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Escondido Elementary

Q: Is Escondido Elementary a good elementary school?

Escondido Elementary is in the 97th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. Its Scope Score is 76 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Escondido Elementary was well above California in English and math: 76% and 79% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 41% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 3-to-5 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

Q: What are Escondido Elementary's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 76% of students tested in grades 3–5 met or exceeded the English standard and 79% the math standard; 53% and 55% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 46% and 41% met or exceeded, 24% and 21% exceeded. 202 students were tested in English and 211 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

Q: How does Escondido Elementary rank in California?

Escondido Elementary is in the 97th percentile of 5,721 California comprehensive elementary schools (Strong, 2025). Escondido Elementary ranks #155 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (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.

Q: Is Escondido Elementary getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Escondido Elementary's grade 3 results in 2023 with its grade 5 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 93rd percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.

Q: What do attendance and suspension records show for Escondido Elementary?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 10.6% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 49 chronically absent of 462 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 0.4%; 2 unduplicated suspended students of 470 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 11.1%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 0.5%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

Q: How does Escondido Elementary compare to other schools in Stanford?

Escondido Elementary is in the 97th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 432 students. Use the schools in Stanford page or the map view to compare nearby elementary schools.

Q: What middle school does Escondido Elementary feed into?

By attendance boundary, Escondido Elementary is zoned to Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle. Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle has a Scope Score of 78 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.

Stanford · K–5 · 432 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score

76 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
Not a grade or a test result.

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Escondidohigher than 97 of the 100 California dotsand 6 of Palo Alto Unified’s 11 others

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Well above California in English and math: 76% and 79% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 41% statewide. Source

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 3–5: 202 in English, 211 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 3, 4 and 5 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,232,086 in English and 1,241,652 in math tested).

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Academic achievement

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Learning

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Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 53%
Met standard: 23%
Below standard: 24%

76% met or exceeded · 202 tested

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Level	Here	California	Palo Alto Unified
Exceeded	53%	24%	61%
Met	23%	22%	20%
Nearly met	19%	21%	11%
Not met	5%	33%	8%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 55%
Met standard: 24%
Below standard: 21%

79% met or exceeded · 211 tested

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Level	Here	California	Palo Alto Unified
Exceeded	55%	21%	62%
Met	24%	20%	20%
Nearly met	14%	25%	10%
Not met	7%	34%	8%

What these tests tell you · what to ask

Reading and math results for the tested grades. These do not measure the experience in kindergarten or the early grades.

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In 2025, students in grades 4–5 scored above what the state expected from their own earlier scores. The state calls them Accelerated in English and Exceptional in math.grades 4–5 · 2025

+19 ptsEnglish · above expected+26 ptsMath · above expected

Source: CDE growth model, 2025
Students: students with scores in both years in grades 4–5: 109 in English, 108 in math
Comparison: 109 students in English and 108 in math in grades 4–5 with scores in both years. 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.

About half reached the top of the state’s four levels, against 24% and 21% across California in the same grades.grades 3–5 · spring 2025

53%English · exceeded the standard55%Math · exceeded the standard

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 3–5: 202 in English, 211 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 3, 4 and 5 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,232,086 in English and 1,241,652 in math tested).

Hispanic or Latino students here (68 tested in English, 69 in math, grades 3–5, spring 2025) met or exceeded the standard far more often than Hispanic or Latino students across California in the same grades (36% and 30%).grades 3–5 · spring 2025

56%English · met or exceeded61%Math · met or exceeded

Source: CDE CAASPP research file, spring 2025
Students: Hispanic or Latino students in grades 3–5: 68 in English, 69 in math
Comparison: California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s statewide rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation). Both gaps are more than twice the margin of error for 68 students in English and 69 in math.

Comparisons & progress

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Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school76%

California46%

Tested: 202 here · 1,232,086 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school76%

Palo Alto Unified81%

Tested: 202 here · 2,106 in Palo Alto Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 12 schools.

