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Deerfield Elementary — Rating & test scores

2 Deerfield Avenue, Irvine · 615 students · Grades TK–6

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Scope Score 90

StrongScope Score · 94th percentile. Higher than 94 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

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 77% and 73% 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: 288 in English, 296 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

This rating covers grades 3–5. Deerfield Elementary teaches TK–6.

Overview

Is Deerfield a good elementary school?

Strong. Deerfield is higher than most California elementary schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced9377%
Math, Proficient or Advanced9173%
English, Advanced9454%
Math, Advanced9453%

Progress in a year, 2025

English83+13 pts
Math97+28 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance6811 in 100
Deerfield’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Irvine Unified’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 4–6 scored higher than California students who had the same scores the year before, in English (+13 pts) and math (+28 pts). The state calls them Accelerated in English and Exceptional in math.

Each bar is Deerfield’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 4–6: 310. 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 Deerfield say about itself?

We haven’t read Deerfield’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

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Progress

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

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored 13 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 28 points higher, which the state calls Exceptional.

English

+13

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

Asian177+17 points
English learners66+8 points
Low-income62+3 points
White51+16 points
Hispanic or Latino42+4 points

Math

+28

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

Asian177+33 points
English learners66+26 points
Low-income62+16 points
White51+25 points
Hispanic or Latino42+17 points

Grades 4–6, 2025, 310 students with scores in both years. 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 13 points above that expected score, and in math 28 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 78th 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?

3 of the 8 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Deerfield. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

9 elementary schools within 1.6 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. EastshoreNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 9598th
  2. BrywoodNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 9397th
  3. Stone CreekNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 9094th
  4. DeerfieldScope Score 9094th
  5. Irvine Unified School District Virtual AcademySchool of choice · by applicationScope Score 8992nd
  6. Irvine International AcademyCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 8687th
  7. College ParkNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8484th
  8. Plaza VistaNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8380th
  9. GreentreeNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8277th
Irvine UnifiedCharterMagnet or school of choice

A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats. A magnet or other school of choice takes applications through its district.

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.

75%0%25%50%75%100%

6 of 9 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 Deerfield compare with schools like it?

Deerfield’s Scope Score is 90. 463 California elementary schools, counting Deerfield, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 86. Deerfield’s result is higher than 359 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 463

  1. Students from low-income families: 24%

    Scope Score 99Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 23%

    Scope Score 99Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 14%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 20%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 22%

    El Rodeo Elementary

    Beverly Hills

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

463 California public elementary schools where 14% to 26% 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 14% to 26% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Deerfield’s share. The count includes Deerfield. 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 78% to 77% and math from 75% to 73%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202674%79%77%DeerfieldDeerfield72%Irvine UnifiedDistrict46%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202674%75%73%DeerfieldDeerfield70%Irvine UnifiedDistrict42%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Irvine Unified’s line combines its 31 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. Irvine Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringDeerfieldIrvine UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201779%74%45%284
201877%76%49%280
201978%76%50%284
202275%74%45%292
202375%74%44%276
202477%72%45%304
202578%72%46%273
202677%72%46%288
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringDeerfieldIrvine UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201775%74%40%288
201875%74%42%282
201975%73%44%285
202273%70%38%290
202372%70%40%279
202478%70%41%307
202575%70%41%281
202673%70%42%296

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

English

77%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

13102354
Irvine Unified72%California46%

Math

73%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

11162053
Irvine Unified70%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 77% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 73% 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 does grade 6 do?

Well above California in both subjects. In grade 6, spring 2026, 79% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 79% in math, against 48% and 37% across California.

English

79%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

11101663
Irvine Unified76%California48%

Math

79%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

11101168
Irvine Unified73%California37%

School patterns · grades 3–5 · spring 2026

High ceiling
A high share of students here scored Advanced, the state’s top level. The English and math cards above give each figure.
Broad base
Most students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

What patterns mean

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 Advanced74%82%76%
Advanced52%59%51%
Proficient22%23%25%
Developing level9%10%9%
Minimal17%8%15%
Tested7790121
California44%46%49%
Difference+30+36+27
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced79%
Advanced63%
Proficient16%
Developing level10%
Minimal11%
Tested94
California48%
Difference+31

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 Advanced77%79%66%
Advanced51%57%51%
Proficient26%22%15%
Developing level12%17%18%
Minimal11%4%16%
Tested7992125
California47%42%37%
Difference+30+37+29
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced79%
Advanced68%
Proficient11%
Developing level10%
Minimal11%
Tested95
California37%
Difference+42

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 school54%23%10%13%288
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Irvine Unified48%24%14%14%8,546
Math, grades 3–5 · This school53%20%16%11%296
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Irvine Unified45%25%18%12%8,786
English, grade 6 · This school63%16%10%11%94
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Irvine Unified47%29%13%11%3,026
Math, grade 6 · This school68%11%10%11%95
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Irvine Unified54%19%17%10%3,087

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 288 tested in English, 296 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?

