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Downtown Elementary — Rating & test scores

2021 M Street, Bakersfield · 317 students · Grades K–8

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Scope Score 82

StrongScope Score · 80th percentile. Higher than 80 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: 63% and 58% 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: 102
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).

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Tests ↓

Overview

Is Downtown a good elementary school?

Strong. Downtown is higher than most California elementary schools on test results, progress in English and attendance. Downtown is lower than most on progress in math.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced8063%
Math, Proficient or Advanced7858%
English, Advanced8643%
Math, Advanced7226%

Progress in a year, 2025

English85+14 pts
Math39−1 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance943 in 100
Downtown’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Bakersfield City’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 43% of students tested in English scored Advanced, against 24% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Downtown’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
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).

In its own words

What does Downtown say about itself?

We haven’t read Downtown’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?

In English, yes. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 14 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 1 point lower, which the state calls Average.

English

+14

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

Hispanic or Latino84+14 points
White61+14 points
Low-income500 points
Students with disabilities18−4 points

Math

−1

point lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino84−7 points
White61+6 points
Low-income50−3 points
Students with disabilities18−7 points

Grades 4–8, 2025, 161 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. 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 14 points above that expected score, and in math 1 point below 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.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

0 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Downtown. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

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

  1. DowntownScope Score 8280th
  2. Bessie E. OwensNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7656th
  3. Central Academy of Arts and TechnologyCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7127th
  4. William PennNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7020th
  5. FranklinNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7019th
  6. McKinleyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 6912th
  7. LongfellowNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 687th
  8. Stella I. HillsNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 64bottom 1%
Bakersfield CityCharter

A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

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.

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

5 of 8 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 Downtown compare with schools like it?

Downtown’s Scope Score is 82. 570 California elementary schools, counting Downtown, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 83. Downtown’s result is higher than 276 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 570

  1. Students from low-income families: 27%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 25%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

570 California public elementary schools where 25% to 37% 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 25% to 37% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Downtown’s share. The count includes Downtown. 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?

English results were similar to 2025; math results were higher. English went from 60% to 63% and math from 46% to 58%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202634%78%63%DowntownDowntown46%CaliforniaCalifornia29%Bakersfield CityDistrict

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202625%65%58%DowntownDowntown42%CaliforniaCalifornia19%Bakersfield CityDistrict

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Bakersfield City’s line combines its 33 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. Bakersfield City’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringDowntownBakersfield CityCaliforniaTested here
201778%34%45%101
201885%36%49%100
201977%37%50%103
202263%25%45%107
202360%27%44%103
202452%27%45%103
202560%28%46%98
202663%29%46%102
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringDowntownBakersfield CityCaliforniaTested here
201765%25%40%101
201864%24%42%100
201966%25%44%103
202250%15%38%107
202355%18%40%103
202454%18%41%103
202546%18%41%98
202658%19%42%102

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

English

63%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

17202043
Bakersfield City29%California46%

Math

58%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

15273226
Bakersfield City19%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 63% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 58% 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 do the middle grades do?

Well above California in both subjects. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 65% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 50% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 77th percentile (Strong) among California’s middle schools.

English

65%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

292936
Bakersfield City32%California49%

Math

50%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

17332723
Bakersfield City14%California37%
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 Advanced62%64%62%
Advanced38%48%44%
Proficient24%16%18%
Developing level24%21%16%
Minimal14%15%22%
Tested373332
California44%46%49%
Difference+18+18+13
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced45%82%65%
Advanced21%53%32%
Proficient24%29%33%
Developing level52%15%22%
Minimal3%3%13%
Tested293431
California48%51%49%
Difference−3+31+16

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 Advanced59%58%56%
Advanced27%18%34%
Proficient32%40%22%
Developing level25%33%25%
Minimal16%9%19%
Tested373332
California47%42%37%
Difference+12+16+19
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced52%62%35%
Advanced21%38%10%
Proficient31%24%25%
Developing level34%23%42%
Minimal14%15%23%
Tested293431
California37%38%36%
Difference+15+24−1

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 school43%20%20%17%102
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Bakersfield City11%18%24%47%8,568
Math, grades 3–5 · This school26%32%27%15%102
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Bakersfield City6%13%26%55%8,570
English, grades 6–8 · This school36%29%29%6%94
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Bakersfield City8%24%26%42%8,924
Math, grades 6–8 · This school23%27%33%17%94
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Bakersfield City5%9%22%64%8,913

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 102 tested in English, 102 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?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 60% of students. 9 of 322 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

3in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (9 of 322 students).