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Level	Here	California	Palo Alto Unified
Exceeded	53%	24%	61%
Met	23%	22%	20%
Nearly met	19%	21%	11%
Not met	5%	33%	8%

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school79%

California41%

Tested: 211 here · 1,241,652 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school79%

Palo Alto Unified82%

Tested: 211 here · 2,155 in Palo Alto Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 12 schools.

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Level	Here	California	Palo Alto Unified
Exceeded	55%	21%	62%
Met	24%	20%	20%
Nearly met	14%	25%	10%
Not met	7%	34%	8%

Progress over time

Are students making progress?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · all students tested

201970%244 tested

→

202576%202 tested

Escondido

California, same grades50% → 46%2019 → 2025 · 1,332,547 → 1,232,086 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · all students tested

201972%245 tested

→

202579%211 tested

Escondido

California, same grades44% → 41%2019 → 2025 · 1,338,625 → 1,241,652 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

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English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grades 3–5

EscondidoCalifornia

0%50%100%201920222025No comparable state tests (COVID)76%46%

Math met or exceeded, grades 3–5

EscondidoCalifornia

0%50%100%201920222025No comparable state tests (COVID)79%41%

Dotted stretches cross years without comparable results; in 2020 and 2021 that was COVID.

English went from 70% in 2019 to 76% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Math went from 72% in 2019 to 79% in 2025. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
Year	Escondido	California
2019	70% 244 tested	50% 1,332,547 tested
2022	75% 220 tested	45% 1,260,830 tested
2023	76% 204 tested	44% 1,247,801 tested
2024	76% 209 tested	45% 1,235,509 tested
2025	76% 202 tested	46% 1,232,086 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
Year	Escondido	California
2019	72% 245 tested	44% 1,338,625 tested
2022	74% 227 tested	38% 1,265,943 tested
2023	75% 210 tested	40% 1,256,519 tested
2024	72% 213 tested	41% 1,249,262 tested
2025	79% 211 tested	41% 1,241,652 tested

The state’s growth measure109 students in English, 108 in math · grades 4–5 · 2025

English+19ptsCDE level: Accelerated (4 of 5)

Math+26ptsCDE level: Exceptional (5 of 5)

What the number means. California predicts each student’s score from that student’s own English and math scores the year before, based on how students with similar scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as predicted. In English they scored 19 points above that prediction, and in math 26 points above it.

The levels. CDE sorts every school’s result into five levels, from Minimal to Exceptional. The bar under each number shows where this school landed.

Two years at once. For most schools, this one included, CDE’s figure blends the two most recent years of growth, so it moves more slowly than a single year’s scores.

Why our growth can differ. The growth in our Scope Score asks a different question. It doesn’t follow individual students: it compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier, and places that change among California schools at the same level. Children who joined or left the school in between count in ours; the state’s counts only students who took California’s test the year before. So the two can point different ways.

School pattern, spring 2025High CeilingThe average Exceeded rate across the reported grades and subjects is at least 50%.

School pattern, spring 2025Growth EngineThe school’s aggregate cohort-change index clears our stronger-gains threshold. This is a school-level comparison across years, not tracking of individual children.

School pattern, spring 2025Strong All-AroundAt least half of students met or exceeded the standard in every tested grade, in both subjects, and the state’s growth measure was Average or above in both.

Life at school

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What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

11 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

10in 100 at the average Palo Alto Unified school18in 100 at the average California elementary school

49 of 462 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school11 in 100

at the average Palo Alto Unified school10 in 100

at the average California elementary school18 in 100

0.4%of students were suspended at least once (2 of 470), 2024–25

1.2%at the average Palo Alto Unified school1.6%at the average California elementary school

Attendance by grade

Chronically absent, 2024–25	Per 100 students	Students
TK and kindergarten	10	8 of 77
Grades 1–3	11	27 of 247
Grades 4–5	10	14 of 138

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Every learner

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How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

