Manzanita Community Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 1.5% |
| Met Standard | 5.4% |
| Below Standard | 93.0% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "7% proficient" for Manzanita Community Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
1.5% of students exceeded standard while 5.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 19.4 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 12.7 points below the Oakland Unified district average of 14.2%. The 33 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 22.7% exceeded — 21.2 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 6.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 42.7%, above the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 50 | 2.0% | 2.0% | 4.0% |
| 4th | 57 | 3.5% | 10.5% | 14.0% |
| 5th | 59 | 0.0% | 3.4% | 3.4% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 51 | 2.0% | 9.8% | 11.8% |
| 4th | 58 | 1.7% | 6.9% | 8.6% |
| 5th | 55 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Nearby schools
33 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 46.1