Lomarena Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 22.5% |
| Met Standard | 23.0% |
| Below Standard | 54.5% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "46% proficient" for Lomarena Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
22.5% of students exceeded standard while 23.0% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's 4.9 points below the Saddleback Valley Unified district average of 27.4%. The 16 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 29.0% exceeded — 6.5 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 2.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 14.5%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 66 | 27.3% | 15.2% | 42.4% |
| 4th | 68 | 25.0% | 29.4% | 54.4% |
| 5th | 76 | 25.0% | 25.0% | 50.0% |
| 6th | 69 | 23.2% | 24.6% | 47.8% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 68 | 22.1% | 26.5% | 48.5% |
| 4th | 71 | 16.9% | 32.4% | 49.3% |
| 5th | 77 | 15.6% | 20.8% | 36.4% |
| 6th | 71 | 25.4% | 9.9% | 35.2% |
Nearby schools
16 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 52.3