34 English · 35 math tested · grades 3 and 4

English41% / 34%

Math49% / 33%

White

73 tested per subject

English90% / 60%

Math89% / 56%

Hispanic or Latino

68 English · 69 math tested

English56% / 36%

Math61% / 30%

Asian

41 English · 49 math tested

English85% / 71%

Math90% / 71%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Met or exceeded the standardgrades 3–5 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Palo Alto Unified	vs California
Low-income · 34 tested in English, 35 in math · grades 3 and 4 only
English	41%	−445%	+734%
Math	49%	+148%	+1633%
White · 73 tested
English	90%	+585%	+3060%
Math	89%	+584%	+3356%
Hispanic or Latino · 68 tested in English, 69 in math
English	56%	+650%	+2036%
Math	61%	+1447%	+3130%
Asian · 41 tested in English, 49 in math
English	85%	−590%	+1471%
Math	90%	−393%	+1971%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Palo Alto Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind statewide does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners, students with disabilities 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.

Hispanic or Latino students here did far better than the same group statewide.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Escondido Elementary in Stanford, 41.2% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 3 and 4, compared to 44.8% district-wide for those same grades and 33.9% statewide for those same grades. Escondido Elementary’s rate for low-income students trails its district average by 3.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (48.6% met or exceeded the Math standard); White students (90.4% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 37.9 percentage points: English learners in Math. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 34 ELA grade test records.

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Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

Hispanic or Latino33%
White32%
Asian23%
Two or more races8%
Black or African American3%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share<1%

Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.

Full student mix, comparisons & sources

Eligible enrollment, 2024–25	Here
Hispanic or Latino	33%
White	32%
Asian	23%
Two or more races	8%
Black or African American	3%
Filipino	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—
Not reported	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About 1 in 5 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (21%, 89 of 432). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers36

Average experience18 years

First-year teachers0%

99% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 98.80%: 32.9 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 33.3 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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ElementaryEscondido ElementaryThis campus · grades K-5
MiddleFrank S. Greene Jr. MiddleHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
High schoolPalo Alto HighInferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

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Middle-school links

Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
96th percentile · Strong · middle · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

Palo Alto High
Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder
98th percentile · Strong · high · 2025

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

High-school endpoint evidence · Palo Alto High

Palo Alto HighScope 88estimated path

An inferred path through a middle-school overlap points to Palo Alto High. UC records 82 enrollees from Palo Alto High for fall 2025. Its AP Course Audit lists 26 authorized AP subjects for 2025 - 2026. Those figures come from dated records — if a child starting here today later attended Palo Alto High, that would be around 2035, and 10 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 86% of Palo Alto High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

82 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 26 authorized AP subjects (AP Course Audit 2025 - 2026) → full record on Palo Alto High's page

Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

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890 Escondido Road, Stanford 94305

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Nearby elementary schoolsStatewide percentile

Lucille M. Nixon Elementary0.5 mi97thStrong
Barron Park Elementary1.2 mi79thStrong
El Carmelo Elementary1.4 mi91stStrong

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar elementary schools2025 statewide percentile

SLVUSD CharterSan Lorenzo Valley Unified · 301 enrolled · 20.6% meal eligibility58thSolid
Farragut ElementaryCulver City Unified · 548 enrolled · 20.6% meal eligibility90thStrong
Indian Valley ElementaryWalnut Creek Elementary · 355 enrolled · 20.6% meal eligibility87thStrong
Scott M. LeamanWestern Placer Unified · 513 enrolled · 20.7% meal eligibility79thStrong
Towers ElementaryTorrance Unified · 599 enrolled · 20.5% meal eligibility95thStrong
Mariposa School of Global EducationLas Virgenes Unified · 416 enrolled · 20.7% meal eligibility58thSolid

How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 12.6–28.6% meal eligibility and 216–864 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Escondido Elementary a good elementary school?

Escondido Elementary is in the 97th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. Its Scope Score is 76 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Escondido Elementary was well above California in English and math: 76% and 79% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 41% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 3-to-5 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Escondido Elementary's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 76% of students tested in grades 3–5 met or exceeded the English standard and 79% the math standard; 53% and 55% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 46% and 41% met or exceeded, 24% and 21% exceeded. 202 students were tested in English and 211 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Escondido Elementary rank in California?

