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Alta Mesa Elementary — Rating & test scores

2301 Saturn Skyway, Redding · 319 students · Grades TK–8

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Scope Score 75

SolidScope Score · 51st percentile. Higher than 51 in 100 of the 5,726 California public elementary schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Near California in English (reading and writing) and math: 45% and 39% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, against 46% and 42%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 126
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

Overview

Is Alta Mesa a good elementary school?

Solid. Alta Mesa is higher than most California elementary schools on test results and progress in English. Alta Mesa is lower than most on progress in math and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced5445%
Math, Proficient or Advanced5239%
English, Advanced5822%
Math, Advanced3912%

Progress in a year, 2025

English78+11 pts
Math30−4 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance4018 in 100
Alta Mesa’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Enterprise Elementary’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 12% of students tested in math scored Advanced, against 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Alta Mesa’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 3–5. California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,211,701 in math tested).

In its own words

What does Alta Mesa say about itself?

We haven’t read Alta Mesa’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open altamesa.eesd.net (opens in a new tab)

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, yes. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored 11 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 4 points lower, which the state calls Average.

English

+11

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income60+10 points
White44+11 points
Students with disabilities20−28 points
Hispanic or Latino13+6 points
Two or More Races11+23 points

Math

−4

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income60−7 points
White44+1 points
Students with disabilities20−18 points
Hispanic or Latino13−8 points
Two or More Races11−15 points

Grades 4 and 5, 2025, 79 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 11 points above that expected score, and in math 4 points below it.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

3 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Alta Mesa. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 2.9 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Redding School of the ArtsCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7967th
  2. JuniperRedding Elementary · by addressScope Score 7865th
  3. MistletoeNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7655th
  4. Alta MesaScope Score 7551st
  5. Lassen ViewNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7547th
  6. Bonny ViewRedding Elementary · by addressScope Score 7547th
  7. RotherNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7441st
  8. Shasta MeadowsNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7440th
Enterprise ElementaryA neighborhood school in another districtCharter

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer. A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%0%25%50%75%100%

5 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Alta Mesa compare with schools like it?

Alta Mesa’s Scope Score is 75. 1,010 California elementary schools, counting Alta Mesa, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 73. Alta Mesa’s result is higher than 686 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 1,010

  1. Students from low-income families: 71%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 72%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 91st percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 90th percentile

1,010 California public elementary schools where 69% to 81% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public elementary school we score where 69% to 81% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Alta Mesa’s share. The count includes Alta Mesa. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

English results were similar to 2025; math results were higher. English went from 49% to 45% and math from 34% to 39%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 3–5. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%20172018201920222023202420252026Both 45%48%Enterprise ElementaryDistrict46%CaliforniaCalifornia45%Alta MesaAlta Mesa

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202640%43%42%Enterprise ElementaryDistrict42%CaliforniaCalifornia39%Alta MesaAlta Mesa

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Enterprise Elementary’s line combines its 6 elementary schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. Enterprise Elementary’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringAlta MesaEnterprise ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201745%45%45%133
201830%48%49%123
201938%49%50%125
202235%39%45%136
202335%40%44%135
202442%46%45%132
202549%49%46%134
202645%48%46%126
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringAlta MesaEnterprise ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201743%40%40%133
201828%39%42%123
201934%43%44%125
202227%35%38%136
202321%33%40%136
202429%40%41%132
202534%44%41%134
202639%42%42%126

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in both subjects.

English

45%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

32232322
Enterprise Elementary48%California46%

Math

39%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

33282712
Enterprise Elementary42%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 45% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 39% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced39%50%47%
Advanced7%32%30%
Proficient32%18%17%
Developing level31%16%23%
Minimal30%34%30%
Tested465030
California44%46%49%
Difference−5+4−2

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced41%44%27%
Advanced15%8%13%
Proficient26%36%14%
Developing level29%22%36%
Minimal30%34%37%
Tested465030
California47%42%37%
Difference−6+2−10

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school22%23%23%32%126
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Enterprise Elementary21%27%25%27%1,071
Math, grades 3–5 · This school12%27%28%33%126
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Enterprise Elementary17%25%30%28%1,074

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 126 tested in English, 126 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

White students are the largest group here, at 53% of students. 58 of 321 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

18in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (58 of 321 students).

