Birch Lane Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 25.7% |
| Met Standard | 28.8% |
| Below Standard | 45.4% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "55% proficient" for Birch Lane Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
25.7% of students exceeded standard while 28.8% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 4.8 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 11.7 points below the Davis Joint Unified district average of 37.4%. The 6 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 37.3% exceeded — 11.6 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 8.4 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 16.9%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 79 | 27.9% | 31.6% | 59.5% |
| 4th | 81 | 32.1% | 22.2% | 54.3% |
| 5th | 76 | 28.9% | 28.9% | 57.9% |
| 6th | 87 | 24.1% | 36.8% | 60.9% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 74 | 24.3% | 35.1% | 59.5% |
| 4th | 78 | 20.5% | 26.9% | 47.4% |
| 5th | 77 | 16.9% | 27.3% | 44.2% |
| 6th | 87 | 31.0% | 21.8% | 52.9% |
Nearby schools
6 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 57.0