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Garretson Elementary

Corona-Norco Unified Corona Riverside County 92879
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
2,092 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
926 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
25:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
80%
Teachers
37 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 79.6%
White 9.4%
Asian 5.6%
Black 1.4%
Other 4.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Garretson Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard19.8%
Met Standard23.9%
Below Standard56.4%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "44% proficient" for Garretson Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

19.8% of students exceeded standard while 23.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's 3.5 points below the Corona-Norco Unified district average of 23.3%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 20.4% 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 18.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 8.5%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
19.8%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
43.6%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+18.6pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
8.5%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.9%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
2,092
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 128 18.8% 19.5% 28.1% 33.6% 38.3%
4th 129 22.5% 23.3% 19.4% 34.9% 45.7%
5th 136 33.8% 36.0% 15.4% 14.7% 69.8%
6th 130 16.9% 33.9% 24.6% 24.6% 50.8%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 129 15.5% 24.8% 22.5% 37.2% 40.3%
4th 129 16.3% 20.9% 28.7% 34.1% 37.2%
5th 135 26.7% 19.3% 24.4% 29.6% 45.9%
6th 130 7.7% 13.1% 35.4% 43.9% 20.8%