Peggy Heller Elementary

Public K-8

 201 Lake View Dr.
       Atwater, CA  95301-4769


(209) 357-6517

District: Atwater Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
1963rd of 5,868 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $3,809 Help


Students who attend Peggy Heller Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Mitchell Intermediate
High:    Buhach Colony High

Student/teacher ratio:  22.1 Help
Number of students:  707

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
70.4%
White:
21.4%
Asian:
4.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  64.2% Help


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Compare Details Peggy Heller Elementary ranks better than 66.5% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 2nd among 7 ranked elementary schools in the Atwater Elementary School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 61.87. (See more...)
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Compare Details Peggy Heller Elementary ranks better than 71.6% of middle schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 63.9. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high 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.
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Compare Details Peggy Heller Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Atwater Elementary School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (70.4%), White (21.4%), Asian (4.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 64.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Atwater Elementary School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Peggy Heller Elementary is 22.1, which is the 2nd best among 7 elementary schools in the Atwater Elementary School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Peggy Heller Elementary is $3,809, which is the lowest among 7 elementary schools in the Atwater Elementary School District!
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Peggy Heller Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Peggy Heller Elementary 1963rd of 5868 California public elementary schools. (See Peggy Heller Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


English Language Learner students:
Special Education students:
Low Socio Economic Status students:
Female students:
Male students:
Hispanic students:
White students:

SchoolDigger ranks Peggy Heller Elementary 795th of 2798 California public middle schools. (See Peggy Heller Elementary in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Atwater Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Atwater Elementary 674th of 1560 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Peggy Heller Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Peggy Heller Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 53.43 1991st 4809 58.6%
2005 51.78 2104th 4822 56.4%
2006 55.89 1920th 4818 60.1%
2007 58.98 1874th 5113 63.3%
2008 68.32 1485th 5113 71.0%
2009 61.27 1857th 5193 64.2%
2010 67.03 1627th 5314 69.4%
2011 64.79 1762nd 5377 67.2%
2012 65.85 1740th 5390 67.7%
2013 69.27 1610th 5530 70.9%
2015 51.66 2360th 5611 57.9%
2016 57.27 2118th 5614 62.3%
2017 66.29 1736th 5692 69.5%
2018 59.99 2040th 5662 64.0%
2019 62.59 1936th 5789 66.6%
2022 66.94 1740th 5883 70.4%
2023 61.87 1956th 5848 66.6%
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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Peggy Heller Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.06 1203rd 3246 62.9%
2019 49.93 1254th 3275 61.7%
2022 57.96 843rd 3311 74.5%
2023 40.35 1782nd 3240 45.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Peggy Heller Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 68.87 494th 2416 79.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Peggy Heller Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.85 1579th 5084 68.9%
