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Monte Vista Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
684 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
373 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
21:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
92%
Teachers
18 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic98.4%
White0.8%
Asian0.5%
Other0.3%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Monte Vista Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard8.3%
Met Standard15.2%
Below Standard76.5%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "23% proficient" for Monte Vista Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

8.3% of students exceeded standard while 15.2% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 12.7 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Santa Ana Unified district average of 9.0%. The 42 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 11.9% exceeded — 3.6 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 20.1 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 7.7%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
8.3%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
23.4%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+20.1pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
7.7%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.5%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
684
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd541.9%3.7%25.9%68.5%5.6%
4th6414.1%23.4%31.3%31.3%37.5%
5th5113.7%29.4%17.6%39.2%43.1%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd551.8%10.9%20.0%67.3%12.7%
4th6612.1%13.6%39.4%34.9%25.8%
5th525.8%9.6%34.6%50.0%15.4%