Public school · Del Mar Union Elementary

Carmel Del Mar Elementary

San Diego · K–6 · 562 students (2024–25)

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89 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
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Well above California in English and math: 86% and 89% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 41% statewide. Source

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 3–5: 259 in English, 261 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 3, 4 and 5 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,232,086 in English and 1,241,652 in math tested).

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Academic achievement

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Learning

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Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 64%
Met standard: 22%
Below standard: 14%

86% met or exceeded · 259 tested

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Level	Here	California	Del Mar Union Elementary
Exceeded	64%	24%	58%
Met	22%	22%	23%
Nearly met	8%	21%	12%
Not met	6%	33%	7%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 70%
Met standard: 19%
Below standard: 11%

89% met or exceeded · 261 tested

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Level	Here	California	Del Mar Union Elementary
Exceeded	70%	21%	59%
Met	19%	20%	24%
Nearly met	7%	25%	11%
Not met	4%	34%	6%

English

grade 6Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 63%
Met standard: 22%
Below standard: 15%

85% met or exceeded · 99 tested

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Level	Here	California	Del Mar Union Elementary
Exceeded	63%	20%	55%
Met	22%	28%	30%
Nearly met	13%	24%	10%
Not met	2%	28%	5%

Math

grade 6Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 70%
Met standard: 18%
Below standard: 12%

88% met or exceeded · 101 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Del Mar Union Elementary
Exceeded	70%	20%	64%
Met	18%	17%	20%
Nearly met	10%	24%	10%
Not met	2%	39%	6%

What these tests tell you · what to ask

Reading and math results for the tested grades. These do not measure the experience in kindergarten or the early grades.

Ask: How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?

Things worth knowing

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In 2025, students in grades 4–6 scored above what the state expected from their own earlier scores. The state calls them Accelerated in English and Exceptional in math.grades 4–6 · 2025

+18 ptsEnglish · above expected+28 ptsMath · above expected

Source: CDE growth model, 2025
Students: students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 259
Comparison: 259 students in grades 4–6 with scores in both years. 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.

64% in English and 70% in math reached the top of the state’s four levels, about three times California’s rate in the same grades (24% and 21%).grades 3–5 · spring 2025

64%English · exceeded the standard70%Math · exceeded the standard

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 3–5: 259 in English, 261 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 3, 4 and 5 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,232,086 in English and 1,241,652 in math tested).

In grade 6, 85% met or exceeded the standard in English and 88% in math, against 48% and 37% statewide.grade 6 · spring 2025

85%English · met or exceeded the standard88%Math · met or exceeded the standard

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grade 6: 99 in English, 101 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 6 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 418,255 in English and 420,720 in math tested).

Comparisons & progress

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Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school86%

California46%

Tested: 259 here · 1,232,086 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school86%

Del Mar Union Elementary81%

Tested: 259 here · 1,634 in Del Mar Union Elementary. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 9 schools.

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Level	Here	California	Del Mar Union Elementary
Exceeded	64%	24%	58%
Met	22%	22%	23%
Nearly met	8%	21%	12%
Not met	6%	33%	7%

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school89%

California41%

Tested: 261 here · 1,241,652 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school89%

Del Mar Union Elementary83%

Tested: 261 here · 1,647 in Del Mar Union Elementary. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 9 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Del Mar Union Elementary
Exceeded	70%	21%	59%
Met	19%	20%	24%
Nearly met	7%	25%	11%
Not met	4%	34%	6%

English

grade 6Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school85%

California48%

Tested: 99 here · 418,255 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school85%

Del Mar Union Elementary85%

Tested: 99 here · 551 in Del Mar Union Elementary. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 9 schools.

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Level	Here	California	Del Mar Union Elementary
Exceeded	63%	20%	55%
Met	22%	28%	30%
Nearly met	13%	24%	10%
Not met	2%	28%	5%

Math

grade 6Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school88%

California37%

Tested: 101 here · 420,720 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school88%

Del Mar Union Elementary84%

Tested: 101 here · 555 in Del Mar Union Elementary. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 9 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Del Mar Union Elementary
Exceeded	70%	20%	64%
Met	18%	17%	20%
Nearly met	10%	24%	10%
Not met	2%	39%	6%

Progress over time

Are students making progress?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · all students tested

201989%204 tested

→

202586%259 tested

Carmel Del Mar

California, same grades50% → 46%2019 → 2025 · 1,332,547 → 1,232,086 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · all students tested

201991%206 tested

→

202589%261 tested

Carmel Del Mar

California, same grades44% → 41%2019 → 2025 · 1,338,625 → 1,241,652 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

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Grades 3–5 are well above California. Grade 6 are also well above it.

