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Edward Russell Elementary

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

School overview

Enrollment
472 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
26:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
96%
Teachers
18 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 95.3%
White 1.7%
Asian 2.1%
Other 0.8%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Edward Russell Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard8.7%
Met Standard15.9%
Below Standard75.4%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "25% proficient" for Edward Russell Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

8.7% of students exceeded standard while 15.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 12.2 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 20.2 points below the Garden Grove Unified district average of 28.9%. The 39 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 17.7% exceeded — 8.9 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 10.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 14.6%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
8.7%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
24.6%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+10.2pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
14.6%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.2%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
940
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 49 6.1% 10.2% 30.6% 53.1% 16.3%
4th 67 13.4% 11.9% 23.9% 50.8% 25.4%
5th 54 16.7% 16.7% 20.4% 46.3% 33.3%
6th 65 4.6% 29.2% 23.1% 43.1% 33.9%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 49 6.1% 16.3% 26.5% 51.0% 22.4%
4th 67 6.0% 16.4% 25.4% 52.2% 22.4%
5th 54 9.3% 16.7% 22.2% 51.9% 25.9%
6th 65 7.7% 9.2% 32.3% 50.8% 16.9%