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Suva Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,096 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
595 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
18:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
76%
Teachers
33 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 98.0%
White 0.5%
Asian 0.2%
Other 1.3%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Suva Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard4.4%
Met Standard15.0%
Below Standard80.5%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "19% proficient" for Suva Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

4.4% of students exceeded standard while 15.0% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 16.5 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 10.2 points below the Montebello Unified district average of 14.6%. The 16 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 16.3% exceeded — 11.9 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 2.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 20.1%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
4.4%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
19.5%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-2.6pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
20.1%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,096
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 90 7.8% 14.4% 23.3% 54.4% 22.2%
4th 97 3.1% 11.3% 18.6% 67.0% 14.4%
5th 87 2.3% 24.1% 16.1% 57.5% 26.4%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 88 10.2% 13.6% 26.1% 50.0% 23.9%
4th 96 1.0% 14.6% 33.3% 51.0% 15.6%
5th 90 2.2% 12.2% 28.9% 56.7% 14.4%