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Samuel Vaughn Elementary

Ceres Unified Ceres Stanislaus County 95307
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,234 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
582 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
24:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
76%
Teachers
24 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 72.0%
White 11.9%
Asian 12.2%
Black 1.7%
Other 2.2%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Samuel Vaughn Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard11.9%
Met Standard19.9%
Below Standard68.2%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "32% proficient" for Samuel Vaughn Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

11.9% of students exceeded standard while 19.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 9.1 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Ceres Unified district average of 11.1%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 10.0% exceeded — about the same. 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 10.8 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 11.3%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
11.9%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
31.8%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+10.8pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
11.3%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.2%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,234
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 65 10.8% 20.0% 21.5% 47.7% 30.8%
4th 80 17.5% 20.0% 21.3% 41.3% 37.5%
5th 71 14.1% 39.4% 16.9% 29.6% 53.5%
6th 92 4.3% 21.7% 31.5% 42.4% 26.1%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 66 12.1% 24.2% 25.8% 37.9% 36.4%
4th 80 11.3% 8.8% 46.3% 33.8% 20.0%
5th 71 21.1% 14.1% 39.4% 25.4% 35.2%
6th 92 4.3% 12.0% 25.0% 58.7% 16.3%