Independent charter school · San Diego County Office of Education · Escondido, California

Community Montessori — Rating & test scores

Escondido · TK–8 · 795 students (2024–25)

1441 Montiel Road, Suite 143, 92026cmcharter.org ↗(760) 743-7880

77thpercentileStrong

The dots are California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓

Community Montessorihigher than 77 of the 100 California dots

California’s public elementary schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Community Montessorihigher than 77 of the 100 California dots

California’s public elementary schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Community Montessorihigher than 77 of the 100 California dots

California’s public elementary schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Well above California in English, above in math: 64% and 51% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, against 46% and 42%.

Source

Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grades 3–5: 263
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).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

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

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In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 32% of students tested in English (reading and writing) scored Advanced, one and a third times California’s rate (24%). Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources

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

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Community Montessori how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. Evidence ↓

Is Community Montessori a good school?

Community Montessori scores higher than 77 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 77th percentile, Strong, spring 2026.

Grades 6–8: higher than 70 in 100 California middle schools we score (70th percentile, Solid, spring 2026)

Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 0 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 11 in 100 at the average San Diego County Office of Education elementary school. 0.5% of students (4 of 821) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, yes; in math, below what the state expected. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored +11 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored −6 points, which it calls Moderate.

Included in this measure: 310 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 47% of low-income students in grades 3, 4 and 6 at Community Montessori in Escondido scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 35% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $426,719 is planned for 12 funded actions in 3 goals. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in English; above it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 64% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 51% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

Source

Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grades 3–5: 263
Comparison: California: CDE’s grades 3–5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English, 1,211,701 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.

AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 263 tested

Advanced: 32%
Proficient: 32%
Below the standard: 36%

This school64%

California46%

San Diego County Office of Education49%

64% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 263 tested

Advanced: 20%
Proficient: 31%
Below the standard: 49%

This school51%

California42%

San Diego County Office of Education42%

51% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–8 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced	56%	61%	75%
Advanced	28%	37%	32%
Proficient	28%	24%	43%
Developing level	21%	22%	11%
Minimal	23%	17%	14%
Tested	93	82	88
California	44%	46%	49%
Difference	+12	+15	+26

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced	62%	80%	70%
Advanced	16%	26%	25%
Proficient	46%	54%	45%
Developing level	20%	14%	20%
Minimal	18%	6%	10%
Tested	77	35	40
California	48%	51%	49%
Difference	+14	+29	+21

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
Measure	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced	61%	46%	43%
Advanced	19%	15%	25%
Proficient	42%	31%	18%
Developing level	15%	31%	31%
Minimal	24%	23%	26%
Tested	93	82	88
California	47%	42%	37%
Difference	+14	+4	+6

Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced	36%	36%	42%
Advanced	16%	14%	28%
Proficient	20%	22%	14%
Developing level	30%	25%	26%
Minimal	34%	39%	32%
Tested	77	36	40
California	37%	38%	36%
Difference	−1	−2	+6

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.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How do the middle grades do?

Well above California in English; near it in math. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 68% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 38% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 70th percentile (Solid) among California’s middle schools.

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 152 tested

Advanced: 20%
Proficient: 48%
Below the standard: 32%

This school68%

California49%

San Diego County Office of Education54%

68% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 153 tested

Advanced: 18%
Proficient: 20%
Below the standard: 62%

This school38%

California37%

San Diego County Office of Education38%

38% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

How does math compare with English?

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, math trails English by 13 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 4 points across California. The grades 3–5 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were higher than in 2025. English went from 59% to 64% and math from 44% to 51%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202559%263 tested

→

202664%263 tested

This school

California, same grades46% → 46%2025 → 2026 · 1,232,086 → 1,208,894 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202544%263 tested

→

202651%263 tested

This school

California, same grades41% → 42%2025 → 2026 · 1,241,652 → 1,211,701 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, yes; in math, below what the state expected. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored +11 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored −6 points, which it calls Moderate.

Source

Source: CDE growth model, 2025
Students: students with scores in both years in grades 4–8: 310
Comparison: 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.

