Taft Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 3.7% |
| Met Standard | 12.0% |
| Below Standard | 84.3% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "16% proficient" for Taft Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
3.7% of students exceeded standard while 12.0% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 17.3 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 5.3 points below the Santa Ana Unified district average of 9.0%. The 24 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 12.2% exceeded — 8.5 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 4.8 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 23.5%, above the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 58 | 5.2% | 13.8% | 19.0% |
| 4th | 64 | 4.7% | 3.1% | 7.8% |
| 5th | 49 | 4.1% | 24.5% | 28.6% |
| 6th | 39 | 2.6% | 15.4% | 17.9% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 60 | 6.7% | 18.3% | 25.0% |
| 4th | 64 | 1.6% | 7.8% | 9.4% |
| 5th | 51 | 0.0% | 5.9% | 5.9% |
| 6th | 41 | 4.9% | 7.3% | 12.2% |
Nearby schools
24 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 40.2