Adam (William Laird) Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 4.3% |
| Met Standard | 14.5% |
| Below Standard | 81.3% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "19% proficient" for Adam (William Laird) Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
4.3% of students exceeded standard while 14.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 16.7 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 2.3 points below the Santa Maria-Bonita district average of 6.6%. The 15 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 8.2% exceeded — 3.9 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.
Proficiency drops by 10.8 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 10.0%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 93 | 4.3% | 8.6% | 12.9% |
| 4th | 125 | 5.6% | 12.8% | 18.4% |
| 5th | 120 | 4.2% | 12.5% | 16.7% |
| 6th | 96 | 6.3% | 20.8% | 27.1% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 95 | 5.3% | 29.5% | 34.7% |
| 4th | 125 | 4.0% | 12.0% | 16.0% |
| 5th | 127 | 1.6% | 7.9% | 9.4% |
| 6th | 97 | 3.1% | 12.4% | 15.5% |
Nearby schools
15 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 38.0