Prairie Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 8.6% |
| Met Standard | 14.5% |
| Below Standard | 76.9% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "23% proficient" for Prairie Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
8.6% of students exceeded standard while 14.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 12.4 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 16.2 points below the Elk Grove Unified district average of 24.8%. The 16 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 12.7% exceeded — 4.1 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 8.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 30.0%, above the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 110 | 10.0% | 13.6% | 23.6% |
| 4th | 118 | 13.6% | 9.3% | 22.9% |
| 5th | 121 | 7.4% | 15.7% | 23.1% |
| 6th | 113 | 12.4% | 25.7% | 38.0% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 120 | 5.8% | 22.5% | 28.3% |
| 4th | 124 | 3.2% | 11.3% | 14.5% |
| 5th | 132 | 5.3% | 6.8% | 12.1% |
| 6th | 116 | 11.2% | 11.2% | 22.4% |
Nearby schools
16 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 37.3