2019 62.10 1622nd 5173 68.6%
2022 66.64 1332nd 5264 74.7%
2023 63.32 1548th 5355 71.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Peggy Heller Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.04 1793rd 5413 66.9%
2019 67.38 1632nd 5492 70.3%
2022 60.79 1903rd 5635 66.2%
2023 57.10 2074th 5595 62.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Peggy Heller Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.06 1261st 2128 40.7%
2019 45.85 1107th 2585 57.2%
2022 81.43 277th 2227 87.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Peggy Heller Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.07 2169th 5431 60.1%
2019 57.12 2079th 5510 62.3%
2022 69.68 1548th 5663 72.7%
2023 64.73 1729th 5627 69.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Peggy Heller Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.45 1070th 4830 77.8%
2019 76.50 857th 4963 82.7%
2022 74.97 933rd 5084 81.6%
2023 72.38 1056th 5079 79.2%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Peggy Heller Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.98 1634th 2737 40.3%
2019 46.29 1670th 2834 41.1%
2022 60.43 1144th 2726 58.0%
2023 48.93 1455th 2659 45.3%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Peggy Heller Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 62.22 861st 2715 68.3%
2022 64.04 800th 2740 70.8%
2023 63.90 794th 2788 71.5%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Peggy Heller Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 66.93 567th 2369 76.1%
2022 63.62 650th 2458 73.6%
2023 62.89 676th 2535 73.3%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Peggy Heller Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 68.43 661st 2380 72.2%
2022 62.23 772nd 2509 69.2%
2023 52.38 1000th 2535 60.6%
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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Peggy Heller Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 60.37 397th 1531 74.1%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Peggy Heller Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 52.45 976th 2407 59.5%
2022 63.56 739th 2527 70.8%
2023 72.23 579th 2546 77.3%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Peggy Heller Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 78.85 328th 2213 85.2%
2022 75.05 395th 2359 83.3%
2023 67.25 581st 2379 75.6%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Peggy Heller Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 41.74 921st 1602 42.5%
2022 59.57 593rd 1555 61.9%
2023 70.03 421st 1549 72.8%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Peggy Heller Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1995 226 27 59 131 0 n/a n/a 0 443
1996 226 27 59 131 0 n/a n/a 0 443
1997 259 31 65 176 0 n/a n/a 0 531
1998 288 32 58 170 0 n/a n/a 0 548
1999 278 33 57 196 0 n/a n/a 0 564
2000 290 28 33 189 0 n/a n/a 0 540
2001 273 17 56 175 0 n/a n/a 18 539
2002 262 28 44 192 2 n/a n/a 0 528
2003 262 28 44 192 2 n/a n/a 0 528
2004 242 39 39 199 2 n/a n/a 18 539
2005 240 26 43 218 0 n/a n/a 0 527
2006 246 22 42 232 2 n/a n/a 1 545
2007 227 24 42 258 3 n/a n/a 0 554
2008 202 22 31 256 n/a n/a n/a 0 511
2009 198 19 24 274 3 5 5 0 528
2010 148 12 21 193 0 0 0 0 374
2011 143 14 22 238 0 0 0 0 417
2012 155 14 16 276 1 0 10 0 472
2013 172 12 24 303 3 0 12 0 526
2014 164 12 24 338 3 0 18 0 559
2015 154 10 24 331 5 1 18 0 543
2016 161 8 26 359 5 0 18 0 577
2017 157 7 28 363 4 0 16 0 575
2018 150 9 27 369 4 0 14 0 573
2019 173 9 32 420 7 0 24 0 665
2020 191 14 37 470 8 2 26 0 748
2021 179 11 32 484 7 3 22 0 738
2022 171 6 29 493 5 0 24 0 728
2023 151 5 31 498 3 0 19 0 707

