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Margaret White Elementary

Public Grades K-8

5421^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 7% of California elementary schools

Summary

Margaret White Elementary is a K-8 public school serving 559 students in Blythe, California, within the Palo Verde Unified district, where it faces significant academic challenges common to the area.

The school's academic performance is well below state averages, with only about 22% of students proficient in English and 14% in math and science. Its statewide ranking has declined over the past decade to the 7th percentile. The school shows notable struggles in mathematics, where performance drops sharply after 3rd grade, and it is least effective for students from low-income families. However, Margaret White Elementary has made significant progress in improving student attendance, reducing chronic absenteeism from over 39% to 23% in recent years.

When compared to nearby schools like Ruth Brown Elementary and Felix J. Appleby Elementary, Margaret White performs slightly better in math and science and has a lower chronic absenteeism rate, despite having the lowest per-student spending among the three. All schools in the district rank in the bottom 10% in the state, indicating these are widespread challenges requiring district-wide solutions.

559

Students ?

22.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,286

Per pupil spending ?

77.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

610 North Broadway
Blythe, CA 92225-1331

(760) 922-5159

District: Palo Verde Unified

Students who attend Margaret White Elementary usually attend:

High:

Palo Verde High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

76.0%

White:

11.8%

African American:

10.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 14th percentile in 2013 → 7th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (18% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school18%

District avg17%

California avg41%

Elementary school

5,421^st of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 7%▼ down 9 pts since 2015

From bottom 17% (2015) to bottom 7% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

2,349^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 15%▲ up 6 pts since 2015

From bottom 9% (2015) to bottom 15% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 3Elementary Schools in the Palo Verde Unified

1464^th of 1,543Palo Verde 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	13.0	5421 of 5857	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.0	5560 of 5869	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.7	5494 of 5859	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.5	5105 of 5883	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.5	5116 of 5789	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.6	4555 of 5662	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	14.4	5168 of 5692	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	17.3	4853 of 5614	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	19.6	4669 of 5611	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	19.9	4744 of 5530	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	16.0	4894 of 5390	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	25.4	4312 of 5377	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	16.4	4826 of 5314	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	24.8	4079 of 5193	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	20.6	4304 of 5113	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	33.5	3328 of 5113	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2006	29.8	3314 of 4818	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2005	35.8	2964 of 4822	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2004	47.0	2305 of 4809	52.1%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.0	5024 of 5597	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.8	5212 of 5612	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.4	4930 of 5609	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.7	4828 of 5635	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.0	5026 of 5492	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	21.0	4453 of 5413	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.4	4677 of 5107	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.7	4847 of 5107	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.8	4851 of 5087	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.4	4610 of 5084	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	19.1	4434 of 4963	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.7	3924 of 4830	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.1	5224 of 5460	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.3	5249 of 5517	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.2	5084 of 5363	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	19.3	4695 of 5264	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.9	4634 of 5173	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.5	4291 of 5084	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.4	5292 of 5628	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.9	5383 of 5643	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.2	5438 of 5638	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.1	4916 of 5663	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.4	4717 of 5510	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.0	4191 of 5431	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	9.9	2456 of 2651	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.4	2597 of 2661	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.6	2510 of 2726	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.4	2649 of 2834	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	18.8	2359 of 2737	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.1	2349 of 2761	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.9	2485 of 2783	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.2	2120 of 2781	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.8	2232 of 2740	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.4	2118 of 2715	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.5	2337 of 2480	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	10.0	2385 of 2508	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	11.7	2300 of 2497	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	12.9	2266 of 2477	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	18.5	1485 of 1531	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.9	2089 of 2533	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.0	2294 of 2551	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.9	2004 of 2531	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.6	2001 of 2509	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.1	2109 of 2380	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	7.8	2204 of 2262	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.1	2111 of 2395	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.9	2177 of 2388	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.5	2038 of 2374	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.0	1974 of 2359	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.3	1810 of 2213	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.8	1973 of 2072	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.8	2216 of 2542	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.1	2447 of 2579	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	23.8	2014 of 2531	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.1	2060 of 2458	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.3	2009 of 2369	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	8.7	2172 of 2230	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.1	2226 of 2534	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.7	2259 of 2552	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.5	1837 of 2538	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.1	2098 of 2527	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.8	1728 of 2407	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.3	2073 of 2273	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.1	1515 of 1566	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.1	1532 of 1552	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	21.5	1404 of 1531	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	51.7	710 of 1543	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	21.1	1258 of 1555	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	6.4	1436 of 1496	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)10th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)8th percentile~ school

White (2024)7th percentile~ school

Male (2025)6th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)4th percentile-3 vs school

Middle school

White (2023)54th percentile+30 vs school

Female (2025)18th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)13th percentile~ school

Male (2025)12th percentile-3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)12th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)3rd percentile-12 vs school

Disabled (2022)3rd percentile-16 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy23%-26 vs state

Science14%-18 vs state

Mathematics14%-23 vs state

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Thursday, May 28, 2026

This school is terrible you should home school your child rather than sending them to any school within this district. Close Quote

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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)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (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	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Margaret White Elementary	Public	K-8	610 North Broadway	Blythe	92225	Riverside County	Palo Verde Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 922-5159	559	25	22.3	77.8%	66 (11.8%)	57 (10.2%)	425 (76.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.4%)	13	5421^st of 5857 public elementary schools	7.4%		12	5560^th of 5869 public elementary schools	5.3%	139	13.6	15.3	14.4	21.7	13.0	15.5	27.9	30.4	25.4	22.7	26.7	11.1	11.9	8.3	14.8	12.1	14.3	86.2	86.2	94.3	87.4	87.4	87.4	$18,286	$3,604	$14,682
Ruth Brown Elementary	Public	K-8	241 North Seventh Ave.	Blythe	92225	Riverside County	Palo Verde Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 922-7164	609	27	22.5	86.7%	81 (13.3%)	57 (9.4%)	430 (70.6%)	4 (0.7%)	5 (0.8%)	3 (0.5%)	29 (4.8%)	12.5	5466^th of 5857 public elementary schools	6.7%		12.3	5534^th of 5869 public elementary schools	5.7%	68	10.6	12.5	11.5	25.8	27.3	13.6	18.2	36.4	25.0	24.3	22.7	20.0	3.0	4.4	9.1	8.9	11.7	84.3	85.4	93.3	86.5	84.3	86.5	$19,295	$4,036	$15,259
Felix J. Appleby Elementary	Public	K-8	10321 Vernon Ave.	Blythe	92225	Riverside County	Palo Verde Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 922-7174	617	25	24.6	86.1%	86 (13.9%)	41 (6.6%)	468 (75.9%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.6%)	12.7	5446^th of 5857 public elementary schools	7.0%		22.2	4662^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	20.6%	784	8.2	5.8	7.2	14.5	16.7	20.6	29.7	43.9	27.5	24.9	30.7	7.7	8.2	14.1	10.5	9.6	13.4	91.2	96.7		93.4	91.2	95.6	$19,221	$3,561	$15,660

Frequently Asked Questions about Margaret White Elementary

Is Margaret White Elementary a good school?

Margaret White Elementary ranks in the bottom 7.4% of California elementary schools.

What district is Margaret White Elementary in?

Palo Verde Unified

How many students attend Margaret White Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 559 students attended Margaret White Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Margaret White Elementary attend?

Students who attend Margaret White Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Palo Verde High

What is the racial makeup of Margaret White Elementary?

Students at Margaret White Elementary are 76% Hispanic, 12% White, 10% African American, 1% Two or more races.

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