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Alta Vista Elementary — Rating & test scores

2293 East Crabtree Avenue, Porterville · 531 students · Grades TK–8

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Alta Vista Elementary and Monarch River Academy share this address in the state’s school directory. OpenStreetMap maps the grounds as one campus. Which buildings each school uses here isn’t mapped.

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Scope Score 65

Needs SupportScope Score · 1st percentile. Higher than 1 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

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 8% and 2% scored Proficient or Advanced, 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: 149
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).

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Tests ↓

Overview

Is Alta Vista Elementary a good elementary school?

Needs Support. Alta Vista Elementary is lower than most California elementary schools on test results and progress in both subjects. Alta Vista Elementary is in the middle on attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced18%
Math, Proficient or Advanced12%
English, Advanced11%
Math, Advanced11%

Progress in a year, 2025

English32−2 pts
Math17−9 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance5015 in 100
Alta Vista Elementary’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Alta Vista Elementary’s other elementary schoolBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

5.4% of students (30 of 552) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Each bar is Alta Vista Elementary’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
CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 552. District and California figures are averages of school rates (2 Alta Vista Elementary schools; 5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Alta Vista Elementary say about itself?

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

Open altavistaesd.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

In English, about the same. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 2 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 9 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−2

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-income238−2 points
Hispanic or Latino225−1 points
English learners1680 points
Long-term English learners45−5 points
White25−10 points

Math

−9

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income238−9 points
Hispanic or Latino225−9 points
English learners168−6 points
Long-term English learners45+3 points
White25−6 points

Grades 4–8, 2025, 256 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 2 points below that expected score, and in math 9 points below it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 40th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

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

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 3.3 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. John J. DoylePorterville Unified · by addressScope Score 7865th
  2. Olive StreetPorterville Unified · by addressScope Score 7865th
  3. BelleviewPorterville Unified · by addressScope Score 7760th
  4. Santa FePorterville Unified · by addressScope Score 7758th
  5. VandaliaPorterville Unified · by addressScope Score 7547th
  6. Los RoblesPorterville Unified · by addressScope Score 7335th
  7. RochePorterville Unified · by addressScope Score 7233rd
  8. Alta VistaScope Score 651st
Alta Vista ElementaryA neighborhood school in another district

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer.

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 Vista Elementary compare with schools like it?

Alta Vista Elementary’s Scope Score is 65. 1,547 California elementary schools, counting Alta Vista Elementary, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 72. Alta Vista Elementary’s result is higher than 56 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 1,547

  1. Students from low-income families: 85%

    Scope Score 94Strong · 97th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 88%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 95%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 89th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 88%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 89th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 91%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 89th percentile

1,547 California public elementary schools where 85% to 97% 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 85% to 97% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Alta Vista Elementary’s share. The count includes Alta Vista Elementary. 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?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 11% to 8% and math from 5% to 2%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202612%46%CaliforniaCalifornia35%Alta Vista ElementaryDistrict8%Alta Vista ElementaryThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%201720182019202220232024202520267%42%CaliforniaCalifornia22%Alta Vista ElementaryDistrict2%Alta Vista ElementaryThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Alta Vista Elementary’s line combines its 2 elementary schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other school. 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. Alta Vista Elementary’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringAlta Vista ElementaryAlta Vista ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201712%—45%187
201818%—49%175
201915%—50%183
202217%34%45%162
202313%29%44%159
202411%30%45%151
202511%34%46%147
20268%35%46%149
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringAlta Vista ElementaryAlta Vista ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
20177%—40%186
20189%—42%176
20199%—44%182
20227%22%38%163
202310%21%40%162
202411%22%41%159
20255%25%41%152
20262%22%42%149

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

8%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

65277
Alta Vista Elementary35%California46%

Math

2%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

7721
Alta Vista Elementary22%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 8% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 2% 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).

How do the middle grades do?

Well below California in both subjects. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 26% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 16% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 19th percentile (Needs Support) among California’s middle schools.

English

26%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

502422
Alta Vista Elementary40%California49%

Math

16%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

612312
Alta Vista Elementary24%California37%
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 Advanced5%2%17%
Advanced0%0%4%
Proficient5%2%13%
Developing level28%19%32%
Minimal67%79%51%
Tested604247
California44%46%49%
Difference−39−44−32
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced20%27%31%
Advanced6%3%3%
Proficient14%24%28%
Developing level19%17%35%
Minimal61%56%34%
Tested546262
California48%51%49%
Difference−28−24−18

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 Advanced3%2%0%
Advanced2%0%0%
Proficient1%2%0%
Developing level24%22%19%
Minimal73%76%81%
Tested604247
California47%42%37%
Difference−44−40−37
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced13%11%23%
Advanced6%3%3%
Proficient7%8%20%
Developing level20%21%27%
Minimal67%68%50%
Tested546262
California37%38%36%
Difference−24−27−13

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 school1%7%27%65%149
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Alta Vista Elementary14%21%27%38%516
Math, grades 3–5 · This school1%1%21%77%149
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Alta Vista Elementary7%15%30%48%517
English, grades 6–8 · This school4%22%24%50%178
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Alta Vista Elementary11%29%26%34%438
Math, grades 6–8 · This school4%12%23%61%178
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Alta Vista Elementary10%14%28%48%438

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 149 tested in English, 149 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?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 86% of students. 82 of 533 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

15in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (82 of 533 students).

