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Los Padres Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,448 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
676 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
23:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
83%
Teachers
29 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 98.1%
White 0.1%
Other 1.8%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Los Padres Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard12.1%
Met Standard15.2%
Below Standard72.7%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "27% proficient" for Los Padres Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

12.1% of students exceeded standard while 15.2% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 8.9 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 4.1 points above the Salinas City Elementary district average of 8.0%. Compared to the 25 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 4.9 points higher (vs 7.2% average). 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 9.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 9.8%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
12.1%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
27.3%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+9.3pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
9.8%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.1%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,448
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 101 5.9% 9.9% 21.8% 62.4% 15.8%
4th 89 4.5% 6.7% 22.5% 66.3% 11.2%
5th 83 8.4% 19.3% 27.7% 44.6% 27.7%
6th 88 20.4% 27.3% 28.4% 23.9% 47.7%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 102 4.9% 13.7% 34.3% 47.1% 18.6%
4th 90 6.7% 11.1% 34.4% 47.8% 17.8%
5th 83 12.1% 13.3% 32.5% 42.2% 25.3%
6th 88 34.1% 20.4% 17.1% 28.4% 54.5%