Fifteenth Street Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 12.6% |
| Met Standard | 19.3% |
| Below Standard | 68.0% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "32% proficient" for Fifteenth Street Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
12.6% of students exceeded standard while 19.3% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 8.3 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 8.5 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. The 11 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 26.4% exceeded — 13.8 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 12.4 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 21.0%, above the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 72 | 22.2% | 11.1% | 33.3% |
| 4th | 65 | 3.1% | 20.0% | 23.1% |
| 5th | 56 | 5.4% | 35.7% | 41.1% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 72 | 29.2% | 20.8% | 50.0% |
| 4th | 65 | 6.2% | 20.0% | 26.1% |
| 5th | 57 | 8.8% | 8.8% | 17.5% |
Nearby schools
11 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 50.8