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De Anza Magnet — Rating & test scores

1530 South Waterman Avenue, El Centro · 504 students · Grades TK–8

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Scope Score 76

SolidScope Score · 52nd percentile. Higher than 52 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

Near California in English (reading and writing), below in math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 40% and 34% 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: 158
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 De Anza Magnet a good elementary school?

Solid. De Anza Magnet is higher than most California elementary schools on progress in both subjects and attendance. De Anza Magnet is lower than most on test results.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced4440%
Math, Proficient or Advanced4234%
English, Advanced4417%
Math, Advanced3711%

Progress in a year, 2025

English96+22 pts
Math87+17 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance5315 in 100
De Anza Magnet’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100El Centro Elementary’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 4–8 scored higher than California students who had the same scores the year before, in English (+22 pts) and math (+17 pts). The state calls them Exceptional in English and Accelerated in math.

Each bar is De Anza Magnet’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
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 4–8: 273. 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.

In its own words

What does De Anza Magnet say about itself?

These lines come from the school’s own website. They are the school’s description. They are not parent reviews or test results.

“De Anza Magnet School is committed to increasing academic excellence and building character in all students.”
deanzamagnet.org · link not verified, read October 23, 2026

  • Programs

    enrichment opportunities tied to science, technology, engineering, art, and math

    See the page · link not verified

Every line here is from deanzamagnet.org, read October 23, 2026.

Progress

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

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 22 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Exceptional. In math, they scored 17 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

English

+22

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

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino264+21 points
Low-income180+22 points
English learners111+18 points
Long-term English learners27+31 points
Students with disabilities23+10 points

Math

+17

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

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino264+18 points
Low-income180+14 points
English learners111+18 points
Long-term English learners27+21 points
Students with disabilities23+6 points

Grades 4–8, 2025, 273 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 22 points above that expected score, and in math 17 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.

SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 80th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

2 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than De Anza Magnet. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 1.2 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. LincolnNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7863rd
  2. SunflowerNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7655th
  3. De Anza MagnetScope Score 7652nd
  4. HardingNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7551st
  5. Ballington Academy for the Arts and SciencesCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7447th
  6. Imperial Valley Home School AcademyCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7446th
  7. Desert GardenNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7339th
  8. Margaret HedrickNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7231st
El Centro ElementaryCharter

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%0%25%50%75%100%

5 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

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 De Anza Magnet compare with schools like it?

De Anza Magnet’s Scope Score is 76. 786 California elementary schools, counting De Anza Magnet, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 74. De Anza Magnet’s result is higher than 488 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 786

  1. Students from low-income families: 64%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 63%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 97th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 65%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 94th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 65%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 94th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 71%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

786 California public elementary schools where 63% to 75% 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 63% to 75% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of De Anza Magnet’s share. The count includes De Anza Magnet. 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?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 43% to 40% and math stayed at 34%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202639%48%46%CaliforniaCalifornia40%El Centro ElementaryDistrict40%De Anza MagnetThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202632%29%42%CaliforniaCalifornia34%De Anza MagnetThis school31%El Centro ElementaryDistrict

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. El Centro Elementary’s line combines its 11 elementary schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. 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. El Centro Elementary’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringDe Anza MagnetEl Centro ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201748%39%45%116
201834%41%49%125
201946%40%50%145
202231%30%45%201
202343%33%44%176
202446%37%45%166
202543%39%46%158
202640%40%46%158
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringDe Anza MagnetEl Centro ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201729%32%40%116
201823%30%42%124
201928%33%44%144
202218%22%38%201
202331%27%40%175
202434%30%41%166
202534%31%41%158
202634%31%42%158

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Below California in both subjects.

English

40%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

28322317
El Centro Elementary40%California46%

Math

34%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

31352311
El Centro Elementary32%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 40% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 34% 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?

Well above California in both subjects. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 64% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 52% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 81st percentile (Strong) among California’s middle schools.

English

64%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

16204420
El Centro Elementary46%California49%

Math

52%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

22262923
El Centro Elementary31%California37%
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 Advanced43%22%52%
Advanced21%6%23%
Proficient22%16%29%
Developing level34%33%30%
Minimal23%45%18%
Tested534956
California44%46%49%
Difference−1−24+3
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced53%64%74%
Advanced14%25%19%
Proficient39%39%55%
Developing level22%21%16%
Minimal25%15%10%
Tested576768
California48%51%49%
Difference+5+13+25

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 Advanced42%24%34%
Advanced11%6%16%
Proficient31%18%18%
Developing level33%35%37%
Minimal25%41%29%
Tested534956
California47%42%37%
Difference−5−18−3
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced39%58%56%
Advanced16%22%29%
Proficient23%36%27%
Developing level29%21%28%
Minimal32%21%16%
Tested576768
California37%38%36%
Difference+2+20+20

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 school17%23%32%28%158
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · El Centro Elementary17%23%21%39%1,658
Math, grades 3–5 · This school11%23%35%31%158
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · El Centro Elementary12%20%30%38%1,661
English, grades 6–8 · This school20%44%20%16%192
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · El Centro Elementary14%32%23%31%1,704
Math, grades 6–8 · This school23%29%26%22%192
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · El Centro Elementary14%17%25%44%1,705

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 158 tested in English, 158 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?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 97% of students. 77 of 520 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

15in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (77 of 520 students).

