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Zela Davis

Hawthorne Hawthorne Los Angeles County 90250
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,636 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
870 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
27:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
85%
Teachers
32 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 64.0%
White 1.3%
Asian 1.7%
Black 28.6%
Other 4.4%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Zela Davis
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard16.8%
Met Standard19.3%
Below Standard63.8%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "36% proficient" for Zela Davis and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

16.8% of students exceeded standard while 19.3% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 4.1 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Hawthorne district average of 18.0%. The 35 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 21.0% exceeded — 4.1 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 10.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 30.8%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
16.8%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
36.2%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-10.2pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
30.8%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.5%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,636
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 137 25.6% 18.3% 23.4% 32.9% 43.8%
4th 131 14.5% 23.7% 15.3% 46.6% 38.2%
5th 137 11.7% 17.5% 24.1% 46.7% 29.2%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 139 23.0% 17.3% 25.2% 34.5% 40.3%
4th 135 11.8% 19.3% 32.6% 36.3% 31.1%
5th 139 14.4% 20.1% 23.7% 41.7% 34.5%