Public school · Elk Grove Unified · Elk Grove, California

Elitha Donner Elementary — Rating & test scores

Elk Grove · TK–6 · 706 students (2024–25)

9461 Soaring Oaks Drive, 95758donner.egusd.net ↗(916) 683-3073
41stpercentileDeveloping

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
32

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
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

Near California in English (reading and writing), below in math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 43% and 34% 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: 263 in English, 258 in math
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. Elitha Donner Elementary teaches TK–6: grade 6 results ↓

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On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 4–6 scored above what the state expected in English (+20 pts) and math (+13 pts). The state bases that expectation on each student’s earlier scores. 32 in 100 students (252 of 797) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That is one and a third times the rate at the average Elk Grove Unified elementary school.

Sources
Sentence 1
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 263 in English, 262 in math. 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.
Sentence 2
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 797. District and California figures are averages of school rates (45 Elk Grove Unified schools; 5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Elk Grove Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Elitha Donner a good elementary school?

Elitha Donner Elementary scores higher than 41 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 41st percentile, Developing, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 32 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 24 in 100 at the average Elk Grove Unified elementary school. 1.5% of students (12 of 811) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (4)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored +20 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Exceptional. In math, they scored +13 points, which it calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 263 students in English, 262 in math

Evidence ↓

How does grade 4 do in English?

Grade 4 stands apart in English: 30% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 43% 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, 43% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at Elitha Donner Elementary in Elk Grove scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. 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?

Near California in English; below it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 43% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 34% 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: 263 in English, 258 in math
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 · 263 tested

Advanced
21%
Proficient
22%
Below the standard
57%
This school43%
California46%
Elk Grove Unified52%

43% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 258 tested

Advanced
14%
Proficient
20%
Below the standard
66%
This school34%
California42%
Elk Grove Unified47%

34% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Grade 4 stands apart in English: 30% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 43% 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 Advanced52%30%46%
Advanced27%16%19%
Proficient25%14%27%
Developing level22%19%25%
Minimal26%51%29%
Tested918785
California44%46%49%
Difference+8−16−3
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced60%
Advanced24%
Proficient36%
Developing level25%
Minimal15%
Tested103
California48%
Difference+12

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 Advanced52%24%26%
Advanced22%7%12%
Proficient30%17%14%
Developing level24%35%28%
Minimal24%41%46%
Tested908385
California47%42%37%
Difference+5−18−11
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced39%
Advanced25%
Proficient14%
Developing level32%
Minimal29%
Tested103
California37%
Difference+2

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 →

How does grade 6 do?

Well above California in English; near it in math. In grade 6, spring 2026, 60% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 39% in math, against 48% and 37% across California.

English

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 103 tested

Advanced
24%
Proficient
36%
Below the standard
40%
This school60%
California48%
Elk Grove Unified57%

60% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Math

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 103 tested

Advanced
25%
Proficient
14%
Below the standard
61%
This school39%
California37%
Elk Grove Unified43%

39% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 41% to 43% and math from 38% to 34%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202541%270 tested
→
202643%263 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202538%272 tested
→
202634%258 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?

Yes, in both subjects. 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 +20 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Exceptional. In math, they scored +13 points, which it calls Accelerated.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 263 in English, 262 in math
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 · 263 students in English, 262 in math, with scores in both years

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

+20 pts

English

The state calls it Exceptional, the highest of its five growth levels.

+13 pts

Math

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

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

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 school21%22%22%35%263
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Elk Grove Unified28%24%20%28%13,799
Math, grades 3–5 · This school14%20%29%37%258
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Elk Grove Unified24%23%24%29%13,835
English, grade 6 · This school24%36%25%15%103
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Elk Grove Unified24%33%21%22%4,784
Math, grade 6 · This school25%14%32%29%103
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Elk Grove Unified25%18%26%31%4,775

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

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202643%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202634%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 44% in 2017 to 43% in 2026. In math, it went from 37% in 2017 to 34% in 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
201744%
314 tested		45%
1,384,680 tested
201851%
279 tested		49%
1,346,907 tested
201948%
312 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202244%
288 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202339%
322 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202438%
286 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202541%
270 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
202643%
263 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201737%
314 tested		40%
1,392,040 tested
201832%
281 tested		42%
1,352,321 tested
201932%
312 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
202230%
288 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202332%
318 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202434%
282 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202538%
272 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
202634%
258 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 20 points above that expected score, and in math 13 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.

What you can do

Who can act on Elitha Donner’s results?

Elk Grove Unified’s board decides Elitha Donner’s plan.

The state hasn’t placed Elitha Donner in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Elk Grove Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Elk Grove Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Elk Grove Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Elk Grove Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 
Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2What the law requires, and what to ask

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

32 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 Elk Grove Unified elementary school, 24 in 100 were. 1.5% 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: 252 of 797 students counted for it; suspension: 12 of 811 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 Elk Grove Unified elementary school 1.2%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

32 in 100This school
24 in 100At the average Elk Grove Unified elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

252 of 797 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

1.5%

of students were suspended at least once (12 of 811). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Ask: When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Elitha Donner

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.

