Browning Road STEAM Academy
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 5.7% |
| Met Standard | 18.6% |
| Below Standard | 75.6% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "24% proficient" for Browning Road STEAM Academy and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
5.7% of students exceeded standard while 18.6% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 15.2 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 2.8 points below the McFarland Unified district average of 8.5%. The 2 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 9.9% exceeded — 4.2 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 5.0 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 7.9%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 52 | 9.6% | 17.3% | 26.9% |
| 4th | 65 | 7.7% | 18.5% | 26.1% |
| 5th | 70 | 7.1% | 18.6% | 25.7% |
| 6th | 77 | 6.5% | 29.9% | 36.4% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 52 | 3.9% | 19.2% | 23.1% |
| 4th | 65 | 3.1% | 16.9% | 20.0% |
| 5th | 70 | 2.9% | 11.4% | 14.3% |
| 6th | 76 | 5.3% | 17.1% | 22.4% |
Nearby schools
2 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 41.1