Summary:
The PUC Community Charter Elementary District consists of a single elementary school, PUC Community Charter Elementary, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 301 students. Despite the socioeconomic challenges faced by the community, with 87.71% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, PUC Community Charter Elementary stands out as a high-performing school, consistently outperforming the state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science.
In the 2023-2024 school year, 69.39% of 4th graders and 61.7% of 5th graders at PUC Community Charter Elementary scored proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state averages of 43.9% and 47.37%, respectively. In Mathematics, 63.27% of 4th graders and 38.3% of 5th graders scored proficient or better, surpassing the state averages of 41.2% and 35.02%. The school's science proficiency rates, as measured by the CAST assessment, are also higher than the state averages, with 43.75% of 5th graders scoring proficient or better, compared to the state average of 32.68%.
The PUC Community Charter Elementary District is ranked 340 out of 1,568 districts in California and is rated 4 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger, indicating that the district as a whole is providing a high-quality education to its students. While the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 40.2% is a concern, the school's consistent improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from 2,874 out of 5,883 California elementary schools in 2021-2022 to 1,535 out of 5,862 in 2023-2024, suggests that the school is making steady progress in addressing this challenge.
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