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Coleman F. Brown Elementary

Modesto · TK–5 · 378 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score
25 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
Not a grade or a test result.

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Well below California in English and math: 23% and 20% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 41% statewide. Source
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 166
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 3, 4 and 5 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,232,086 in English and 1,241,652 in math tested).
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Academic achievement

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

Learning

Are children building strong foundations?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
7%
Met standard
16%
Below standard
77%

23% met or exceeded · 166 tested

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LevelHereCaliforniaSylvan Union Elementary
Exceeded7%24%17%
Met16%22%23%
Nearly met18%21%23%
Not met59%33%37%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
5%
Met standard
15%
Below standard
80%

20% met or exceeded · 166 tested

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LevelHereCaliforniaSylvan Union Elementary
Exceeded5%21%14%
Met15%20%23%
Nearly met25%25%26%
Not met55%34%37%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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?

Things worth knowing

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4.1% of students (19 of 459) were suspended at least once in 2024–25, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.2024–25
4.1%of students were suspended at least once, 2024–25

Ask: When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?

Source
CDE suspension file, 2024–25
Students
all students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 459
Comparison
19 of 459. District and California figures are averages of school rates (10 Sylvan Union Elementary schools; 5,721 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

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 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school23%
California46%

Tested: 166 here · 1,232,086 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school23%
Sylvan Union Elementary40%

Tested: 166 here · 2,470 in Sylvan Union Elementary. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 10 schools.

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LevelHereCaliforniaSylvan Union Elementary
Exceeded7%24%17%
Met16%22%23%
Nearly met18%21%23%
Not met59%33%37%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school20%
California41%

Tested: 166 here · 1,241,652 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school20%
Sylvan Union Elementary37%

Tested: 166 here · 2,483 in Sylvan Union Elementary. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 10 schools.

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LevelHereCaliforniaSylvan Union Elementary
Exceeded5%21%14%
Met15%20%23%
Nearly met25%25%26%
Not met55%34%37%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Progress over time

Are students making progress?

English

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

201927%564 tested
→
202523%166 tested

This school

California, same grades50% → 46%2019 → 2025 · 1,332,547 → 1,232,086 tested

Math

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

201917%582 tested
→
202520%166 tested

This school

California, same grades44% → 41%2019 → 2025 · 1,338,625 → 1,241,652 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

Explore every year, the trend charts & underlying data

English and math have stayed well below California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
Math met or exceeded, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

English went from 27% in 2019 to 23% in 2025. Math went from 17% in 2019 to 20% in 2025. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201927%
564 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202218%
507 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202317%
186 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202415%
186 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202523%
166 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
Math · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201917%
582 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
202212%
507 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202315%
187 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202414%
190 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202520%
166 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
The state’s growth measure102 students · grades 4–5 · 2025
English−5ptsCDE category: Average
Math−2ptsCDE category: Average

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

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Life at school

Explore the available evidence about the school day and opportunities.

What’s it like

About 2 in 5 of TK and kindergarten students were chronically absent.

23 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25
14in 100 at the average Sylvan Union Elementary school18in 100 at the average California elementary school

95 of 415 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school23 in 100
at the average Sylvan Union Elementary school14 in 100
at the average California elementary school18 in 100
4.1%of students were suspended at least once (19 of 459), 2024–25
2.9%at the average Sylvan Union Elementary school1.6%at the average California elementary school
Attendance by grade
Chronically absent, 2024–25Per 100 studentsStudents
TK and kindergarten3837 of 98
Grades 1–32141 of 193
Grades 4–51417 of 124

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Parents’ experience · the school as a workplace

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

147 tested per subject

English22% / 35%
Math21% / 30%

Hispanic or Latino

78 tested per subject

English31% / 36%
Math22% / 30%

English learners

46 tested per subject

English4% / 13%
Math7% / 15%
All group results, district comparisons and sources
Met or exceeded the standardgrades 3–5 · spring 2025
Group and subjectHerevs Sylvan Union Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 147 tested
English22%−1234%−1335%
Math21%−930%−930%
Hispanic or Latino · 78 tested
English31%−233%−536%
Math22%−830%−830%
English learners · 46 tested
English4%−48%−913%
Math7%−18%−815%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Sylvan Union Elementary, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

White students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, 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.

