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Ballico-Cressey Community Charter

Ballico-Cressey Elementary Ballico Merced County 95303 Charter
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
866 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
307 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
18:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
46%
Teachers
17 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 68.4%
White 27.4%
Asian 1.0%
Black 0.3%
Other 2.9%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Ballico-Cressey Community Charter
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard18.2%
Met Standard24.8%
Below Standard57.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "43% proficient" for Ballico-Cressey Community Charter and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

18.2% of students exceeded standard while 24.8% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 2.8 points below the state average of 21.0%. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 33.4 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 4.7%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
18.2%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
43.0%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-33.4pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
4.7%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.7%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
866
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 26 23.1% 30.8% 26.9% 19.2% 53.9%
4th 42 19.1% 23.8% 28.6% 28.6% 42.9%
5th 42 7.1% 16.7% 28.6% 47.6% 23.8%
6th 35 25.7% 45.7% 11.4% 17.1% 71.4%
7th 28 28.6% 35.7% 21.4% 14.3% 64.3%
8th 44 4.5% 29.6% 36.4% 29.6% 34.1%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 26 19.2% 34.6% 23.1% 23.1% 53.9%
4th 42 21.4% 14.3% 30.9% 33.3% 35.7%
5th 41 0.0% 17.1% 26.8% 56.1% 17.1%
6th 35 34.3% 20.0% 20.0% 25.7% 54.3%
7th 28 21.4% 17.9% 14.3% 46.4% 39.3%
8th 44 15.9% 13.6% 25.0% 45.5% 29.6%