Sundance Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 41.4% |
| Met Standard | 30.8% |
| Below Standard | 27.8% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "72% proficient" for Sundance Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
41.4% of students exceeded standard while 30.8% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 20.4 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 5.0 points below the Poway Unified district average of 46.4%. The 11 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 47.9% exceeded — 6.5 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 1.4 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 5.8%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 58 | 43.1% | 25.9% | 69.0% |
| 4th | 71 | 46.5% | 31.0% | 77.5% |
| 5th | 76 | 43.4% | 34.2% | 77.6% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 58 | 36.2% | 34.5% | 70.7% |
| 4th | 71 | 39.4% | 39.4% | 78.9% |
| 5th | 76 | 39.5% | 19.7% | 59.2% |
Nearby schools
11 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 65.9