At the average elementary school in the Enterprise Elementary district: 15 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Suspensions: 2.8% of students were suspended at least once (9 of 324). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

319

students in grades TK–8.

White 53%Hispanic or Latino 24%Asian 9%Two or more races 9%

Family income

75%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 238 of 319. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

17

teachers, with 12 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

87% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

21%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (3 of 14 students).

Enterprise Elementary: 43%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White53%
Hispanic or Latino24%
Asian9%
Two or more races9%
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 13.5 of 15.5 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

White students scored well below the same group across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 95 tested40%California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 95 tested31%California 31%
  • WhiteEnglish · 65 tested45%California 60%
  • WhiteMath · 65 tested34%California 56%

45% of White students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 34% in math (grades 3–5, spring 2026), against 60% and 56% for the same group across California.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–5, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–5 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Enterprise Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 95 tested
English40%−242%+436%
Math31%−334%031%
White · 65 tested
English45%−550%−1560%
Math34%−943%−2256%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Enterprise Elementary, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. Hispanic or Latino students, 30 tested: no rate for grade 5 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Alta Mesa. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

Families

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

Answer the family questionsResponder en españolHow family answers work

Staff

Staff can’t answer for this school yet

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Alta Mesa has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

20

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

Money

Where does the money go?

$21,296 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student. Enterprise Elementary’s plan for 2026–27 covers $21 million.

$21,296

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$18,323
The school’s share of district office costs
$2,973
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,459
  • Alta Mesa$21,296
  • Enterprise Elementary elementary schools$16,478
  • California elementary schools$20,288

The district and California figures combine their elementary schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 5,053 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

Enterprise Elementary’s yearly plan

$21million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$13million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 3 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $21 million of $70 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Enterprise Elementary Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Alta Mesa like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 96002. They are not figures for the families at Alta Mesa.

Typical household income in a year

$73,222

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 96002.

Typical home value
$367,200
People who live in this ZIP code
33,783
Typical age
39.6 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
24%

What you can do

Who can act on Alta Mesa’s results?

Enterprise Elementary’s board decides Alta Mesa’s plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Alta Mesa in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 5 questions to Alta Mesa. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?18 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (58 of 321 students); average elementary school in the Enterprise Elementary district: 15 in 100
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?4 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4 and 5, 2025 (79 students)
  3. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Alta Mesa, and how do I get in?

Alta Mesa runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Enterprise Elementary which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Alta Mesa Elementary
    Grades TK–8Scope Score 75Solid · 51st percentile
  2. Middle
    Parsons Junior High
    Scope Score 77Solid · 62nd percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  3. High
    Redding Collegiate Academy
    Scope Score 69Needs Support · 17th percentile · 2025Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Parsons Junior High

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 77 · Solid · 62nd percentile · middle · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • Redding Collegiate Academy

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    Scope Score 69 · Needs Support · 17th percentile · high · 2025

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where it is

Where is Alta Mesa?

Address
2301 Saturn Skyway, Redding 96002Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Kristen CritesAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 19, 2025.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Alta Mesa runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Enterprise Elementary which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Alta Mesa a good elementary school?

Alta Mesa Elementary has a Scope Score of 75. It scored higher than 51 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Solid, 51st percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 18 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 15 in 100 at the average elementary school in the Enterprise Elementary district. 2.8% of students (9 of 324) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, yes. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored 11 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 4 points lower, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 79 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 40% of low-income students in grades 3–5 at Alta Mesa Elementary in Redding scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Alta Mesa Elementary's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Parsons Junior High. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education’s School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement; confirm your address with the district.

