Independent charter school · Alameda County Office of Education · Oakland, California

Cox Academy — Rating & test scores

Oakland · TK–5 · 446 students (2024–25)

33rdpercentileDeveloping

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
29

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

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 26% and 28% scored Proficient or Advanced, 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: 209 in English, 208 in math
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”).

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In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 7% of students tested in English scored Advanced, against 24% across California. 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 Cox Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. Evidence ↓

Is Cox Academy a good elementary school?

Cox Academy scores higher than 33 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 33rd percentile, Developing, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 6 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 12 in 100 at the average Alameda County Office of Education elementary school. 0 of 475 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (3)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, about as expected; in math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored −1 point against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored +5 points, which it calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 127 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 26% of low-income students in grades 3–5 at Cox Academy in Oakland scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. 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 below California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 26% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 28% 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: 209 in English, 208 in math
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 · 209 tested

Advanced
7%
Proficient
19%
Below the standard
74%
This school26%
California46%
Alameda County Office of Education52%

26% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 208 tested

Advanced
12%
Proficient
16%
Below the standard
72%
This school28%
California42%
Alameda County Office of Education53%

28% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–5 · every level, with tested counts

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 Advanced23%28%27%
Advanced6%5%10%
Proficient17%23%17%
Developing level21%19%25%
Minimal56%53%48%
Tested717563
California44%46%49%
Difference−21−18−22

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 Advanced21%35%29%
Advanced11%13%11%
Proficient10%22%18%
Developing level37%29%16%
Minimal42%36%55%
Tested717562
California47%42%37%
Difference−26−7−8

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 →

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 28% to 26% and math from 29% to 28%.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, about as expected; in math, yes. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored −1 point against that expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored +5 points, which it calls Accelerated.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4 and 5: 127
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 and 5 · 2025 · 127 students with scores in both years

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

−1 pts

English

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

+5 pts

Math

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

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

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
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school7%19%21%53%209
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Alameda County Office of Education29%23%18%30%974
Math, grades 3–5 · This school12%16%28%44%208
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Alameda County Office of Education33%20%21%26%973

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 20178 tested years shown · English and math have stayed well below California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202626%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202628%42%

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

In grades 3–5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 18% in 2017 to 26% in 2026. In math, it went from 18% in 2017 to 28% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201718%
280 tested
45%
1,384,680 tested
201825%
270 tested
49%
1,346,907 tested
201923%
286 tested
50%
1,332,547 tested
202221%
256 tested
45%
1,260,830 tested
202317%
232 tested
44%
1,247,801 tested
202423%
231 tested
45%
1,235,509 tested
202528%
202 tested
46%
1,232,086 tested
202626%
209 tested
46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201718%
285 tested
40%
1,392,040 tested
201824%
276 tested
42%
1,352,321 tested
201915%
293 tested
44%
1,338,625 tested
202215%
256 tested
38%
1,265,943 tested
202323%
236 tested
40%
1,256,519 tested
202429%
237 tested
41%
1,249,262 tested
202529%
203 tested
41%
1,241,652 tested
202628%
208 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 1 point below that expected score, and in math 5 points above 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 Cox Academy’s results?

Cox Academy’s own board decides its plan.

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

Where is its yearly plan?

Alameda County Office of Education authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2028.

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?

6 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 Alameda County Office of Education elementary school, 12 in 100 were. 0 of 475 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: 28 of 462 students counted for it; suspension: 0 of 475 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 Alameda County Office of Education elementary school 0.2%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

6 in 100This school
12 in 100At the average Alameda County Office of Education elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

28 of 462 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0 of 475

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

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

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Cox Academy

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 ↓

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students scored well below the same groups across California in English.

Student groups, grades 3–5, spring 2026

26% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 3–5, spring 2026), against 36% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students: 26% in English, against 36% for the same group across California.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 3–5; 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).
Cox AcademySame group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 191 tested26%Same group, California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 190 tested28%Same group, California 31%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 158 tested26%Same group, California 36%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 157 tested31%Same group, California 31%
  • English learnersEnglish · 97 tested12%Same group, California 13%
  • English learnersMath · 97 tested24%Same group, California 16%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–5, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 78%2. Black or African American: 15%3. Pacific Islander: 3%Unallocated share: 4%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino78%
  2. Black or African American15%
  3. Pacific Islander3%
  4. White—
  5. Asian—
  6. Filipino—
  7. Two or more races—
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share4%
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. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

30% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 52 of 175 English learners30%
Alameda County Office of Education · 6 of 4713%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

87%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 390 of 446. California: 63%.

20teachers, 2024–25

10 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

5%in their first year, 2024–25

67%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there in English for low-income and Hispanic or Latino students, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–5 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Alameda County Office of Educationvs California
Low-income · 191 tested in English, 190 in math
English26%—−1036%
Math28%—−331%
Hispanic or Latino · 158 tested in English, 157 in math
English26%—−1036%
Math31%—031%
English learners · 97 tested
English12%—−113%
Math24%—+816%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Alameda County Office of Education, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Black or African American students, 32 tested: no rate for grades 4 and 5 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Asian, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, students with disabilities and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino78%
Black or African American15%
Pacific Islander3%
White—
Asian—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Not reported—

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: 67% of teaching positions, 16 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 24 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Cox Academy, and how do I get in?

