Chester Elementary — Rating & test scores

Chester · TK–6 · 171 students (2024–25)

158 Aspen Street, 96020ces.pcoe.k12.ca.us ↗(530) 258-3194Principal Scott Cory

39thpercentileDeveloping

The dots are California’s 5,728 scored public elementary schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built ›

Scope Score

31 / 100

Weighted composite · 2026
Not a grade or a test result.

See this school’s score factors ↓

Chesterhigher than 39 of the 100 California dots

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

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Chesterhigher than 39 of the 100 California dots

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

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Chesterhigher than 39 of the 100 California dots

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

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Near California in English and math: 46% and 43% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 42% statewide. Source

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grades 3–5: 52 in English, 51 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 3, 4 and 5 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

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

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Things worth knowing

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In 2025, students in grades 4–6 scored above what the state expected from their own earlier scores. The state calls both results Accelerated.grades 4–6 · 2025

+11 ptsEnglish · above expected+12 ptsMath · above expected

Source: CDE growth model, 2025
Students: students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 54
Comparison: 54 students in grades 4–6 with scores in both years. 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.

Academic achievement

Beyond a single score: who exceeds, meets or is still approaching the standard.

Learning

Are children building strong foundations?

Advanced (exceeded)Proficient (met)Below Proficient

English

grades 3–5Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced: 12%
Proficient: 34%
Below Proficient: 54%

46% proficient or advanced · 52 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Plumas Unified
Advanced	12%	24%	15%
Proficient	34%	22%	24%
Developing	21%	21%	26%
Minimal	33%	33%	35%

Below Proficient combines Developing and Minimal. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

See each grade’s results →

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced: 14%
Proficient: 29%
Below Proficient: 57%

43% proficient or advanced · 51 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Plumas Unified
Advanced	14%	21%	12%
Proficient	29%	21%	22%
Developing	33%	25%	30%
Minimal	24%	33%	36%

See each grade’s results →

English

grade 6Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced: 12%
Proficient: 19%
Below Proficient: 69%

31% proficient or advanced · 16 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Plumas Unified
Advanced	12%	20%	12%
Proficient	19%	28%	28%
Developing	63%	24%	36%
Minimal	6%	28%	24%

Math

grade 6Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced: 12%
Proficient: 19%
Below Proficient: 69%

31% proficient or advanced · 16 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Plumas Unified
Advanced	12%	21%	10%
Proficient	19%	16%	14%
Developing	50%	25%	30%
Minimal	19%	38%	46%

What these tests tell you · what to ask

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

Ask: How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 3–5Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school46%

California46%

Tested: 52 here · 1,208,894 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school46%

Plumas Unified39%

Tested: 52 here · 427 in Plumas Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 5 schools.

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school43%

California42%

Tested: 51 here · 1,211,701 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school43%

Plumas Unified34%

Tested: 51 here · 426 in Plumas Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 5 schools.

English

grade 6Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school31%

California48%

Tested: 16 here · 415,439 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school31%

Plumas Unified40%

Tested: 16 here · 129 in Plumas Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 5 schools.

Math

grade 6Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school31%

California37%

Tested: 16 here · 415,904 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school31%

Plumas Unified24%

Tested: 16 here · 129 in Plumas Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 5 schools.

Progress over time

How have test results changed?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · all students tested

Latest annual comparison

202540%60 tested

→

202646%52 tested

Chester

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

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · all students tested

Latest annual comparison

202543%60 tested

→

202643%51 tested

Chester

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

Each year tests a different group of students. These results do not track one child’s progress.

Explore the available years, charts & underlying data

Chart: 2017–2026. The table includes all available years.

English met or exceeded, grades 3–5

ChesterCalifornia

0%50%100%201720222026No comparable state tests (COVID)46%46%

Math met or exceeded, grades 3–5

ChesterCalifornia

0%50%100%201720222026No comparable state tests (COVID)43%42%

Dotted stretches cross years without comparable results.

English was 46% in both 2017 and 2026. Math went from 38% in 2017 to 43% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
Year	Chester	California
2015	43% 87 tested	41% 1,396,572 tested
2016	52% 75 tested	45% 1,395,534 tested
2017	46% 79 tested	45% 1,384,680 tested
2018	52% 95 tested	49% 1,346,907 tested
2019	61% 82 tested	50% 1,332,547 tested
2022	35% 75 tested	45% 1,260,830 tested
2023	22% 64 tested	44% 1,247,801 tested
2024	39% 56 tested	45% 1,235,509 tested
2025	40% 60 tested	46% 1,232,086 tested
2026	46% 52 tested	46% 1,208,894 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
Year	Chester	California
2015	37% 87 tested	35% 1,401,446 tested
2016	45% 73 tested	39% 1,401,413 tested
2017	38% 79 tested	40% 1,392,040 tested
2018	43% 94 tested	42% 1,352,321 tested
2019	54% 83 tested	44% 1,338,625 tested
2022	24% 75 tested	38% 1,265,943 tested
2023	23% 65 tested	40% 1,256,519 tested
2024	41% 56 tested	41% 1,249,262 tested
2025	43% 60 tested	41% 1,241,652 tested
2026	43% 51 tested	42% 1,211,701 tested

