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Sonora Elementary

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

School overview

Enrollment
376 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
20:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
77%
Teachers
19 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 74.5%
White 13.8%
Asian 4.8%
Black 0.3%
Other 6.7%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Sonora Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard25.9%
Met Standard25.2%
Below Standard48.9%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "51% proficient" for Sonora Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

25.9% of students exceeded standard while 25.2% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 4.9 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 6.1 points below the Newport-Mesa Unified district average of 32.0%. Compared to the 19 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 7.8 points higher (vs 18.1% average). 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 2.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 13.1%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
25.9%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
51.1%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+2.2pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
13.1%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.3%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
784
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 47 25.5% 23.4% 27.7% 23.4% 48.9%
4th 54 33.3% 31.5% 16.7% 18.5% 64.8%
5th 42 35.7% 21.4% 9.5% 33.3% 57.1%
6th 51 13.7% 45.1% 23.5% 17.6% 58.8%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 47 25.5% 19.1% 19.1% 36.2% 44.7%
4th 56 23.2% 28.6% 25.0% 23.2% 51.8%
5th 44 22.7% 18.2% 22.7% 36.4% 40.9%
6th 51 27.4% 13.7% 19.6% 39.2% 41.2%