Is Northam Elementary a good school?

Northam Elementary ranks in the bottom 16.3% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Northam Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 375 students attended Northam Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Northam Elementary?

Students at Northam Elementary are 94% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 1% White.

What schools do graduates of Northam Elementary attend?

Students who attend Northam Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Giano Intermediate High : Nogales High

Northam Elementary

Summary:

Northam Elementary is a public elementary school located in La Puente, California, serving grades K-6 with a student population of 375. It is part of the Rowland Unified School District, which is ranked 759 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. Unfortunately, Northam Elementary has consistently been ranked in the bottom 20-25% of California elementary schools over the past decade, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of that time period.

Northam Elementary struggles with several key issues that set it apart from other schools in the area. The school has significantly higher chronic absenteeism rates, with a 26.6% rate in 2022-2023, compared to the district's 18.7% and the state's 12.5%. Academically, Northam students consistently perform below the district and state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics. For example, in 2023-2024, only 28.5% of Northam students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 47.81% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school's subgroups, such as Hispanic students, English Language Learners, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, also perform significantly worse than their counterparts at the district and state levels.

Interestingly, Northam Elementary is located relatively close (within 2 miles) to several higher-performing elementary schools in the neighboring Hacienda la Puente Unified School District, such as Wedgeworth Elementary and Valinda School of Academics, which have significantly higher academic proficiency rates and lower chronic absenteeism compared to Northam. The high rates of poverty and chronic absenteeism at Northam Elementary may be contributing factors to the school's consistently low academic performance, presenting significant barriers to student learning and achievement.

Detail:

Public K-6

17800 East Renault
La Puente, CA 91744-5333

(626) 965-2404

District: Rowland Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4905^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Students who attend Northam Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Giano Intermediate
High:	Nogales High

Student/teacher ratio: 21.4

Number of students: 375

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

94.1%

Asian:

3.2%

White:

1.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 93.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Northam Elementary ranks worse than 83.7% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 12^th among 14 ranked elementary schools in the Rowland Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 19.4. (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 (94.1%), Asian (3.2%), White (1.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 93.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Northam Elementary is 21.4. 8 elementary schools in the Rowland Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Northam Elementary employs 17.5 full-time teachers.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Northam Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Northam Elementary 4905^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Northam Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Rowland Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Rowland Unified 759^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Northam Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Northam Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	36.80	2820^th	4809	41.4%
2005	41.34	2641^st	4822	45.2%
2006	45.35	2419^th	4818	49.8%
2007	41.04	2846^th	5113	44.3%
2008	33.07	3384^th	5113	33.8%
2009	34.36	3411^th	5193	34.3%
2010	24.54	4253^rd	5314	20.0%
2011	16.50	4878^th	5377	9.3%
2012	23.72	4401^st	5390	18.3%
2013	32.34	3872^nd	5530	30.0%
2015	18.22	4815^th	5611	14.2%
2016	24.15	4247^th	5614	24.3%
2017	31.64	3705^th	5692	34.9%
2018	29.71	3843^rd	5662	32.1%
2019	21.47	4669^th	5789	19.3%
2022	25.81	4267^th	5883	27.5%
2023	23.13	4545^th	5874	22.6%
2024	19.40	4905^th	5862	16.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Northam Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	27.27	2581^st	3246	20.5%
2019	26.39	2751^st	3275	16.0%
2022	42.43	1645^th	3311	50.3%
2023	33.03	2320^th	3250	28.6%
2024	24.47	2869^th	3160	9.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Northam Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	40.30	2991^st	5084	41.2%
2019	30.28	3848^th	5173	25.6%
2022	37.12	3247^th	5264	38.3%
2023	31.25	3800^th	5374	29.3%
2024	25.21	4358^th	5511	20.9%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Northam Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	51.46	139^th	356	61.0%
2023	51.81	132^nd	336	60.7%
2024	35.61	252^nd	364	30.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Northam Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	38.21	3191^st	5413	41.0%
2019	27.51	4028^th	5492	26.7%
2022	24.16	4295^th	5635	23.8%
2023	21.18	4593^rd	5617	18.2%
2024	20.29	4679^th	5605	16.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Northam Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	23.22	4251^st	5431	21.7%
2019	17.84	4829^th	5510	12.4%
2022	28.74	3899^th	5663	31.1%
2023	26.91	4046^th	5650	28.4%
2024	20.27	4689^th	5636	16.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Northam Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	40.27	2839^th	4830	41.2%
2019	29.04	3757^th	4963	24.3%
2022	37.16	3132^nd	5084	38.4%
2023	32.28	3526^th	5098	30.8%
2024	26.12	4016^th	5102	21.3%

