Public school · Poway Unified

Deer Canyon Elementary

San Diego · TK–5 · 354 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score

74 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
Not a grade or a test result.

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Deer Canyonhigher than 96 of the 100 California dots

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Well above California in English and math: 80% and 82% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 41% statewide. Source

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 3–5: 177 in English, 179 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 3, 4 and 5 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,232,086 in English and 1,241,652 in math tested).

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Academic achievement

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Learning

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Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 60%
Met standard: 20%
Below standard: 20%

80% met or exceeded · 177 tested

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Level	Here	California	Poway Unified
Exceeded	60%	24%	49%
Met	20%	22%	26%
Nearly met	11%	21%	14%
Not met	9%	33%	11%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 60%
Met standard: 22%
Below standard: 18%

82% met or exceeded · 179 tested

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Level	Here	California	Poway Unified
Exceeded	60%	21%	47%
Met	22%	20%	25%
Nearly met	14%	25%	17%
Not met	4%	34%	11%

What these tests tell you · what to ask

Reading and math results for the tested grades. These do not measure the experience in kindergarten or the early grades.

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Things worth knowing

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In 2025, students in grades 4–5 scored above what the state expected from their own earlier scores. The state calls them Accelerated in English and Exceptional in math.grades 4–5 · 2025

+14 ptsEnglish · above expected+22 ptsMath · above expected

Source: CDE growth model, 2025
Students: students with scores in both years in grades 4–5: 111
Comparison: 111 students in grades 4–5 with scores in both years. 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.

3 in 5 reached the top of the state’s four levels, against 24% and 21% across California in the same grades.grades 3–5 · spring 2025

60%English · exceeded the standard60%Math · exceeded the standard

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 3–5: 177 in English, 179 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 3, 4 and 5 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,232,086 in English and 1,241,652 in math tested).

20 of 359 students missed 10% or more of school days, close to the average Poway Unified school.2024–25

6 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2024–25
Students: all students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 359
Comparison: 20 of 359. District and California figures are averages of school rates (26 Poway Unified schools; 5,721 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

Comparisons & progress

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Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school80%

California46%

Tested: 177 here · 1,232,086 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school80%

Poway Unified75%

Tested: 177 here · 7,519 in Poway Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 26 schools.

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Level	Here	California	Poway Unified
Exceeded	60%	24%	49%
Met	20%	22%	26%
Nearly met	11%	21%	14%
Not met	9%	33%	11%

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school82%

California41%

Tested: 179 here · 1,241,652 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school82%

Poway Unified72%

Tested: 179 here · 7,538 in Poway Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 26 schools.

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Level	Here	California	Poway Unified
Exceeded	60%	21%	47%
Met	22%	20%	25%
Nearly met	14%	25%	17%
Not met	4%	34%	11%

Progress over time

Are students making progress?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · all students tested

201985%232 tested

→

202580%177 tested

Deer Canyon

California, same grades50% → 46%2019 → 2025 · 1,332,547 → 1,232,086 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · all students tested

201984%232 tested

→

202582%179 tested

Deer Canyon

California, same grades44% → 41%2019 → 2025 · 1,338,625 → 1,241,652 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

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English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grades 3–5

Deer CanyonCalifornia

0%50%100%201920222025No comparable state tests (COVID)80%46%

Math met or exceeded, grades 3–5

Deer CanyonCalifornia

0%50%100%201920222025No comparable state tests (COVID)82%41%

Dotted stretches cross years without comparable results; in 2020 and 2021 that was COVID.

English went from 85% in 2019 to 80% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Math went from 84% in 2019 to 82% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
Year	Deer Canyon	California
2019	85% 232 tested	50% 1,332,547 tested
2022	85% 214 tested	45% 1,260,830 tested
2023	87% 178 tested	44% 1,247,801 tested
2024	81% 182 tested	45% 1,235,509 tested
2025	80% 177 tested	46% 1,232,086 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
Year	Deer Canyon	California
2019	84% 232 tested	44% 1,338,625 tested
2022	84% 214 tested	38% 1,265,943 tested
2023	84% 178 tested	40% 1,256,519 tested
2024	82% 182 tested	41% 1,249,262 tested
2025	82% 179 tested	41% 1,241,652 tested

The state’s growth measure111 students · grades 4–5 · 2025

English+14ptsCDE level: Accelerated (4 of 5)

Math+22ptsCDE level: Exceptional (5 of 5)

What the number means. California predicts each student’s score from that student’s own English and math scores the year before, based on how students with similar scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as predicted. In English they scored 14 points above that prediction, and in math 22 points above it.

