Is Coyote Hills Elementary a good school?

Coyote Hills Elementary ranks 3318 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Coyote Hills Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 451 students attended Coyote Hills Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Coyote Hills Elementary?

Students at Coyote Hills Elementary are 63% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 7% Two or more races, 6% White, 4% Pacific Islander, 1% African American.

What schools do graduates of Coyote Hills Elementary attend?

Students who attend Coyote Hills Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Newark Middle High : Newark Memorial High

Coyote Hills Elementary

Summary:

Coyote Hills Elementary is a public elementary school in Newark, California, serving 451 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Newark Unified School District, which has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite being part of the Newark Unified School District, Coyote Hills Elementary consistently underperforms the district and the state of California in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 36.89% of Coyote Hills students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 44.21% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school also faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 11.3% to 31.5% in recent years, significantly higher than the state average of around 14-15%. Additionally, Coyote Hills has a relatively high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 50-70% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

When compared to nearby schools within the Newark Unified School District, such as Lincoln Elementary and Birch Grove Primary, Coyote Hills Elementary performs significantly worse in terms of student academic achievement. The performance gap becomes even more pronounced when compared to schools in the neighboring Fremont Unified School District, such as John G. Mattos Elementary, Patterson Elementary, and Forest Park Elementary, which outperform Coyote Hills by 20-50 percentage points in proficiency rates.

Detail:

Public K-5

36270 Cherry St.
Newark, CA 94560-2318

(510) 818-3300

District: Newark Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
3318^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $11,221

Students who attend Coyote Hills Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Newark Middle
High:	Newark Memorial High

Student/teacher ratio: 25.0

Number of students: 451

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

63.2%

Asian:

18.4%

Two or more races:

7.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 50.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Coyote Hills Elementary ranks worse than 56.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 4^th among 5 ranked elementary schools in the Newark Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 37.67. (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 (63.2%), Asian (18.4%), two or more races (7.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 50.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Coyote Hills Elementary is 25. 3 elementary schools in the Newark Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Coyote Hills Elementary employs 18 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Coyote Hills Elementary is $11,221, which is the highest among 6 elementary schools in the Newark Unified School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Coyote Hills Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Coyote Hills Elementary 3318^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Coyote Hills Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Low Socio Economic Status students:

Female students:

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Hispanic students:

Newark Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Newark Unified 828^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Coyote Hills Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Coyote Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	30.43	3217^th	4809	33.1%
2005	34.16	3043^rd	4822	36.9%
2006	36.56	2904^th	4818	39.7%
2007	31.73	3449^th	5113	32.5%
2008	34.22	3317^th	5113	35.1%
2009	29.40	3752^nd	5193	27.7%
2010	22.90	4389^th	5314	17.4%
2011	24.74	4351^st	5377	19.1%
2012	29.46	3983^rd	5390	26.1%
2013	34.97	3679^th	5530	33.5%
2015	47.10	2619^th	5611	53.3%
2016	43.33	2883^rd	5614	48.6%
2017	30.25	3808^th	5692	33.1%
2018	25.17	4224^th	5662	25.4%
2019	41.96	3070^th	5789	47.0%
2022	38.97	3164^th	5883	46.2%
2023	36.85	3364^th	5874	42.7%
2024	37.67	3318^th	5862	43.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Coyote Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	43.06	1613^th	3246	50.3%
2019	51.61	1165^th	3275	64.4%
2022	43.97	1539^th	3311	53.5%
2023	37.36	1989^th	3250	38.8%
2024	54.39	960^th	3160	69.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Coyote Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	31.25	3678^th	5084	27.7%
2019	49.73	2426^th	5173	53.1%
2022	45.06	2593^rd	5264	50.7%
2023	33.72	3583^rd	5374	33.3%
2024	28.32	4113^th	5511	25.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Coyote Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	23.74	4255^th	5413	21.4%
2019	44.45	2841^st	5492	48.3%
2022	33.52	3455^th	5635	38.7%
2023	29.59	3809^th	5617	32.2%
2024	27.26	4038^th	5605	28.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Coyote Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	29.14	3762^nd	5431	30.7%
2019	40.71	2989^th	5510	45.8%
2022	43.82	2783^rd	5663	50.9%
2023	43.59	2833^rd	5650	49.9%
2024	48.80	2526^th	5636	55.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Coyote Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	24.48	3937^th	4830	18.5%
2019	50.50	2255^th	4963	54.6%
2022	40.61	2856^th	5084	43.8%
2023	43.13	2671^st	5098	47.6%
2024	44.62	2633^rd	5102	48.4%

