Dual Language Immersion North County: High scores, healthy climate, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.
Dual Language Immersion North County posts 47.6% exceeding the standard — versus 21.3% statewide — with climate numbers better than most. That doesn't make it perfect. It makes it worth a visit to find what numbers can't measure.
Dual Language Immersion North County scores 78 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 96th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
Most rating sites would stop at “72% proficient” and call it done. Dual Language Immersion North County deserves a closer read. The school sits in Vista, where two in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: +0.5pp separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
As a charter, Dual Language Immersion North County enrolls by application, not address — the score reads the same, the enrollment path doesn't.
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding rises 17.6pp across grades; the floor rises 13.8pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Dual Language Immersion North County's most underrated number
66.7% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated K-12 path based on district and proximity. Actual attendance zones may differ. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 61
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
The community around it
Student demographics
3 more gaps by subject
Subgroups with fewer than 15 students are excluded for privacy. Gaps of less than 3 percentage points are not shown.
Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.
Subgroup Growth by Grade
Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Funding Breakdown
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
For the data nerdsEvery number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 23 | 43% | 26% | 22% | 9% | 70% | +26 |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 43% | 43% | 14% | 0% | 86% | +41 |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 61% | 22% | 0% | 17% | 83% | +35 |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 35% | 57% | 4% | 4% | 91% | +45 |
| Grade 7 | 17 | 18% | 59% | 12% | 12% | 76% | +29 |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 29% | 29% | 38% | 4% | 58% | +12 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 23 | 57% | 17% | 17% | 9% | 74% | +28 |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 43% | 18% | 29% | 11% | 61% | +19 |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 39% | 22% | 11% | 28% | 61% | +26 |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 35% | 17% | 39% | 9% | 52% | +17 |
| Grade 7 | 17 | 24% | 12% | 35% | 29% | 35% | +1 |
| Grade 8 | 25 | 8% | 20% | 32% | 40% | 28% | −4 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 43 | 12% | 23% | 58% | 7% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 60 | 66.7% | +56 | +28 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 92 | 73.5% | +65 | +35 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dual Language Immersion North County ← | — | 78 | 47.6% | 72.4% | +0.5 | 0.3% |
| Paloma Elementary | 2.2 mi | 70 | 45.5% | 75.2% | +3.2 | 0.6% |
| Classical Academy Vista | 0.1 mi | 62 | 36.8% | 61.1% | −6.5 | 0.2% |
| Lake Elementary | 2.2 mi | 50 | 25.2% | 54.2% | −3.0 | 0.5% |
| California average | — | 43 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.