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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 Northam Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	73	22	54	645	1	n/a	n/a	0	795
1989	73	15	46	673	2	n/a	n/a	0	809
1990	71	29	61	731	2	n/a	n/a	0	894
1991	59	17	45	750	1	n/a	n/a	0	872
1992	53	21	40	788	1	n/a	n/a	0	903
1993	47	26	28	805	3	n/a	n/a	0	909
1994	37	15	27	790	0	n/a	n/a	0	869
1995	24	15	27	751	0	n/a	n/a	0	817
1996	24	15	27	751	0	n/a	n/a	0	817
1997	16	14	29	812	0	n/a	n/a	0	871
1998	16	12	24	791	0	n/a	n/a	0	843
1999	17	7	23	784	0	n/a	n/a	0	831
2000	11	10	19	803	0	n/a	n/a	0	843
2001	13	17	30	784	1	n/a	n/a	0	845
2002	9	5	27	779	0	n/a	n/a	9	829
2003	9	5	27	779	0	n/a	n/a	9	829
2004	7	6	26	747	0	n/a	n/a	11	797
2005	3	5	17	736	0	n/a	n/a	11	772
2006	4	4	18	721	0	n/a	n/a	8	755
2007	5	4	27	687	0	n/a	n/a	7	730
2008	4	1	22	672	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	699
2009	6	4	23	659	1	0	6	0	699
2010	5	2	19	620	1	0	3	0	650
2011	3	3	21	601	0	0	4	0	632
2012	6	4	19	503	1	0	3	0	536
2013	5	1	12	536	0	1	2	0	557
2014	3	2	5	524	0	2	1	0	537
2015	4	5	10	497	0	2	2	0	520
2016	0	3	9	483	1	3	2	0	501
2017	1	2	10	496	0	3	2	0	514
2018	4	0	10	472	0	3	2	0	491
2019	6	1	8	458	0	3	2	0	478
2020	3	0	14	435	0	3	1	0	456
2021	3	2	19	397	0	1	2	0	424
2022	3	1	10	362	0	1	2	0	379
2023	5	2	12	353	1	0	2	0	375

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 Northam Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	795	28.0	28.3	n/a
1989	809	28.0	28.8	n/a
1990	894	30.0	29.8	n/a
1991	872	32.0	27.2	n/a
1992	903	32.5	27.7	74.8
1993	909	31.4	28.9	77.6
1994	869	30.4	28.6	76.9
1995	817	28.4	28.8	80.7
1996	817	28.4	28.8	80.7
1997	871	35.0	24.9	88.2
1998	843	40.0	21.1	75.3
1999	831	39.0	21.3	83.2
2000	843	39.8	21.2	92.5
2001	845	39.0	21.7	72.5
2002	829	39.0	21.3	87.4
2003	829	39.0	21.3	87.4
2004	797	37.0	21.5	89.1
2005	772	35.2	21.9	95.4
2006	755	35.0	21.6	88.2
2007	730	33.0	22.1	88.5
2008	699	35.0	20.0	72.5
2009	699	34.4	19.2	91.8
2010	650	30.0	21.6	94.6
2011	632	n/a	n/a	97.8
2012	536	25.0	21.4	99.4
2013	557	27.6	20.1	92.8
2014	537	25.0	21.4	93.7
2015	520	23.0	22.6	87.7
2016	501	22.0	22.7	88
2017	514	21.0	24.4	92.4
2018	491	20.0	24.5	93.9
2019	478	20.0	23.9	93.5
2020	456	n/a	n/a	97.6
2021	424	19.6	21.6	87.3
2022	379	18.3	20.6	89.7
2023	375	17.5	21.4	93.9

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 Northam Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	795	28.0	28.3	n/a
1989	809	28.0	28.8	n/a
1990	894	30.0	29.8	n/a
1991	872	32.0	27.2	n/a
1992	903	32.5	27.7	74.8
1993	909	31.4	28.9	77.6
1994	869	30.4	28.6	76.9
1995	817	28.4	28.8	80.7
1996	817	28.4	28.8	80.7
1997	871	35.0	24.9	88.2
1998	843	40.0	21.1	75.3
1999	831	39.0	21.3	83.2
2000	843	39.8	21.2	92.5
2001	845	39.0	21.7	72.5
2002	829	39.0	21.3	87.4
2003	829	39.0	21.3	87.4
2004	797	37.0	21.5	89.1
2005	772	35.2	21.9	95.4
2006	755	35.0	21.6	88.2
2007	730	33.0	22.1	88.5
2008	699	35.0	20.0	72.5
2009	699	34.4	19.2	91.8
2010	650	30.0	21.6	94.6
2011	632	n/a	n/a	97.8
2012	536	25.0	21.4	99.4
2013	557	27.6	20.1	92.8
2014	537	25.0	21.4	93.7
2015	520	23.0	22.6	87.7
2016	501	22.0	22.7	88
2017	514	21.0	24.4	92.4
2018	491	20.0	24.5	93.9
2019	478	20.0	23.9	93.5
2020	456	n/a	n/a	97.6
2021	424	19.6	21.6	87.3
2022	379	18.3	20.6	89.7
2023	375	17.5	21.4	93.9

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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