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Mark West Elementary

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

School overview

Enrollment
424 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
20:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
48%
Teachers
21 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 42.0%
White 47.2%
Asian 2.1%
Black 0.2%
Other 8.5%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Mark West Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard17.9%
Met Standard26.0%
Below Standard56.2%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "44% proficient" for Mark West Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

17.9% of students exceeded standard while 26.0% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 3.1 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 2.0 points below the Mark West Union Elementary district average of 19.9%. Compared to the 5 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 3.7 points higher (vs 14.2% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 3.7 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 11.0%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
17.9%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
43.8%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-3.7pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
11.0%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
2.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
860
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 61 19.7% 24.6% 24.6% 31.1% 44.3%
4th 56 28.6% 12.5% 35.7% 23.2% 41.1%
5th 52 13.5% 32.7% 30.8% 23.1% 46.1%
6th 46 15.2% 37.0% 28.3% 19.6% 52.2%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 61 18.0% 27.9% 22.9% 31.1% 45.9%
4th 56 10.7% 30.4% 41.1% 17.9% 41.1%
5th 52 15.4% 21.1% 28.9% 34.6% 36.5%
6th 46 21.7% 21.7% 26.1% 30.4% 43.5%