How does Wildwood Elementary compare to other elementary schools in Piedmont?

Wildwood Elementary has a SchoolScope composite score of 72.0/100, placing it at the 96th percentile statewide. 56% of students exceed standard, with a total of 600 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Wildwood Elementary?

56.4% of students at Wildwood Elementary exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 85.0% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Wildwood Elementary improving or declining?

Wildwood Elementary's proficiency rate decreases by 7.5 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is not sustaining early academic gains.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Wildwood Elementary?

3.8% of students at Wildwood Elementary are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Wildwood Elementary

Piedmont City Unified Piedmont Alameda County 94611

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of elementary schools

State Rank

600 students tested

School overview

Enrollment

270 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

17:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

Teachers

16 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 11.8%

White 48.1%

Asian 15.6%

Black 1.1%

Other 23.3%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Wildwood Elementary
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	56.4%
Met Standard	28.6%
Below Standard	15.0%

Exceeded

56.4%

Met

28.6%

Below

15.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "85% proficient" for Wildwood Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

56.4% of students exceeded standard while 28.6% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 35.4 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Piedmont City Unified district average of 56.4%. Compared to the 32 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 30.8 points higher (vs 25.6% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 7.5 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 3.8%, better than the state average of 18.7%.