English met or exceeded, grades 3–5

Carmel Del MarCalifornia

0%50%100%201920222025No comparable state tests (COVID)86%46%

Math met or exceeded, grades 3–5

Carmel Del MarCalifornia

0%50%100%201920222025No comparable state tests (COVID)89%41%

Dotted stretches cross years without comparable results; in 2020 and 2021 that was COVID.

English went from 89% in 2019 to 86% in 2025. Math went from 91% in 2019 to 89% in 2025. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
Year	Carmel Del Mar	California
2019	89% 204 tested	50% 1,332,547 tested
2022	88% 264 tested	45% 1,260,830 tested
2023	84% 265 tested	44% 1,247,801 tested
2024	80% 287 tested	45% 1,235,509 tested
2025	86% 259 tested	46% 1,232,086 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
Year	Carmel Del Mar	California
2019	91% 206 tested	44% 1,338,625 tested
2022	88% 267 tested	38% 1,265,943 tested
2023	86% 277 tested	40% 1,256,519 tested
2024	86% 290 tested	41% 1,249,262 tested
2025	89% 261 tested	41% 1,241,652 tested

The state’s growth measure259 students · grades 4–6 · 2025

English+18ptsCDE level: Accelerated (4 of 5)

Math+28ptsCDE level: Exceptional (5 of 5)

What the number means. California predicts each student’s score from that student’s own English and math scores the year before, based on how students with similar scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as predicted. In English they scored 18 points above that prediction, and in math 28 points above it.

The levels. CDE sorts every school’s result into five levels, from Minimal to Exceptional. The bar under each number shows where this school landed.

Two years at once. For most schools, this one included, CDE’s figure blends the two most recent years of growth, so it moves more slowly than a single year’s scores.

Why our growth can differ. The growth in our Scope Score asks a different question. It doesn’t follow individual students: it compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier, and places that change among California schools at the same level. Children who joined or left the school in between count in ours; the state’s counts only students who took California’s test the year before. So the two can point different ways.

School pattern, spring 2025High CeilingThe average Exceeded rate across the reported grades and subjects is at least 50%.

School pattern, spring 2025Solid BaseThe average Met + Exceeded rate across the reported grades and subjects is at least 65%.

School pattern, spring 2025Growth EngineThe school’s aggregate cohort-change index clears our stronger-gains threshold. This is a school-level comparison across years, not tracking of individual children.

Life at school

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What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

6 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

7in 100 at the average Del Mar Union Elementary school18in 100 at the average California elementary school

36 of 588 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school6 in 100

at the average Del Mar Union Elementary school7 in 100

at the average California elementary school18 in 100

0.3%of students were suspended at least once (2 of 602), 2024–25

0.6%at the average Del Mar Union Elementary school1.6%at the average California elementary school

Attendance by grade

Chronically absent, 2024–25	Per 100 students	Students
TK and kindergarten	9	6 of 69
Grades 1–3	5	11 of 220
Grades 4–6	6	19 of 299

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Every learner

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Kids like mine

How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grades 3–6 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Asian

157 English · 160 math tested

English90% / 72%

Math94% / 71%

White

134 tested per subject

English87% / 60%

Math87% / 54%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Met or exceeded the standardgrades 3–6 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Del Mar Union Elementary	vs California
Asian · 157 tested in English, 160 in math
English	90%	+288%	+1872%
Math	94%	+292%	+2371%
White · 134 tested
English	87%	+780%	+2760%
Math	87%	+681%	+3354%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Del Mar Union Elementary, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

Low-income students, students of two or more races and English learners: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, 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.

How each student group did

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Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

Asian43%
White37%
Hispanic or Latino8%
Two or more races7%
Not reported2%
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Unallocated share3%

Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.

Full student mix, comparisons & sources

Eligible enrollment, 2024–25	Here
Asian	43%
White	37%
Hispanic or Latino	8%
Two or more races	7%
Not reported	2%
Black or African American	—
Filipino	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

1 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (10%, 59 of 562). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers28

Average experience17 years

First-year teachers0%

99% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 98.61%: 35.3 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 35.8 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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12345 Carmel Park Drive, San Diego 92130

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Schools to explore

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Nearby elementary schoolsStatewide percentile

Solana Highlands Elementary1.1 mi96thStrong
Del Mar Heights Elementary1.2 mi97thStrong
Ocean Air1.2 mi99thStrong

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar elementary schools2025 statewide percentile

Donlon ElementaryPleasanton Unified · 700 enrolled · 10.4% meal eligibility91stStrong
Lanai Road ElementaryLos Angeles Unified · 566 enrolled · 10.4% meal eligibility91stStrong
Silva Valley ElementaryBuckeye Union Elementary · 416 enrolled · 10.6% meal eligibility93rdStrong
Fairlands ElementaryPleasanton Unified · 670 enrolled · 10.6% meal eligibility91stStrong
Golden View ElementarySan Ramon Valley Unified · 654 enrolled · 10.4% meal eligibility95thStrong
Jack L. Weaver ElementaryLos Alamitos Unified · 640 enrolled · 10.3% meal eligibility98thStrong

How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 2.5–18.5% meal eligibility and 281–1,124 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Carmel Del Mar Elementary a good elementary school?

