Bonita Elementary: Scores climb 3.8 points from grade 3 to grade 5. But the zoned next school scores lower.
Bonita holds its own. Scores drop at the schools it feeds into. Ask where its graduates actually enrol, and whether families stay on the zoned path.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51 | 19% | 45% | +3.8 | 15.6% | 3.2% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Bonita Elementary scores 51 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 69th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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📈 On the Rise — Ask how many years the improvement has held, not just the latest one — one strong cohort and a real turnaround can look identical in a single year of data.
Most rating sites would stop at “45% proficient” and call it done. Bonita deserves a closer read. The school sits in Crows Landing, where two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: +3.8pp separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 83rd to the 69th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 45% meet the standard today, versus 60% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 51% | 52% | 32% | 25% | 54% |
| Grade 4 | 63% | 44% | 28% | 40% | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 84% | 61% | 65% | 56% | 71% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 49% | 48% | 36% | 12% | 50% |
| Grade 4 | 63% | 36% | 28% | 40% | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 54% | 45% | 50% | 35% | 41% |
The story this school is actually telling
separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
the zoned path continues to Yolo Junior High, which scores 24 points lower — the data can't say why.
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 2.0pp across grades; the floor rises 16.4pp. 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 which schools families here actually choose next — the zoned path is only the default.
- Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
- Ask which schools families here actually choose next — the zoned path is only the default.
- 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 Bonita Elementary in Crows Landing, 38.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 34.5% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Bonita Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 4.4 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (30.6% Math proficient); Hispanic students (48.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 15.9 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 36 students tested.
8 of 13 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.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The zoned path continues to Yolo Junior High, which scores 24 points lower than this school — worth weighing alongside everything above. Families here often look at charter or magnet options for middle school.
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
What gets spent here
$549 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
At 134 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).
On the state's science test (CAST), 47% 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
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 | 24 | 33% | 21% | 25% | 21% | 54% | +11 |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 16% | 20% | 24% | 40% | 36% | −9 |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 35% | 35% | 0% | 29% | 71% | +23 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 24 | 13% | 38% | 13% | 38% | 50% | +4 |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 8% | 12% | 44% | 36% | 20% | −22 |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 12% | 29% | 29% | 29% | 41% | +6 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 17 | 24% | 24% | 47% | 6% |
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 | 36 | 38.9% | +4 | +1 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 43 | 48.8% | +12 | +10 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonita Elementary ← | — | 51 | 19.5% | 45.3% | +3.8 | 3.2% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 62 | 83 | #953 | 26.9% | 60.5% | 11.4% | 2.3% | +18.9pp |
| 2022 | 47 | 73 | #1560 | 18.5% | 47.7% | 33.7% | 0.1% | +3.2pp |
| 2023 | 50 | 72 | #1584 | 15.6% | 39.9% | 29.2% | 3.9% | +23.4pp |
| 2024 | 34 | 29 | #4056 | 14.8% | 34.5% | 22.0% | 3.5% | +27.0pp |
| 2025 | 51 | 69 | #1769 | 19.5% | 45.3% | 15.6% | 3.2% | +3.8pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 8.1% | 11.3% | +3.2pp |
| Male | 14.8% | 17.9% | +3.1pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 10.7% | 14.6% | +3.9pp |
| Two or More Races | 25.0% | — | — |
| Students with Disabilities | 9.5% | 20.0% | +10.5pp |
| English Learners | 12.5% | 19.4% | +6.9pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 16.5% | 15.6% | -0.9pp |
| All Students | 11.4% | 15.0% | +3.6pp |
| Black/African American | — | 25.0% | — |
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