Audubon K-8: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
Audubon K-8 posts low test scores — and suspensions run below the state rate (0.4% vs 1.6%). If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 22 | 10% | 24% | -4.7 | 29.1% | 0.4% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Audubon K-8 scores 22 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 5th 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. Audubon K-8 deserves a closer read. The school sits in San Diego, 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.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 54th to the 5th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 24% meet the standard today, versus 40% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 33% | 37% | 30% | 41% | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 41% | 25% | 18% | 17% | 26% |
| Grade 5 | 50% | 35% | 15% | 22% | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 20% | 41% | 38% | 29% | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 43% | 41% | 30% | 29% | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 28% | 36% | 27% | 38% | 36% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 31% | 49% | 40% | 46% | 29% |
| Grade 4 | 41% | 31% | 21% | 28% | 30% |
| Grade 5 | 44% | 20% | 8% | 16% | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 13% | 20% | 19% | 18% | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 27% | 33% | 23% | 27% | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 17% | 25% | 24% | 20% | 35% |
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 6 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Audubon K-8 in San Diego, 24.4% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 42.6% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Audubon K-8 trails its district average for low-income students by 18.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (26.1% Math proficient); Hispanic students (22.9% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 24.6 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 250 students tested.
8 of 16 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 2.4pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +5.6pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Grades 4–6 students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 7–8 students (36.1% vs 19.2%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the upper grades.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$1,771 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 19% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 53
Nearby Middle Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 31
Nearby High Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 39
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
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 | 48 | 8% | 10% | 25% | 56% | 19% | −25 |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 11% | 16% | 21% | 53% | 26% | −18 |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 8% | 11% | 16% | 65% | 19% | −29 |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 6% | 28% | 25% | 42% | 34% | −13 |
| Grade 7 | 66 | 3% | 20% | 32% | 45% | 23% | −25 |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 10% | 26% | 21% | 43% | 36% | −10 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 49 | 12% | 16% | 35% | 37% | 29% | −17 |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 13% | 18% | 38% | 33% | 30% | −12 |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 5% | 14% | 19% | 62% | 19% | −16 |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 9% | 20% | 33% | 38% | 29% | −6 |
| Grade 7 | 66 | 6% | 21% | 26% | 47% | 27% | −7 |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 14% | 21% | 26% | 40% | 35% | +3 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 80 | 8% | 11% | 54% | 28% |
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 | 250 | 24.4% | −18 | −14 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 223 | 22.9% | −18 | −16 |
| English Learners | 77 | 2.6% | −6 | −8 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audubon K-8 ← | — | 22 | 9.5% | 23.6% | −4.7 | 0.4% |
| Sunnyside Elementary | 2.7 mi | 57 | 31.7% | 58.8% | +8.5 | 1.1% |
| Bethune K-8 | 1.9 mi | 53 | 27.8% | 54.9% | +6.9 | 0.7% |
| Zamorano Elementary | 2.2 mi | 48 | 23.3% | 48.7% | +4.3 | 1.5% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 44 | 54 | #2538 | 15.4% | 39.9% | 19.8% | 5.2% | +15.1pp |
| 2022 | 27 | 25 | #4275 | 13.3% | 32.9% | 51.8% | 0.5% | -15.7pp |
| 2023 | 19 | 4 | #5504 | 12.2% | 22.2% | 40.8% | 0.0% | -23.4pp |
| 2024 | 21 | 5 | #5466 | 10.5% | 28.2% | 30.3% | 0.4% | -25.0pp |
| 2025 | 22 | 5 | #5480 | 9.5% | 23.6% | 29.1% | 0.4% | -4.7pp |
- — 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 14 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 15.8% | 33.3% | +17.5pp |
| Male | 23.5% | 28.1% | +4.6pp |
| Black/African American | 16.0% | 20.7% | +4.7pp |
| Filipino | 8.3% | — | — |
| White | 0.0% | 16.0% | +16.0pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 21.9% | 32.9% | +11.0pp |
| Two or More Races | 17.9% | 20.0% | +2.1pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 21.6% | 36.3% | +14.7pp |
| English Learners | 20.5% | 36.7% | +16.2pp |
| Homeless | 25.0% | 33.6% | +8.6pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 19.9% | 31.7% | +11.8pp |
| All Students | 19.9% | 30.4% | +10.5pp |
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