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Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,348 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
609 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
26:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
31%
Teachers
23 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 42.0%
White 39.4%
Asian 6.2%
Black 2.1%
Other 10.2%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard35.2%
Met Standard28.7%
Below Standard36.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "64% proficient" for Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

35.2% of students exceeded standard while 28.7% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 14.3 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 6.5 points above the Fullerton Elementary district average of 28.8%. Compared to the 21 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 12.4 points higher (vs 22.8% 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 9.5 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 10.2%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
35.2%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
64.0%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+9.5pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
10.2%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.9%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,348
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 68 36.8% 22.1% 19.1% 22.1% 58.8%
4th 78 32.0% 33.3% 12.8% 21.8% 65.4%
5th 95 46.3% 26.3% 18.9% 8.4% 72.6%
6th 96 24.0% 42.7% 20.8% 12.5% 66.7%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 68 32.4% 30.9% 14.7% 22.1% 63.2%
4th 78 35.9% 29.5% 19.2% 15.4% 65.4%
5th 95 41.0% 27.4% 20.0% 11.6% 68.4%
6th 96 33.3% 17.7% 30.2% 18.8% 51.0%