Colony Oak Elementary: High scores, healthy climate, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.
Colony Oak posts 26.3% exceeding the standard — versus 21.3% statewide — with climate numbers better than most. That doesn't make it perfect. It makes it worth a visit to find what numbers can't measure.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 61 | 26% | 53% | -1.4 | 5.9% | 1.6% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Colony Oak Elementary scores 61 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 84th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
💪 Strong All-Around — Ask about what we don't score — class size, electives, the feel of a classroom — strong numbers everywhere on paper don't mean every classroom feels the same.
Most rating sites would stop at “53% proficient” and call it done. Colony Oak deserves a closer read. It sits at the 84th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
The headline number: +1.4pp separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 57th to the 84th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 1400 elementary schools.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 53% of students meet the standard today, above the 50% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 49% | 57% | 34% | 57% | 56% |
| Grade 4 | 47% | 44% | 45% | 46% | 44% |
| Grade 5 | 60% | 63% | 49% | 50% | 67% |
| Grade 6 | 54% | 63% | 45% | 64% | 50% |
| Grade 7 | 53% | 58% | 79% | 64% | 77% |
| Grade 8 | 68% | 52% | 57% | 73% | 67% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 59% | 68% | 44% | 62% | 58% |
| Grade 4 | 40% | 40% | 45% | 50% | 49% |
| Grade 5 | 43% | 21% | 38% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 6 | 52% | 47% | 38% | 46% | 48% |
| Grade 7 | 51% | 33% | 62% | 59% | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 68% | 42% | 36% | 62% | 57% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding falls 16.0pp across grades; the floor rises 10.4pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Colony Oak Elementary in Ripon, 45.3% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 50.5% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Colony Oak Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 5.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (37.5% Math proficient); White students (64.2% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 16.6 percentage points for hispanic students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 64 students tested.
9 of 15 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 4.5pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: -4.1pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 7–8 students (7.5% vs 3.0%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$204 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
On the state's science test (CAST), 47% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 60
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 48 | 40% | 17% | 21% | 23% | 56% | +13 |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 27% | 16% | 25% | 31% | 44% | −1 |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 24% | 43% | 18% | 16% | 67% | +19 |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 15% | 35% | 33% | 17% | 50% | +3 |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 25% | 52% | 15% | 8% | 77% | +29 |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 27% | 41% | 24% | 8% | 67% | +21 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 48 | 29% | 29% | 29% | 13% | 58% | +13 |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 15% | 35% | 31% | 20% | 49% | +7 |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 24% | 22% | 39% | 16% | 45% | +10 |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 25% | 23% | 29% | 23% | 48% | +13 |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 33% | 19% | 29% | 19% | 52% | +18 |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 29% | 29% | 22% | 20% | 57% | +25 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 100 | 14% | 33% | 51% | 2% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 64 | 45.3% | −5 | +7 |
| White | 187 | 64.2% | −3 | +2 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 88 | 48.9% | −3 | +10 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colony Oak Elementary ← | — | 61 | 26.3% | 53.2% | −1.4 | 1.6% |
| Park View Elementary | 1.4 mi | 69 | 39.3% | 69.6% | −1.5 | 1.1% |
| Weston Elementary | 2.6 mi | 57 | 25.1% | 54.6% | +5.1 | 0.9% |
| Ripon Elementary | 1.7 mi | 54 | 19.9% | 49.4% | +0.0 | 0.3% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 45 | 57 | #2345 | 21.3% | 49.8% | 3.4% | 2.2% | -2.0pp |
| 2022 | 37 | 52 | #2749 | 18.1% | 48.8% | 15.5% | 1.6% | -21.1pp |
| 2023 | 52 | 75 | #1413 | 17.0% | 42.5% | 8.2% | 1.9% | +4.2pp |
| 2024 | 44 | 56 | #2519 | 23.2% | 50.9% | 5.6% | 1.5% | -14.1pp |
| 2025 | 61 | 84 | #943 | 26.3% | 53.2% | 5.9% | 1.6% | -1.4pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 2.3% | 4.1% | +1.8pp |
| Male | 4.3% | 5.2% | +0.9pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 6.2% | 8.1% | +1.9pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 9.4% | 0.0% | -9.4pp |
| English Learners | 1.7% | 3.7% | +2.0pp |
| Homeless | 10.0% | — | — |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 5.6% | 10.7% | +5.1pp |
| All Students | 3.3% | 4.7% | +1.4pp |
| Asian | — | 0.0% | — |
| Filipino | — | 8.3% | — |
| Two or More Races | — | 0.0% | — |
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