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Rancho Vista Elementary

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

School overview

Enrollment
340 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
20:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
15%
Teachers
17 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 19.1%
White 35.0%
Asian 24.1%
Black 1.8%
Other 20.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Rancho Vista Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard59.0%
Met Standard21.9%
Below Standard19.2%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "81% proficient" for Rancho Vista Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

59.0% of students exceeded standard while 21.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 38.0 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 2.6 points above the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified district average of 56.3%. Compared to the 15 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 12.0 points higher (vs 46.9% 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 18.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 9.1%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
59.0%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
80.8%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+18.6pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
9.1%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
604
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 54 55.6% 7.4% 25.9% 11.1% 63.0%
4th 39 76.9% 10.3% 5.1% 7.7% 87.2%
5th 58 56.9% 34.5% 6.9% 1.7% 91.4%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 54 46.3% 27.8% 14.8% 11.1% 74.1%
4th 39 66.7% 20.5% 12.8% 0.0% 87.2%
5th 58 53.5% 29.3% 15.5% 1.7% 82.8%