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Clay Elementary — Rating & test scores

12449 South Smith Avenue, Kingsburg · 246 students · Grades TK–8

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Scope Score 88

StrongScope Score · 90th percentile. Higher than 90 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 above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 79% and 84% 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: 89
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).

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Tests ↓

Overview

Is Clay Elementary a good elementary school?

Strong. Clay Elementary is higher than most California elementary schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced9479%
Math, Proficient or Advanced9784%
English, Advanced8440%
Math, Advanced9554%

Progress in a year, 2025

English72+9 pts
Math93+22 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance980 in 100
Clay Elementary’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 4–8 scored higher than California students who had the same scores the year before, in English (+9 pts) and math (+22 pts). The state calls them Accelerated in English and Exceptional in math.

Each bar is Clay Elementary’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
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 4–8: 147. 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.

In its own words

What does Clay Elementary say about itself?

We haven’t read Clay Elementary’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open clayschool.k12.ca.us (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 9 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 22 points higher, which the state calls Exceptional.

English

+9

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White93+8 points
Hispanic or Latino48+12 points
Low-income26+16 points
Students with disabilities13−3 points

Math

+22

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Exceptional, the highest of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White93+28 points
Hispanic or Latino48+10 points
Low-income26+8 points
Students with disabilities13+15 points

Grades 4–8, 2025, 147 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 9 points above that expected score, and in math 22 points above it.

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?

0 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Clay Elementary. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 4.4 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. ClayScope Score 8890th
  2. RiverviewKings Canyon Joint Unified · by addressScope Score 7654th
  3. Kings RiverKings River Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 7445th
  4. WashingtonKings Canyon Joint Unified · by addressScope Score 7335th
  5. Cesar E ChavezParlier Unified · by addressScope Score 7122nd
  6. Central Valley HomeCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7017th
  7. Mathew J BrleticParlier Unified · by addressScope Score 6915th
  8. S Ben BenavidezParlier Unified · by addressScope Score 6913th
Clay Joint ElementaryA neighborhood school in another districtCharter

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer. 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%

4 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 Clay Elementary compare with schools like it?

Clay Elementary’s Scope Score is 88. 406 California elementary schools, counting Clay Elementary, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 88. Clay Elementary’s result is higher than 184 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 406

  1. Students from low-income families: 13%

    Scope Score 100Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 9%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 14%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 20%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 9%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

406 California public elementary schools where 9% to 21% 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 9% to 21% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Clay Elementary’s share. The count includes Clay Elementary. 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?

English results were similar to 2025; math results were higher. English went from 75% to 79% and math from 79% to 84%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202682%79%Clay ElementaryThis school46%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202677%84%Clay ElementaryThis school42%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. 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.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringClay ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201782%45%84
201878%49%85
201975%50%88
202266%45%88
202369%44%87
202474%45%85
202575%46%87
202679%46%89
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringClay ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201777%40%84
201879%42%86
201978%44%88
202264%38%88
202368%40%87
202476%41%85
202579%41%87
202684%42%89

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

English

79%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

9123940
California46%

Math

84%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

153054
California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 79% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 84% 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).

Grade 3 stands apart in math: every student scored Proficient or Advanced, against 84% across grades 3–5 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class.

How do the middle grades do?

Well above California in both subjects. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 84% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 76% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 97th percentile (Strong) among California’s middle schools.

English

84%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

153252
California49%

Math

76%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

9151957
California37%

School pattern · grades 3–5 · spring 2026

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

What patterns mean

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 Advanced90%62%83%
Advanced60%31%30%
Proficient30%31%53%
Developing level7%21%10%
Minimal3%17%7%
Tested302930
California44%46%49%
Difference+46+16+34
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced90%81%81%
Advanced55%47%55%
Proficient35%34%26%
Developing level7%19%19%
Minimal3%0%0%
Tested313231
California48%51%49%
Difference+42+30+32

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 Advanced100%72%80%
Advanced80%24%57%
Proficient20%48%23%
Developing level0%28%17%
Minimal0%0%3%
Tested302930
California47%42%37%
Difference+53+30+43
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced84%72%73%
Advanced71%56%43%
Proficient13%16%30%
Developing level13%22%10%
Minimal3%6%17%
Tested313230
California37%38%36%
Difference+47+34+37

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 school40%39%12%9%89
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
Math, grades 3–5 · This school54%30%15%1%89
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
English, grades 6–8 · This school52%32%15%1%94
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
Math, grades 6–8 · This school57%19%15%9%93
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 89 tested in English, 89 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?

