Public school · San Marcos Unified · San Marcos, California

Discovery Elementary — Rating & test scores

San Marcos · TK–5 · 717 students (2024–25)

730 Applewilde Drive, 92078discoveryelementary.smusd.org ↗(760) 290-2077
95thpercentileStrong

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Scope Score
74

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
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 above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 77% and 76% scored Proficient or Advanced, 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: 315
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”).

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On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 4 and 5 scored above what the state expected in English (+13 pts) and math (+13 pts). The state bases that expectation on each student’s earlier scores.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 4 and 5: 216. 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.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask San Marcos Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Discovery a good elementary school?

Discovery Elementary scores higher than 95 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 95th percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 4 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 11 in 100 at the average San Marcos Unified elementary school. 0.9% of students (6 of 705) 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?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored +13 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +13 points, which it calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 216 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 54% of low-income students in grades 3–5 at Discovery Elementary in San Marcos 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 above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 77% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 76% 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: 315
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 · 315 tested

Advanced
52%
Proficient
25%
Below the standard
23%
This school77%
California46%
San Marcos Unified62%

77% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 315 tested

Advanced
53%
Proficient
23%
Below the standard
24%
This school76%
California42%
San Marcos Unified59%

76% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–5 · 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 Advanced78%73%80%
Advanced47%58%51%
Proficient31%15%29%
Developing level17%12%10%
Minimal5%15%10%
Tested11595105
California44%46%49%
Difference+34+27+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%78%72%
Advanced54%56%50%
Proficient23%22%22%
Developing level18%18%19%
Minimal5%4%9%
Tested11595105
California47%42%37%
Difference+30+36+35

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 →

School patterns · grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · What patterns mean

High ceilingA high share of students here scored Advanced, the state’s top level. The English and math cards above give each figure.
Broad baseMost students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.
Grade-to-grade gainsFrom grade 3 in spring 2024 to grade 5 in spring 2026, results here rose more than at the average California elementary school. Students move in and out, so these are partly different children. The Score factors record below gives the figure.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 80% to 77% and math from 78% to 76%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202580%326 tested
→
202677%315 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202578%326 tested
→
202676%315 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?

Yes, 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 and 5 scored +13 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +13 points, which it calls Accelerated.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4 and 5: 216
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 and 5 · 2025 · 216 students with scores in both years

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

+13 pts

English

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

+13 pts

Math

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

Ask: How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?

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 school52%25%13%10%315
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · San Marcos Unified35%27%18%20%3,936
Math, grades 3–5 · This school53%23%18%6%315
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · San Marcos Unified33%26%23%18%3,927

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 · English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202677%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202676%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 66% in 2017 to 77% in 2026. In math, it went from 61% in 2017 to 76% 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
201766%
384 tested		45%
1,384,680 tested
201874%
329 tested		49%
1,346,907 tested
201980%
275 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202278%
271 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202383%
288 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202473%
321 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202580%
326 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
202677%
315 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201761%
386 tested		40%
1,392,040 tested
201866%
329 tested		42%
1,352,321 tested
201966%
275 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
202276%
271 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202382%
288 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202476%
319 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202578%
326 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
202676%
315 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 13 points above that expected score, and in math 13 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.

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

4 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 Marcos Unified elementary school, 11 in 100 were. 0.9% of 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: 31 of 697 students counted for it; suspension: 6 of 705 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 Marcos Unified elementary school 1.1%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

4 in 100This school
11 in 100At the average San Marcos Unified elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

31 of 697 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.9%

of students were suspended at least once (6 of 705). 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 Discovery

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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Teach here? Tell us San Marcos Unified’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups here scored well above the same groups across California in math.

Student groups, grades 3–5, spring 2026

Hispanic or Latino and low-income students and students with disabilities all score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 66% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 3–5, spring 2026), against 31% for the same group across California. The chart gives each group’s figures. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 3–5; 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).
DiscoverySame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • Asian30 tested93%Same group, California 70%
  • White143 tested78%Same group, California 56%
  • Hispanic or Latino91 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 66%Same group, California 31%
  • Students with disabilities51 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 53%Same group, California 18%
  • Low-income59 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 53%Same group, California 31%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–5 math, spring 2026. In English the same groups run from 51% to 90%; every value is in the table below. Asian students: grades 4 and 5 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 46%2. Hispanic or Latino: 25%3. Asian: 15%4. Two or more races: 10%5. Filipino: 3%Unallocated share: 1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White46%
  2. Hispanic or Latino25%
  3. Asian15%
  4. Two or more races10%
  5. Filipino3%
  6. Black or African American—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share1%
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. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

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

61% 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 · 17 of 28 English learners61%
San Marcos Unified · 742 of 1,44251%
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?

17%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 125 of 717. California: 63%.

