Mattie Lou Maxwell
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 11.4% |
| Met Standard | 19.8% |
| Below Standard | 68.8% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "31% proficient" for Mattie Lou Maxwell and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
11.4% of students exceeded standard while 19.8% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 9.6 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 9.2 points below the Magnolia Elementary district average of 20.5%. The 31 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 20.8% exceeded — 9.4 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 0.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 18.1%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 66 | 12.1% | 21.2% | 33.3% |
| 4th | 70 | 7.1% | 20.0% | 27.1% |
| 5th | 78 | 20.5% | 19.2% | 39.7% |
| 6th | 75 | 12.0% | 20.0% | 32.0% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 69 | 8.7% | 24.6% | 33.3% |
| 4th | 72 | 6.9% | 20.8% | 27.8% |
| 5th | 78 | 11.5% | 14.1% | 25.6% |
| 6th | 76 | 11.8% | 18.4% | 30.3% |
Nearby schools
31 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 47.1