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Washington Elementary School

Public | K-6 | 242 students

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Sacramento's Washington Elementary School is a public school serving 242 students in grades K-6.

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my daughter is in first grade and she is coming from garden valley she has...
Glad this school is closing! This place has been a nightmare for years.
This School has been thru a rollercoaster but finally it has stop we got a...
Sad state of affairs. :( Where do I start.... No PTA !?? And yes there is...
Bad school! I don't know where to begin, teachers are unfriendly and you can...

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57% of students at this school are Hispanic or Latino.

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Posted April 10, 2013

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my daughter is in first grade and she is coming from garden valley she has add/adhd so i want to no if this is a good school
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Posted March 1, 2013

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Glad this school is closing! This place has been a nightmare for years. Parents and teachers who don't care, students who are out of control. If you anything other than Hispanic they could care less about you. Horrible environment!! Thank heavens these children will get a chance to go to William Land or T. Judah-both excellent schools. They deserve better than what they are getting at Washington! Hope they fire the majority of the teachers here!
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Posted February 27, 2013

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This School has been thru a rollercoaster but finally it has stop we got a great principal that cares for its students teachers have a great leader. Love this School!
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Posted October 6, 2012

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Sad state of affairs. :( Where do I start.... No PTA !?? And yes there is bulling. My daughter was kicked by a boy who wasn't even a student there but also a third grader. I was told the principle was going to call me to discuss what was going to become of this issue. I received nothing,I had to call twice. Still unclear if there was action made. Needless to say we pulled her out of Washinton. And if your child doesnt speak Spanish, good luck with making friends. Children talking trash to her in Spanish. It's a failing school and if you are not doing something to get your child out of there then your a failing parent. Straight up!
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Posted November 10, 2010

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Bad school! I don't know where to begin, teachers are unfriendly and you can tell they are not happy. The Principal has no idea on how to run a school. The kids are out of control and no one does anything about it. The school is located around several homeless shelters and sex offender addresses yet the campus is wide open for anyone to walk on to. I did not feel safe sending my child here. There is no parent involvement at all!
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Posted February 6, 2009

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This school would be ok if it had a better principal and weeded out some of the bad teachers. Some of the really good teachers are, Gutierrez, Gaj, Reed, Corona, Phillips, and Arellano. If your child has one of these then they are receiving quality education.
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Posted May 28, 2008

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I have two children that have attended this school since preschool. One child is ending 3rd grade and the other is ending 1st grade. My third grader has had 2 good teachers that were very good about their communication to us as parents. The other two made us feel like we were bothering them when we'd ask about our child. We brought this up to the principal and he assured us this would not happen again, however it did. My first grader has actually improved this school year. The reading ability is through the roof. I was alarmed at the begining of the school year when simple phonics were hard to comprehend, but as the year went on it has dramaticly improved. I feel this is because I spoke to the teacher about my concerns and she assured me she would help my first grader get up to speed.
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Posted May 20, 2008

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I have three children at this school. The oldest will be in the fifth grade in the Fall and has attended here since Preschool. For the most part, I have been pleased with all of the teachers that they have had and have had no major concerns. My children are all doing well and above average on the state tests. The school is very diverse and all the kids are really nice. The Principal runs a tight ship and has zero tolerance for any kind of bullying or inappropriate behavior. It amazes me how he seems to know each child's name. The only issue I have is that parent involvement is low and the school needs a PTA. Other than that I have no complaints.
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Posted May 20, 2008

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Posted March 14, 2008

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My 2 kids have been going there since they where in preschool. they are now in 4th and 6th grade. at frist i loved the school but now that the work is harder and i am coming to the school for help for them they cant ever give me a stright answer. very disapointing.
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Posted August 31, 2006

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Great sense of community and family at this school. My daughter was in 1st grade last year. She was placed in a 1/2 'split' level class. I am very happy she was challenged with 2nd grade material.
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Posted August 29, 2006

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Very, very, very bad place to be. Not the place I want my childeren to be every day. One of my kids had a great teacher one year. Other then that the cirecculum is slower, the kids under perform the other neighboring schools.
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Posted December 23, 2004

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Excellent school! Staff is very involved with the students and provides great curriculum. My child has attended this school for three years and has had wonderful teachers from the start.
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Posted December 16, 2004

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I am highly umimpressed by this school. I enrlled a child in the Elk Grove Unified School system in Kindergarten and by December my child was reading. Now I have a child in Washington Elementary, here we are in December and he is barely learning phonics but he sure knows how to memorize. Memorization is not going to promote good reading skills later, phonics will and I would suggest they start teaching it a whole lot earlier. Teachers need to be a little quicker on communication with the parents too. My son was having crying bouts for since the beginning of school and I just found out in the middle of October.
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	Ethnicity	This school	State average
	Hispanic or Latino	57%	49%
African American	19%	7%
White	15%	28%
Asian	5%	8%
American Indian or Alaska Native	1%	1%
Filipino	1%	3%
Multiple or No Response	1%	3%
Pacific Islander	0%	1%

	This school	District average	State average
English language learners ¹	34%	N/A	24%
Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program ²	86%	N/A	52%

	Language	This school	State average
	Spanish	81%	85%
Cantonese	5%	2%
Hmong	3%	1%
Gujarati	2%	0%
Punjabi	2%	1%
Russian	2%	0%
All other non-English languages	1%	1%
Mandarin (Putonghua)	1%	1%
Portuguese	1%	0%
Ukrainian	1%	0%

	This school	District average	State average
Average years teaching in district	14	N/A	11
Average years teaching	14	N/A	13

	This school	District average	State average
Full credential	100%	N/A	96%
Emergency credential or waiver	0%	N/A	2%

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520 18th Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 264-4160

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All Students	54%
Females	61%
Males	n/a
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	50%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	n/a
Economically disadvantaged	54%
Non-economically disadvantaged	n/a
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	59%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	47%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	31%

All Students	50%
Females	67%
Males	n/a
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	50%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	n/a
Economically disadvantaged	50%
Non-economically disadvantaged	n/a
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	64%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	47%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	46%

All Students	35%
Females	33%
Males	36%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	39%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	n/a
Economically disadvantaged	34%
Non-economically disadvantaged	n/a
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	36%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	40%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	31%

All Students	34%
Females	39%
Males	27%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	35%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	n/a
Economically disadvantaged	34%
Non-economically disadvantaged	n/a
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	36%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	45%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	25%

All Students	33%
Females	27%
Males	42%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	25%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	n/a
Economically disadvantaged	33%
Non-economically disadvantaged	n/a
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	36%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	39%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	31%

All Students	41%
Females	20%
Males	67%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	35%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	n/a
Economically disadvantaged	41%
Non-economically disadvantaged	n/a
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	40%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	44%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	46%

All Students	53%
Females	54%
Males	53%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	52%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	n/a
Economically disadvantaged	54%
Non-economically disadvantaged	n/a
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	58%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	67%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	77%

All Students	57%
Females	62%
Males	53%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	52%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	n/a
Economically disadvantaged	57%
Non-economically disadvantaged	n/a
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	67%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	76%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	62%

All Students	28%
Females	20%
Males	n/a
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	28%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	n/a
Economically disadvantaged	28%
Non-economically disadvantaged	n/a
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	28%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	32%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	38%

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