Carmel Del Mar Elementary is in the 99th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. Its Scope Score is 89 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Carmel Del Mar Elementary was well above California in English and math: 86% and 89% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 41% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 3-to-5 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Carmel Del Mar Elementary's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 86% of students tested in grades 3–5 met or exceeded the English standard and 89% the math standard; 64% and 70% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 46% and 41% met or exceeded, 24% and 21% exceeded. 259 students were tested in English and 261 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Carmel Del Mar Elementary rank in California?

Carmel Del Mar Elementary is in the 99th percentile of 5,721 California comprehensive elementary schools (Strong, 2025). Carmel Del Mar Elementary ranks #12 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2023 G3 → 2025 G5), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

Is Carmel Del Mar Elementary getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Carmel Del Mar Elementary's grade 3 results in 2023 with its grade 5 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 94th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.

What do attendance and suspension records show for Carmel Del Mar Elementary?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 6.1% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 36 chronically absent of 588 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 0.3%; 2 unduplicated suspended students of 602 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 6.7%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 0.4%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

How does Carmel Del Mar Elementary compare to other schools in San Diego?

Carmel Del Mar Elementary is in the 99th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 562 students. Use the schools in San Diego page or the map view to compare nearby elementary schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Carmel Del Mar Elementary?

At Carmel Del Mar Elementary in San Diego, 91.3% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 4 and 5, compared to 70.2% district-wide for those same grades and 36.0% statewide for those same grades. Carmel Del Mar Elementary’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 21.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (87.0% met or exceeded the Math standard); Asian students (90.4% met or exceeded the ELA standard). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 23 ELA grade test records. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

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Carmel Del Mar Elementary is ranked #12 statewide · #2 of 9 in Del Mar Union Elementary.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	66.8%	21.4%	42%
Met or exceeded	87.5%	42.7%	23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)	Strong	average	20%
Chronic absenteeism	6.7%	17.9%	5%
Suspension rate	0.4%	1.6%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	50.6%	17.8%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↑ vs CA 21.4% · index 94 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↑ vs CA 42.7% · index 84 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5): ↑ vs CA average · ≈94th calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 17.9% · index 68 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 1.7pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate: ↑ vs CA 1.6% · index 60 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 0.3pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 97 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 3	79	56%	30%	11%	3%	86%	+43
Grade 4	87	68%	16%	8%	8%	84%	+39
Grade 5	93	69%	20%	3%	8%	89%	+42
Grade 6	99	63%	22%	13%	2%	85%	+39

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 3 ELA equal-school mean: 43.1%; n=5714 reporting schools

State grade 4 ELA equal-school mean: 44.6%; n=5721 reporting schools

State grade 5 ELA equal-school mean: 47.7%; n=5721 reporting schools

State grade 6 ELA equal-school mean: 46.1%; n=4084 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
Math	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 3	80	64%	23%	9%	5%	86%	+41
Grade 4	87	72%	21%	6%	1%	93%	+52
Grade 5	94	72%	14%	7%	6%	86%	+51
Grade 6	101	70%	18%	10%	2%	88%	+54

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 3 Math equal-school mean: 45.4%; n=5714 reporting schools

State grade 4 Math equal-school mean: 41.3%; n=5721 reporting schools

State grade 5 Math equal-school mean: 35.0%; n=5724 reporting schools

State grade 6 Math equal-school mean: 34.5%; n=4086 reporting schools

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met+
2024 · Grade 3 · ELA	92	84.8%
2024 · Grade 4 · ELA	96	72.9%
2024 · Grade 5 · ELA	99	83.8%
2024 · Grade 6 · ELA	92	93.5%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math	95	87.4%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math	97	84.5%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math	98	85.7%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	92	85.9%
2023 · Grade 3 · ELA	82	75.6%
2023 · Grade 4 · ELA	93	81.7%
2023 · Grade 5 · ELA	90	93.3%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA	74	86.5%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math	88	79.5%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math	98	90.8%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math	91	87.9%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	75	81.3%
2022 · Grade 3 · ELA	99	82.8%
2022 · Grade 4 · ELA	87	93.1%
2022 · Grade 5 · ELA	78	89.7%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA	95	87.4%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math	101	83.2%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math	87	96.5%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math	79	86.1%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	94	86.2%
2019 · Grade 3 · ELA	62	93.5%
2019 · Grade 4 · ELA	70	82.9%
2019 · Grade 5 · ELA	72	91.7%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA	90	87.8%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math	63	93.7%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math	71	93.0%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math	72	87.5%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	91	82.4%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT
Schoolwide	94	54%	20%	21%	4%

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.

