Maryland Avenue Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 27.7% |
| Met Standard | 22.5% |
| Below Standard | 49.8% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "50% proficient" for Maryland Avenue Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
27.7% of students exceeded standard while 22.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 6.7 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 8.3 points above the La Mesa-Spring Valley district average of 19.4%. The 16 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 30.0% exceeded — 2.3 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 24.8 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 12.4%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 71 | 38.0% | 28.2% | 66.2% |
| 4th | 65 | 33.9% | 26.1% | 60.0% |
| 5th | 48 | 18.8% | 31.3% | 50.0% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 72 | 37.5% | 16.7% | 54.2% |
| 4th | 65 | 29.2% | 18.5% | 47.7% |
| 5th | 48 | 6.3% | 14.6% | 20.8% |
Nearby schools
16 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 53.2