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La Escuelita

Oakland Unified Oakland Alameda County 94606
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
440 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
265 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
24:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
93%
Teachers
11 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 47.2%
White 4.9%
Asian 20.8%
Black 15.8%
Other 11.3%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for La Escuelita
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard6.8%
Met Standard12.1%
Below Standard81.1%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "19% proficient" for La Escuelita and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

6.8% of students exceeded standard while 12.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 14.2 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 7.4 points below the Oakland Unified district average of 14.2%. The 24 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 26.1% exceeded — 19.3 points higher. 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 5.8 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 21.5%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
6.8%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
18.9%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+5.8pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
21.5%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
2.1%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
440
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 40 10.0% 5.0% 15.0% 70.0% 15.0%
4th 34 5.9% 26.5% 20.6% 47.1% 32.4%
5th 37 8.1% 13.5% 21.6% 56.8% 21.6%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 37 5.4% 2.7% 16.2% 75.7% 8.1%
4th 34 8.8% 14.7% 44.1% 32.4% 23.5%
5th 38 2.6% 10.5% 23.7% 63.2% 13.2%