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Best Schools · California · Outperforming demographics

California schools outperforming demographics

Every California public school in the top 10% of its state by BeatsExpectations score, ranked by how many percentage points they beat what their free-and-reduced-lunch profile would predict.

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CALIFORNIA · OUTPERFORMING DEMOGRAPHICS
#SchoolCityDistrict% FRL% ProficientExpectedBeats (pp)
451Sunset ElementaryFresnoFresno Unified74.6%53.5%35.8%17.66
452Ascot Avenue ElementaryLos AngelesLos Angeles Unified97.5%40.0%22.4%17.64
453Griffiths (Gordon) MiddleDowneyDowney Unified77.0%52.1%34.4%17.63
454West Vernon Avenue ElementaryLos AngelesLos Angeles Unified98.9%39.2%21.6%17.63
455Mamie L. Northcutt ElementaryFountain ValleyGarden Grove Unified84.0%47.9%30.3%17.61
456Clovis West HighFresnoClovis Unified47.8%69.1%51.5%17.57
457Darby Avenue ElementaryNorthridgeLos Angeles Unified55.1%64.8%47.3%17.55
458Washington ElementaryLindsayLindsay Unified91.5%43.5%25.9%17.54
459Cantara Street ElementaryResedaLos Angeles Unified94.4%41.8%24.2%17.54
460Nixon (Patricia) ElementaryCerritosABC Unified52.6%66.3%48.7%17.53
461Teresa Hughes ElementaryCudahyLos Angeles Unified96.7%40.4%22.9%17.52
462La Rosa ElementaryCeresCeres Unified83.9%47.9%30.4%17.52
463Covington ElementaryLos AltosLos Altos Elementary8.2%92.3%74.8%17.52
464Washington ElementaryGlendoraCharter Oak Unified63.9%59.6%42.1%17.51
465Grovecenter ElementaryWest CovinaCovina-Valley Unified78.3%51.1%33.6%17.5
466Grazide ElementaryHacienda HeightsHacienda la Puente Unified56.8%63.8%46.3%17.49
467Pico Canyon ElementaryStevenson RanchNewhall35.1%76.4%59.0%17.48
468El Cerrito MiddleCoronaCorona-Norco Unified62.6%60.3%42.9%17.46
469Philip J. Reilly ElementaryMission ViejoCapistrano Unified27.3%81.0%63.5%17.45
470Oak Park ElementarySan DiegoSan Diego Unified83.3%48.2%30.7%17.44
471Overland Avenue ElementaryLos AngelesLos Angeles Unified14.0%88.8%71.3%17.43
472Mulberry ElementaryWhittierEast Whittier City Elementary77.0%51.9%34.5%17.42
473Virgil MiddleLos AngelesLos Angeles Unified96.0%40.6%23.3%17.35
474Hillcrest ElementaryMonterey ParkGarvey Elementary70.4%55.6%38.3%17.35
475Eisenhower HighRialtoRialto Unified86.7%46.1%28.7%17.33
476Academy of Medical Arts at Carson HighCarsonLos Angeles Unified80.8%49.5%32.2%17.32
477Demille ElementaryMidway CityWestminster67.6%57.2%39.9%17.32
478Arthur F. Corey ElementaryBuena ParkBuena Park Elementary73.9%53.5%36.2%17.31
479Monarch Grove ElementaryLos OsosSan Luis Coastal Unified40.7%73.0%55.7%17.31
480West Hollywood ElementaryWest HollywoodLos Angeles Unified48.2%68.6%51.3%17.31
481John Muir ElementarySan JoseCupertino Union8.4%91.9%74.6%17.3
482Corona Ranch ElementaryCoronaCorona-Norco Unified79.6%50.2%32.9%17.3
483Herbert Hoover ElementaryPalo AltoPalo Alto Unified6.7%92.9%75.6%17.29
484Dunsmore ElementaryLa CrescentaGlendale Unified38.9%74.0%56.8%17.29
485Alamitos IntermediateGarden GroveGarden Grove Unified86.9%45.9%28.6%17.28
486Ford Boulevard ElementaryLos AngelesLos Angeles Unified96.1%40.5%23.2%17.26
487Mendota HighMendotaMendota Unified97.5%39.6%22.4%17.22
488Libby ElementaryOceansideOceanside Unified89.2%44.5%27.3%17.2
489Dyer Street ElementarySylmarLos Angeles Unified92.4%42.6%25.4%17.19
490Lincoln Fundamental ElementaryCoronaCorona-Norco Unified68.2%56.8%39.6%17.19
491Canterbury Avenue ElementaryArletaLos Angeles Unified85.5%46.6%29.5%17.18
492John A. Rowland HighRowland HeightsRowland Unified68.1%56.8%39.6%17.15
493Woodrow Wilson Senior HighLos AngelesLos Angeles Unified94.0%41.6%24.5%17.15
494Farmdale ElementaryLos AngelesLos Angeles Unified87.3%45.5%28.4%17.13
495Valencia HighPlacentiaPlacentia-Yorba Linda Unified67.3%57.2%40.1%17.11
496Madison ElementarySan LeandroSan Leandro Unified68.9%56.3%39.2%17.09
497Pacific Rim ElementaryCarlsbadCarlsbad Unified17.4%86.4%69.3%17.09
498Santiago HighCoronaCorona-Norco Unified63.2%59.6%42.5%17.08
499Erwin ElementaryVan NuysLos Angeles Unified91.4%43.1%26.0%17.08
500Wilkerson ElementaryEl MonteEl Monte City90.2%43.8%26.7%17.05
Page 10 of 16 · 765 ranked. Schools in the top 10% within their state by BeatsExpectations (proficiency residual after controlling for free-and-reduced-lunch share).

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