Public school · Central Unified · Fresno, California

Central Elementary — Rating & test scores

Fresno · TK–6 · 762 students (2024–25)

2195 North Polk Avenue, 93722centralunified.org ↗(559) 274-9780

39thpercentileDeveloping

Top: Central Unified’s other 14 scored elementary schools. Bottom: California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools by Scope Score, spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓

Central Elementaryhigher than 39 of the 100 California dotsand 10 of Central Unified’s 14 others

Central Unified’s other 14 schools · 1 dot each

California’s public elementary schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Central Elementaryhigher than 39 of the 100 California dotsand 10 of Central Unified’s 14 others

Central Unified’s other 14 schools · 1 dot each

California’s public elementary schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Central Elementaryhigher than 39 of the 100 California dotsand 10 of Central Unified’s 14 others

Central Unified’s other 14 schools · 1 dot each

California’s public elementary schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Near California in English (reading and writing) and math: 48% and 40% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, against 46% and 42%.

Source

Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grades 3–5: 285 in English, 286 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

This rating covers grades 3–5. Central Elementary teaches TK–6: grade 6 results ↓

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In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 14% of students tested in math scored Advanced, two thirds of California’s rate (21%). Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources

The sentence above: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 3–5. California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,211,701 in math tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Central Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Central Elementary a good elementary school?

Central Elementary scores higher than 39 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 39th percentile, Developing, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 20 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 23 in 100 at the average Central Unified elementary school. 0.5% of students (4 of 741) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

Did students here score above what the state expected?

About as expected, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored +2 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored −3 points, which it calls Average.

Included in this measure: 307 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 49% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at Central Elementary in Fresno scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2026 attendance boundaries, Central Elementary’s attendance zone is split: 70% of its children are assigned to El Capitan Middle and the other 30% to Glacier Point Middle. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

El Capitan Middle: 33rd percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 Scope Score
Glacier Point Middle: 28th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 Scope Score

Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 48% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 40% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

Source

Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grades 3–5: 285 in English, 286 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s grades 3–5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English, 1,211,701 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.

AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 285 tested

Advanced: 22%
Proficient: 26%
Below the standard: 52%

This school48%

California46%

Central Unified42%

48% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 286 tested

Advanced: 14%
Proficient: 26%
Below the standard: 60%

This school40%

California42%

Central Unified35%

40% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–6 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced	45%	55%	45%
Advanced	20%	27%	18%
Proficient	25%	28%	27%
Developing level	32%	18%	19%
Minimal	23%	27%	36%
Tested	82	100	103
California	44%	46%	49%
Difference	+1	+9	−4

English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6
Proficient or Advanced	54%
Advanced	25%
Proficient	29%
Developing level	25%
Minimal	21%
Tested	96
California	48%
Difference	+6

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

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced	54%	43%	26%
Advanced	20%	12%	11%
Proficient	34%	31%	15%
Developing level	23%	34%	31%
Minimal	23%	23%	43%
Tested	82	100	104
California	47%	42%	37%
Difference	+7	+1	−11

Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6
Proficient or Advanced	34%
Advanced	11%
Proficient	23%
Developing level	33%
Minimal	33%
Tested	96
California	37%
Difference	−3

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.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How does grade 6 do?

Above California in English; near it in math. In grade 6, spring 2026, 54% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 34% in math, against 48% and 37% across California.

English

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 96 tested

Advanced: 25%
Proficient: 29%
Below the standard: 46%

This school54%

California48%

Central Unified48%

54% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Math

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 96 tested

Advanced: 11%
Proficient: 23%
Below the standard: 66%

This school34%

California37%

Central Unified35%

34% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 51% to 48% and math from 42% to 40%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202551%304 tested

→

202648%285 tested

This school

California, same grades46% → 46%2025 → 2026 · 1,232,086 → 1,208,894 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202542%307 tested

→

202640%286 tested

This school

California, same grades41% → 42%2025 → 2026 · 1,241,652 → 1,211,701 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

About as expected, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored +2 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored −3 points, which it calls Average.

Source

Source: CDE growth model, 2025
Students: students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 307
Comparison: 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.

