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Paso Verde

Natomas Unified Sacramento Sacramento County 95835
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
2,184 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
911 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
23:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
51%
Teachers
39 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 26.8%
White 15.0%
Asian 19.3%
Black 18.3%
Other 20.5%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Paso Verde
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard12.9%
Met Standard20.2%
Below Standard66.9%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "33% proficient" for Paso Verde and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

12.9% of students exceeded standard while 20.2% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 8.1 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Natomas Unified district average of 14.4%. The 17 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 15.7% exceeded — 2.8 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 13.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 16.6%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
12.9%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
33.1%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+13.2pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
16.6%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
10.1%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
2,184
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 93 12.9% 17.2% 28.0% 41.9% 30.1%
4th 92 13.0% 21.7% 22.8% 42.4% 34.8%
5th 91 16.5% 30.8% 18.7% 34.1% 47.3%
6th 84 19.1% 21.4% 27.4% 32.1% 40.5%
7th 98 16.3% 30.6% 15.3% 37.8% 46.9%
8th 85 14.1% 31.8% 22.4% 31.8% 45.9%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 96 14.6% 13.5% 30.2% 41.7% 28.1%
4th 93 5.4% 20.4% 32.3% 41.9% 25.8%
5th 91 19.8% 17.6% 24.2% 38.5% 37.4%
6th 86 10.5% 10.5% 29.1% 50.0% 20.9%
7th 98 9.2% 16.3% 22.4% 52.0% 25.5%
8th 85 3.5% 10.6% 25.9% 60.0% 14.1%