Is Radcliff Elementary a good school?

Radcliff Elementary ranks in the bottom 1.4% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Radcliff Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 417 students attended Radcliff Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Radcliff Elementary?

Students at Radcliff Elementary are 98% Hispanic, 2% White.

What schools do graduates of Radcliff Elementary attend?

Students who attend Radcliff Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Rolling Hills Middle High : Watsonville High

Radcliff Elementary

Summary:

Radcliff Elementary is a public elementary school located in Watsonville, California, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 441 students. The school is part of the Pajaro Valley Unified School District, which is ranked 1237 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Radcliff Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 5-10% of California elementary schools, with a statewide rank between 5,150 and 5,822 out of around 5,800 schools. The school's performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments is significantly below the Pajaro Valley Unified School District and the state of California averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, only 10.33% of Radcliff students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 24.98% for the district and 47.04% for the state. Additionally, Radcliff Elementary has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 9.4% in 2018-2019 to 44.9% in 2021-2022, which is much higher than the district and state averages.

While the nearby schools, such as Linscott Charter and Watsonville Prep, which are also part of the Pajaro Valley Unified School District, generally perform better than Radcliff Elementary on academic measures, Radcliff has a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 97.51% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023. This, combined with the school's relatively high student-teacher ratio, may be contributing to its academic struggles, presenting an opportunity for the district and school to implement targeted interventions and strategies to address the specific needs of the student population.

Detail:

Public K-5

550 Rodriguez St.
Watsonville, CA 95076-4210

(831) 728-6469

District: Pajaro Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5781^st of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Students who attend Radcliff Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Rolling Hills Middle
High:	Watsonville High

Student/teacher ratio: 19.8

Number of students: 417

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

97.8%

White:

2.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 98.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Radcliff Elementary ranks worse than 98.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 17^th among 19 ranked elementary schools in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 7.69. (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 (97.8%), White (2.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 98.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Radcliff Elementary is 19.8, which is the 5^th best among 19 elementary schools in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Radcliff Elementary employs 21 full-time teachers.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Radcliff Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Radcliff Elementary 5781^st of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Radcliff Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Pajaro Valley Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Pajaro Valley Unified 1237^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Radcliff Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Radcliff Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2007	6.26	5064^th	5113	1.0%
2008	3.70	5098^th	5113	0.3%
2009	10.72	4971^st	5193	4.3%
2010	11.60	5077^th	5314	4.5%
2011	15.77	4914^th	5377	8.6%
2012	7.64	5278^th	5390	2.1%
2013	9.19	5332^nd	5530	3.6%
2015	13.82	5222^nd	5611	6.9%
2016	9.63	5462^nd	5614	2.7%
2017	13.11	5261^st	5692	7.6%
2018	8.20	5521^st	5662	2.5%
2019	8.79	5635^th	5789	2.7%
2022	7.92	5819^th	5883	1.1%
2023	7.26	5822^nd	5874	0.9%
2024	7.69	5781^st	5862	1.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Radcliff Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	28.98	2459^th	3246	24.2%
2019	32.74	2291^st	3275	30.0%
2022	30.03	2602^nd	3311	21.4%
2023	25.20	2865^th	3250	11.8%
2024	24.46	2870^th	3160	9.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Radcliff Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	17.92	2500^th	2634	5.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Radcliff Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	10.30	4945^th	5084	2.7%
2019	12.14	4979^th	5173	3.8%
2022	9.89	5184^th	5264	1.5%
2023	8.23	5327^th	5374	0.9%
2024	9.82	5405^th	5511	1.9%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Radcliff Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	15.34	345^th	356	3.1%
2023	30.62	261^st	336	22.3%
2024	36.66	245^th	364	32.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Radcliff Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	9.20	5268^th	5413	2.7%
2019	12.05	5194^th	5492	5.4%
2022	7.61	5608^th	5635	0.5%
2023	8.05	5567^th	5617	0.9%
2024	8.05	5542^nd	5605	1.1%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Radcliff Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	19.78	1976^th	2128	7.1%
2019	23.47	2152^nd	2585	16.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Radcliff Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	9.04	5310^th	5431	2.2%
2019	6.68	5456^th	5510	1.0%
2022	9.55	5568^th	5663	1.7%
2023	7.65	5604^th	5650	0.8%
2024	8.45	5559^th	5636	1.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Radcliff Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	10.94	4699^th	4830	2.7%
2019	12.74	4758^th	4963	4.1%
2022	9.73	5017^th	5084	1.3%
2023	8.66	5053^rd	5098	0.9%
2024	9.74	4996^th	5102	2.1%

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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 Radcliff Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
2005	5	0	3	376	0	n/a	n/a	0	384
2006	1	0	2	400	0	n/a	n/a	2	405
2007	3	0	2	428	0	n/a	n/a	0	433
2008	8	n/a	2	458	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	468
2009	4	0	4	454	0	0	0	0	462
2010	1	1	3	441	0	0	0	0	446
2011	4	1	4	476	0	0	0	0	485
2012	8	1	6	501	0	0	0	0	516
2013	5	0	4	535	0	0	0	0	544
2014	8	0	4	519	0	0	0	0	531
2015	9	0	3	549	0	0	0	0	561
2016	17	1	2	540	0	0	0	0	560
2017	19	0	3	531	0	0	0	0	553
2018	24	1	1	523	1	0	0	0	550
2019	29	0	1	498	1	0	1	0	530
2020	18	0	1	491	0	0	0	0	510
2021	10	0	1	467	0	0	0	0	478
2022	6	0	1	449	0	0	0	0	456
2023	9	0	0	431	0	0	0	1	441
2024	9	0	0	408	0	0	0	0	417

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 Radcliff Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2005	384	22.0	17.5	97.1
2006	405	18.0	22.5	93.3
2007	433	21.0	20.6	91.9
2008	468	23.0	20.3	91.2
2009	462	22.0	19.3	89.8
2010	446	18.0	24.7	96
2011	485	n/a	n/a	92.2
2012	516	20.0	25.8	n/a
2013	544	19.0	28.6	94.9
2014	531	21.0	25.2	96.4
2015	561	20.0	28.0	95.5
2016	560	22.0	25.4	93.9
2017	553	23.0	24.0	61.8
2018	550	22.0	25.0	86.2
2019	530	22.5	23.5	91.1
2020	510	n/a	n/a	94.9
2021	478	21.5	22.2	96.7
2022	456	20.5	22.2	96.5
2023	441	21.5	20.4	97.5
2024	417	21.0	19.8	98.1

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 Radcliff Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2005	384	22.0	17.5	97.1
2006	405	18.0	22.5	93.3
2007	433	21.0	20.6	91.9
2008	468	23.0	20.3	91.2
2009	462	22.0	19.3	89.8
2010	446	18.0	24.7	96
2011	485	n/a	n/a	92.2
2012	516	20.0	25.8	n/a
2013	544	19.0	28.6	94.9
2014	531	21.0	25.2	96.4
2015	561	20.0	28.0	95.5
2016	560	22.0	25.4	93.9
2017	553	23.0	24.0	61.8
2018	550	22.0	25.0	86.2
2019	530	22.5	23.5	91.1
2020	510	n/a	n/a	94.9
2021	478	21.5	22.2	96.7
2022	456	20.5	22.2	96.5
2023	441	21.5	20.4	97.5
2024	417	21.0	19.8	98.1

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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