Is Eric White Elementary a good school?

Eric White Elementary ranks 4173 rd of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Eric White Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 638 students attended Eric White Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Eric White Elementary?

Students at Eric White Elementary are 96% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 1% White.

What schools do graduates of Eric White Elementary attend?

Students who attend Eric White Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Abraham Lincoln Middle High : Selma High

Eric White Elementary

Summary:

Eric White Elementary is a public elementary school located in Selma, California, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 645 students. The school is part of the Selma Unified School District, which is ranked 1136 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Eric White Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom half of California elementary schools, with a ranking between 3,500-4,800 out of around 5,800 schools. The school's performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments is significantly below the Selma Unified district and California state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, only 34.02% of Eric White students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 40.24% for Selma Unified and 47.04% for California. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was just 23.77%, compared to 24.48% for the district and 35.54% for the state. Eric White Elementary has also experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 8.1% in 2018-2019 to 46.5% in 2021-2022, before slightly improving to 22.8% in 2022-2023.

While the nearby Indianola Elementary, Terry Elementary, and Andrew Jackson Elementary also struggle academically, with performance levels similar to or slightly better than Eric White Elementary, the James Garfield Elementary and Theodore Roosevelt Elementary within the same district demonstrate significantly higher academic achievement. Eric White Elementary performs relatively well in supporting its English Language Learner and migrant student populations, but has room for improvement in supporting its special education and disabled student populations.

Detail:

Public K-6

2001 Mitchell
Selma, CA 93662-9601

(559) 898-6650

District: Selma Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4173^rd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,158

Students who attend Eric White Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Abraham Lincoln Middle
High:	Selma High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.1

Number of students: 638

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

96.2%

Asian:

2.0%

White:

1.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 96.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Eric White Elementary ranks worse than 71.2% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 5^th among 7 ranked elementary schools in the Selma Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 27.26. (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 Eric White Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Selma Unified School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (96.2%), Asian (2%), White (1.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 96.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Eric White Elementary is 24.1. 4 elementary schools in the Selma Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Eric White Elementary employs 26.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Eric White Elementary is $16,158, which is the 2^nd highest among 7 elementary schools in the Selma Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Eric White Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Eric White Elementary 4173^rd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Eric White Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Selma Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Selma Unified 1136^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Eric White Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Eric White Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	21.03	3869^th	4809	19.5%
2005	25.30	3611^th	4822	25.1%
2006	21.03	3922^nd	4818	18.6%
2007	25.77	3875^th	5113	24.2%
2008	27.45	3789^th	5113	25.9%
2009	28.22	3829^th	5193	26.3%
2010	27.73	4024^th	5314	24.3%
2011	38.51	3348^th	5377	37.7%
2012	33.08	3733^rd	5390	30.7%
2013	24.74	4416^th	5530	20.1%
2015	17.95	4846^th	5611	13.6%
2016	17.49	4838^th	5614	13.8%
2017	25.75	4188^th	5692	26.4%
2018	33.50	3568^th	5662	37.0%
2019	28.37	4069^th	5789	29.7%
2022	28.75	3973^rd	5883	32.5%
2023	31.49	3767^th	5874	35.9%
2024	27.26	4173^rd	5862	28.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Eric White Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	44.10	1565^th	3246	51.8%
2019	51.27	1179^th	3275	64.0%
2022	49.69	1216^th	3311	63.3%
2023	58.86	827^th	3250	74.6%
2024	49.81	1189^th	3160	62.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Eric White Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	34.20	1467^th	2420	39.4%
2024	39.26	1369^th	2634	48.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Eric White Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	47.53	2516^th	5084	50.5%
2019	41.64	2991^st	5173	42.2%
2022	42.05	2834^th	5264	46.2%
2023	43.75	2784^th	5374	48.2%
2024	34.99	3522^nd	5511	36.1%

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Rank History for Migrant students at Eric White Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	60.28	22^nd	68	67.6%
2024	64.38	18^th	74	75.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Eric White Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	33.59	3508^th	5413	35.2%
2019	32.34	3645^th	5492	33.6%
2022	30.60	3671^st	5635	34.9%
2023	30.21	3740^th	5617	33.4%
2024	29.93	3798^th	5605	32.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Eric White Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	50.48	767^th	2128	64.0%
2019	56.20	804^th	2585	68.9%
2022	41.22	1031^st	2227	53.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Eric White Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	32.97	3469^th	5431	36.1%
2019	25.31	4162^nd	5510	24.5%
2022	27.81	3970^th	5663	29.9%
2023	33.23	3522^nd	5650	37.7%
2024	25.77	4197^th	5636	25.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Eric White Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	44.87	2558^th	4830	47.0%
2019	37.47	3134^th	4963	36.9%
2022	40.05	2900^th	5084	43.0%
2023	44.93	2561^st	5098	49.8%
2024	37.62	3146^th	5102	38.3%

