Public school · Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified · Placentia, California

Charles Wagner Elementary — Rating & test scores

Placentia · TK–6 · 440 students (2024–25)

717 East Yorba Linda Boulevard, 92870(714) 986-7180

71stpercentileSolid

Top: Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified’s other 20 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 five of the six elementary school measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓

Charles Wagnerhigher than 71 of the 100 California dotsand 6 of Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified’s 20 others

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified’s other 20 schools · 1 dot each

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

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Charles Wagnerhigher than 71 of the 100 California dotsand 6 of Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified’s 20 others

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified’s other 20 schools · 1 dot each

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

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Charles Wagnerhigher than 71 of the 100 California dotsand 6 of Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified’s 20 others

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified’s other 20 schools · 1 dot each

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

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

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 73% and 66% scored Proficient or Advanced, 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: 157 in English, 156 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. Charles Wagner Elementary teaches TK–6: grade 6 results ↓

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In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 39% of students tested in English and 33% in math scored Advanced, against 24% and 21% across California. 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: 157 in English, 156 in math. 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).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Charles Wagner a good elementary school?

Charles Wagner Elementary scores higher than 71 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 71st percentile, Solid, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 8 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 11 in 100 at the average Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified elementary school. 0.2% of students (1 of 437) 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?

In English, yes; in math, about as expected. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored +9 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +4 points, which it calls Average.

Included in this measure: 141 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 63% of low-income students in grades 3–5 at Charles Wagner Elementary in Placentia scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Charles Wagner Elementary's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Col. J. K. Tuffree 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.

Col. J. K. Tuffree Middle: 91st percentile (Strong) 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?

Well above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 73% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 66% 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: 157 in English, 156 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 · 157 tested

Advanced: 39%
Proficient: 34%
Below the standard: 27%

This school73%

California46%

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified66%

73% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 156 tested

Advanced: 33%
Proficient: 33%
Below the standard: 34%

This school66%

California42%

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified61%

66% 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	75%	82%	63%
Advanced	48%	43%	25%
Proficient	27%	39%	38%
Developing level	14%	12%	20%
Minimal	11%	6%	17%
Tested	56	49	52
California	44%	46%	49%
Difference	+31	+36	+14

English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6
Proficient or Advanced	74%
Advanced	28%
Proficient	46%
Developing level	21%
Minimal	5%
Tested	39
California	48%
Difference	+26

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	88%	69%	40%
Advanced	55%	21%	21%
Proficient	33%	48%	19%
Developing level	10%	29%	43%
Minimal	2%	2%	17%
Tested	56	48	52
California	47%	42%	37%
Difference	+41	+27	+3

Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6
Proficient or Advanced	54%
Advanced	18%
Proficient	36%
Developing level	36%
Minimal	10%
Tested	39
California	37%
Difference	+17

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 →

School pattern · grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · What patterns mean

Broad baseMost students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

How does grade 6 do?

Well above California in both subjects. In grade 6, spring 2026, 74% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 54% in math, against 48% and 37% across California.

English

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 39 tested

Advanced: 28%
Proficient: 46%
Below the standard: 26%

This school74%

California48%

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified68%

74% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Math

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 39 tested

Advanced: 18%
Proficient: 36%
Below the standard: 46%

This school54%

California37%

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified58%

54% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Have results changed?

English results were lower than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 79% to 73% and math from 68% to 66%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202579%153 tested

→

202673%157 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202568%156 tested

→

202666%156 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?

In English, yes; in math, about as expected. 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 +9 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +4 points, which it calls Average.

Source

Source: CDE growth model, 2025
Students: students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 141
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 · 141 students with scores in both years

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

+9 pts

English

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

+4 pts

Math

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

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in English?

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	39%	34%	16%	11%	157
English, grades 3–5 · California	24%	22%	21%	33%	1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	42%	24%	16%	18%	4,365
Math, grades 3–5 · This school	33%	33%	27%	7%	156
Math, grades 3–5 · California	21%	21%	25%	33%	1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	38%	23%	20%	19%	4,388
English, grade 6 · This school	28%	46%	21%	5%	39
English, grade 6 · California	20%	28%	24%	28%	415,439
English, grade 6 · Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	38%	30%	18%	14%	1,559
Math, grade 6 · This school	18%	36%	36%	10%	39
Math, grade 6 · California	21%	16%	25%	38%	415,904
Math, grade 6 · Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	41%	17%	22%	20%	1,570

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

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202673%46%

Math top two levels, grades 3–5

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202666%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 64% in 2017 to 73% in 2026. In math, it went from 59% in 2017 to 66% in 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	64% 191 tested	45% 1,384,680 tested
2018	71% 154 tested	49% 1,346,907 tested
2019	71% 170 tested	50% 1,332,547 tested
2022	73% 158 tested	45% 1,260,830 tested
2023	62% 151 tested	44% 1,247,801 tested
2024	64% 155 tested	45% 1,235,509 tested
2025	79% 153 tested	46% 1,232,086 tested
2026	73% 157 tested	46% 1,208,894 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
Year	This school	California
2017	59% 191 tested	40% 1,392,040 tested
2018	65% 154 tested	42% 1,352,321 tested
2019	62% 169 tested	44% 1,338,625 tested
2022	63% 158 tested	38% 1,265,943 tested
2023	64% 151 tested	40% 1,256,519 tested
2024	59% 155 tested	41% 1,249,262 tested
2025	68% 156 tested	41% 1,241,652 tested
2026	66% 156 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 9 points above that expected score, and in math 4 points above 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 Charles Wagner’s results?

