Garden Road Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 34.6% |
| Met Standard | 27.7% |
| Below Standard | 37.8% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "62% proficient" for Garden Road Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
34.6% of students exceeded standard while 27.7% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 13.6 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 11.8 points below the Poway Unified district average of 46.4%. The 3 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 37.2% exceeded — 2.6 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 28.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 8.7%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 85 | 47.1% | 27.1% | 74.1% |
| 4th | 87 | 42.5% | 26.4% | 69.0% |
| 5th | 68 | 23.5% | 29.4% | 52.9% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 84 | 40.5% | 32.1% | 72.6% |
| 4th | 87 | 28.7% | 36.8% | 65.5% |
| 5th | 67 | 23.9% | 13.4% | 37.3% |
Nearby schools
3 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 59.7