Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired posts low test scores — and grade 5 tests above grade 3 here this year, by 7.9pp. If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 23 | 6% | 22% | +7.9 | 13.0% | 1.5% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired scores 23 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 6th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “22% proficient” and call it done. Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired deserves a closer read. The school sits in Sacramento, where one in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 39th to the 6th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 22% meet the standard today, versus 30% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 43% | 28% | 44% | 20% | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 32% | 33% | 45% | 42% | 40% |
| Grade 5 | 55% | 56% | 38% | 48% | 29% |
| Grade 6 | 46% | 38% | 32% | 36% | 56% |
| Grade 7 | 47% | 50% | 55% | 49% | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 75% | 46% | 43% | 40% | 44% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 21% | 24% | 24% | 11% | 2% |
| Grade 4 | 17% | 19% | 31% | 26% | 29% |
| Grade 5 | 11% | 20% | 15% | 30% | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 34% | 36% | 13% | 18% | 44% |
| Grade 7 | 25% | 41% | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 49% | 31% | 35% | 38% | 17% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired in Sacramento, 34.4% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 29.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired outperforms its district average for low-income students by 5.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (14.4% Math proficient); White students (46.4% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 9.1 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 90 students tested.
8 of 15 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 7.8pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +2.1pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$38 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 29% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 57
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
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Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 47 | 4% | 17% | 28% | 51% | 21% | −22 |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 17% | 23% | 25% | 35% | 40% | −5 |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 7% | 21% | 30% | 41% | 29% | −19 |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 19% | 37% | 30% | 14% | 56% | +10 |
| Grade 7 | 48 | 19% | 27% | 31% | 23% | 46% | −2 |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 13% | 31% | 38% | 19% | 44% | −2 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 47 | 0% | 2% | 38% | 60% | 2% | −44 |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 6% | 23% | 44% | 27% | 29% | −12 |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 4% | 7% | 21% | 68% | 11% | −25 |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 14% | 30% | 37% | 19% | 44% | +9 |
| Grade 7 | 48 | 10% | 25% | 33% | 31% | 35% | +1 |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 6% | 10% | 25% | 58% | 17% | −16 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 104 | 9% | 20% | 64% | 7% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 90 | 34.4% | +5 | −4 |
| White | 168 | 46.4% | −14 | −15 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 75 | 34.7% | +2 | −4 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired ← | — | 23 | 6.3% | 21.9% | +7.9 | 1.5% |
| Matsuyama Elementary | 2.5 mi | 67 | 37.4% | 65.3% | −0.5 | 1.0% |
| Leonardo Da Vinci | 1.7 mi | 54 | 32.7% | 62.1% | −15.3 | 0.9% |
| Sutterville Elementary | 1.2 mi | 50 | 32.8% | 57.9% | −21.3 | 1.0% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 38 | 39 | #3346 | 8.8% | 29.8% | 7.9% | 0.2% | +1.0pp |
| 2022 | 37 | 52 | #2747 | 8.9% | 29.9% | 21.3% | 0.8% | +11.9pp |
| 2023 | 33 | 35 | #3692 | 14.7% | 32.8% | 20.0% | 0.6% | -8.4pp |
| 2024 | 43 | 54 | #2651 | 10.1% | 29.6% | 13.5% | 0.9% | +23.5pp |
| 2025 | 23 | 6 | #5403 | 6.3% | 21.9% | 13.0% | 1.5% | +7.9pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 8.9% | 7.9% | -1.0pp |
| Male | 6.8% | 17.3% | +10.5pp |
| Asian | 0.0% | 11.8% | +11.8pp |
| Black/African American | 10.0% | 26.3% | +16.3pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 6.7% | 13.1% | +6.4pp |
| Two or More Races | 6.8% | 15.8% | +9.0pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 10.8% | 18.7% | +7.9pp |
| English Learners | 15.4% | — | — |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 13.2% | 17.6% | +4.4pp |
| All Students | 7.9% | 12.5% | +4.6pp |
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