Summary
Price (Maude) Elementary enrolls 757 students in grades K–5 in Downey, in the Downey Unified district. Its overall results are solid, but its strongest performance is in fifth grade: students scored 69% proficient in ELA, 64% in math and 52% in science in 2025–26. Those were the highest fifth-grade results among nearby K–5 schools, leading the next-highest school by 11 points in ELA, 16 in math and 4 in science. The clearest sign of Price’s academic strength is how far its fifth graders lead nearby schools across all three subjects.
Price’s science results stand out most among nearby schools, while its math results show the largest lead over the state. Across all grades in 2025–26, Price had 52% proficiency in science—19 points above the nearby K–5 average, 15 above the district and 16 above the state. Math proficiency was 55%, 15 points above the nearby average, 11 above the district and 17 above the state. ELA was 57%, 13 points above the nearby average and 8 above the state, but essentially level with the district. Price ranked second among nearby K–5 schools in overall ELA and math, behind Unsworth (Edith) Elementary, and first in science. The clearest weaker spot is third-grade ELA: 45% proficiency was 11 points below the district and just 1 point above the state.
Over time, science has improved substantially, although the latest result was below its recent peak: it rose 13 points from 39% in 2022–23 to 52% in 2025–26, after reaching 57% in 2024–25. ELA fell 2 points over that period, and its lead over the state narrowed from 13 points to 8; math rose 2 points. SchoolDigger ranks Price in the 75th statewide percentile with four stars in 2025–26, and its ranking has stayed between the 72nd and 77th percentiles in the years shown. In 2024–25, 72% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with a nearby-school average of 80%; the student–teacher ratio was 24.4, versus a nearby average of 23. SchoolDigger’s measure of effectiveness for Hispanic students was at the 90th percentile in 2025–26, compared with Price’s 75th-percentile overall ranking. For White students, the ranking rose from the 63rd percentile in 2022–23 to the 85th in 2024–25.
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