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Deer Canyon Elementary

Alta Loma, CA · Grades TK-5 · 496 students · Alta Loma Elementary

Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.

63% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 55% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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What this means for your family

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PrincipalJennifer Rice
GradesTK-5
Enrollment496 students

Math

55%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

English

63%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

496

Total enrollment

Chronic absence

8%

Students absent 10% or more of school days

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The overall score is a starting point.

Look at subject results, trends and student groups, then consider the opportunities your child would use.

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grades 3 & 5 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

Share at Proficient or Advanced

0%25%50%75%100%2019: 59%2022: 43%2023: 53%2024: 53%2025: 55%2019: 66%2022: 58%2023: 62%2024: 64%2025: 63%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 59%2022: 43%2023: 53%2024: 53%2025: 55%2019: 66%2022: 58%2023: 62%2024: 64%2025: 63%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201959%66%
202243%58%
202353%62%
202453%64%
202555%63%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025

Has held the 81st-percentile line every tested year since 2019.

Most rating sites would stop at “63% proficient” and call it done. Deer Canyon deserves a closer read. Two in five of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

Deer Canyon's low-income kids hit 52.1% 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.

255 tested · 3 of 3 grades published · cohort of 69 tracked

Deer Canyon Elementary scores 54 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 81st percentile of 5,721 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 63% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.

Percentile among 5,721 elementary schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 75th percentile · Scope Score 52 of 1002022 · 73rd percentile · Scope Score 47 of 1002023 · 76th percentile · Scope Score 50 of 1002024 · 78th percentile · Scope Score 52 of 1002025 · 81st percentile · Scope Score 54 of 100
ELAGreen(Maintained)MathGreen(Increased)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 368%58%62%67%60%
Grade 462%59%53%61%70%
Grade 565%58%61%61%68%
Grade 665%73%72%62%52%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 366%54%62%72%59%
Grade 459%51%49%58%70%
Grade 552%33%43%37%49%
Grade 655%56%52%58%29%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

Three in five of students here meet the standard. One in three clear it by a lot.

ELA65% met or exceeded
Exceeded 36%Met 29%Nearly Met 18%Not Met 17%
Math57% met or exceeded
Exceeded 31%Met 26%Nearly Met 27%Not Met 15%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California elementary schools · average21% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)AbsenceSuspension
This school5435%63%Average · p528.0%0.3%
CA average · Elementary School3921%43%Average · p5017.9%1.6%
This schoolCA avg
Scope5439
% Exceeded35%21%
% Met+63%43%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Average · p52Average · p50
Absence8.0%17.9%
Suspension0.3%1.6%
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25

Our growth read and California's own model agree — both land near the 60th percentile of elementary schools.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

California runs its own growth model, following individual children in grades 4 through 8 rather than comparing school-wide averages the way we do. The two measures land in the same neighbourhood here — ours puts this school around the 52nd percentile of California elementary schools, the state's around the 60th in reading and math together. Two different methods agreeing is the most you can ask of one year of test data.

— pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California elementary school lands at +2 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −5 and +9 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.

The returning cohort, two years on
ELA · 2023 · Grade 3
32%
exceeded standard · 62% met or exceeded
ELA · 2025 · Grade 5
33%
exceeded standard · 68% met or exceeded

Percent exceeded, ELA only. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different metric — mean scale-score change across ELA and Math; California's own matched-student model is below.

Both measures, each ranked in its own field
Our growth measurereturning cohort, G3→G5SchoolScope growth measure: 52nd percentile among California elementary schools.52nd pctile
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: +5 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 64th percentile of 7,519 reported schools.64th pctile · +5 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: +3 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 57th percentile of 7,518 reported schools.57th pctile · +3 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard ahead of the same group statewide.

52.1% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. This comparison does not tell us what caused the difference.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 61% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 61%, district —, state 43%61%
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 58%, district 53%, state 32%58% · −3 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 62%, district 59%, state 44%62% · +1 vs school
MaleMale: this school 61%, district 59%, state 42%61% · −0 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 52%, district 48%, state 32%52% · −9 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 64%, district 66%, state 56%64% · +3 vs school
AsianAsian: this school 77%, district 73%, state 72%77% · +16 vs school

6 of 13 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
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Student-group results by grade

Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 0.9pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +0.5pp.

ShowHide California's growth model by student group
The state's growth model, by student group

California follows these children individually and predicts each one's score from their own prior year. Each row is read against the same group at a typical California elementary school — not against zero, and not against this school's all-students figure, because the state's expectation already differs by group.

