Foothill Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 6.5% |
| Met Standard | 11.4% |
| Below Standard | 82.1% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "18% proficient" for Foothill Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
6.5% of students exceeded standard while 11.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 14.5 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 5.3 points below the Alvord Unified district average of 11.7%. The 16 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 9.9% exceeded — 3.5 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 9.1 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 17.0%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 73 | 6.8% | 15.1% | 21.9% |
| 4th | 72 | 6.9% | 11.1% | 18.1% |
| 5th | 78 | 6.4% | 9.0% | 15.4% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 74 | 6.8% | 16.2% | 23.0% |
| 4th | 73 | 5.5% | 12.3% | 17.8% |
| 5th | 79 | 6.3% | 5.1% | 11.4% |
Nearby schools
16 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 37.4