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Angeles Mesa Elementary

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

School overview

Enrollment
297 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
20:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
96%
Teachers
15 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 58.3%
White 2.7%
Asian 1.0%
Black 32.3%
Other 5.7%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Angeles Mesa Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard10.7%
Met Standard15.9%
Below Standard73.4%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "27% proficient" for Angeles Mesa Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

10.7% of students exceeded standard while 15.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 10.3 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 10.5 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. The 38 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 12.8% exceeded — 2.1 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 3.0 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 36.6%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
10.7%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
26.6%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+3.0pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
36.6%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
416
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 41 2.4% 14.6% 21.9% 61.0% 17.1%
4th 26 15.4% 19.2% 19.2% 46.1% 34.6%
5th 36 8.3% 22.2% 16.7% 52.8% 30.6%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 42 9.5% 11.9% 26.2% 52.4% 21.4%
4th 27 18.5% 25.9% 14.8% 40.7% 44.4%
5th 36 11.1% 2.8% 30.6% 55.6% 13.9%