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Castle Rock Elementary — Rating & test scores

360 North Castle Rock Street, Woodlake · 418 students · Grades 3–5

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Scope Score 75

DevelopingScope Score · 48th percentile. Higher than 48 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), below in math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 43% and 35% scored Proficient or Advanced, 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: 428
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).

Overview

Is Castle Rock a good elementary school?

Developing. Castle Rock is higher than most California elementary schools on attendance. Castle Rock is lower than most on math test results and progress in both subjects. Castle Rock is in the middle on English test results.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced5043%
Math, Proficient or Advanced4535%
English, Advanced5119%
Math, Advanced4714%

Progress in a year, 2025

English29−3 pts
Math39−1 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance808 in 100
Castle Rock’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

37 of 450 students missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26, against 17 in 100 at the average California elementary school. 4.7% of students (21 of 450) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, about three times the rate at the average California elementary school.

Each bar is Castle Rock’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.

Sentence 1
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 450. The California figure is an average of school rates (5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.
Sentence 2
CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 450. The California figure is an average of school rates (5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Castle Rock say about itself?

We haven’t read Castle Rock’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open castlerockwildcats.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored 3 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 1 point lower, which the state calls Average.

English

−3

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino238−3 points
Low-income238−5 points
English learners1020 points
Students with disabilities17−15 points
White14+3 points

Math

−1

point lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino238−2 points
Low-income238−2 points
English learners1020 points
Students with disabilities17−1 points
White14+19 points

Grades 4 and 5, 2025, 258 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 3 points below that expected score, and in math 1 point below it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 60th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

1 of the 1 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Castle Rock. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

2 elementary schools within 4.2 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Sequoia Elementary CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7967th
  2. Castle RockScope Score 7548th
Woodlake UnifiedCharter

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

Schools like it

How does Castle Rock compare with schools like it?

Castle Rock’s Scope Score is 75. 1,519 California elementary schools, counting Castle Rock, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 72. Castle Rock’s result is higher than 1,166 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 1,519

  1. Students from low-income families: 88%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 95%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 89th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 88%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 89th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 91%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 89th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 98%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 89th percentile

1,519 California public elementary schools where 86% to 98% 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 86% to 98% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Castle Rock’s share. The count includes Castle Rock. 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 higher than in 2025. English went from 32% to 43% and math from 29% 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%2017201820192022202320242025202623%46%CaliforniaCalifornia43%Castle RockCastle Rock

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202623%42%CaliforniaCalifornia35%Castle RockCastle Rock

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. 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.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringCastle RockCaliforniaTested here
201723%45%467
201828%49%465
201930%50%474
202228%45%467
202329%44%431
202432%45%422
202532%46%409
202643%46%428
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringCastle RockCaliforniaTested here
201723%40%468
201828%42%465
201927%44%474
202218%38%472
202324%40%433
202430%41%428
202529%41%413
202635%42%428

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in English; below it in math.

English

43%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

36212419
California46%

Math

35%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

35302114
California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 43% 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).

Grade 3 stands apart in math: 49% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 35% across grades 3–5 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class.

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 Advanced48%39%42%
Advanced21%16%21%
Proficient27%23%21%
Developing level20%25%19%
Minimal32%36%39%
Tested147135146
California44%46%49%
Difference+4−7−7

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 Advanced49%29%26%
Advanced23%9%10%
Proficient26%20%16%
Developing level22%40%29%
Minimal29%31%45%
Tested147135146
California47%42%37%
Difference+2−13−11

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 school19%24%21%36%428
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
Math, grades 3–5 · This school14%21%30%35%428
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 428 tested in English, 428 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 95% of students. 37 of 450 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

8in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (37 of 450 students).

At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

No district average: Castle Rock is the only regular elementary school we rank in the Woodlake Unified district with an attendance record.

Suspensions: 4.7% of students were suspended at least once (21 of 450). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

418

students in grades 3–5.

