Is Park Avenue Elementary a good school?

Park Avenue Elementary ranks in the bottom 9.8% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Park Avenue Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 539 students attended Park Avenue Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Park Avenue Elementary?

Students at Park Avenue Elementary are 81% Hispanic, 9% White, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more races, 1% African American.

What schools do graduates of Park Avenue Elementary attend?

Students who attend Park Avenue Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Gray Avenue Middle High : Yuba City High

Park Avenue Elementary

Summary:

Park Avenue Elementary is a public elementary school in Yuba City, California, serving 539 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Yuba City Unified School District, which has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Park Avenue Elementary faces significant challenges, with high chronic absenteeism rates, low academic performance, and struggles to support its student subgroups. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics are notably lower than the district and state averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 18.02% of Park Avenue students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 38.45% for the district and 47.04% for the state. In Mathematics, only 18.03% of Park Avenue students were proficient or better, compared to 24.51% for the district and 35.54% for the state. Additionally, Park Avenue Elementary has an exceptionally high rate of free and reduced lunch recipients, reaching over 96% in 2022-2023, indicating a high concentration of students from low-income families.

When comparing Park Avenue Elementary to other nearby schools in the Yuba City Unified School District, it becomes clear that the school is an underperformer. Riverbend Elementary, King Avenue Elementary, and Lincrest Elementary all outperform Park Avenue in academic achievement, with higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics, as well as lower chronic absenteeism rates and a lower percentage of students from low-income families. The school's location within a larger district presents opportunities for collaboration and the implementation of targeted interventions to support student success.

Detail:

Public K-5

100 Morton St.
Yuba City, CA 95991-5820

(530) 822-5265

District: Yuba City Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5285^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,672

Students who attend Park Avenue Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Gray Avenue Middle
High:	Yuba City High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.5

Number of students: 539

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

80.5%

White:

9.1%

Asian:

3.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 96.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Park Avenue Elementary ranks worse than 90.2% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks last among 11 ranked elementary schools in the Yuba City Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.15. (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 (80.5%), White (9.1%), Asian (3.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 96.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Yuba City Unified School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Park Avenue Elementary is 24.5, which is the highest among 11 elementary schools in the Yuba City Unified School District! (See more...)

Compare Park Avenue Elementary employs 22 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Park Avenue Elementary is $7,672, which is the 5^th highest among 11 elementary schools in the Yuba City Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Park Avenue Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Park Avenue Elementary 5285^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Park Avenue Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Yuba City Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Yuba City Unified 970^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Park Avenue Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Park Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	13.07	4481^st	4809	6.8%
2005	17.88	4114^th	4822	14.7%
2006	18.60	4100^th	4818	14.9%
2007	16.14	4561^st	5113	10.8%
2008	21.83	4206^th	5113	17.7%
2009	26.20	3967^th	5193	23.6%
2010	20.66	4552^nd	5314	14.3%
2011	25.78	4280^th	5377	20.4%
2012	23.70	4404^th	5390	18.3%
2013	25.43	4373^rd	5530	20.9%
2015	15.93	5004^th	5611	10.8%
2016	21.66	4456^th	5614	20.6%
2017	24.46	4309^th	5692	24.3%
2018	25.05	4235^th	5662	25.2%
2019	20.40	4765^th	5789	17.7%
2022	12.78	5550^th	5883	5.7%
2023	12.22	5551^st	5874	5.5%
2024	15.15	5285^th	5862	9.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Park Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	48.81	1307^th	3246	59.7%
2019	47.12	1394^th	3275	57.4%
2022	26.80	2829^th	3311	14.6%
2023	25.76	2831^st	3250	12.9%
2024	35.43	2145^th	3160	32.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Park Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	36.78	3252^nd	5084	36.0%
2019	30.90	3801^st	5173	26.5%
2022	17.03	4836^th	5264	8.1%
2023	15.35	5016^th	5374	6.7%
2024	19.70	4797^th	5511	13.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Park Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	29.85	3774^th	5413	30.3%
2019	26.67	4105^th	5492	25.3%
2022	14.04	5266^th	5635	6.5%
2023	12.20	5374^th	5617	4.3%
2024	17.08	4947^th	5605	11.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Park Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	23.51	4227^th	5431	22.2%
2019	17.19	4883^rd	5510	11.4%
2022	12.79	5389^th	5663	4.8%
2023	13.38	5285^th	5650	6.5%
2024	15.01	5156^th	5636	8.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Park Avenue Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	35.41	3191^st	4830	33.9%
2019	28.87	3778^th	4963	23.9%
2022	14.01	4850^th	5084	4.6%
2023	14.93	4800^th	5098	5.8%
2024	18.29	4565^th	5102	10.5%

