Piedmont Avenue Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 12.6% |
| Met Standard | 17.3% |
| Below Standard | 70.2% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "30% proficient" for Piedmont Avenue Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
12.6% of students exceeded standard while 17.3% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 8.4 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Oakland Unified district average of 14.2%. The 30 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 31.0% exceeded — 18.5 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.
Proficiency drops by 25.4 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 41.9%, above the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 46 | 17.4% | 21.7% | 39.1% |
| 4th | 40 | 20.0% | 10.0% | 30.0% |
| 5th | 40 | 7.5% | 15.0% | 22.5% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 46 | 15.2% | 26.1% | 41.3% |
| 4th | 39 | 12.8% | 25.6% | 38.5% |
| 5th | 42 | 2.4% | 4.8% | 7.1% |
Nearby schools
30 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 51.6