Buckeye School of the Arts: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.
Buckeye School of the Arts posts 32% meeting the standard and 9.6% exceeding it, against 43% and 21.3% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36 | 10% | 32% | -6.5 | 32.2% | 13.5% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Buckeye School of the Arts scores 36 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 31st percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “32% proficient” and call it done. Buckeye School of the Arts deserves a closer read. The school sits in Redding, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 29.2% of English learners reached the top ELPAC level, versus 18.0% statewide.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 31st percentile since 2019.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 32% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 18% | 18% | 19% | 26% | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 38% | 28% | 29% | 21% | 41% |
| Grade 5 | 39% | 36% | 43% | 40% | 43% |
| Grade 6 | 34% | 23% | 27% | 33% | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 18% | 33% | 22% | 25% | 45% |
| Grade 8 | 34% | 26% | 26% | 18% | 37% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 27% | 26% | 26% | 29% | 31% |
| Grade 4 | 43% | 17% | 20% | 19% | 29% |
| Grade 5 | 37% | 16% | 15% | 25% | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 25% | 19% | 16% | 12% | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 23% | 30% | 9% | 20% | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 27% | 29% | 9% | 11% | 15% |
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 falls 9.8pp across grades; the floor rises 7.7pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask what typically leads to a suspension, and what happens before it gets there.
- 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.
How every group of students does here
At Buckeye School of the Arts in Redding, 37.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 36.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Buckeye School of the Arts outperforms its district average for low-income students by 0.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (19.9% Math proficient); White students (42.3% ELA proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 297 students tested.
8 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 5.4pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +8.7pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
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
$857 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), 25% 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 50
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Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
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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 | 17% | 19% | 27% | 38% | 35% | −8 |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 16% | 25% | 18% | 41% | 41% | −4 |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 7% | 36% | 17% | 40% | 43% | −5 |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 5% | 28% | 24% | 43% | 33% | −14 |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 12% | 33% | 17% | 38% | 45% | −3 |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 9% | 28% | 22% | 42% | 37% | −9 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 48 | 10% | 21% | 25% | 44% | 31% | −14 |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 6% | 24% | 24% | 47% | 29% | −12 |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 2% | 9% | 25% | 65% | 11% | −25 |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 5% | 10% | 20% | 64% | 15% | −20 |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 7% | 10% | 32% | 52% | 17% | −17 |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 3% | 12% | 22% | 63% | 15% | −17 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 122 | 3% | 22% | 47% | 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 | 297 | 37.0% | +0 | −1 |
| White | 196 | 42.3% | +3 | −19 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 60 | 35.0% | −3 | −4 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye School of the Arts ← | — | 36 | 9.6% | 31.8% | −6.5 | 13.5% |
| Rocky Point Charter | 0.9 mi | 59 | 23.7% | 54.9% | −15.9 | 1.2% |
| Turtle Bay | 2.5 mi | 49 | 23.5% | 48.5% | −12.5 | 3.0% |
| Redding STEM Academy | 0.3 mi | 43 | 14.9% | 40.6% | +15.8 | 4.7% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 37 | 37 | #3484 | 13.3% | 33.5% | 16.9% | 8.7% | +15.8pp |
| 2022 | 25 | 19 | #4672 | 7.0% | 23.6% | 65.3% | 12.4% | +4.2pp |
| 2023 | 34 | 36 | #3652 | 7.3% | 25.5% | 37.5% | 9.7% | +6.7pp |
| 2024 | 39 | 43 | #3270 | 8.3% | 26.6% | 33.7% | 7.0% | +4.9pp |
| 2025 | 36 | 31 | #3953 | 9.6% | 31.8% | 32.2% | 13.5% | -6.5pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 15.5% | 33.7% | +18.2pp |
| Male | 18.4% | 33.6% | +15.2pp |
| Asian | 11.1% | 17.2% | +6.1pp |
| Black/African American | 9.5% | 41.2% | +31.7pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 14.1% | 32.3% | +18.2pp |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 23.1% | 28.6% | +5.5pp |
| Two or More Races | 30.8% | 31.8% | +1.0pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 19.1% | 45.6% | +26.5pp |
| English Learners | 11.5% | 12.5% | +1.0pp |
| Foster Youth | 20.0% | — | — |
| Homeless | 24.3% | 54.5% | +30.2pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 17.2% | 35.1% | +17.9pp |
| All Students | 17.0% | 33.6% | +16.6pp |
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