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Los Perales Elementary

Moraga ElementaryMoragaContra Costa County94556
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
776 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
370 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
23:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
3%
Teachers
16 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic10.8%
White45.4%
Asian20.8%
Black0.5%
Other22.4%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Los Perales Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard43.8%
Met Standard31.4%
Below Standard24.8%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "75% proficient" for Los Perales Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

43.8% of students exceeded standard while 31.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 22.8 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 5.8 points below the Moraga Elementary district average of 49.5%. The 5 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 49.3% exceeded — 5.5 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 11.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 1.6%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
43.8%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
75.2%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+11.3pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
1.6%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.5%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
776
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd7136.6%31.0%14.1%18.3%67.6%
4th5240.4%34.6%15.4%9.6%75.0%
5th7162.0%19.7%7.0%11.3%81.7%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd7132.4%36.6%15.5%15.5%69.0%
4th5238.5%42.3%13.5%5.8%80.8%
5th7152.1%25.4%9.9%12.7%77.5%