Andres and Maria Cardenas Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 8.3% |
| Met Standard | 15.0% |
| Below Standard | 76.7% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "23% proficient" for Andres and Maria Cardenas Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
8.3% of students exceeded standard while 15.0% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 12.6 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 12.8 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. The 26 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 19.4% exceeded — 11.0 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 4.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 23.2%, above the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 56 | 16.1% | 12.5% | 28.6% |
| 4th | 63 | 11.1% | 15.9% | 27.0% |
| 5th | 66 | 7.6% | 22.7% | 30.3% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 62 | 6.5% | 17.7% | 24.2% |
| 4th | 65 | 4.6% | 12.3% | 16.9% |
| 5th | 68 | 4.4% | 8.8% | 13.2% |
Nearby schools
26 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 44.9