Wakeham Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 17.9% |
| Met Standard | 26.0% |
| Below Standard | 56.2% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "44% proficient" for Wakeham Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
17.9% of students exceeded standard while 26.0% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 3.1 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 11.1 points below the Garden Grove Unified district average of 28.9%. The 34 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 27.0% exceeded — 9.2 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 2.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 10.4%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 43 | 18.6% | 25.6% | 44.2% |
| 4th | 40 | 15.0% | 25.0% | 40.0% |
| 5th | 41 | 26.8% | 29.3% | 56.1% |
| 6th | 44 | 18.2% | 25.0% | 43.2% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 43 | 16.3% | 34.9% | 51.2% |
| 4th | 41 | 2.4% | 31.7% | 34.1% |
| 5th | 44 | 13.6% | 20.4% | 34.1% |
| 6th | 44 | 31.8% | 15.9% | 47.7% |
Nearby schools
34 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 52.3