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 Peggy Heller Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1995 443 16.1 27.5 50.8
1996 443 16.1 27.5 50.8
1997 531 24.0 22.1 45.8
1998 548 25.5 21.5 49.6
1999 564 23.0 24.5 49.6
2000 540 25.5 21.2 43
2001 539 25.6 21.1 39.3
2002 528 27.5 19.2 44.7
2003 528 27.5 19.2 44.7
2004 539 25.4 21.2 44.5
2005 527 26.4 20.0 51.8
2006 545 24.1 22.6 50.2
2007 554 25.0 22.2 53.1
2008 511 26.0 19.7 54
2009 528 23.0 22.0 57.8
2010 374 16.0 23.3 58.6
2011 417 n/a n/a 65.5
2012 472 18.0 26.2 n/a
2013 526 20.0 26.3 67.9
2014 559 23.0 24.3 62.1
2015 543 21.0 25.8 66.9
2016 577 22.0 26.2 66.6
2017 575 19.0 30.2 61.9
2018 573 23.0 24.9 63.5
2019 665 28.1 23.6 59.4
2020 748 n/a n/a 61.6
2021 738 33.0 22.3 64.1
2022 728 33.8 21.5 62.1
2023 707 31.9 22.1 64.2

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 Peggy Heller Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1995 443 16.1 27.5 50.8
1996 443 16.1 27.5 50.8
1997 531 24.0 22.1 45.8
1998 548 25.5 21.5 49.6
1999 564 23.0 24.5 49.6
2000 540 25.5 21.2 43
2001 539 25.6 21.1 39.3
2002 528 27.5 19.2 44.7
2003 528 27.5 19.2 44.7
2004 539 25.4 21.2 44.5
2005 527 26.4 20.0 51.8
2006 545 24.1 22.6 50.2
2007 554 25.0 22.2 53.1
2008 511 26.0 19.7 54
2009 528 23.0 22.0 57.8
2010 374 16.0 23.3 58.6
2011 417 n/a n/a 65.5
2012 472 18.0 26.2 n/a
2013 526 20.0 26.3 67.9
2014 559 23.0 24.3 62.1
2015 543 21.0 25.8 66.9
2016 577 22.0 26.2 66.6
2017 575 19.0 30.2 61.9
2018 573 23.0 24.9 63.5
2019 665 28.1 23.6 59.4
2020 748 n/a n/a 61.6
2021 738 33.0 22.3 64.1
2022 728 33.8 21.5 62.1
2023 707 31.9 22.1 64.2

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.

Kindergarten Immunization Rates

Peggy Heller Elementary

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YearCompletely ImmunizedReligious ExemptionMedical ExemptionConditionalPolioHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMMR
201296.0%0.0%0.0%4.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%97.0%97.0%
2013100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
201496.0%4.0%0.0%0.0%96.0%96.0%96.0%96.0%96.0%
201592.0%2.0%0.0%6.0%96.0%97.0%98.0%94.0%95.0%
201697.0%1.0%0.0%2.0%99.0%98.0%99.0%98.0%99.0%
201797.0%0.0%0.0%3.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%97.0%≥98.0%
2018≥98.0%≤2.0%≤2.0%≤2.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%
2019≥98.0%≤2.0%≤2.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%

Data source: California Department of Public Health
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Peggy Heller Elementary

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $3,809

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Peggy Heller Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1936th of 5789 Elementary schoolsRanks 1956th of 5848 Elementary schools
 0%
Ranks 861st of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 794th of 2788 Middle schools
 3.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Peggy Heller Elementary)58.750.7
 8%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Atwater Elementary)48.239.5
 8.7%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.543
 5.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Peggy Heller Elementary)7260.8
 11.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Atwater Elementary)50.447.9
 2.6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (California)50.245.1
 5.1%
4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Peggy Heller Elementary)70.547.5
 23%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Atwater Elementary)47.937.6
 10.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.543.7
 5.7%
4th Grade Mathematics (Peggy Heller Elementary)48.732.5
 16.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Atwater Elementary)38.334.4
 4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (California)44.940.8
 4.1%
5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Peggy Heller Elementary)48.356.2
 7.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Atwater Elementary)50.442.3
 8.1%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.746.7
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Peggy Heller Elementary)25.336
 10.7%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Atwater Elementary)2929.5
 0.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (California)3833.4
 4.6%
5th Grade Science (Peggy Heller Elementary)31.430.3
 1.1%
   5th Grade Science (Atwater Elementary)22.620.9
 1.7%
   5th Grade Science (California)31.731.9
 0.1%
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Peggy Heller Elementary)59.852.9
 6.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Atwater Elementary)49.250.1
 0.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Peggy Heller Elementary)45.143.5
 1.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Atwater Elementary)33.136.6
 3.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Peggy Heller Elementary)54.855.1
 0.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Atwater Elementary)47.246.4
 0.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Peggy Heller Elementary)35.332.1
 3.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Atwater Elementary)33.126.7
 6.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students665707
 6.3%
African American95
 44.4%
American Indian73
 57.1%
Asian3231
 3.1%
Hispanic420498
 18.6%
Pacific Islander00
White173151
 12.7%
Two or More Races2419
 20.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients59.4%64.2%
 4.8%


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Students at Peggy Heller Elementary are 70% Hispanic, 21% White, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

Peggy Heller Elementary ranks 1963rd of 5868 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Peggy Heller Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Mitchell Intermediate
High : Buhach Colony High

In the 2022-23 school year, 707 students attended Peggy Heller Elementary.


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