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Golden Hills Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,282 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
677 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
24:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
48%
Teachers
28 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 46.4%
White 48.0%
Asian 0.4%
Black 0.9%
Other 4.3%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Golden Hills Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard7.6%
Met Standard16.5%
Below Standard75.9%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "24% proficient" for Golden Hills Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

7.6% of students exceeded standard while 16.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 13.4 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 4.5 points below the Tehachapi Unified district average of 12.1%. The 1 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 9.7% exceeded — 2.1 points higher. 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 9.7 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 28.3%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
7.6%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
24.1%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+9.7pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
28.3%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
2.2%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,282
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 118 7.6% 15.3% 35.6% 41.5% 22.9%
4th 93 8.6% 12.9% 20.4% 58.1% 21.5%
5th 109 9.2% 26.6% 23.9% 40.4% 35.8%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 119 4.2% 17.6% 30.3% 47.9% 21.9%
4th 93 2.1% 11.8% 31.2% 54.8% 14.0%
5th 109 13.8% 14.7% 15.6% 56.0% 28.4%

Nearby schools

1 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 35.6