James Monroe Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 21.2% |
| Met Standard | 28.6% |
| Below Standard | 50.2% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "50% proficient" for James Monroe Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
21.2% of students exceeded standard while 28.6% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's 7.7 points below the Garden Grove Unified district average of 28.9%. The 38 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 25.1% exceeded — 3.9 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 2.9 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 8.1%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 68 | 23.5% | 16.2% | 39.7% |
| 4th | 66 | 27.3% | 24.2% | 51.5% |
| 5th | 62 | 24.2% | 25.8% | 50.0% |
| 6th | 59 | 15.3% | 45.8% | 61.0% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 68 | 17.6% | 32.4% | 50.0% |
| 4th | 66 | 16.7% | 31.8% | 48.5% |
| 5th | 62 | 14.5% | 19.4% | 33.9% |
| 6th | 59 | 30.5% | 33.9% | 64.4% |
Nearby schools
38 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 50.8