D. W. Babcock Elementary

D.W. Babcock Elementary

School Fact Sheet 2026-2027

To inspire each student to extraordinary achievement every day.

School Highlights

Babcock Elementary School has an ongoing tradition of academic excellence. We celebrate all cultures and languages. The school population consists of students and staff with rich cultural and ethnically diverse backgrounds. The students, parents, staff and community have joined forces to ensure success for all students.

We are committed to providing the best educational program possible for our students. The strength and quality of our program is a reflection of our highly committed staff. We are dedicated to ensuring that Babcock Elementary is a welcoming, stimulating environment where students are actively involved in learning academics as well as positive values. Through our hard work, together, our students will be challenged academically to reach their maximum potential.

Babcock Elementary School serves approximately 400 preschool through 6th-grade students. 97.6% of our students are considered socioeconomically disadvantaged. 34.1% of our student population are English language learners. We have four moderate/severe autistic special day classes.

Excellence in Education

It is the mission of Babcock Elementary to provide an epic journey in the pursuit of excellence for all. We believe engaging our parents in taking an active role in their child’s learning has had an incredible, positive impact on the school.

We are proud to say that in the 2024–2025 school year we increased scores on district benchmarks in some grades and subject areas. In addition, we had an 6.5% increase in English Language Arts and a 1% increase in math scores on the state assessments.

A few of the key components that contribute to our school’s success include:

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) program, which focuses on acknowledging the positive behaviors displayed by our students.
Restorative Practices to resolve problems and conflicts.
Meeting the specific needs of our students through Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) for collaboration and curriculum planning.
Schoolwide Reading Intervention period 4 days a week for all students, iReady computer reading intervention program weekly, and small math intervention support with a retired teacher.
Schoolwide emphasis on attendance.