English: Proficient or Advanced
Grades 3–5, spring 2026
- Alta California
- Clearly ahead: 55%Clearly ahead: Advanced: 29%
- Carlos Santana Arts Academy
- 41%Advanced: 18%
- California
- 46%Advanced: 24%
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Alta California and Carlos Santana Arts Academy
Both are between the 50th and 74th percentile among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Alta California’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.
Carlos Santana Arts Academy 54th
Alta California 60th
California’s public elementary schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Carlos Santana Arts Academy 54th
Alta California 60th
California’s public elementary schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
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How do their test results compare?
From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). marks a figure clearly ahead of the other school. California: the same grades statewide.
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Grades 3–5, spring 2026
- Alta California
- Clearly ahead: 49%Clearly ahead: Advanced: 26%
- Carlos Santana Arts Academy
- 39%Advanced: 17%
- California
- 42%Advanced: 21%
Do students show up and stay in class?
Average school: the average California elementary school we score.
Chronically absent
Missed 10% or more of school days · 2025–26 school year
- Alta California
- 26 in 100159 of 605 students
- Carlos Santana Arts Academy
- 27 in 100101 of 375 students
- Average school
- 17 in 100
Suspended at least once
2025–26 school year
- Alta California
- 0 of 615 students enrolled at any point in the year
- Carlos Santana Arts Academy
- 0 of 385 students enrolled at any point in the year
- Average school
- 1.6%
How did results compare with what the state expected?
The state’s matched growth measure compares each student’s results with what the state expected from their earlier scores.
State growth measure, points vs expected
Grades 4–5, spring 2025 · students with scores in both years
- Alta California
- +8 pts English +4 pts mathThe state calls them Accelerated in English and Average in math · 193 students in English, 192 in math
- Carlos Santana Arts Academy
- −7 pts English +10 pts mathThe state calls them Moderate in English and Accelerated in math · 116 students
How are they scored, who runs them, and how big are they?
Percentile among California elementary schools, with the Scope Score
Spring 2026 tests
- Alta California
- 60th percentileSolidScope Score 41
- Carlos Santana Arts Academy
- 54th percentileSolidScope Score 37
Who runs the school
- Alta California
- Los Angeles Unified
- Carlos Santana Arts Academy
- Los Angeles Unified
Teachers in their first year
2024–25 school year
- Alta California
- 4%
- Carlos Santana Arts Academy
- 11%
Average years of teaching experience
2024–25 school year
- Alta California
- 14
- Carlos Santana Arts Academy
- 12
Size, grades and staffing help you picture the school. A staffing ratio is not class size.
Students per teacher
Public schools: federal school directory, 2024–25 · a staffing ratio, not class size
- Alta California
- 21
- Carlos Santana Arts Academy
- 20
Grades offered
- Alta California
- TK–5
- Carlos Santana Arts Academy
- TK–5
Sources and definitions
Test results are from California’s state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026: the share of students tested in the level’s grades who scored Proficient or Advanced, per subject. California’s figure is our combination of the state’s published rows for the same grades. A ✓ marks a figure ahead of the others by more than twice the margin of error (on chronic absence, ahead means lower). Chronic absence and suspensions are the California Department of Education’s 2025–26 counts; “chronically absent” means a student missed 10% or more of school days. The absence and suspension references are the average California school we score at these schools’ level, each school counted once. The state growth measure is points above or below what the state expected from these students’ earlier scores, for grades 4–8, from the state’s spring 2025 release. Students per teacher is from the federal school directory, 2024–25, which also lists enrollment: Alta California Elementary 588; Carlos Santana Arts Academy 371. Teacher experience is the California Department of Education’s staffing file for the school year shown (teachers only).