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Juarez (Benito) Elementary

ABC Unified Cerritos Los Angeles County 90703
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
678 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
321 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
19:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
67%
Teachers
17 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 62.9%
White 7.5%
Asian 7.5%
Black 7.2%
Other 14.9%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Juarez (Benito) Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard15.2%
Met Standard24.9%
Below Standard59.9%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "40% proficient" for Juarez (Benito) Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

15.2% of students exceeded standard while 24.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 5.8 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 15.6 points below the ABC Unified district average of 30.7%. The 34 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 28.3% exceeded — 13.1 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 13.0 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 13.4%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
15.2%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
40.1%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-13.0pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
13.4%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
2.5%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
678
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 44 18.2% 25.0% 27.3% 29.6% 43.2%
4th 43 11.6% 23.3% 23.3% 41.9% 34.9%
5th 39 17.9% 23.1% 17.9% 41.0% 41.0%
6th 42 21.4% 33.3% 21.4% 23.8% 54.8%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 44 11.4% 43.2% 18.2% 27.3% 54.5%
4th 44 11.4% 20.4% 36.4% 31.8% 31.8%
5th 39 23.1% 7.7% 35.9% 33.3% 30.8%
6th 44 6.8% 22.7% 18.2% 52.3% 29.6%