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Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences — Rating & test scores

1525 West Main Street, El Centro · 230 students · Grades TK–6

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Scope Score 74

DevelopingScope Score · 47th percentile. Higher than 47 in 100 of the 5,726 California public elementary schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Near California in English (reading and writing) and math: 48% and 35% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, against 46% and 42%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 94 in English, 95 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

This rating covers grades 3–5. Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences teaches TK–6.

Overview

Is this school a good elementary school?

Developing. Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences is higher than most California elementary schools on English test results and progress in both subjects. Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences is lower than most on math test results and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced5948%
Math, Proficient or Advanced4535%
English, Advanced5521%
Math, Advanced5417%

Progress in a year, 2025

English66+7 pts
Math67+8 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance4517 in 100
Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100El Centro Elementary’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 4–6 scored higher than California students who had the same scores the year before, in English (+7 pts) and math (+8 pts). The state calls both results Accelerated.

Each bar is Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 91. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored 7 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 8 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

English

+7

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino90+5 points
Low-income74+4 points
English learners50+3 points
Students with disabilities17+11 points

Math

+8

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino90+7 points
Low-income74+10 points
English learners50+13 points
Students with disabilities17+14 points

Grades 4–6, 2025, 91 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 7 points above that expected score, and in math 8 points above it.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

3 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 0.9 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. LincolnNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7863rd
  2. SunflowerNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7655th
  3. HardingNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7551st
  4. Ballington Academy for the Arts and SciencesScope Score 7447th
  5. Imperial Valley Home School AcademyCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7446th
  6. McKinleyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7442nd
  7. Margaret HedrickNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7231st
  8. Martin Luther King Jr.Neighborhood school · by addressScope Score 6914th
El Centro ElementaryCharter

A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%0%25%50%75%100%

5 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does this school compare with schools like it?

Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences’s Scope Score is 74. 1,094 California elementary schools, counting Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 73. Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences’s result is higher than 715 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 1,094

  1. Students from low-income families: 71%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 72%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 91st percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 90th percentile

1,094 California public elementary schools where 71% to 83% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public elementary school we score where 71% to 83% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences’s share. The count includes Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 45% to 48% and math from 32% to 35%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 3–5. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202639%44%48%Ballington Academy for the Arts and SciencesThis school46%CaliforniaCalifornia40%El Centro ElementaryDistrict

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202632%39%42%CaliforniaCalifornia35%Ballington Academy for the Arts and SciencesThis school31%El Centro ElementaryDistrict

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. El Centro Elementary’s line combines its 11 elementary schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. El Centro Elementary’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringBallington Academy for the Arts and SciencesEl Centro ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201744%39%45%98
201840%41%49%111
201936%40%50%122
202229%30%45%98
202339%33%44%106
202443%37%45%102
202545%39%46%98
202648%40%46%94
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringBallington Academy for the Arts and SciencesEl Centro ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201739%32%40%101
201842%30%42%100
201931%33%44%122
202225%22%38%97
202331%27%40%106
202432%30%41%102
202532%31%41%98
202635%31%42%95

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in English; below it in math.

English

48%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

35172721
El Centro Elementary40%California46%

Math

35%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

38271817
El Centro Elementary32%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 48% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 35% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

How does math compare with English?

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, math trails English by 13 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 4 points across California. The grades 3–5 cards above give each subject’s share.

How does grade 6 do?

Above California in both subjects. In grade 6, spring 2026, 54% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 45% in math, against 48% and 37% across California.

English

54%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

13332826
El Centro Elementary47%California48%

Math

45%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

42132718
El Centro Elementary30%California37%
Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced50%41%50%
Advanced29%18%13%
Proficient21%23%37%
Developing level19%18%13%
Minimal31%41%37%
Tested422230
California44%46%49%
Difference+6−5+1
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced54%
Advanced26%
Proficient28%
Developing level33%
Minimal13%
Tested39
California48%
Difference+6

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced52%23%19%
Advanced26%9%10%
Proficient26%14%9%
Developing level22%27%36%
Minimal26%50%45%
Tested422231
California47%42%37%
Difference+5−19−18
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced45%
Advanced18%
Proficient27%
Developing level13%
Minimal42%
Tested40
California37%
Difference+8

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school21%27%17%35%94
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · El Centro Elementary17%23%21%39%1,658
Math, grades 3–5 · This school17%18%27%38%95
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · El Centro Elementary12%20%30%38%1,661
English, grade 6 · This school26%28%33%13%39
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · El Centro Elementary17%30%24%29%558
Math, grade 6 · This school18%27%13%42%40
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · El Centro Elementary13%17%25%45%559

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 94 tested in English, 95 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 96% of students. 44 of 263 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

17in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (44 of 263 students).

At the average elementary school in the El Centro Elementary district: 15 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Suspensions: 0 students were suspended at least once. Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

230

students in grades TK–6.

Hispanic or Latino 96%

Family income

77%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 176 of 230. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

18

teachers, with 7 years of experience on average.

28% were in their first year.

89% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

54%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (35 of 65 students).