Questions for your visit ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questionsResponder en español

Work here? Answer the staff questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Asian students scored well below the same group across California in English.

Student groups, grades 3–6, spring 2026

46% of Asian students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 71% for the same group across California. Every group’s math 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).
Elitha DonnerSame group, California
  • White54 tested61%Same group, California 60%
  • Hispanic or Latino106 tested46%Same group, California 37%
  • Asian100 tested46%Same group, California 71%
  • Low-income243 tested43%Same group, California 36%
  • English learners81 tested20%Same group, California 12%
  • Students with disabilities37 tested16%Same group, California 18%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 16% to 44%; every value is in the table below. White students: grades 3, 5 and 6 only. Students with disabilities: grades 3, 4 and 6 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Asian: 29%2. Hispanic or Latino: 26%3. White: 16%4. Black or African American: 12%5. Two or more races: 9%6. Filipino: 5%7. Pacific Islander: 2%Unallocated share: 1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Asian29%
  2. Hispanic or Latino26%
  3. White16%
  4. Black or African American12%
  5. Two or more races9%
  6. Filipino5%
  7. Pacific Islander2%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Not reported—
  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. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

49% 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 · 63 of 129 English learners49%
Elk Grove Unified · 4,126 of 8,58848%
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?

70%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 491 of 706. California: 63%.

41teachers, 2024–25

17 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

5%in their first year, 2024–25

91%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there in English for Asian students, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–6 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Elk Grove Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 243 tested in English, 239 in math
English43%−144%+736%
Math30%−636%030%
Hispanic or Latino · 106 tested in English, 104 in math
English46%+343%+937%
Math34%+133%+430%
Asian · 100 tested
English46%−1359%−2571%
Math36%−1955%−3571%
White · 54 tested · grades 3, 5 and 6 only
English61%−162%+160%
Math44%−1155%−953%
English learners · 81 tested
English20%−121%+812%
Math17%−421%+314%
Students with disabilities · 37 tested · grades 3, 4 and 6 only
English16%−521%−218%
Math16%−521%−117%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Elk Grove Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Black or African American students, 39 tested in English and 38 in math: no rate for grades 3, 5 and 6 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. Students of two or more races, 34 tested: no rate for grades 4–6 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students 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
Asian29%
Hispanic or Latino26%
White16%
Black or African American12%
Two or more races9%
Filipino5%
Pacific Islander2%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Not reported—

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: 91% of teaching positions, 33 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 36.1 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Elitha Donner, and how do I get in?

Harriet G. Eddy Middle, then Laguna Creek High.

Elitha Donner’s attendance zone is split: 64% of its children are assigned to Harriet G. Eddy Middle and the other 36% to Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle; 64% to Laguna Creek High and the other 36% to Cosumnes Oaks High. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Elitha Donner Elementary
    Grades TK–6
  2. Middle · part of the zone
    Harriet G. Eddy Middle
    51st · Solid · 202664% of the zone’s children

    Or Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle for the other 36% (93rd · Strong · 2026).

  3. High · part of the zone
    Laguna Creek High
    50th · Solid · 202564% of the zone’s children

    Or Cosumnes Oaks High for the other 36% (73rd · Solid · 2025).

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. Shares are our estimate of where the zone’s children live, from 2020 Census child counts, or land area where few children were counted; they describe children living in the zone, not a school’s enrolled students. 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

  • Harriet G. Eddy Middle

    Assigned for part of the zone

    51st percentile · Solid · middle · 2026

    64% of the zone’s children

  • Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle

    Assigned for part of the zone

    93rd percentile · Strong · middle · 2026

    36% of the zone’s children

High-school links

  • Laguna Creek High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    50th percentile · Solid · high · 2025

    64% of the zone’s children

  • Cosumnes Oaks High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    73rd percentile · Solid · high · 2025

    36% of the zone’s children

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: Laguna Creek High
Laguna Creek High50th · Solid · 2025 · Scope Score 56district-published assignment for part of the zone

The road from this school ends at Laguna Creek High. UC records 41 enrollees from Laguna Creek High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 8 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Laguna Creek High around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 79% of the students who finished high school at Laguna Creek High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

41 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 8 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Laguna Creek High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Elk Grove Unified which school serves your address.

