Point Vicente Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 54.6% |
| Met Standard | 26.1% |
| Below Standard | 19.3% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "81% proficient" for Point Vicente Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
54.6% of students exceeded standard while 26.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 33.6 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified district average of 56.3%. The 5 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 59.9% exceeded — 5.2 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 10.8 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 10.6%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 53 | 54.7% | 26.4% | 81.1% |
| 4th | 46 | 52.2% | 28.3% | 80.4% |
| 5th | 52 | 50.0% | 26.9% | 76.9% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 53 | 60.4% | 32.1% | 92.5% |
| 4th | 46 | 56.5% | 21.7% | 78.3% |
| 5th | 52 | 53.9% | 21.1% | 75.0% |
Nearby schools
5 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 74.5