Hispanic or Latino 95%White 3%

Family income

92%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 383 of 418. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

27

teachers, with 16 years of experience on average.

4% were in their first year.

86% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

55%

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 (47 of 86 students).

Woodlake Unified: 38%. 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 Latino95%
White3%
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: 21.3 of 24.8 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups at Castle Rock have test results. Each bar compares one group with the same group across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 391 tested40%California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 391 tested33%California 31%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 406 tested44%California 36%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 406 tested35%California 31%
  • English learnersEnglish · 85 tested15%California 13%
  • English learnersMath · 85 tested15%California 16%

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–5, 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 3–5 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Woodlake Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 391 tested
English40%040%+436%
Math33%033%+231%
Hispanic or Latino · 406 tested
English44%044%+836%
Math35%035%+431%
English learners · 85 tested
English15%015%+213%
Math15%015%−116%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Woodlake Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Students with disabilities: 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 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 and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Castle Rock. 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.

Families

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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.

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Staff

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Money

Where does the money go?

$21,297 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student. Woodlake Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $14 million.

$21,297

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$13,470
The school’s share of district office costs
$7,827
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,550
  • Castle Rock$21,297
  • California elementary schools$20,288

The district and California figures combine their elementary schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 5,053 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

Woodlake Unified’s yearly plan

$14million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$11million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 7 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $14 million of $47 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Woodlake Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Castle Rock like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93286. They are not figures for the families at Castle Rock.

Typical household income in a year

$47,574

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 93286.

Typical home value
$339,700
People who live in this ZIP code
10,548
Typical age
33.7 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
12%

What you can do

Who can act on Castle Rock’s results?

The state took Castle Rock out of extra targeted support; Woodlake Unified’s board decides its plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

What has the state flagged?

The state took the school off the list for 2025–26. The school was on the list in 2024–25.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 7 questions to Castle Rock. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?4.7% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (21 of 450 students); average California elementary school: 1.6%
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?3 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4 and 5, 2025 (258 students)
  3. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?15% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (85 students tested); the same group across California: 16%
  4. How do you teach early reading and check each child’s progress?
  5. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Castle Rock, and how do I get in?

Ask Woodlake Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Castle Rock Elementary
    Grades 3–5Scope Score 75Developing · 48th percentile
  2. Middle
    Woodlake Valley Middle
    Scope Score 72Developing · 30th percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  3. High
    Woodlake High
    Scope Score 75Developing · 49th percentile · 2025Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Woodlake Valley Middle

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 72 · Developing · 30th percentile · middle · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • Woodlake High

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    Scope Score 75 · Developing · 49th percentile · high · 2025

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. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where the path ends: Woodlake High
Woodlake HighScope Score 75 · Developing · 49th percentile · 2025estimated path

An inferred path through a middle-school overlap points to Woodlake High. The AP Course Audit lists 4 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. That figure comes from dated records. If a child starting here today later attended Woodlake High, that would be around 2032, and a school can change a lot in 6 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 68% of the students who finished high school at Woodlake High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

4 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Woodlake High's page
Source: College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Castle Rock?

Address
360 North Castle Rock Street, Woodlake 93286Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Jody GundermanAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated July 9, 2024.

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 Woodlake Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Castle Rock a good elementary school?

Castle Rock Elementary has a Scope Score of 75. It scored higher than 48 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Developing, 48th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

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

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored 3 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 1 point lower, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 258 students

See the details ↓

How does grade 3 do in math?

Grade 3 stands apart in math: 49% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 35% across grades 3–5 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class. See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 40% of low-income students in grades 3–5 at Castle Rock Elementary in Woodlake scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Castle Rock Elementary's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Woodlake Valley Middle. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education’s School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement; confirm your address with the district.

