McKinley Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 36.3% |
| Met Standard | 25.9% |
| Below Standard | 37.8% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "62% proficient" for McKinley Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
36.3% of students exceeded standard while 25.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 15.3 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 5.0 points below the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified district average of 41.3%. The 16 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 39.1% exceeded — 2.8 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 5.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 12.8%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 61 | 31.1% | 29.5% | 60.7% |
| 4th | 51 | 43.1% | 11.8% | 54.9% |
| 5th | 75 | 37.3% | 28.0% | 65.3% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 62 | 40.3% | 30.6% | 71.0% |
| 4th | 52 | 38.5% | 26.9% | 65.4% |
| 5th | 75 | 28.0% | 28.0% | 56.0% |
Nearby schools
16 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 59.4