School website: donner.egusd.net ↗Office: (916) 683-3073Administrator: Cindy Doyle

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
9461 Soaring Oaks Drive, Elk Grove 95758

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Elk Grove Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school? 32 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (252 of 797 students); average California elementary school: 17 in 100
  2. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 57% in English and 66% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (263 tested in English, 258 in math); California: 54% and 58%
  3. When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?
  4. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (916) 683-30739461 Soaring Oaks Drive, 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 #3,376 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #32 of 45 in Elk Grove Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math17%4642%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math38%4623%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+73 scale-score pts4520%
Chronically absent32 in 100285%
Suspension rate1.5% (12 of 811)515%
English learners: top level18%525%

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
2025–263241#3376California 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)
2018–199 in 1000.9% (7 of 789)−3
2021–22not on filenot on file−10
2022–23not on filenot on file−4
2023–2428 in 1001.6% (13 of 811)−18
2024–2524 in 1001.3% (10 of 780)−3
2025–2632 in 1001.5% (12 of 811)−16

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 · English36622%48%
2026 · Math36117%36%
2025 · English38120%45%
2025 · Math38814%36%
2024 · English39619%44%
2024 · Math39217%38%
2023 · English41417%42%
2023 · Math40911%34%
2022 · English38821%47%
2022 · Math38811%34%
2019 · English39623%49%
2019 · Math39613%35%
2018 · English39123%52%
2018 · Math39317%38%
2017 · English42215%47%
2017 · Math42313%39%

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 · English9239%
2025 · Grade 4 · English8237%
2025 · Grade 5 · English9646%
2025 · Grade 6 · English11155%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math9346%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math8135%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math9833%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math11633%
2024 · Grade 3 · English7942%
2024 · Grade 4 · English9938%
2024 · Grade 5 · English10834%
2024 · Grade 6 · English11062%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math7949%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math9736%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math10621%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math11046%
2023 · Grade 3 · English10042%
2023 · Grade 4 · English11426%
2023 · Grade 5 · English10848%
2023 · Grade 6 · English9254%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math10041%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math11130%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math10727%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math9138%
2022 · Grade 3 · English9736%
2022 · Grade 4 · English10550%
2022 · Grade 5 · English8645%
2022 · Grade 6 · English10055%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math9744%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math10729%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math8414%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math10045%
2019 · Grade 3 · English9744%
2019 · Grade 4 · English11046%
2019 · Grade 5 · English10552%
2019 · Grade 6 · English8455%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math9737%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math11035%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math10524%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math8446%
2018 · Grade 3 · English9447%
2018 · Grade 4 · English9555%
2018 · Grade 5 · English9050%
2018 · Grade 6 · English11257%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math9441%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math9636%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math9119%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math11252%
2017 · Grade 3 · English9845%
2017 · Grade 4 · English10541%
2017 · Grade 5 · English11145%
2017 · Grade 6 · English10857%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math9857%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math10533%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math11122%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math10947%

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
Schoolwide856%15%52%27%

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-income24343%−1+7
Hispanic or Latino10646%+3+9
Asian10046%−13−25
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+20263Exceptional+13262Accelerated
Low-income+18187Accelerated+13187Accelerated
English-only students+20160not categorized+12159not categorized
English learners+1685Accelerated+1285Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+1785Accelerated+585Accelerated
Asian+2561Exceptional+2161Exceptional
English learners only+753not categorized+1653not categorized
White+1745Accelerated+1245Accelerated
Students with disabilities−139Average+439Average
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+2932not categorized+332not categorized
Black or African American+1025Accelerated+325Average
Two or more races+925Accelerated+125Average
Filipino+1516Accelerated+2216Exceptional

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
20%
exceeded standard · 42% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 79 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
19%
Advanced · 46% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 85 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 79 (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+20 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

263 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

California growth model, English: +20 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Exceptional, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+13 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

262 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +13 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, 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 · 24 in 100 → 2025–26 · 32 in 100 · +8 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.3% (10 of 780) → 2025–26 · 1.5% (12 of 811) · +0.2 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female8 in 10028 in 100+20 in 100
Male10 in 10035 in 100+25 in 100
Asian4 in 10023 in 100+19 in 100
Black or African American14 in 10047 in 100+33 in 100
Filipino0 in 10012 in 100+12 in 100
Hispanic or Latino9 in 10037 in 100+28 in 100
Two or more races15 in 10029 in 100+14 in 100
White6 in 10033 in 100+27 in 100
Students with disabilities16 in 10048 in 100+32 in 100
English learners5 in 10024 in 100+19 in 100
Low-income11 in 10037 in 100+26 in 100
All students9 in 10032 in 100+23 in 100
Pacific Islander—31 in 100—
Homeless—70 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$12,179 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 63,157 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$525 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 706

Central federal expenditures attributed here$211 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 706

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,202 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 11%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 7%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$701,017,85565.05%65%
Instruction support$115,484,79210.72%11%
Student services$120,268,80011.16%11%
Administration$60,643,4445.63%6%
Buildings & maintenance$80,304,8007.45%7%
Total$1,077,721,374100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $1,077,721,374 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$12,179 per pupil
2020$11,944 per pupil
2019$12,557 per pupil
2018$11,515 per pupil
2017$11,117 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 holders0.0%

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 95758 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95758 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$117,017
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)38%
ZIP-area population65,725
Median age40.2 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 95758 →

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