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Cottonwood Creek Charter — Rating & test scores

3425 Brush Street, Cottonwood · 294 students · Grades TK–8

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Scope Score 84

StrongScope Score · 84th percentile. Higher than 84 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: 71% and 67% 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: 85
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 Cottonwood Creek Charter a good elementary school?

Strong. Cottonwood Creek Charter is higher than most California elementary schools on test results, progress in math and attendance. Cottonwood Creek Charter is lower than most on progress in English.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced8771%
Math, Proficient or Advanced8667%
English, Advanced8845%
Math, Advanced9147%

Progress in a year, 2025

English21−6 pts
Math52+3 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance924 in 100
Cottonwood Creek Charter’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 45% of students tested in English and 47% in math scored Advanced, against 24% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

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

How to read these bars, and their sources

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

Source for the sentence
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 3–5: 85. California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

In its own words

What does Cottonwood Creek Charter say about itself?

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

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Progress

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

In English, lower. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 6 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 3 points higher, which the state calls Average.

English

−6

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White124−7 points
Low-income38+3 points
Students with disabilities14−7 points

Math

+3

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

By student group · students counted

White124+2 points
Low-income38+6 points
Students with disabilities14+4 points

Grades 4–8, 2025, 139 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 6 points below that expected score, and in math 3 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 3 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Cottonwood Creek Charter. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

4 elementary schools within 4.8 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Cottonwood Creek CharterScope Score 8484th
  2. Evergreen Institute of ExcellenceCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7337th
  3. Meadow LaneCascade Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 7335th
  4. Anderson HeightsCascade Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 675th
Cottonwood Union 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%

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 Cottonwood Creek Charter compare with schools like it?

Cottonwood Creek Charter’s Scope Score is 84. 518 California elementary schools, counting Cottonwood Creek Charter, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 84. Cottonwood Creek Charter’s result is higher than 280 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 518

  1. Students from low-income families: 24%

    Scope Score 99Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 23%

    Scope Score 99Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 27%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 22%

    El Rodeo Elementary

    Beverly Hills

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

518 California public elementary schools where 21% to 33% 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 21% to 33% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Cottonwood Creek Charter’s share. The count includes Cottonwood Creek Charter. 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 lower. English went from 73% to 71% and math from 73% to 67%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202655%71%Cottonwood Creek CharterThis school46%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202659%67%Cottonwood Creek CharterThis 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
SpringCottonwood Creek CharterCaliforniaTested here
201755%45%74
201860%49%75
201972%50%79
202277%45%84
202378%44%83
202475%45%83
202573%46%86
202671%46%85
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringCottonwood Creek CharterCaliforniaTested here
201759%40%74
201867%42%75
201978%44%79
202270%38%84
202382%40%83
202473%41%83
202573%41%86
202667%42%85

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

English

71%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

11182645
Cottonwood Union Elementary44%California46%

Math

67%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

8252047
Cottonwood Union Elementary38%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 71% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 67% 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).

How do the middle grades do?

Near California in English; well above it in math. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 52% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 65% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 80th percentile (Strong) among California’s middle schools.

English

52%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

11373121
Cottonwood Union Elementary51%California49%

Math

65%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

11242837
Cottonwood Union Elementary48%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 Advanced73%73%65%
Advanced62%55%15%
Proficient11%18%50%
Developing level12%18%27%
Minimal15%9%8%
Tested263326
California44%46%49%
Difference+29+27+16
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced37%66%54%
Advanced11%17%35%
Proficient26%49%19%
Developing level44%24%42%
Minimal19%10%4%
Tested272926
California48%51%49%
Difference−11+15+5

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 Advanced77%70%54%
Advanced58%52%31%
Proficient19%18%23%
Developing level19%21%34%
Minimal4%9%12%
Tested263326
California47%42%37%
Difference+30+28+17
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced56%69%69%
Advanced19%38%54%
Proficient37%31%15%
Developing level29%21%23%
Minimal15%10%8%
Tested272926
California37%38%36%
Difference+19+31+33

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 school45%26%18%11%85
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Cottonwood Union Elementary20%24%25%31%370
Math, grades 3–5 · This school47%20%25%8%85
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Cottonwood Union Elementary17%21%28%34%370
English, grades 6–8 · This school21%31%37%11%82
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Cottonwood Union Elementary17%34%29%20%384
Math, grades 6–8 · This school37%28%24%11%82
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Cottonwood Union Elementary24%24%28%24%384

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 85 tested in English, 85 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 87% of students. 11 of 308 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

4in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (11 of 308 students).

