Is Pinkham Elementary a good school?

Pinkham Elementary ranks in the bottom 20.0% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Pinkham Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 477 students attended Pinkham Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Pinkham Elementary?

Students at Pinkham Elementary are 74% Hispanic, 17% White, 4% African American, 4% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Pinkham Elementary attend?

Students who attend Pinkham Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Divisadero Middle High : Mt. Whitney High

Pinkham Elementary

Summary:

Pinkham Elementary is a public elementary school in Visalia, California, serving 480 students in grades K-6. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of California elementary schools over the past several years, with a 1- to 2-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger.

Pinkham Elementary faces significant academic and socioeconomic challenges. Its proficiency rates in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics are significantly lower than the Visalia Unified School District and the state of California averages across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, only 29.83% of Pinkham students were proficient or better in ELA End-of-Course, compared to 43.55% for Visalia Unified and 47.04% for California. The school has also experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 14.1% in 2018-2019 to 43.8% in 2021-2022, much higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, Pinkham Elementary has a very high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 78.54% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, significantly higher than the district and state averages.

Interestingly, the nearby schools in the Visalia Unified School District, such as Charter Home School Academy, Golden Oak Elementary, and Mountain View Elementary, generally perform better than Pinkham Elementary in academic assessments and have lower chronic absenteeism rates. This suggests that the challenges faced by Pinkham Elementary may be unique to the school and not necessarily reflective of the broader district performance.

Detail:

Public K-6

2200 East Tulare Ave.
Visalia, CA 93292-5288

(559) 730-7853

District: Visalia Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4687^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,937

Students who attend Pinkham Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Divisadero Middle
High:	Mt. Whitney High

Student/teacher ratio: 21.7

Number of students: 477

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

74.0%

White:

17.0%

African American:

3.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 73.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Pinkham Elementary ranks worse than 80% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 26^th among 27 ranked elementary schools in the Visalia Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 21.81. (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 (74%), White (17%), African American (3.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 73.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Pinkham Elementary is 21.7, which is the 5^th best among 27 elementary schools in the Visalia Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Pinkham Elementary employs 21.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Pinkham Elementary is $8,937, which is the 4^th highest among 27 elementary schools in the Visalia Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Pinkham Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Pinkham Elementary 4687^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Pinkham Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Female students:

Male students:

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Visalia Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Visalia Unified 894^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Pinkham Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Pinkham Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	58.23	1791^st	4809	62.8%
2005	54.00	2002^nd	4822	58.5%
2006	52.10	2092^nd	4818	56.6%
2007	50.78	2285^th	5113	55.3%
2008	48.50	2470^th	5113	51.7%
2009	37.97	3180^th	5193	38.8%
2010	30.46	3811^th	5314	28.3%
2011	31.35	3888^th	5377	27.7%
2012	35.52	3567^th	5390	33.8%
2013	36.33	3574^th	5530	35.4%
2015	31.49	3586^th	5611	36.1%
2016	44.68	2795^th	5614	50.2%
2017	42.33	2958^th	5692	48.0%
2018	26.99	4082^nd	5662	27.9%
2019	33.03	3694^th	5789	36.2%
2021	31.13	927^th	1417	34.6%
2022	18.94	4957^th	5883	15.7%
2023	18.88	4968^th	5874	15.4%
2024	21.81	4687^th	5862	20.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Pinkham Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	35.60	2117^th	3250	34.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Pinkham Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	31.87	3631^st	5084	28.6%
2019	38.85	3210^th	5173	37.9%
2022	22.40	4476^th	5264	15.0%
2023	22.10	4536^th	5374	15.6%
2024	21.13	4697^th	5511	14.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Pinkham Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	24.82	4184^th	5413	22.7%
2019	32.88	3603^rd	5492	34.4%
2022	16.17	5069^th	5635	10.0%
2023	22.70	4457^th	5617	20.7%
2024	20.09	4699^th	5605	16.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Pinkham Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	29.94	3704^th	5431	31.8%
2019	34.26	3445^th	5510	37.5%
2022	23.74	4343^rd	5663	23.3%
2023	16.84	5010^th	5650	11.3%
2024	25.22	4245^th	5636	24.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Pinkham Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.72	3849^th	4830	20.3%
2019	33.82	3402^nd	4963	31.5%
2022	21.46	4406^th	5084	13.3%
2023	21.66	4360^th	5098	14.5%
2024	27.95	3880^th	5102	24.0%

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Rank History for White students at Pinkham Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	23.77	2243^rd	2737	18.0%
2019	36.00	1954^th	2834	31.1%
2022	9.53	2538^th	2726	6.9%
2023	5.55	2570^th	2662	3.5%
2024	27.86	2012^th	2647	24.0%

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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

