Public school · Clovis Unified · Clovis, California

Dry Creek Elementary — Rating & test scores

Clovis · TK–6 · 939 students (2024–25)

1273 North Armstrong Avenue, 93619drycreek.cusd.com ↗(559) 327-6500
84thpercentileStrong

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
58

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six 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 above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 73% and 73% 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: 391
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. Dry Creek Elementary teaches TK–6: grade 6 results ↓

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In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 46% of students tested in English and 45% in math scored Advanced, against 24% and 21% 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: 391. 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).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Clovis Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Dry Creek a good elementary school?

Dry Creek Elementary scores higher than 84 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 84th percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 5 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 11 in 100 at the average Clovis Unified elementary school. 0.8% of students (8 of 956) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

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Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, yes; in math, about as expected. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored +8 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +4 points, which it calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 392 students

Evidence ↓

How does grade 3 do in math?

Grade 3 stands apart in math: 84% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 73% across grades 3–5 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class. Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 62% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at Dry Creek Elementary in Clovis scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2025 attendance boundaries, Dry Creek Elementary is zoned to Alta Sierra Intermediate. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Alta Sierra Intermediate: 92nd percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 Scope Score

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, 73% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 73% 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: 391
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 · 391 tested

Advanced
46%
Proficient
27%
Below the standard
27%
This school73%
California46%
Clovis Unified65%

73% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 391 tested

Advanced
45%
Proficient
28%
Below the standard
27%
This school73%
California42%
Clovis Unified59%

73% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Grade 3 stands apart in math: 84% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 73% across grades 3–5 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class. Each grade’s results ↓

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 Advanced73%74%73%
Advanced54%48%37%
Proficient19%26%36%
Developing level20%15%18%
Minimal7%11%9%
Tested116132143
California44%46%49%
Difference+29+28+24
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced84%
Advanced54%
Proficient30%
Developing level11%
Minimal5%
Tested151
California48%
Difference+36

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 Advanced84%68%67%
Advanced50%42%44%
Proficient34%26%23%
Developing level11%27%22%
Minimal5%5%11%
Tested116132143
California47%42%37%
Difference+37+26+30
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced72%
Advanced53%
Proficient19%
Developing level19%
Minimal9%
Tested151
California37%
Difference+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 pattern · grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · What patterns mean

Broad baseMost students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

How does grade 6 do?

Well above California in both subjects. In grade 6, spring 2026, 84% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 72% in math, against 48% and 37% across California.

English

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 151 tested

Advanced
54%
Proficient
30%
Below the standard
16%
This school84%
California48%
Clovis Unified66%

84% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Math

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 151 tested

Advanced
53%
Proficient
19%
Below the standard
28%
This school72%
California37%
Clovis Unified57%

72% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were lower than in 2025. English went from 80% to 73% and math from 79% to 73%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202580%404 tested
→
202673%391 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202579%404 tested
→
202673%391 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?

In English, yes; in math, about as expected. 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 +8 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. 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: 392
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 · 392 students with scores in both years

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

+8 pts

English

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

+4 pts

Math

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

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in English?

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 school46%27%18%9%391
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Clovis Unified39%26%17%18%9,252
Math, grades 3–5 · This school45%28%20%7%391
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Clovis Unified33%26%22%19%9,226
English, grade 6 · This school54%30%11%5%151
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Clovis Unified33%33%20%14%3,365
Math, grade 6 · This school53%19%19%9%151
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Clovis Unified37%20%22%21%3,357

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 · Grades 3–5 are well above California. Grade 6 is also well above it

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202673%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202673%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 77% in 2017 to 73% in 2026. In math, it was 73% in both 2017 and 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
201777%
356 tested		45%
1,384,680 tested
201881%
349 tested		49%
1,346,907 tested
201979%
363 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202272%
395 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202370%
389 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202477%
406 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202580%
404 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
202673%
391 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201773%
356 tested		40%
1,392,040 tested
201882%
350 tested		42%
1,352,321 tested
201979%
364 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
202272%
395 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202373%
389 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202474%
406 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202579%
404 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
202673%
391 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 8 points above that expected score, and in math 4 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?

