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.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 75 | 50% | 73% | +11.9 | 9.6% | 0.3% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Bagby Elementary scores 75 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 95th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “73% proficient” and call it done. Bagby deserves a closer read. It sits at the 95th 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 seven-year arc
Climbed from the 82nd to the 95th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 700 elementary schools.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 73% of students meet the standard today, above the 64% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 64% | 69% | 74% | 72% | 66% |
| Grade 4 | 55% | 73% | 51% | 72% | 66% |
| Grade 5 | 65% | 68% | 65% | 64% | 86% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 70% | 65% | 81% | 77% | 75% |
| Grade 4 | 66% | 68% | 64% | 77% | 69% |
| Grade 5 | 65% | 63% | 58% | 58% | 79% |
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.
- 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 Bagby Elementary in San Jose, 44.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 42.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Bagby Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 2.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (42.9% Math proficient); White students (81.2% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 44.8 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 29 students tested.
7 of 15 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 rises by 45.0pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +25.2pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly three times the rate of Grades 4–6 students (15.4% vs 5.5%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
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.
The people teaching here
What gets spent here
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.
$60 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), 74% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 79
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 69
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.
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 ← | — | 75 | 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 | 80 | 57.9% | 78.3% | +2.1 | 1.2% |
| Carlton Elementary | 2.5 mi | 72 | 56.1% | 76.5% | −4.5 | 1.0% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 61 | 82 | #996 | 34.8% | 64.1% | 3.6% | 0.0% | -2.0pp |
| 2022 | 61 | 88 | #680 | 40.4% | 67.7% | 14.5% | 0.0% | -1.5pp |
| 2023 | 57 | 81 | #1072 | 42.5% | 65.5% | 10.1% | 0.8% | -16.1pp |
| 2024 | 61 | 84 | #942 | 40.6% | 70.1% | 8.6% | 1.3% | -13.8pp |
| 2025 | 75 | 95 | #301 | 49.8% | 73.5% | 9.6% | 0.3% | +11.9pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 3.9% | 6.9% | +3.0pp |
| Male | 3.0% | 11.0% | +8.0pp |
| Asian | 0.0% | 9.4% | +9.4pp |
| Black/African American | 0.0% | 17.6% | +17.6pp |
| White | 8.3% | — | — |
| Hispanic/Latino | 7.3% | 14.0% | +6.7pp |
| Two or More Races | 0.0% | 5.4% | +5.4pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 4.7% | 17.9% | +13.2pp |
| English Learners | 7.5% | 20.0% | +12.5pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 7.9% | 21.2% | +13.3pp |
| All Students | 3.4% | 9.0% | +5.6pp |
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