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Don Pedro Elementary

Ceres Unified Ceres Stanislaus County 95307
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
998 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
430 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
23:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
91%
Teachers
19 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 86.3%
White 8.1%
Asian 2.8%
Black 0.7%
Other 2.1%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Don Pedro Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard4.4%
Met Standard13.0%
Below Standard82.6%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "17% proficient" for Don Pedro Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

4.4% of students exceeded standard while 13.0% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 16.6 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 6.7 points below the Ceres Unified district average of 11.1%. The 15 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 10.7% exceeded — 6.3 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 5.8 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 19.4%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
4.4%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
17.4%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+5.8pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
19.4%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
998
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 65 6.2% 7.7% 18.5% 67.7% 13.8%
4th 61 3.3% 11.5% 13.1% 72.1% 14.8%
5th 62 8.1% 24.2% 21.0% 46.8% 32.3%
6th 61 1.6% 24.6% 31.1% 42.6% 26.2%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 66 1.5% 16.7% 19.7% 62.1% 18.2%
4th 61 1.6% 8.2% 24.6% 65.6% 9.8%
5th 62 8.1% 3.2% 33.9% 54.8% 11.3%
6th 61 4.9% 8.2% 34.4% 52.5% 13.1%