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Felix J. Appleby Elementary

Palo Verde Unified Blythe Riverside County 92225
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,492 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
615 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
23:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
83%
Teachers
27 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 76.8%
White 13.7%
Black 6.5%
Other 3.1%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Felix J. Appleby Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard5.1%
Met Standard14.4%
Below Standard80.6%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "19% proficient" for Felix J. Appleby Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

5.1% of students exceeded standard while 14.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 15.9 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Palo Verde Unified district average of 4.9%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 4.8% exceeded — about the same. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 8.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 29.1%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
5.1%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
19.4%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-8.2pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
29.1%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
6.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,492
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 62 8.1% 6.5% 29.0% 56.5% 14.5%
4th 66 4.5% 12.1% 22.7% 60.6% 16.7%
5th 73 6.8% 13.7% 19.2% 60.3% 20.6%
6th 64 9.4% 20.3% 25.0% 45.3% 29.7%
7th 57 5.3% 38.6% 22.8% 33.3% 43.9%
8th 51 5.9% 21.6% 37.3% 35.3% 27.4%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 62 12.9% 17.7% 22.6% 46.8% 30.6%
4th 65 0.0% 7.7% 30.8% 61.5% 7.7%
5th 73 2.7% 5.5% 21.9% 69.9% 8.2%
6th 64 3.1% 10.9% 17.2% 68.8% 14.1%
7th 57 0.0% 10.5% 28.1% 61.4% 10.5%
8th 52 1.9% 7.7% 19.2% 71.2% 9.6%