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American River Charter

Georgetown, CA · Grades TK-12 · 263 students · Black Oak Mine Unified

No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.

31% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 26% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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What this means for your family

Ask whether the low absenteeism and suspension numbers come from what the school does or from the community it serves — both can produce the same numbers, and only a visit tells you which.

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Math

26%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

English

31%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

263

Total enrollment

Chronic absence

5%

Students absent 10% or more of school days

What are you trying to decide?

The overall score is a starting point.

Look at subject results, trends and student groups, then consider the opportunities your child would use.

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grades 3 & 5 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

Share at Proficient or Advanced

0%25%50%75%100%2019: 38%2022: 14%2023: 17%2024: 12%2025: 26%2019: 60%2022: 31%2023: 38%2024: 30%2025: 31%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 38%2022: 14%2023: 17%2024: 12%2025: 26%2019: 60%2022: 31%2023: 38%2024: 30%2025: 31%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201938%60%
202214%31%
202317%38%
202412%30%
202526%31%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025

Slipped from the 44th to the 31st percentile since 2019.

Most rating sites would stop at “28% proficient” and call it done. American River Charter deserves a closer read. One in three of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

The headline number: 5.2% chronic absenteeism — versus 17.9% statewide. Attendance is the quietest strong signal a school can post.

As a charter, American River Charter enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.

133 tested · 3 of 3 grades published · no cohort tracked

American River Charter scores 29 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 31st percentile of 5,721 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 28% meet the standard today, versus 49% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.

Percentile among 5,721 elementary schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 44th percentile · Scope Score 33 of 1002022 · 37th percentile · Scope Score 27 of 1002023 · 28th percentile · Scope Score 24 of 1002024 · 29th percentile · Scope Score 29 of 1002025 · 31st percentile · Scope Score 29 of 100
ELAYellow(Increased)MathYellow(Increased Significantly)
ShowHide the by-grade tables, year by year
ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 355%30%33%36%27%
Grade 455%20%33%28%38%
Grade 565%32%43%27%38%
Grade 654%18%32%21%24%
Grade 753%48%27%24%47%
Grade 863%52%41%44%35%
Grade 1156%64%75%62%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 355%15%28%20%23%
Grade 445%20%19%22%15%
Grade 522%14%7%8%29%
Grade 633%18%14%12%
Grade 726%30%7%29%20%
Grade 831%19%29%19%35%
Grade 1119%4%13%19%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

One in four of students here meet the standard. One in ten clear it by a lot.

ELA38% met or exceeded
Exceeded 13%Met 25%Nearly Met 31%Not Met 32%
Math22% met or exceeded
Exceeded 10%Met 11%Nearly Met 33%Not Met 46%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California elementary schools · average21% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+GrowthAbsenceSuspension
This school2910%28%5.2%0.3%
CA average · Elementary School3921%43%17.9%1.6%
This schoolCA avg
Scope2939
% Exceeded10%21%
% Met+28%43%
Growth
Absence5.2%17.9%
Suspension0.3%1.6%
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25

California's own growth model places it near the 36th percentile of elementary schools.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

California runs its own growth model — it follows individual children in grades 4 through 8 and compares each one against a prediction from their own prior scores. On that measure this school sits a little below the middle of California elementary schools in reading and math together. We show it; we don't score it.

pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California elementary school lands at +2 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −5 and +9 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.

California's growth model, ranked against the schools it scores
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: −3 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 35th percentile of 7,519 reported schools.35th pctile · −3 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: −4 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 36th percentile of 7,518 reported schools.36th pctile · −4 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

How every group of students does here

At American River Charter in Georgetown, 39.1% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 37.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. American River Charter outperforms its district average for low-income students by 1.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (13.0% Math proficient); White students (32.9% ELA proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 23 students tested.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 30% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 30%, district —, state 43%30%
WhiteWhite: this school 26%, district 37%, state 56%26% · −4 vs school
MaleMale: this school 33%, district 39%, state 42%33% · +3 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 15%, district 36%, state 44%15% · −15 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 26%, district 29%, state 32%26% · −4 vs school

6 of 11 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
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Student-group results by grade

Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

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The state's growth model, by student group

California follows these children individually and predicts each one's score from their own prior year. Each row is read against the same group at a typical California elementary school — not against zero, and not against this school's all-students figure, because the state's expectation already differs by group.

Reading
English Only63 studentsEnglish Only, reading: −2 scale-score points versus expectation, against +3 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 63 students.−2 pts · −5 vs typical
White48 studentsWhite, reading: −4 scale-score points versus expectation, against +5 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 48 students.−4 pts · −9 vs typical
Math
English Only64 studentsEnglish Only, math: −4 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 64 students.−4 pts · −5 vs typical
White48 studentsWhite, math: −6 scale-score points versus expectation, against +5 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 48 students.−6 pts · −11 vs typical
this school typical California elementary school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— 1 more group is reported here with between 11 and 29 students. We hold those back on purpose: at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own, and a quarter of such groups land past the state's top or bottom cut point by chance alone. They are listed with their student counts in the data appendix. — A group not listed at all had fewer than 11 students with a growth score, so California published nothing for it here. That is a privacy protection, not a judgment about those students. — Context only. None of this enters the Scope Score.

