Crocker/Riverside Elementary: High scores, healthy climate, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.
Crocker/Riverside posts 50.1% exceeding the standard — versus 21.3% statewide — with climate numbers better than most. That doesn't make it perfect. It makes it worth a visit to find what numbers can't measure.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69 | 50% | 77% | -0.5 | 8.9% | 0.6% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Crocker/Riverside Elementary scores 69 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 91st percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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💪 Strong All-Around — Ask about what we don't score — class size, electives, the feel of a classroom — strong numbers everywhere on paper don't mean every classroom feels the same.
Most rating sites would stop at “77% proficient” and call it done. Crocker/Riverside deserves a closer read. It sits at the 91st percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
Crocker/Riverside's low-income kids hit 56.5% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Has held the 91st-percentile line every tested year since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 77% meet the standard today, versus 80% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 79% | 77% | 74% | 77% | 78% |
| Grade 4 | 87% | 80% | 68% | 65% | 76% |
| Grade 5 | 78% | 82% | 86% | 68% | 78% |
| Grade 6 | 84% | 80% | 89% | 86% | 89% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 79% | 80% | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| Grade 4 | 85% | 81% | 75% | 79% | 78% |
| Grade 5 | 75% | 64% | 82% | 69% | 77% |
| Grade 6 | 80% | 75% | 82% | 92% | 91% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding falls 4.9pp across grades; the proficiency floor barely moves. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Crocker/Riverside's most underrated number
56.5% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Crocker/Riverside Elementary in Sacramento, 56.5% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 29.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Crocker/Riverside Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 27.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (62.9% Math proficient); White students (84.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 35.9 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 62 students tested.
6 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 19.9pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +2.1pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 4–6 students (12.9% vs 7.2%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$72 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
On the state's science test (CAST), 66% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Your other options
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 89 | 53% | 25% | 12% | 10% | 78% | +34 |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 53% | 22% | 11% | 13% | 76% | +31 |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 48% | 30% | 10% | 11% | 78% | +30 |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 56% | 33% | 7% | 4% | 89% | +42 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 89 | 53% | 26% | 12% | 9% | 79% | +33 |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 45% | 33% | 17% | 5% | 78% | +36 |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 49% | 28% | 13% | 10% | 77% | +42 |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 72% | 20% | 6% | 2% | 91% | +56 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 96 | 30% | 35% | 31% | 3% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 62 | 56.5% | +27 | +18 |
| White | 184 | 84.8% | +24 | +23 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 96 | 70.8% | +38 | +32 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crocker/Riverside Elementary ← | — | 69 | 50.1% | 77.4% | −0.5 | 0.6% |
| William Land Elementary | 1.1 mi | 73 | 44.6% | 68.7% | −13.7 | 0.8% |
| Leonardo Da Vinci | 1.6 mi | 54 | 32.7% | 62.1% | −15.3 | 0.9% |
| Sacramento Valley Charter | 2.5 mi | 52 | 32.5% | 60.3% | −4.8 | 1.6% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 75 | 94 | #313 | 54.2% | 80.5% | 5.0% | 0.1% | -2.3pp |
| 2022 | 68 | 93 | #417 | 47.5% | 77.2% | 12.2% | 0.3% | -5.3pp |
| 2023 | 74 | 95 | #280 | 50.6% | 77.9% | 9.9% | 0.5% | +6.0pp |
| 2024 | 65 | 87 | #722 | 44.7% | 73.3% | 10.4% | 0.7% | -10.9pp |
| 2025 | 69 | 91 | #531 | 50.1% | 77.4% | 8.9% | 0.6% | -0.5pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 5.1% | 10.6% | +5.5pp |
| Male | 4.7% | 6.1% | +1.4pp |
| Asian | 3.2% | 0.0% | -3.2pp |
| Black/African American | 13.3% | 40.0% | +26.7pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 3.3% | 12.9% | +9.6pp |
| Two or More Races | 4.7% | 8.0% | +3.3pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 5.3% | 10.0% | +4.7pp |
| English Learners | 7.7% | 5.9% | -1.8pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 9.6% | 22.4% | +12.8pp |
| All Students | 4.9% | 8.4% | +3.5pp |
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