  • Parsons Junior High: Scope Score 77, Solid, 62nd percentile among California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 results

See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,789 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #4 of 7 in Enterprise Elementary
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math18%4642%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math41%4923%
Chronically absent18 in 100485%
Suspension rate2.8% (9 of 324)415%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)-3.5pp—not scored

Index is where the school's value sits among the California elementary schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. The weights above add to 75%: the remaining 25%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267551#2789California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–196 in 1002.7% (9 of 332)−11
2021–22not on filenot on file+10
2022–23not on filenot on file+6
2023–2413 in 1003.1% (10 of 324)−14
2024–2514 in 1001.2% (4 of 343)−13
2025–2618 in 1002.8% (9 of 324)−4

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English12622%45%
2026 · Math12612%39%
2025 · English13425%49%
2025 · Math13410%34%
2024 · English13215%42%
2024 · Math13211%29%
2023 · English13513%35%
2023 · Math1365%21%
2022 · English13614%35%
2022 · Math13612%27%
2019 · English12512%38%
2019 · Math12510%34%
2018 · English12311%30%
2018 · Math1237%28%
2017 · English13318%45%
2017 · Math13318%43%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English5050%
2025 · Grade 4 · English3543%
2025 · Grade 5 · English4953%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math5046%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math3543%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math4916%
2024 · Grade 3 · English3850%
2024 · Grade 4 · English5141%
2024 · Grade 5 · English4337%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math3839%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math5125%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math4323%
2023 · Grade 3 · English4531%
2023 · Grade 4 · English4434%
2023 · Grade 5 · English4639%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math4513%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math4531%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math4617%
2022 · Grade 3 · English4829%
2022 · Grade 4 · English4430%
2022 · Grade 5 · English4448%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math4825%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math4430%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math4427%
2019 · Grade 3 · English4347%
2019 · Grade 4 · English4730%
2019 · Grade 5 · English3540%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math4347%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math4723%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math3531%
2018 · Grade 3 · English3936%
2018 · Grade 4 · English3933%
2018 · Grade 5 · English4522%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math3936%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math3938%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math4513%
2017 · Grade 3 · English4854%
2017 · Grade 4 · English4937%
2017 · Grade 5 · English3644%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math4850%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math4937%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math3642%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide3027%23%37%13%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income9540%−2+4
White6545%−5−15
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students+1179Accelerated−479Average
English-only students+976not categorized−676not categorized
Low-income+1060Accelerated−760Moderate
White+1144Accelerated+144Average
Students with disabilities−2820Minimal−1820Moderate
Hispanic or Latino+613Accelerated−813Moderate
Two or more races+2311Exceptional−1511Moderate

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4 and 5. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+11 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4 and 5

79 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +11 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math−4 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4 and 5

79 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −4 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4 and 5, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 14 in 100 → 2025–26 · 18 in 100 · +4 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.2% (4 of 343) → 2025–26 · 2.8% (9 of 324) · +1.6 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female4 in 10019 in 100+15 in 100
Male8 in 10018 in 100+10 in 100
Asian0 of 364 of 29—
Hispanic or Latino3 of 6020 of 78—
Two or more races3 of 356 of 28—
White7 in 10015 in 100+8 in 100
Students with disabilities6 of 6027 in 100—
English learners0 of 306 of 15—
Low-income6 in 10020 in 100+14 in 100
All students6 in 10018 in 100+12 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$13,124 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 3,680 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$1,177 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 319

Central federal expenditures attributed here$282 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 319

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,697 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 61%Instruction support 10%Student services 11%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$34,979,69561.22%61%
Instruction support$5,507,1199.64%10%
Student services$6,378,68911.16%11%
Administration$3,879,4986.79%7%
Buildings & maintenance$5,535,9449.69%10%
Other$856,0561.50%1%
Total$57,137,001100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $57,137,001 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$13,124 per pupil
2020$12,100 per pupil
2019$13,571 per pupil
2018$12,253 per pupil
2017$11,516 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 96002 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 96002 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$73,222
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)24%
ZIP-area population33,783
Median age39.6 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 96002 →

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