Rice (Eldridge) Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 20.7% |
| Met Standard | 19.6% |
| Below Standard | 59.7% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "40% proficient" for Rice (Eldridge) Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
20.7% of students exceeded standard while 19.6% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's 8.3 points below the Garvey Elementary district average of 29.0%. The 20 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 26.4% exceeded — 5.7 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 0.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 8.3%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 40 | 15.0% | 20.0% | 35.0% |
| 4th | 43 | 16.3% | 18.6% | 34.9% |
| 5th | 33 | 30.3% | 18.2% | 48.5% |
| 6th | 41 | 12.2% | 36.6% | 48.8% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 40 | 20.0% | 22.5% | 42.5% |
| 4th | 44 | 20.4% | 11.4% | 31.8% |
| 5th | 35 | 14.3% | 14.3% | 28.6% |
| 6th | 46 | 37.0% | 15.2% | 52.2% |
Nearby schools
20 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 52.2