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Dapplegray Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,338 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
655 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
24:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
8%
Teachers
27 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 20.1%
White 42.0%
Asian 18.0%
Black 1.8%
Other 18.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Dapplegray Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard38.4%
Met Standard33.2%
Below Standard28.3%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "72% proficient" for Dapplegray Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

38.4% of students exceeded standard while 33.2% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 17.5 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 17.9 points below the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified district average of 56.3%. The 14 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 55.2% exceeded — 16.8 points higher. 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 2.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 5.9%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
38.4%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
71.7%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+2.3pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
5.9%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.5%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,338
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 115 44.4% 27.0% 17.4% 11.3% 71.3%
4th 104 46.1% 30.8% 11.5% 11.5% 76.9%
5th 115 40.9% 37.4% 13.0% 8.7% 78.3%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 115 27.8% 40.0% 22.6% 9.6% 67.8%
4th 104 32.7% 37.5% 22.1% 7.7% 70.2%
5th 116 38.8% 26.7% 19.8% 14.7% 65.5%