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Marian Bergeson Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
840 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
486 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
24:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
31%
Teachers
20 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 17.7%
White 24.1%
Asian 27.4%
Black 1.9%
Other 29.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Marian Bergeson Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard50.2%
Met Standard20.2%
Below Standard29.6%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "70% proficient" for Marian Bergeson Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

50.2% of students exceeded standard while 20.2% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 29.2 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 11.2 points above the Capistrano Unified district average of 39.0%. Compared to the 9 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 15.5 points higher (vs 34.7% average). 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 3.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 6.5%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
50.2%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
70.4%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+3.6pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
6.5%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.7%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
840
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 53 50.9% 7.5% 26.4% 15.1% 58.5%
4th 77 48.0% 20.8% 14.3% 16.9% 68.8%
5th 79 60.8% 17.7% 13.9% 7.6% 78.5%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 53 49.1% 32.1% 5.7% 13.2% 81.1%
4th 79 45.6% 21.5% 26.6% 6.3% 67.1%
5th 79 46.8% 21.5% 16.5% 15.2% 68.3%