Eagle Peak Montessori: This school runs ahead of the state average. The bar itself is the harder conversation.
Eagle Peak Montessori posts 44% meeting the standard against 43% statewide — ahead of most, with real headroom above the bar.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45 | 21% | 44% | -2.9 | 3.7% | 0.2% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Eagle Peak Montessori scores 45 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 56th 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 →
🤝 Culture First — Ask whether the low absenteeism and suspension numbers come from what the school does or from the community it serves — both can produce the same numbers, and only a visit tells you which.
Most rating sites would stop at “44% proficient” and call it done. Eagle Peak Montessori deserves a closer read. It sits at the 56th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
The headline number: 3.7% chronic absenteeism — versus 17.9% statewide. Attendance is the quietest strong signal a school can post.
As a charter, Eagle Peak Montessori enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 72nd to the 56th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 44% meet the standard today, versus 64% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 67% | 57% | 67% | 63% | 49% |
| Grade 4 | 72% | 70% | 60% | 55% | 50% |
| Grade 5 | 76% | 73% | 78% | 70% | 69% |
| Grade 6 | 48% | 81% | 75% | 62% | 64% |
| Grade 7 | 82% | 90% | 91% | 87% | 79% |
| Grade 8 | — | 92% | 95% | 77% | 93% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 60% | 59% | 44% | 54% | 49% |
| Grade 4 | 63% | 57% | 57% | 37% | 27% |
| Grade 5 | 45% | 41% | 54% | 46% | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 24% | 48% | 36% | 44% | 39% |
| Grade 7 | 52% | 62% | 57% | 60% | 53% |
| Grade 8 | — | 50% | 75% | 68% | 48% |
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 falls 3.0pp across grades; the floor rises 20.7pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Eagle Peak Montessori in Walnut Creek, 65.5% of white students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 63.7% district-wide and 61.8% statewide. Eagle Peak Montessori outperforms its district average for white students by 1.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: White students (41.4% Math proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 58 students tested.
8 of 13 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
On the state's science test (CAST), 65% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 69
Nearby Middle Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 39
Nearby High Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 49
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
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 | 39 | 31% | 18% | 26% | 26% | 49% | +5 |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 19% | 31% | 37% | 13% | 50% | +5 |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 28% | 42% | 19% | 11% | 69% | +22 |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 18% | 46% | 18% | 18% | 64% | +18 |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 38% | 41% | 15% | 6% | 79% | +32 |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 41% | 52% | 7% | 0% | 93% | +47 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 39 | 23% | 26% | 26% | 26% | 49% | +3 |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 8% | 19% | 52% | 21% | 27% | −15 |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 17% | 6% | 36% | 42% | 22% | −13 |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 14% | 25% | 25% | 36% | 39% | +4 |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 26% | 26% | 29% | 18% | 53% | +19 |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 38% | 10% | 38% | 14% | 48% | +16 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 65 | 28% | 37% | 32% | 3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 58 | 65.5% | +2 | +4 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak Montessori ← | — | 45 | 20.9% | 44.3% | −2.9 | 0.2% |
| Walnut Acres Elementary | 0.6 mi | 69 | 51.6% | 81.6% | −7.3 | 0.8% |
| Valle Verde Elementary | 1.6 mi | 69 | 45.2% | 76.0% | +3.2 | 1.2% |
| Indian Valley Elementary | 1.3 mi | 68 | 37.1% | 65.2% | +7.3 | 0.6% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 54 | 72 | #1517 | 30.3% | 63.7% | 0.3% | 0.7% | -3.0pp |
| 2022 | 53 | 80 | #1143 | 27.9% | 59.6% | 12.3% | 0.3% | -0.8pp |
| 2023 | 60 | 85 | #878 | 31.0% | 60.0% | 4.7% | 0.0% | +10.0pp |
| 2024 | 52 | 72 | #1612 | 21.9% | 54.2% | 3.7% | 0.2% | -0.1pp |
| 2025 | 45 | 56 | #2551 | 20.9% | 44.3% | 3.7% | 0.2% | -2.9pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 0.0% | 2.0% | +2.0pp |
| Male | 0.0% | 1.9% | +1.9pp |
| Asian | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 0.0% | 3.0% | +3.0pp |
| Two or More Races | 0.0% | 1.6% | +1.6pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 0.0% | 2.8% | +2.8pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 0.0% | 3.6% | +3.6pp |
| All Students | 0.0% | 2.0% | +2.0pp |
| White | — | 0.0% | — |
| English Learners | — | 0.0% | — |
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