Encinal Elementary: Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.
Encinal posts 61% meeting the standard, and 27.2% going well past it. Most kids here keep up. Fewer get pushed further. Ask the school what it does for a child who already finds the work easy.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49 | 27% | 61% | -7.0 | 8.3% | 1.7% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Encinal Elementary scores 49 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 66th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “61% proficient” and call it done. Encinal deserves a closer read. The school sits in Live Oak, where more than half of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 8.3% chronic absenteeism — versus 17.9% statewide. Attendance is the quietest strong signal a school can post.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 47th to the 66th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 1000 elementary schools.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 61% of students meet the standard today, above the 54% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 46% | 46% | 42% | 75% | 69% |
| Grade 4 | 77% | 54% | 46% | 62% | 67% |
| Grade 5 | 31% | 31% | 67% | 62% | 55% |
| Grade 6 | 54% | 17% | 38% | — | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 93% | 62% | 45% | 62% | — |
| Grade 8 | 83% | 18% | 69% | — | 62% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 54% | 38% | 67% | 67% | 54% |
| Grade 4 | 85% | 62% | 54% | 77% | 67% |
| Grade 5 | 31% | 15% | 67% | 23% | 55% |
| Grade 6 | 38% | 8% | 15% | — | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 79% | 54% | 36% | 38% | — |
| Grade 8 | 50% | 9% | 54% | — | 38% |
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.
Showing up, and staying in class
Grades 7–8 students miss school at roughly three times the rate of Grades 4–6 students (8.7% vs 2.6%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the upper grades.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$142 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
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
At 111 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 38% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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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 | 13 | 38% | 31% | 8% | 23% | 69% | +26 |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 50% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 67% | +22 |
| Grade 5 | 11 | 9% | 45% | 27% | 18% | 55% | +7 |
| Grade 6 | 15 | 7% | 20% | 53% | 20% | 27% | −20 |
| Grade 7 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 8 | 13 | 15% | 46% | 23% | 15% | 62% | +15 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 13 | 23% | 31% | 31% | 15% | 54% | +8 |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 33% | 33% | 25% | 8% | 67% | +25 |
| Grade 5 | 11 | 9% | 45% | 9% | 36% | 55% | +19 |
| Grade 6 | 15 | 13% | 7% | 40% | 40% | 20% | −15 |
| Grade 7 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 8 | 13 | 8% | 31% | 23% | 38% | 38% | +6 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 24 | 13% | 25% | 46% | 17% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Encinal Elementary ← | — | 49 | 27.2% | 60.9% | −7.0 | 1.7% |
| Sutter Peak Charter Academy | 2.9 mi | 46 | 13.9% | 37.8% | +10.1 | 0.1% |
| Nuestro Elementary | 2.9 mi | 37 | 13.2% | 37.9% | +11.5 | 0.7% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 41 | 47 | #2939 | 28.2% | 53.9% | 3.8% | 0.8% | -19.2pp |
| 2022 | 38 | 56 | #2539 | 25.6% | 41.0% | 34.3% | 0.8% | -19.2pp |
| 2023 | 57 | 82 | #1052 | 26.2% | 57.0% | 13.9% | 0.9% | +12.5pp |
| 2024 | 51 | 70 | #1747 | 26.7% | 60.8% | 10.6% | 1.0% | -28.5pp |
| 2025 | 49 | 66 | #1980 | 27.2% | 60.9% | 8.3% | 1.7% | -7.0pp |
- — Subgroup results are suppressed for small student counts (fewer than 15 tested), following CDE privacy rules.
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 6.5% | 1.7% | -4.8pp |
| Male | 0.0% | 6.9% | +6.9pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 3.3% | 9.1% | +5.8pp |
| Two or More Races | 18.2% | — | — |
| Students with Disabilities | 0.0% | 4.5% | +4.5pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 4.1% | 7.6% | +3.5pp |
| All Students | 3.3% | 4.3% | +1.0pp |
| Asian | — | 0.0% | — |
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