Van Buren Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 37.3% |
| Met Standard | 27.2% |
| Below Standard | 35.5% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "65% proficient" for Van Buren Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
37.3% of students exceeded standard while 27.2% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 16.4 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified district average of 37.7%. The 16 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 40.9% exceeded — 3.6 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 4.5 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 13.6%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 64 | 39.1% | 25.0% | 64.1% |
| 4th | 74 | 50.0% | 17.6% | 67.6% |
| 5th | 68 | 29.4% | 35.3% | 64.7% |
| 6th | 69 | 31.9% | 36.2% | 68.1% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 65 | 41.5% | 21.5% | 63.1% |
| 4th | 73 | 46.6% | 24.7% | 71.2% |
| 5th | 71 | 29.6% | 23.9% | 53.5% |
| 6th | 69 | 30.4% | 33.3% | 63.8% |
Nearby schools
16 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 61.2