Reading
English Only129 studentsEnglish Only, reading: +6 scale-score points versus expectation, against +3 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 129 students.+6 pts · +3 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students87 studentsHispanic or Latino students, reading: +4 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 87 students.+4 pts · +3 vs typical
Low-income students74 studentsLow-income students, reading: +2 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 74 students.+2 pts · +2 vs typical
White33 studentsWhite, reading: +5 scale-score points versus expectation, against +5 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 33 students.+5 pts · 0 vs typical
Math
English Only129 studentsEnglish Only, math: +1 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 129 students.+1 pts · 0 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students87 studentsHispanic or Latino students, math: −3 scale-score points versus expectation, against −1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 87 students.−3 pts · −2 vs typical
Low-income students74 studentsLow-income students, math: +5 scale-score points versus expectation, against −1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 74 students.+5 pts · +6 vs typical
White33 studentsWhite, math: +6 scale-score points versus expectation, against +5 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 33 students.+6 pts · +1 vs typical
this school typical California elementary school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— 4 more groups are reported here with between 11 and 29 students. We hold those back on purpose: at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own, and a quarter of such groups land past the state's top or bottom cut point by chance alone. They are listed with their student counts in the data appendix. — A group not listed at all had fewer than 11 students with a growth score, so California published nothing for it here. That is a privacy protection, not a judgment about those students. — Context only. None of this enters the Scope Score.

The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 28 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher28 · district 25
Teaching staff24 teachers
Avg. experience15.8 years
Fully credentialed100%
First-year teachers4%
PrincipalJennifer Rice
ShowHide what the district pays
Teacher salary schedule$56,659 – $126,233
Principal salaryFrom $154,567
Superintendent salary$273,125

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here show up more, and get suspended less, than the state average.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 8.0%, district 10.1%, state 17.9%8.0% · −9.8pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 0.3%, district —, state 1.6%0.3% · −1.3pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–67.9%
TK/K7.4%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

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What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $16,068 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$491 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.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $16,068, CA average $14,491$16,068 · spent at this school
Federal share$491 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$15,559 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 63%Instruction support 10%Student services 8%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 11%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$12,044 per pupil
2019$10,739 per pupil
2018$10,389 per pupil
2017$9,802 per pupil
2016$9,589 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

Two in five of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

On the state's science test (CAST), 45% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino51.8% · district 50.5% · CA 56.1%
White23.2% · district 26.4% · CA 19.9%
Asian13.1% · district 11.1% · CA 10.2%
Black4.4% · district 4.3% · CA 4.8%
Other7.5% · district 7.7% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch45.8% · CA 64%
Median income$114K · CA $85K
Median home value$795K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+37% · CA 35%
ZIP population39,287
Median age42 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

What is the school’s approach?

School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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Family voices

What would you want another family to know about the daily experience here?

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What are the alternatives?

Compare schools serving the same grade stage. Private schools have no comparable state-test score.

2025 · elementary schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

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SchoolTypePerformance bandAdvancedProficient or AdvancedDistanceSelect
Deer Canyon ElementaryPublicStrong35%63%School being viewed
Carleton P. Lightfoot ElementaryPublicStrong50%73%1.8 mi
Banyan ElementaryPublicStrong38%65%1.1 mi
Floyd M. Stork ElementaryPublicStrong44%73%2.7 mi
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Private schools do not receive a Scope Score or statewide ranking on SchoolScope.

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Moving & enrollment

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Worth a school visit

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is Deer Canyon Elementary a good elementary school?
Deer Canyon Elementary has a Scope Score of 54 out of 100, placing it in the 81st percentile of California elementary schools and ranked #1,080 statewide. 35.4% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 14.0 percentage points above the California average of 21.4%. The Scope Score weights 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard (42%), met or exceeded (proficient) (23%), grade 3-to-5 growth (20%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Deer Canyon Elementary's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 62.8% of students at Deer Canyon Elementary met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 35.4% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 27.4% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 35.4% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 469 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Deer Canyon Elementary rank in California?
Deer Canyon Elementary ranks #1,080 among California elementary schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 81st percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), same-cohort growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
Is Deer Canyon Elementary getting better or worse?
SchoolScope follows the same cohort of students across grades rather than comparing two different grades in the same year. At Deer Canyon Elementary that cohort is 2023 G3 → 2025 G5, measured in SBAC scale-score points. Its gain ranks average among California elementary schools — roughly the 52nd percentile, ahead of the typical school at this level. Read the ranking, not the raw point gain: scale scores rise with age, so nearly every school posts a positive number and only the relative position tells you anything. Growth is weighted at 20% in the elementary Scope Score because it is the least demographically confounded signal available — it tracks change over time rather than the level students arrived at. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Deer Canyon Elementary?
8.0% of students at Deer Canyon Elementary are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 17.9%. The suspension rate is 0.3%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Deer Canyon Elementary compare to other schools in Alta Loma?
Deer Canyon Elementary scores 54/100 (81st percentile) among California elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 496 students. Use the schools in Alta Loma page or the map view to compare all elementary schools nearby.
How does Deer Canyon Elementary serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Deer Canyon Elementary in Alta Loma, 52.1% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 54.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Deer Canyon Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 2.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (51.2% Math proficient); Hispanic students (63.1% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 8.5 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 121 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
What middle school does Deer Canyon Elementary feed into?
By attendance boundary, Deer Canyon Elementary is zoned to Vineyard Junior High. Vineyard Junior High has a Scope Score of 57 out of 100. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education's School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.

