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Erwin Elementary

Van Nuys, CA · Grades TK-5 · 580 students · Los Angeles Unified

The score is strong. The trajectory is stronger.

51% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 48% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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Growth Engine

What this means for your family

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Math

48%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

English

51%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

580

Total enrollment

Chronic absence

18%

Students absent 10% or more of school days

What are you trying to decide?

The overall score is a starting point.

Look at subject results, trends and student groups, then consider the opportunities your child would use.

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grades 3 & 5 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

Share at Proficient or Advanced

0%25%50%75%100%2019: 37%2022: 43%2023: 39%2024: 35%2025: 48%2019: 43%2022: 47%2023: 45%2024: 33%2025: 51%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 37%2022: 43%2023: 39%2024: 35%2025: 48%2019: 43%2022: 47%2023: 45%2024: 33%2025: 51%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201937%43%
202243%47%
202339%45%
202435%33%
202548%51%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025

Climbed from the 54th to the 79th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 1300 elementary schools.

Most rating sites would stop at “48% proficient” and call it done. Erwin deserves a closer read. Four in five of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

The headline number: +13.0pp separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.6pp over the same span. Following the school's returning cohort from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.

283 tested · 3 of 3 grades published · cohort of 92 tracked

Erwin Elementary scores 52 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 79th percentile of 5,721 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

The pandemic drop is behind this school: 48% of students meet the standard today, above the 43% who did in 2019.

Percentile among 5,721 elementary schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 54th percentile · Scope Score 38 of 1002022 · 64th percentile · Scope Score 40 of 1002023 · 64th percentile · Scope Score 40 of 1002024 · 52nd percentile · Scope Score 37 of 1002025 · 79th percentile · Scope Score 52 of 100
ELAGreen(Increased Significantly)MathGreen(Increased Significantly)
ShowHide the by-grade tables, year by year
ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 342%41%46%29%40%
Grade 455%43%48%49%42%
Grade 544%53%44%36%63%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 342%47%43%35%47%
Grade 445%39%41%48%43%
Grade 531%38%35%35%50%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

Two in five of students here meet the standard. One in four clear it by a lot.

ELA48% met or exceeded
Exceeded 25%Met 23%Nearly Met 24%Not Met 28%
Math47% met or exceeded
Exceeded 28%Met 19%Nearly Met 27%Not Met 27%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California elementary schools · average21% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)AbsenceSuspension
This school5226%48%Strong · p9418.5%0.1%
CA average · Elementary School3921%43%Average · p5017.9%1.6%
This schoolCA avg
Scope5239
% Exceeded26%21%
% Met+48%43%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Strong · p94Average · p50
Absence18.5%17.9%
Suspension0.1%1.6%
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25

Our growth read and California's own model agree — both land near the 95th percentile of elementary schools.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

California runs its own growth model, following individual children in grades 4 through 8 rather than comparing school-wide averages the way we do. The two measures land in the same neighbourhood here — ours puts this school around the 94th percentile of California elementary schools, the state's around the 95th in reading and math together. Two different methods agreeing is the most you can ask of one year of test data.

— pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California elementary school lands at +2 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −5 and +9 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.

The returning cohort, two years on
ELA · 2023 · Grade 3
22%
exceeded standard · 46% met or exceeded
ELA · 2025 · Grade 5
33%
exceeded standard · 63% met or exceeded

Percent exceeded, ELA only. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different metric — mean scale-score change across ELA and Math; California's own matched-student model is below.

Both measures, each ranked in its own field
Our growth measurereturning cohort, G3→G5SchoolScope growth measure: 94th percentile among California elementary schools.94th pctile
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: +22 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 97th percentile of 7,519 reported schools.97th pctile · +22 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: +20 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 92nd percentile of 7,518 reported schools.92nd pctile · +20 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard ahead of the same group statewide.

At Erwin Elementary in Van Nuys, 46.6% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Erwin Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 5.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (45.2% Math proficient); Hispanic students (45.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 42.0 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 268 students tested.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 47% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 47%, district —, state 43%47%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 46%, district 36%, state 32%46% · −1 vs school
MaleMale: this school 46%, district 41%, state 42%46% · −1 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 42%, district 36%, state 32%42% · −5 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 49%, district 42%, state 44%49% · +2 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 59%, district 65%, state 56%59% · +11 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 16%, district 9%, state 11%16% · −32 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 11%, district 14%, state 15%11% · −36 vs school

6 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
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Student-group results by grade

Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 25.1pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.5pp.

ShowHide California's growth model by student group
The state's growth model, by student group

California follows these children individually and predicts each one's score from their own prior year. Each row is read against the same group at a typical California elementary school — not against zero, and not against this school's all-students figure, because the state's expectation already differs by group.

