Wayside Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 5.0% |
| Met Standard | 14.5% |
| Below Standard | 80.5% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "19% proficient" for Wayside Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
5.0% of students exceeded standard while 14.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 16.0 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 2.8 points below the Bakersfield City district average of 7.8%. The 26 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 8.8% exceeded — 3.9 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 3.0 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 17.3%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 104 | 8.7% | 12.5% | 21.1% |
| 4th | 86 | 4.7% | 15.1% | 19.8% |
| 5th | 90 | 6.7% | 12.2% | 18.9% |
| 6th | 110 | 5.5% | 29.1% | 34.5% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 104 | 1.0% | 10.6% | 11.5% |
| 4th | 87 | 0.0% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 5th | 90 | 2.2% | 5.6% | 7.8% |
| 6th | 111 | 10.8% | 19.8% | 30.6% |
Nearby schools
26 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 34.9