Fourth Street Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 9.4% |
| Met Standard | 18.4% |
| Below Standard | 72.3% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "28% proficient" for Fourth Street Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
9.4% of students exceeded standard while 18.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 11.6 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 11.8 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. The 30 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 18.3% exceeded — 8.9 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 8.0 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 16.2%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 71 | 14.1% | 14.1% | 28.2% |
| 4th | 71 | 9.9% | 12.7% | 22.5% |
| 5th | 82 | 11.0% | 26.8% | 37.8% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 71 | 9.9% | 31.0% | 40.9% |
| 4th | 73 | 6.8% | 15.1% | 21.9% |
| 5th | 85 | 4.7% | 10.6% | 15.3% |
Nearby schools
30 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 43.2