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Costano Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

2695 Fordham St

Palo Alto CA, 94303, Santa Clara County

Phone: 650-329-2800

Ranking:

(5,547 out of 6,930, bottom 20%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Ravenswood City Elementary School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	26		31		34		NA	NA	25		18		22
Total Students:	591		590		587		504		376		339		369
Kindergarten:	72	12.2%	74	12.5%	80	13.6%	58	11.5%	57	15.2%	41	12.1%	44	11.9%
Grade 1:	72	12.2%	81	13.7%	62	10.6%	60	11.9%	54	14.4%	41	12.1%	44	11.9%
Grade 2:	77	13.0%	63	10.7%	67	11.4%	58	11.5%	40	10.6%	37	10.9%	41	11.1%
Grade 3:	62	10.5%	65	11.0%	72	12.3%	59	11.7%	34	9.0%	39	11.5%	60	16.3%
Grade 4:	61	10.3%	66	11.2%	62	10.6%	58	11.5%	37	9.8%	50	14.7%	39	10.6%
Grade 5:	62	10.5%	61	10.3%	61	10.4%	57	11.3%	52	13.8%	40	11.8%	57	15.4%
Grade 6:	60	10.2%	60	10.2%	62	10.6%	58	11.5%	41	10.9%	31	9.1%	28	7.6%
Grade 7:	65	11.0%	56	9.5%	61	10.4%	52	10.3%	35	9.3%	30	8.8%	2	0.5%
Grade 8:	60	10.2%	64	10.8%	60	10.2%	44	8.7%	26	6.9%	30	8.8%	54	14.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	306	51.8%	309	52.4%	312	53.2%	279	55.4%	196	52.1%	190	56.0%	198	53.7%
Female:	285	48.2%	281	47.6%	275	46.8%	225	44.6%	180	47.9%	149	44.0%	167	45.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.5%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	3	0.6%	2	0.5%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%
Asian:	4	0.7%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	4	1.2%	63	17.1%
Hispanic:	404	68.4%	397	67.3%	377	64.2%	339	67.3%	245	65.2%	220	64.9%	245	66.4%
Black:	77	13.0%	82	13.9%	90	15.3%	75	14.9%	11	2.9%	65	19.2%	59	16.0%
White:	5	0.8%	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	91	15.4%	99	16.8%	106	18.1%	81	16.1%	5	1.3%	46	13.6%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	1.2%	5	0.8%	7	1.2%	4	0.8%	112	29.8%	2	0.6%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	501	84.8%	504	85.4%	584	99.5%	446	88.5%	317	84.3%	262	77.3%	271	73.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	42	7.1%	44	7.5%	NA	NA	21	4.2%	31	8.2%	4	1.2%	33	8.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	23.18		19.24		17.52		NA	NA	14.80		15.40		16.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAR
2004	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335	297.4	330.5
2005	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382.1	315.5	336.5
2006	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365.4	316.6	344.3
2007	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	336.1	316	345
2008	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327.7	322	348
2009	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359.8	331.4	352.8
2010	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335.4	335.4	356.6
2011	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370.2	338.4	359.5
2012	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	371.9	342.8	361.5
2013	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	350.8	338.8	357.3
2004	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	405.5	326.5	358
2005	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	441.4	346.2	366
2006	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407.5	340.4	372.5
2007	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	341	331.1	369.2
2008	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382.7	346.6	372.4
2009	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	416.1	361.1	376.7
2010	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402.4	374.4	381.6
2011	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	425.9	377.7	382.2
2012	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	411.5	364.6	382.7
2013	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	391.9	362.8	379.9
2004	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297.6	287.6	321.5
2005	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304.3	286.7	324.1
2006	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311.7	305.2	330.8
2007	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294.7	295.2	330
2008	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	281.5	293.4	332.8
2009	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304.6	314.8	340.3
2010	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311.8	314	342.2
2011	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329.9	326.4	345.3
2012	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340.3	321.9	347.1
2013	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314.7	311.4	345.7
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319.2	311.2	353.1
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315.4	318.1	362.1
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321.5	331.9	368.9
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303.9	319.1	370.9
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292.7	321.7	379
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325.3	357.6	387.7
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	363.2	361	395.4
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	398.1	387.5	400.6
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	397.3	379.3	399.2
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352.6	365.1	399.0
2004	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	310	307.8	338.5
2005	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314.2	311.6	346.2
2006	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317.8	315.4	351.1
2007	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302.8	312.6	353.2
2008	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311.3	318.3	357.8
2009	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303	318.5	366.8
2010	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306.6	329	369.9
2011	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368.7	343.4	371.6
2012	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	372.1	348.6	375.2
2013	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	367.0	342.6	374.2
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313.1	309.7	343.2
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305.8	314.3	354
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316.4	318.3	361.6
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300.3	307.3	366.1
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	294.7	320.7	373.9
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	286.1	322.2	382.5
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315.9	342.9	389.9
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	411.2	372	392.2
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412.1	383.2	395.2
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	403.9	371.1	394.9
2004	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322.3	306.8	337.7
2005	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317.8	307.4	340.5
2006	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321.7	310.6	342.6
2007	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321.6	303.2	342.8
2008	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297.4	305.6	347.6
2009	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311.2	309.9	356.2
2010	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	310.8	317.5	359.4
2011	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299.7	322.6	362
2012	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	341.7	327.8	366.1
2013	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334.2	337.4	365.2
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290.6	295.8	335.8
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288.8	296.4	349.6
