Charter Alternative Program (CAP): Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.
Charter Alternative Program (CAP) posts 54% meeting the standard, and 19.9% going well past it. Most kids here keep up. Fewer get pushed further. Ask the school what it does for a child who already finds the work easy.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56 | 20% | 54% | -12.2 | 5.9% | 1.3% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Charter Alternative Program (CAP) scores 56 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 77th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
🤝 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 “54% proficient” and call it done. Charter Alternative Program (CAP) deserves a closer read. The school sits in El Dorado, where one in three 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, Charter Alternative Program (CAP) enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 52nd to the 77th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 1300 elementary schools.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 54% of students meet the standard today, above the 50% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 67% | 33% | 31% | 42% | 65% |
| Grade 4 | — | 65% | 31% | 48% | 57% |
| Grade 5 | 77% | 79% | 82% | 45% | 50% |
| Grade 6 | 30% | 37% | 23% | 54% | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 50% | 57% | 41% | 50% | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 34% | 62% | 32% | 48% | 60% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 17% | 23% | 40% | 21% | 53% |
| Grade 4 | — | 47% | 40% | 52% | 57% |
| Grade 5 | 38% | 30% | 68% | 15% | 43% |
| Grade 6 | 22% | 37% | 31% | 43% | 46% |
| Grade 7 | 14% | 9% | 27% | 22% | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 29% | 24% | 3% | 37% | 31% |
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 slips 14.7pp. 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 5 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
- 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 Charter Alternative Program (CAP) in El Dorado, 40.4% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 38.2% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Charter Alternative Program (CAP) outperforms its district average for low-income students by 2.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (30.8% Math proficient); White students (50.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 12.2 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 52 students tested.
9 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.
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
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.
$39 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
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 245 students, this school is much smaller than 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), 58% 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 44
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 | 17 | 18% | 47% | 6% | 29% | 65% | +21 |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 29% | 29% | 29% | 14% | 57% | +12 |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 17% | 33% | 27% | 23% | 50% | +2 |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 6% | 17% | 44% | 33% | 22% | −24 |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 15% | 38% | 28% | 19% | 53% | +5 |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 15% | 46% | 19% | 21% | 60% | +14 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 17 | 18% | 35% | 41% | 6% | 53% | +7 |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 19% | 38% | 38% | 5% | 57% | +16 |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 20% | 23% | 27% | 30% | 43% | +8 |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 22% | 24% | 14% | 41% | 46% | +11 |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 15% | 23% | 36% | 26% | 38% | +4 |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 17% | 15% | 31% | 38% | 31% | −1 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 88 | 24% | 34% | 39% | 3% |
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 | 52 | 40.4% | +2 | +2 |
| White | 136 | 50.0% | −1 | −12 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charter Alternative Program (CAP) ← | — | 56 | 19.9% | 54.2% | −12.2 | 1.3% |
| Charles F. Brown Elementary | 0 mi | 54 | 10.7% | 36.1% | +15.9 | 0.4% |
| Sky Mountain Charter | 1.4 mi | 40 | 16.3% | 38.9% | +0.0 | 0.0% |
| Charter Community School Home Study Academy | 3.2 mi | 39 | 23.0% | 48.2% | — | 0.9% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 43 | 52 | #2649 | 16.0% | 49.7% | 9.7% | 0.6% | +16.0pp |
| 2022 | 57 | 85 | #873 | 13.6% | 46.2% | 6.9% | 1.0% | +26.3pp |
| 2023 | 65 | 89 | #647 | 18.4% | 48.8% | 8.5% | 0.8% | +39.4pp |
| 2024 | 48 | 64 | #2075 | 12.5% | 37.2% | 9.6% | 0.7% | -1.6pp |
| 2025 | 56 | 77 | #1334 | 19.9% | 54.2% | 5.9% | 1.3% | -12.2pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 11.1% | 5.2% | -5.9pp |
| Male | 8.5% | 1.2% | -7.3pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 6.8% | 2.6% | -4.2pp |
| Two or More Races | 40.0% | 0.0% | -40.0pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 19.2% | 4.0% | -15.2pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 19.7% | 6.4% | -13.3pp |
| All Students | 9.6% | 3.2% | -6.4pp |
| Filipino | — | 11.5% | — |
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