Meairs Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 19.3% |
| Met Standard | 21.5% |
| Below Standard | 59.1% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "41% proficient" for Meairs Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
19.3% of students exceeded standard while 21.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's 5.0 points below the Westminster district average of 24.3%. The 40 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 32.0% exceeded — 12.7 points higher. 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 9.4 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.
Chronic absenteeism is 16.0%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 44 | 18.2% | 18.2% | 36.4% |
| 4th | 61 | 21.3% | 19.7% | 41.0% |
| 5th | 59 | 28.8% | 27.1% | 55.9% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 44 | 13.6% | 22.7% | 36.4% |
| 4th | 61 | 9.8% | 29.5% | 39.3% |
| 5th | 59 | 23.7% | 11.9% | 35.6% |
Nearby schools
40 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 55.7