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City Terrace Elementary

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

School overview

Enrollment
332 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
18:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
75%
Teachers
18 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 88.3%
White 1.2%
Asian 5.4%
Black 0.6%
Other 4.5%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for City Terrace Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard27.2%
Met Standard30.8%
Below Standard42.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "58% proficient" for City Terrace Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

27.2% of students exceeded standard while 30.8% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 6.2 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 6.0 points above the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. Compared to the 44 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 8.2 points higher (vs 19.0% 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 1.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 23.2%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
27.2%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
58.0%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+1.2pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
23.2%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
596
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 48 20.8% 25.0% 35.4% 18.8% 45.8%
4th 55 29.1% 30.9% 23.6% 16.4% 60.0%
5th 45 31.1% 33.3% 17.8% 17.8% 64.4%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 49 26.5% 40.8% 14.3% 18.4% 67.3%
4th 56 26.8% 32.1% 26.8% 14.3% 58.9%
5th 45 28.9% 22.2% 26.7% 22.2% 51.1%