El Centro Elementary: 49%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino96%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 17 of 19 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino students here scored well above the same group across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 92 tested42%California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 93 tested34%California 30%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 131 tested49%California 37%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 132 tested37%California 30%

49% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 37% for the same group across California.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–6 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs El Centro Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 92 tested in English, 93 in math
English42%+339%+636%
Math34%+628%+430%
Hispanic or Latino · 131 tested in English, 132 in math
English49%+841%+1237%
Math37%+730%+730%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in El Centro Elementary, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

English learners: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, students with disabilities and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

Answer the family questionsResponder en españolHow family answers work

The school day

What is the school day like?

Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

18

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

The neighborhood

What is the area around this school like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 92243. They are not figures for the families at Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences.

Typical household income in a year

$55,057

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 92243.

Typical home value
$317,900
People who live in this ZIP code
49,069
Typical age
31.1 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
15%

What you can do

Who can act on this school’s results?

Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences’ own board decides its plan.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 5 questions to Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What extra help do low-income students get, and how do you know it’s working?34% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 3–6, spring 2026 (93 students tested); the same group across California: 30%

Before you apply

  1. Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
  2. What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

Getting in

What comes after this school, and how do I get in?

Ask Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. No assigned next school.

Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences is a charter, so a student’s later schools follow the family’s home address, not this campus, unless the family applies elsewhere. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences
    Grades TK–6Scope Score 74Developing · 47th percentile
  2. Middle
    Wilson Jr. High
    Scope Score 74Developing · 43rd percentile · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Wilson Jr. High

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 74 · Developing · 43rd percentile · middle · 2026

  • Kennedy Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 74 · Developing · 42nd percentile · middle · 2026

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

Where it is

Where is this school?

Address
1525 West Main Street, El Centro 92243Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Doreen MulzAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated February 9, 2023.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓

Is Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences a good elementary school?

Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences has a Scope Score of 74. It scored higher than 47 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Developing, 47th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 17 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 15 in 100 at the average elementary school in the El Centro Elementary district. 0 of 269 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored 7 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 8 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 91 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 42% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences in El Centro scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $1.9 million is planned for 16 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 50% of its $3.7 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

Its own plan

What does this school’s own plan commit to?

$1.9 million is planned for 16 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 50% of its $3.7 million general fund budget.

$1.9million

planned in the school’s own plan for 2026–27

The two largest actions in the plan

  • ELD Instruction$184,505
  • EL Newcomer Support$19,317

These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 64 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

The whole plan: every goal, what it measures and what it pays for

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 64 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

ELD Instruction and EL Newcomer Support take 11% of the money.

Reading, math and catch-up help

2 of the plan’s 16 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

  • English learners $203,822

Largest of these

  • ELD Instruction$184,505
  • EL Newcomer Support$19,317
For high-need students

It plans $1.3 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $1.4 million and estimates it spent $1.5 million, $0.1 million (4%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $135,946 (8%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. We couldn’t match $1.7 million of this $1.9 million plan to individual actions in last year’s plan. These lists cover the rest.

Largest increases

  • ELD Instruction+⁠$84,414
  • EL Newcomer Support+⁠$6,543
What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grades 3–5 only: 48% in English and 35% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 243%50%up 7 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 230%38%up 8 pts
Chronically absentGoal 316 in 10017 in 1001 more in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 30 of 2580 of 269no change

Goal 1 isn’t shown because it tracks other measures.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • ELD Instruction · $184,505
  • EL Newcomer Support · $19,317
The full plan3 goals, 27 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($1.9 million).

Where does the money go?

78% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1All students will have equitable access to highly qualified teachers and staff, well- maintained facilities…$1.4 million78% of action budgets

“All students will have equitable access to highly qualified teachers and staff, well- maintained facilities, and robust, standards-aligned instruction and materials” p. 8 ↗

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.4 million (+⁠$90,820)

Action titles are in the plan: p. 31 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Title not confirmed · $992,552 · p. 31 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed · $196,914 · p. 31 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed · $194,310 · p. 31 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed · $42,252 · p. 31 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed · $15,312 · p. 31 ↗not compared

How the plan measures it · 7 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 8 ↗.

Goal 2All students will demonstrate growth toward meeting or exceeding standards in English Language Arts, Math, and Science$390,76621% of action budgets

6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $344,419 (+⁠$46,347) · p. 12 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. ELD Instruction$184,505action 2.5 · p. 31 ↗
  2. EL Newcomer Support$19,317action 2.6 · p. 31 ↗

4 more actions are in the plan, counted in the goal’s total: p. 31 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. ELD Instruction+⁠$84,414$100,091 → $184,505 · p. 31 ↗
  2. EL Newcomer Support+⁠$6,543$12,774 → $19,317 · p. 31 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Title not confirmed · $81,438 · p. 31 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed · $80,286 · p. 31 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed · $14,920 · p. 31 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed · $10,300 · p. 31 ↗not compared

