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Tulita Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
706 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
444 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
22:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
16%
Teachers
20 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic20.1%
White48.6%
Asian11.3%
Black1.1%
Other18.9%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Tulita Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard52.4%
Met Standard26.6%
Below Standard21.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "79% proficient" for Tulita Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

52.4% of students exceeded standard while 26.6% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 31.5 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 3.9 points above the Redondo Beach Unified district average of 48.5%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 50.9% exceeded — about the same. 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 6.1 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 7.0%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
52.4%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
79.0%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+6.1pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
7.0%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.4%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
706
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd6246.8%19.4%19.4%14.5%66.1%
4th5349.1%34.0%9.4%7.5%83.0%
5th6147.5%29.5%13.1%9.8%77.0%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd6253.2%25.8%14.5%6.5%79.0%
4th5457.4%31.5%11.1%0.0%88.9%
5th6160.7%19.7%9.8%9.8%80.3%