At the average elementary school in the El Centro Elementary district: 15 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Suspensions: 1.9% of students were suspended at least once (10 of 534). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

504

students in grades TK–8.

Hispanic or Latino 97%White 2%

Family income

69%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 346 of 504. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

22

teachers, with 16 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

79% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

63%

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 (76 of 120 students).

El Centro Elementary: 49%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grades 4–6
18 in 100 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent (31 of 171).
Grades 7–8
17 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (24 of 142).

Our records hold no figure for Grades TK–3.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino97%
White2%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
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. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . 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: 19.7 of 25 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino students here scored well above the same group across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 238 tested47%California 37%
  • Low-incomeMath · 238 tested37%California 28%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 336 tested53%California 38%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 336 tested43%California 28%
  • English learnersEnglish · 92 tested18%California 11%
  • English learnersMath · 92 tested18%California 13%

53% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 43% in math (grades 3–8, spring 2026), against 38% and 28% for the same group across California. Low-income students here scored well above the same group across California in English.

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 El Centro Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 238 tested
English47%+740%+1037%
Math37%+928%+928%
Hispanic or Latino · 336 tested
English53%+1142%+1538%
Math43%+1330%+1528%
English learners · 92 tested · grades 3–7 only
English18%+117%+711%
Math18%+216%+513%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in El Centro Elementary, 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.

Students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races 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 and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about De Anza Magnet. 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?

De Anza Magnet 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

20

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

Money

Where does the money go?

$18,309 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student. El Centro Elementary’s plan for 2026–27 covers $38 million.

$18,309

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$14,081
The school’s share of district office costs
$4,228
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,733
  • De Anza Magnet$18,309
  • El Centro Elementary elementary schools$22,161
  • California elementary schools$20,288

The district and California figures combine their elementary schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 5,053 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

El Centro Elementary’s yearly plan

$38million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$20million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth
  • Enhancing Student Accessibility and Engagement$14 million
  • Fostering Student Safety and School Climate$14 million
  • Student Academic Achievement$10 million
  • Support Parent and Family Engagement$64,481

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. Each part of the bar is one goal in the plan, with the money for its actions added up (our calculation). The plan covers $38 million of $107 million in total budgeted spending. Source: El Centro Elementary Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around De Anza Magnet like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 92243. They are not figures for the families at De Anza Magnet.

Typical household income in a year

$55,057

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 92243.

Typical home value
$317,900
People who live in this ZIP code
49,069
Typical age
31.1 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
15%

What you can do

Who can act on De Anza Magnet’s results?

El Centro Elementary’s board decides De Anza Magnet’s plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

The state hasn’t placed De Anza Magnet 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 6 questions to De Anza Magnet. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?18% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 3–7, spring 2026 (92 students tested); the same group across California: 13%
  2. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?60% in English and 66% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (158 students tested in each); California: 54% and 58%
  3. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?
  4. Which grades take part in these programs, and how often?From its own words, on programs.

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

How do I get in?

De Anza Magnet runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask El Centro Elementary which school serves your address.

Where it is

Where is De Anza Magnet?

Address
1530 South Waterman Avenue, El Centro 92243Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Pam BeltranAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated June 26, 2025.

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 6 common questions

How do I get in?

De Anza Magnet runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask El Centro Elementary which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is De Anza Magnet a good school?

De Anza Magnet has a Scope Score of 76. It scored higher than 52 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Solid, 52nd percentile, spring 2026).

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 81 in 100 California middle schools we score (81st percentile, Strong, spring 2026)

See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 15 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 15 in 100 at the average elementary school in the El Centro Elementary district. 1.9% of students (10 of 534) 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?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 22 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Exceptional. In math, they scored 17 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 273 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 47% of low-income students in grades 3–8 at De Anza Magnet in El Centro scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 37% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

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

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 #2,703 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #3 of 11 in El Centro Elementary
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math14%4342%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math36%4523%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+83 scale-score pts6220%
Chronically absent15 in 100535%
Suspension rate1.9% (10 of 534)485%
English learners: top level23%595%

