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Biggs Elementary

Public Grades K-8

4664^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 20% of California elementary schools

Summary

Biggs Elementary is a K-8 public school serving 320 students in the Biggs Unified school district, which serves a rural community in Northern California.

The school faces significant academic challenges, with proficiency rates in English (32.5%), math (16.4%), and science (14.1%) that are well below state averages and notably lower than several nearby schools. For example, Manzanita Elementary (51.4% English, 37.8% Math) and Richvale Elementary (50% English, 58.3% Math), which is in the same district, achieve much stronger results. Mathematics is a particular area of concern, with proficiency in some upper grades falling below 10%.

An important finding is that Biggs Elementary spends significantly more per student ($23,415) than these higher-performing neighboring schools, yet this investment has not translated to comparable academic outcomes. The school's performance has also been unstable in recent years. However, the success of other local schools with similar student demographics suggests that improvement is possible with focused strategies, especially in math instruction.

320

Students ?

18.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$23,415

Per pupil spending ?

68.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

300 B St.
Biggs, CA 95917-9732

(530) 868-5870

District: Biggs Unified

Students who attend Biggs Elementary usually attend:

High:

Biggs High

Racial breakdown:

White:

51.3%

Hispanic:

44.4%

Asian:

2.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 31st percentile in 2022 → 20th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (23% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (20th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped from its 31st-percentile peak (2022) to 20th (2025)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school23%

District avg27%

California avg41%

Elementary school

4,664^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 20%▲ up 14 pts since 2015

From bottom 6% (2015) to bottom 20% (2025)

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★★★★★

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Middle school

2,043^rd of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 26%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1211^th of 1,543Biggs 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.1	4664 of 5857	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.3	5187 of 5869	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.0	4065 of 5859	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.8	4071 of 5883	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	13.7	5336 of 5789	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.6	5136 of 5662	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	13.3	5242 of 5692	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	8.8	5502 of 5614	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	13.4	5249 of 5611	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	6.5	5430 of 5530	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	12.9	5087 of 5390	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	18.6	4759 of 5377	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	15.0	4898 of 5314	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	14.2	4783 of 5193	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	16.6	4555 of 5113	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	11.3	4861 of 5113	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	12.7	4499 of 4818	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	16.5	4208 of 4822	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	24.6	3591 of 4809	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.3	3903 of 5597	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	24.2	4326 of 5612	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.5	4650 of 5609	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.3	4483 of 5635	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.5	3860 of 5492	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.8	4325 of 5413	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.2	4028 of 5107	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.3	4864 of 5107	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	31.5	3587 of 5087	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.4	4973 of 5084	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.4	4728 of 4963	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	18.0	4370 of 4830	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.5	4251 of 5460	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.4	5054 of 5517	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	31.3	3792 of 5363	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.0	4573 of 5264	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.8	4796 of 5173	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.0	4702 of 5084	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.3	4681 of 5628	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.4	5203 of 5643	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	37.6	3222 of 5638	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.9	3377 of 5663	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	13.6	5145 of 5510	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.4	5297 of 5431	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.7	2313 of 2598	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	8.3	2497 of 2651	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.1	2341 of 2661	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.7	2274 of 2726	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	7.7	2697 of 2834	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.4	2638 of 2737	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.2	2043 of 2761	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.0	2349 of 2783	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.5	2011 of 2781	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.0	2353 of 2740	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.5	2332 of 2715	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.3	2100 of 2480	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	14.4	2240 of 2508	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	21.2	1979 of 2497	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	23.0	1902 of 2477	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	22.8	1926 of 2379	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	26.0	1766 of 2259	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.3	2020 of 2533	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.9	2371 of 2551	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	21.1	2036 of 2531	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.0	2265 of 2509	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	23.6	1837 of 2380	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.2	1970 of 2262	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.0	2078 of 2395	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	8.2	2345 of 2388	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	22.0	1942 of 2374	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.2	2174 of 2359	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.3	2146 of 2213	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.0	1895 of 2072	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.5	2161 of 2542	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.7	2270 of 2579	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.7	2053 of 2531	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.7	2281 of 2458	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	19.8	2029 of 2369	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.4	2011 of 2230	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.5	1771 of 2534	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.1	1866 of 2552	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.0	1652 of 2538	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	21.5	1994 of 2527	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.9	2276 of 2407	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	19.1	1894 of 2273	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.6	1301 of 1520	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.3	1369 of 1537	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.7	1338 of 1543	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	10.7	1438 of 1555	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.2	1451 of 1602	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.5	1385 of 1496	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

Female (2025)30th percentile+10 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)22nd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)21st percentile~ school

Male (2025)17th percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)11th percentile-9 vs school

Middle school

Male (2025)30th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)20th percentile-6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)15th percentile-11 vs school

White (2025)14th percentile-12 vs school

Hispanic (2025)13th percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy33%-16 vs state

