Machado Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 5.2% |
| Met Standard | 16.1% |
| Below Standard | 78.7% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "21% proficient" for Machado Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
5.2% of students exceeded standard while 16.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 15.8 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 7.4 points below the Lake Elsinore Unified district average of 12.6%. The 3 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 14.7% exceeded — 9.5 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 9.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 20.2%, above the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 97 | 6.2% | 23.7% | 29.9% |
| 4th | 89 | 7.9% | 16.9% | 24.7% |
| 5th | 82 | 6.1% | 19.5% | 25.6% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 97 | 4.1% | 17.5% | 21.6% |
| 4th | 89 | 4.5% | 13.5% | 18.0% |
| 5th | 82 | 2.4% | 4.9% | 7.3% |
Nearby schools
3 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 42.5