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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 Coyote Hills Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	361	18	66	234	0	n/a	n/a	0	679
1989	320	19	66	252	0	n/a	n/a	0	657
1990	294	16	84	226	1	n/a	n/a	0	621
1991	285	12	73	244	3	n/a	n/a	0	617
1992	262	11	67	269	3	n/a	n/a	0	612
1993	260	15	62	275	6	n/a	n/a	0	618
1994	227	24	79	283	4	n/a	n/a	0	617
1995	201	30	83	316	6	n/a	n/a	0	636
1996	201	30	83	316	6	n/a	n/a	0	636
1997	189	25	85	317	6	n/a	n/a	0	622
1998	165	28	93	295	7	n/a	n/a	0	588
1999	162	24	95	337	7	n/a	n/a	0	625
2000	151	18	82	339	6	n/a	n/a	0	596
2001	136	14	80	353	5	n/a	n/a	0	588
2002	109	15	121	336	4	n/a	n/a	0	585
2003	109	15	121	336	4	n/a	n/a	0	585
2004	87	30	106	329	1	n/a	n/a	19	572
2005	68	28	102	315	1	n/a	n/a	28	542
2006	66	24	87	310	0	n/a	n/a	29	516
2007	71	17	83	285	1	n/a	n/a	33	490
2008	77	33	86	301	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	497
2009	74	25	85	311	2	6	12	0	515
2010	69	18	86	313	1	5	5	0	497
2011	70	11	78	306	1	12	7	0	485
2012	53	12	70	302	1	10	8	0	456
2013	46	14	61	302	1	14	14	0	452
2014	35	10	60	302	1	13	14	0	435
2015	28	9	56	305	1	9	15	0	423
2016	28	9	46	293	2	10	16	0	404
2017	24	6	41	282	2	10	11	0	376
2018	25	7	64	285	1	11	19	0	412
2019	25	12	57	252	2	9	18	0	375
2020	24	9	50	247	0	8	25	0	363
2021	19	7	64	249	1	6	19	0	365
2022	27	9	88	340	2	19	32	3	520
2023	25	6	83	285	1	17	33	1	451

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 Coyote Hills Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	679	24.0	28.2	n/a
1989	657	25.0	26.2	n/a
1990	621	22.0	28.2	n/a
1991	617	25.0	24.6	n/a
1992	612	25.4	24.0	34.2
1993	618	24.0	25.8	43
1994	617	28.0	22.0	44.2
1995	636	29.5	21.6	49.8
1996	636	29.5	21.6	49.8
1997	622	30.5	20.4	50.5
1998	588	36.0	16.3	38.8
1999	625	33.1	18.9	40.6
2000	596	32.2	18.5	31.5
2001	588	30.9	19.0	39.3
2002	585	32.0	18.3	43.2
2003	585	32.0	18.3	43.2
2004	572	30.1	19.0	6.1
2005	542	29.3	18.5	51.2
2006	516	27.6	18.7	48.9
2007	490	26.8	18.3	60.6
2008	497	27.3	18.2	56.5
2009	515	28.4	17.5	63.5
2010	497	19.0	26.1	67.4
2011	485	n/a	n/a	61.2
2012	456	19.3	23.5	n/a
2013	452	20.3	22.2	66.4
2014	435	17.0	25.5	69.7
2015	423	17.0	24.8	68.1
2016	404	15.0	26.9	67.6
2017	376	15.2	24.7	71
2018	412	15.0	27.4	67
2019	375	16.0	23.4	64
2020	363	n/a	n/a	58.7
2021	365	14.7	24.8	70.1
2022	520	23.8	21.8	50
2023	451	18.0	25.0	50.8

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 Coyote Hills Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	679	24.0	28.2	n/a
1989	657	25.0	26.2	n/a
1990	621	22.0	28.2	n/a
1991	617	25.0	24.6	n/a
1992	612	25.4	24.0	34.2
1993	618	24.0	25.8	43
1994	617	28.0	22.0	44.2
1995	636	29.5	21.6	49.8
1996	636	29.5	21.6	49.8
1997	622	30.5	20.4	50.5
1998	588	36.0	16.3	38.8
1999	625	33.1	18.9	40.6
2000	596	32.2	18.5	31.5
2001	588	30.9	19.0	39.3
2002	585	32.0	18.3	43.2
2003	585	32.0	18.3	43.2
2004	572	30.1	19.0	6.1
2005	542	29.3	18.5	51.2
2006	516	27.6	18.7	48.9
2007	490	26.8	18.3	60.6
2008	497	27.3	18.2	56.5
2009	515	28.4	17.5	63.5
2010	497	19.0	26.1	67.4
2011	485	n/a	n/a	61.2
2012	456	19.3	23.5	n/a
2013	452	20.3	22.2	66.4
2014	435	17.0	25.5	69.7
2015	423	17.0	24.8	68.1
2016	404	15.0	26.9	67.6
2017	376	15.2	24.7	71
2018	412	15.0	27.4	67
2019	375	16.0	23.4	64
2020	363	n/a	n/a	58.7
2021	365	14.7	24.8	70.1
2022	520	23.8	21.8	50
2023	451	18.0	25.0	50.8

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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