Mathematics16%-21 vs state

Science14%-19 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)	% DTP (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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	% DTP KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Biggs Elementary	Public	K-8	300 B St.	Biggs	95917	Butte County	Biggs Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 868-5870	320	17	18.9	68.8%	164 (51.3%)	3 (0.9%)	142 (44.4%)	7 (2.2%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	22.1	4664^th of 5857 public elementary schools	20.4%		16.3	5187^th of 5869 public elementary schools	11.6%	523	17.1	11.6	14.1	21.7	24.1	34.3	36.7	27.7	45.2	32.5	30.4	20.7	8.6	26.7	10.4	11.6	16.4			$23,415	$4,385	$19,030
McKinley Elementary	Public	K-1	1045 Sycamore St.	Gridley	95948	Butte County	Gridley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 846-5686	341	16	21.3	80.9%	120 (35.2%)	1 (0.3%)	198 (58.1%)	12 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.9%)								(n/a)																		97.1	97.1	$18,953	$2,320	$16,633
Wilson Elementary	Public	2-5	409 Magnolia St.	Gridley	95948	Butte County	Gridley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 846-3675	544	24	22.6	79.6%	181 (33.3%)	6 (1.1%)	311 (57.2%)	19 (3.5%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.0%)	41.7	3098^th of 5857 public elementary schools	47.1%		51.4	2483^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	57.7%	615	31.5		31.5	40.9	39.9	46.5				42.2	34.5	34.3	30.7				33.3			$16,624	$1,689	$14,935
Richvale Elementary	Public	1-6	5236 Church St.	Richvale	95974	Butte County	Biggs Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 624-0731	53	3	18.0	52.8%	37 (69.8%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (28.3%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)					38.5					50.0		69.2					58.3			$23,595	$4,780	$18,815
Manzanita Elementary	Public	K-8	627 East Evans-Reimer Rd.	Gridley	95948	Butte County	Manzanita Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 846-5594	306	16	18.6	42.8%	131 (42.8%)	2 (0.7%)	142 (46.4%)	8 (2.6%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (5.6%)	48.8	2653^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	54.7%		51.1	2499^th of 5869 public elementary schools	57.4%	154	16.7	65.2	37.7	51.6	48.4	40.0	54.1	51.7	65.2	51.4	62.5	35.5	17.2	32.4	37.9	40.9	37.8			$14,865	$860	$14,005
Poplar Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	2075 Poplar Ave.	Oroville	95965	Butte County	Thermalito Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 538-2910	321	15	21.3	84.4%	88 (27.4%)	3 (0.9%)	41 (12.8%)	160 (49.8%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (7.8%)	29	4041^st of 5857 public elementary schools	31.0%		20.5	4807^th of 5869 public elementary schools	18.1%	766	25.0		25.0	31.9	18.6	41.7				29.9	34.0	17.0	37.5				28.6			$19,501	$2,559	$16,942
Siskiyou Avenue Elementary	Public	K	2075 Poplar St.	Oroville	95965	Butte County	Thermalito Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 538-2910	46	3	15.3	93.5%	20 (43.5%)	1 (2.2%)	11 (23.9%)	9 (19.6%)	1 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (8.7%)								(n/a)																				$21,181	$4,141	$17,040
Palermo Community Day	Public	K-8	7350 Bulldog Way	Palermo	95968	Butte County	Palermo Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 533-4708	5	1	4.9		4 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																				$32,070	$224	$31,846
Sierra Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1050 Sierra Ave.	Oroville	95965	Butte County	Thermalito Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 538-2920	365	17	21.4	90.4%	140 (38.4%)	7 (1.9%)	76 (20.8%)	85 (23.3%)	8 (2.2%)	2 (0.5%)	47 (12.9%)	18.8	4931^st of 5857 public elementary schools	15.8%		18.7	4965^th of 5869 public elementary schools	15.4%	34	18.0		18.0	25.0	26.2	26.2				25.8	28.1	23.0	13.1				21.5	97.4	97.4	$23,129	$3,540	$19,589
STREAM Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	455E Oro Dam Blvd. East	Oroville	95965	Butte County	STREAM Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 534-1633	515	22	23.3	58.4%	285 (55.3%)	5 (1.0%)	81 (15.7%)	56 (10.9%)	12 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	75 (14.6%)	48.7	2661^st of 5857 public elementary schools	54.6%		35.4	3488^th of 5869 public elementary schools	40.6%	827	43.1	31.6	38.5	43.3	54.6	40.4	31.5	34.2	31.6	40.0	48.3	46.4	40.4	7.4	22.0	21.1	32.4			$15,413	$470	$14,943

Frequently Asked Questions about Biggs Elementary

What district is Biggs Elementary in?

Biggs Unified

Is Biggs Elementary a good school?

Biggs Elementary ranks in the bottom 20.4% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Biggs Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 320 students attended Biggs Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Biggs Elementary?

Students at Biggs Elementary are 51% White, 44% Hispanic, 2% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Biggs Elementary attend?

Students who attend Biggs Elementary usually go on to attend:

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