Low-income students did worse than the same group statewide.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Coleman F. Brown Elementary in Modesto, 21.8% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 3, 4 and 5, compared to 33.7% district-wide for those same grades and 35.2% statewide for those same grades. Coleman F. Brown Elementary’s rate for low-income students trails its district average by 12.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (21.1% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (30.8% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 17.6 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 147 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

1. Hispanic or Latino: 50%2. White: 17%3. Asian: 13%4. Two or more races: 8%5. Black or African American: 5%6. Not reported: 3%Unallocated share: 3%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino50%
  2. White17%
  3. Asian13%
  4. Two or more races8%
  5. Black or African American5%
  6. Not reported3%
  7. Filipino—
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Pacific Islander—
  10. Unallocated share3%
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, 2024–25Here
Hispanic or Latino50%
White17%
Asian13%
Two or more races8%
Black or African American5%
Not reported3%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About 4 in 5 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (84%, 316 of 378). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers27
Average experience11 years
First-year teachers7%
100% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 100.00%: 19 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 19 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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  1. ElementaryColeman F. Brown ElementaryThis campus · grades K-5
  2. MiddleSomerset MiddleNearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  3. High schoolLink not recordedAsk the district about this stage.
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Middle-school links

  • Somerset Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    38th percentile · Developing · middle · 2025

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2024 Vera Cruz Drive, Modesto 95355

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Questions

Questions to ask

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  1. When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?
  2. 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?
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. How do you teach early reading and check each child’s progress?

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar elementary schools2025 statewide percentile
How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 75.6–91.6% meal eligibility and 189–756 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Coleman F. Brown Elementary a good elementary school?
Coleman F. Brown Elementary is in the 22nd percentile (Needs Support) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. Its Scope Score is 25 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Coleman F. Brown Elementary was well below California in English and math: 23% and 20% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 41% statewide. The 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 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Coleman F. Brown Elementary's CAASPP test scores?
In spring 2025, 23% of students tested in grades 3–5 met or exceeded the English standard and 20% the math standard; 7% and 5% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 46% and 41% met or exceeded, 24% and 21% exceeded. 166 students were tested in English and 166 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).
How does Coleman F. Brown Elementary rank in California?
Coleman F. Brown Elementary is in the 22nd percentile of 5,721 California comprehensive elementary schools (Needs Support, 2025). Coleman F. Brown Elementary ranks #4,458 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2023 G3 → 2025 G5), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
Is Coleman F. Brown Elementary getting better or worse?
SchoolScope compares Coleman F. Brown Elementary's grade 3 results in 2023 with its grade 5 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 79th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.
What do attendance and suspension records show for Coleman F. Brown Elementary?
CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 22.9% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 95 chronically absent of 415 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 4.1%; 19 unduplicated suspended students of 459 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 22.5%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 3.9%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.
How does Coleman F. Brown Elementary compare to other schools in Modesto?
Coleman F. Brown Elementary is in the 22nd percentile (Needs Support) 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 378 students. Use the schools in Modesto page or the map view to compare nearby elementary schools.
What do reported student-group results show at Coleman F. Brown Elementary?
At Coleman F. Brown Elementary in Modesto, 21.8% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 3, 4 and 5, compared to 33.7% district-wide for those same grades and 35.2% statewide for those same grades. Coleman F. Brown Elementary’s rate for low-income students trails its district average by 12.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (21.1% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (30.8% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 17.6 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 147 ELA grade test records. 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.
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Coleman F. Brown Elementary is ranked #4,458 statewide · #10 of 10 in Sylvan Union Elementary.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard5.8%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded21.6%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Above avgaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism22.5%17.9%5%
Suspension rate3.9%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)6.7%17.8%5%
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 21.4% · index 35 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 42.7% · index 34 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)
↑ vs CA average · ≈79th calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 17.9% · index 43 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▲ 1.5pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate
↓ vs CA 1.6% · index 31 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▲ 3.6pp higher vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↓ vs CA 17.8% · index 35 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint

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 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 35511%18%15%56%29%−14
Grade 4592%12%19%68%14%−31
Grade 5528%19%21%52%27%−21

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 3 ELA equal-school mean: 43.1%; n=5714 reporting schools

State grade 4 ELA equal-school mean: 44.6%; n=5721 reporting schools

State grade 5 ELA equal-school mean: 47.7%; n=5721 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 3557%31%22%40%38%−7
Grade 4592%5%27%66%7%−34
Grade 5526%10%27%58%15%−20

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 3 Math equal-school mean: 45.4%; n=5714 reporting schools

State grade 4 Math equal-school mean: 41.3%; n=5721 reporting schools

State grade 5 Math equal-school mean: 35.0%; n=5724 reporting schools

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 · subjectStudents with scoresMet+
2024 · Grade 3 · ELA6810.3%
2024 · Grade 4 · ELA5411.1%
2024 · Grade 5 · ELA6421.9%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math6914.5%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math5612.5%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math6513.8%
2023 · Grade 3 · ELA6810.3%
2023 · Grade 4 · ELA6217.7%
2023 · Grade 5 · ELA5623.2%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math6816.2%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math6322.2%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math565.4%
2022 · Grade 3 · ELA16914.3%
2022 · Grade 4 · ELA16915.1%
2022 · Grade 5 · ELA16923.3%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math16917.9%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math16911.3%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math1696.7%
2019 · Grade 3 · ELA18825.4%
2019 · Grade 4 · ELA18834.9%
2019 · Grade 5 · ELA18820.7%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math19420.0%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math19419.1%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math19411.5%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “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)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide522%17%48%33%

