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Prairie Elementary · Anderson

Prairie Elementary: The state doesn't publish enough data to score this school fairly.

Prairie is an elementary school in Anderson. The state doesn't publish enough data to score it fairly — so we won't. Here's what we can show.

No Scope Score available

California doesn't publicly report per-grade test results when fewer than 11 students are tested in a grade — a privacy protection for small schools. We can't compute a Scope Score without that data.

Worth a school visit

With little published data, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.

How every group of students does here

At Prairie Elementary in Anderson, 46.1% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 37.7% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Prairie Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 8.4 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (38.5% Math proficient); White students (52.9% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 3.9 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 39 students tested.

All students at this school: 49% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 49%, district —, state 43%49%
WhiteWhite: this school 54%, district 40%, state 56%54% · +5 vs school
MaleMale: this school 54%, district 37%, state 42%54% · +4 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 42%, district 31%, state 32%42% · −7 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 44%, district 38%, state 44%44% · −6 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 7%, district 11%, state 15%7% · −42 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 36%, district 33%, state 32%36% · −13 vs school

6 of 13 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

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Subgroup growth by grade

Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path
Elementary
Prairie Elementary
No score
This school
High School
No feeder data available for this level

Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 21:1, district 19:121:1
Teaching staff16 teachers
Avg. experience11.1 years
Fully credentialed94%
First-year teachers6%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$55,012 – $104,918
Principal salary$114,693 – $0
Superintendent salary$131,847

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $3,970, CA average $14,815$3,970 · spent at this school

These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.

Federal share$394 per student

$394 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$16,411 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction63%
Instruction support12%
Student services9%
Administration7%
Buildings & maintenance9%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$13,128 per pupil
2019$11,880 per pupil
2018$11,172 per pupil
2017$10,520 per pupil
2016$11,468 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

White65.1%
District 65.5% · CA 19.9%
Hispanic17.8%
District 16.7% · CA 56.1%
Other15.1%
District 15.6% · CA 9.0%
Asian1.5%
District 1.5% · CA 10.2%
Black0.6%
District 0.6% · CA 4.8%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 57.8% (6pp below CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$61K · CA $85K
Median home value$310K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+15% · CA 35%
ZIP population24,768
Median age40 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

Your other options

Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.


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