Grades 4–8 · 2025 · 310 students with scores in both years

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

+11 pts

English

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

−6 pts

Math

The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

Ask: How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts

Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
Students	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Tested
English, grades 3–5 · This school	32%	32%	18%	18%	263
English, grades 3–5 · California	24%	22%	21%	33%	1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · San Diego County Office of Education	25%	24%	23%	28%	2,006
Math, grades 3–5 · This school	20%	31%	25%	24%	263
Math, grades 3–5 · California	21%	21%	25%	33%	1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · San Diego County Office of Education	19%	23%	26%	32%	2,012
English, grades 6–8 · This school	20%	48%	19%	13%	152
English, grades 6–8 · California	19%	30%	23%	28%	1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · San Diego County Office of Education	18%	36%	25%	21%	1,924
Math, grades 6–8 · This school	18%	20%	27%	35%	153
Math, grades 6–8 · California	21%	16%	23%	40%	1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · San Diego County Office of Education	19%	19%	25%	37%	1,938

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

English and math results for the tested grades. These do not measure the experience in kindergarten or the early grades.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20196 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2019–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5

This schoolCalifornia

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Math top two levels, grades 3–5

This schoolCalifornia

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The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

2026 was the highest year in this series in both subjects. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
Year	This school	California
2019	61% 238 tested	50% 1,332,547 tested
2022	62% 252 tested	45% 1,260,830 tested
2023	58% 253 tested	44% 1,247,801 tested
2024	60% 254 tested	45% 1,235,509 tested
2025	59% 263 tested	46% 1,232,086 tested
2026	64% 263 tested	46% 1,208,894 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
Year	This school	California
2019	39% 239 tested	44% 1,338,625 tested
2022	48% 251 tested	38% 1,265,943 tested
2023	48% 254 tested	40% 1,256,519 tested
2024	49% 254 tested	41% 1,249,262 tested
2025	44% 263 tested	41% 1,241,652 tested
2026	51% 263 tested	42% 1,211,701 tested

How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

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 11 points above that expected score, and in math 6 points below it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

What you can do

Who can act on Community Montessori’s results?

Community Montessori’s own board decides its plan.

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

Where is its yearly plan?

What its plan pays for ↓

San Diego County Office of Education authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2027.

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2What the law requires, and what to ask

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

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

Fewer than 1 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average San Diego County Office of Education elementary school, 11 in 100 were. 0.5% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Source

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students: chronic absence: 1 of 807 students counted for it; suspension: 4 of 821 students enrolled during the year
Comparison: Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average San Diego County Office of Education elementary school 1.0%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

fewer than 1 in 100This school

11 in 100At the average San Diego County Office of Education elementary school

17 in 100At the average California elementary school

1 of 807 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.5%

of students were suspended at least once (4 of 821). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts

Grades TK–3: not in the records we hold
Grades 4–6: 0 in 100, 0 of 257
Grades 7–8: 1 in 100, 1 of 81

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Community Montessori

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questions Responder en español

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino students and students with disabilities here scored well above the same groups across California in English.

Student groups, grades 3–8, spring 2026

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 52% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 3–8, spring 2026), against 37% for the same group across California. Students with disabilities: 32% in English, against 18% for the same group across California. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Source

Source: California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students: grades 3–8; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison: California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Community MontessoriSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students

White226 tested68%Same group, California 61%
Hispanic or Latino92 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 52%Same group, California 37%
Low-income59 tested47%Same group, California 35%
Students with disabilities73 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 32%Same group, California 18%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–8 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 27% to 50%; every value is in the table below. Low-income students: grades 3, 4 and 6 only. Hispanic or Latino students: grades 3–6 only. Students with disabilities: grades 3–6 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted

White53%
Hispanic or Latino26%
Asian9%
Two or more races6%
Filipino2%
Black or African American1%
Not reported1%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Unallocated share2%

A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. “Not reported” is different: it is a category in the state’s own count of students. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Who are the families and teachers?

18%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 140 of 795. California: 63%.

