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Mountain Elementary

Mountain Elementary Soquel Santa Cruz County 95073
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
244 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
163 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
20:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
21%
Teachers
8 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 15.9%
White 71.2%
Asian 1.8%
Black 0.6%
Other 10.4%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Mountain Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard30.4%
Met Standard34.9%
Below Standard34.7%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "65% proficient" for Mountain Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

30.4% of students exceeded standard while 34.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 9.5 points above the state average of 21.0%. Compared to the 2 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 7.3 points higher (vs 23.1% 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 12.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 10.3%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
30.4%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
65.3%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-12.3pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
10.3%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
244
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 19 36.8% 42.1% 15.8% 5.3% 79.0%
4th 21 33.3% 23.8% 9.5% 33.3% 57.1%
5th 18 33.3% 38.9% 11.1% 16.7% 72.2%
6th 6

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 19 21.1% 57.9% 15.8% 5.3% 79.0%
4th 21 23.8% 19.1% 47.6% 9.5% 42.9%
5th 18 38.9% 22.2% 16.7% 22.2% 61.1%
6th 6