Summary:
The OCS - South District has one standout elementary school, OCS - South, which serves grades K-8 and has a total enrollment of 342 students. This public charter school consistently outperforms the state average in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, with proficiency rates ranging from 40% to 80% in ELA and 42% to 75% in Math, compared to the state averages of 42.8% to 47.37% in ELA and 33.83% to 45.64% in Math.
OCS - South also exceeds the state average in CAST Science proficiency, with 52% proficient or better compared to the state's 30.7%. The school has a relatively low percentage of free/reduced-price lunch recipients at 28.95%, suggesting a relatively affluent student population. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 32% is higher than the state's target of 10% or less, and the student-teacher ratio of 20.1 is slightly higher than the state's recommended ratio of 20:1.
Overall, OCS - South is a standout elementary school within the OCS - South District, consistently ranking in the top 25% of California elementary schools and receiving a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. While the school's academic performance is excellent, there are areas for improvement, such as addressing the higher chronic absenteeism rate and slightly higher student-teacher ratio.
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