Virginia Parks Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 11.2% |
| Met Standard | 18.5% |
| Below Standard | 70.3% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "30% proficient" for Virginia Parks Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
11.2% of students exceeded standard while 18.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 9.8 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Ceres Unified district average of 11.1%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 9.4% 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.
Proficiency drops by 3.7 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 15.0%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 92 | 16.3% | 14.1% | 30.4% |
| 4th | 91 | 11.0% | 17.6% | 28.6% |
| 5th | 86 | 15.1% | 20.9% | 36.0% |
| 6th | 104 | 12.5% | 27.9% | 40.4% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 93 | 9.7% | 22.6% | 32.3% |
| 4th | 94 | 8.5% | 21.3% | 29.8% |
| 5th | 88 | 9.1% | 10.2% | 19.3% |
| 6th | 105 | 7.6% | 13.3% | 20.9% |
Nearby schools
19 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 36.8