Winifred Pifer Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 10.3% |
| Met Standard | 19.6% |
| Below Standard | 70.1% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "30% proficient" for Winifred Pifer Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
10.3% of students exceeded standard while 19.6% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 10.7 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 3.3 points below the Paso Robles Joint Unified district average of 13.6%. The 6 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 14.2% 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 8.8 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 22.0%, above the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 77 | 18.2% | 20.8% | 39.0% |
| 4th | 60 | 13.3% | 20.0% | 33.3% |
| 5th | 59 | 11.9% | 18.6% | 30.5% |
| 6th | 64 | 7.8% | 29.7% | 37.5% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 81 | 9.9% | 21.0% | 30.9% |
| 4th | 63 | 7.9% | 23.8% | 31.8% |
| 5th | 60 | 10.0% | 11.7% | 21.7% |
| 6th | 65 | 3.1% | 10.8% | 13.8% |
Nearby schools
6 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 44.1