White students are the largest group here, at 64% of students. 0 of 257 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

0in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (0 of 257 students).

At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

No district average: Clay Elementary is the only regular elementary school we rank in the Clay Joint Elementary district with an attendance record.

Students, 2024–25

246

students in grades TK–8.

White 64%Hispanic or Latino 32%

Family income

15%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 38 of 246. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

9

teachers, with 11 years of experience on average.

11% were in their first year.

100% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.8%

of students were suspended at least once (2 of 258). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grades 4–6
0 of 92 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
0 of 63 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.

Our records hold no figure for Grades TK–3.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White64%
Hispanic or Latino32%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
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. 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: 9 of 9 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

One student group at Clay Elementary has test results. Each bar compares one group with the same group across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • WhiteEnglish · 120 tested83%California 61%
  • WhiteMath · 119 tested84%California 53%

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–8, 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 3–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Clay Joint Elementaryvs California
White · 120 tested in English, 119 in math
English83%083%+2261%
Math84%084%+3153%

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

Hispanic or Latino students, 54 tested: no rate for grades 3–5, 7 and 8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for low-income, Asian, 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Clay Elementary. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

Families

No family answers yet

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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.

Answer the family questionsResponder en españolHow family answers work

Staff

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Clay Elementary 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

1

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?

$13,635 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student. Clay Joint Elementary’s plan for 2026–27 covers $3 million.

$13,635

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$13,635
The school’s share of district office costs
$0
Of the total, from federal funds
$761
  • Clay Elementary$13,635
  • 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 ↓

Clay Joint Elementary’s yearly plan

$3million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$269,062

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 2 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $3 million of $3 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Clay Joint Elementary Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27.

The neighborhood

What is the area around Clay Elementary like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93631. They are not figures for the families at Clay Elementary.

Typical household income in a year

$79,228

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 93631.

Typical home value
$396,800
People who live in this ZIP code
17,583
Typical age
37.4 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
20%

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Clay Elementary. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. How many K–2 students did screening find at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help?
  2. How do you stretch students who are already ahead?54% scored Advanced in math, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (89 students tested); California: 21%
  3. What does extra support or enrichment look like during the school day?
  4. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

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

How do I get in?

Clay Elementary runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Clay Joint Elementary which school serves your address.

Where it is

Where is Clay Elementary?

Address
12449 South Smith Avenue, Kingsburg 93631Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Judi SzporAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated February 9, 2023.

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?

Clay Elementary runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Clay Joint Elementary which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Clay Elementary a good school?

Clay Elementary has a Scope Score of 88. It scored higher than 90 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Strong, 90th percentile, spring 2026).

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 97 in 100 California middle schools we score (97th percentile, Strong, spring 2026)

See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 0 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 17 in 100 at the average California elementary school. 0.8% of students (2 of 258) 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?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 9 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 22 points higher, which the state calls Exceptional.

  • Included in this measure: 147 students

See the details ↓

How does grade 3 do in math?

Grade 3 stands apart in math: every student scored Proficient or Advanced, against 84% across grades 3–5 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class. See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 83% of White students in grades 3–8 at Clay Elementary in Kingsburg scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 61% for the same group across California. 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 #519 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math47%7442%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math81%7923%
Chronically absent0 in 100735%
Suspension rate0.8% (2 of 258)565%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)-13.3pp—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 75%: the remaining 25%, 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
2025–268890#519California 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)
2018–192 in 1000 of 252+6
2021–22not on filenot on file−1
2022–23not on filenot on file−8
2023–241 in 1000.8% (2 of 244)−22
2024–250 in 1000 of 247+16
2025–260 in 1000.8% (2 of 258)−13

