Alicia Cortez Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 14.6% |
| Met Standard | 22.1% |
| Below Standard | 63.2% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "37% proficient" for Alicia Cortez Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
14.6% of students exceeded standard while 22.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 6.4 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 17.5 points below the Chino Valley Unified district average of 32.1%. The 14 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 17.6% exceeded — 3.0 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 15.7 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 18.0%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 52 | 21.1% | 25.0% | 46.1% |
| 4th | 63 | 22.2% | 22.2% | 44.4% |
| 5th | 61 | 13.1% | 21.3% | 34.4% |
| 6th | 67 | 7.5% | 40.3% | 47.8% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 54 | 16.7% | 24.1% | 40.7% |
| 4th | 66 | 12.1% | 24.2% | 36.4% |
| 5th | 62 | 11.3% | 9.7% | 21.0% |
| 6th | 68 | 13.2% | 10.3% | 23.5% |
Nearby schools
14 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 47.1