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Patterson Road Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,424 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
641 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
27:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
45%
Teachers
24 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 52.7%
White 29.3%
Asian 0.6%
Black 0.5%
Other 16.9%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Patterson Road Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard16.1%
Met Standard23.2%
Below Standard60.6%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "39% proficient" for Patterson Road Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

16.1% of students exceeded standard while 23.2% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 4.9 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Orcutt Union Elementary district average of 17.5%. The 6 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 18.7% exceeded — 2.5 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 21.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 15.8%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
16.1%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
39.4%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+21.6pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
15.8%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
6.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,424
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 89 6.7% 12.4% 34.8% 46.1% 19.1%
4th 77 15.6% 27.3% 32.5% 24.7% 42.9%
5th 106 19.8% 23.6% 24.5% 32.1% 43.4%
6th 84 25.0% 36.9% 20.2% 17.9% 61.9%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 89 7.9% 15.7% 31.5% 44.9% 23.6%
4th 77 11.7% 24.7% 41.6% 22.1% 36.4%
5th 106 16.0% 26.4% 23.6% 34.0% 42.5%
6th 84 26.2% 19.1% 27.4% 27.4% 45.2%