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 · English18346%81%
2026 · Math18255%80%
2025 · English17639%75%
2025 · Math17651%76%
2024 · English17036%74%
2024 · Math17044%71%
2023 · English17535%72%
2023 · Math17538%65%
2022 · English17932%70%
2022 · Math17939%64%
2019 · English17641%81%
2019 · Math17744%76%
2018 · English17343%80%
2018 · Math17440%68%
2017 · English16945%84%
2017 · Math16951%73%

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 · English2662%
2025 · Grade 4 · English2976%
2025 · Grade 5 · English3284%
2025 · Grade 6 · English3168%
2025 · Grade 7 · English3077%
2025 · Grade 8 · English2882%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math2669%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math2990%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math3278%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math3174%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math3073%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math2868%
2024 · Grade 3 · English2681%
2024 · Grade 4 · English2879%
2024 · Grade 5 · English3165%
2024 · Grade 6 · English2962%
2024 · Grade 7 · English2871%
2024 · Grade 8 · English2886%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math2688%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math2882%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math3161%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math2959%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math2871%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math2868%
2023 · Grade 3 · English2781%
2023 · Grade 4 · English3057%
2023 · Grade 5 · English3070%
2023 · Grade 6 · English3165%
2023 · Grade 7 · English2778%
2023 · Grade 8 · English3083%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math2770%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math3067%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math3067%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math3145%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math2774%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math3067%
2022 · Grade 3 · English2677%
2022 · Grade 4 · English3047%
2022 · Grade 5 · English3275%
2022 · Grade 6 · English2879%
2022 · Grade 7 · English3174%
2022 · Grade 8 · English3269%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math2665%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math3060%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math3266%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math2864%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math3165%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math3266%
2019 · Grade 3 · English2770%
2019 · Grade 4 · English2955%
2019 · Grade 5 · English3297%
2019 · Grade 6 · English2990%
2019 · Grade 7 · English2986%
2019 · Grade 8 · English3083%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math2793%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math2966%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math3278%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math2983%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math3063%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math3073%
2018 · Grade 3 · English2756%
2018 · Grade 4 · English3190%
2018 · Grade 5 · English2785%
2018 · Grade 6 · English3087%
2018 · Grade 7 · English3090%
2018 · Grade 8 · English2871%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math2781%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math3278%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math2778%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math3060%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math3060%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math2854%
2017 · Grade 3 · English2781%
2017 · Grade 4 · English3087%
2017 · Grade 5 · English2778%
2017 · Grade 6 · English3087%
2017 · Grade 7 · English2781%
2017 · Grade 8 · English2889%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math2793%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math3073%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math2767%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math3063%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math2763%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math2879%

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
Schoolwide6128%36%36%0%

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
White12083%0+22
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+9147Accelerated+22147Exceptional
English-only students+10138not categorized+25138not categorized
White+893Accelerated+2893Exceptional
Hispanic or Latino+1248Accelerated+1048Accelerated
Low-income+1626Accelerated+826Accelerated
Students with disabilities−313Average+1513Accelerated

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. 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+9 pts vs expected

matched 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

147 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +9 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+22 pts vs expected

matched 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

147 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

California growth model, math: +22 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Exceptional, 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, 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 · 0 in 100 → 2025–26 · 0 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 247 → 2025–26 · 0.8% (2 of 258) · +0.8 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female3 in 1000 in 100−3 in 100
Male1 in 1000 in 100−1 in 100
Hispanic or Latino0 of 700 of 82—
White2 in 1000 in 100−2 in 100
Students with disabilities0 of 120 of 19—
English learners0 of 15——
Low-income2 of 390 of 55—
All students2 in 1000 in 100−2 in 100

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$9,402 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2019–20 (2020) · fall district membership: 246 pupils

School-level federal expenditures$761 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 246

District current expense · FY 2024–25$13,837 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.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 64%Instruction support 16%Student services 4%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 10%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$2,113,50463.81%64%
Instruction support$538,21816.25%16%
Student services$123,8653.74%4%
Administration$199,3146.02%6%
Buildings & maintenance$334,77910.11%10%
Total$3,312,395100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $3,312,395 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, 2017–⁠2020; latest district record shown: 2020
2020$9,402 per pupil
2019$10,109 per pupil
2018$9,561 per pupil
2017$8,906 per pupil
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 93631 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93631 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$79,228
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)20%
ZIP-area population17,583
Median age37.4 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-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 93631 →

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