5 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 Clovis Unified elementary school, 11 in 100 were. 0.8% 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: 44 of 948 students counted for it; suspension: 8 of 956 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 Clovis Unified elementary school 2.5%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

5 in 100This school
11 in 100At the average Clovis Unified elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

44 of 948 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.8%

of students were suspended at least once (8 of 956). 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 Dry Creek

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.

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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

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

Student groups, grades 3–6, spring 2026

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 66% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 30% for the same group across California. Low-income students: 57% in math, against 30% for the same group across California. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

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).
Dry CreekSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • Two or more races31 tested81%Same group, California 55%
  • Asian87 tested80%Same group, California 71%
  • White241 tested75%Same group, California 54%
  • Hispanic or Latino154 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 66%Same group, California 30%
  • Low-income126 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 57%Same group, California 30%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6 math, spring 2026. In English the same groups run from 62% to 81%; every value is in the table below. Students of two or more races: grades 3 and 6 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 44%2. Hispanic or Latino: 28%3. Asian: 16%4. Two or more races: 6%5. Not reported: 2%6. Filipino: 2%7. Black or African American: 1%Unallocated share: 1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White44%
  2. Hispanic or Latino28%
  3. Asian16%
  4. Two or more races6%
  5. Not reported2%
  6. Filipino2%
  7. Black or African American1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Pacific Islander—
  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. “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?

50% 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 · 6 of 12 English learners50%
Clovis Unified · 873 of 1,51858%
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?

21%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 197 of 939. California: 63%.

39teachers, 2024–25

14 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

10%in their first year, 2024–25

93%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino and low-income 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 Clovis Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 126 tested
English62%+953%+2636%
Math57%+1245%+2730%
White · 241 tested
English80%+674%+2060%
Math75%+768%+2154%
Hispanic or Latino · 154 tested
English72%+1458%+3537%
Math66%+1749%+3630%
Asian · 87 tested
English80%+1268%+971%
Math80%+1664%+971%
Two or more races · 31 tested · grades 3 and 6 only
English81%+1071%+2259%
Math81%+1665%+2655%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Clovis 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.

No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
White44%
Hispanic or Latino28%
Asian16%
Two or more races6%
Not reported2%
Filipino2%
Black or African American1%
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: 93% of teaching positions, 33.5 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 35.9 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Dry Creek, and how do I get in?

Alta Sierra Intermediate, then Buchanan High.

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

  1. Elementary · this school
    Dry Creek Elementary
    Grades TK–6
  2. Middle · assigned
    Alta Sierra Intermediate
    92nd · Strong · 2026
  3. High · assigned
    Buchanan High
    90th · Strong · 2025

From the district’s 2025 attendance boundaries. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement: transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

High-school links

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

Where the path ends: Buchanan High
Buchanan High90th · Strong · 2025 · Scope Score 76district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at Buchanan High. UC records 41 enrollees from Buchanan High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 21 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Buchanan High around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 82% of the students who finished high school at Buchanan High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

41 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 21 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Buchanan High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Clovis Unified which school serves your address.

School website: drycreek.cusd.com ↗Office: (559) 327-6500Administrator: Simi Gill

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
1273 North Armstrong Avenue, Clovis 93619

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Clovis 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 does the school check what’s working in English? English: 80% in 2025 to 73% in 2026 here; California: 46% to 46%
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (559) 327-65001273 North Armstrong Avenue, 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.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #903 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #14 of 35 in Clovis Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math46%7442%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math73%7423%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+61 scale-score pts2420%
Chronically absent5 in 100695%
Suspension rate0.8% (8 of 956)575%
English learners: top level33%755%

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
2025–265884#903California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–194 in 1000.5% (5 of 935)0
2021–22not on filenot on file−5
2022–23not on filenot on file−15
2023–248 in 1002.0% (20 of 1,007)−13
2024–256 in 1000.9% (9 of 964)−6
2025–265 in 1000.8% (8 of 956)−9

