Cottage Hill Elementary
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
934 students tested
School overview
Enrollment
494 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
22:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
31%
Teachers
22 full-time
Student demographics
Hispanic
16.4%
White
71.7%
Asian
0.6%
Black
0.4%
Other
10.9%
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 16.7% |
| Met Standard | 25.4% |
| Below Standard | 57.9% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "42% proficient" for Cottage Hill Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
16.7% of students exceeded standard while 25.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 4.3 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 2.9 points below the Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary district average of 19.6%. 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 0.9 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.
Chronic absenteeism is 16.8%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
% Exceeded Standard
16.7%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
42.1%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+0.9pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
16.8%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
4.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
934
Across all grades & subjects
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 77 | 15.6% | 16.9% | 32.5% |
| 4th | 73 | 17.8% | 30.1% | 48.0% |
| 5th | 83 | 16.9% | 30.1% | 47.0% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 77 | 9.1% | 33.8% | 42.9% |
| 4th | 74 | 20.3% | 32.4% | 52.7% |
| 5th | 83 | 20.5% | 9.6% | 30.1% |