Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila: More than half of kids exceed the standard. But the zoned next school scores lower.
Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila holds its own. Scores drop at the schools it feeds into. Ask where its graduates actually enrol, and whether families stay on the zoned path.
Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila scores 88 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 99th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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⭐ High Ceiling — Ask what happens for a kid who shows up behind — a high ceiling for the top can sit right next to thin support at the bottom, and the score alone won't show you which.
Most rating sites would stop at “81% proficient” and call it done. Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila deserves a closer read. The school sits in San Francisco, where one in three students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila's low-income kids hit 56.3% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The story this school is actually telling
of students scored in the top band on the state test. The California average is 21.3%.
the zoned path continues to Brown Jr. (Willie L) Middle, which scores 42 points lower — the data can't say why.
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 rises 17.2pp across grades; the floor rises 37.8pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila's most underrated number
56.3% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask which schools families here actually choose next — the zoned path is only the default.
- Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask which schools families here actually choose next — the zoned path is only the default.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
Where the path goes
The zoned path continues to Brown Jr. (Willie L) Middle, which scores 42 points lower than this school — worth weighing alongside everything above. Families here often look at charter or magnet options for middle school.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The community around it
Student demographics
3 more gaps by subject
Subgroups with fewer than 15 students are excluded for privacy. Gaps of less than 3 percentage points are not shown.
Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.
Subgroup Growth by Grade
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 47.5pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +9.2pp.
Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Funding Breakdown
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 76
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 59
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
For the data nerdsEvery number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
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 | 66 | 36% | 15% | 39% | 9% | 52% | +8 |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 66% | 18% | 10% | 6% | 84% | +39 |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 54% | 36% | 9% | 2% | 89% | +41 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 66 | 42% | 35% | 21% | 2% | 77% | +32 |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 81% | 13% | 6% | 0% | 94% | +52 |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 76% | 15% | 7% | 2% | 91% | +55 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 55 | 35% | 44% | 22% | 0% |
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 | 71 | 56.3% | +18 | +18 |
| Asian | 141 | 69.5% | −1 | −5 |
| English Learners | 26 | 15.4% | +8 | +5 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila ← | — | 88 | 59.2% | 81.0% | +25.6 | 0.1% |
| Yu (Alice Fong) Elementary | 1.5 mi | 80 | 55.5% | 81.7% | +2.6 | 0.1% |
| Peabody (George) Elementary | 1.5 mi | 76 | 52.9% | 79.8% | +12.5 | 0.2% |
| Lilienthal (Claire) Elementary | 2.3 mi | 73 | 51.1% | 74.1% | +11.0 | 0.4% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
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