  • Woodlake Valley Middle: Scope Score 72, Developing, 30th percentile among California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 results

See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

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

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 #2,935 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math17%4542%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math39%4723%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+78 scale-score pts5420%
Chronically absent8 in 100645%
Suspension rate4.7% (21 of 450)255%
English learners: top level15%485%

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. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

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
2025–267548#2935California 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)
2018–196 in 1002.5% (13 of 518)−9
2021–22not on filenot on file+3
2022–23not on filenot on file+14
2023–2415 in 1004.1% (19 of 463)−7
2024–258 in 1004.3% (19 of 442)−7
2025–268 in 1004.7% (21 of 450)−14

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 · English42819%43%
2026 · Math42814%35%
2025 · English40913%32%
2025 · Math4139%29%
2024 · English42210%32%
2024 · Math4289%30%
2023 · English43111%29%
2023 · Math4336%24%
2022 · English46710%28%
2022 · Math4725%18%
2019 · English47410%30%
2019 · Math4748%27%
2018 · English46510%28%
2018 · Math4659%28%
2017 · English4677%23%
2017 · Math4686%23%

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 · English13631%
2025 · Grade 4 · English14336%
2025 · Grade 5 · English13028%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math13735%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math14428%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math13224%
2024 · Grade 3 · English14936%
2024 · Grade 4 · English12925%
2024 · Grade 5 · English14434%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math15137%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math13127%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math14625%
2023 · Grade 3 · English13116%
2023 · Grade 4 · English13930%
2023 · Grade 5 · English16139%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math13119%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math14126%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math16125%
2022 · Grade 3 · English14019%
2022 · Grade 4 · English15329%
2022 · Grade 5 · English17434%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math14223%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math15418%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math17614%
2019 · Grade 3 · English14928%
2019 · Grade 4 · English16136%
2019 · Grade 5 · English16426%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math14934%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math16130%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math16417%
2018 · Grade 3 · English16630%
2018 · Grade 4 · English16426%
2018 · Grade 5 · English13529%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math16636%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math16427%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math13521%
2017 · Grade 3 · English15930%
2017 · Grade 4 · English14121%
2017 · Grade 5 · English16719%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math16032%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math14126%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math16713%

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
Schoolwide1478%22%52%17%

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-income39140%0+4
Hispanic or Latino40644%0+8
English learners8515%0+2
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−3258Average−1258Average
Hispanic or Latino−3238Average−2238Average
Low-income−5238Average−2238Average
English-only students−3147not categorized0147not categorized
English learners0102Average0102Average
English learners only−1169not categorized−369not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+2433not categorized+933not categorized
Students with disabilities−1517Moderate−117Average
White+314Average+1914Accelerated

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 and 5. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3
9%
exceeded standard · 36% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 149 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
21%
Advanced · 42% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 146 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 146 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English 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 English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−3 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4 and 5

258 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −3 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math−1 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4 and 5

258 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, 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 and 5, 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 · 8 in 100 → 2025–26 · 8 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 4.3% (19 of 442) → 2025–26 · 4.7% (21 of 450) · +0.4 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female6 in 1008 in 100+2 in 100
Male7 in 1008 in 100+1 in 100
Hispanic or Latino6 in 1008 in 100+2 in 100
White3 of 343 of 14—
Students with disabilities5 of 308 of 34—
English learners8 in 1003 in 100−5 in 100
Military families0 of 152 of 15—
Low-income7 in 1008 in 100+1 in 100
All students6 in 1008 in 100+2 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$14,844 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 2,069 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$845 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 418

Central federal expenditures attributed here$705 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 418

District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,614 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.

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 54%Instruction support 11%Student services 15%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 12%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$22,664,32854.04%54%
Instruction support$4,439,22110.59%11%
Student services$6,267,59014.95%15%
Administration$2,700,0076.44%6%
Buildings & maintenance$5,055,09112.05%12%
Other$811,1531.93%2%
Total$41,937,389100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $41,937,389 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$14,844 per pupil
2020$13,927 per pupil
2019$14,047 per pupil
2018$13,407 per pupil
2017$12,835 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 holders8.0%

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.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 93286 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93286 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$47,574
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)12%
ZIP-area population10,548
Median age33.7 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 93286 →

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