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Gallatin Elementary

Downey Unified Downey Los Angeles County 90240
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,536 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
781 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
26:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
61%
Teachers
30 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 83.9%
White 9.6%
Asian 3.2%
Black 1.7%
Other 1.7%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Gallatin Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard22.4%
Met Standard25.9%
Below Standard51.7%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "48% proficient" for Gallatin Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

22.4% of students exceeded standard while 25.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Downey Unified district average of 24.0%. Compared to the 23 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 2.5 points higher (vs 19.8% average). 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 17.8%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
22.4%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
48.3%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-8.0pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
17.8%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.6%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,536
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 132 27.3% 27.3% 24.2% 21.2% 54.5%
4th 112 25.9% 21.4% 17.9% 34.8% 47.3%
5th 141 19.9% 35.5% 19.9% 24.8% 55.3%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 132 24.2% 28.0% 25.0% 22.7% 52.3%
4th 110 20.0% 24.6% 27.3% 28.2% 44.5%
5th 141 17.0% 18.4% 34.0% 30.5% 35.5%