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Clairemont Canyons Academy — Rating & test scores

4133 Mount Albertine Avenue, San Diego · 318 students · Grades TK–5

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Scope Score 71

DevelopingScope Score · 25th percentile. Higher than 25 in 100 of the 5,726 California public elementary schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 30% and 31% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 46% and 42%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 140
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).

Overview

Is Clairemont Canyons Academy a good elementary school?

Developing. Clairemont Canyons Academy is lower than most California elementary schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced2330%
Math, Proficient or Advanced3631%
English, Advanced159%
Math, Advanced279%

Progress in a year, 2025

English36−1 pts
Math420 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance2125 in 100
Clairemont Canyons Academy’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100San Diego Unified’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 9% of students tested in English and 9% in math scored Advanced, against 24% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Clairemont Canyons Academy’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 3–5: 140. 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).

In its own words

What does Clairemont Canyons Academy say about itself?

These lines come from the school’s own website. They are the school’s description. They are not parent reviews or test results.

“Clairemont Canyons Academy is a neighborhood school where learning is a dynamic process. Every classroom experience provides an opportunity for reflection, improvement, and success. Students are expected to be creative, innovative, critical thinkers and problem solvers. Academic excellence is supported by curriculum that integrates technology and is based on common core standards across all disciplines.”
clairemontcanyonsacademy.sandiegounified.org (opens in a new tab), read November 12, 2026

Every line here is from clairemontcanyonsacademy.sandiegounified.org, read November 12, 2026.

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored 1 point lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored the same, which the state calls Average.

English

−1

point lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income48−6 points
English learners30−5 points
White19+4 points
Hispanic or Latino17+1 points
Students with disabilities16−9 points

Math

0

The same as California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income48+1 points
English learners30−3 points
White19+6 points
Hispanic or Latino17+11 points
Students with disabilities16+9 points

Grades 4 and 5, 2025, 58 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

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 1 point below that expected score, and in math right at that expected score.

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.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

7 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Clairemont Canyons Academy. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 1.6 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. HolmesNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8789th
  2. John Muir Language AcademyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8277th
  3. Kavod CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 8174th
  4. SequoiaNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7759th
  5. RossNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7657th
  6. Learning Choice AcademyCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7446th
  7. LafayetteNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7231st
  8. Clairemont Canyons AcademyScope Score 7125th
San Diego UnifiedCharter

A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%75%0%25%50%75%100%

7 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Clairemont Canyons Academy compare with schools like it?

Clairemont Canyons Academy’s Scope Score is 71. 917 California elementary schools, counting Clairemont Canyons Academy, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 73. Clairemont Canyons Academy’s result is higher than 287 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 917

  1. Students from low-income families: 71%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 67%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 72%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 91st percentile

917 California public elementary schools where 67% to 79% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public elementary school we score where 67% to 79% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Clairemont Canyons Academy’s share. The count includes Clairemont Canyons Academy. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were lower than in 2025. English went from 36% to 30% and math from 42% to 31%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 3–5. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202653%48%50%San Diego UnifiedDistrict46%CaliforniaCalifornia30%Clairemont Canyons AcademyThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202650%45%49%San Diego UnifiedDistrict42%CaliforniaCalifornia31%Clairemont Canyons AcademyThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. San Diego Unified’s line combines its 136 elementary schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. San Diego Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringClairemont Canyons AcademySan Diego UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201748%53%45%179
201851%56%49%148
201950%57%50%129
202247%53%45%106
202340%52%44%83
202444%52%45%91
202536%53%46%107
202630%50%46%140
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringClairemont Canyons AcademySan Diego UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201745%50%40%180
201845%52%42%148
201936%54%44%130
202235%46%38%103
202348%48%40%83
202444%48%41%91
202542%48%41%107
202631%49%42%140

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

30%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

4426219
San Diego Unified51%California46%

Math

31%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

3831229
San Diego Unified49%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 30% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 31% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced29%26%36%
Advanced2%13%12%
Proficient27%13%24%
Developing level23%24%33%
Minimal48%50%31%
Tested524642
California44%46%49%
Difference−15−20−13

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
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced31%35%26%
Advanced12%4%10%
Proficient19%31%16%
Developing level32%28%34%
Minimal37%37%40%
Tested524642
California47%42%37%
Difference−16−7−11

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.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school9%21%26%44%140
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · San Diego Unified28%23%20%29%23,989
Math, grades 3–5 · This school9%22%31%38%140
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · San Diego Unified27%22%23%28%24,080

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 140 tested in English, 140 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 32% of students. 88 of 357 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

25in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (88 of 357 students).