At the average Bakersfield City elementary school: 17 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Students, 2024–25

317

students in grades K–8.

Hispanic or Latino 60%White 31%Two or more races 4%

Family income

31%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 99 of 317. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

17

teachers, with 20 years of experience on average.

12% were in their first year.

80% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

1.5%

of students were suspended at least once (5 of 325). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grades 4–6
3 of 96 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
3 of 67 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.

Our records hold no figure for Grades K–3.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino60%
White31%
Two or more races4%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
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. 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: 11.5 of 14.4 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

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

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 96 tested53%California 37%
  • Low-incomeMath · 96 tested46%California 28%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 112 tested60%California 38%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 112 tested52%California 28%
  • WhiteEnglish · 40 tested78%California 61%
  • WhiteMath · 40 tested68%California 54%

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 60% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 52% in math (grades 3–8, spring 2026), against 38% and 28% for the same group across California. Low-income students: 53% in English and 46% in math, against 37% and 28% for the same group across California.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–8, 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 3–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Bakersfield Cityvs California
Low-income · 96 tested
English53%+2429%+1637%
Math46%+3214%+1828%
Hispanic or Latino · 112 tested
English60%+3030%+2238%
Math52%+3616%+2428%
White · 40 tested · grades 3, 5 and 7 only
English78%+3246%+1761%
Math68%+3929%+1454%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Bakersfield City, 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, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners, 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Downtown. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

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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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Money

Where does the money go?

$19,541 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student. Bakersfield City’s plan for 2026–27 covers $213 million.

$19,541

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$12,092
The school’s share of district office costs
$7,449
Of the total, from federal funds
$4,038
  • Downtown$19,541
  • Bakersfield City elementary schools$22,309
  • 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 ↓

Bakersfield City’s yearly plan

$213million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$130million

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 8 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $213 million of $710 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Bakersfield City Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Downtown like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93301. They are not figures for the families at Downtown.

Typical household income in a year

$43,561

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 93301.

Typical home value
$295,700
People who live in this ZIP code
13,620
Typical age
34.6 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
17%

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 5 questions to Downtown. 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 changes for a student who falls behind in math?1 point lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4–8, 2025 (161 students)
  3. 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 Downtown, and how do I get in?

Downtown runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Bakersfield City which school serves your address.

  1. Grades K–8 · this school
    Downtown Elementary
    Scope Score 82Strong · 80th percentile
  2. High
    Foothill High
    Scope Score 67Needs Support · 12th percentile · 2025Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school 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

  • Paul L. Cato Middle

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

    Scope Score 79 · Solid · 69th percentile · middle · 2026

    51% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Chipman Junior High

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

    Scope Score 73 · Developing · 37th percentile · middle · 2026

    26% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • Foothill High

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

    Scope Score 67 · Needs Support · 12th percentile · high · 2025

  • Highland High

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

    Scope Score 70 · Needs Support · 23rd 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. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where the path ends: Foothill High
Foothill HighScope Score 67 · Needs Support · 12th percentile · 2025estimated path

An inferred path through a middle-school overlap points to Foothill High. UC records 5 enrollees from Foothill High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 9 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 Foothill High, that would be around 2035, and a school can change a lot in 9 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 52% of the students who finished high school at Foothill High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

5 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 9 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Foothill High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Downtown?

Address
2021 M Street, Bakersfield 93301Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Lynn McEntireAs 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 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Downtown runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Bakersfield City which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Downtown a good school?

Downtown Elementary has a Scope Score of 82. It scored higher than 80 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Strong, 80th percentile, spring 2026).

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 77 in 100 California middle schools we score (77th percentile, Strong, spring 2026)

See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 3 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 17 in 100 at the average Bakersfield City elementary school. 1.5% of students (5 of 325) 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?

In English, yes. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 14 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 1 point lower, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 161 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 53% of low-income students in grades 3–8 at Downtown Elementary in Bakersfield scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 37% for the same group across California. 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 #1,136 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #1 of 33 in Bakersfield City
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math35%6342%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math60%6323%
Chronically absent3 in 100705%
Suspension rate1.5% (5 of 325)515%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)-1.4pp—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 75%: the remaining 25%, 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
2025–268280#1136California 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)
2018–190 in 1001.5% (5 of 326)+18
2021–22not on filenot on file−14
2022–23not on filenot on file−9
2023–242 in 1000.9% (3 of 322)+13
2024–252 in 1000.3% (1 of 319)−15
2025–263 in 1001.5% (5 of 325)−1

