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Montecito Union

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

School overview

Enrollment
344 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
13:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
4%
Teachers
27 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 10.8%
White 73.8%
Asian 0.3%
Black 0.3%
Other 14.8%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Montecito Union
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard69.5%
Met Standard21.5%
Below Standard9.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "91% proficient" for Montecito Union and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

69.5% of students exceeded standard while 21.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 48.5 points above the state average of 21.0%. Compared to the 2 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 7.0 points higher (vs 62.5% average). 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 3.1 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 7.4%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
69.5%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
91.0%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+3.1pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
7.4%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.2%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
818
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 45 75.6% 15.6% 6.7% 2.2% 91.1%
4th 59 66.1% 23.7% 8.5% 1.7% 89.8%
5th 58 70.7% 22.4% 6.9% 0.0% 93.1%
6th 44 59.1% 29.6% 9.1% 2.3% 88.6%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 45 53.3% 33.3% 6.7% 6.7% 86.7%
4th 59 79.7% 16.9% 3.4% 0.0% 96.6%
5th 55 69.1% 21.8% 9.1% 0.0% 90.9%
6th 44 81.8% 9.1% 4.5% 4.5% 90.9%