Grover Beach Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 11.3% |
| Met Standard | 18.4% |
| Below Standard | 70.3% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "30% proficient" for Grover Beach Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
11.3% of students exceeded standard while 18.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 9.7 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 11.2 points below the Lucia Mar Unified district average of 22.4%. The 5 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 23.5% exceeded — 12.2 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 15.9 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 15.3%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 43 | 13.9% | 27.9% | 41.9% |
| 4th | 52 | 19.2% | 19.2% | 38.5% |
| 5th | 55 | 9.1% | 16.4% | 25.4% |
| 6th | 54 | 11.1% | 20.4% | 31.5% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 44 | 6.8% | 25.0% | 31.8% |
| 4th | 52 | 11.5% | 17.3% | 28.9% |
| 5th | 55 | 3.6% | 12.7% | 16.4% |
| 6th | 54 | 14.8% | 9.3% | 24.1% |
Nearby schools
5 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 48.9