Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 23.6% |
| Met Standard | 18.8% |
| Below Standard | 57.6% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "42% proficient" for Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
23.6% of students exceeded standard while 18.8% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 2.6 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 5.3 points below the Garden Grove Unified district average of 28.9%. The 35 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 28.6% exceeded — 5.0 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 10.5 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 17.7%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 60 | 30.0% | 23.3% | 53.3% |
| 4th | 49 | 22.4% | 10.2% | 32.6% |
| 5th | 56 | 26.8% | 17.9% | 44.6% |
| 6th | 58 | 24.1% | 20.7% | 44.8% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 60 | 20.0% | 31.7% | 51.7% |
| 4th | 49 | 14.3% | 14.3% | 28.6% |
| 5th | 56 | 19.6% | 19.6% | 39.3% |
| 6th | 58 | 31.0% | 12.1% | 43.1% |
Nearby schools
35 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 53.5