At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

No district average: Cottonwood Creek Charter is the only regular elementary school we rank in the Cottonwood Union Elementary district with an attendance record.

Students, 2024–25

294

students in grades TK–8.

White 87%Two or more races 6%Hispanic or Latino 5%

Family income

27%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 78 of 294. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

15

teachers, with 14 years of experience on average.

7% were in their first year.

78% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0

students were suspended at least once. Average California elementary school 1.6%.

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

Missing school, by grade
Grades 4–6
5 of 91 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
5 of 60 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.

Our records hold no figure for Grades TK–3.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White87%
Two or more races6%
Hispanic or Latino5%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. 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: 8.7 of 11.1 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

White students here scored well above the same group across Cottonwood Union Elementary.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • WhiteEnglish · 143 tested64%California 61%
  • WhiteMath · 143 tested69%California 53%

64% of White students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 69% in math (grades 3–8, spring 2026), against 44% and 37% for the same group across Cottonwood Union Elementary.

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 Cottonwood Union Elementaryvs California
White · 143 tested
English64%+2044%+361%
Math69%+3237%+1653%

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

Low-income students, 48 tested: no rate for grades 3 and 6–8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Hispanic or Latino, 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 tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Cottonwood Creek Charter. 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.

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

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Cottonwood Creek Charter 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

15

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

The neighborhood

What is the area around Cottonwood Creek Charter like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 96022. They are not figures for the families at Cottonwood Creek Charter.

Typical household income in a year

$89,338

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 96022.

Typical home value
$366,700
People who live in this ZIP code
17,092
Typical age
41.8 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
22%

What you can do

Who can act on Cottonwood Creek Charter’s results?

Cottonwood Creek Charter’s own board decides its plan.

State support

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

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 5 questions to Cottonwood Creek Charter. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?6 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4–8, 2025 (139 students)

Before you apply

  1. Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
  2. What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

Getting in

How do I get in?

Ask Cottonwood Creek Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Where it is

Where is Cottonwood Creek Charter?

Address
3425 Brush Street, Cottonwood 96022Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Mark BoyleAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated July 24, 2024.

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

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Cottonwood Creek Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓

Is Cottonwood Creek Charter a good school?

Cottonwood Creek Charter has a Scope Score of 84. It scored higher than 84 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Strong, 84th percentile, spring 2026).

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 80 in 100 California middle schools we score (80th percentile, Strong, spring 2026)

See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 4 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 17 in 100 at the average California elementary school. 0 of 316 students 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?

In English, lower. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 6 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 3 points higher, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 139 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 64% of White students in grades 3–8 at Cottonwood Creek Charter scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 61% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $339,599 is planned for 9 funded actions in 1 goal. That’s 8% of its $4.2 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

What should I ask on a visit?

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

Its own plan

What does Cottonwood Creek Charter’s own plan commit to?

$339,599 is planned for 9 funded actions in 1 goal. That’s 8% of its $4.2 million general fund budget.

$339,599

planned in the school’s own plan for 2026–27

The three largest actions in the plan

  • Keyboarding$88,599
  • Enrichment and Elective Classes$80,000
  • Reading Intervention for Below Proficient Readers$65,000

These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 53 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

The whole plan: every goal, what it measures and what it pays for

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

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 53 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 69% of the money. The plan itself puts 63% of it toward staff.

