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Aldama Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
656 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
347 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
19:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
72%
Teachers
18 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 85.0%
White 9.8%
Asian 0.9%
Black 0.3%
Other 4.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Aldama Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard20.3%
Met Standard21.2%
Below Standard58.5%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "42% proficient" for Aldama Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

20.3% of students exceeded standard while 21.2% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. The 34 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 23.7% exceeded — 3.4 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 4.5 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 23.6%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
20.3%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
41.5%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-4.5pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
23.6%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
656
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 51 25.5% 9.8% 29.4% 35.3% 35.3%
4th 64 29.7% 18.8% 25.0% 26.6% 48.4%
5th 49 12.2% 32.6% 16.3% 38.8% 44.9%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 51 15.7% 27.4% 29.4% 27.4% 43.1%
4th 64 23.4% 28.1% 21.9% 26.6% 51.6%
5th 49 14.3% 10.2% 20.4% 55.1% 24.5%