Brywood Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 58.3% |
| Met Standard | 20.4% |
| Below Standard | 21.3% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "79% proficient" for Brywood Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
58.3% of students exceeded standard while 20.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 37.3 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 11.2 points above the Irvine Unified district average of 47.0%. Compared to the 25 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 11.6 points higher (vs 46.6% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.
Proficiency drops by 1.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 8.7%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 75 | 46.7% | 21.3% | 68.0% |
| 4th | 94 | 72.3% | 11.7% | 84.0% |
| 5th | 97 | 55.7% | 16.5% | 72.2% |
| 6th | 102 | 55.9% | 32.4% | 88.2% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 79 | 49.4% | 27.9% | 77.2% |
| 4th | 96 | 60.4% | 19.8% | 80.2% |
| 5th | 98 | 57.1% | 13.3% | 70.4% |
| 6th | 102 | 67.7% | 20.6% | 88.2% |
Nearby schools
25 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 66.0