Is Parkside Elementary a good school?

Parkside Elementary ranks in the bottom 10.5% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Parkside Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 552 students attended Parkside Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Parkside Elementary?

Students at Parkside Elementary are 69% Hispanic, 13% African American, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 4% White.

What schools do graduates of Parkside Elementary attend?

Students who attend Parkside Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Martin Luther King Junior Junior High High : Pittsburg Senior High

Parkside Elementary

Summary:

Parkside Elementary is a public elementary school in Pittsburg, California, serving 552 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Pittsburg Unified School District, which is ranked 1357 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Parkside Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of California elementary schools based on the statewide SchoolDigger ranking. The school's proficiency rates in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics are significantly lower than the Pittsburg Unified and California state averages across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, Parkside's proficiency rate in ELA was 23.46% compared to 28.45% for Pittsburg Unified and 47.04% for California. In Math, Parkside's proficiency rate was 14.56% compared to 15.17% for Pittsburg Unified and 35.54% for California. The school also performs well below the district and state averages on the CAST Science assessment.

Parkside has a high percentage of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, with 85.33% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023. The school also has a relatively high percentage of English Language Learner (ELL) students, ranking in the bottom 25% of California elementary schools for this subgroup. However, Parkside's African American and Hispanic student populations perform better relative to their peers in the state, ranking in the top 50% and bottom 10% of California elementary schools, respectively. Additionally, Parkside has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 12.2% in 2018-2019 to 35.3% in 2022-2023, and has a relatively high student-teacher ratio compared to nearby schools in the Pittsburg Unified district.

Detail:

Public K-5

985 West 17th St.
Pittsburg, CA 94565-3716

(925) 473-2420

District: Pittsburg Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5244^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,680

Students who attend Parkside Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Martin Luther King Junior Junior High
High:	Pittsburg Senior High

Student/teacher ratio: 21.9

Number of students: 552

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

69.0%

African American:

13.0%

Asian:

7.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 85.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Parkside Elementary ranks worse than 89.5% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 5^th among 8 ranked elementary schools in the Pittsburg Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.58. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a high 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 (69%), African American (13%), Asian (7.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 85.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Pittsburg Unified School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Parkside Elementary is 21.9. 4 elementary schools in the Pittsburg Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Parkside Elementary employs 25.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Parkside Elementary is $7,680, which is the 2^nd highest among 8 elementary schools in the Pittsburg Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Parkside Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Parkside Elementary 5244^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Parkside Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Pittsburg Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Pittsburg Unified 1357^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Parkside Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Parkside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	17.57	4156^th	4809	13.6%
2005	15.24	4315^th	4822	10.5%
2006	18.60	4099^th	4818	14.9%
2007	12.80	4787^th	5113	6.4%
2008	9.54	4942^nd	5113	3.3%
2009	21.75	4298^th	5193	17.2%
2010	21.17	4519^th	5314	15.0%
2011	20.58	4641^st	5377	13.7%
2012	28.10	4078^th	5390	24.3%
2013	27.84	4208^th	5530	23.9%
2015	23.66	4268^th	5611	23.9%
2016	19.18	4692^nd	5614	16.4%
2017	17.97	4865^th	5692	14.5%
2018	19.54	4721^st	5662	16.6%
2019	18.11	4983^rd	5789	13.9%
2022	14.87	5371^st	5883	8.7%
2023	17.43	5118^th	5874	12.9%
2024	15.58	5244^th	5862	10.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Parkside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	26.63	2620^th	3246	19.3%
2019	18.18	3245^th	3275	0.9%
2022	26.98	2817^th	3311	14.9%
2023	33.07	2318^th	3250	28.7%
2024	25.02	2841^st	3160	10.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Parkside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	35.81	1512^th	2634	42.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Parkside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	27.52	3955^th	5084	22.2%
2019	23.56	4330^th	5173	16.3%
2022	18.67	4742^nd	5264	9.9%
2023	21.78	4562^nd	5374	15.1%
2024	19.73	4793^rd	5511	13.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Parkside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	19.27	4603^rd	5413	15.0%
2019	20.24	4604^th	5492	16.2%
2022	17.70	4919^th	5635	12.7%
2023	15.62	5100^th	5617	9.2%
2024	18.37	4843^rd	5605	13.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Parkside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	42.95	954^th	2128	55.2%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Parkside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	21.53	111^th	140	20.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Parkside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	21.02	4474^th	5431	17.6%
2019	17.64	4850^th	5510	12.0%
2022	13.94	5305^th	5663	6.3%
2023	21.42	4586^th	5650	18.8%
2024	14.76	5173^rd	5636	8.2%

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Rank History for African American students at Parkside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	18.37	649^th	700	7.3%
2022	56.18	211^th	663	68.2%
2023	36.57	398^th	662	39.9%
2024	41.62	301^st	593	49.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Parkside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	26.07	3828^th	4830	20.7%
2019	18.77	4460^th	4963	10.1%
2022	17.14	4690^th	5084	7.7%
2023	21.97	4330^th	5098	15.1%
2024	17.80	4604^th	5102	9.8%

