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Mark Keppel Elementary

Glendale Unified Glendale Los Angeles County 91202
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,888 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
959 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
26:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
46%
Teachers
37 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 8.0%
White 66.9%
Asian 15.5%
Black 1.0%
Other 8.4%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Mark Keppel Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard29.1%
Met Standard29.4%
Below Standard41.6%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "58% proficient" for Mark Keppel Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

29.1% of students exceeded standard while 29.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 8.1 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 4.3 points below the Glendale Unified district average of 33.4%. Compared to the 12 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 2.9 points higher (vs 26.1% 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 0.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 9.8%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
29.1%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
58.4%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+0.3pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
9.8%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.1%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,888
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 160 30.0% 25.0% 18.1% 26.9% 55.0%
4th 136 30.9% 35.3% 14.0% 19.9% 66.2%
5th 158 26.6% 33.5% 18.4% 21.5% 60.1%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 162 29.0% 29.6% 24.1% 17.3% 58.6%
4th 169 27.8% 29.0% 24.9% 18.3% 56.8%
5th 159 30.2% 23.9% 25.8% 20.1% 54.1%