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Santa Rita Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,066 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
587 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
23:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
89%
Teachers
26 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic99.2%
White0.7%
Other0.2%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Santa Rita Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard1.9%
Met Standard8.4%
Below Standard89.7%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "10% proficient" for Santa Rita Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

1.9% of students exceeded standard while 8.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 19.1 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 5.6 points below the Santa Rita Union Elementary district average of 7.5%. The 14 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 7.5% 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.

Students here improve by 0.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 12.1%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
1.9%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
10.3%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+0.3pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
12.1%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.9%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,066
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd952.1%7.4%20.0%70.5%9.5%
4th741.4%5.4%14.9%78.4%6.8%
5th973.1%12.4%13.4%71.1%15.5%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd952.1%12.6%22.1%63.2%14.7%
4th751.3%4.0%30.7%64.0%5.3%
5th971.0%8.3%15.5%75.3%9.3%