Alice Shaw Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 10.6% |
| Met Standard | 24.2% |
| Below Standard | 65.2% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "35% proficient" for Alice Shaw Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
10.6% of students exceeded standard while 24.2% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 10.4 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 6.9 points below the Orcutt Union Elementary district average of 17.5%. The 8 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 16.8% exceeded — 6.2 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 8.0 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 13.6%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 66 | 10.6% | 22.7% | 33.3% |
| 4th | 67 | 17.9% | 23.9% | 41.8% |
| 5th | 72 | 12.5% | 23.6% | 36.1% |
| 6th | 75 | 6.7% | 36.0% | 42.7% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 66 | 10.6% | 31.8% | 42.4% |
| 4th | 67 | 7.5% | 25.4% | 32.8% |
| 5th | 72 | 9.7% | 13.9% | 23.6% |
| 6th | 74 | 9.5% | 16.2% | 25.7% |
Nearby schools
8 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 44.0