  • Keyboarding $88,599
  • Enrichment and Elective Classes $80,000
  • Reading Intervention for Below Proficient Readers $65,000
  • 6 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

4 of the plan’s 9 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

  • Reading $74,000
  • Math $5,000
  • Catch-up help $65,000

An action naming two of these appears under both.

Largest of these

  • Reading Intervention for Below Proficient Readers$65,000
  • Increased Literacy / Reading Renaissance Program$5,000
  • Math Supplemental Materials$5,000
For high-need students

It plans $214,000 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $214,000 and estimates it spent $252,357, $38,357 (18%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is the same as in the 2025–26 plan.

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: 71% in English and 67% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 168%62%down 6 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 169%66%down 3 pts

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
  • Keyboarding · $88,599
  • Enrichment and Elective Classes · $80,000
  • Reading Intervention for Below Proficient Readers · $65,000
The full plan1 goal, 8 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 ($339,599).

Where does the money go?

100% 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.

G1

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 1Working together with the Cottonwood Community, Cottonwood Creek Charter School staff and parents will help…$339,599100% of action budgets

“Working together with the Cottonwood Community, Cottonwood Creek Charter School staff and parents will help students reach their highest potential. Our vision is for the students of Cottonwood Creek to become well rounded participants in their community today as well as in the future. We will use a blended learning model that combines both site based classes and Personalized Learning to develop an individualized program of study for every student, melding "hands-on" educational opportunities through technological resources, educational field trips, local experts and a dedicated, committed staff of talented teachers and parents” p. 9 ↗

9 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $339,599 (unchanged)

Largest funded actions

  1. Keyboarding$88,599action 1.2 · p. 18 ↗
  2. Enrichment and Elective Classes$80,000action 1.8 · p. 18 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Reading Intervention for Below Proficient Readers$65,000action 1.4 · p. 18 ↗
  4. Teacher Involvement in After School Electives$60,000action 1.9 · p. 18 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Benchmark Assessments / I-Ready/ DIBELS / Lexia Core 5$27,000action 1.7 · p. 18 ↗

4 more funded actions in this goal

  • Increased Literacy / Reading Renaissance Program · action 1.3 · p. 18 ↗$5,000
  • Increased Library Resources · action 1.5 · p. 18 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$5,000
  • Math Supplemental Materials · action 1.6 · p. 18 ↗$5,000
  • K-3 Literacy · action 1.1 · p. 18 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$4,000

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

  • Keyboarding · $88,599 → $88,599 · p. 18 ↗unchanged
  • Enrichment and Elective Classes · $80,000 → $80,000 · p. 18 ↗unchanged
  • Reading Intervention for Below Proficient Readers · $65,000 → $65,000 · p. 18 ↗unchanged
  • Teacher Involvement in After School Electives · $60,000 → $60,000 · p. 18 ↗unchanged
  • Benchmark Assessments / I-Ready/ DIBELS / Lexia Core 5 · $27,000 → $27,000 · p. 18 ↗unchanged
  • Increased Literacy / Reading Renaissance Program · $5,000 → $5,000 · p. 18 ↗unchanged
  • Increased Library Resources · $5,000 → $5,000 · p. 18 ↗unchanged
  • Math Supplemental Materials · $5,000 → $5,000 · p. 18 ↗unchanged
  • K-3 Literacy · $4,000 → $4,000 · p. 18 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 8 measures · 1 quoted

  • Access to State Standard Curriculum p. 10 ↗
    Baseline
    100% of Pupils had access to State Standard Curriculum and Materials
    Target for year 3
    100% of Pupils had access to State Standard Curriculum and Materials

7 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.

