Independent charter school · San Bernardino County Office of Educatio · Adelanto, California

Desert Trails Preparatory Academy — Rating & test scores

Adelanto · TK–8 · 345 students (2024–25)

14350 Bellflower Road, 92301dtpacademy.com ↗(760) 530-7680
54thpercentileSolid

The dots are California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
38

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of five of the six elementary school measures.

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Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Well below California in English, near it in math: 34% and 40% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, against 46% and 42%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 155 in English, 153 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).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

This rating covers grades 3–5. Desert Trails Preparatory Academy teaches TK–8: grade 6 results ↓

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In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 14% of students tested in English (reading and writing) scored Advanced, against 24% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources
The sentence above
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 3–5. 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 tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Desert Trails Preparatory Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. Evidence ↓

Is Desert Trails Preparatory Academy a good elementary school?

Desert Trails Preparatory Academy scores higher than 54 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 54th percentile, Solid, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 11 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 16 in 100 at the average San Bernardino County Office of Educatio elementary school. 0 of 408 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (3)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

About as expected, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored 0 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored +4 points, which it calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 108 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 38% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at Desert Trails Preparatory Academy in Adelanto scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in English; near it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 34% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 40% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 155 in English, 153 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 3–5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English, 1,211,701 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 155 tested

Advanced
14%
Proficient
20%
Below the standard
66%
This school34%
California46%
San Bernardino County Office of Educatio32%

34% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 153 tested

Advanced
18%
Proficient
22%
Below the standard
60%
This school40%
California42%
San Bernardino County Office of Educatio31%

40% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–6 · every level, with tested counts

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 Advanced40%25%39%
Advanced21%8%11%
Proficient19%17%28%
Developing level36%24%19%
Minimal24%51%42%
Tested585938
California44%46%49%
Difference−4−21−10
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced61%
Advanced28%
Proficient33%
Developing level20%
Minimal19%
Tested36
California48%
Difference+13

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 Advanced53%27%41%
Advanced23%10%22%
Proficient30%17%19%
Developing level31%29%24%
Minimal16%44%35%
Tested575937
California47%42%37%
Difference+6−15+4
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced44%
Advanced36%
Proficient8%
Developing level25%
Minimal31%
Tested36
California37%
Difference+7

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.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How does grade 6 do?

Well above California in English; above it in math. In grade 6, spring 2026, 61% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 44% in math, against 48% and 37% across California.

English

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 36 tested

Advanced
28%
Proficient
33%
Below the standard
39%
This school61%
California48%
San Bernardino County Office of Educatio44%

61% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Math

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 36 tested

Advanced
36%
Proficient
8%
Below the standard
56%
This school44%
California37%
San Bernardino County Office of Educatio34%

44% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 33% to 34% and math from 38% to 40%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202533%138 tested
→
202634%155 tested

This school

California, same grades46% → 46%2025 → 2026 · 1,232,086 → 1,208,894 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202538%138 tested
→
202640%153 tested

This school

California, same grades41% → 42%2025 → 2026 · 1,241,652 → 1,211,701 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

About as expected, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored 0 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored +4 points, which it calls Average.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 108
Comparison
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.

Grades 4–6 · 2025 · 108 students with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

0 pts

English

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

+4 pts

Math

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school14%20%27%39%155
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · San Bernardino County Office of Educatio12%20%23%45%748
Math, grades 3–5 · This school18%22%29%31%153
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · San Bernardino County Office of Educatio12%19%26%43%746
English, grade 6 · This school28%33%20%19%36
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · San Bernardino County Office of Educatio16%28%22%34%232
Math, grade 6 · This school36%8%25%31%36
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · San Bernardino County Office of Educatio17%17%20%46%232

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202634%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202640%42%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 3–5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 33% in 2017 to 34% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. In math, it went from 28% in 2017 to 40% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201733%
201 tested		45%
1,384,680 tested
201849%
200 tested		49%
1,346,907 tested
201947%
207 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202234%
164 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202336%
156 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202444%
121 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202533%
138 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
202634%
155 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201728%
200 tested		40%
1,392,040 tested
201840%
200 tested		42%
1,352,321 tested
201938%
204 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
202228%
165 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202336%
156 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202436%
120 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202538%
138 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
202640%
153 tested		42%
1,211,701 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

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 right at that expected score, and in math 4 points above it.