38teachers, 2024–25

7 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

13%in their first year, 2024–25

65%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino students and students with disabilities on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–8 · spring 2026

Group and subject	Here	vs San Diego County Office of Education	vs California
Low-income · 59 tested · grades 3, 4 and 6 only
English	47%	+3710%	+1235%
Math	36%	+315%	+531%
White · 226 tested
English	68%	—	+761%
Math	50%	—	−353%
Hispanic or Latino · 92 tested · grades 3–6 only
English	52%	+448%	+1537%
Math	29%	+263%	−130%
Students with disabilities · 73 tested · grades 3–6 only
English	32%	—	+1418%
Math	27%	—	+1116%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in San Diego County Office of Education, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

Asian students, 35 tested: no rate for grades 4–6 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for 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 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26

Students, 2025–26	Here
White	53%
Hispanic or Latino	26%
Asian	9%
Two or more races	6%
Filipino	2%
Black or African American	1%
Not reported	1%
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 65% of teaching positions, 20.9 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 31.9 total position FTE (FTEs as rounded by the source; the share is CDE’s own). This measures positions, not individual teachers.

In its own words

What does Community Montessori’s own plan commit to?

Its 2026–27 plan

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

$426,719

planned for 12 funded actions in 3 goals. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 84 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 76% of the money. The plan itself puts 50% of it toward staff.

EL Supports $148,219
Field Trips $95,000
Facility Improvements $80,000
9 other actions

Reading, math and catch-up help

3 of the plan’s 12 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Reading $35,000
Math $3,000
English learners $148,219

Largest of these

EL Supports$148,219
Structured Literacy$35,000
Reflex Math$3,000

For high-need students

It plans $339,719 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $405,082 and estimates it spent $405,082, the same as planned.

What changed

The total is $135,363 (24%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Facility Improvements, which went from $145,000 to $80,000.

Largest cuts

Facility Improvements−⁠$65,000
EL Supports−⁠$31,773
Montessori Certification−⁠$15,500

Ask: What did Facility Improvements pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $65,000 less?

What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grades 3–5 only: 64% in English and 51% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure	2024–25	2025–26	Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1	62%	66%	up 4 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1	44%	46%	up 2 pts
Suspended at least onceGoal 1	0.1%	0.5%	up 0.4 pts

Goals 2 and 3 aren’t shown because they track other measures.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts

EL Supports · $148,219
Field Trips · $95,000
Facility Improvements · $80,000

The full plan3 goals, 28 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($426,719).

Where does the money go?

57% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

fell 25% or more
fell 10–25%
fell 2–10%
within 2%
grew 2–10%
grew 10–25%
grew 25% or more
new or renamed title
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Support high-quality teachers in their implementation of a Montessori program that is cohesive, aligned…$243,21957% of action budgets

“Support high-quality teachers in their implementation of a Montessori program that is cohesive, aligned, equitable, and standards-based, resulting in proficiency in California state standards for all students and that prepares students for high school, college and career readiness” p. 9 ↗

7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $307,492 (−⁠$64,273)

Largest funded actions

EL Supports$148,219action 1.5 · p. 46 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Structured Literacy$35,000action 1.2 · p. 46 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
I-Ready$30,000action 1.7 · p. 46 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Montessori Certification$15,000action 1.1 · p. 46 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Professional Learning$10,000action 1.4 · p. 46 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

2 more funded actions in this goal

Reflex Math · action 1.6 · p. 46 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$3,000
Development of a robust PE program · action 1.8 · p. 46 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$2,000

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

EL Supports−⁠$31,773$179,992 → $148,219 · p. 46 ↗
Montessori Certification−⁠$15,500$30,500 → $15,000 · p. 46 ↗
Development of a robust PE program−⁠$15,000$17,000 → $2,000 · p. 46 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

Structured Literacy · $35,000 → $35,000 · p. 46 ↗unchanged
I-Ready · $30,000 → $30,000 · p. 46 ↗unchanged
Professional Learning · $10,000 → $10,000 · p. 46 ↗unchanged
Reflex Math · $5,000 → $3,000 · p. 46 ↗−⁠$2,000

How the plan measures it · 19 measures · 3 quoted

Suspension Rates p. 12 ↗
Baseline
2.6%
Target for year 3
1%
Expulsion Rates p. 12 ↗
Baseline
0
Target for year 3
0
Attendance rate as measured by the Monthly Attendance Summary Report p. 12 ↗
Baseline
98%
Target for year 3
100%

16 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2 · Maintenance of Progress GoalEnsure facilities are in good repair and are set up and maintained in a way that supports Montessori…$85,00020% of action budgets

“Ensure facilities are in good repair and are set up and maintained in a way that supports Montessori pedagogy, including adequate technology” p. 25 ↗

2 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $155,000 (−⁠$70,000)

Largest funded actions

Facility Improvements$80,000action 2.2 · p. 46 ↗
Montessori Materials$5,000action 2.1 · p. 46 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

Facility Improvements−⁠$65,000$145,000 → $80,000 · p. 46 ↗
Montessori Materials−⁠$5,000$10,000 → $5,000 · p. 46 ↗

How the plan measures it · 4 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 25 ↗.