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified’s board decides Charles Wagner’s plan.

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

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source

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

Placentia-Yorba Linda 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 Placentia-Yorba Linda 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?

8 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. 0.2% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Context Close to the 11 in 100 at the average Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified elementary school: a pattern across the district.

Source

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students: chronic absence: 34 of 433 students counted for it; suspension: 1 of 437 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 Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified elementary school 0.4%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

8 in 100This school

11 in 100At the average Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified elementary school

17 in 100At the average California elementary school

34 of 433 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.2%

of students were suspended at least once (1 of 437). 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 Charles Wagner

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 Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

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

Student groups, grades 3–6, spring 2026

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 68% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 59% in math (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 37% and 30% for the same group across California. Low-income students: 63% in English and 48% in math, against 36% and 31% for the same group across California.

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).

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

Low-incomeEnglish · 57 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 63%Same group, California 36%
Low-incomeMath · 57 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 48%Same group, California 31%
Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 74 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 68%Same group, California 37%
Hispanic or LatinoMath · 74 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 59%Same group, California 30%
WhiteEnglish · 68 tested66%Same group, California 60%
WhiteMath · 68 tested57%Same group, California 54%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6, spring 2026. Low-income students: grades 3–5 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted

Hispanic or Latino39%
White33%
Asian15%
Two or more races9%
Filipino3%
Black or African American—
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?

40% 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 · 6 of 15 English learners40%

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified · 925 of 1,74353%

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?

28%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 122 of 440. California: 63%.

26teachers, 2024–25

15 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

8%in their first year, 2024–25

90%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino and low-income 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 Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	vs California
Low-income · 57 tested · grades 3–5 only
English	63%	+1449%	+2736%
Math	48%	+642%	+1731%
Hispanic or Latino · 74 tested
English	68%	+1949%	+3137%
Math	59%	+2039%	+2930%
White · 68 tested
English	66%	−571%	+660%
Math	57%	−1168%	+354%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Placentia-Yorba Linda 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.

Asian students, 35 tested: no rate for grades 3, 5 and 6 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners, 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	39%
White	33%
Asian	15%
Two or more races	9%
Filipino	3%
Black or African American	—
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: 90% of teaching positions, 18.1 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 20.1 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Charles Wagner, and how do I get in?

Elementary · this school
Charles Wagner Elementary
Grades TK–6
Middle
Col. J. K. Tuffree Middle
91st · Strong · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
High
El Dorado High
84th · Strong · 2025Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment 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

Col. J. K. Tuffree Middle
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
91st percentile · Strong · middle · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

El Dorado High
Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder
84th percentile · Strong · 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: El Dorado High

El Dorado High84th · Strong · 2025 · Scope Score 71estimated path

An inferred path through a middle-school overlap points to El Dorado High. UC records 40 enrollees from El Dorado High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 21 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. If a child starting here today later attended El Dorado High, that would be around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 83% of the students who finished high school at El Dorado High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

40 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 21 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on El Dorado High's page

Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified which school serves your address.

Office: (714) 986-7180Administrator: Kyleen Fennema

Location and visiting

Get directions

717 East Yorba Linda Boulevard, Placentia 92870

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified.

Questions for your visit

How does the school check what’s working in English? English: 79% in 2025 to 73% in 2026 here; California: 46% to 46%
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 (714) 986-7180717 East Yorba Linda Boulevard, 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

Morse Elementary0.5 mi
66thSolidScope Score 44
Brookhaven Elementary0.6 mi
81stStrongScope Score 55
Rose Drive Elementary0.7 mi
89thStrongScope Score 64
Golden Elementary0.9 mi
99thStrongScope Score 95
Topaz Elementary1.0 mi
38thDevelopingScope Score 31

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 #1,618 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #15 of 21 in Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified

Score factors, 2025–26
Factor	School	Index	Weight
Advancedaverage of English and math	36%	64	42%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math	70%	71	23%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)	+58 scale-score pts	19	20%
Chronically absent	8 in 100	63	5%
Suspension rate	0.2% (1 of 437)	61	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. The weights above add to 95%: English learners reaching the top level of the state’s English test has no value for this school, so its 5% weight is shared out among the measures above.

