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Forest Grove Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
702 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
345 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
16:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
21%
Teachers
21 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 29.9%
White 47.0%
Asian 7.0%
Black 2.0%
Other 14.2%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Forest Grove Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard32.5%
Met Standard24.0%
Below Standard43.5%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "57% proficient" for Forest Grove Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

32.5% of students exceeded standard while 24.0% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 11.6 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 5.5 points below the Pacific Grove Unified district average of 38.0%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 33.8% 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.

Students here improve by 10.9 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 14.6%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
32.5%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
56.5%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+10.9pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
14.6%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.8%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
702
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 63 33.3% 17.5% 22.2% 27.0% 50.8%
4th 52 36.5% 23.1% 23.1% 17.3% 59.6%
5th 59 39.0% 27.1% 20.3% 13.6% 66.1%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 63 27.0% 23.8% 30.2% 19.1% 50.8%
4th 53 28.3% 26.4% 26.4% 18.9% 54.7%
5th 61 31.1% 26.2% 22.9% 19.7% 57.4%