28teachers, 2024–25

11 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

92%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

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

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–5 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs San Marcos Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 59 tested
English54%+1440%+1836%
Math53%+1835%+2231%
White · 143 tested
English84%+975%+2460%
Math78%+375%+2256%
Hispanic or Latino · 91 tested
English64%+2044%+2836%
Math66%+2838%+3531%
Asian · 30 tested · grades 4 and 5 only
English90%+882%+1971%
Math93%+885%+2370%
Students with disabilities · 51 tested
English51%+2229%+3219%
Math53%+2429%+3518%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in San Marcos 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. No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, English learners 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
White46%
Hispanic or Latino25%
Asian15%
Two or more races10%
Filipino3%
Black or African American—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

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: 92% of teaching positions, 25 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 27.1 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

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

  1. Elementary · this school
    Discovery Elementary
    Grades TK–5
  2. Middle
    San Elijo Middle
    62nd · Solid · 2026Its zone partly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  3. High
    San Marcos High
    59th · Solid · 2025Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • San Elijo Middle

    Its zone partly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    62nd percentile · Solid · middle · 2026

    67% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Woodland Park Middle

    Its zone partly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    63rd percentile · Solid · middle · 2026

    33% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • San Marcos High

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    59th percentile · Solid · high · 2025

  • Mission Hills High

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    58th percentile · Solid · 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. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where the path ends: San Marcos High
San Marcos High59th · Solid · 2025 · Scope Score 59estimated path

An inferred path through a middle-school overlap points to San Marcos High. UC records 71 enrollees from San Marcos High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 22 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. If a child starting here today later attended San Marcos High, that would be around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 81% of the students who finished high school at San Marcos High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

71 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 22 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on San Marcos High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask San Marcos Unified which school serves your address.

School website: discoveryelementary.smusd.org ↗Office: (760) 290-2077Administrator: Julie Morgan

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
730 Applewilde Drive, San Marcos 92078

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with San Marcos Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. How many K–2 students did screening find at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help?
  2. How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino students and other student groups on track as they move up through the grades?
  5. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (760) 290-2077730 Applewilde Drive, 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 #284 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #1 of 12 in San Marcos 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)+84 scale-score pts6520%
Chronically absent4 in 100695%
Suspension rate0.9% (6 of 705)565%
English learners: top level23%595%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California elementary schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267495#284California 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)
2018–195 in 1000.2% (1 of 601)−6
2021–22not on filenot on file−2
2022–23not on filenot on file+5
2023–2410 in 1000.1% (1 of 709)−1
2024–259 in 1000.8% (6 of 736)+6
2025–264 in 1000.9% (6 of 705)−2

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 · English31552%77%
2026 · Math31553%76%
2025 · English32658%80%
2025 · Math32651%78%
2024 · English32152%73%
2024 · Math31950%76%
2023 · English28861%83%
2023 · Math28856%82%
2022 · English27158%78%
2022 · Math27151%76%
2019 · English27553%80%
2019 · Math27539%66%
2018 · English32947%74%
2018 · Math32937%66%
2017 · English38439%66%
2017 · Math38631%61%

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 · English10572%
2025 · Grade 4 · English11182%
2025 · Grade 5 · English11085%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math10577%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math11181%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math11076%
2024 · Grade 3 · English11168%
2024 · Grade 4 · English11175%
2024 · Grade 5 · English9977%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math11078%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math11182%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math9868%
2023 · Grade 3 · English10580%
2023 · Grade 4 · English9681%
2023 · Grade 5 · English8790%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math10582%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math9681%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math8782%
2022 · Grade 3 · English9474%
2022 · Grade 4 · English7881%
2022 · Grade 5 · English9979%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math9480%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math7878%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math9972%
2019 · Grade 3 · English9477%
2019 · Grade 4 · English8684%
2019 · Grade 5 · English9580%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math9472%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math8669%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math9558%
2018 · Grade 3 · English9071%
2018 · Grade 4 · English11371%
2018 · Grade 5 · English12679%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math9063%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math11365%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math12668%
2017 · Grade 3 · English12360%
2017 · Grade 4 · English12562%
2017 · Grade 5 · English13676%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math12454%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math12665%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math13662%

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
Schoolwide10532%36%30%2%

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-income5954%+14+18
White14384%+9+24
Hispanic or Latino9164%+20+28
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+13216Accelerated+13216Accelerated
English-only students+13175not categorized+11175not categorized
White+11106Accelerated+8106Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+1249Accelerated+1549Accelerated
Low-income−149Average+549Accelerated
Asian+937Accelerated+3037Exceptional
Students with disabilities−728Moderate−428Average
English learners+925Accelerated+2425Exceptional
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+1422not categorized+3022not categorized
Two or more races+1917Accelerated+417Average

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 and 5. 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
48%
exceeded standard · 68% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 111 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
51%
Advanced · 80% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 105 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 105 (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 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4 and 5

216 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+13 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4 and 5

216 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

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

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4 and 5, 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 · 9 in 100 → 2025–26 · 4 in 100 · −5 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.8% (6 of 736) → 2025–26 · 0.9% (6 of 705) · +0.1 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female6 in 1005 in 100−1 in 100
Male4 in 1004 in 1000 in 100
Asian3 in 1004 in 100+1 in 100
Filipino0 in 1000 in 1000 in 100
Hispanic or Latino6 in 10011 in 100+5 in 100
Pacific Islander9 in 100——
White4 in 1002 in 100−2 in 100
Students with disabilities6 in 10010 in 100+4 in 100
English learners2 in 10011 in 100+9 in 100
Low-income7 in 10014 in 100+7 in 100
All students5 in 1004 in 100−1 in 100
Two or more races—0 in 100—
Homeless—18 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$13,048 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 19,767 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$254 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 717

Central federal expenditures attributed here$322 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 717

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,110 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 63%Instruction support 10%Student services 10%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$190,342,65962.62%63%
Instruction support$31,519,31410.37%10%
Student services$29,922,9039.84%10%
Administration$16,446,8385.41%5%
Buildings & maintenance$29,610,6729.74%10%
Other$6,118,0122.01%2%
Total$303,960,400100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $303,960,400 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$13,048 per pupil
2020$12,040 per pupil
2019$11,775 per pupil
2018$11,157 per pupil
2017$10,669 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 92078 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92078 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$120,268
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)49%
ZIP-area population53,605
Median age38.8 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 92078 →

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