How the plan measures it · 10 measures · 3 quoted

  • % of students in grades 3-6 who meet or exceed standards in ELA p. 13 ↗
    Baseline
    All 37.4% …
    Target for year 3
    All 50% …
  • Distance from Standard (DFS) in ELA p. 13 ↗
    Baseline
    All -22 …
    Target for year 3
    All -14 …
  • Distance from Standard (DFS) in Math p. 14 ↗
    Baseline
    All -32 …
    Target for year 3
    All -20 …

7 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 3All students, families, and staff will feel connected to the school community, engaged in their respective…$25,6541% of action budgets

“All students, families, and staff will feel connected to the school community, engaged in their respective work, and supported to be their best” p. 18 ↗

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $26,875 (−⁠$1,221)

Action titles are in the plan: p. 31 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Title not confirmed · $10,359 · p. 31 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed · $5,923 · p. 31 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed · $4,436 · p. 31 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed · $4,436 · p. 31 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed · $500 · p. 31 ↗not compared

How the plan measures it · 10 measures · 1 quoted

  • Chronic Absenteeism rate p. 21 ↗
    Baseline
    All 32.4% …
    Target for year 3
    All 20% …

9 more measures in the plan’s table.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #3,034 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #5 of 11 in El Centro Elementary
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math18%4642%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math39%4723%
Chronically absent17 in 100505%
Suspension rate0 of 269625%
English learners: top level14%465%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)-16.5pp—not scored

Index is where the school's value sits among the California elementary schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. The weights above add to 80%: the remaining 20%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267447#3034California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–19not on filenot on file−17
2021–22not on filenot on file−6
2022–23not on filenot on file−21
2023–2418 in 1000 of 274−20
2024–2516 in 1000 of 258+20
2025–2617 in 1000 of 269−17

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English13323%50%
2026 · Math13517%38%
2025 · English11821%43%
2025 · Math12019%30%
2024 · English13820%43%
2024 · Math13814%29%
2023 · English13114%37%
2023 · Math13118%33%
2022 · English1269%29%
2022 · Math1237%24%
2019 · English14714%33%
2019 · Math14710%28%
2018 · English14111%40%
2018 · Math12810%38%
2017 · English12211%45%
2017 · Math12511%36%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English2330%
2025 · Grade 4 · English3540%
2025 · Grade 5 · English4058%
2025 · Grade 6 · English2035%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math2326%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math3526%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math4040%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math2223%
2024 · Grade 3 · English3444%
2024 · Grade 4 · English4050%
2024 · Grade 5 · English2832%
2024 · Grade 6 · English3644%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math3438%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math4042%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math2811%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math3619%
2023 · Grade 3 · English4551%
2023 · Grade 4 · English2532%
2023 · Grade 5 · English3628%
2023 · Grade 6 · English2532%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math4536%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math2544%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math3617%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math2540%
2022 · Grade 3 · English2631%
2022 · Grade 4 · English4025%
2022 · Grade 5 · English3231%
2022 · Grade 6 · English2832%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math2635%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math3921%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math3222%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math2619%
2019 · Grade 3 · English3847%
2019 · Grade 4 · English4430%
2019 · Grade 5 · English4032%
2019 · Grade 6 · English2520%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math3845%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math4425%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math4025%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math2512%
2018 · Grade 3 · English4255%
2018 · Grade 4 · English4045%
2018 · Grade 5 · English2910%
2018 · Grade 6 · English3043%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math3754%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math3949%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math2412%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math2825%
2017 · Grade 3 · English4161%
2017 · Grade 4 · English2623%
2017 · Grade 5 · English3139%
2017 · Grade 6 · English2450%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math4279%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math277%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math3212%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math2425%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide3110%6%61%23%

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.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income9242%+3+6
Hispanic or Latino13149%+8+12
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students+791Accelerated+891Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+590Accelerated+790Accelerated
Low-income+474Average+1074Accelerated
English learners+350Average+1350Accelerated
English learners only−938not categorized+838not categorized
English-only students+1035not categorized035not categorized
Students with disabilities+1117Accelerated+1417Accelerated
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+3212not categorized+2512not categorized

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4–6. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+7 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–6

91 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +7 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+8 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–6

91 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +8 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4–6, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 16 in 100 → 2025–26 · 17 in 100 · +1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 258 → 2025–26 · 0 of 269 · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—15 in 100—
Male—18 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—18 in 100—
Students with disabilities—10 of 37—
English learners—17 of 85—
Low-income—19 in 100—
All students—17 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,218 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 5,292 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,578 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 65%Instruction support 9%Student services 8%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 12%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$66,769,00165.04%65%
Instruction support$9,600,2719.35%9%
Student services$8,001,7787.79%8%
Administration$6,515,3626.35%6%
Buildings & maintenance$11,772,31911.47%12%
Total$102,658,731100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $102,658,731 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$15,218 per pupil
2020$13,948 per pupil
2019$13,513 per pupil
2018$10,721 per pupil
2017$10,265 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders5.3%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 92243 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92243 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$55,057
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)15%
ZIP-area population49,069
Median age31.1 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 92243 →

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