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Plummer Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,250 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
629 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
20:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
95%
Teachers
32 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 86.0%
White 1.8%
Asian 1.9%
Black 3.7%
Other 6.7%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Plummer Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard9.4%
Met Standard21.5%
Below Standard69.2%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "31% proficient" for Plummer Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

9.4% of students exceeded standard while 21.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 11.6 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 11.8 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. The 30 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 17.5% exceeded — 8.2 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 4.7 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 24.2%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
9.4%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
30.8%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+4.7pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
24.2%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.3%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,250
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 91 6.6% 18.7% 33.0% 41.8% 25.3%
4th 77 5.2% 19.5% 35.1% 40.3% 24.7%
5th 58 19.0% 24.1% 15.5% 41.4% 43.1%
6th 86 16.3% 32.6% 24.4% 26.7% 48.8%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 92 6.5% 26.1% 23.9% 43.5% 32.6%
4th 77 3.9% 22.1% 36.4% 37.7% 26.0%
5th 58 8.6% 15.5% 22.4% 53.5% 24.1%
6th 86 9.3% 12.8% 24.4% 53.5% 22.1%