Goal 3Engage parents, staff, students and community to promote meaningful educational opportunities for all…$98,50023% of action budgets

“Engage parents, staff, students and community to promote meaningful educational opportunities for all students within a warm, caring, inspirational environment” p. 29 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $99,590 (−⁠$1,090)

Largest funded actions

Field Trips$95,000action 3.4 · p. 47 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Staff Social and Emotional Wellbeing$2,000action 3.3 · p. 47 ↗
Community Partnerships$1,500action 3.2 · p. 47 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

Community Partnerships−⁠$1,090$2,590 → $1,500 · p. 47 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

Field Trips · $95,000 → $95,000 · p. 47 ↗unchanged
Staff Social and Emotional Wellbeing · $2,000 → $2,000 · p. 47 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 5 measures · 3 quoted

Parent Participation Rates in Learning Center Activities p. 29 ↗
Baseline
60% of families attend at least one Learning Center event each year
Target for year 3
80% of families attend at least one Learning Center event each year
Survey Completion Rates p. 30 ↗
Baseline
20% of families complete all surveys
Target for year 3
75% of families complete all surveys
Family Attendance at Student Led Conferences p. 31 ↗
Baseline
75% of families attend student led conferences
Target for year 3
100% of families attend student led conferences

2 more measures in the plan’s table.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

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School website: cmcharter.org ↗Office: (760) 743-7880Administrator: Terri Novacek

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1441 Montiel Road, Suite 143, Escondido 92026

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Questions for your visit

How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?
When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino students and students with disabilities on track as they move up through the grades?
What did Facility Improvements pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $65,000 less?

Office (760) 743-78801441 Montiel Road, Suite 143, directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby elementary schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest elementary schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby elementary schoolsPercentile among California elementary schools, 2026

Rock Springs ElementaryEscondido Union · 0.6 mi
18thNeeds SupportScope Score 23
Knob Hill ElementarySan Marcos Unified · 0.8 mi
72ndSolidScope Score 48
Lincoln ElementaryEscondido Union · 1.5 mi
6thNeeds SupportScope Score 16
Central ElementaryEscondido Union · 2.0 mi
24thNeeds SupportScope Score 25
Farr Avenue ElementaryEscondido Union · 2.1 mi
41stDevelopingScope Score 32

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

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Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,311 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #2 of 10 in San Diego County Office of Education

Score factors, 2025–26
Factor	School	Index	Weight
Advancedaverage of English and math	26%	54	42%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math	57%	61	23%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)	+80 scale-score pts	57	20%
Chronically absent	0 in 100	76	5%
Suspension rate	0.5% (4 of 821)	59	5%
English learners: top level	26%	65	5%

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. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2025–26	51	77	#1311	California 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 year	Chronic absence	Suspension	Grade gap (points)
2018–19	not on file	not on file	+7
2021–22	not on file	not on file	−4
2022–23	not on file	not on file	+6
2023–24	0 in 100	0.5% (4 of 806)	−6
2024–25	0 in 100	0.1% (1 of 801)	−2
2025–26	0 in 100	0.5% (4 of 821)	0

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 year2019–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Top level	Top two levels
2026 · English	415	28%	66%
2026 · Math	416	19%	46%
2025 · English	399	28%	62%
2025 · Math	399	19%	44%
2024 · English	398	29%	62%
2024 · Math	398	18%	47%
2023 · English	396	31%	60%
2023 · Math	397	23%	45%
2022 · English	393	30%	63%
2022 · Math	394	21%	46%
2019 · English	332	26%	63%
2019 · Math	333	14%	39%