The state’s growth measure54 students · grades 4–6 · 2025

English+11ptsCDE level: Accelerated (4 of 5)

Math+12ptsCDE level: Accelerated (4 of 5)

What the number means. California predicts each student’s score from that student’s own English and math scores the year before, based on how students with similar scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as predicted. In English they scored 11 points above that prediction, and in math 12 points above it.

The levels. CDE sorts every school’s result into five levels, from Minimal to Exceptional. The bar under each number shows where this school landed.

Two years at once. For most schools, this one included, CDE’s figure blends the two most recent years of growth, so it moves more slowly than a single year’s scores.

Ask: Most students in grades 3–5 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?

Life at school

How often students miss school or are suspended, and how the school describes itself where its website does.

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

16 in 100students chronically absent, 2025–26

21in 100 at the average Plumas Unified school17in 100 at the average California elementary school

24 of 155 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school16 in 100

at the average Plumas Unified school21 in 100

at the average California elementary school17 in 100

3.1%of students were suspended at least once (5 of 163), 2025–26

3.2%at the average Plumas Unified school1.6%at the average California elementary school

What people here say

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Students

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Families

Family answers collected by SchoolScope

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Staff

We don’t have staff survey results for Chester. Ask about staff continuity, collaboration and support across the school.

Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2025–26 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

White66%
Hispanic or Latino16%
Two or more races12%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share5%

Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.

Full student mix, comparisons & sources

Eligible enrollment, 2025–26	Here
White	66%
Hispanic or Latino	16%
Two or more races	12%
Asian	—
Black or African American	—
Filipino	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—
Not reported	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About half students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (48%, 82 of 171). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers8

Average experience10 years

First-year teachers0%

100% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 100.00%: 9.5 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 9.5 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Questions & evidence

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The school path beyond this campus

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ElementaryChester ElementaryThis campus · grades K-6
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High schoolChester Junior/Senior HighHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

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High-school links

Chester Junior/Senior High
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

High-school endpoint evidence · Chester Junior/Senior High

Chester Junior/Senior Highhistorical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Chester Junior/Senior High. Its AP Course Audit lists 8 authorized AP subjects for 2025 - 2026. That figure comes from dated records — a child starting here today would reach Chester Junior/Senior High around 2036, and 10 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 50% of Chester Junior/Senior High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

8 authorized AP subjects (AP Course Audit 2025 - 2026) → full record on Chester Junior/Senior High's page

Source: College Board AP Course Ledger

Getting in

Ask Plumas Unified which school serves your address.

School website: ces.pcoe.k12.ca.us ↗Office: (530) 258-3194Principal: Scott Cory

Location and visiting

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158 Aspen Street, Chester 96020

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Questions to ask

A short list for your school visit.

Most students in grades 3–5 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?
How do you teach early reading and check each child’s progress?
What does extra support or enrichment look like during the school day?
What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Accountability

Who runs this school

Run by Plumas Unified. The district writes the yearly plan (LCAP) for its schools. See what Plumas Unified plans.

Common questions

Is Chester Elementary a good elementary school?

Chester Elementary is in the 39th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. Its Scope Score is 31 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2026, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Chester Elementary was near California in English and math: 46% and 43% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 42% statewide. The 2026 Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 3-to-5 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Chester Elementary's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2026, 46% of students tested in grades 3–5 met or exceeded the English standard and 43% the math standard; 12% and 14% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 46% and 42% met or exceeded, 24% and 21% exceeded. 52 students were tested in English and 51 in math (CDE CAASPP 2025–26; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Chester Elementary rank in California?

Chester Elementary is in the 39th percentile of 5,728 California comprehensive elementary schools (Developing, 2026). Chester Elementary ranks #3,494 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. The 2026 Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 3-to-5 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See full methodology.

What do attendance and suspension records show for Chester Elementary?

CDE chronic absence 2025–26: 15.5% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 24 chronically absent of 155 eligible students. CDE suspension 2025–26: 3.1%; 5 unduplicated suspended students of 163 cumulative enrollment. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

How does Chester Elementary compare to other schools in Chester?

Chester Elementary is in the 39th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 171 students. Use the schools in Chester page or the map view to compare nearby elementary schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Chester Elementary?

