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Gage Elementary

San Diego Unified San Diego San Diego County 92119
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,330 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
695 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
22:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
37%
Teachers
31 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 35.1%
White 43.2%
Asian 4.2%
Black 6.2%
Other 11.4%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Gage Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard28.0%
Met Standard28.1%
Below Standard43.9%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "56% proficient" for Gage Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

28.0% of students exceeded standard while 28.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 7.0 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 2.7 points above the San Diego Unified district average of 25.3%. The 12 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 31.2% exceeded — 3.2 points higher. 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 2.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 12.7%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
28.0%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
56.1%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+2.2pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
12.7%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.4%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,330
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 117 22.2% 26.5% 21.4% 29.9% 48.7%
4th 104 32.7% 31.7% 14.4% 21.1% 64.4%
5th 112 36.6% 23.2% 19.6% 20.5% 59.8%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 117 23.1% 36.8% 18.8% 21.4% 59.8%
4th 104 19.2% 31.7% 29.8% 19.2% 51.0%
5th 111 34.2% 18.9% 22.5% 24.3% 53.1%