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Maie Ellis Elementary is a public elementary school in Fallbrook, California, serving 578 students from kindergarten to 6th grade. The school faces several challenges, including lower academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and achievement gaps among different student subgroups.
Academically, Maie Ellis Elementary's proficiency rates on standardized tests lag behind the Fallbrook Union Elementary District and the state of California, particularly in English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics. For example, in the 2022-2023 school year, only 22.41% of 5th-grade students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the district's range of 46.53% to 51.75% and the state's range of 42.96% to 46.66%. The school's performance in Science is also lower than the district and state averages. Additionally, Maie Ellis Elementary has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 3.6% in 2018-2019 to 24.1% in the 2022-2023 school year, which is notably higher than the district and state averages.
Interestingly, Maie Ellis Elementary's performance varies across different student subgroups. White students generally perform better than Hispanic students, and the school ranks in the top 542 out of 2,834 California elementary schools for White students in 2018-2019, compared to a ranking of 3,108 out of 5,079 for Hispanic students in 2022-2023. English Language Learners and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds also perform significantly lower than their peers. However, the school's performance with migrant and disabled students is noteworthy, ranking among the top 4 out of 68 California elementary schools for migrant students and in the top 190 out of 2,585 for disabled students in 2018-2019. Nearby schools, such as Mary Fay Pendleton Elementary, William H. Frazier Elementary, and Live Oak Elementary, generally have higher academic performance and lower chronic absenteeism rates.
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