At Chester Elementary in Chester, 48% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) in grades 3–4 scored Proficient or Advanced (formerly Met or Exceeded) in reading and writing in spring 2026, compared with 34% across the district and 34% across California for the same group in the same grades. That is 14 points above the district rate for the same group. Also: low-income students, 40% in math; White students, 46% in reading and writing. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP, spring 2026. 25 low-income students tested in reading and writing. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

Source records

Explore the data

Available score factors, grade-level results and student-group measures, with source details.

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Chester Elementary is ranked #3,494 statewide · #3 of 5 in Plumas Unified.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2025–26

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	12.2%	21.5%	42%
Met or exceeded	43.8%	43.0%	23%
Chronic absenteeism	15.8%	16.9%	5%
Suspension rate	2.8%	1.6%	5%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)	+4.0pp	-2.7pp	not scored

Exceeded standard: ↓ vs CA 21.5% · index 41 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↑ vs CA 43.0% · index 51 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 16.9% · index 52 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 0.6pp lower vs 2025
Suspension rate: ↓ vs CA 1.6% · index 41 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▲ 0.3pp higher vs 2025
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students): ↑ vs CA -2.7pp

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2025–26 · % of tested students

From 2025–26 reporting, California calls Level 3 Proficient and Level 4 Advanced (formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded). “Proficient or Advanced” combines both levels in the 2025–26 results shown here. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
ELA	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing	Minimal	Proficient or Advanced	California	Difference
Grade 3	17	6%	23%	24%	47%	29%	44%	−15
Grade 4	19	21%	47%	16%	16%	68%	46%	+22
Grade 5	16	6%	32%	24%	38%	38%	49%	−11
Grade 6	16	12%	19%	63%	6%	31%	48%	−17

California is the state's own English result for each grade, counting every student tested there.

Math · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
Math	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing	Minimal	Proficient or Advanced	California	Difference
Grade 3	16	6%	32%	31%	31%	38%	47%	−9
Grade 4	19	21%	32%	42%	5%	53%	42%	+11
Grade 5	16	12%	26%	24%	38%	38%	37%	+1
Grade 6	16	12%	19%	50%	19%	31%	37%	−6

California is the state's own math result for each grade, counting every student tested there.

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · ELA	27	44.4%
2025 · Grade 4 · ELA	16	25.0%
2025 · Grade 5 · ELA	17	47.1%
2025 · Grade 6 · ELA	26	57.7%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math	27	51.9%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math	16	43.8%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math	17	29.4%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math	26	26.9%
2024 · Grade 3 · ELA	17	35.3%
2024 · Grade 4 · ELA	15	26.7%
2024 · Grade 5 · ELA	24	50.0%
2024 · Grade 6 · ELA	22	45.5%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math	17	35.3%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math	15	53.3%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math	24	37.5%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	22	18.2%
2023 · Grade 3 · ELA	13	0.0%
2023 · Grade 4 · ELA	25	36.0%
2023 · Grade 5 · ELA	26	19.2%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA	15	40.0%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math	13	46.1%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math	26	19.2%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math	26	15.4%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	15	26.7%
2022 · Grade 3 · ELA	22	9.1%
2022 · Grade 4 · ELA	32	53.1%
2022 · Grade 5 · ELA	21	33.3%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA	29	27.6%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math	22	22.7%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math	32	25.0%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math	21	23.8%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	29	20.7%
2019 · Grade 3 · ELA	27	63.0%
2019 · Grade 4 · ELA	30	63.3%
2019 · Grade 5 · ELA	25	56.0%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA	28	46.4%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math	27	51.9%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math	31	61.3%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math	25	48.0%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	27	25.9%
2018 · Grade 3 · ELA	30	60.0%
2018 · Grade 4 · ELA	36	47.2%
2018 · Grade 5 · ELA	29	48.3%
2018 · Grade 6 · ELA	24	58.3%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math	30	63.3%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math	36	38.9%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math	28	25.0%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math	24	41.7%
2017 · Grade 3 · ELA	35	37.1%
2017 · Grade 4 · ELA	24	45.8%
2017 · Grade 5 · ELA	20	60.0%
2017 · Grade 6 · ELA	29	55.2%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math	35	34.3%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math	24	29.2%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math	20	55.0%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math	29	34.5%
2016 · Grade 3 · ELA	25	36%
2016 · Grade 4 · ELA	24	58%
2016 · Grade 5 · ELA	26	62%
2016 · Grade 6 · ELA	27	48%
2016 · Grade 3 · Math	24	54%
2016 · Grade 4 · Math	23	43%
2016 · Grade 5 · Math	26	38%
2016 · Grade 6 · Math	27	19%
2015 · Grade 3 · ELA	28	36%
2015 · Grade 4 · ELA	32	50%
2015 · Grade 5 · ELA	27	41%
2015 · Grade 6 · ELA	36	44%
2015 · Grade 3 · Math	28	57%
2015 · Grade 4 · Math	32	25%
2015 · Grade 5 · Math	27	30%
2015 · Grade 6 · Math	36	19%

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. The 2015–2018 rows were checked against original CDE files; independent re-verification of other stored historical years remains incomplete. The 2015 and 2016 percentages are rounded to whole numbers in the source. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing	Minimal
Schoolwide	16	6%	13%	75%	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.

