Bagby Elementary: The score is strong. The trajectory is stronger.
Bagby pairs 73% proficiency with gains that hold up when the same students are tracked two years apart — the rare school that posts both.
Bagby Elementary scores 73 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 93rd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
Most rating sites would stop at “73% proficient” and call it done. Bagby deserves a closer read. It sits at the 93rd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
The headline number: 49.8% of students scored in the top band on the state test. The California average is 21.3%.
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 honest read: the share exceeding rises 19.8pp across grades; the floor rises 19.6pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what changed — new curriculum, new principal, new program. Momentum has a cause, and a visit will find it.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 80
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 72
Nearby High Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 68
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 45.0pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +25.2pp.
Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Funding Breakdown
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
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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 | 89 | 39% | 27% | 15% | 19% | 66% | +23 |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 53% | 13% | 19% | 16% | 66% | +21 |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 59% | 27% | 7% | 7% | 86% | +38 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 92 | 40% | 35% | 8% | 17% | 75% | +29 |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 39% | 30% | 22% | 9% | 69% | +27 |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 68% | 11% | 14% | 7% | 79% | +44 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 72 | 57% | 17% | 24% | 3% |
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 | 29 | 44.8% | +2 | +7 |
| White | 69 | 81.2% | +4 | +19 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 62 | 46.8% | +4 | +8 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagby Elementary ← | — | 73 | 49.8% | 73.5% | +11.9 | 0.3% |
| Alta Vista Elementary | 2.8 mi | 84 | 60.1% | 80.5% | +5.5 | 0.4% |
| Oster Elementary | 1.6 mi | 81 | 57.9% | 78.3% | +2.1 | 1.2% |
| Carlton Elementary | 2.5 mi | 76 | 56.1% | 76.5% | −4.5 | 1.0% |
| California average | — | 43 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |