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Forest Charter

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,764 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
806 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
21:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
42%
Teachers
38 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 13.4%
White 77.3%
Asian 0.6%
Black 0.1%
Other 8.6%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Forest Charter
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard11.3%
Met Standard21.3%
Below Standard67.4%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "33% proficient" for Forest Charter and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

11.3% of students exceeded standard while 21.3% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 9.6 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 5.1 points above the Nevada County Office of Education district average of 6.3%. Compared to the 2 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 7.6 points higher (vs 3.7% average). 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 6.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 7.2%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
11.3%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
32.6%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+6.3pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
7.2%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,764
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 47 12.8% 12.8% 36.2% 38.3% 25.5%
4th 56 14.3% 14.3% 30.4% 41.1% 28.6%
5th 58 10.3% 25.9% 19.0% 44.8% 36.2%
6th 70 8.6% 22.9% 27.1% 41.4% 31.4%
7th 57 14.0% 31.6% 28.1% 26.3% 45.6%
8th 80 8.8% 38.8% 32.5% 20.0% 47.5%
11th 76 19.7% 31.6% 30.3% 18.4% 51.3%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 46 6.5% 19.6% 30.4% 43.5% 26.1%
4th 54 13.0% 16.7% 24.1% 46.3% 29.6%
5th 57 12.3% 15.8% 21.1% 50.9% 28.1%
6th 69 5.8% 17.4% 20.3% 56.5% 23.2%
7th 57 10.5% 24.6% 26.3% 38.6% 35.1%
8th 80 8.8% 18.8% 26.3% 46.3% 27.5%
11th 75 13.3% 6.7% 29.3% 50.7% 20.0%