Subgroup · ELA	Tested	MET+	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	23	91.3%	+21	+55
Asian	157	90.4%	+2	+19
White	134	86.6%	+7	+26

Nearest elementary schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = school-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights

School	Dist	Scope · percentile · band	EXC	MET+	Grade gap	Cohort growth	Susp
Carmel Del Mar Elementary ←	—	8999th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	66.8%	87.5%	+1.6pp	+93 pts	0.4%
Solana Highlands Elementary	1.1 mi	7596th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	59.2%	85.3%	−6.3pp	—	0.3%
Del Mar Heights Elementary	1.2 mi	7697th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	59.5%	86.0%	−0.1pp	—	1.3%
Ocean Air	1.2 mi	8599th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	67.5%	89.2%	−6.5pp	—	0.1%
California average	—	39School average · no percentile	21.4%	42.7%	−2.9pp	—	1.6%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

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.

District salary records

Teacher salary schedule$68,098 – $132,885

Average elementary principal salary$172,289

Superintendent salary$319,804

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2019	93/100	99	#23	California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,484 schools
2022	93/100	99	#32	California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,704 schools
2023	85/100	98	#96	California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,696 schools
2024	82/100	98	#69	California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,711 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 7.9% → 2025 · 6.1% · −1.8pp
Suspension rate2024 · 0.6% → 2025 · 0.3% · −0.3pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	358	64.0%	86.0%
2025 · Math	362	69.9%	88.4%
2024 · ELA	379	62.0%	83.6%
2024 · Math	382	68.6%	85.9%
2023 · ELA	339	65.8%	84.4%
2023 · Math	352	61.9%	85.2%
2022 · ELA	359	66.3%	88.0%
2022 · Math	361	69.3%	87.8%
2019 · ELA	294	68.0%	88.8%
2019 · Math	297	70.7%	88.5%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

Year	Scope	Pctile	Rank	Exc	Met+	Absent	Susp	Grade gap
2019	—	—	—	72.7%	90.4%	4.4%	0.1%	-4.0pp
2022	—	—	—	70.0%	88.6%	10.6%	0.6%	+4.9pp
2023	—	—	—	63.0%	84.8%	10.8%	0.8%	+13.0pp
2024	—	—	—	64.1%	83.2%	8.5%	0.7%	-1.3pp
2025	89	99	#12	66.8%	87.5%	6.7%	0.4%	+1.6pp

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.

NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD

Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years

Group	2018–19	2024–25	Δ
Female	2.7%	7.3%	+4.6pp
Male	5.0%	5.1%	+0.1pp
Asian	4.6%	4.8%	+0.2pp
Hispanic/Latino	1.6%	6.1%	+4.5pp
Two or More Races	0.0%	7.3%	+7.3pp
White	4.6%	7.8%	+3.2pp
Students with Disabilities	9.7%	5.9%	-3.8pp
English Learners	4.3%	9.0%	+4.7pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	0.0%	12.3%	+12.3pp
All Students	3.9%	6.1%	+2.2pp

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored

Group	ELA	n	CDE band	Math	n	CDE band
All Students	+18	259	Accelerated	+28	259	Exceptional
English Only	+18	131	not categorised	+20	131	not categorised
Asian	+21	107	Exceptional	+36	107	Exceptional
White	+16	104	Accelerated	+23	104	Exceptional
English Learner	+9	63	Accelerated	+37	63	Exceptional
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	+16	46	not categorised	+35	46	not categorised
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	+13	34	Accelerated	+20	34	Exceptional
Students with Disabilities	+5	30	Accelerated	+7	30	Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino	+11	20	Accelerated	+8	20	Accelerated
Two or More Races	+12	18	Accelerated	+24	18	Exceptional
English Learners Only	−12	17	not categorised	+37	17	not categorised

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2023 · Grade 3

60%

exceeded standard · 76% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2023 · 82 ELA test records with scores

ELA · 2025 · Grade 5

69%

exceeded standard · 89% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2025 · 93 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 85 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe ELA results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · reported-school field

State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

259 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,519 reported ELA ALL school records in its retained school inventory

93rd pctile · +18 pts

State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

259 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,518 reported MATH ALL school records in its retained school inventory

97th pctile · +28 pts

this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median ELA estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. 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 and is not part of the Scope Score.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$18,866 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 3,853 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

School-level federal expenditures$95 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 562

Central federal expenditures attributed here$220 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 562

District current expense · FY 2024–25$23,271 per ADA

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

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

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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 63%Instruction support 11%Student services 6%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%

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.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021

2021$18,866 per pupil

2020$17,046 per pupil

2019$15,584 per pupil

2018$14,474 per pupil

2017$14,090 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 92130

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 92130
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$205,680
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	81.87%
ZCTA population	60,768
Median age	40.0 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/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=5,721 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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