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 · English19640%64%
2026 · Math19625%54%
2025 · English19636%69%
2025 · Math19624%52%
2024 · English20427%62%
2024 · Math20425%53%
2023 · English20236%74%
2023 · Math20222%54%
2022 · English19439%72%
2022 · Math19428%53%
2019 · English19345%80%
2019 · Math19337%67%
2018 · English19142%81%
2018 · Math19130%62%
2017 · English18939%78%
2017 · Math18932%63%

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 · English3566%
2025 · Grade 4 · English3364%
2025 · Grade 5 · English3050%
2025 · Grade 6 · English3689%
2025 · Grade 7 · English3379%
2025 · Grade 8 · English2966%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math3551%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math3348%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math3037%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math3681%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math3345%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math2941%
2024 · Grade 3 · English3746%
2024 · Grade 4 · English3040%
2024 · Grade 5 · English3669%
2024 · Grade 6 · English3571%
2024 · Grade 7 · English3171%
2024 · Grade 8 · English3574%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math3759%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math3040%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math3661%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math3563%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math3145%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math3549%
2023 · Grade 3 · English3256%
2023 · Grade 4 · English3773%
2023 · Grade 5 · English3450%
2023 · Grade 6 · English3379%
2023 · Grade 7 · English3597%
2023 · Grade 8 · English3190%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math3259%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math3759%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math3447%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math3364%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math3563%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math3132%
2022 · Grade 3 · English3863%
2022 · Grade 4 · English3661%
2022 · Grade 5 · English3364%
2022 · Grade 6 · English3281%
2022 · Grade 7 · English2986%
2022 · Grade 8 · English2681%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math3874%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math3631%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math3345%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math3269%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math2948%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math2646%
2019 · Grade 3 · English3664%
2019 · Grade 4 · English3681%
2019 · Grade 5 · English3187%
2019 · Grade 6 · English3394%
2019 · Grade 7 · English2986%
2019 · Grade 8 · English2868%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math3664%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math3658%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math3177%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math3379%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math2972%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math2854%
2018 · Grade 3 · English3784%
2018 · Grade 4 · English3184%
2018 · Grade 5 · English3288%
2018 · Grade 6 · English3385%
2018 · Grade 7 · English2969%
2018 · Grade 8 · English2972%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math3768%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math3158%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math3266%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math3370%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math2955%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math2955%
2017 · Grade 3 · English3474%
2017 · Grade 4 · English3288%
2017 · Grade 5 · English3574%
2017 · Grade 6 · English2875%
2017 · Grade 7 · English2979%
2017 · Grade 8 · English3181%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math3468%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math3272%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math3557%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math2861%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math2966%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math3155%

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
Schoolwide6319%38%38%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-income9653%+24+16
Hispanic or Latino11260%+30+22
White (grades 3, 5 and 7 only)4078%+32+17
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+14161Accelerated−1161Average
English-only students+13153not categorized0153not categorized
Hispanic or Latino+1484Accelerated−784Moderate
White+1461Accelerated+661Accelerated
Low-income050Average−350Average
Students with disabilities−418Average−718Moderate

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. 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 · English+14 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–8

161 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +14 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−1 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–8

161 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −1 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, 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 · 2 in 100 → 2025–26 · 3 in 100 · +1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.3% (1 of 319) → 2025–26 · 1.5% (5 of 325) · +1.2 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female0 in 1003 in 100+3 in 100
Male0 in 1003 in 100+3 in 100
Asian0 of 12——
Black or African American0 of 15——
Hispanic or Latino0 in 1003 in 100+3 in 100
Two or more races0 of 111 of 13—
White0 in 1003 of 99—
Students with disabilities0 of 271 of 29—
Low-income0 of 955 in 100—
All students0 in 1003 in 100+3 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$15,168 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 29,307 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$2,129 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 317

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,909 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 317

District current expense · FY 2024–25$22,638 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 65%Instruction support 11%Student services 10%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 9%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$389,369,28364.64%65%
Instruction support$68,787,26911.42%11%
Student services$59,533,9589.88%10%
Administration$28,067,5064.66%5%
Buildings & maintenance$55,801,3349.26%9%
Total$602,358,796100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $602,358,796 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$15,168 per pupil
2020$13,998 per pupil
2019$14,646 per pupil
2018$13,609 per pupil
2017$12,715 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 holders6.9%

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 93301 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93301 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$43,561
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)17%
ZIP-area population13,620
Median age34.6 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-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 93301 →

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