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Monte Vista Elementary

Vista UnifiedVistaSan Diego County92084
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
976 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
504 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
25:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
53%
Teachers
20 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic56.8%
White30.6%
Asian1.2%
Black1.4%
Other10.1%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Monte Vista Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard16.2%
Met Standard27.1%
Below Standard56.7%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "43% proficient" for Monte Vista Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

16.2% of students exceeded standard while 27.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 4.8 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Vista Unified district average of 18.0%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 16.1% exceeded — about the same. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 15.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 15.0%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
16.2%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
43.3%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-15.2pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
15.0%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
976
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd8223.2%29.3%17.1%30.5%52.4%
4th7916.5%22.8%21.5%39.2%39.2%
5th8415.5%25.0%22.6%36.9%40.5%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd8114.8%37.0%19.8%28.4%51.9%
4th7814.1%28.2%29.5%28.2%42.3%
5th8413.1%20.2%27.4%39.3%33.3%