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Rolando Elementary

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

School overview

Enrollment
449 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
28:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
69%
Teachers
16 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 48.5%
White 25.2%
Asian 7.1%
Black 7.1%
Other 12.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Rolando Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard19.9%
Met Standard23.1%
Below Standard57.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "43% proficient" for Rolando Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

19.9% of students exceeded standard while 23.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's near the La Mesa-Spring Valley district average of 19.4%. The 21 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 24.8% exceeded — 4.9 points higher. 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 9.0 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 18.3%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
19.9%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
43.0%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+9.0pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
18.3%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.8%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
736
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 63 20.6% 19.1% 20.6% 39.7% 39.7%
4th 63 28.6% 19.1% 23.8% 28.6% 47.6%
5th 59 25.4% 30.5% 22.0% 22.0% 55.9%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 62 11.3% 24.2% 27.4% 37.1% 35.5%
4th 62 12.9% 29.0% 30.6% 27.4% 41.9%
5th 59 20.3% 16.9% 16.9% 45.8% 37.3%