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Castle Rock Elementary

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Castle Rock Elementary ranks 4265 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 3-5

4265^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 27% of California elementary schools

Summary

Castle Rock Elementary is a public school serving 418 students in grades 3 through 5 in the rural Woodlake Unified school district, where the vast majority of students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Academically, the school performs below state averages, with about 32% of students proficient in English and 29% in math, though it does outperform its own district in math and shows a particular strength in supporting its English Language Learner students. When compared to nearby schools, Castle Rock's results are mixed; it performs better than some schools with similar student demographics like George L. Snowden Elementary in Farmersville Unified, but lags significantly behind higher-performing schools in other districts, such as Lincoln Elementary in Exeter Unified.

The school's most notable success is its dramatic improvement in student attendance, reducing chronic absenteeism to just 8%, which is far better than many area schools including J. E. Hester Elementary and Ivanhoe Elementary. However, this strong attendance has not yet translated into higher test scores, creating a key challenge. The school's performance has been inconsistent year-to-year, and despite a substantial increase in per-student spending, academic progress has remained limited, suggesting resources may not be targeting the most effective classroom strategies.

418

Students ?

24.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$26,800

Per pupil spending ?

91.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

360 North Castle Rock St.
Woodlake, CA 93286-1250

(559) 564-8001

District: Woodlake Unified

Students who attend Castle Rock Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Woodlake Valley Middle
High:	Woodlake High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

92.6%

White:

5.3%

Asian:

0.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 13th percentile in 2015 → 27th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 14 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (28% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Science scores 21 pts below the California average

!Large classes — about 24 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school28%

District avg28%

California avg41%

4,265^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 27%▲ up 14 pts since 2015

From bottom 13% (2015) to bottom 27% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1099^th of 1,543Woodlake Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.6	4265 of 5857	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.7	3878 of 5869	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.0	4167 of 5859	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.2	4722 of 5883	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.7	1144 of 1417	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.5	4840 of 5789	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.5	4560 of 5662	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	19.5	4744 of 5692	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	23.5	4310 of 5614	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	17.8	4861 of 5611	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2018	21.5	1896 of 2128	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	50.6	1140 of 3162	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	50.9	1148 of 3245	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	38.2	1942 of 3311	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.7	452 of 602	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.7	2355 of 3275	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.9	2601 of 3246	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.1	4002 of 5597	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.9	3346 of 5612	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.4	3633 of 5609	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	21.8	4525 of 5635	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.2	1013 of 1267	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.5	4661 of 5492	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.3	4354 of 5413	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.7	3270 of 5107	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.3	2726 of 5107	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.8	2998 of 5087	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.5	3907 of 5084	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.3	3814 of 4963	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.4	3466 of 4830	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.4	3712 of 5460	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.5	3403 of 5517	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.9	3569 of 5363	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	25.2	4237 of 5264	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.0	782 of 1110	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.0	4154 of 5173	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.7	3869 of 5084	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.9	4204 of 5628	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.9	4092 of 5643	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.0	4436 of 5638	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.7	4538 of 5663	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.3	1015 of 1272	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.4	4632 of 5510	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.8	4409 of 5431	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.3	1980 of 2847	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	17.9	2273 of 2420	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	22.6	2161 of 2661	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)64th percentile+30 vs school

Hispanic (2025)36th percentile+9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)32nd percentile+5 vs school

Special Education (2025)30th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)28th percentile~ school

Male (2025)25th percentile~ school

White (2023)19th percentile-10 vs school

Disabled (2018)11th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy32%-17 vs state

