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Grover Heights Elementary

Lucia Mar Unified Grover Beach San Luis Obispo County 93433
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
650 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
301 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
18:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
63%
Teachers
17 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 46.2%
White 43.9%
Asian 1.0%
Other 9.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Grover Heights Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard13.6%
Met Standard24.3%
Below Standard62.1%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "38% proficient" for Grover Heights Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

13.6% of students exceeded standard while 24.3% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 7.4 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 8.8 points below the Lucia Mar Unified district average of 22.4%. The 5 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 23.0% exceeded — 9.4 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 7.5 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 10.4%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
13.6%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
37.9%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-7.5pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
10.4%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
4.3%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
650
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 37 10.8% 32.4% 29.7% 27.0% 43.2%
4th 33 21.2% 24.2% 21.2% 33.3% 45.5%
5th 47 12.8% 19.1% 31.9% 36.2% 31.9%
6th 45 20.0% 33.3% 35.6% 11.1% 53.3%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 37 5.4% 21.6% 29.7% 43.2% 27.0%
4th 34 14.7% 29.4% 20.6% 35.3% 44.1%
5th 47 8.5% 14.9% 27.7% 48.9% 23.4%
6th 45 15.6% 20.0% 28.9% 35.6% 35.6%