How does Sylvia Mendez Elementary compare to other elementary schools in Berkeley?

Sylvia Mendez Elementary has a SchoolScope composite score of 58.0/100, placing it at the 81st percentile statewide. 33% of students exceed standard, with a total of 628 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Sylvia Mendez Elementary?

33.0% of students at Sylvia Mendez Elementary exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 60.2% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Sylvia Mendez Elementary improving or declining?

Sylvia Mendez Elementary's proficiency rate decreases by 0.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is not sustaining early academic gains.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Sylvia Mendez Elementary?

10.7% of students at Sylvia Mendez Elementary are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Sylvia Mendez Elementary

Berkeley Unified Berkeley Alameda County 94705

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of elementary schools

State Rank

628 students tested

School overview

Enrollment

386 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

23:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

33%

Teachers

17 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 60.9%

White 24.1%

Asian 0.3%

Black 7.0%

Other 7.8%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Sylvia Mendez Elementary
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	33.0%
Met Standard	27.1%
Below Standard	39.8%

Exceeded

33.0%

Met

27.1%

Below

39.8%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "60% proficient" for Sylvia Mendez Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

33.0% of students exceeded standard while 27.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 12.1 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 14.0 points below the Berkeley Unified district average of 47.0%. The 24 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 40.6% exceeded — 7.6 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 0.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 10.7%, better than the state average of 18.7%.