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Look up any of the 9,812 California public and charter schools we list.

See each school’s results, where each number comes from, and what the numbers can’t show.

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Also 3,051 private schools, listed and never scored. 2025–26 data from the California Department of Education and 33 other public datasets. Updated October 15, 2026.

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California’s 2026 state test results are here.

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From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

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Your address sets your neighborhood school. Magnets and charters take applications, each on its own date. Where we’ve read a school’s deadline, its profile shows the date and where to apply.

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Two schools, similar headline numbers. Are they the same?

Two schools can have almost the same share of students who passed the state test. In this example the shares who passed are 5 points apart. The shares who scored at the top level are 22 points apart.

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CAASPP English, grades 3–5, spring 2026.

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Two schools, similar headline numbers. Are they the same?

These are English (reading and writing) results for grades 3–5 in spring 2026. At McKinley in Santa Monica, 68% of students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Eastbluff in Newport Beach, 63% did. At McKinley, 50% scored Advanced. At Eastbluff, 28% scored Advanced.

Santa Monica · Scope Score 84 · Strong · 83rd percentile

McKinley Elementary

68%

Proficient or Advanced.

50%scored Advanced, the top level.

Newport Beach · Scope Score 82 · Strong · 78th percentile

Eastbluff Elementary

63%

Proficient or Advanced.

28%scored Advanced, the top level.

MinimalDeveloping level (formerly Nearly met)ProficientAdvanced

Why the same share Proficient or Advanced can mean two different schools

Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), English, grades 3–5, spring 2026.

The Scope Score

What goes into a Scope Score, and what stays out?

Each level’s score is a weighted mix of its own measures. 75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. Each band holds a quarter of schools.

Elementary schools · six measures · tested grades 3–5

  • Students who scored AdvancedState tests in English and math, grades 3⁠–⁠542%
  • Students who scored Proficient or AdvancedThe same tests23%
  • 5th graders compared with the school’s 3rd graders two years earlierPartly different children20%
  • Students chronically absentMissed 10% or more of school days5%
  • Students suspendedAt least once during the year5%
  • English learners reaching the top level of the state’s English testThe top of its four levels5%

The four bands

  • Strong · 81 and up75th percentile and up
  • Solid · 75 to 8050th to 74th percentile
  • Developing · 71 to 7425th to 49th percentile
  • Needs Support · 70 and belowBelow the 25th percentile

Scores are rounded. A school that shows 81, 75 or 71 can be in the band below. Each school’s page names its band.

How California schools are scored

Middle schools · six measures · tested grades 6–8

  • Students who scored AdvancedState tests in English and math, grades 6⁠–⁠842%
  • Students who scored Proficient or AdvancedThe same tests23%
  • 8th graders compared with the school’s 6th graders two years earlierPartly different children20%
  • Students chronically absentMissed 10% or more of school days5%
  • Students suspendedAt least once during the year5%
  • English learners reaching the top level of the state’s English testThe top of its four levels5%

The four bands

  • Strong · 80 and up75th percentile and up
  • Solid · 75 to 7950th to 74th percentile
  • Developing · 71 to 7425th to 49th percentile
  • Needs Support · 70 and belowBelow the 25th percentile

Scores are rounded. A school that shows 80, 75 or 71 can be in the band below. Each school’s page names its band.

How California schools are scored

High schools · seven measures · tested grade 11

  • Students who scored AdvancedState tests in English and math, grade 1122%
  • Students who scored Proficient or AdvancedThe same tests18%
  • Students who graduateWithin four years of starting high school25%
  • Students ready for college or a careerThe state’s readiness measure20%
  • Students chronically absentMissed 10% or more of school days5%
  • Students suspendedAt least once during the year5%
  • English learners reaching the top level of the state’s English testThe top of its four levels5%

The four bands

  • Strong · 81 and up75th percentile and up
  • Solid · 75 to 8050th to 74th percentile
  • Developing · 70 to 7425th to 49th percentile
  • Needs Support · 69 and belowBelow the 25th percentile

Scores are rounded. A school that shows 81, 75 or 70 can be in the band below. Each school’s page names its band.

How California schools are scored

Shown beside the score, never counted in it: who attends, gaps between groups and spending.

What the score can’t see: your child’s teacher, arts, clubs and daily life, whether the special-education services in a child’s plan (an IEP) reach the classroom, whether your child will belong.

Source: California Department of Education: CAASPP, ELPAC, chronic absence and suspensions.

Source: California Department of Education: CAASPP, ELPAC, chronic absence and suspensions.

Source: California Department of Education: CAASPP, ELPAC, chronic absence, suspensions, the adjusted cohort graduation rate and the College/Career Indicator.

Sources and corrections

When we get something wrong, the correction stays on the page it fixes, dated, with what changed.

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  1. Sell a better score.No one can pay to change a school’s score, its rank or its place on a list.
  2. Score private schools on tests they don’t take.We show what they do report, and say what’s missing.
  3. Score schools where students are placed.California’s 368 court, community, special-education and home-and-hospital schools get no score, band, pattern or rank; we publish their records.
  4. Rate individual teachers.No ratings, reviews or records of named teachers.

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