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Boronda Elementary

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

School overview

Enrollment
272 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
21:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
47%
Teachers
13 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 86.4%
White 7.3%
Asian 0.4%
Black 0.7%
Other 5.2%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Boronda Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard10.4%
Met Standard21.3%
Below Standard68.3%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "32% proficient" for Boronda Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

10.4% of students exceeded standard while 21.3% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 10.5 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 2.4 points above the Salinas City Elementary district average of 8.0%. Compared to the 16 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 2.8 points higher (vs 7.7% average). 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 29.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 11.3%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
10.4%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
31.7%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+29.3pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
11.3%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
544
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 30 0.0% 6.7% 30.0% 63.3% 6.7%
4th 36 13.9% 27.8% 36.1% 22.2% 41.7%
5th 39 12.8% 30.8% 25.6% 30.8% 43.6%
6th 31 9.7% 16.1% 48.4% 25.8% 25.8%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 31 12.9% 6.5% 29.0% 51.6% 19.4%
4th 35 22.9% 31.4% 31.4% 14.3% 54.3%
5th 39 7.7% 33.3% 17.9% 41.0% 41.0%
6th 31 3.2% 16.1% 41.9% 38.7% 19.4%