Aspire Berkley Maynard Academy: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
Aspire Berkley Maynard Academy posts low test scores — and test scores are one lens among several. If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
Aspire Berkley Maynard Academy scores 21 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 6th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “24% proficient” and call it done. Aspire Berkley Maynard Academy deserves a closer read. The school sits in Oakland, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.
As a charter, Aspire Berkley Maynard Academy enrolls by application, not address — the score reads the same, the enrollment path doesn't.
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 81
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
The community around it
Student demographics
3 more gaps by subject
Subgroups with fewer than 15 students are excluded for privacy. Gaps of less than 3 percentage points are not shown.
Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.
Subgroup Growth by Grade
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 1.4pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +7.6pp.
Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Funding Breakdown
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
For the data nerdsEvery number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 62 | 8% | 11% | 24% | 56% | 19% | −24 |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 16% | 17% | 28% | 40% | 33% | −12 |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 7% | 11% | 24% | 58% | 18% | −30 |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 18% | 23% | 28% | 30% | 42% | −5 |
| Grade 7 | 39 | 3% | 31% | 33% | 33% | 33% | −14 |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 9% | 23% | 34% | 34% | 31% | −15 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 62 | 2% | 27% | 24% | 47% | 29% | −17 |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 15% | 15% | 38% | 33% | 29% | −13 |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 2% | 11% | 20% | 67% | 13% | −22 |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 15% | 12% | 39% | 34% | 27% | −8 |
| Grade 7 | 39 | 5% | 8% | 36% | 51% | 13% | −21 |
| Grade 8 | 36 | 8% | 3% | 22% | 67% | 11% | −21 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 80 | 0% | 4% | 44% | 53% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 265 | 27.9% | +4 | −10 |
| Black/African American | 171 | 22.8% | +2 | −10 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 79 | 29.1% | +7 | −10 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspire Berkley Maynard Academy ← | — | 21 | 8.1% | 23.6% | −8.6 | 4.4% |
| Ruth Acty Elementary | 2.4 mi | 82 | 62.7% | 85.6% | −4.9 | 0.1% |
| Beach Elementary | 2.5 mi | 81 | 63.1% | 89.7% | +2.2 | 2.1% |
| Yu Ming Charter | 1.8 mi | 81 | 62.2% | 82.8% | +4.1 | 0.3% |
| California average | — | 43 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 10 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means