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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 Eric White Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	15	8	3	396	0	n/a	n/a	0	422
1989	31	13	2	445	1	n/a	n/a	0	492
1990	22	11	3	448	5	n/a	n/a	0	489
1991	25	7	4	482	2	n/a	n/a	0	520
1992	17	11	4	544	4	n/a	n/a	0	580
1993	18	12	11	528	7	n/a	n/a	0	576
1994	22	6	6	454	1	n/a	n/a	0	489
1995	22	7	5	389	3	n/a	n/a	0	426
1996	22	7	5	389	3	n/a	n/a	0	426
1997	18	10	8	414	0	n/a	n/a	0	450
1998	21	9	9	423	0	n/a	n/a	0	462
1999	15	7	15	445	1	n/a	n/a	0	483
2000	12	10	17	461	3	n/a	n/a	0	503
2001	7	2	20	459	1	n/a	n/a	2	491
2002	11	2	13	497	2	n/a	n/a	0	525
2003	11	2	13	497	2	n/a	n/a	0	525
2004	16	3	16	516	1	n/a	n/a	2	554
2005	13	3	19	490	1	n/a	n/a	1	527
2006	9	3	20	492	3	n/a	n/a	7	534
2007	7	2	12	467	2	n/a	n/a	6	496
2008	5	7	14	468	1	n/a	n/a	0	495
2009	7	7	8	451	1	0	5	0	479
2010	12	3	12	450	4	0	1	0	482
2011	10	2	12	459	2	0	1	0	486
2012	5	4	17	463	0	0	0	0	489
2013	8	2	18	502	0	0	0	0	530
2014	6	1	20	521	0	0	1	0	549
2015	5	2	13	544	0	0	1	0	565
2016	5	1	15	504	0	0	0	0	525
2017	6	0	7	483	0	0	0	0	496
2018	9	1	5	480	1	2	0	0	498
2019	16	2	9	476	0	1	0	0	504
2020	12	0	10	472	0	0	0	0	494
2021	9	0	12	449	0	1	0	0	471
2022	8	0	12	426	1	1	0	0	448
2023	6	0	16	619	1	0	3	0	645
2024	7	1	13	614	1	0	2	0	638

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 Eric White Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	422	16.6	25.4	n/a
1989	492	21.6	22.7	n/a
1990	489	21.8	22.4	n/a
1991	520	22.0	23.6	n/a
1992	580	22.4	25.8	95
1993	576	24.0	24.0	66.7
1994	489	20.0	24.4	94.9
1995	426	17.0	25.1	94.8
1996	426	17.0	25.1	94.8
1997	450	18.0	25.0	94.9
1998	462	21.5	21.5	94.8
1999	483	23.5	20.6	93.6
2000	503	25.4	19.8	75.7
2001	491	25.1	19.6	99.2
2002	525	29.6	17.7	89.7
2003	525	29.6	17.7	89.7
2004	554	29.6	18.7	98.2
2005	527	25.8	20.4	89.7
2006	534	27.8	19.2	89.2
2007	496	27.2	18.2	97.8
2008	495	30.4	16.3	90.9
2009	479	26.8	15.6	91.2
2010	482	26.8	17.9	95.2
2011	486	n/a	n/a	92.2
2012	489	19.8	24.6	n/a
2013	530	21.7	24.3	92.6
2014	549	22.9	23.9	73.4
2015	565	23.0	24.5	93.6
2016	525	21.0	25.0	92
2017	496	19.5	25.4	96.6
2018	498	18.3	27.0	94.8
2019	504	19.9	25.2	93.3
2020	494	n/a	n/a	95.7
2021	471	18.5	25.4	98.3
2022	448	18.2	24.5	96
2023	645	25.4	25.3	93.3
2024	638	26.4	24.1	96.7

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 Eric White Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	422	16.6	25.4	n/a
1989	492	21.6	22.7	n/a
1990	489	21.8	22.4	n/a
1991	520	22.0	23.6	n/a
1992	580	22.4	25.8	95
1993	576	24.0	24.0	66.7
1994	489	20.0	24.4	94.9
1995	426	17.0	25.1	94.8
1996	426	17.0	25.1	94.8
1997	450	18.0	25.0	94.9
1998	462	21.5	21.5	94.8
1999	483	23.5	20.6	93.6
2000	503	25.4	19.8	75.7
2001	491	25.1	19.6	99.2
2002	525	29.6	17.7	89.7
2003	525	29.6	17.7	89.7
2004	554	29.6	18.7	98.2
2005	527	25.8	20.4	89.7
2006	534	27.8	19.2	89.2
2007	496	27.2	18.2	97.8
2008	495	30.4	16.3	90.9
2009	479	26.8	15.6	91.2
2010	482	26.8	17.9	95.2
2011	486	n/a	n/a	92.2
2012	489	19.8	24.6	n/a
2013	530	21.7	24.3	92.6
2014	549	22.9	23.9	73.4
2015	565	23.0	24.5	93.6
2016	525	21.0	25.0	92
2017	496	19.5	25.4	96.6
2018	498	18.3	27.0	94.8
2019	504	19.9	25.2	93.3
2020	494	n/a	n/a	95.7
2021	471	18.5	25.4	98.3
2022	448	18.2	24.5	96
2023	645	25.4	25.3	93.3
2024	638	26.4	24.1	96.7

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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