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Mendocino K-8

Mendocino Unified Mendocino Mendocino County 95460
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
664 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
246 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
15:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
68%
Teachers
16 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 16.7%
White 76.0%
Other 7.3%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Mendocino K-8
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard17.8%
Met Standard30.3%
Below Standard52.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "48% proficient" for Mendocino K-8 and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

17.8% of students exceeded standard while 30.3% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 3.2 points below the state average of 21.0%. 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 7.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 27.2%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
17.8%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
48.0%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+7.2pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
27.2%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
2.8%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
664
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 15 13.3% 13.3% 46.7% 26.7% 26.7%
4th 30 13.3% 36.7% 13.3% 36.7% 50.0%
5th 18 16.7% 55.6% 5.6% 22.2% 72.2%
6th 36 13.9% 33.3% 19.4% 33.3% 47.2%
7th 35 31.4% 40.0% 5.7% 22.9% 71.4%
8th 32 9.4% 46.9% 28.1% 15.6% 56.3%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 15 6.7% 46.7% 33.3% 13.3% 53.3%
4th 30 13.3% 16.7% 46.7% 23.3% 30.0%
5th 18 11.1% 11.1% 38.9% 38.9% 22.2%
6th 36 25.0% 16.7% 27.8% 30.6% 41.7%
7th 35 31.4% 31.4% 20.0% 17.1% 62.9%
8th 32 25.0% 15.6% 31.3% 28.1% 40.6%