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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 Park Avenue Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	243	7	93	251	0	n/a	n/a	0	594
1989	284	6	94	237	1	n/a	n/a	0	622
1990	223	14	86	300	1	n/a	n/a	0	624
1991	229	12	60	327	4	n/a	n/a	0	632
1992	217	6	53	335	4	n/a	n/a	0	615
1993	268	8	46	409	9	n/a	n/a	0	740
1994	293	14	44	395	6	n/a	n/a	0	752
1995	264	17	41	429	7	n/a	n/a	0	758
1996	264	17	41	429	7	n/a	n/a	0	758
1997	222	16	40	421	5	n/a	n/a	0	704
1998	204	18	33	398	6	n/a	n/a	0	659
1999	176	20	29	402	10	n/a	n/a	0	637
2000	131	16	38	432	12	n/a	n/a	0	629
2001	119	18	40	440	7	n/a	n/a	0	624
2002	132	17	29	442	3	n/a	n/a	0	623
2003	132	17	29	442	3	n/a	n/a	0	623
2004	109	7	33	444	4	n/a	n/a	4	601
2005	93	13	30	450	6	n/a	n/a	2	594
2006	98	11	21	447	5	n/a	n/a	5	587
2007	95	9	16	474	6	n/a	n/a	6	606
2008	70	4	20	484	2	n/a	n/a	0	580
2009	63	1	13	480	3	0	24	0	584
2010	60	3	9	484	2	0	22	0	580
2011	56	5	15	485	3	1	26	0	591
2012	49	3	7	496	4	2	17	0	578
2013	47	6	9	489	4	0	13	0	568
2014	55	6	10	506	4	0	14	0	595
2015	68	6	10	486	1	0	12	0	583
2016	68	8	9	464	3	0	13	0	565
2017	72	7	8	469	2	0	14	0	572
2018	53	6	10	464	4	0	20	0	557
2019	57	6	11	441	2	0	22	0	539
2020	52	8	8	461	2	1	18	0	550
2021	47	8	11	471	1	5	20	0	563
2022	47	6	14	438	1	3	19	0	528
2023	49	8	21	434	2	4	21	0	539

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 Park Avenue Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	594	26.0	22.8	n/a
1989	622	25.0	24.8	n/a
1990	624	24.0	26.0	n/a
1991	632	25.5	24.7	n/a
1992	615	25.9	23.7	80.2
1993	740	31.6	23.4	79.3
1994	752	34.4	21.9	79.8
1995	758	27.5	27.6	81.1
1996	758	27.5	27.6	81.1
1997	704	34.5	20.4	83.7
1998	659	32.0	20.6	77.4
1999	637	32.9	19.4	81.6
2000	629	36.5	17.2	87.8
2001	624	36.4	17.1	99.5
2002	623	30.7	20.3	74.2
2003	623	30.7	20.3	74.2
2004	601	30.9	19.4	87.6
2005	594	30.9	19.2	83.8
2006	587	29.1	20.2	78.5
2007	606	30.0	20.2	90.8
2008	580	36.8	15.8	99.5
2009	584	33.0	16.2	93.3
2010	580	28.0	20.7	99.1
2011	591	n/a	n/a	92.2
2012	578	31.2	18.5	n/a
2013	568	29.0	19.5	99.5
2014	595	28.0	21.2	98.8
2015	583	27.0	21.5	94.9
2016	565	24.0	23.5	95.4
2017	572	25.0	22.8	97.6
2018	557	25.0	22.2	99.1
2019	539	23.0	23.4	98.5
2020	550	n/a	n/a	96
2021	563	22.1	25.4	97.2
2022	528	23.0	22.9	94.5
2023	539	22.0	24.5	96.5

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 Park Avenue Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	594	26.0	22.8	n/a
1989	622	25.0	24.8	n/a
1990	624	24.0	26.0	n/a
1991	632	25.5	24.7	n/a
1992	615	25.9	23.7	80.2
1993	740	31.6	23.4	79.3
1994	752	34.4	21.9	79.8
1995	758	27.5	27.6	81.1
1996	758	27.5	27.6	81.1
1997	704	34.5	20.4	83.7
1998	659	32.0	20.6	77.4
1999	637	32.9	19.4	81.6
2000	629	36.5	17.2	87.8
2001	624	36.4	17.1	99.5
2002	623	30.7	20.3	74.2
2003	623	30.7	20.3	74.2
2004	601	30.9	19.4	87.6
2005	594	30.9	19.2	83.8
2006	587	29.1	20.2	78.5
2007	606	30.0	20.2	90.8
2008	580	36.8	15.8	99.5
2009	584	33.0	16.2	93.3
2010	580	28.0	20.7	99.1
2011	591	n/a	n/a	92.2
2012	578	31.2	18.5	n/a
2013	568	29.0	19.5	99.5
2014	595	28.0	21.2	98.8
2015	583	27.0	21.5	94.9
2016	565	24.0	23.5	95.4
2017	572	25.0	22.8	97.6
2018	557	25.0	22.2	99.1
2019	539	23.0	23.4	98.5
2020	550	n/a	n/a	96
2021	563	22.1	25.4	97.2
2022	528	23.0	22.9	94.5
2023	539	22.0	24.5	96.5

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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