Central Valley Home: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
Central Valley Home posts low test scores — and suspensions run below the state rate (0.4% vs 1.6%). If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 29 | 2% | 9% | -3.6 | 5.9% | 0.4% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Central Valley Home scores 29 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 14th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🤝 Culture First — Ask whether the low absenteeism and suspension numbers come from what the school does or from the community it serves — both can produce the same numbers, and only a visit tells you which.
Most rating sites would stop at “9% proficient” and call it done. Central Valley Home deserves a closer read. The school sits in Kingsburg, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 5.9% chronic absenteeism — versus 17.9% statewide. Attendance is the quietest strong signal a school can post.
As a charter, Central Valley Home enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 23rd to the 14th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 9% meet the standard today, versus 30% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 45% | 41% | 20% | 14% | 10% |
| Grade 4 | — | 39% | 32% | 8% | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 25% | 36% | 7% | 47% | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 25% | 19% | — | 18% | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 42% | 45% | 29% | 21% | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 50% | 46% | 15% | 18% | 37% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 35% | 38% | 7% | 14% | 14% |
| Grade 4 | — | 39% | 20% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 5 | 17% | 21% | 7% | 27% | 0% |
| Grade 6 | 18% | 18% | — | 5% | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 26% | 18% | 20% | 14% | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 8% | 31% | 10% | 9% | 26% |
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- 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 Valley Home in Kingsburg, 18.4% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 45.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Central Valley Home trails its district average for low-income students by 27.4 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (11.8% Math proficient); Hispanic students (17.7% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 6.5 percentage points for hispanic students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 76 students tested.
7 of 12 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 falls by 3.4pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: -13.2pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below is estimated from nearby schools in the same district — scores shown for each next step.
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
What gets spent here
$189 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 119 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).
On the state's science test (CAST), 13% 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
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
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 | 21 | 10% | 0% | 24% | 67% | 10% | −34 |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 0% | 15% | 31% | 54% | 15% | −29 |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 0% | 17% | 33% | 50% | 17% | −31 |
| Grade 6 | 13 | 15% | 8% | 38% | 38% | 23% | −23 |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 8% | 19% | 27% | 46% | 27% | −21 |
| Grade 8 | 19 | 11% | 26% | 21% | 42% | 37% | −9 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 21 | 0% | 14% | 19% | 67% | 14% | −31 |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 0% | 0% | 38% | 62% | 0% | −42 |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 0% | 0% | 25% | 75% | 0% | −35 |
| Grade 6 | 13 | 15% | 8% | 15% | 62% | 23% | −12 |
| Grade 7 | 27 | 4% | 15% | 19% | 63% | 19% | −15 |
| Grade 8 | 19 | 5% | 21% | 0% | 74% | 26% | −6 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 31 | 0% | 13% | 55% | 32% |
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 | 76 | 18.4% | −27 | −20 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 62 | 17.7% | −28 | −21 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Valley Home ← | — | 29 | 1.6% | 9.3% | −3.6 | 0.4% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 32 | 23 | #4266 | 17.5% | 30.4% | 4.0% | 0.1% | -19.2pp |
| 2022 | 29 | 30 | #4038 | 11.7% | 35.7% | 5.0% | 0.4% | -10.9pp |
| 2023 | 37 | 45 | #3154 | 5.8% | 15.4% | 3.3% | 0.1% | -6.2pp |
| 2024 | 25 | 9 | #5218 | 4.5% | 18.4% | 6.9% | 0.4% | +22.4pp |
| 2025 | 29 | 14 | #4950 | 1.6% | 9.3% | 5.9% | 0.4% | -3.6pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 20 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 3.7% | 1.3% | -2.4pp |
| Male | 3.3% | 2.6% | -0.7pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 2.2% | 2.4% | +0.2pp |
| Two or More Races | 0.0% | — | — |
| Students with Disabilities | 0.0% | 5.3% | +5.3pp |
| English Learners | 0.0% | 9.1% | +9.1pp |
| Homeless | 3.4% | — | — |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 5.0% | 2.2% | -2.8pp |
| All Students | 3.4% | 1.9% | -1.5pp |
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