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Ocean Shore Elementary

PacificaPacificaSan Mateo County94044
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
860 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
401 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
22:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
14%
Teachers
18 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic20.7%
White34.9%
Asian15.2%
Black1.5%
Other27.7%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Ocean Shore Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard21.2%
Met Standard34.7%
Below Standard44.1%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "56% proficient" for Ocean Shore Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

21.2% of students exceeded standard while 34.7% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's 2.3 points below the Pacifica district average of 23.5%. The 12 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 27.0% exceeded — 5.8 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 17.9 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 12.2%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
21.2%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
55.9%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+17.9pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
12.2%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.8%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
860
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd4010.0%30.0%32.5%27.5%40.0%
4th4630.4%37.0%17.4%15.2%67.4%
5th4221.4%54.8%16.7%7.1%76.2%
6th2615.4%38.5%15.4%30.8%53.9%
7th2615.4%38.5%38.5%7.7%53.9%
8th3622.2%38.9%19.4%19.4%61.1%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd4020.0%40.0%20.0%20.0%60.0%
4th4630.4%37.0%21.7%10.9%67.4%
5th4226.2%33.3%26.2%14.3%59.5%
6th2615.4%11.5%46.1%26.9%26.9%
7th2623.1%23.1%34.6%19.2%46.1%
8th3423.5%32.4%14.7%29.4%55.9%