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 · subject	Students with scores	Met or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English	84	52%
2025 · Grade 4 · English	88	61%
2025 · Grade 5 · English	91	64%
2025 · Grade 6 · English	52	54%
2025 · Grade 7 · English	46	76%
2025 · Grade 8 · English	38	74%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math	84	49%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math	88	51%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math	91	34%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math	52	46%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math	46	52%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math	38	29%
2024 · Grade 3 · English	93	62%
2024 · Grade 4 · English	91	56%
2024 · Grade 5 · English	70	63%
2024 · Grade 6 · English	60	63%
2024 · Grade 7 · English	43	53%
2024 · Grade 8 · English	41	76%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math	93	55%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math	91	47%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math	70	43%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	60	53%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	43	37%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	41	34%
2023 · Grade 3 · English	98	53%
2023 · Grade 4 · English	80	59%
2023 · Grade 5 · English	75	64%
2023 · Grade 6 · English	62	52%
2023 · Grade 7 · English	46	72%
2023 · Grade 8 · English	35	77%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math	98	48%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math	80	48%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math	76	50%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	62	37%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	46	43%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	35	34%
2022 · Grade 3 · English	89	62%
2022 · Grade 4 · English	80	58%
2022 · Grade 5 · English	83	67%
2022 · Grade 6 · English	67	66%
2022 · Grade 7 · English	40	65%
2022 · Grade 8 · English	34	59%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math	88	53%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math	80	50%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math	83	40%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	69	45%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	40	45%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	34	38%
2019 · Grade 3 · English	100	49%
2019 · Grade 4 · English	73	74%
2019 · Grade 5 · English	65	66%
2019 · Grade 6 · English	46	65%
2019 · Grade 7 · English	24	75%
2019 · Grade 8 · English	24	58%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math	100	38%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math	73	45%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math	66	35%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	46	33%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	24	46%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	24	42%

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)	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal
Schoolwide	128	25%	34%	34%	6%

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 · English	Tested	Proficient or Advanced	vs district	vs California
Low-income (grades 3, 4 and 6 only)	59	47%	+37	+12
White	226	68%	—	+7
Hispanic or Latino (grades 3–6 only)	92	52%	+44	+15

Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score

Group	English	n	CDE category	Math	n	CDE category
All students	+11	310	Accelerated	−6	310	Moderate
English-only students	+13	259	not categorized	−6	259	not categorized
White	+13	168	Accelerated	−3	168	Average
Hispanic or Latino	+4	87	Average	−17	87	Moderate
Low-income	+3	64	Average	−14	64	Moderate
Students with disabilities	−2	62	Average	−19	62	Moderate
Asian	+10	24	Accelerated	+8	24	Accelerated
English learners	−13	18	Moderate	−14	18	Moderate
Two or more races	+18	15	Accelerated	−6	15	Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English	−23	14	not categorized	−3	14	not categorized

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, and grade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3

32%

exceeded standard · 62% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2024 · 93 English test records with scores

English · 2026 · Grade 5

32%

Advanced · 75% Proficient or Advanced

CDE CAASPP 2026 · 88 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 88 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English 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 English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+11 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

310 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

State model · math−6 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

310 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

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 · 0.1% (1 of 801) → 2025–26 · 0.5% (4 of 821) · +0.4 percentage points

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Change
Female	—	0 in 100	—
Male	—	0 in 100	—
Asian	—	0 in 100	—
Black or African American	—	0 in 100	—
Filipino	—	0 in 100	—
Hispanic or Latino	—	0 in 100	—
Two or more races	—	0 in 100	—
White	—	0 in 100	—
Students with disabilities	—	0 in 100	—
English learners	—	0 in 100	—
Low-income	—	0 in 100	—
All students	—	0 in 100	—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. 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$64,856 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2017–18 (2018) · fall district membership: 3,372 pupils

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation

Instruction 19%Instruction support 57%Student services 3%Administration 18%Buildings & maintenance 3%

The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
Group	Dollars	Share, to two decimals	Printed
Instruction	$62,482,068	18.48%	19%
Instruction support	$192,746,859	57.02%	57%
Student services	$10,935,985	3.24%	3%
Administration	$59,877,757	17.71%	18%
Buildings & maintenance	$11,089,069	3.28%	3%
Total	$338,016,965	100.00%	100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $338,016,965 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, 2017–⁠2018; latest district record shown: 2018

2018$64,856 per pupil

2017$69,105 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 holders22.7%

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 92026 · not the school’s students

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92026 area
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$104,561
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	34%
ZIP-area population	53,075
Median age	39.7 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 92026 →

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