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Avocado Elementary

Cajon Valley Union La Mesa San Diego County 91941
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,052 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
600 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
27:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
69%
Teachers
22 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 42.5%
White 35.2%
Asian 5.0%
Black 8.8%
Other 8.5%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Avocado Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard12.7%
Met Standard23.5%
Below Standard63.8%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "36% proficient" for Avocado Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

12.7% of students exceeded standard while 23.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 8.3 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 2.2 points above the Cajon Valley Union district average of 10.5%. The 10 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 16.4% exceeded — 3.7 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 9.5 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 22.1%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
12.7%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
36.2%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+9.5pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
22.1%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
3.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,052
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 78 11.5% 20.5% 35.9% 32.0% 32.0%
4th 74 12.2% 25.7% 18.9% 43.2% 37.8%
5th 112 20.5% 27.7% 17.0% 34.8% 48.2%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 77 7.8% 23.4% 33.8% 35.1% 31.2%
4th 73 6.8% 26.0% 31.5% 35.6% 32.9%
5th 112 16.1% 17.9% 18.8% 47.3% 33.9%