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Sunkist Elementary

Bassett Unified La Puente Los Angeles County 91746
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
624 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
320 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
21:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
92%
Teachers
15 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 91.3%
White 2.5%
Asian 3.4%
Black 1.3%
Other 1.6%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Sunkist Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard9.1%
Met Standard13.8%
Below Standard77.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "23% proficient" for Sunkist Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

9.1% of students exceeded standard while 13.8% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 11.9 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 5.7 points below the Bassett Unified district average of 14.8%. The 24 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 15.9% exceeded — 6.8 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 2.5 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 13.5%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
9.1%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
22.9%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+2.5pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
13.5%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.2%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
624
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 51 5.9% 19.6% 35.3% 39.2% 25.5%
4th 54 11.1% 11.1% 24.1% 53.7% 22.2%
5th 47 8.5% 19.1% 27.7% 44.7% 27.7%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 57 7.0% 15.8% 33.3% 43.9% 22.8%
4th 56 5.4% 8.9% 30.4% 55.4% 14.3%
5th 47 17.0% 8.5% 19.1% 55.3% 25.5%