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Wagner Ranch Elementary

Orinda Union Orinda Contra Costa County 94563
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
902 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
466 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
20:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
2%
Teachers
23 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 8.2%
White 42.7%
Asian 28.1%
Black 0.4%
Other 20.6%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Wagner Ranch Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard68.2%
Met Standard23.2%
Below Standard8.6%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "91% proficient" for Wagner Ranch Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

68.2% of students exceeded standard while 23.2% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 47.2 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 4.8 points above the Orinda Union district average of 63.4%. Compared to the 1 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 2.4 points higher (vs 65.8% average). 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 3.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 4.1%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
68.2%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
91.4%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+3.2pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
4.1%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.6%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
902
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 83 63.9% 25.3% 7.2% 3.6% 89.2%
4th 72 75.0% 12.5% 9.7% 2.8% 87.5%
5th 70 72.9% 24.3% 1.4% 1.4% 97.1%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 84 56.0% 35.7% 7.1% 1.2% 91.7%
4th 72 66.7% 26.4% 5.6% 1.4% 93.1%
5th 70 75.7% 14.3% 8.6% 1.4% 90.0%

Nearby schools

1 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 76.7