Sandra Tovar Medeiros Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 19.5% |
| Met Standard | 22.3% |
| Below Standard | 58.2% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "42% proficient" for Sandra Tovar Medeiros Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
19.5% of students exceeded standard while 22.3% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's 6.4 points above the Turlock Unified district average of 13.1%. Compared to the 6 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 4.9 points higher (vs 14.6% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.
Proficiency drops by 2.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 22.5%, above the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 100 | 22.0% | 20.0% | 42.0% |
| 4th | 83 | 14.5% | 13.3% | 27.7% |
| 5th | 94 | 26.6% | 25.5% | 52.1% |
| 6th | 118 | 16.9% | 38.1% | 55.1% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 102 | 17.6% | 32.4% | 50.0% |
| 4th | 83 | 10.8% | 19.3% | 30.1% |
| 5th | 93 | 21.5% | 14.0% | 35.5% |
| 6th | 121 | 25.6% | 14.9% | 40.5% |
Nearby schools
6 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 40.2