Reading
Low-income students161 studentsLow-income students, reading: +22 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 161 students.+22 pts · +22 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students104 studentsHispanic or Latino students, reading: +17 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 104 students.+17 pts · +16 vs typical
English Learner74 studentsEnglish Learner, reading: +13 scale-score points versus expectation, against −2 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 74 students.+13 pts · +15 vs typical
English Only65 studentsEnglish Only, reading: +22 scale-score points versus expectation, against +3 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 65 students.+22 pts · +19 vs typical
White55 studentsWhite, reading: +32 scale-score points versus expectation, against +5 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 55 students.+32 pts · +27 vs typical
Math
Low-income students161 studentsLow-income students, math: +21 scale-score points versus expectation, against −1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 161 students.+21 pts · +22 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students104 studentsHispanic or Latino students, math: +11 scale-score points versus expectation, against −1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 104 students.+11 pts · +12 vs typical
English Learner74 studentsEnglish Learner, math: +22 scale-score points versus expectation, against +2 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 74 students.+22 pts · +20 vs typical
English Only65 studentsEnglish Only, math: +19 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 65 students.+19 pts · +18 vs typical
White55 studentsWhite, math: +36 scale-score points versus expectation, against +5 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 55 students.+36 pts · +31 vs typical
this school typical California elementary school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— 2 more groups are reported here with between 11 and 29 students. We hold those back on purpose: at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own, and a quarter of such groups land past the state's top or bottom cut point by chance alone. They are listed with their student counts in the data appendix. — A group not listed at all had fewer than 11 students with a growth score, so California published nothing for it here. That is a privacy protection, not a judgment about those students. — Context only. None of this enters the Scope Score.

The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 21 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher21 · district 20
Teaching staff28 teachers
Avg. experience19.4 years
Fully credentialed89%
Intern / emergency permit7.2%
PrincipalMarie Koudsi
ShowHide what the district pays
Teacher salary schedule$60,420 – $122,706
Principal salary$154,576 – $170,030
Superintendent salary$440,000

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here miss more school, and get suspended less, than the state average.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 18.5%, district 22.8%, state 17.9%18.5% · +0.6pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 0.1%, district —, state 1.6%0.1% · −1.5pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–617.4%
TK/K23.6%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

Explore school spending and the district budget
What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $25,707 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$2,763 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.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $25,707, CA average $14,491$25,707 · spent at this school
Federal share$2,763 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$29,292 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 52%Instruction support 16%Student services 12%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 2%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$18,180 per pupil
2019$16,355 per pupil
2018$15,793 per pupil
2017$13,247 per pupil
2016$13,549 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

Four in five of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

On the state's science test (CAST), 45% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino59.0% · district 73.2% · CA 56.1%
White31.4% · district 9.9% · CA 19.9%
Asian1.2% · district 3.4% · CA 10.2%
Black1.2% · district 7.2% · CA 4.8%
Other7.2% · district 6.3% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch91.4% · CA 64%
Median income$80K · CA $85K
Median home value$1.05M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+39% · CA 35%
ZIP population39,231
Median age38 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

What is the school’s approach?

School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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Family voices

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What are the alternatives?

Compare schools serving the same grade stage. Private schools have no comparable state-test score.

2025 · elementary schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

Private options →
SchoolTypePerformance bandAdvancedProficient or AdvancedDistanceSelect
Erwin ElementaryPublicStrong26%48%School being viewed
Kester Avenue ElementaryPublicStrong54%75%2.1 mi
Colfax Charter ElementaryCharterStrong54%80%2.6 mi
Sherman Oaks Elementary CharterCharterStrong39%63%2.9 mi
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Private schools do not receive a Scope Score or statewide ranking on SchoolScope.

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Moving & enrollment

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School location and nearby schools do not establish attendance eligibility. Confirm boundaries and permit requirements with Los Angeles Unified.

District information →School website →

Schools across the K–12 journey

Ulysses S. Grant Senior HighScope 50direct feeder

The road from this school ends at Ulysses S. Grant Senior High, which sent 35 graduates to UC campuses last fall and teaches 19 AP subjects. Those numbers describe past cohorts — a child starting here today would reach Ulysses S. Grant Senior High around 2035, and 10 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 56% of Ulysses S. Grant Senior High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

35 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 19 AP subjects taught → full record on Ulysses S. Grant Senior High's page
Source: UC & College Board

Source: sabs_2016. Schools are grouped by grade stage. Nearby schools are not confirmed feeder links or address assignments. Verify the current path and eligibility with the district.

Plan your next step

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Worth a school visit

Ask what changed — new curriculum, new principal, new program. Momentum has a cause, and a visit will find it.

  • Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
  • 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.
Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is Erwin Elementary a good elementary school?
Erwin Elementary has a Scope Score of 52 out of 100, placing it in the 79th percentile of California elementary schools and ranked #1,198 statewide. 26.4% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 5.1 percentage points above the California average of 21.4%. The Scope Score weights 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard (42%), met or exceeded (proficient) (23%), grade 3-to-5 growth (20%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Erwin Elementary's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 47.5% of students at Erwin Elementary met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 26.4% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 21.1% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 26.4% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 577 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Erwin Elementary rank in California?
Erwin Elementary ranks #1,198 among California elementary schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 79th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), same-cohort growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
Is Erwin Elementary getting better or worse?
SchoolScope follows the same cohort of students across grades rather than comparing two different grades in the same year. At Erwin Elementary that cohort is 2023 G3 → 2025 G5, measured in SBAC scale-score points. Its gain ranks strong among California elementary schools — roughly the 94th percentile, ahead of the typical school at this level. Read the ranking, not the raw point gain: scale scores rise with age, so nearly every school posts a positive number and only the relative position tells you anything. Growth is weighted at 20% in the elementary Scope Score because it is the least demographically confounded signal available — it tracks change over time rather than the level students arrived at. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Erwin Elementary?
18.5% of students at Erwin Elementary are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 17.9%. The suspension rate is 0.1%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Erwin Elementary compare to other schools in Van Nuys?
Erwin Elementary scores 52/100 (79th percentile) among California elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 580 students. Use the schools in Van Nuys page or the map view to compare all elementary schools nearby.
How does Erwin Elementary serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Erwin Elementary in Van Nuys, 46.6% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Erwin Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 5.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (45.2% Math proficient); Hispanic students (45.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 42.0 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 268 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
What middle school does Erwin Elementary feed into?
By attendance boundary, Erwin Elementary is zoned to Louis Armstrong Middle. Louis Armstrong Middle has a Scope Score of 43 out of 100. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education's School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.

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Behind the evidence

Inspect the full record

Public sources, visible methods and the underlying school record. Source years and limitations stay attached to the evidence.

How the Scope Score is calculated

On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

Growth carries this score — its returning cohort's growth from grade 3 to grade 5. The test levels sit close to the state's.

The school's returning cohort — mostly, not exactly, the same kids two years on — gained 92 scale-score points across the span. Almost every school gains points, so we rank the gain against every other California school in this level.

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Exceeded standard26.4%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded47.5%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Strongaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism18.5%17.9%5%
Suspension rate0.1%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)25.5%18.0%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

Erwin Elementary: reading the evidence

Erwin pairs 48% proficiency with gains that hold up when the school's returning cohort is tracked two years apart — the rare school that posts both.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

Ask how the school tracks each kid's growth year to year, and what happens when a kid stalls instead of gaining.

Explore the underlying data →
Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

Erwin Elementary is ranked #1,198 statewide · #98 of 579 in Los Angeles Unified.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard26.4%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded47.5%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Strongaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism18.5%17.9%5%
Suspension rate0.1%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)25.5%18.0%5%
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 21.4% · index 55 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 42.7% · index 54 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)
↑ vs CA average · 94th pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 17.9% · index 49 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 5.0pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 1.6% · index 63 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · → no change vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 18.0% · index 61 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 310021%19%24%36%40%−3
Grade 49222%21%30%27%42%−2
Grade 59133%30%18%20%63%+15
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 310327%19%21%32%47%+1
Grade 49924%19%34%22%43%+2
Grade 59232%18%25%25%50%+15

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide9225%20%45%11%

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.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged26846.6%+6+8
Hispanic/Latino16045.0%+4+6
White10656.6%−12−5
03Nearest elementary schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Erwin Elementary ←—5226.4%47.5%+13.0pp+92 pts0.1%
Kester Avenue Elementary2.1 mi7053.8%75.4%+2.0pp—0.3%
Colfax Charter Elementary2.6 mi6954.3%80.3%−3.0pp—0.1%
Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter2.9 mi5838.7%62.6%−15.6pp—0.1%
California average—3921.4%42.7%−2.9pp—1.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
ShowHide table 04 — More measures
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20193854#252921.0%43.0%16.8%0.1%-5.0pp
20224064#204720.8%43.6%33.2%0.4%+1.0pp
20234064#206821.4%42.9%25.5%0.2%-4.8pp
20243752#274519.6%38.7%23.5%0.1%+2.8pp
20255279#119826.4%47.5%18.5%0.1%+13.0pp
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
Group20192025Δ
Female15.5%17.3%+1.8pp
Male18.5%19.5%+1.0pp
Black/African American21.1%——
Hispanic/Latino17.7%21.1%+3.4pp
White16.5%15.9%-0.6pp
Students with Disabilities24.1%23.1%-1.0pp
English Learners18.8%14.0%-4.8pp
Homeless28.6%19.2%-9.4pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged18.3%18.8%+0.5pp
All Students17.1%18.5%+1.4pp
06California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
ShowHide table 06 — California growth model, by student group
GroupReadingnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students+22169Exceptional+20169Exceptional
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged+22161Exceptional+21161Exceptional
Hispanic or Latino+17104Accelerated+11104Accelerated
English Learner+1374Accelerated+2274Exceptional
English Only+2265not categorised+1965not categorised
White+3255Exceptional+3655Exceptional
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only+1151not categorised+1751not categorised
Students with Disabilities+1029Accelerated+1829Accelerated
English Learners Only+1223not categorised+2823not categorised

Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a growth score — published by CDE, held back from the narrative sections above because at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=5,721 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-09-18

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