The levels. CDE sorts every school’s result into five levels, from Minimal to Exceptional. The bar under each number shows where this school landed.

Two years at once. For most schools, this one included, CDE’s figure blends the two most recent years of growth, so it moves more slowly than a single year’s scores.

School pattern, spring 2025High CeilingThe average Exceeded rate across the reported grades and subjects is at least 50%.

School pattern, spring 2025Strong All-AroundAt least half of students met or exceeded the standard in every tested grade, in both subjects, and the state’s growth measure was Average or above in both.

Ask: English is lower than in 2019 here (85% to 80%) and across California (50% to 46%). How does the school check what’s working in English?

Life at school

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What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

6 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

8in 100 at the average Poway Unified school18in 100 at the average California elementary school

20 of 359 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school6 in 100

at the average Poway Unified school8 in 100

at the average California elementary school18 in 100

2.8%of students were suspended at least once (10 of 361), 2024–25

0.8%at the average Poway Unified school1.6%at the average California elementary school

Attendance by grade

Chronically absent, 2024–25	Per 100 students	Students
TK and kindergarten	9	6 of 70
Grades 1–3	4	6 of 165
Grades 4–5	6	8 of 124

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Asian

67 English · 68 math tested

English88% / 71%

Math90% / 71%

White

53 English · 54 math tested

English77% / 60%

Math80% / 56%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Met or exceeded the standardgrades 3–5 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Poway Unified	vs California
Asian · 67 tested in English, 68 in math
English	88%	+187%	+1771%
Math	90%	+189%	+1971%
White · 53 tested in English, 54 in math
English	77%	+275%	+1760%
Math	80%	+971%	+2456%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Poway Unified, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

English learners: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for low-income, Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American, Filipino, 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.

How each student group did

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Deer Canyon Elementary in San Diego, 88.1% of Asian students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 3, 4 and 5, compared to 86.5% district-wide for those same grades and 70.6% statewide for those same grades. Deer Canyon Elementary’s rate for Asian students exceeds its district average by 1.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Asian students (89.7% met or exceeded the Math standard); White students (77.4% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 4.1 percentage points: White students in Math. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 67 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

Asian40%
White28%
Two or more races11%
Filipino10%
Hispanic or Latino9%
Black or African American—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share2%

Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.

Full student mix, comparisons & sources

Eligible enrollment, 2024–25	Here
Asian	40%
White	28%
Two or more races	11%
Filipino	10%
Hispanic or Latino	9%
Black or African American	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—
Not reported	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

1 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (10%, 36 of 354). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers18

Average experience16 years

First-year teachers0%

85% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 84.54%: 15.5 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 18.4 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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ElementaryDeer Canyon ElementaryThis campus · grades K-5
MiddleMesa Verde MiddleHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
High schoolWestview HighInferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

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Middle-school links

Mesa Verde Middle
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
96th percentile · Strong · middle · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

Westview High
Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder
97th percentile · Strong · high · 2025

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

High-school endpoint evidence · Westview High

Westview HighScope 86estimated path

An inferred path through a middle-school overlap points to Westview High. UC records 132 enrollees from Westview High for fall 2025. Its AP Course Audit lists 27 authorized AP subjects for 2025 - 2026. Those figures come from dated records — if a child starting here today later attended Westview High, that would be around 2035, and 10 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 93% of Westview High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

132 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 27 authorized AP subjects (AP Course Audit 2025 - 2026) → full record on Westview High's page

Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

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13455 Russet Leaf Lane, San Diego 92129

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Questions

Questions to ask

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English is lower than in 2019 here (85% to 80%) and across California (50% to 46%). How does the school check what’s working in English?
How do you teach early reading and check each child’s progress?
What does extra support or enrichment look like during the school day?
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Schools to explore

Nearby means close to this campus. It does not establish an attendance boundary or a similar student population.

Nearby elementary schoolsStatewide percentile

Sundance Elementary0.7 mi92ndStrong
Adobe Bluffs Elementary0.7 mi96thStrong
Sunset Hills Elementary1.0 mi89thStrong

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

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar elementary schools2025 statewide percentile

Dapplegray ElementaryPalos Verdes Peninsula Unified · 639 enrolled · 10.2% meal eligibility84thStrong
Montevideo ElementarySan Ramon Valley Unified · 592 enrolled · 10.1% meal eligibility89thStrong
Del Mar Heights ElementaryDel Mar Union Elementary · 293 enrolled · 10.2% meal eligibility97thStrong
Lakeview ElementaryRescue Union Elementary · 527 enrolled · 10.2% meal eligibility91stStrong
James Franklin Smith ElementaryEvergreen Elementary · 595 enrolled · 10.1% meal eligibility95thStrong
Richmond Street ElementaryEl Segundo Unified · 597 enrolled · 10.1% meal eligibility96thStrong

How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 2.2–18.2% meal eligibility and 177–708 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Deer Canyon Elementary a good elementary school?

