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Montemalaga Elementary

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

School overview

Enrollment
436 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
24:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
5%
Teachers
18 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic12.2%
White29.8%
Asian43.1%
Black1.4%
Other13.5%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Montemalaga Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard60.1%
Met Standard23.0%
Below Standard16.9%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "83% proficient" for Montemalaga Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

60.1% of students exceeded standard while 23.0% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 39.1 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 3.8 points above the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified district average of 56.3%. Compared to the 13 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 6.5 points higher (vs 53.6% 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 6.4 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 10.5%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
60.1%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
83.1%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+6.4pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
10.5%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.5%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
860
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd6966.7%13.0%13.0%7.3%79.7%
4th6659.1%21.2%15.2%4.5%80.3%
5th8066.3%22.5%7.5%3.8%88.8%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd6952.2%29.0%15.9%2.9%81.2%
4th6657.6%25.8%10.6%6.1%83.3%
5th8058.8%26.3%12.5%2.5%85.0%