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Plumas Avenue Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
644 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
335 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
26:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
88%
Teachers
13 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 19.1%
White 39.7%
Asian 25.4%
Black 3.3%
Other 12.5%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Plumas Avenue Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard10.3%
Met Standard23.7%
Below Standard66.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "34% proficient" for Plumas Avenue Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

10.3% of students exceeded standard while 23.7% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 10.7 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Thermalito Union Elementary district average of 9.2%. Compared to the 6 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 2.1 points higher (vs 8.2% average). 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 8.7 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 9.4%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
10.3%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
34.0%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+8.7pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
9.4%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
3.4%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
644
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 53 5.7% 22.6% 37.7% 34.0% 28.3%
4th 52 19.2% 30.8% 21.1% 28.9% 50.0%
5th 56 10.7% 28.6% 32.1% 28.6% 39.3%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 53 5.7% 9.4% 32.1% 52.8% 15.1%
4th 52 13.5% 36.5% 25.0% 25.0% 50.0%
5th 56 7.1% 14.3% 35.7% 42.9% 21.4%