Asian students are the largest group here, at 52% of students. 68 of 619 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

11in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (68 of 619 students).

At the average Irvine Unified elementary school: 9 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Suspensions: 0.2% of students were suspended at least once (1 of 626). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

615

students in grades TK–6.

Asian 52%White 19%Hispanic or Latino 17%Two or more races 8%Black or African American 2%Filipino 2%

Family income

20%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 125 of 615. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

21

teachers, with 18 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

100% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

53%

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 (25 of 47 students).

Irvine Unified: 62%. 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.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Asian52%
White19%
Hispanic or Latino17%
Two or more races8%
Black or African American2%
Filipino2%
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: 21 of 21 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students here scored well above the same groups across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Asian225 tested87%California 71%
  • White66 tested67%California 54%
  • Low-income96 tested48%California 30%
  • Hispanic or Latino63 tested44%California 30%

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 48% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 30% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students: 44% in math, against 30% for the same group across California. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6 math, 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 3–6 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Irvine Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 96 tested
English56%056%+2036%
Math48%−452%+1830%
Asian · 217 tested in English, 225 in math
English87%+978%+1671%
Math87%+681%+1671%
White · 66 tested
English73%+469%+1360%
Math67%+562%+1354%
Hispanic or Latino · 63 tested
English57%+156%+2037%
Math44%044%+1430%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Irvine Unified, 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 of two or more races: fewer than 30 tested here. English learners, 33 tested in English and 41 in math: no rate for grades 3, 4 and 6 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. Students with disabilities, 37 tested: no rate for grades 4 and 6 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students 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 and staff can answer a short set of questions about Deerfield. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Staff answers show once 5 people have answered.Until then this page shows no staff answers.
  2. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  3. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  4. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.
  5. Staff confirm a work email.Staff answers come only from people who confirmed an email address at Irvine Unified.

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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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  • Would you send your own child to this school?Yes · Maybe · No
  • Do you plan to work at this school next year?Yes · Not sure · No
  • Do you have the materials and supplies you need to teach?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • And 5 more questions.

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Deerfield 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

36

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?

$15,973 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student. Irvine Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $288 million.

$15,973

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$8,252
The school’s share of district office costs
$7,721
Of the total, from federal funds
$728
  • Deerfield$15,973
  • Irvine Unified elementary schools$15,283
  • 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 ↓

Irvine Unified’s yearly plan

$288million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$29million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 5 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $288 million of $647 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Irvine Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Deerfield like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 92604. They are not figures for the families at Deerfield.

Typical household income in a year

$133,869

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 92604.

Typical home value
$1,058,000
People who live in this ZIP code
26,491
Typical age
44.2 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
66%

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Deerfield. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. How many K–2 students did screening find at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help?
  2. What extra help do low-income students get, and how do you know it’s working?48% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 3–6, spring 2026 (96 students tested); the same group across California: 30%
  3. How do you stretch students who are already ahead?54% scored Advanced in English, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (288 students tested); California: 24%
  4. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

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

What comes after Deerfield, and how do I get in?

Ask Irvine Unified which school serves your address. Next comes Venado Middle, then Irvine High.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Deerfield Elementary
    Grades TK–6Scope Score 90Strong · 94th percentile
  2. Middle · assigned
    Venado Middle
    Scope Score 90Strong · 95th percentile · 2026
  3. High · assigned
    Irvine High
    Scope Score 86Strong · 88th percentile · 2025

Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. A boundary doesn’t guarantee a place. Transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Venado Middle

    Assigned

    Scope Score 90 · Strong · 95th percentile · middle · 2026

High-school links

  • Irvine High

    Assigned

    Scope Score 86 · Strong · 88th percentile · high · 2025

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

Where the path ends: Irvine High
Irvine HighScope Score 86 · Strong · 88th percentile · 2025district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at Irvine High. UC records 90 enrollees from Irvine High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 23 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Irvine High around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 90% of the students who finished high school at Irvine High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

90 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 23 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Irvine High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Deerfield?

Address
2 Deerfield Avenue, Irvine 92604Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Alicia BrewerAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated February 9, 2023.

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 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Irvine Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Deerfield a good elementary school?

Deerfield Elementary has a Scope Score of 90. It scored higher than 94 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Strong, 94th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 11 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 9 in 100 at the average Irvine Unified elementary school. 0.2% of students (1 of 626) 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 4–6 scored 13 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 28 points higher, which the state calls Exceptional.

