El Rincon Elementary: Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.

El Rincon is a Strong school: a Scope Score of 60.86, at the 83.5th percentile statewide (SchoolScope Scope Score, 2024-25, see /methodology), with 63.6% of students meeting or exceeding standard (CDE CAASPP, 2024-25). Two things complicate that verdict. Growth is -3.8 points, comparing this year's 5th graders to this year's 3rd graders in the same testing cycle, two different groups rather than the same students tracked over time. It's a snapshot of a gap between grades in one year, rather than a rise or a decline. And Students with Disabilities score 27.3 points below the school average, the widest gap on the page. That's a fact about outcomes rather than about the students themselves: it means the supports in place for this group aren't closing the distance yet. Ask what's been done about both.

In part, yes. El Rincon says it's the only elementary in Culver City School District with wet and dry science labs built for hands-on, Next Generation Science Standards instruction. Science scores are 59.3% met or exceeded, a bit below the school's own overall rate of 63.6%. The labs may still be worth having. The data just doesn't show a science-specific edge yet. Ask which grades actually use the labs, and how often. The school's mission talks about all students engaging in 'rigorous learning experiences.' Grade 4 math tells a different story: 46.7% met or exceeded, well below grade 3 math at 73.4% (CDE CAASPP, 2024-25). One area does back up what the school says about itself: it names school-wide PBIS and SEL as how it handles behavior, and the suspension rate is 0.4%, among the lowest numbers on this page.

The clearest answer depends on which kids. Students with Disabilities score 27.3 points below the school average, the largest subgroup gap recorded here (CDE CAASPP, 2024-25). That's a fact about measured outcomes rather than about the students themselves: it means the supports in place for this group aren't closing the distance yet. English Learners are a different story: 18.4% have reached ELPAC Level 4, the top tier the state measures (CDE ELPAC, 2024-25). We can't tell from the data alone what specifically drives the disability gap, or what's happening beyond the generic Student Study Team process the school describes on its website. That's a direct question worth asking on a visit.

Growth is -3.8 points (CDE CAASPP, 2024-25). This number compares this year's 5th graders to this year's 3rd graders — two different groups tested the same year, rather than the same students tracked over time. So it can't say whether El Rincon is improving or declining; it only shows that the older tested grade is currently scoring a bit lower than the younger one. Ask the school whether that reflects one cohort behind, or a pattern spread across grades.

18.4% of English Learners have reached ELPAC Level 4, the highest level the state measures (CDE ELPAC, 2024-25). That's one of the more useful numbers on this page for a family weighing English Learner support, and it's not something you'll typically find surfaced elsewhere.

Teachers average 13.8 years of experience. Only 3.1% are in their first year, and 97.1% are fully credentialed (CDE staff assignment data, 2024-25). That describes a stable, experienced staff. It doesn't tell you how any individual teacher runs a classroom, which is a fair thing to ask about on a visit.

$19,612 per student, about $3,900 below the state average of $23,518 (NCES F-33 school finance). Spending is one piece of context about resources, separate from a quality score. A school spending less isn't thereby worse, and it often reflects what a district and community have to work with rather than a choice about this campus specifically.

Yes. Grade 3 math is the strongest tested grade, at 73.4% met or exceeded. Grade 4 math is the weakest, at 46.7% — a 26.7-point spread within the same subject (CDE CAASPP, 2024-25). If your child is entering at a specific grade, that gap matters more than the school-wide average does.

Suspension rate is 0.4%, one of the lowest figures on this page (CDE suspension data, 2024-25), and chronic absenteeism is 12.4% (CDE chronic absenteeism, 2024-25). Together they describe a calm campus with most students showing up regularly. They can't tell you what a classroom actually feels like day to day — that's something only a visit will answer.

El Rincon has two feeder schools on record (SchoolScope feeder analysis, NCES SABS boundaries). That tells you where students go next, and it says nothing about how good those schools are — check their own SchoolScope pages for that.