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Cabrillo Elementary

Pacifica Pacifica San Mateo County 94044
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,388 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
534 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
23:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
15%
Teachers
23 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 24.2%
White 49.3%
Asian 5.6%
Black 0.4%
Other 20.6%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Cabrillo Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard24.4%
Met Standard29.0%
Below Standard46.6%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "53% proficient" for Cabrillo Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

24.4% of students exceeded standard while 29.0% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 3.5 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Pacifica district average of 23.5%. The 2 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 28.9% exceeded — 4.5 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 0.8 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 8.1%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
24.4%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
53.4%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-0.8pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
8.1%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.5%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,388
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 60 25.0% 40.0% 26.7% 8.3% 65.0%
4th 60 23.3% 15.0% 30.0% 31.7% 38.3%
5th 74 23.0% 36.5% 28.4% 12.2% 59.5%
6th 45 26.7% 31.1% 17.8% 24.4% 57.8%
7th 59 30.5% 22.0% 25.4% 22.0% 52.5%
8th 49 18.4% 42.9% 18.4% 20.4% 61.2%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 60 15.0% 35.0% 36.7% 13.3% 50.0%
4th 60 26.7% 30.0% 31.7% 11.7% 56.7%
5th 74 27.0% 27.0% 20.3% 25.7% 54.0%
6th 45 15.6% 28.9% 22.2% 33.3% 44.4%
7th 59 25.4% 27.1% 28.8% 18.6% 52.5%
8th 49 36.7% 12.2% 20.4% 30.6% 49.0%