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King City Arts Magnet

King City Union King City Monterey County 93930
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
780 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
447 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
22:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
90%
Teachers
20 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 96.0%
White 2.5%
Black 0.2%
Other 1.3%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for King City Arts Magnet
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard11.0%
Met Standard20.8%
Below Standard68.2%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "32% proficient" for King City Arts Magnet and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

11.0% of students exceeded standard while 20.8% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 10.0 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's near the King City Union district average of 9.7%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 9.1% exceeded — about the same. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 10.9 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 21.1%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
11.0%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
31.8%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+10.9pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
21.1%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.7%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
780
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 64 4.7% 14.1% 28.1% 53.1% 18.8%
4th 64 21.9% 23.4% 20.3% 34.4% 45.3%
5th 67 14.9% 32.8% 19.4% 32.8% 47.8%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 64 6.3% 20.3% 21.9% 51.6% 26.6%
4th 64 7.8% 25.0% 29.7% 37.5% 32.8%
5th 67 10.4% 9.0% 26.9% 53.7% 19.4%