Lowell Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 3.5% |
| Met Standard | 10.9% |
| Below Standard | 85.6% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "14% proficient" for Lowell Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
3.5% of students exceeded standard while 10.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 17.5 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 5.6 points below the Santa Ana Unified district average of 9.0%. The 39 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 10.1% exceeded — 6.6 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 3.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.
Chronic absenteeism is 14.7%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 75 | 0.0% | 5.3% | 5.3% |
| 4th | 71 | 9.9% | 7.0% | 16.9% |
| 5th | 73 | 5.5% | 15.1% | 20.6% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 76 | 0.0% | 19.7% | 19.7% |
| 4th | 71 | 4.2% | 8.4% | 12.7% |
| 5th | 73 | 1.4% | 9.6% | 11.0% |
Nearby schools
39 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 39.3