Escondido Elementary is in the 97th percentile of 5,721 California comprehensive elementary schools (Strong, 2025). Escondido Elementary ranks #155 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (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 Escondido Elementary getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Escondido Elementary's grade 3 results in 2023 with its grade 5 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 93rd percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.

What do attendance and suspension records show for Escondido Elementary?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 10.6% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 49 chronically absent of 462 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 0.4%; 2 unduplicated suspended students of 470 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 11.1%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 0.5%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

How does Escondido Elementary compare to other schools in Stanford?

Escondido Elementary is in the 97th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 432 students. Use the schools in Stanford page or the map view to compare nearby elementary schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Escondido Elementary?

What middle school does Escondido Elementary feed into?

By attendance boundary, Escondido Elementary is zoned to Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle. Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle has a Scope Score of 78 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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Escondido Elementary is ranked #155 statewide · #6 of 12 in Palo Alto Unified.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	54.8%	21.4%	42%
Met or exceeded	77.7%	42.7%	23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)	Strong	average	20%
Chronic absenteeism	11.1%	17.9%	5%
Suspension rate	0.5%	1.6%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	30.2%	17.8%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↑ vs CA 21.4% · index 82 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↑ vs CA 42.7% · index 77 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5): ↑ vs CA average · ≈93rd calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 17.9% · index 61 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 2.2pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate: ↑ vs CA 1.6% · index 59 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 0.8pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 68 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 3	74	57%	16%	20%	7%	73%	+30
Grade 4	70	50%	23%	23%	4%	73%	+28
Grade 5	58	53%	29%	14%	3%	83%	+35

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 3 ELA equal-school mean: 43.1%; n=5714 reporting schools

State grade 4 ELA equal-school mean: 44.6%; n=5721 reporting schools

State grade 5 ELA equal-school mean: 47.7%; n=5721 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
Math	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 3	81	51%	21%	19%	10%	72%	+26
Grade 4	72	54%	29%	13%	4%	83%	+42
Grade 5	58	64%	19%	10%	7%	83%	+48

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 3 Math equal-school mean: 45.4%; n=5714 reporting schools

State grade 4 Math equal-school mean: 41.3%; n=5721 reporting schools

State grade 5 Math equal-school mean: 35.0%; n=5724 reporting schools

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.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met+
2024 · Grade 3 · ELA	67	77.6%
2024 · Grade 4 · ELA	67	76.1%
2024 · Grade 5 · ELA	75	74.7%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math	71	76.1%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math	68	75.0%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math	74	66.2%
2023 · Grade 3 · ELA	65	83.1%
2023 · Grade 4 · ELA	72	70.8%
2023 · Grade 5 · ELA	67	76.1%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math	69	75.4%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math	73	69.9%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math	68	79.4%
2022 · Grade 3 · ELA	72	62.5%
2022 · Grade 4 · ELA	73	75.3%
2022 · Grade 5 · ELA	75	86.7%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math	75	76.0%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math	74	70.3%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math	78	76.9%
2019 · Grade 3 · ELA	77	64.9%
2019 · Grade 4 · ELA	87	71.3%
2019 · Grade 5 · ELA	80	73.8%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math	76	69.7%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math	88	78.4%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math	81	66.7%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT
Schoolwide	58	41%	34%	22%	2%

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 · ELA	Tested	MET+	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	34	41.2%	−4	+7
White	73	90.4%	+6	+30
Hispanic/Latino	68	55.9%	+6	+20

Nearest elementary schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = school-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights

School	Dist	Scope · percentile · band	EXC	MET+	Grade gap	Cohort growth	Susp
Escondido Elementary ←	—	7697th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	54.8%	77.7%	+10.5pp	+90 pts	0.5%
Lucille M. Nixon Elementary	0.5 mi	7697th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	69.1%	84.4%	+10.4pp	—	0.6%
Barron Park Elementary	1.2 mi	5279th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	40.9%	62.4%	−7.6pp	—	1.9%
El Carmelo Elementary	1.4 mi	6691st percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	51.6%	73.3%	−1.2pp	—	3.2%
California average	—	39School average · no percentile	21.4%	42.7%	−2.9pp	—	1.6%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

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.

