Sumner Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 20.3% |
| Met Standard | 26.7% |
| Below Standard | 53.0% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "47% proficient" for Sumner Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
20.3% of students exceeded standard while 26.7% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's 8.4 points below the Claremont Unified district average of 28.7%. The 16 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 25.8% exceeded — 5.5 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.
Proficiency drops by 5.4 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 16.2%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 48 | 27.1% | 27.1% | 54.2% |
| 4th | 46 | 17.4% | 19.6% | 37.0% |
| 5th | 65 | 24.6% | 26.1% | 50.8% |
| 6th | 85 | 18.8% | 34.1% | 52.9% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 48 | 10.4% | 35.4% | 45.8% |
| 4th | 46 | 19.6% | 30.4% | 50.0% |
| 5th | 65 | 18.5% | 20.0% | 38.5% |
| 6th | 86 | 25.6% | 20.9% | 46.5% |
Nearby schools
16 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 49.9