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Golden Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
2,150 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
803 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
28:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
19%
Teachers
29 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 17.1%
White 20.8%
Asian 51.6%
Black 0.8%
Other 9.8%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Golden Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard70.9%
Met Standard18.9%
Below Standard10.2%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "90% proficient" for Golden Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

70.9% of students exceeded standard while 18.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 49.9 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 33.2 points above the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified district average of 37.7%. Compared to the 17 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 34.2 points higher (vs 36.7% average). 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 3.0 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 3.2%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
70.9%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
89.8%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+3.0pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
3.2%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
2,150
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 92 64.1% 20.6% 6.5% 8.7% 84.8%
4th 135 70.4% 20.7% 5.9% 3.0% 91.1%
5th 158 76.0% 15.8% 5.1% 3.2% 91.8%
6th 151 72.2% 19.9% 6.0% 2.0% 92.0%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 92 65.2% 25.0% 7.6% 2.2% 90.2%
4th 137 67.2% 21.9% 8.8% 2.2% 89.0%
5th 159 78.0% 11.3% 6.9% 3.8% 89.3%
6th 151 72.8% 16.6% 7.3% 3.3% 89.4%