  • Included in this measure: 310 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 56% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at Deerfield Elementary in Irvine scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2026 attendance boundaries, Deerfield Elementary is zoned to Venado Middle. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Venado Middle: Scope Score 90, Strong, 95th percentile among California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 results

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 #313 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #7 of 31 in Irvine Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math53%8142%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math76%7623%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+82 scale-score pts6120%
Chronically absent11 in 100595%
Suspension rate0.2% (1 of 626)615%
English learners: top level26%655%

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
2025–269094#313California 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)
2018–194 in 1000.4% (3 of 712)+9
2021–22not on filenot on file−8
2022–23not on filenot on file+12
2023–2412 in 1000.5% (3 of 662)+8
2024–2510 in 1000.9% (6 of 657)+9
2025–2611 in 1000.2% (1 of 626)−5

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 · English38256%78%
2026 · Math39157%74%
2025 · English39659%79%
2025 · Math40958%76%
2024 · English40257%76%
2024 · Math40755%76%
2023 · English39253%74%
2023 · Math39557%72%
2022 · English38656%76%
2022 · Math38452%74%
2019 · English38356%78%
2019 · Math38454%76%
2018 · English37853%79%
2018 · Math38055%79%
2017 · English38556%79%
2017 · Math38859%77%

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 · English6767%
2025 · Grade 4 · English11678%
2025 · Grade 5 · English9086%
2025 · Grade 6 · English12381%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math6972%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math11878%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math9472%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math12878%
2024 · Grade 3 · English8571%
2024 · Grade 4 · English9574%
2024 · Grade 5 · English12483%
2024 · Grade 6 · English9872%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math8775%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math9778%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math12379%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math10073%
2023 · Grade 3 · English6961%
2023 · Grade 4 · English11081%
2023 · Grade 5 · English9777%
2023 · Grade 6 · English11673%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math6959%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math11285%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math9867%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math11672%
2022 · Grade 3 · English8878%
2022 · Grade 4 · English9675%
2022 · Grade 5 · English10873%
2022 · Grade 6 · English9478%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math8777%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math9577%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math10866%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math9477%
2019 · Grade 3 · English8671%
2019 · Grade 4 · English10080%
2019 · Grade 5 · English9883%
2019 · Grade 6 · English9979%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math8667%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math10182%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math9873%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math9978%
2018 · Grade 3 · English8473%
2018 · Grade 4 · English9480%
2018 · Grade 5 · English10277%
2018 · Grade 6 · English9885%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math8673%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math9480%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math10272%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math9890%
2017 · Grade 3 · English8873%
2017 · Grade 4 · English9678%
2017 · Grade 5 · English10086%
2017 · Grade 6 · English10178%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math9070%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math9872%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math10083%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math10081%

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
Schoolwide12547%23%25%5%

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-income9656%0+20
Asian21787%+9+16
White6673%+4+13
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+13310Accelerated+28310Exceptional
English-only students+15185not categorized+25185not categorized
Asian+17177Accelerated+33177Exceptional
English learners+866Accelerated+2666Exceptional
Low-income+362Average+1662Accelerated
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+1152not categorized+2352not categorized
White+1651Accelerated+2551Exceptional
Hispanic or Latino+442Average+1742Accelerated
Students with disabilities−728Moderate+1328Accelerated
Two or more races+626Accelerated+1526Accelerated
English learners only−614not categorized+3614not categorized
Black or African American−1411Moderate−411Average

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4–6. 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
45%
exceeded standard · 71% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 85 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
51%
Advanced · 76% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 121 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 86 (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+13 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–6

310 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +13 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+28 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–6

310 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

California growth model, math: +28 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Exceptional, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4–6, 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 · 10 in 100 → 2025–26 · 11 in 100 · +1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.9% (6 of 657) → 2025–26 · 0.2% (1 of 626) · −0.7 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female3 in 1009 in 100+6 in 100
Male4 in 10013 in 100+9 in 100
Asian2 in 1008 in 100+6 in 100
Black or African American2 of 144 of 14—
Filipino0 of 231 of 11—
Hispanic or Latino7 of 9018 in 100—
Two or more races1 of 677 of 49—
White8 in 1009 in 100+1 in 100
Students with disabilities6 of 6611 of 76—
English learners4 in 10012 of 88—
Low-income6 in 10021 in 100+15 in 100
All students4 in 10011 in 100+7 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$13,060 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 35,660 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$181 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 615

Central federal expenditures attributed here$547 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 615

District current expense · FY 2024–25$16,178 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 60%Instruction support 13%Student services 12%Administration 3%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$355,704,00060.16%60%
Instruction support$77,554,08513.12%13%
Student services$68,909,51211.65%12%
Administration$19,122,4273.23%3%
Buildings & maintenance$57,930,9189.80%10%
Other$12,067,4342.04%2%
Total$591,288,377100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $591,288,377 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$13,060 per pupil
2020$14,414 per pupil
2019$11,451 per pupil
2018$10,962 per pupil
2017$10,874 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 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.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 92604 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92604 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$133,869
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)66%
ZIP-area population26,491
Median age44.2 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 92604 →

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