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.

What you can do

Who can act on Desert Trails Preparatory Academy’s results?

Desert Trails Preparatory Academy’s own board decides its plan.

The state hasn’t placed Desert Trails Preparatory Academy in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Where is its yearly plan?

Its 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

San Bernardino County Office of Education authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2027.

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2What the law requires, and what to ask

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

11 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average San Bernardino County Office of Educatio elementary school, 16 in 100 were. 0 of 408 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 46 of 403 students counted for it; suspension: 0 of 408 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average San Bernardino County Office of Educatio elementary school 1.1%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

11 in 100This school
16 in 100At the average San Bernardino County Office of Educatio elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

46 of 403 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0 of 408

students were suspended at least once. Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Desert Trails Preparatory Academy

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

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

Student groups, grades 3–6, spring 2026

43% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 30% for the same group across California.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 3–6; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Desert Trails Preparatory AcademySame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 146 tested38%Same group, California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 144 tested40%Same group, California 30%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 151 tested40%Same group, California 37%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 150 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 43%Same group, California 30%
  • English learnersEnglish · 44 tested9%Same group, California 13%
  • English learnersMath · 43 tested26%Same group, California 16%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6, spring 2026. English learners: grades 3–5 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 82%2. Black or African American: 8%3. Not reported: 5%Unallocated share: 5%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino82%
  2. Black or African American8%
  3. Not reported5%
  4. White—
  5. Asian—
  6. Filipino—
  7. Two or more races—
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Pacific Islander—
  10. Unallocated share5%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. “Not reported” is different: it is a category in the state’s own count of students. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

41% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 30 of 74 English learners41%
San Bernardino County Office of Educatio · 34 of 9337%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

77%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 264 of 345. California: 63%.

20teachers, 2024–25

9 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

83%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino students on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–6 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs San Bernardino County Office of Educatiovs California
Low-income · 146 tested in English, 144 in math
English38%+362%+236%
Math40%+391%+1030%
Hispanic or Latino · 151 tested in English, 150 in math
English40%+373%+337%
Math43%+412%+1330%
English learners · 44 tested in English, 43 in math · grades 3–5 only
English9%—−413%
Math26%—+1016%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in San Bernardino County Office of Educatio, 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.

No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino82%
Black or African American8%
Not reported5%
White—
Asian—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 83% of teaching positions, 22 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 26.5 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask Desert Trails Preparatory Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

Eligibility and entry grades
Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery
What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics
What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?
School website: dtpacademy.com ↗Office: (760) 530-7680Administrator: Debra Tarver

Location and visiting

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14350 Bellflower Road, Adelanto 92301

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Questions for your visit

  1. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 66% in English and 60% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (155 tested in English, 153 in math); California: 54% and 58%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  3. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working? 9% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (44 students tested); the same group across California: 13%

Office (760) 530-768014350 Bellflower Road, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby elementary schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest elementary schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby elementary schoolsPercentile among California elementary schools, 2026

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

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Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,606 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #2 of 5 in San Bernardino County Office of Educatio
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math16%4442%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math38%4623%
Chronically absent11 in 100585%
Suspension rate0 of 408625%
English learners: top level12%445%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)-6.1pp—not scored

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. The weights above add to 80%: the remaining 20%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

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
2025–263854#2606California 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)
2018–19not on filenot on file+8
2021–22not on filenot on file−4
2022–23not on filenot on file−21
2023–2413 in 1000 of 487−3
2024–256 in 1000 of 363+27
2025–2611 in 1000 of 408−6

