Melville S. Jacobson Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 7.8% |
| Met Standard | 15.5% |
| Below Standard | 76.8% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "23% proficient" for Melville S. Jacobson Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
7.8% of students exceeded standard while 15.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 13.2 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 4.0 points below the Tracy Joint Unified district average of 11.8%. The 11 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 12.2% exceeded — 4.5 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 26.4 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 33.1%, above the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 97 | 13.4% | 19.6% | 33.0% |
| 4th | 94 | 8.5% | 11.7% | 20.2% |
| 5th | 96 | 5.2% | 9.4% | 14.6% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 101 | 11.9% | 28.7% | 40.6% |
| 4th | 93 | 4.3% | 20.4% | 24.7% |
| 5th | 97 | 3.1% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
Nearby schools
11 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 33.1