Grant Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 1.4% |
| Met Standard | 4.6% |
| Below Standard | 94.1% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "6% proficient" for Grant Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
1.4% of students exceeded standard while 4.6% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 19.6 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 11.0 points below the West Contra Costa Unified district average of 12.3%. The 20 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 4.5% exceeded — 3.1 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 1.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 44.0%, above the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 83 | 1.2% | 3.6% | 4.8% |
| 4th | 80 | 2.5% | 2.5% | 5.0% |
| 5th | 75 | 2.7% | 5.3% | 8.0% |
| 6th | 47 | 2.1% | 8.5% | 10.6% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 89 | 1.1% | 7.9% | 9.0% |
| 4th | 78 | 0.0% | 5.1% | 5.1% |
| 5th | 77 | 1.3% | 1.3% | 2.6% |
| 6th | 43 | 0.0% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
Nearby schools
20 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 26.1