Del Mar Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 10.3% |
| Met Standard | 15.1% |
| Below Standard | 74.6% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "25% proficient" for Del Mar Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
10.3% of students exceeded standard while 15.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 10.7 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 2.8 points below the Fresno Unified district average of 13.1%. The 30 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 14.3% exceeded — 4.0 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 6.8 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 32.4%, above the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 36 | 25.0% | 16.7% | 41.7% |
| 4th | 75 | 8.0% | 21.3% | 29.3% |
| 5th | 59 | 11.9% | 18.6% | 30.5% |
| 6th | 67 | 7.5% | 19.4% | 26.9% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 38 | 10.5% | 10.5% | 21.1% |
| 4th | 76 | 5.3% | 9.2% | 14.5% |
| 5th | 59 | 10.2% | 8.5% | 18.6% |
| 6th | 68 | 5.9% | 16.2% | 22.1% |
Nearby schools
30 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 36.3