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 · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged14721.8%−12−13
Hispanic/Latino7830.8%−2−5
English Learners464.3%−3−9
Nearest elementary schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = school-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights

SchoolDistScope · percentile · bandEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Coleman F. Brown Elementary ←—2522nd percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 20255.8%21.6%−12.5pp+82 pts3.9%
Sylvan Elementary0.5 mi2829th percentile · Developing · statewide · 20257.1%21.8%−1.7pp—2.3%
Standiford Elementary0.8 mi3445th percentile · Developing · statewide · 202526.3%39.8%+6.6pp—6.3%
Sherwood Elementary0.8 mi2828th percentile · Developing · statewide · 202512.4%35.9%−18.5pp—2.1%
California average—39School average · no percentile21.4%42.7%−2.9pp—1.6%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

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.

District salary records
Teacher salary schedule$59,615 – $126,542
Average elementary principal salary$143,919
Average middle school principal salary$147,804
Superintendent salary$220,106

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
201920/1009#4968California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,484 schools
202216/1007#5296California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,704 schools
202317/1008#5211California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,696 schools
202424/10015#4843California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,711 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 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 21.1% → 2025 · 22.9% · +1.8pp
Suspension rate2024 · 0.2% → 2025 · 4.1% · +3.9pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresExcMet+
2025 · ELA1666.6%22.9%
2025 · Math1664.8%19.9%
2024 · ELA1862.1%14.5%
2024 · Math1902.1%13.7%
2023 · ELA1864.8%16.7%
2023 · Math1873.2%15.0%
2022 · ELA1693.5%17.8%
2022 · Math1693.5%11.8%
2019 · ELA18812.2%27.1%
2019 · Math1944.6%17.0%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
2019———8.4%21.9%15.4%3.9%-6.6pp
2022———3.5%14.8%42.8%2.3%-1.1pp
2023———4.0%15.8%31.0%2.5%+1.1pp
2024———2.2%14.0%21.0%0.3%+5.5pp
20252522#44585.8%21.6%22.5%3.9%-12.5pp

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
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  • — Students classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged here trail the state average for their group by 13 points in ELA in grades 3–5 — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years
Group2018–192024–25Δ
Female16.4%19.5%+3.1pp
Male15.0%26.0%+11.0pp
Asian15.4%1.8%-13.6pp
Black/African American22.2%52.4%+30.2pp
Hispanic/Latino17.2%28.7%+11.5pp
Two or More Races37.5%12.1%-25.4pp
White5.7%21.1%+15.4pp
Students with Disabilities15.0%27.7%+12.7pp
English Learners13.1%5.6%-7.5pp
Foster Youth53.3%——
Homeless46.2%78.6%+32.4pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged16.7%23.6%+6.9pp
All Students15.7%22.9%+7.2pp

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or 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
GroupELAnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students−5102Average−2102Average
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−792Moderate−292Average
English Only−566not categorised066not categorised
Hispanic or Latino−1050Moderate050Average
English Learner−233Average−333Average
English Learners Only−822not categorised−522not categorised
White+316Average+116Average
Asian+514Accelerated+514Accelerated
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only+1211not categorised+411not categorised
Students with Disabilities−1011Moderate−911Moderate

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

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2023 · Grade 3
4%
exceeded standard · 10% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2023 · 68 ELA test records with scores
ELA · 2025 · Grade 5
8%
exceeded standard · 27% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2025 · 52 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 52 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe ELA results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · reported-school field
State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8
Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

102 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

California growth model, ELA: −5 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 28th percentile of 7,519 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.28th pctile · −5 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8
Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

102 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

California growth model, math: −2 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 42nd percentile of 7,518 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.42nd pctile · −2 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$12,937 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 7,913 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$193 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 378

Central federal expenditures attributed here$276 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 378

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,849 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.

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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 67%Instruction support 12%Student services 8%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 7%

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.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$12,937 per pupil
2020$11,650 per pupil
2019$11,605 per pupil
2018$10,115 per pupil
2017$9,776 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 95355
ShowHide table 09 — ZIP-area community record
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 95355
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$86,849
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)24.33%
ZCTA population60,710
Median age37.6 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.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=5,721 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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