	932	43.6	21.4	41.8
1997	949	53.5	17.7	41
1998	1000	60.2	16.6	41.3
1999	893	53.5	16.7	47.9
2000	1066	57.5	18.5	39.2
2001	1031	57.1	18.1	40
2002	841	46.9	17.9	41.5
2003	841	46.9	17.9	41.5
2004	788	45.0	17.5	46.2
2005	803	45.8	17.5	40.8
2006	760	41.0	18.5	44.3
2007	761	39.3	19.4	51.4
2008	762	47.0	16.2	42.3
2009	718	43.0	15.0	47.8
2010	720	39.0	18.4	58.9
2011	726	n/a	n/a	59.1
2012	718	33.0	21.7	n/a
2013	717	30.4	23.5	65.7
2014	702	25.0	28.0	65.1
2015	716	25.0	28.6	59.9
2016	699	26.0	26.8	63.1
2017	697	27.0	25.8	66.3
2018	673	28.0	24.0	65.8
2019	662	27.0	24.5	50.5
2020	717	n/a	n/a	61.4
2021	704	26.0	27.0	46.6
2022	685	28.0	24.4	55.8
2023	702	30.1	23.2	43.2

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 Searles Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	885	39.0	22.6	n/a
1989	837	36.0	23.2	n/a
1990	865	37.0	23.3	n/a
1991	860	37.0	23.2	n/a
1992	863	37.6	22.9	33.1
1993	846	38.3	22.1	34.9
1994	865	39.0	22.2	38.3
1995	932	43.6	21.4	41.8
1996	932	43.6	21.4	41.8
1997	949	53.5	17.7	41
1998	1000	60.2	16.6	41.3
1999	893	53.5	16.7	47.9
2000	1066	57.5	18.5	39.2
2001	1031	57.1	18.1	40
2002	841	46.9	17.9	41.5
2003	841	46.9	17.9	41.5
2004	788	45.0	17.5	46.2
2005	803	45.8	17.5	40.8
2006	760	41.0	18.5	44.3
2007	761	39.3	19.4	51.4
2008	762	47.0	16.2	42.3
2009	718	43.0	15.0	47.8
2010	720	39.0	18.4	58.9
2011	726	n/a	n/a	59.1
2012	718	33.0	21.7	n/a
2013	717	30.4	23.5	65.7
2014	702	25.0	28.0	65.1
2015	716	25.0	28.6	59.9
2016	699	26.0	26.8	63.1
2017	697	27.0	25.8	66.3
2018	673	28.0	24.0	65.8
2019	662	27.0	24.5	50.5
2020	717	n/a	n/a	61.4
2021	704	26.0	27.0	46.6
2022	685	28.0	24.4	55.8
2023	702	30.1	23.2	43.2

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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