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Naranca Elementary

Cajon Valley Union El Cajon San Diego County 92021
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,982 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
876 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
27:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
93%
Teachers
32 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 34.4%
White 31.1%
Asian 21.0%
Black 9.5%
Other 4.1%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Naranca Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard2.5%
Met Standard8.1%
Below Standard89.4%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "11% proficient" for Naranca Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

2.5% of students exceeded standard while 8.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 18.5 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 8.0 points below the Cajon Valley Union district average of 10.5%. The 12 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 7.4% exceeded — 4.9 points higher. 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 5.4 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 27.6%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
2.5%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
10.6%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+5.4pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
27.6%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
4.4%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,982
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 111 1.8% 4.5% 20.7% 73.0% 6.3%
4th 130 3.9% 7.7% 12.3% 76.2% 11.5%
5th 139 5.0% 10.8% 18.7% 65.5% 15.8%
6th 74 4.0% 10.8% 13.5% 71.6% 14.9%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 133 0.0% 6.8% 16.5% 76.7% 6.8%
4th 156 0.6% 6.4% 23.1% 69.9% 7.0%
5th 160 2.5% 5.6% 15.6% 76.3% 8.1%
6th 88 2.3% 12.5% 23.9% 61.4% 14.8%