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Behind the evidence

Inspect the full record

Public sources, visible methods and the underlying school record. Source years and limitations stay attached to the evidence.

How the Scope Score is calculated

On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

The 6 things our score weighs

The school's returning cohort — mostly, not exactly, the same kids two years on — gained 76 scale-score points across the span. Almost every school gains points, so we rank the gain against every other California school in this level.

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Exceeded standard35.4%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded62.8%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Averageaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism8.0%17.9%5%
Suspension rate0.3%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)19.1%18.0%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

Deer Canyon Elementary: reading the evidence

Deer Canyon posts 63% meeting the standard, and 35.4% going well past it. Most kids here keep up. Fewer get pushed further. Ask the school what it does for a child who already finds the work easy.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

Ask whether the low absenteeism and suspension numbers come from what the school does or from the community it serves — both can produce the same numbers, and only a visit tells you which.

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Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

Deer Canyon Elementary is ranked #1,080 statewide · #4 of 8 in Alta Loma Elementary.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard35.4%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded62.8%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Averageaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism8.0%17.9%5%
Suspension rate0.3%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)19.1%18.0%5%
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 21.4% · index 64 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 42.7% · index 65 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)
↑ vs CA average · 52nd pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 17.9% · index 66 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 2.0pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 1.6% · index 61 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · → no change vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 18.0% · index 52 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 38437%23%21%19%60%+16
Grade 48143%27%17%12%70%+26
Grade 56933%35%10%22%68%+20
Grade 62114%38%38%10%52%+6
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 38534%25%24%18%59%+13
Grade 48137%33%19%11%70%+29
Grade 56928%22%35%16%49%+14
Grade 62110%19%52%19%29%−6

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide6913%32%46%9%

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.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged12152.1%−2+14
Hispanic/Latino12263.1%+2+24
White5269.2%−4+7
03Nearest elementary schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Deer Canyon Elementary ←—5435.4%62.8%−0.5pp+76 pts0.3%
Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary1.8 mi6649.5%72.5%−2.7pp—1.1%
Banyan Elementary1.1 mi6237.8%65.0%+3.7pp—0.7%
Floyd M. Stork Elementary2.7 mi6144.3%73.5%−2.1pp—0.7%
California average—3921.4%42.7%−2.9pp—1.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
ShowHide table 04 — More measures
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20195275#135030.6%61.8%7.8%0.9%-8.3pp
20224773#152824.6%52.0%22.0%0.1%-10.5pp
20235076#134828.1%55.1%17.1%0.1%-10.5pp
20245278#125631.9%59.3%10.1%0.3%-20.7pp
20255481#108035.4%62.8%8.0%0.3%-0.5pp
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
Group20192025Δ
Female5.8%6.1%+0.3pp
Male9.4%8.7%-0.7pp
Asian3.4%1.4%-2.0pp
Black/African American15.6%20.0%+4.4pp
Filipino18.2%0.0%-18.2pp
Hispanic/Latino5.9%8.6%+2.7pp
Two or More Races11.9%17.2%+5.3pp
White7.7%4.2%-3.5pp
Students with Disabilities12.0%9.1%-2.9pp
English Learners4.2%3.6%-0.6pp
Homeless21.1%31.3%+10.2pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged11.5%10.8%-0.7pp
All Students7.6%7.4%-0.2pp
06California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
ShowHide table 06 — California growth model, by student group
GroupReadingnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students+5161Accelerated+3161Average
English Only+6129not categorised+1129not categorised
Hispanic or Latino+487Average−387Average
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged+274Average+574Accelerated
White+533Accelerated+633Accelerated
English Learner+224Average+2524Exceptional
Asian+1620Accelerated+3820Exceptional
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only+317not categorised+2017not categorised
Students with Disabilities−1114Moderate−1014Moderate

Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a growth score — published by CDE, held back from the narrative sections above because at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=5,721 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-09-18

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