Deer Canyon Elementary is in the 96th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. Its Scope Score is 74 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Deer Canyon Elementary was well above California in English and math: 80% and 82% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 41% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 3-to-5 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Deer Canyon Elementary's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 80% of students tested in grades 3–5 met or exceeded the English standard and 82% the math standard; 60% and 60% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 46% and 41% met or exceeded, 24% and 21% exceeded. 177 students were tested in English and 179 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Deer Canyon Elementary rank in California?

Deer Canyon Elementary is in the 96th percentile of 5,721 California comprehensive elementary schools (Strong, 2025). Deer Canyon Elementary ranks #198 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), 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.

What do attendance and suspension records show for Deer Canyon Elementary?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 5.6% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 20 chronically absent of 359 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 2.8%; 10 unduplicated suspended students of 361 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 6.6%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 2.7%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

How does Deer Canyon Elementary compare to other schools in San Diego?

Deer Canyon Elementary is in the 96th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 354 students. Use the schools in San Diego page or the map view to compare nearby elementary schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Deer Canyon Elementary?

What middle school does Deer Canyon Elementary feed into?

By attendance boundary, Deer Canyon Elementary is zoned to Mesa Verde Middle. Mesa Verde Middle has a Scope Score of 78 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.

Source records

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Deer Canyon Elementary is ranked #198 statewide · #6 of 26 in Poway Unified.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	61.1%	21.4%	42%
Met or exceeded	81.7%	42.7%	23%
Chronic absenteeism	6.6%	17.9%	5%
Suspension rate	2.7%	1.6%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	34.8%	17.8%	5%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)	+4.6pp	-2.9pp	not scored

Exceeded standard: ↑ vs CA 21.4% · index 88 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↑ vs CA 42.7% · index 80 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 17.9% · index 68 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▲ 1.7pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate: ↓ vs CA 1.6% · index 41 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▲ 1.8pp higher vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 74 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students): ↑ vs CA -2.9pp

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 3	60	53%	27%	12%	8%	80%	+37
Grade 4	70	64%	10%	14%	11%	74%	+30
Grade 5	47	64%	23%	6%	6%	87%	+40

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 3 ELA equal-school mean: 43.1%; n=5714 reporting schools

State grade 4 ELA equal-school mean: 44.6%; n=5721 reporting schools

State grade 5 ELA equal-school mean: 47.7%; n=5721 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
Math	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 3	61	62%	23%	10%	5%	85%	+40
Grade 4	71	51%	25%	20%	4%	76%	+35
Grade 5	47	72%	15%	9%	4%	87%	+52

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 3 Math equal-school mean: 45.4%; n=5714 reporting schools

State grade 4 Math equal-school mean: 41.3%; n=5721 reporting schools

State grade 5 Math equal-school mean: 35.0%; n=5724 reporting schools

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.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met+
2024 · Grade 3 · ELA	69	68.1%
2024 · Grade 4 · ELA	45	91.1%
2024 · Grade 5 · ELA	68	86.8%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math	69	76.8%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math	45	88.9%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math	68	82.3%
2023 · Grade 3 · ELA	39	87.2%
2023 · Grade 4 · ELA	67	91.0%
2023 · Grade 5 · ELA	72	81.9%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math	39	89.7%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math	67	88.1%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math	72	77.8%
2022 · Grade 3 · ELA	61	86.9%
2022 · Grade 4 · ELA	61	82.0%
2022 · Grade 5 · ELA	92	85.9%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math	61	86.9%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math	61	85.3%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math	92	81.5%
2019 · Grade 3 · ELA	74	85.1%
2019 · Grade 4 · ELA	77	77.9%
2019 · Grade 5 · ELA	81	91.4%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math	74	86.5%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math	77	80.5%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math	81	84.0%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT
Schoolwide	47	60%	21%	19%	0%

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 · ELA	Tested	MET+	vs district	vs CA
Asian	67	88.1%	+2	+17
White	53	77.4%	+3	+17