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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 Parkside Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	274	147	107	186	0	n/a	n/a	0	714
1989	273	176	103	212	3	n/a	n/a	0	767
1990	283	167	128	214	0	n/a	n/a	0	792
1991	191	126	106	200	3	n/a	n/a	0	626
1992	193	126	105	280	0	n/a	n/a	0	704
1993	171	138	96	316	0	n/a	n/a	0	721
1994	157	107	86	323	0	n/a	n/a	0	673
1995	122	114	63	389	0	n/a	n/a	0	688
1996	122	114	63	389	0	n/a	n/a	0	688
1997	103	138	80	366	5	n/a	n/a	0	692
1998	96	121	80	344	6	n/a	n/a	0	647
1999	87	121	71	365	6	n/a	n/a	0	650
2000	91	142	67	351	6	n/a	n/a	0	657
2001	78	138	69	337	2	n/a	n/a	7	631
2002	60	122	66	355	2	n/a	n/a	27	632
2003	60	122	66	355	2	n/a	n/a	27	632
2004	47	131	57	385	1	n/a	n/a	34	655
2005	43	130	47	387	0	n/a	n/a	45	652
2006	31	100	57	381	0	n/a	n/a	54	623
2007	25	96	61	342	1	n/a	n/a	41	566
2008	22	95	51	331	2	n/a	n/a	0	501
2009	26	104	45	337	2	2	73	0	589
2010	30	107	46	376	3	8	11	0	581
2011	29	101	52	388	2	4	13	0	589
2012	34	97	55	396	3	6	19	0	610
2013	29	104	52	416	3	6	27	0	637
2014	29	102	46	432	4	5	24	0	642
2015	29	91	57	460	3	4	38	0	682
2016	27	88	45	457	1	2	32	0	652
2017	30	78	46	457	1	3	33	0	648
2018	27	75	38	480	0	4	25	0	649
2019	25	77	40	468	3	5	28	0	646
2020	23	68	45	462	2	7	26	0	633
2021	23	61	38	420	0	7	25	0	574
2022	25	80	39	401	0	6	26	0	577
2023	20	72	42	381	0	5	32	0	552

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 Parkside Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	714	28.6	24.9	n/a
1989	767	28.6	26.8	n/a
1990	792	30.8	25.7	n/a
1991	626	27.0	23.1	n/a
1992	704	27.4	25.6	61.9
1993	721	27.0	26.7	67.5
1994	673	30.0	22.4	59.6
1995	688	28.0	24.6	67.4
1996	688	28.0	24.6	67.4
1997	692	31.0	22.3	75.6
1998	647	30.0	21.6	79.4
1999	650	32.0	20.3	80.9
2000	657	34.0	19.3	74.4
2001	631	33.5	18.8	76
2002	632	33.5	18.9	78.5
2003	632	33.5	18.9	78.5
2004	655	35.5	18.5	89.2
2005	652	34.5	18.9	91.6
2006	623	32.5	19.2	93.7
2007	566	29.5	19.2	92.6
2008	501	31.0	16.2	97
2009	589	33.0	17.3	85.6
2010	581	33.0	17.6	89.7
2011	589	n/a	n/a	89
2012	610	31.5	19.3	n/a
2013	637	33.5	18.9	89.3
2014	642	32.0	20.0	90.5
2015	682	28.0	24.3	85.9
2016	652	28.0	23.2	81.9
2017	648	27.0	24.0	81.9
2018	649	28.0	23.1	84.4
2019	646	29.0	22.2	81.1
2020	633	n/a	n/a	82
2021	574	25.0	22.9	81.7
2022	577	25.3	22.7	71.4
2023	552	25.2	21.9	85.3

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 Parkside Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	714	28.6	24.9	n/a
1989	767	28.6	26.8	n/a
1990	792	30.8	25.7	n/a
1991	626	27.0	23.1	n/a
1992	704	27.4	25.6	61.9
1993	721	27.0	26.7	67.5
1994	673	30.0	22.4	59.6
1995	688	28.0	24.6	67.4
1996	688	28.0	24.6	67.4
1997	692	31.0	22.3	75.6
1998	647	30.0	21.6	79.4
1999	650	32.0	20.3	80.9
2000	657	34.0	19.3	74.4
2001	631	33.5	18.8	76
2002	632	33.5	18.9	78.5
2003	632	33.5	18.9	78.5
2004	655	35.5	18.5	89.2
2005	652	34.5	18.9	91.6
2006	623	32.5	19.2	93.7
2007	566	29.5	19.2	92.6
2008	501	31.0	16.2	97
2009	589	33.0	17.3	85.6
2010	581	33.0	17.6	89.7
2011	589	n/a	n/a	89
2012	610	31.5	19.3	n/a
2013	637	33.5	18.9	89.3
2014	642	32.0	20.0	90.5
2015	682	28.0	24.3	85.9
2016	652	28.0	23.2	81.9
2017	648	27.0	24.0	81.9
2018	649	28.0	23.1	84.4
2019	646	29.0	22.2	81.1
2020	633	n/a	n/a	82
2021	574	25.0	22.9	81.7
2022	577	25.3	22.7	71.4
2023	552	25.2	21.9	85.3

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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