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Dunsmore Elementary

Glendale Unified La Crescenta Los Angeles County 91214
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,320 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
570 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
23:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
26%
Teachers
25 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 10.5%
White 37.9%
Asian 27.2%
Black 0.3%
Other 24.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Dunsmore Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard46.3%
Met Standard27.8%
Below Standard25.9%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "74% proficient" for Dunsmore Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

46.3% of students exceeded standard while 27.8% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 25.3 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 12.9 points above the Glendale Unified district average of 33.4%. Compared to the 9 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 4.1 points higher (vs 42.1% average). 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 6.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 4.0%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
46.3%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
74.1%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+6.2pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
4.0%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.7%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,320
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 83 44.6% 19.3% 20.5% 15.7% 63.9%
4th 79 46.8% 26.6% 12.7% 13.9% 73.4%
5th 80 43.8% 30.0% 17.5% 8.8% 73.8%
6th 87 39.1% 35.6% 18.4% 6.9% 74.7%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 84 44.0% 29.8% 11.9% 14.3% 73.8%
4th 79 51.9% 27.9% 13.9% 6.3% 79.8%
5th 80 48.8% 27.5% 17.5% 6.3% 76.3%
6th 88 51.1% 26.1% 14.8% 8.0% 77.3%