No assigned next school.

Cox Academy is a charter, so a student’s later schools follow the family’s home address, not this campus, unless the family applies elsewhere. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Cox Academy
    Grades TK–5
  2. Middle
    73rd · Solid · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Oakland Unity Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    73rd percentile · Solid · middle · 2026

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

How do I get in?

Ask Cox Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

Eligibility and entry grades
Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery
What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics
What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?
School website: efcps.org ↗Office: (510) 904-6300Administrator: Larissa Adam
9860 Sunnyside Street, Oakland 94603

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm enrollment with the school.

Questions for your visit

  1. How much of each day do English learners spend learning English, and how do families see their progress? 30% of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (52 of 175 students); California: 47%
  2. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 74% in English and 72% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (209 tested in English, 208 in math); California: 54% and 58%
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Office (510) 904-63009860 Sunnyside Street, 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

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

Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #3,795 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #5 of 6 in Alameda County Office of Education
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math9%3842%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math27%3823%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+78 scale-score pts5320%
Chronically absent6 in 100665%
Suspension rate0 of 475635%
English learners: top level4%315%

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 yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–262933#3795California 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+2
2021–22not on filenot on file+15
2022–23not on filenot on file−5
2023–2412 in 1002.0% (10 of 490)+6
2024–258 in 1001.3% (6 of 465)−1
2025–266 in 1000 of 475+6

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 · English2097%26%
2026 · Math20812%28%
2025 · English20213%28%
2025 · Math20311%29%
2024 · English2318%23%
2024 · Math23711%29%
2023 · English2324%17%
2023 · Math2366%23%
2022 · English2565%21%
2022 · Math2564%15%
2019 · English2866%23%
2019 · Math2933%15%
2018 · English2707%25%
2018 · Math2766%24%
2017 · English2804%18%
2017 · Math2852%18%

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 · English6930%
2025 · Grade 4 · English6515%
2025 · Grade 5 · English6837%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math6941%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math6514%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math6932%
2024 · Grade 3 · English7915%
2024 · Grade 4 · English6824%
2024 · Grade 5 · English8431%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math8330%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math6932%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math8526%
2023 · Grade 3 · English6614%
2023 · Grade 4 · English8518%
2023 · Grade 5 · English8119%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math6829%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math8726%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math8115%
2022 · Grade 3 · English8213%
2022 · Grade 4 · English8314%
2022 · Grade 5 · English9133%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math8212%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math8310%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math9122%
2019 · Grade 3 · English9918%
2019 · Grade 4 · English9224%
2019 · Grade 5 · English9526%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math10118%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math9614%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math9614%
2018 · Grade 3 · English8731%
2018 · Grade 4 · English9323%
2018 · Grade 5 · English9021%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math9228%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math9527%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math8916%
2017 · Grade 3 · English9320%
2017 · Grade 4 · English9421%
2017 · Grade 5 · English9313%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math9529%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math9515%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math958%

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
Schoolwide643%14%62%20%

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
Low-income19126%—−10
Hispanic or Latino15826%—−10
English learners9712%—−1
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−1127Average+5127Accelerated
Low-income−1117Average+6117Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino098Average+1198Accelerated
English learners083Average+1083Accelerated
English learners only−958not categorized+658not categorized
English-only students−443not categorized−443not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+2225not categorized+2025not categorized
Black or African American−521Average−1621Moderate
Students with disabilities−2019Moderate−419Average

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; here that is grades 4 and 5. 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
6%
exceeded standard · 15% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 79 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
10%
Advanced · 27% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 63 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 63 (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−1 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4 and 5

127 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+5 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4 and 5

127 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +5 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, 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; here that is grades 4 and 5, 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 · 8 in 100 → 2025–26 · 6 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.3% (6 of 465) → 2025–26 · 0 of 475 · −1.3 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—5 in 100—
Male—7 in 100—
Black or African American—25 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—2 in 100—
Pacific Islander—8 in 100—
Students with disabilities—11 in 100—
English learners—2 in 100—
Homeless—15 in 100—
Low-income—6 in 100—
All students—6 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$143,069 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 289 pupils

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 7%Instruction support 37%Student services 14%Administration 37%Buildings & maintenance 5%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$5,595,0117.41%7%
Instruction support$27,565,65236.49%37%
Student services$10,788,71614.28%14%
Administration$27,882,28936.91%37%
Buildings & maintenance$3,714,3534.92%5%
Total$75,546,021100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $75,546,021 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$143,069 per pupil
2018$13,080 per pupil
2017$14,544 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 holders16.7%

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 94603 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94603 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$76,723
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)15%
ZIP-area population35,742
Median age34.8 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 94603 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 5,726 elementary schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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