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 · English19116%39%
2026 · Math18921%41%
2025 · English17011%35%
2025 · Math17014%39%
2024 · English22713%42%
2024 · Math22610%25%
2023 · English29913%41%
2023 · Math2989%28%
2022 · English30510%34%
2022 · Math3057%24%
2019 · English29115%52%
2019 · Math28815%41%
2018 · English26217%46%
2018 · Math26211%38%
2017 · English2678%34%
2017 · Math2658%26%

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 · English6022%
2025 · Grade 4 · English3824%
2025 · Grade 5 · English4060%
2025 · Grade 6 · English3244%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math6035%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math3829%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math4050%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math3247%
2024 · Grade 3 · English4032%
2024 · Grade 4 · English4661%
2024 · Grade 5 · English3534%
2024 · Grade 6 · English4353%
2024 · Grade 7 · English3933%
2024 · Grade 8 · English2429%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math4040%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math4536%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math3531%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math4328%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math393%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math244%
2023 · Grade 3 · English5942%
2023 · Grade 4 · English4637%
2023 · Grade 5 · English5127%
2023 · Grade 6 · English6746%
2023 · Grade 7 · English4137%
2023 · Grade 8 · English3563%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math5946%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math4641%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math5120%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math6721%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math4115%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math3424%
2022 · Grade 3 · English4829%
2022 · Grade 4 · English5326%
2022 · Grade 5 · English6343%
2022 · Grade 6 · English6433%
2022 · Grade 7 · English4939%
2022 · Grade 8 · English2829%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math4842%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math5428%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math6319%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math6417%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math4819%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math2821%
2019 · Grade 3 · English6743%
2019 · Grade 4 · English7040%
2019 · Grade 5 · English7059%
2019 · Grade 6 · English5070%
2019 · Grade 7 · English3453%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math6743%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math6828%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math6943%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math5056%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math3432%
2018 · Grade 3 · English6936%
2018 · Grade 4 · English7158%
2018 · Grade 5 · English6053%
2018 · Grade 6 · English6237%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math6938%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math7146%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math6035%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math6231%
2017 · Grade 3 · English6939%
2017 · Grade 4 · English6439%
2017 · Grade 5 · English6822%
2017 · Grade 6 · English6635%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math6943%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math6431%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math679%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math6522%

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
Schoolwide383%21%47%29%

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-income14638%+36+2
Hispanic or Latino15140%+37+3
English learners (grades 3–5 only)449%—−4
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 students0108Average+4108Average
Low-income−185Average+585Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino−184Average+484Average
English-only students+858not categorized+358not categorized
English learners−639Moderate039Average
English learners only−934not categorized−534not categorized
Black or African American+1418Accelerated−618Moderate

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
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English0 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

108 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: 0 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+4 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

108 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: +4 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, 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 · 6 in 100 → 2025–26 · 11 in 100 · +5 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 363 → 2025–26 · 0 of 408 · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—13 in 100—
Male—9 in 100—
Black or African American—9 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—11 in 100—
Students with disabilities—24 in 100—
English learners—8 in 100—
Low-income—13 in 100—
All students—11 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. 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$75,731 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2017–18 (2018) · fall district membership: 3,302 pupils

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 36%Instruction support 27%Student services 17%Administration 17%Buildings & maintenance 3%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$112,538,88035.53%36%
Instruction support$86,302,23627.24%27%
Student services$52,413,59116.55%17%
Administration$55,109,22517.40%17%
Buildings & maintenance$9,505,5843.00%3%
Total$316,766,350100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $316,766,350 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, 2017–⁠2018; latest district record shown: 2018
2018$75,731 per pupil
2017$70,347 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 holders3.0%

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 92301 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92301 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$68,676
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)8%
ZIP-area population38,577
Median age29.7 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 92301 →

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