Grades 4–6 · 2025 · 307 students with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

+2 pts

English

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

−3 pts

Math

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts

Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
Students	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Tested
English, grades 3–5 · This school	22%	26%	23%	29%	285
English, grades 3–5 · California	24%	22%	21%	33%	1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Central Unified	18%	24%	25%	33%	3,329
Math, grades 3–5 · This school	14%	26%	30%	30%	286
Math, grades 3–5 · California	21%	21%	25%	33%	1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Central Unified	14%	21%	29%	36%	3,334
English, grade 6 · This school	25%	29%	25%	21%	96
English, grade 6 · California	20%	28%	24%	28%	415,439
English, grade 6 · Central Unified	19%	29%	24%	28%	1,162
Math, grade 6 · This school	11%	23%	33%	33%	96
Math, grade 6 · California	21%	16%	25%	38%	415,904
Math, grade 6 · Central Unified	17%	18%	26%	39%	1,165

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202648%46%

Math top two levels, grades 3–5

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202640%42%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 3–5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 49% in 2017 to 48% in 2026. In math, it was 40% in both 2017 and 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
Year	This school	California
2017	49% 330 tested	45% 1,384,680 tested
2018	53% 318 tested	49% 1,346,907 tested
2019	49% 322 tested	50% 1,332,547 tested
2022	47% 325 tested	45% 1,260,830 tested
2023	46% 318 tested	44% 1,247,801 tested
2024	46% 331 tested	45% 1,235,509 tested
2025	51% 304 tested	46% 1,232,086 tested
2026	48% 285 tested	46% 1,208,894 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
Year	This school	California
2017	40% 331 tested	40% 1,392,040 tested
2018	47% 320 tested	42% 1,352,321 tested
2019	51% 323 tested	44% 1,338,625 tested
2022	32% 326 tested	38% 1,265,943 tested
2023	36% 319 tested	40% 1,256,519 tested
2024	34% 333 tested	41% 1,249,262 tested
2025	42% 307 tested	41% 1,241,652 tested
2026	40% 286 tested	42% 1,211,701 tested

How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

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 2 points above that expected score, and in math 3 points 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.

What you can do

Who can act on Central Elementary’s results?

Central Unified’s board decides Central Elementary’s plan.

The state hasn’t placed Central Elementary in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Central Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. The 2026 Dashboard flagged results for students with disabilities on two measures: English, and math. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Central Unified: CDE’s assistance status files for the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. Source

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Central Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
Read Central Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2What the law requires, and what to ask

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

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

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

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

California Education Code § 53008. Source

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

20 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 0.5% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Context Close to the 23 in 100 at the average Central Unified elementary school: a pattern across the district.

Source

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students: chronic absence: 144 of 721 students counted for it; suspension: 4 of 741 students enrolled during the year
Comparison: Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Central Unified elementary school 1.7%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

20 in 100This school

23 in 100At the average Central Unified elementary school

17 in 100At the average California elementary school

144 of 721 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.5%

of students were suspended at least once (4 of 741). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Central Elementary

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questions Responder en español

Teach here? Tell us Central Unified’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students here scored well above the same groups across California in English.

Student groups, grades 3–6, spring 2026

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 49% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 36% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students: 48% in English, against 37% for the same group across California. Asian students scored well below the same group across California in English. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Source

Source: California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students: grades 3–6; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison: California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Central ElementarySame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students

Asian121 tested55%Same group, California 71%
Low-income305 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 49%Same group, California 36%
Hispanic or Latino204 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 48%Same group, California 37%
Military families70 tested46%Same group, California 50%
English learners37 tested14%Same group, California 13%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 18% to 47%; every value is in the table below. English learners: grades 3–5 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted

Hispanic or Latino54%
Asian28%
White9%
Black or African American5%
Two or more races3%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share1%

A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

42% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 34 of 80 English learners42%

Central Unified · 816 of 1,58052%

California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

81%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 621 of 762. California: 63%.

29teachers, 2024–25

17 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

97%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep low-income and Hispanic or Latino students on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–6 · spring 2026

Group and subject	Here	vs Central Unified	vs California
Low-income · 305 tested in English, 306 in math
English	49%	+940%	+1336%
Math	34%	+232%	+430%
Hispanic or Latino · 204 tested
English	48%	+840%	+1137%
Math	35%	+629%	+530%
Asian · 121 tested in English, 122 in math
English	55%	+352%	−1671%
Math	47%	−148%	−2471%
English learners · 37 tested in English, 38 in math · grades 3–5 only
English	14%	+68%	+113%
Math	18%	+612%	+216%
Military families · 70 tested
English	46%	+343%	−450%
Math	43%	+538%	−144%

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

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

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26

Students, 2025–26	Here
Hispanic or Latino	54%
Asian	28%
White	9%
Black or African American	5%
Two or more races	3%
Filipino	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—
Not reported	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 97% of teaching positions, 29.5 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 30.5 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Central Elementary, and how do I get in?