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
2025–267652#2703California 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)
2018–1911 in 1003.0% (17 of 559)−7
2021–22not on filenot on file−16
2022–23not on filenot on file−4
2023–2418 in 1002.3% (12 of 521)−2
2024–2515 in 1002.6% (14 of 544)+17
2025–2615 in 1001.9% (10 of 534)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 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 · English35019%53%
2026 · Math35018%43%
2025 · English35419%50%
2025 · Math35417%35%
2024 · English35815%47%
2024 · Math35714%33%
2023 · English36617%48%
2023 · Math36412%31%
2022 · English41412%39%
2022 · Math4147%23%
2019 · English32919%52%
2019 · Math32612%36%
2018 · English29216%47%
2018 · Math29113%34%
2017 · English29817%50%
2017 · Math29613%34%

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 · English5426%
2025 · Grade 4 · English5947%
2025 · Grade 5 · English4558%
2025 · Grade 6 · English6546%
2025 · Grade 7 · English6863%
2025 · Grade 8 · English6359%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math5435%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math5929%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math4538%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math6526%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math6841%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math6343%
2024 · Grade 3 · English5643%
2024 · Grade 4 · English5238%
2024 · Grade 5 · English5855%
2024 · Grade 6 · English6543%
2024 · Grade 7 · English6344%
2024 · Grade 8 · English6459%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math5646%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math5227%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math5829%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math6529%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math6324%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math6343%
2023 · Grade 3 · English5340%
2023 · Grade 4 · English6335%
2023 · Grade 5 · English6053%
2023 · Grade 6 · English6048%
2023 · Grade 7 · English6052%
2023 · Grade 8 · English7056%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math5345%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math6227%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math6023%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math6030%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math6030%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math6930%
2022 · Grade 3 · English5433%
2022 · Grade 4 · English5536%
2022 · Grade 5 · English9227%
2022 · Grade 6 · English8638%
2022 · Grade 7 · English6951%
2022 · Grade 8 · English5852%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math5431%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math5524%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math927%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math8627%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math6925%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math5836%
2019 · Grade 3 · English5549%
2019 · Grade 4 · English5544%
2019 · Grade 5 · English3546%
2019 · Grade 6 · English3459%
2019 · Grade 7 · English7551%
2019 · Grade 8 · English7561%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math5433%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math5527%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math3523%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math3432%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math7326%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math7560%
2018 · Grade 3 · English5321%
2018 · Grade 4 · English4144%
2018 · Grade 5 · English3145%
2018 · Grade 6 · English4351%
2018 · Grade 7 · English6850%
2018 · Grade 8 · English5668%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math5317%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math4124%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math3033%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math4337%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math6825%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math5664%
2017 · Grade 3 · English4347%
2017 · Grade 4 · English3842%
2017 · Grade 5 · English3557%
2017 · Grade 6 · English6745%
2017 · Grade 7 · English4951%
2017 · Grade 8 · English6656%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math4335%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math3824%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math3529%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math6721%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math4935%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math6455%

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
Schoolwide1246%22%65%7%

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-income23847%+7+10
Hispanic or Latino33653%+11+15
English learners (grades 3–7 only)9218%+1+7
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+22273Exceptional+17273Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+21264Exceptional+18264Accelerated
Low-income+22180Exceptional+14180Accelerated
English-only students+19120not categorized+6120not categorized
English learners+18111Accelerated+18111Accelerated
English learners only+1274not categorized+1474not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+2237not categorized+1737not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)+3127Exceptional+2127Exceptional
Students with disabilities+1023Accelerated+623Accelerated

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. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. 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
14%
exceeded standard · 43% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 56 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
23%
Advanced · 52% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 56 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 56 (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+22 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

273 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

California growth model, English: +22 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Exceptional, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+17 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

273 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +17 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, 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 · 15 in 100 → 2025–26 · 15 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 2.6% (14 of 544) → 2025–26 · 1.9% (10 of 534) · −0.7 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female10 in 10015 in 100+5 in 100
Male12 in 10014 in 100+2 in 100
Hispanic or Latino10 in 10015 in 100+5 in 100
White3 of 180 of 13—
Students with disabilities12 of 6313 of 70—
English learners12 in 10020 in 100+8 in 100
Military families4 of 243 of 20—
Low-income14 in 10018 in 100+4 in 100
All students11 in 10015 in 100+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$15,218 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 5,292 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

School-level federal expenditures$1,012 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 504

Central federal expenditures attributed here$721 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 504

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,578 per ADA

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

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

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 65%Instruction support 9%Student services 8%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 12%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$66,769,00165.04%65%
Instruction support$9,600,2719.35%9%
Student services$8,001,7787.79%8%
Administration$6,515,3626.35%6%
Buildings & maintenance$11,772,31911.47%12%
Total$102,658,731100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $102,658,731 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$15,218 per pupil
2020$13,948 per pupil
2019$13,513 per pupil
2018$10,721 per pupil
2017$10,265 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 holders8.0%

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 92243 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92243 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$55,057
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)15%
ZIP-area population49,069
Median age31.1 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 92243 →

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