Subgroup · ELA	Tested	Proficient or Advanced	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	25	48%	+14	+14
White	35	46%	+4	−14

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

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.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2019	44/100	62	#2066	California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,484 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2025 and 2026; the change is 2026 minus 2025 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2025 · 16.1% → 2026 · 15.5% · −0.6pp
Suspension rate2025 · 2.7% → 2026 · 3.1% · +0.4pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Advanced	Proficient or Advanced
2026 · ELA	68	11.8%	42.6%
2026 · Math	67	13.4%	40.3%
2025 · ELA	86	17.4%	45.4%
2025 · Math	86	16.3%	38.4%
2024 · ELA	78	12.8%	41.0%
2024 · Math	78	7.7%	34.6%
2023 · ELA	79	10.1%	25.3%
2023 · Math	80	5.0%	23.8%
2022 · ELA	104	7.7%	32.7%
2022 · Math	104	6.7%	23.1%
2019 · ELA	110	26.4%	57.3%
2019 · Math	110	15.4%	47.3%
2018 · ELA	119	19.3%	52.9%
2018 · Math	118	11.9%	42.4%
2017 · ELA	108	18.5%	48.1%
2017 · Math	108	11.1%	37.0%
2016 · ELA	102	16%	51%
2016 · Math	100	11%	38%
2015 · ELA	123	15%	43%
2015 · Math	123	7%	32%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. The 2015–2018 rows were checked against CDE’s original research files. The 2015 and 2016 files report whole percentages; later rows round to one decimal here. Older stored rows from other years still need independent original-file re-verification. A dash is unavailable, not zero. Before spring 2026, Advanced was reported as Exceeded and proficient or advanced as met or exceeded.

Year	Scope	Pctile	Rank	Absent	Susp	Grade gap
2019	—	—	—	25.6%	2.1%	-5.4pp
2022	—	—	—	61.9%	3.8%	+12.7pp
2023	—	—	—	51.5%	7.7%	-5.8pp
2024	—	—	—	18.0%	1.7%	+8.5pp
2025	—	—	—	16.5%	2.5%	-9.9pp
2026	31	39	#3494	15.8%	2.8%	+4.0pp

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.

NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD

Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2025–26 school years

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Δ
Female	21.2%	10.6%	-10.6pp
Male	34.5%	19.1%	-15.4pp
Hispanic/Latino	43.8%	12.0%	-31.8pp
White	25.7%	16.5%	-9.2pp
Students with Disabilities	27.6%	25.8%	-1.8pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	30.4%	16.0%	-14.4pp
All Students	28.3%	15.5%	-12.8pp
Two or More Races	40.0%	15.8%	-24.2pp
Homeless	45.0%	9.1%	-35.9pp

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored

Group	ELA	n	CDE band	Math	n	CDE band
All Students	+11	54	Accelerated	+12	54	Accelerated
English Only	+10	52	not categorised	+11	52	not categorised
White	+11	37	Accelerated	+6	37	Accelerated
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	+9	27	Accelerated	+9	27	Accelerated

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

California growth model · reported-school field

State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

54 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,519 reported ELA ALL school records in its retained school inventory

81st pctile · +11 pts

State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

54 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,518 reported MATH ALL school records in its retained school inventory

80th pctile · +12 pts

this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median ELA estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. 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 and is not part of the Scope Score.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$16,243 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 1,661 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$2,055 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 171

Central federal expenditures attributed here$24 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 171

District current expense · FY 2024–25$24,172 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 53%Instruction support 11%Student services 12%Administration 9%Buildings & maintenance 13%Other 1%

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$16,243 per pupil

2020$15,136 per pupil

2019$15,511 per pupil

2018$13,197 per pupil

2017$11,508 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

ZIP-area community recordRead census estimates for the surrounding ZIP area, not the school's students.ACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 96020

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 96020
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$50,489
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	29.11%
ZCTA population	2,222
Median age	63.4 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/ZCTA context does 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 96020 →

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Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 · n=5,728 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-10-15

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