At the average elementary school in the Alta Vista Elementary district: 10 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Suspensions: 5.4% of students were suspended at least once (30 of 552). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

531

students in grades TK–8.

Hispanic or Latino 86%White 12%Pacific Islander 3%

Family income

91%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 482 of 531. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

26

teachers, with 11 years of experience on average.

23% were in their first year.

82% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

40%

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 (83 of 209 students).

Alta Vista Elementary: 39%. 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.

Missing school, by grade
Grades 4–6
13 in 100 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent (19 of 149).
Grades 7–8
17 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (22 of 131).

Our records hold no figure for Grades TK–3.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino86%
White12%
Pacific Islander3%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
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: 20.5 of 25 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups scored below the same groups across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 302 tested17%California 37%
  • Low-incomeMath · 302 tested9%California 28%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 282 tested19%California 38%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 282 tested10%California 28%
  • English learnersEnglish · 154 tested3%California 11%
  • English learnersMath · 154 tested2%California 12%

17% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 9% in math (grades 3–8, spring 2026), against 37% and 28% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students and English learners also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–8, 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 3–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Alta Vista Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 302 tested
English17%017%−2037%
Math9%09%−1928%
Hispanic or Latino · 282 tested
English19%019%−1938%
Math10%010%−1828%
English learners · 154 tested
English3%03%−811%
Math2%02%−1012%

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

Homeless students, 48 tested: no rate for grades 4–8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students, students of two or more races, students with disabilities 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 Vista Elementary. 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.

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Staff

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Alta Vista Elementary 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

36

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?

$17,738 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student. Alta Vista Elementary’s plan for 2026–27 covers $6 million.

$17,738

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$17,738
The school’s share of district office costs
$0
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,557
  • Alta Vista Elementary$17,738
  • 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 ↓

Alta Vista Elementary’s yearly plan

$6million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$5million

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 $6 million of $13 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Alta Vista Elementary Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27.

The neighborhood

What is the area around Alta Vista Elementary like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93257. They are not figures for the families at Alta Vista Elementary.

Typical household income in a year

$59,704

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 93257.

Typical home value
$288,200
People who live in this ZIP code
80,467
Typical age
30.6 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
14%

What you can do

Who can act on Alta Vista Elementary’s results?

The state has Alta Vista Elementary in targeted support; Alta Vista Elementary’s board decides its 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.

What has the state flagged?

The state named it because results were low for White students. This support comes with a school improvement plan, which must use approaches with evidence behind them. Ask the principal to see the school improvement plan.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving Alta Vista Elementary extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. The 2026 Dashboard flagged results for English learners on two measures: math, and progress in learning English. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Alta Vista Elementary: CDE’s assistance status files for the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. 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 7 questions to Alta Vista Elementary. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?5.4% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (30 of 552 students); average California elementary school: 1.6%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?15 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (82 of 533 students); average elementary school in the Alta Vista Elementary district: 10 in 100
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?9 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4–8, 2025 (256 students)
  4. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?2% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 3–8, spring 2026 (154 students tested); the same group across California: 12%
  5. 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

How do I get in?

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

Where it is

Where is Alta Vista Elementary?

Address
2293 East Crabtree Avenue, Porterville 93257Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Anna Van NortonAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 21, 2024.

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 6 common questions

How do I get in?

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

Is Alta Vista Elementary a good school?

Alta Vista Elementary has a Scope Score of 65. It scored higher than 1 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Needs Support, 1st percentile, spring 2026).

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 19 in 100 California middle schools we score (19th percentile, Needs Support, spring 2026)

See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 15 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 10 in 100 at the average elementary school in the Alta Vista Elementary district. 5.4% of students (30 of 552) 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, about the same. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 2 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 9 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 256 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 17% of low-income students in grades 3–8 at Alta Vista Elementary in Porterville scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 37% for the same group across California. 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 #5,627 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math1%3042%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math5%2123%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+70 scale-score pts4020%
Chronically absent15 in 100525%
Suspension rate5.4% (30 of 552)215%
English learners: top level12%445%

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. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