Review counts

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Reviews:

by a parent on FaceBook
Wednesday, March 5, 2014

My daughters have attended Pinkham as well as Highland, and I LOVE Pinkham. I actually moved just to be back in the Pinkham districk. All of my cousins for like the last 15 years have went to Pinkham! It is an awesome school and Mrs. McCaw is an amazing teacher and was VERY patient and helpful with my daughter. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Pinkham Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	367	5	9	74	2	n/a	n/a	0	457
1990	424	4	11	86	3	n/a	n/a	0	528
1991	513	6	12	86	2	n/a	n/a	0	619
1992	523	7	6	86	0	n/a	n/a	0	622
1993	522	9	10	85	2	n/a	n/a	0	628
1994	518	9	12	110	1	n/a	n/a	0	650
1995	502	14	11	143	2	n/a	n/a	0	672
1996	502	14	11	143	2	n/a	n/a	0	672
1997	484	14	12	144	1	n/a	n/a	0	655
1998	502	21	15	187	8	n/a	n/a	0	733
1999	486	11	13	181	9	n/a	n/a	0	700
2000	477	13	15	187	7	n/a	n/a	0	699
2001	504	13	17	219	6	n/a	n/a	0	759
2002	438	27	20	260	9	n/a	n/a	0	754
2003	438	27	20	260	9	n/a	n/a	0	754
2004	436	16	17	247	8	n/a	n/a	0	724
2005	385	19	18	246	11	n/a	n/a	0	679
2006	345	18	16	244	8	n/a	n/a	0	631
2007	309	12	25	275	17	n/a	n/a	0	638
2008	304	23	35	305	18	n/a	n/a	0	685
2009	265	20	28	285	14	2	0	0	614
2010	257	25	32	296	16	3	1	0	630
2011	238	25	25	306	15	2	8	0	619
2012	197	17	21	300	16	2	5	0	558
2013	169	14	22	279	12	2	10	0	508
2014	162	9	16	302	7	2	16	0	514
2015	133	7	14	310	5	1	19	0	489
2016	118	8	12	346	4	1	22	0	511
2017	124	10	11	385	3	0	21	0	554
2018	128	14	10	349	1	1	22	0	525
2019	114	9	10	345	2	1	27	0	508
2020	95	9	10	376	2	0	22	0	514
2021	78	8	8	375	3	1	25	0	498
2022	80	10	10	326	3	1	17	0	447
2023	83	14	8	347	3	2	23	0	480
2024	81	17	4	353	3	1	17	1	477

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 Pinkham Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	457	16.0	28.5	n/a
1990	528	20.0	26.4	n/a
1991	619	20.0	30.9	n/a
1992	622	20.3	30.6	15
1993	628	21.0	29.9	18.8
1994	650	23.0	28.3	21.8
1995	672	23.0	29.2	20.4
1996	672	23.0	29.2	20.4
1997	655	26.0	25.2	22.9
1998	733	30.0	24.4	30.6
1999	700	30.0	23.3	34.6
2000	699	33.0	21.2	36.5
2001	759	33.0	23.0	34.8
2002	754	34.0	22.2	31.3
2003	754	34.0	22.2	31.3
2004	724	31.0	23.4	35.6
2005	679	29.5	23.0	34.6
2006	631	27.0	23.4	41.2
2007	638	27.5	23.2	46.6
2008	685	29.5	23.2	51.2
2009	614	32.0	18.1	58.6
2010	630	31.0	20.3	61.1
2011	619	n/a	n/a	64.8
2012	558	21.0	26.5	n/a
2013	508	19.0	26.6	71.5
2014	514	18.0	28.5	74.5
2015	489	18.0	27.1	79.8
2016	511	19.0	26.8	80.8
2017	554	19.5	28.4	81.4
2018	525	20.5	25.6	76.8
2019	508	20.3	24.9	81.3
2020	514	n/a	n/a	75.1
2021	498	24.6	20.2	73.1
2022	447	24.3	18.3	81
2023	480	24.5	19.5	78.5
2024	477	21.9	21.7	73.8

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 Pinkham Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	457	16.0	28.5	n/a
1990	528	20.0	26.4	n/a
1991	619	20.0	30.9	n/a
1992	622	20.3	30.6	15
1993	628	21.0	29.9	18.8
1994	650	23.0	28.3	21.8
1995	672	23.0	29.2	20.4
1996	672	23.0	29.2	20.4
1997	655	26.0	25.2	22.9
1998	733	30.0	24.4	30.6
1999	700	30.0	23.3	34.6
2000	699	33.0	21.2	36.5
2001	759	33.0	23.0	34.8
2002	754	34.0	22.2	31.3
2003	754	34.0	22.2	31.3
2004	724	31.0	23.4	35.6
2005	679	29.5	23.0	34.6
2006	631	27.0	23.4	41.2
2007	638	27.5	23.2	46.6
2008	685	29.5	23.2	51.2
2009	614	32.0	18.1	58.6
2010	630	31.0	20.3	61.1
2011	619	n/a	n/a	64.8
2012	558	21.0	26.5	n/a
2013	508	19.0	26.6	71.5
2014	514	18.0	28.5	74.5
2015	489	18.0	27.1	79.8
2016	511	19.0	26.8	80.8
2017	554	19.5	28.4	81.4
2018	525	20.5	25.6	76.8
2019	508	20.3	24.9	81.3
2020	514	n/a	n/a	75.1
2021	498	24.6	20.2	73.1
2022	447	24.3	18.3	81
2023	480	24.5	19.5	78.5
2024	477	21.9	21.7	73.8

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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