Mathematics29%-8 vs state

Science12%-21 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% DTP (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% DTP KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Castle Rock Elementary	Public	3-5	360 North Castle Rock St.	Woodlake	93286	Tulare County	Woodlake Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 564-8001	418	17	24.5	91.6%	22 (5.3%)	2 (0.5%)	387 (92.6%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26.6	4265^th of 5857 public elementary schools	27.2%		30.7	3878^th of 5869 public elementary schools	33.9%	387	12.1		12.1	30.9	36.4	28.5				32.0	35.0	28.5	24.2				29.3					$26,800	$25,250	$1,550
Francis J. White Learning Center	Public	K-2	700 North Cypress St.	Woodlake	93286	Tulare County	Woodlake Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 564-8021	502	24	20.9	92.8%	19 (3.8%)	1 (0.2%)	479 (95.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)								(n/a)																						$25,991	$24,614	$1,377
Sequoia Elementary Charter	Public, Charter	K-7	23958 Avenue 324	Lemon Cove	93286	Tulare County	Sequoia Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 564-2106	345	18	19.0	48.1%	193 (55.9%)	0 (0.0%)	139 (40.3%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.6%)	50.8	2556^th of 5857 public elementary schools	56.4%		39.5	3206^th of 5869 public elementary schools	45.4%	650	30.2		30.2	54.6	41.9	48.8	54.3	27.9		44.7	63.6	25.6	32.6	28.6	23.3		33.5					$28,791	$26,798	$1,993
Ivanhoe Elementary	Public	K-6	16030 Avenue 332	Ivanhoe	93235	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7849	473	22	21.5	87.7%	20 (4.2%)	2 (0.4%)	440 (93.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)	34	3648^th of 5857 public elementary schools	37.7%		27.3	4181^st of 5869 public elementary schools	28.8%	533	3.5		3.5	48.6	25.8	24.6	42.4			36.2	54.1	25.8	22.4	23.9			32.6					$15,846	$14,126	$1,720
Rocky Hill Elementary	Public	K-5	313 Sequoia Dr.	Exeter	93221	Tulare County	Exeter Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 592-5490	554	26	21.3	78.0%	158 (28.5%)	0 (0.0%)	387 (69.9%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	60.8	2027^th of 5857 public elementary schools	65.4%		50.7	2525^th of 5869 public elementary schools	57.0%	498	40.5		40.5	55.2	44.7	53.9				51.1	49.4	44.7	41.1				45.0					$24,139	$22,670	$1,469
Stone Corral Elementary	Public	K-8	15590 Avenue 383	Visalia	93292	Tulare County	Stone Corral Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 528-4455	109	7	16.0	100.0%	4 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	104 (95.4%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25	4394^th of 5857 public elementary schools	25.0%		6.3	5831^st of 5869 public elementary schools	0.6%	1437		5.6	7.4	41.7			35.0		16.7	26.4	25.0			10.0		5.6	8.3					$54,127	$51,862	$2,265
Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-5	333 South D St.	Exeter	93221	Tulare County	Exeter Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 592-2141	522	27	19.6	82.2%	124 (23.8%)	2 (0.4%)	388 (74.3%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	59.2	2107^th of 5857 public elementary schools	64.0%		39.3	3219^th of 5869 public elementary schools	45.2%	1112	19.0		19.0	62.0	48.8	53.2				54.6	56.3	40.7	45.6				47.5					$26,828	$24,742	$2,086
Elbow Creek Elementary	Public	K-6	32747 Road 138	Visalia	93292	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7766	514	24	21.5	67.5%	103 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	385 (74.9%)	9 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.9%)	40.7	3172^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	45.8%		41.1	3123^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	46.8%	49	26.9		26.9	37.3	37.7	40.5	48.7			41.2	31.7	37.7	23.8	38.4			32.8	96.1	96.1	97.4	96.1	$15,442	$13,776	$1,666
J. E. Hester Elementary	Public	K-2	477 East Ash St.	Farmersville	93223	Tulare County	Farmersville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 594-5801	333	20	16.5	94.9%	17 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	310 (93.1%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)								(n/a)																						$30,198	$28,654	$1,544
Three Rivers Elementary	Public	K-8	41932 Sierra Dr.	Three Rivers	93271	Tulare County	Three Rivers Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 561-4466	93	6	15.5	36.6%	59 (63.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (19.4%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (15.1%)	52.3	2477^th of 5857 public elementary schools	57.7%		77.2	1280^th of 5869 public elementary schools	78.2%	1197	58.3		44.4	54.6		66.7	41.7			60.0	45.5		8.3	16.7			29.1					$42,288	$40,384	$1,904

Frequently Asked Questions about Castle Rock Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Castle Rock Elementary?

Students at Castle Rock Elementary are 93% Hispanic, 5% White.

How many students attend Castle Rock Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 418 students attended Castle Rock Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Castle Rock Elementary attend?

Students who attend Castle Rock Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Woodlake Valley Middle
High : Woodlake High

What district is Castle Rock Elementary in?

Woodlake Unified

Is Castle Rock Elementary a good school?

Castle Rock Elementary ranks 4265^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

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