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311.1	301.9	356.6
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301.4	287.7	356.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	262.3	293.7	364.6
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	287	287.1	375.8
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288.3	316.1	383.4
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298.5	352.2	392.6
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	393.9	374.3	395.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362.0	374.2	393.2
2004	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293.7	292.2	318.5
2005	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298.8	297.2	324.6
2006	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289.5	298.3	328.7
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304.1	293.1	334.3
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290.7	293.7	345.2
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303.1	296.1	354.1
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298.8	303.2	362.2
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	291.3	315.6	367.2
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323.2	315.9	367.4
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312.8	316.2	366.9
2004	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301.8	305	332.8
2005	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309.8	302.3	335.4
2006	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308.8	301.8	337.4
2008	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330.1	310.8	345.5
2009	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320.6	316.8	352.5
2010	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333.3	323.4	356.8
2011	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314.7	315.3	358.4
2012	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321.6	318	364.2
2013	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	350.2	319.0	363.0
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	288.7	302.2	334.7
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289.8	304.1	339.5
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314.7	301.2	341
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315.4	307.5	347.9
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305.3	307.6	354.5
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330.1	330	360.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	319.2	364.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325.4	314.8	366.8
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	366.4	314.3	366.5
2004	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289.6	299.8	332.4
2005	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318.6	316.9	337.4
2006	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320.6	314.7	341
2007	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313.2	312.8	342.9
2009	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	343.6	320.2	354.3
2010	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	338.6	322.3	356.4
2011	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	349.7	327.8	360.3
2012	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317.7	319.6	366.6
2013	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	336.0	329.9	363.5
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	287.5	298.3	328.5
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	285.5	312.6	333.6
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300.4	319.5	338.2
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319.8	319	336
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362.3	335.1	345
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	343.5	336.4	352.2
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353.9	347.5	354.9
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334.3	329.4	360.5
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	347.3	340.0	357.9
2004	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	271.5	278.3	330.8
2005	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	274.5	287.1	330.4
2006	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	260.1	302	338.5
2007	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	274.5	306.5	336.8
2008	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	310.8	305.1	342.9
2009	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323.3	323.4	347.3
2010	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	343.7	323.3	350.3
2011	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354.5	326.9	351.9
2012	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	349.2	309.2	355.1
2013	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321.5	299.2	358.0
2004	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311.8	301.2	328.1
2005	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	298.5	304.3	334.4
2006	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306.8	312.7	339.2
2007	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315.5	314.5	338.7
2008	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319	314.7	341.2
2009	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	321.3	318.1	348.5
2010	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357.2	330.2	357.1
2011	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	343.8	322.4	361.8
2012	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	358.1	331.3	365.2
2013	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337.0	325.6	361.3
2004	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297.6	290.2	319.2
2005	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	285.6	285.1	323.8
2006	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	285.2	289.3	327.9
2007	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290.7	302.6	329.8
2008	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305	301.5	333.9
2009	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316.4	292.8	340.2
2010	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	341.2	304.6	348.1
2011	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335.8	307	352.6
2012	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340.4	307.8	356.6
2013	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326.9	305.7	357.1
2006	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	270.9	293.4	331.2
2007	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	279.8	302.6	339.7
2008	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	291.8	296.7	355
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328.1	305.3	364.3
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	358.1	308.7	375.3
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	421.3	325.7	385.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	349.5	323.1	394.8
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322.4	310.3	390.9
2004	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	271.5	278.3	304.9
2005	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	274.5	287.1	307.8
2006	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	260.1	302	308.6
2007	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	274.5	306.5	311.1
2008	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	310.8	305.1	314.6
2009	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	323.3	323.4	319.7
2010	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	343.7	324.1	323.9
2011	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	354.5	326.7	326.9
2012	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	349.2	309.2	330.4
2013	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	321.5	299.2	334.1

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* Costano Elementary Primary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.