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Dahlia Heights Elementary

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

School overview

Enrollment
397 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
25:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
25%
Teachers
16 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 29.7%
White 37.8%
Asian 4.0%
Black 0.8%
Other 27.7%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Dahlia Heights Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard46.6%
Met Standard31.9%
Below Standard21.6%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "78% proficient" for Dahlia Heights Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

46.6% of students exceeded standard while 31.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 25.6 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 25.4 points above the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. Compared to the 22 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 17.8 points higher (vs 28.8% 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 28.5 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 11.0%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
46.6%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
78.4%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-28.5pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
11.0%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
784
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 57 71.9% 19.3% 1.8% 7.0% 91.2%
4th 49 55.1% 26.5% 12.2% 6.1% 81.6%
5th 51 43.1% 33.3% 11.8% 11.8% 76.5%
6th 39 41.0% 38.5% 17.9% 2.6% 79.5%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 57 52.6% 38.6% 5.3% 3.5% 91.2%
4th 49 42.9% 42.9% 12.2% 2.0% 85.7%
5th 51 23.5% 25.5% 35.3% 15.7% 49.0%
6th 39 41.0% 30.8% 12.8% 15.4% 71.8%