Juarez (Benito) Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 10.3% |
| Met Standard | 22.5% |
| Below Standard | 67.2% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "33% proficient" for Juarez (Benito) Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
10.3% of students exceeded standard while 22.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 10.7 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Anaheim Elementary district average of 9.9%. The 20 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 12.6% exceeded — 2.3 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 10.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 16.9%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 65 | 20.0% | 15.4% | 35.4% |
| 4th | 80 | 17.5% | 23.8% | 41.3% |
| 5th | 89 | 7.9% | 25.8% | 33.7% |
| 6th | 95 | 7.4% | 34.7% | 42.1% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 65 | 9.2% | 29.2% | 38.5% |
| 4th | 81 | 4.9% | 28.4% | 33.3% |
| 5th | 90 | 8.9% | 10.0% | 18.9% |
| 6th | 96 | 7.3% | 12.5% | 19.8% |
Nearby schools
20 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 39.8