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 #869 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math45%7342%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math69%7023%
Chronically absent4 in 100685%
Suspension rate0 of 316625%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)-15.4pp—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
2025–268484#869California 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)
2018–19not on filenot on file−24
2021–22not on filenot on file−27
2022–23not on filenot on file+9
2023–247 in 1000 of 284−18
2024–256 in 1000 of 307−23
2025–264 in 1000 of 316−15

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 · English16733%62%
2026 · Math16742%66%
2025 · English17436%68%
2025 · Math17440%69%
2024 · English16735%75%
2024 · Math16742%74%
2023 · English16738%71%
2023 · Math16744%75%
2022 · English15642%72%
2022 · Math15647%71%
2019 · English15331%70%
2019 · Math15335%65%
2018 · English14030%59%
2018 · Math14031%58%
2017 · English14021%57%
2017 · Math14026%59%

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 · English3177%
2025 · Grade 4 · English2879%
2025 · Grade 5 · English2763%
2025 · Grade 6 · English3259%
2025 · Grade 7 · English2871%
2025 · Grade 8 · English2861%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math3187%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math2875%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math2756%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math3262%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math2882%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math2850%
2024 · Grade 3 · English2875%
2024 · Grade 4 · English2685%
2024 · Grade 5 · English2966%
2024 · Grade 6 · English2972%
2024 · Grade 7 · English2969%
2024 · Grade 8 · English2685%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math2882%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math2685%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math2955%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math2972%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math2972%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math2677%
2023 · Grade 3 · English2774%
2023 · Grade 4 · English2972%
2023 · Grade 5 · English2789%
2023 · Grade 6 · English3155%
2023 · Grade 7 · English2658%
2023 · Grade 8 · English2781%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math2781%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math2979%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math2785%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math3161%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math2681%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math2767%
2022 · Grade 3 · English2983%
2022 · Grade 4 · English2789%
2022 · Grade 5 · English2861%
2022 · Grade 6 · English2454%
2022 · Grade 7 · English2277%
2022 · Grade 8 · English2665%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math2979%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math2785%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math2846%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math2467%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math2277%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math2669%
2019 · Grade 3 · English2781%
2019 · Grade 4 · English2576%
2019 · Grade 5 · English2759%
2019 · Grade 6 · English2450%
2019 · Grade 7 · English2685%
2019 · Grade 8 · English2467%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math2789%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math2584%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math2763%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math2438%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math2658%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math2454%
2018 · Grade 3 · English2556%
2018 · Grade 4 · English2681%
2018 · Grade 5 · English2442%
2018 · Grade 6 · English2552%
2018 · Grade 7 · English2273%
2018 · Grade 8 · English1850%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math2564%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math2692%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math2442%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math2544%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math2264%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math1833%
2017 · Grade 3 · English2868%
2017 · Grade 4 · English2143%
2017 · Grade 5 · English2552%
2017 · Grade 6 · English2273%
2017 · Grade 7 · English1833%
2017 · Grade 8 · English2665%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math2879%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math2152%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math2544%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math2259%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math1839%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math2669%

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
Schoolwide5219%35%44%2%

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
White14364%+20+3
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−6139Moderate+3139Average
English-only students−6138not categorized+4138not categorized
White−7124Moderate+2124Average
Low-income+338Average+638Accelerated
Students with disabilities−714Moderate+414Average

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−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

139 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+3 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

139 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: +3 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8, 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 · 6 in 100 → 2025–26 · 4 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 307 → 2025–26 · 0 of 316 · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—4 in 100—
Male—3 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—5 of 16—
Two or more races—0 of 19—
White—2 in 100—
Students with disabilities—1 of 33—
Low-income—4 of 97—
All students—4 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$11,567 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 947 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

District current expense · FY 2024–25$16,243 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 60%Instruction support 9%Student services 10%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 4%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$8,191,89259.98%60%
Instruction support$1,266,1969.27%9%
Student services$1,367,77410.02%10%
Administration$1,076,2987.88%8%
Buildings & maintenance$1,213,2118.88%9%
Other$541,5573.97%4%
Total$13,656,928100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $13,656,928 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$11,567 per pupil
2020$11,688 per pupil
2019$11,968 per pupil
2018$10,560 per pupil
2017$10,654 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 96022 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 96022 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$89,338
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)22%
ZIP-area population17,092
Median age41.8 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 96022 →

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