Cooley Ranch Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 6.5% |
| Met Standard | 15.0% |
| Below Standard | 78.5% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "21% proficient" for Cooley Ranch Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
6.5% of students exceeded standard while 15.0% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 14.5 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 3.7 points below the Colton Joint Unified district average of 10.1%. The 12 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 8.6% exceeded — 2.1 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 10.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 24.6%, above the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 67 | 6.0% | 14.9% | 20.9% |
| 4th | 78 | 9.0% | 10.3% | 19.2% |
| 5th | 80 | 2.5% | 17.5% | 20.0% |
| 6th | 75 | 14.7% | 25.3% | 40.0% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 67 | 1.5% | 23.9% | 25.4% |
| 4th | 81 | 3.7% | 11.1% | 14.8% |
| 5th | 80 | 1.3% | 3.8% | 5.0% |
| 6th | 75 | 13.3% | 13.3% | 26.7% |
Nearby schools
12 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 32.7