At the average San Diego Unified elementary school: 18 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Suspensions: 1.4% of students were suspended at least once (5 of 369). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

318

students in grades TK–5.

Hispanic or Latino 32%White 27%Asian 16%Black or African American 14%Two or more races 6%

Family income

73%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 233 of 318. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

20

teachers, with 19 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

93% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

38%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (28 of 74 students).

San Diego Unified: 44%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino32%
White27%
Asian16%
Black or African American14%
Two or more races6%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 16.7 of 18 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income and White students scored well below the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • White41 tested39%California 60%
  • Low-income119 tested23%California 36%
  • Hispanic or Latino30 tested20%California 37%
  • English learners54 tested15%California 13%

23% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 3–5, spring 2026), against 36% for the same group across California. White students: 39% in English, against 60% for the same group across California. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–5 English, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–5 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs San Diego Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 119 tested
English23%−1437%−1336%
Math28%−836%−331%
White · 41 tested
English39%−3271%−2160%
Math41%−3273%−1556%
Hispanic or Latino · 30 tested · grades 3 and 5 only
English20%−1737%−1737%
Math23%−1134%−831%
English learners · 54 tested
English15%+411%+213%
Math19%+415%+316%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in San Diego Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Black or African American students: fewer than 30 tested here. Students with disabilities, 32 tested: no rate for grade 5 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Asian, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families and staff can answer a short set of questions about Clairemont Canyons Academy. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Staff answers show once 5 people have answered.Until then this page shows no staff answers.
  2. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  3. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  4. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.
  5. Staff confirm a work email.Staff answers come only from people who confirmed an email address at San Diego Unified.

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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  • Would you send your own child to this school?Yes · Maybe · No
  • Do you plan to work at this school next year?Yes · Not sure · No
  • Do you have the materials and supplies you need to teach?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • And 5 more questions.

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Clairemont Canyons Academy has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

39

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

Money

Where does the money go?

$32,658 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student. San Diego Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $505 million.

$32,658

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$25,655
The school’s share of district office costs
$7,003
Of the total, from federal funds
$2,251
  • Clairemont Canyons Academy$32,658
  • San Diego Unified elementary schools$22,085
  • California elementary schools$20,288

The district and California figures combine their elementary schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 5,053 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

San Diego Unified’s yearly plan

$505million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$186million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 5 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $505 million of $2.0 billion in total budgeted spending. Source: San Diego Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Clairemont Canyons Academy like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 92111. They are not figures for the families at Clairemont Canyons Academy.

Typical household income in a year

$99,644

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 92111.

Typical home value
$817,700
People who live in this ZIP code
45,249
Typical age
38.5 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
46%

What you can do

Who can act on Clairemont Canyons Academy’s results?

San Diego Unified’s board decides Clairemont Canyons Academy’s plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

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

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving San Diego 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 San Diego Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

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 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 8 questions to Clairemont Canyons Academy. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?25 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (88 of 357 students); average San Diego Unified elementary school: 18 in 100
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?1 point lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4 and 5, 2025 (58 students)
  3. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?15% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (54 students tested); the same group across California: 13%
  4. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?
  5. How does this approach show up in an ordinary lesson?From its own words, on how it teaches.
  6. Which grades take part in these programs, and how often?From its own words, on programs.

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Clairemont Canyons Academy, and how do I get in?

Ask San Diego Unified which school serves your address. Next comes Innovation Middle, then Madison High.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Clairemont Canyons Academy
    Grades TK–5Scope Score 71Developing · 25th percentile
  2. Middle · assigned
    Innovation Middle
    Scope Score 74Developing · 46th percentile · 2026
  3. High · assigned
    Madison High
    Scope Score 74Developing · 42nd percentile · 2025

Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. A boundary doesn’t guarantee a place. Transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Innovation Middle

    Assigned

    Scope Score 74 · Developing · 46th percentile · middle · 2026

High-school links

  • Madison High

    Assigned

    Scope Score 74 · Developing · 42nd percentile · 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.

Where the path ends: Madison High
Madison HighScope Score 74 · Developing · 42nd percentile · 2025district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at Madison High. UC records 12 enrollees from Madison High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 8 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Madison High around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 76% of the students who finished high school at Madison High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

12 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 8 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Madison High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Clairemont Canyons Academy?

Address
4133 Mount Albertine Avenue, San Diego 92111Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Victoria PetersonAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated March 19, 2025.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask San Diego Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Clairemont Canyons Academy a good elementary school?