Nearest elementary schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = school-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights

School	Dist	Scope · percentile · band	EXC	MET+	Grade gap	Cohort growth	Susp
Deer Canyon Elementary ←	—	7496th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	61.1%	81.7%	+4.6pp	—	2.7%
Sundance Elementary	0.7 mi	6892nd percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	41.4%	72.1%	−1.4pp	—	0.3%
Adobe Bluffs Elementary	0.7 mi	7496th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	59.6%	85.7%	−19.5pp	—	0.1%
Sunset Hills Elementary	1 mi	6389th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	41.7%	75.0%	+5.1pp	—	0.1%
California average	—	39School average · no percentile	21.4%	42.7%	−2.9pp	—	1.6%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

District salary records

Teacher salary schedule$58,959 – $127,725

Average elementary principal salary$160,698

Average middle school principal salary$175,805

Average high school principal salary$181,289

Superintendent salary$362,500

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2019	84/100	98	#108	California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,484 schools
2022	87/100	98	#77	California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,704 schools
2023	88/100	99	#56	California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,696 schools
2024	74/100	95	#245	California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,711 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 3.7% → 2025 · 5.6% · +1.9pp
Suspension rate2024 · 0.8% → 2025 · 2.8% · +2.0pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	177	60.5%	79.7%
2025 · Math	179	60.3%	82.1%
2024 · ELA	182	57.7%	80.8%
2024 · Math	182	57.1%	81.9%
2023 · ELA	178	69.1%	86.5%
2023 · Math	178	65.2%	84.3%
2022 · ELA	214	64.5%	85.0%
2022 · Math	214	61.7%	84.1%
2019 · ELA	232	65.5%	84.9%
2019 · Math	232	61.6%	83.6%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

Year	Scope	Pctile	Rank	Exc	Met+	Absent	Susp	Grade gap
2019	—	—	—	63.5%	84.2%	4.7%	0.3%	+1.8pp
2022	—	—	—	63.9%	84.7%	15.3%	0.1%	-3.2pp
2023	—	—	—	67.1%	86.0%	11.3%	0.6%	-8.6pp
2024	—	—	—	59.4%	82.3%	4.9%	0.9%	+12.1pp
2025	74	96	#198	61.1%	81.7%	6.6%	2.7%	+4.6pp

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

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 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD

Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years

Group	2018–19	2024–25	Δ
Female	4.3%	5.5%	+1.2pp
Male	4.3%	5.6%	+1.3pp
Asian	4.8%	4.2%	-0.6pp
Black/African American	7.7%	—	—
Filipino	2.9%	2.8%	-0.1pp
Hispanic/Latino	10.0%	12.1%	+2.1pp
Two or More Races	1.5%	7.3%	+5.8pp
White	3.3%	4.0%	+0.7pp
Students with Disabilities	8.3%	6.6%	-1.7pp
English Learners	6.7%	8.6%	+1.9pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	7.1%	8.1%	+1.0pp
All Students	4.3%	5.6%	+1.3pp

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored

Group	ELA	n	CDE band	Math	n	CDE band
All Students	+14	111	Accelerated	+22	111	Exceptional
English Only	+14	69	not categorised	+16	69	not categorised
Asian	+20	42	Exceptional	+34	42	Exceptional
White	+4	31	Average	+13	31	Accelerated
English Learner	+14	29	Accelerated	+34	29	Exceptional
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	+25	20	not categorised	+37	20	not categorised
Two or More Races	+20	15	Exceptional	+8	15	Accelerated
Filipino	+13	12	Accelerated	+17	12	Accelerated
Students with Disabilities	−11	12	Moderate	+8	12	Accelerated
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	+19	11	Accelerated	+29	11	Exceptional

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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 source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

California growth model · reported-school field

State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

111 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,519 reported ELA ALL school records in its retained school inventory

87th pctile · +14 pts

State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

111 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,518 reported MATH ALL school records in its retained school inventory

94th pctile · +22 pts

this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median ELA estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. 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 is not part of the Scope Score.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$12,246 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 35,663 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$668 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 354

Central federal expenditures attributed here$92 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 354

District current expense · FY 2024–25$15,880 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.

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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 12%Student services 8%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%

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.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021

2021$12,246 per pupil

2020$11,959 per pupil

2019$12,266 per pupil

2018$11,181 per pupil

2017$10,952 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 92129

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 92129
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$156,321
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	66.27%
ZCTA population	52,965
Median age	41.6 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/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=5,721 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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