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Mar Vista Elementary

Pajaro Valley Unified Aptos Santa Cruz County 95003
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
588 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
311 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
21:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
59%
Teachers
15 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 41.5%
White 48.2%
Asian 1.6%
Other 8.7%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Mar Vista Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard14.6%
Met Standard21.4%
Below Standard64.1%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "36% proficient" for Mar Vista Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

14.6% of students exceeded standard while 21.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 6.4 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 6.1 points above the Pajaro Valley Unified district average of 8.4%. The 3 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 27.0% exceeded — 12.4 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 2.1 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 13.0%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
14.6%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
35.9%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-2.1pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
13.0%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
2.9%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
588
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 39 7.7% 30.8% 30.8% 30.8% 38.5%
4th 36 13.9% 11.1% 25.0% 50.0% 25.0%
5th 34 14.7% 26.5% 20.6% 38.2% 41.2%
6th 38 26.3% 28.9% 28.9% 15.8% 55.3%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 39 10.3% 23.1% 38.5% 28.2% 33.3%
4th 36 11.1% 22.2% 25.0% 41.7% 33.3%
5th 34 8.8% 17.6% 26.5% 47.1% 26.5%
6th 38 23.7% 10.5% 15.8% 50.0% 34.2%