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Monterey Ridge Elementary

Poway Unified San Diego San Diego County 92127
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,668 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
815 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
27:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
14%
Teachers
30 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 8.2%
White 24.8%
Asian 50.8%
Black 1.5%
Other 14.7%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Monterey Ridge Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard61.8%
Met Standard20.3%
Below Standard18.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "82% proficient" for Monterey Ridge Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

61.8% of students exceeded standard while 20.3% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 40.8 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 15.4 points above the Poway Unified district average of 46.4%. Compared to the 7 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 13.8 points higher (vs 48.0% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 13.0 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 6.3%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
61.8%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
82.0%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-13.0pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
6.3%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.2%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,668
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 127 76.4% 13.4% 7.9% 2.4% 89.8%
4th 141 58.9% 18.4% 11.3% 11.3% 77.3%
5th 149 55.0% 27.5% 6.0% 11.4% 82.5%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 127 70.9% 20.5% 4.7% 3.9% 91.3%
4th 141 56.0% 23.4% 13.5% 7.1% 79.4%
5th 149 54.4% 18.1% 13.4% 14.1% 72.5%