District salary records

Teacher salary schedule$91,546 – $168,598

Average elementary principal salary$210,710

Average middle school principal salary$226,088

Average high school principal salary$225,110

Superintendent salary$415,045

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2019	68/100	89	#572	California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,484 schools
2022	71/100	92	#421	California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,704 schools
2023	69/100	91	#489	California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,696 schools
2024	70/100	93	#360	California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,711 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 12.8% → 2025 · 10.6% · −2.2pp
Suspension rate2024 · 1.3% → 2025 · 0.4% · −0.9pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	202	53.5%	75.7%
2025 · Math	211	55.5%	78.7%
2024 · ELA	209	51.7%	76.1%
2024 · Math	213	46.5%	72.3%
2023 · ELA	204	45.6%	76.5%
2023 · Math	210	49.5%	74.8%
2022 · ELA	220	49.1%	75.0%
2022 · Math	227	46.7%	74.5%
2019 · ELA	244	49.2%	70.1%
2019 · Math	245	46.1%	71.8%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

Year	Scope	Pctile	Rank	Exc	Met+	Absent	Susp	Grade gap
2019	—	—	—	47.7%	70.8%	8.7%	0.1%	+2.9pp
2022	—	—	—	47.7%	74.6%	17.5%	0.3%	+12.6pp
2023	—	—	—	47.6%	75.8%	19.1%	1.7%	-1.4pp
2024	—	—	—	49.0%	74.3%	13.3%	1.3%	-6.4pp
2025	76	97	#155	54.8%	77.7%	11.1%	0.5%	+10.5pp

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

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 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD

Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years

Group	2018–19	2024–25	Δ
Female	7.8%	7.0%	-0.8pp
Male	9.5%	14.2%	+4.7pp
Asian	12.2%	13.2%	+1.0pp
Black/African American	7.1%	7.1%	+0.0pp
Hispanic/Latino	6.5%	11.9%	+5.4pp
Two or More Races	7.5%	2.6%	-4.9pp
White	9.0%	10.0%	+1.0pp
Students with Disabilities	12.9%	15.9%	+3.0pp
English Learners	11.2%	15.0%	+3.8pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	8.6%	14.6%	+6.0pp
All Students	8.6%	10.6%	+2.0pp

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored

Group	ELA	n	CDE band	Math	n	CDE band
All Students	+19	109	Accelerated	+26	108	Exceptional
English Only	+22	64	not categorised	+22	63	not categorised
White	+21	46	Exceptional	+27	45	Exceptional
Hispanic or Latino	+19	35	Accelerated	+18	35	Accelerated
English Learner	+2	23	Average	+23	23	Exceptional
Asian	+14	21	Accelerated	+31	21	Exceptional
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	+7	20	Accelerated	+6	20	Accelerated
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	+2	18	not categorised	+28	18	not categorised
Students with Disabilities	−3	15	Average	+6	15	Accelerated

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2023 · Grade 3

51%

exceeded standard · 83% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2023 · 65 ELA test records with scores

ELA · 2025 · Grade 5

53%

exceeded standard · 83% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2025 · 58 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 58 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe ELA 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 ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · reported-school field

State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

ALL students, grades 4–8

109 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,519 reported ELA ALL school records in its retained school inventory

94th pctile · +19 pts

State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

ALL students, grades 4–8

108 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,518 reported MATH ALL school records in its retained school inventory

96th pctile · +26 pts

this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median ELA estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. 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 and is not part of the Scope Score.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$24,917 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 10,754 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$265 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 432

Central federal expenditures attributed here$2,373 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 432

District current expense · FY 2024–25$33,959 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.

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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 63%Instruction support 10%Student services 9%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%

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.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021

2021$24,917 per pupil

2020$22,497 per pupil

2019$23,038 per pupil

2018$20,962 per pupil

2017$19,648 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 94305

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 94305
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$83,088
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	92.15%
ZCTA population	18,509
Median age	21.9 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/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=5,721 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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