Gardena Elementary and Amestoy

Both are between the 50th and 74th percentile among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Amestoy’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.

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Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
All 5,726 California public elementary schools we score, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests.
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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.

English: Proficient or Advanced

Grades 3–5, spring 2026

Gardena Elementary
32%Advanced: 15%
Amestoy
Clearly ahead: 49%Clearly ahead: Advanced: 24%
California
46%Advanced: 24%

Math: Proficient or Advanced

Grades 3–5, spring 2026

Gardena Elementary
29%Advanced: 10%
Amestoy
Clearly ahead: 53%Clearly ahead: Advanced: 32%
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

Gardena Elementary
19 in 10075 of 398 students
Amestoy
20 in 100129 of 630 students
Average school
17 in 100

Suspended at least once

2025–26 school year

Gardena Elementary
0.2%1 of 411 students enrolled at any point in the year
Amestoy
0 of 647 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

Gardena Elementary
+8 pts English +5 pts mathThe state calls both Accelerated · 143 students in English, 142 in math
Amestoy
−8 pts English 0 pts mathThe state calls them Moderate in English and Average in math · 201 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

Gardena Elementary
50th percentileSolidScope Score 35
Amestoy
69th percentileSolidScope Score 46

Who runs the school

Gardena Elementary
Los Angeles Unified
Amestoy
Los Angeles Unified

Teachers in their first year

2024–25 school year

Gardena Elementary
0%
Amestoy
0%

Average years of teaching experience

2024–25 school year

Gardena Elementary
20
Amestoy
19

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

Gardena Elementary
21
Amestoy
20

Grades offered

Gardena Elementary
TK–5
Amestoy
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: Gardena Elementary 398; Amestoy Elementary 623. Teacher experience is the California Department of Education’s staffing file for the school year shown (teachers only).

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