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TUSD schools improve, still fall below state standards
Dashboard

Turlock Unified School District’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday received information regarding recent data from the California Department of Education’s Dashboard website, which shows schools’ achievement ratings achievement ratings in several key categories. While TUSD schools improved their scores in many of these sections, many campuses are still struggling to meet state standards overall.

The Dashboard site displays statewide data based on status (how each school or district performed) and change (how much they have improved since the last year), with performance levels indicated by color ranging from red as the lowest and blue as the highest.

Eight of TUSD’s nine elementary schools failed to meet state standards for both English Language Arts and Mathematics; however, six of those eight schools improved upon their scores from the previous year. Walnut Elementary Education Center was the sole campus to exceed state standards for both subjects, while Cunningham Elementary School was the most improved by increasing English scores by 15 points and Math by 17.9 points.

Dashboard’s chronic absenteeism metric counts the percent of the school’s students who missed at least 10 percent of the school year. Five of the nine schools were able to improve upon this statistic and four saw their number of chronically absent students increase. Walnut Elementary School is the only campus in the “blue,” with just 1.9 percent of students chronically absent. In addition, every school except for Medeiros Elementary School improved their campus suspension rate.

Both Dutcher Middle School and Turlock Junior High School failed to meet state standards for English and Math; DMS received lower scores in both subjects this year and TJHS maintained its English scores while increasing its Math scores.

Turlock High School and Pitman High School continue to exceed the state English standards, but both declined in the subject by over 10 points. Both schools still struggle to meet Math standards and both declined in scores yet again this year.

Due to the low performance of TUSD’s Foster Youth student group in the areas of graduation rate (red) and suspension (red) as well as its Homeless student group in the areas of chronic absenteeism (red) and suspension (red), TUSD was identified for Level 2 Support Differentiated Assistance from the state. TUSD was also identified for this assistance last year, but with the additional group of Students with Disabilities.

“The goal is to help the District and their schools meet the needs of the students that they serve to address disparities in opportunities and outcomes,” TUSD Director of English Learners, Assessment and Special Programs Alice Solis said.

To view each school’s report in its entirety, visit www.caschooldashboard.org.

 

 

 

Crowell Elementary School

(Neighborhood school)

English Language Arts — Orange

56.5 points below standard; Maintained by 2.8 points

Mathematics — Yellow

79.7 points below standard; Improved by 3 points

Chronic Absenteeism — Orange

15.8 percent chronically absent; Increased by 3 percent

 

Cunningham Elementary School

(Neighborhood school)

English Language Arts — Yellow

43.9 points below standard; Improved by 12.8 points

Mathematics — Yellow

48.8 points below standard; Improved by 16.5 points

Chronic Absenteeism — Yellow

11.6 percent chronically absent; Declined by 2.5 percent

 

Dennis G. Earl Elementary School

(Neighborhood school)

English Language Arts — Yellow

16.4 points below standard; Improved by 12.2 points

Mathematics — Yellow

46.9 points below standard; Improved by 4.2 points

Chronic Absenteeism — Green

7.1 percent chronically absent; Declined 0.6 percent

 

Julien Elementary School

(Gifted and Talented Education Program location/ Neighborhood school)

English Language Arts — Yellow

6.4 points below standard; Improved by 8.5 points

Mathematics — Yellow

31.5 points below standard; Improved by 3.5 points

Chronic Absenteeism — Green

8 percent chronically absent; Declined 0.6 percent

 

Osborn Two-Way Immersion Academy

(Dual language immersion magnet school)

English Language Arts — Yellow

39.7 points below standard; Improved by 9.1 points

Mathematics —Yellow

39.4 points below standard; Improved by 8.1 points

Chronic Absenteeism — Yellow

3.5 percent chronically absent; Increased by 1.3 percent

 

Sandra Tovar Medeiros Elementary School

(Neighborhood school)

English Language Arts — Orange

 6.4 points below standard; Maintained by 1 point

Mathematics — Green

13 points below standard; Improved by 6.3 points

Chronic Absenteeism — Green

7.8 percent chronically absent; Increased 1.7 percent

 

Wakefield Elementary School

(Dual language immersion magnet school/Neighborhood school)

English Language Arts — Red

72.7 points below standard; Maintained by -2.6 points

Mathematics — Orange

91.3 points below standard; Maintained by 0.8 points

Chronic Absenteeism — Yellow

11.2 percent chronically absent; Declined 5 percent

 

Walnut Elementary School

(Science and Arts magnet school)

English Language Arts — Green

29.5 points above standard; Improved by 6.1 points

Mathematics — Green

10.5 points above standard; Improved by 4.4 points

Chronic Absenteeism — Blue

1.9 percent chronically absent; Declined 0.5 percent

 

Walter M. Brown Elementary School

(Neighborhood school)

English Language Arts — Orange

48.3 points below standard; Improved by 13.4 points

Mathematics — Yellow

71.4 points below standard; Improved by 9.2 points

Chronic Absenteeism — Orange

11.3 percent chronically absent; Increased 2.9 percent

 

Turlock Junior High School

(Citywide school)

English Language Arts — Orange

8.3 points below standard; Maintained by 2.2 points

Mathematics — Yellow

48.1 points below standard; Improved by 12.2 points

Chronic Absenteeism — Yellow

12.2 percent chronically absent; Declined 2.2 percent

 

Marvin A. Dutcher Middle School

(Dual language immersion magnet/Performing Arts magnet

English Language Arts — Orange

12.6 points below standard; Declined 9.5 points

Mathematics — Orange

63.6 points below standard; Declined 12 points

Chronic Absenteeism — Yellow

 8.4 percent chronically absent; Maintained by 0 percent

 

Turlock High School

(Neighborhood school)

English Language Arts — Yellow

24.8 points above standard; Declined 15.6 points

Mathematics — Orange

73.5 points below standard; Declined 10.6 points

Graduation Rate — Green

93.6 percent graduated; Maintained -0.6 percent

 

Pitman High School

(Neighborhood school)

English Language Arts — Yellow

27.1 points above standard; Declined 12.3 points

Mathematics — Orange

73 points below standard; Declined 15 points

Graduation Rate — Yellow

94.8 percent; Declined 1.5 percent