The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 33 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher33 · district 23
Teaching staff13 teachers
Avg. experience15.5 years
Fully credentialed64%
PrincipalAnne Thomas
ShowHide what the district pays
Teacher salary schedule$52,561 – $96,285
Principal salary$114,473 – $144,703
Superintendent salary$210,000

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here show up more, and get suspended less, than the state average.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 5.2%, district 18.0%, state 17.9%5.2% · −12.6pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 0.3%, district —, state 1.6%0.3% · −1.3pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
ShowHide attendance by student group and by grade
Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–63.0%
Grades 7–80.0%
Grades 9–123.3%
TK/K0.0%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

Explore school spending and the district budget
What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $14,946 per student, about the same as the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $14,946, CA average $14,491$14,946 · spent at this school
District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,974 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 57%Instruction support 8%Student services 15%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 11%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$12,062 per pupil
2019$11,583 per pupil
2018$11,581 per pupil
2017$10,827 per pupil
2016$10,724 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

One in three of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 263 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

On the state's science test (CAST), 39% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino8.4% · district 13.8% · CA 56.1%
White77.6% · district 73.2% · CA 19.9%
Black0.8% · district 0.4% · CA 4.8%
Other13.3% · district 11.9% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch38.0% · CA 64%
Median income$57K · CA $85K
Median home value$361K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+22% · CA 35%
ZIP population3,536
Median age60 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

What is the school’s approach?

School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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What are the alternatives?

Compare schools serving the same grade stage. Private schools have no comparable state-test score.

2025 · elementary schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

SchoolTypePerformance bandAdvancedProficient or AdvancedDistanceSelect
American River CharterCharterDeveloping10%28%School being viewed
Georgetown ElementaryPublicNeeds Support14%30%0.2 mi
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Is American River Charter a good elementary school?
American River Charter has a Scope Score of 29 out of 100, placing it in the 31st percentile of California elementary schools and ranked #3,930 statewide. 9.8% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 11.6 percentage points below the California average of 21.4%. The Scope Score weights 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard (42%), met or exceeded (proficient) (23%), grade 3-to-5 growth (20%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are American River Charter's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 28.5% of students at American River Charter met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 9.8% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 18.6% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 9.8% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 111 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does American River Charter rank in California?
American River Charter ranks #3,930 among California elementary schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 31st percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), grade-level growth (Grade 3 to grade 5 growth), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at American River Charter?
5.2% of students at American River Charter are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 17.9%. The suspension rate is 0.3%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does American River Charter compare to other schools in Georgetown?
American River Charter scores 29/100 (31st percentile) among California elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 263 students. Use the schools in Georgetown page or the map view to compare all elementary schools nearby.
How does American River Charter serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At American River Charter in Georgetown, 39.1% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 37.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. American River Charter outperforms its district average for low-income students by 1.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (13.0% Math proficient); White students (32.9% ELA proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 23 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

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Public sources, visible methods and the underlying school record. Source years and limitations stay attached to the evidence.

How the Scope Score is calculated

On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

The 5 things our score weighs

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Exceeded standard9.8%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded28.5%42.7%23%
Chronic absenteeism5.2%17.9%5%
Suspension rate0.3%1.6%5%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)+8.4pp-2.9pp

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

American River Charter: reading the evidence

American River Charter posts 28% meeting the standard and 9.8% exceeding it, against 43% and 21.4% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

Ask whether the low absenteeism and suspension numbers come from what the school does or from the community it serves — both can produce the same numbers, and only a visit tells you which.

Explore the underlying data →
Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

American River Charter is ranked #3,930 statewide · #2 of 3 in Black Oak Mine Unified.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard9.8%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded28.5%42.7%23%
Chronic absenteeism5.2%17.9%5%
Suspension rate0.3%1.6%5%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)+8.4pp-2.9ppnot scored
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 21.4% · index 39 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 42.7% · index 39 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 17.9% · index 71 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▲ 0.6pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 1.6% · index 61 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · → no change vs 2024
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)
↑ vs CA -2.9pp
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 3268%19%42%31%27%−16
Grade 41315%23%8%54%38%−6
Grade 51613%25%31%31%38%−10
Grade 6258%16%28%48%24%−22
Grade 7157%40%20%33%47%−1
Grade 81712%24%53%12%35%−11
Grade 112129%33%24%14%62%+13
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 32612%12%42%35%23%−22
Grade 4130%15%46%38%15%−26
Grade 51712%18%29%41%29%−6
Grade 6258%4%36%52%12%−22
Grade 7157%13%40%40%20%−14
Grade 81724%12%6%59%35%+3
Grade 112110%10%29%52%19%−5

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide597%32%53%8%

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.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged2339.1%+2+1
White7332.9%−10−29
03Nearest elementary schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
American River Charter ←299.8%28.5%+8.4pp0.3%
Georgetown Elementary0.2 mi2513.9%30.0%−3.3pp5.8%
California average3921.4%42.7%−2.9pp1.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
ShowHide table 04 — More measures
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20193344#30959.8%49.3%10.2%0.3%-11.1pp
20222737#35798.0%21.7%7.4%0.3%+0.2pp
20232428#40992.8%27.3%9.4%0.4%-5.5pp
20242929#40534.9%23.4%4.6%0.3%-10.6pp
20252931#39309.8%28.5%5.2%0.3%+8.4pp
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
What we can't show
  • — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
Group20192025Δ
Female6.9%2.4%-4.5pp
Male13.6%1.3%-12.3pp
Hispanic/Latino0.0%4.2%+4.2pp
White10.6%1.9%-8.7pp
Students with Disabilities5.6%8.3%+2.7pp
Homeless27.3%
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged12.7%0.9%-11.8pp
All Students10.0%1.8%-8.2pp
Two or More Races0.0%
06California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
ShowHide table 06 — California growth model, by student group
GroupReadingnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students−363Average−464Average
English Only−263not categorised−464not categorised
White−448Average−648Moderate
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−1223Moderate−1223Moderate

Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a growth score — published by CDE, held back from the narrative sections above because at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=5,721 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-09-18

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