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
2025–26651#5627California 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)
2018–1910 in 1005.2% (33 of 635)−1
2021–22not on filenot on file+4
2022–23not on filenot on file−4
2023–2418 in 1006.0% (34 of 567)−12
2024–2517 in 1009.9% (56 of 564)+11
2025–2615 in 1005.4% (30 of 552)+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 · English3273%18%
2026 · Math3272%9%
2025 · English3266%20%
2025 · Math3392%10%
2024 · English3232%15%
2024 · Math3402%13%
2023 · English3304%16%
2023 · Math3374%11%
2022 · English3423%13%
2022 · Math3441%6%
2019 · English3714%19%
2019 · Math3712%11%
2018 · English3663%18%
2018 · Math3672%11%
2017 · English3691%14%
2017 · Math3680%7%

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 · English402%
2025 · Grade 4 · English4912%
2025 · Grade 5 · English5816%
2025 · Grade 6 · English5917%
2025 · Grade 7 · English6128%
2025 · Grade 8 · English5936%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math430%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math506%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math598%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math6210%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math6311%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math6219%
2024 · Grade 3 · English4817%
2024 · Grade 4 · English5112%
2024 · Grade 5 · English526%
2024 · Grade 6 · English5120%
2024 · Grade 7 · English5828%
2024 · Grade 8 · English638%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math5018%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math549%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math555%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math5422%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math6010%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math6712%
2023 · Grade 3 · English5215%
2023 · Grade 4 · English5511%
2023 · Grade 5 · English5213%
2023 · Grade 6 · English5917%
2023 · Grade 7 · English5912%
2023 · Grade 8 · English5326%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math5213%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math5611%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math547%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math5917%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math623%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math5417%
2022 · Grade 3 · English557%
2022 · Grade 4 · English5227%
2022 · Grade 5 · English5518%
2022 · Grade 6 · English615%
2022 · Grade 7 · English5213%
2022 · Grade 8 · English6712%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math559%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math536%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math555%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math6110%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math536%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math673%
2019 · Grade 3 · English677%
2019 · Grade 4 · English5124%
2019 · Grade 5 · English6517%
2019 · Grade 6 · English5114%
2019 · Grade 7 · English6727%
2019 · Grade 8 · English7026%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math6712%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math5118%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math640%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math5112%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math6716%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math717%
2018 · Grade 3 · English5124%
2018 · Grade 4 · English7017%
2018 · Grade 5 · English5413%
2018 · Grade 6 · English6422%
2018 · Grade 7 · English7517%
2018 · Grade 8 · English5217%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math5118%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math709%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math552%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math6420%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math755%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math5212%
2017 · Grade 3 · English7310%
2017 · Grade 4 · English528%
2017 · Grade 5 · English6218%
2017 · Grade 6 · English7416%
2017 · Grade 7 · English4817%
2017 · Grade 8 · English6017%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math7311%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math510%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math628%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math735%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math494%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math608%

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
Schoolwide1091%9%50%39%

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-income30217%0−20
Hispanic or Latino28219%0−19
English learners1543%0−8
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−2256Average−9256Moderate
Low-income−2238Average−9238Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−1225Average−9225Moderate
English learners0168Average−6168Moderate
English learners only−1797not categorized−1397not categorized
English-only students−978not categorized−1178not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+2771not categorized+971not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−545Average+345Average
White−1025Moderate−625Moderate
Students with disabilities−2524Minimal−2124Minimal
Homeless−1216Moderate+316Average

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. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. 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. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3
2%
exceeded standard · 17% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 48 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
4%
Advanced · 17% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 47 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 47 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−2 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–8

256 students

CDE growth category: Average

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

State model · math−9 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–8

256 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −9 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, 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, 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 · 17 in 100 → 2025–26 · 15 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 9.9% (56 of 564) → 2025–26 · 5.4% (30 of 552) · −4.5 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female11 in 10015 in 100+4 in 100
Male9 in 10016 in 100+7 in 100
Hispanic or Latino6 in 10012 in 100+6 in 100
Pacific Islander9 of 176 of 14—
White19 of 8119 of 62—
Students with disabilities5 of 2315 of 65—
English learners6 in 10010 in 100+4 in 100
Foster youth0 of 22——
Military families1 of 9111 in 100—
Low-income10 in 10015 in 100+5 in 100
All students10 in 10015 in 100+5 in 100
Homeless—25 of 86—

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$15,250 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 515 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$1,557 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 531

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,815 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 63%Instruction support 9%Student services 5%Administration 12%Buildings & maintenance 11%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$6,036,42163.31%63%
Instruction support$875,6069.18%9%
Student services$433,3784.55%5%
Administration$1,097,07711.51%12%
Buildings & maintenance$1,072,78311.25%11%
Total$9,534,384100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $9,534,384 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$15,250 per pupil
2020$13,872 per pupil
2019$13,211 per pupil
2018$12,511 per pupil
2017$12,342 per pupil
Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders12.0%

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 93257 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93257 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$59,704
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14%
ZIP-area population80,467
Median age30.6 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 93257 →

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