El Capitan Middle, then Central High.

Central Elementary’s attendance zone is split: 70% of its children are assigned to El Capitan Middle and the other 30% to Glacier Point Middle; 70% to Central High and the other 30% to Justin Garza High. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Elementary · this school
Central Elementary
Grades TK–6
Middle · part of the zone
El Capitan Middle
33rd · Developing · 202670% of the zone’s children
Or Glacier Point Middle for the other 30% (28th · Developing · 2026).
High · part of the zone
Central High
36th · Developing · 202570% of the zone’s children
Or Justin Garza High for the other 30% (40th · Developing · 2025).

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. Shares are our estimate of where the zone’s children live, from 2020 Census child counts, or land area where few children were counted; they describe children living in the zone, not a school’s enrolled students. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement: transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

El Capitan Middle
Assigned for part of the zone
33rd percentile · Developing · middle · 2026
70% of the zone’s children
Glacier Point Middle
Assigned for part of the zone
28th percentile · Developing · middle · 2026
30% of the zone’s children

High-school links

Central High
Assigned for part of the zone
36th percentile · Developing · high · 2025
70% of the zone’s children
Justin Garza High
Assigned for part of the zone
40th percentile · Developing · high · 2025
30% of the zone’s children

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

Where the path ends: Central High

Central High36th · Developing · 2025 · Scope Score 51district-published assignment for part of the zone

The road from this school ends at Central High. UC records 7 enrollees from Central High for fall 2025. That figure comes from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Central High around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 80% of the students who finished high school at Central High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

7 UC enrollees (fall 2025) → full record on Central High's page

Source: UC

How do I get in?

Ask Central Unified which school serves your address.

School website: centralunified.org ↗Office: (559) 274-9780Administrator: Wendy Slack

Location and visiting

Get directions

2195 North Polk Avenue, Fresno 93722

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Central Unified.

Questions for your visit

What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 52% in English and 60% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (285 tested in English, 286 in math); California: 54% and 58%
When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (559) 274-97802195 North Polk Avenue, directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby elementary schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest elementary schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby elementary schoolsPercentile among California elementary schools, 2026

McKinley Elementary1.1 mi
19thNeeds SupportScope Score 23
John Steinbeck Elementary1.5 mi
31stDevelopingScope Score 28
Jaswant Singh Khalra Elementary1.8 mi
19thNeeds SupportScope Score 23
Hanh Phan Tilley Elementary2.0 mi
28thDevelopingScope Score 27
Roosevelt Elementary2.0 mi
31stDevelopingScope Score 28

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #3,443 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #5 of 15 in Central Unified

Score factors, 2025–26
Factor	School	Index	Weight
Advancedaverage of English and math	18%	46	42%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math	45%	51	23%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)	+66 scale-score pts	33	20%
Chronically absent	20 in 100	45	5%
Suspension rate	0.5% (4 of 741)	59	5%
English learners: top level	9%	39	5%

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 year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2025–26	31	39	#3443	California 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 year	Chronic absence	Suspension	Grade gap (points)
2018–19	8 in 100	0.2% (2 of 840)	−27
2021–22	not on file	not on file	−11
2022–23	not on file	not on file	−6
2023–24	18 in 100	0.9% (7 of 785)	−6
2024–25	18 in 100	1.2% (10 of 802)	−17
2025–26	20 in 100	0.5% (4 of 741)	−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 · subject	Students with scores	Top level	Top two levels
2026 · English	381	23%	50%
2026 · Math	382	13%	38%
2025 · English	429	22%	50%
2025 · Math	433	15%	37%
2024 · English	426	19%	48%
2024 · Math	428	14%	35%
2023 · English	425	19%	47%
2023 · Math	426	13%	35%
2022 · English	428	18%	47%
2022 · Math	429	12%	32%
2019 · English	439	21%	52%
2019 · Math	440	20%	51%
2018 · English	436	20%	53%
2018 · Math	439	16%	46%
2017 · English	464	17%	49%
2017 · Math	465	15%	40%

