Central Language Academy: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.
Central Language Academy posts 38% meeting the standard and 13.9% exceeding it, against 43% and 21.3% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49 | 14% | 38% | +4.6 | 7.5% | 1.7% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Central Language Academy scores 49 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 65th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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📈 On the Rise — Ask how many years the improvement has held, not just the latest one — one strong cohort and a real turnaround can look identical in a single year of data.
Most rating sites would stop at “38% proficient” and call it done. Central Language Academy deserves a closer read. The school sits in Ontario, where three in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 7.5% chronic absenteeism — versus 17.9% statewide. Attendance is the quietest strong signal a school can post.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 37th to the 65th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 1500 elementary schools.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 38% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 46% | 34% | 33% | 22% | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 54% | 51% | 46% | 42% | 47% |
| Grade 5 | 42% | 40% | 36% | 41% | 53% |
| Grade 6 | 42% | 45% | 45% | 55% | 41% |
| Grade 7 | 58% | 63% | 68% | 66% | 73% |
| Grade 8 | 70% | 86% | 64% | 78% | 61% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 35% | 21% | 32% | 36% | 39% |
| Grade 4 | 23% | 22% | 23% | 31% | 25% |
| Grade 5 | 14% | 14% | 15% | 14% | 30% |
| Grade 6 | 22% | 21% | 18% | 27% | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 38% | 42% | 35% | 36% | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 44% | 46% | 30% | 46% | 66% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding holds steady across grades; the floor rises 18.0pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask which schools families here actually choose next — the zoned path is only the default.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Central Language Academy in Ontario, 40.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 42.5% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Central Language Academy trails its district average for low-income students by 1.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (30.0% Math proficient); Hispanic students (48.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 42.5 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 303 students tested.
7 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 20.4pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +8.9pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly three times the rate of Grades 7–8 students (10.6% vs 3.0%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
The zoned path continues to Vina Danks Middle, which scores 17 points lower than this school — worth weighing alongside everything above. Families here often look at charter or magnet options for middle school.
Estimated K-12 path based on district and proximity. Actual attendance zones may differ. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.
$810 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 736 students, this school is well above the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 32% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 59
Nearby Middle Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 34
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 88 | 17% | 18% | 22% | 43% | 35% | −8 |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 22% | 25% | 23% | 30% | 47% | +2 |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 18% | 35% | 17% | 30% | 53% | +5 |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 15% | 25% | 30% | 29% | 41% | −6 |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 16% | 57% | 20% | 7% | 73% | +26 |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 14% | 48% | 34% | 5% | 61% | +15 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 88 | 8% | 31% | 16% | 45% | 39% | −7 |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 8% | 17% | 45% | 30% | 25% | −16 |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 10% | 19% | 36% | 34% | 30% | −5 |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 11% | 13% | 30% | 46% | 24% | −11 |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 25% | 25% | 32% | 18% | 50% | +16 |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 27% | 39% | 30% | 5% | 66% | +34 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 121 | 7% | 25% | 63% | 5% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 303 | 40.9% | −2 | +3 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 389 | 48.8% | +5 | +10 |
| English Learners | 70 | 7.1% | −5 | −3 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Language Academy ← | — | 49 | 13.9% | 38.2% | +4.6 | 1.7% |
| Edison Elementary | 1 mi | 63 | 36.4% | 62.8% | −9.8 | 1.1% |
| Buena Vista Arts-Integrated | 2 mi | 60 | 30.2% | 57.3% | −1.9 | 0.2% |
| Elderberry Elementary | 1.6 mi | 54 | 22.8% | 49.3% | −0.6 | 1.7% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 37 | 37 | #3489 | 12.8% | 35.6% | 4.2% | 2.0% | -12.3pp |
| 2022 | 36 | 50 | #2856 | 8.3% | 30.4% | 24.2% | 0.4% | -0.7pp |
| 2023 | 36 | 42 | #3299 | 11.3% | 30.8% | 20.5% | 1.2% | -6.8pp |
| 2024 | 40 | 45 | #3137 | 11.7% | 31.1% | 11.2% | 0.6% | -1.5pp |
| 2025 | 49 | 65 | #2033 | 13.9% | 38.2% | 7.5% | 1.7% | +4.6pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 3.1% | 6.1% | +3.0pp |
| Male | 5.1% | 7.7% | +2.6pp |
| Black/African American | 0.0% | 16.7% | +16.7pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 4.0% | 6.4% | +2.4pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 3.8% | 7.1% | +3.3pp |
| English Learners | 4.7% | 6.9% | +2.2pp |
| Homeless | 7.0% | 13.0% | +6.0pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 5.0% | 8.6% | +3.6pp |
| All Students | 4.1% | 6.9% | +2.8pp |
| Two or More Races | — | 0.0% | — |
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