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	47	71	#1618	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	0.9% (4 of 440)	−5
2021–22	not on file	not on file	−3
2022–23	not on file	not on file	−24
2023–24	8 in 100	0.7% (3 of 443)	−43
2024–25	11 in 100	0.2% (1 of 453)	−19
2025–26	8 in 100	0.2% (1 of 437)	−29

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	196	37%	73%
2026 · Math	195	30%	64%
2025 · English	201	42%	76%
2025 · Math	204	32%	62%
2024 · English	208	34%	61%
2024 · Math	208	31%	55%
2023 · English	196	38%	64%
2023 · Math	196	29%	62%
2022 · English	213	41%	73%
2022 · Math	213	24%	59%
2019 · English	219	37%	72%
2019 · Math	218	39%	67%
2018 · English	235	43%	76%
2018 · Math	235	42%	72%
2017 · English	255	35%	68%
2017 · Math	255	36%	65%

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	56	86%
2025 · Grade 4 · English	55	78%
2025 · Grade 5 · English	42	71%
2025 · Grade 6 · English	48	65%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math	56	77%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math	56	71%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math	44	52%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math	48	42%
2024 · Grade 3 · English	58	72%
2024 · Grade 4 · English	45	76%
2024 · Grade 5 · English	52	44%
2024 · Grade 6 · English	53	51%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math	58	81%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math	45	73%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math	52	23%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	53	43%
2023 · Grade 3 · English	51	67%
2023 · Grade 4 · English	51	67%
2023 · Grade 5 · English	49	53%
2023 · Grade 6 · English	45	69%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math	51	78%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math	51	67%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math	49	45%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	45	58%
2022 · Grade 3 · English	53	70%
2022 · Grade 4 · English	59	73%
2022 · Grade 5 · English	46	76%
2022 · Grade 6 · English	55	75%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math	53	64%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math	59	71%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math	46	52%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	55	45%
2019 · Grade 3 · English	63	70%
2019 · Grade 4 · English	50	72%
2019 · Grade 5 · English	57	70%
2019 · Grade 6 · English	49	78%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math	62	65%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math	50	66%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math	57	54%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	49	86%
2018 · Grade 3 · English	57	70%
2018 · Grade 4 · English	49	69%
2018 · Grade 5 · English	48	73%
2018 · Grade 6 · English	81	86%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math	57	65%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math	49	67%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math	48	62%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math	81	85%
2017 · Grade 3 · English	55	58%
2017 · Grade 4 · English	53	66%
2017 · Grade 5 · English	83	66%
2017 · Grade 6 · English	64	81%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math	55	65%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math	53	64%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math	83	51%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math	64	84%

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	52	15%	27%	52%	6%

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 (grades 3–5 only)	57	63%	+14	+27
Hispanic or Latino	74	68%	+19	+31
White	68	66%	−5	+6

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	+9	141	Accelerated	+4	141	Average
English-only students	+8	123	not categorized	+3	123	not categorized
Hispanic or Latino	+13	54	Accelerated	+2	54	Average
White	−6	51	Moderate	+4	51	Average
Low-income	+11	35	Accelerated	+10	35	Accelerated
Asian	+16	23	Accelerated	+7	23	Accelerated
Students with disabilities	−5	22	Average	+6	22	Accelerated
Two or more races	+7	11	Accelerated	−6	11	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

57%

exceeded standard · 72% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2024 · 58 English test records with scores

English · 2026 · Grade 5

25%

Advanced · 63% Proficient or Advanced

CDE CAASPP 2026 · 52 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 52 (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+9 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

141 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

State model · math+4 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

141 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 · 11 in 100 → 2025–26 · 8 in 100 · −3 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.2% (1 of 453) → 2025–26 · 0.2% (1 of 437) · 0.0 percentage points

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Change
Female	9 in 100	6 in 100	−3 in 100
Male	7 in 100	9 in 100	+2 in 100
Asian	5 in 100	0 in 100	−5 in 100
Filipino	0 in 100	0 in 100	0 in 100
Hispanic or Latino	8 in 100	15 in 100	+7 in 100
Two or more races	7 in 100	3 in 100	−4 in 100
White	9 in 100	6 in 100	−3 in 100
Students with disabilities	14 in 100	17 in 100	+3 in 100
English learners	19 in 100	35 in 100	+16 in 100
Homeless	18 in 100	20 in 100	+2 in 100
Low-income	19 in 100	14 in 100	−5 in 100
All students	8 in 100	8 in 100	0 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$12,415 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 24,296 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$188 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 440

Central federal expenditures attributed here$805 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 440

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,635 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 66%Instruction support 12%Student services 8%Administration 4%Buildings & maintenance 10%

The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
Group	Dollars	Share, to two decimals	Printed
Instruction	$251,228,045	66.35%	66%
Instruction support	$44,130,934	11.66%	12%
Student services	$30,162,110	7.97%	8%
Administration	$14,097,520	3.72%	4%
Buildings & maintenance	$36,708,319	9.70%	10%
Total	$378,625,863	100.00%	100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $378,625,863 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$12,415 per pupil

2020$11,178 per pupil

2019$11,385 per pupil

2018$11,108 per pupil

2017$10,858 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 92870 · not the school’s students

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92870 area
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$115,929
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	44%
ZIP-area population	52,826
Median age	39.1 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 92870 →

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