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 · subject	Students with scores	Met or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English	106	58%
2025 · Grade 4 · English	106	47%
2025 · Grade 5 · English	92	48%
2025 · Grade 6 · English	125	47%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math	109	54%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math	106	39%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math	92	30%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math	126	27%
2024 · Grade 3 · English	107	43%
2024 · Grade 4 · English	102	45%
2024 · Grade 5 · English	122	49%
2024 · Grade 6 · English	95	55%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math	107	43%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math	102	36%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math	124	25%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	95	39%
2023 · Grade 3 · English	100	46%
2023 · Grade 4 · English	118	36%
2023 · Grade 5 · English	100	58%
2023 · Grade 6 · English	107	50%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math	100	55%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math	119	25%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math	100	30%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	107	31%
2022 · Grade 3 · English	109	45%
2022 · Grade 4 · English	102	54%
2022 · Grade 5 · English	114	44%
2022 · Grade 6 · English	103	46%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math	109	41%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math	103	35%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math	114	21%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	103	32%
2019 · Grade 3 · English	113	58%
2019 · Grade 4 · English	104	45%
2019 · Grade 5 · English	105	43%
2019 · Grade 6 · English	117	61%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math	113	70%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math	105	50%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math	105	31%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	117	50%
2018 · Grade 3 · English	106	53%
2018 · Grade 4 · English	103	46%
2018 · Grade 5 · English	109	60%
2018 · Grade 6 · English	118	53%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math	106	65%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math	104	39%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math	110	37%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math	119	41%
2017 · Grade 3 · English	103	54%
2017 · Grade 4 · English	110	47%
2017 · Grade 5 · English	117	47%
2017 · Grade 6 · English	134	49%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math	103	57%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math	111	41%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math	117	26%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math	134	40%

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)	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal
Schoolwide	104	10%	15%	59%	16%

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 · English	Tested	Proficient or Advanced	vs district	vs California
Low-income	305	49%	+9	+13
Hispanic or Latino	204	48%	+8	+11
Asian	121	55%	+3	−16

Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score

Group	English	n	CDE category	Math	n	CDE category
All students	+2	307	Average	−3	307	Average
Low-income	+4	251	Average	−1	251	Average
English-only students	+3	218	not categorized	−2	218	not categorized
Hispanic or Latino	+1	174	Average	−3	174	Average
Asian	+7	87	Accelerated	+5	87	Accelerated
English learners	+1	63	Average	−3	63	Average
English learners only	−16	35	not categorized	−4	35	not categorized
Students with disabilities	−20	29	Moderate	−9	29	Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English	+23	28	not categorized	+1	28	not categorized
White	0	21	Average	−11	21	Moderate
Black or African American	0	17	Average	−19	17	Moderate

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

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, 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

22%

exceeded standard · 43% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2024 · 107 English test records with scores

English · 2026 · Grade 5

18%

Advanced · 45% Proficient or Advanced

CDE CAASPP 2026 · 103 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 104 (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+2 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–6

307 students

CDE growth category: Average

State model · math−3 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–6

307 students

CDE growth category: Average

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

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

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

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 18 in 100 → 2025–26 · 20 in 100 · +2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.2% (10 of 802) → 2025–26 · 0.5% (4 of 741) · −0.7 percentage points

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Change
Female	7 in 100	19 in 100	+12 in 100
Male	9 in 100	21 in 100	+12 in 100
Asian	3 in 100	12 in 100	+9 in 100
Black or African American	6 in 100	28 in 100	+22 in 100
Hispanic or Latino	11 in 100	23 in 100	+12 in 100
White	6 in 100	18 in 100	+12 in 100
Students with disabilities	12 in 100	33 in 100	+21 in 100
English learners	6 in 100	15 in 100	+9 in 100
Low-income	10 in 100	22 in 100	+12 in 100
All students	8 in 100	20 in 100	+12 in 100
Two or more races	—	26 in 100	—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. 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$12,844 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 15,742 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$264 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 762

Central federal expenditures attributed here$884 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 762

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,767 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 57%Instruction support 12%Student services 12%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 12%Other 2%

The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
Group	Dollars	Share, to two decimals	Printed
Instruction	$161,583,603	57.18%	57%
Instruction support	$32,929,983	11.65%	12%
Student services	$34,981,210	12.38%	12%
Administration	$14,894,374	5.27%	5%
Buildings & maintenance	$32,297,686	11.43%	12%
Other	$5,913,673	2.09%	2%
Total	$282,600,530	100.00%	100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $282,600,530 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$12,844 per pupil

2020$12,002 per pupil

2019$11,995 per pupil

2018$11,136 per pupil

2017$10,390 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 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.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 93722 · not the school’s students

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93722 area
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$80,285
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	24%
ZIP-area population	86,110
Median age	32.3 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 93722 →

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