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Potrero Heights Elementary

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

School overview

Enrollment
381 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
20:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
46%
Teachers
19 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 58.8%
White 1.1%
Asian 22.1%
Black 0.8%
Other 17.3%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Potrero Heights Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard44.8%
Met Standard24.6%
Below Standard30.6%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "69% proficient" for Potrero Heights Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

44.8% of students exceeded standard while 24.6% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 23.9 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 30.2 points above the Montebello Unified district average of 14.6%. Compared to the 25 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 19.5 points higher (vs 25.3% 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 11.7 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 11.4%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
44.8%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
69.4%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+11.7pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
11.4%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.2%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
730
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 64 34.4% 21.9% 25.0% 18.8% 56.3%
4th 55 54.5% 18.2% 14.6% 12.7% 72.7%
5th 64 46.9% 31.3% 12.5% 9.4% 78.1%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 64 35.9% 32.8% 21.9% 9.4% 68.8%
4th 54 44.4% 25.9% 16.7% 13.0% 70.4%
5th 64 53.1% 17.2% 10.9% 18.8% 70.3%