Brookhurst Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 19.0% |
| Met Standard | 24.3% |
| Below Standard | 56.7% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "43% proficient" for Brookhurst Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
19.0% of students exceeded standard while 24.3% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's 9.9 points below the Garden Grove Unified district average of 28.9%. The 35 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 24.9% exceeded — 5.9 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 5.5 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 16.7%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 56 | 25.0% | 21.4% | 46.4% |
| 4th | 63 | 25.4% | 25.4% | 50.8% |
| 5th | 55 | 20.0% | 25.4% | 45.5% |
| 6th | 42 | 11.9% | 26.2% | 38.1% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 56 | 23.2% | 28.6% | 51.8% |
| 4th | 64 | 18.8% | 23.4% | 42.2% |
| 5th | 55 | 12.7% | 29.1% | 41.8% |
| 6th | 42 | 14.3% | 14.3% | 28.6% |
Nearby schools
35 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 50.6