Clairemont Canyons Academy has a Scope Score of 71. It scored higher than 25 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Developing, 25th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 25 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 18 in 100 at the average San Diego Unified elementary school. 1.4% of students (5 of 369) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored 1 point lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored the same, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 58 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 23% of low-income students in grades 3–5 at Clairemont Canyons Academy in San Diego scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2026 attendance boundaries, Clairemont Canyons Academy is zoned to Innovation Middle. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Innovation Middle: Scope Score 74, Developing, 46th percentile among California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 results

See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #4,241 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #103 of 137 in San Diego Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math9%3842%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math30%4023%
Chronically absent25 in 100395%
Suspension rate1.4% (5 of 369)525%
English learners: top level5%345%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)+1.1pp—not scored

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. The weights above add to 80%: the remaining 20%, for measures with no value here, 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 yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267125#4241California 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 yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–1916 in 1000.6% (2 of 359)+3
2021–22not on filenot on file+14
2022–23not on filenot on file+8
2023–2432 in 1000.6% (2 of 340)+11
2024–2525 in 1000 of 354−17
2025–2625 in 1001.4% (5 of 369)+1

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 · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English1409%30%
2026 · Math1409%31%
2025 · English10721%36%
2025 · Math10720%42%
2024 · English9123%44%
2024 · Math9119%44%
2023 · English8324%40%
2023 · Math8324%48%
2022 · English10624%47%
2022 · Math10318%35%
2019 · English12920%50%
2019 · Math13018%36%
2018 · English14826%51%
2018 · Math14823%45%
2017 · English17924%48%
2017 · Math18022%45%

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 · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English4342%
2025 · Grade 4 · English4030%
2025 · Grade 5 · English2433%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math4358%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math4030%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math2433%
2024 · Grade 3 · English3732%
2024 · Grade 4 · English2138%
2024 · Grade 5 · English3361%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math3746%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math2148%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math3339%
2023 · Grade 3 · English2931%
2023 · Grade 4 · English3244%
2023 · Grade 5 · English2245%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math2945%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math3253%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math2245%
2022 · Grade 3 · English3321%
2022 · Grade 4 · English2255%
2022 · Grade 5 · English5161%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math3040%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math2241%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math5129%
2019 · Grade 3 · English3842%
2019 · Grade 4 · English3543%
2019 · Grade 5 · English5659%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math4042%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math3537%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math5531%
2018 · Grade 3 · English4040%
2018 · Grade 4 · English5744%
2018 · Grade 5 · English5167%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math4042%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math5747%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math5145%
2017 · Grade 3 · English6352%
2017 · Grade 4 · English6554%
2017 · Grade 5 · English5135%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math6359%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math6545%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math5229%

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)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide425%17%60%19%

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 · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income11923%−14−13
English learners5415%+4+2
White4139%−32−21
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students−158Average058Average
Low-income−648Moderate+148Average
English learners−530Average−330Average
English-only students+524not categorized+824not categorized
English learners only−1120not categorized−220not categorized
White+419Average+619Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+117Average+1117Accelerated
Students with disabilities−916Moderate+916Accelerated

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 and 5. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−1 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4 and 5

58 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math0 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4 and 5

58 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: 0 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

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 and 5, 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 · 25 in 100 → 2025–26 · 25 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 354 → 2025–26 · 1.4% (5 of 369) · +1.4 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female15 in 10022 in 100+7 in 100
Male17 in 10027 in 100+10 in 100
Asian3 of 2812 of 58—
Black or African American13 of 767 of 51—
Hispanic or Latino25 of 9838 in 100—
Two or more races7 of 331 of 23—
White7 of 8621 of 96—
Students with disabilities26 in 10033 in 100+7 in 100
English learners10 in 10026 in 100+16 in 100
Low-income17 in 10027 in 100+10 in 100
All students16 in 10025 in 100+9 in 100
Homeless—18 of 36—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. 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$15,976 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 97,968 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$1,721 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 318

Central federal expenditures attributed here$530 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 318

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,967 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 63%Instruction support 12%Student services 12%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 7%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$1,223,482,46063.42%63%
Instruction support$225,845,21211.71%12%
Student services$233,097,57212.08%12%
Administration$95,033,7834.93%5%
Buildings & maintenance$141,086,5867.31%7%
Other$10,769,2860.56%1%
Total$1,929,314,899100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $1,929,314,899 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$15,976 per pupil
2020$14,540 per pupil
2019$14,457 per pupil
2018$11,416 per pupil
2017$11,708 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 92111 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92111 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$99,644
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)46%
ZIP-area population45,249
Median age38.5 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 92111 →

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