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Sandburg Elementary

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

School overview

Enrollment
554 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
24:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
43%
Teachers
23 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic20.2%
White16.8%
Asian28.5%
Black1.4%
Other33.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Sandburg Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard39.4%
Met Standard25.6%
Below Standard35.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "65% proficient" for Sandburg Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

39.4% of students exceeded standard while 25.6% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 18.4 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 14.1 points above the San Diego Unified district average of 25.3%. The 11 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 43.1% exceeded — 3.6 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 0.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 12.3%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
39.4%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
65.0%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+0.6pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
12.3%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
830
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd7644.7%14.5%25.0%15.8%59.2%
4th6642.4%22.7%21.2%13.6%65.2%
5th6536.9%30.8%18.5%13.8%67.7%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd7639.5%32.9%17.1%10.5%72.4%
4th6630.3%30.3%19.7%19.7%60.6%
5th6642.4%22.7%19.7%15.2%65.2%