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 · English54248%76%
2026 · Math54247%73%
2025 · English53650%80%
2025 · Math53647%76%
2024 · English54249%77%
2024 · Math54249%73%
2023 · English53147%74%
2023 · Math53145%72%
2022 · English51445%75%
2022 · Math51441%71%
2019 · English49352%80%
2019 · Math49445%78%
2018 · English47751%82%
2018 · Math47849%79%
2017 · English47047%79%
2017 · Math47041%71%

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 · English13481%
2025 · Grade 4 · English13676%
2025 · Grade 5 · English13483%
2025 · Grade 6 · English13280%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math13486%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math13679%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math13473%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math13267%
2024 · Grade 3 · English13281%
2024 · Grade 4 · English13877%
2024 · Grade 5 · English13674%
2024 · Grade 6 · English13678%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math13286%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math13872%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math13665%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math13669%
2023 · Grade 3 · English12479%
2023 · Grade 4 · English13365%
2023 · Grade 5 · English13268%
2023 · Grade 6 · English14285%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math12483%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math13371%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math13264%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math14269%
2022 · Grade 3 · English12278%
2022 · Grade 4 · English13159%
2022 · Grade 5 · English14278%
2022 · Grade 6 · English11985%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math12277%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math13173%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math14266%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math11971%
2019 · Grade 3 · English11778%
2019 · Grade 4 · English12079%
2019 · Grade 5 · English12679%
2019 · Grade 6 · English13084%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math11782%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math12074%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math12780%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math13074%
2018 · Grade 3 · English10887%
2018 · Grade 4 · English11977%
2018 · Grade 5 · English12279%
2018 · Grade 6 · English12885%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math10889%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math12073%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math12284%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math12870%
2017 · Grade 3 · English11483%
2017 · Grade 4 · English11873%
2017 · Grade 5 · English12474%
2017 · Grade 6 · English11485%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math11482%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math11874%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math12465%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math11463%

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
Schoolwide14324%38%36%1%

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-income12662%+9+26
White24180%+6+20
Hispanic or Latino15472%+14+35
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+8392Accelerated+4392Average
English-only students+8375not categorized+4375not categorized
White+7206Accelerated+6206Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+12105Accelerated0105Average
Low-income+1177Accelerated+277Average
Asian+1749Accelerated+1849Accelerated
Students with disabilities−1221Moderate−2521Minimal
Two or more races+1118Accelerated+1018Accelerated
English learners+1113Accelerated+1213Accelerated

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4–6. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3
52%
exceeded standard · 81% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 132 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
37%
Advanced · 73% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 143 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 132 (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+8 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

392 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +8 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+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

392 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 · 5 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.9% (9 of 964) → 2025–26 · 0.8% (8 of 956) · −0.1 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female4 in 1004 in 1000 in 100
Male4 in 1005 in 100+1 in 100
Asian2 in 1005 in 100+3 in 100
Black or African American0 in 10017 in 100+17 in 100
Filipino0 in 1000 in 1000 in 100
Hispanic or Latino6 in 1008 in 100+2 in 100
Two or more races3 in 1003 in 1000 in 100
White4 in 1001 in 100−3 in 100
Students with disabilities14 in 10010 in 100−4 in 100
English learners9 in 1000 in 100−9 in 100
Low-income7 in 10010 in 100+3 in 100
All students4 in 1005 in 100+1 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$12,375 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 42,790 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$37 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 939

Central federal expenditures attributed here$164 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 939

District current expense · FY 2024–25$16,077 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 58%Instruction support 12%Student services 12%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$377,650,32458.18%58%
Instruction support$80,755,59112.44%12%
Student services$74,952,70011.55%12%
Administration$31,533,5724.86%5%
Buildings & maintenance$71,420,98411.00%11%
Other$12,770,5751.97%2%
Total$649,083,745100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $649,083,745 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$12,375 per pupil
2020$11,575 per pupil
2019$11,404 per pupil
2018$11,038 per pupil
2017$10,611 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 holders2.8%

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 93619 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93619 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$136,966
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)47%
ZIP-area population55,610
Median age35.2 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 93619 →

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