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Forest Ranch Charter — Rating & test scores

15815 Cedar Creek Road, Forest Ranch · 110 students · Grades TK–8

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Scope Score 72

DevelopingScope Score · 29th percentile. Higher than 29 in 100 of the 5,726 California public elementary schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Near California in English and math: 44% and 35% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3 and 5, spring 2026, against 47% and 42%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3 and 5: 34
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 801,173 in English and 803,024 in math tested).

Overview

Is Forest Ranch Charter a good elementary school?

Developing. Forest Ranch Charter is higher than most California elementary schools on English test results and progress in both subjects. Forest Ranch Charter is lower than most on math test results and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced5244%
Math, Proficient or Advanced4635%
English, Advanced169%
Math, Advanced166%

Progress in a year, 2025

English69+8 pts
Math77+12 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance4218 in 100
Forest Ranch Charter’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Chico Unified’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

On spring 2025 tests, students in grade 5 scored higher than California students who had the same scores the year before, in English (+8 pts) and math (+12 pts). The state calls both results Accelerated.

Each bar is Forest Ranch Charter’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grade 5: 40. 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.

In its own words

What does Forest Ranch Charter say about itself?

We haven’t read Forest Ranch Charter’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open forestranchcharter.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grade 5 scored 8 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 12 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

English

+8

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income25+4 points
White23+8 points

Math

+12

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income25+6 points
White23+9 points

Grade 5, 2025, 40 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

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 8 points above that expected score, and in math 12 points above it.

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.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

0 of the 1 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Forest Ranch Charter. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

2 elementary schools within 4.2 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Forest Ranch CharterScope Score 7229th
  2. CedarwoodParadise Unified · by addressScope Score 6912th
Chico UnifiedA neighborhood school in another district

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Schools like it

How does Forest Ranch Charter compare with schools like it?

Forest Ranch Charter’s Scope Score is 72. 596 California elementary schools, counting Forest Ranch Charter, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 77. Forest Ranch Charter’s result is higher than 75 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 596

  1. Students from low-income families: 51%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 51%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 52%

    Wedgeworth Elementary

    Hacienda Heights

    Scope Score 94Strong · 98th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 48%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 55%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 95th percentile

596 California public elementary schools where 48% to 60% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public elementary school we score where 48% to 60% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Forest Ranch Charter’s share. The count includes Forest Ranch Charter. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

There’s no spring 2025 result to compare with spring 2026: fewer than 11 students tested here that year, so CDE withheld it.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 3 and 5. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo testsNo comparable testsNo testsNo comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%20172018201920222024202646%39%51%Chico UnifiedDistrict47%CaliforniaCalifornia44%Forest Ranch CharterThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo testsNo comparable testsNo testsNo comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%20172018201920222024202642%45%43%Chico UnifiedDistrict42%CaliforniaCalifornia35%Forest Ranch CharterThis school

The hatched block marks years with no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Between 25 and 39 students were tested here each year in each subject. With 25 students, one student is 4 points, so each year is a dot and no line joins them. Chico Unified’s line combines its 18 elementary schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. Chico Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3 and 5: share at the top two levels
SpringForest Ranch CharterChico UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201739%46%45%33
201849%49%49%39
201962%52%50%26
202254%49%45%26
202448%47%45%27
202644%51%47%34
Math, grades 3 and 5: share at the top two levels
SpringForest Ranch CharterChico UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201745%42%40%33
201844%44%42%39
201958%42%44%26
202220%38%37%25
202431%42%40%29
202635%43%42%34

A year is missing where fewer than the state’s minimum number of students tested and the state withheld the result.

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in English (reading and writing); below it in math.

English

44%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

2135359
Chico Unified51%California47%

Math

35%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

412429
Chico Unified43%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3 and 5, spring 2026, 44% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 35% in math, against 47% and 42% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3 and 5 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Results for each grade, spring 2026

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 Advanced35%suppressed57%
Advanced0%suppressed21%
Proficient35%suppressed36%
Developing level40%suppressed29%
Minimal25%suppressed14%
Tested20914
California44%46%49%
Difference−9—+8
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advancedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Advancedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Proficientsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Developing levelsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Minimalsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Tested5107
California48%51%49%
Difference———

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 Advanced40%suppressed29%
Advanced10%suppressed0%
Proficient30%suppressed29%
Developing level20%suppressed28%
Minimal40%suppressed43%
Tested20814
California47%42%37%
Difference−7—−8
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advancedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Advancedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Proficientsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Developing levelsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Minimalsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Tested5107
California37%38%36%
Difference———

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.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3 and 5 · This school9%35%35%21%34
English, grades 3 and 5 · California24%23%21%32%801,173
English, grades 3 and 5 · Chico Unified24%27%22%27%1,979
Math, grades 3 and 5 · This school6%29%24%41%34
Math, grades 3 and 5 · California22%20%23%35%803,024
Math, grades 3 and 5 · Chico Unified20%23%25%32%1,979

Spring 2026, grades 3 and 5 combined: 34 tested in English, 34 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

White students are the largest group here, at 68% of students. 19 of 107 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

18in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (19 of 107 students).

At the average Chico Unified elementary school: 16 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Students, 2024–25

110

students in grades TK–8.

White 68%Hispanic or Latino 21%Two or more races 10%

Family income

54%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 59 of 110. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

8

teachers, with 15 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

100% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

1.9%

of students were suspended at least once (2 of 108). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grades 4–6
3 of 28 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
0 of 18 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.

Our records hold no figure for Grades TK–3.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White68%
Hispanic or Latino21%
Two or more races10%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 7.2 of 7.2 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Family and staff answers

What would families tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Forest Ranch Charter. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

Families

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Forest Ranch Charter has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

7

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

The neighborhood

What is the area around Forest Ranch Charter like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95942. They are not figures for the families at Forest Ranch Charter.

Typical household income in a year

$116,400

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 95942.

Typical home value
$448,000
People who live in this ZIP code
2,089
Typical age
44.0 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
26%

What you can do

Who can act on Forest Ranch Charter’s results?

Forest Ranch Charter’s own board decides its plan.

State support

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

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

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 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 5 questions to Forest Ranch Charter. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?56% in English and 65% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 3 and 5, spring 2026 (34 students tested in each); California: 53% and 58%

Before you apply

  1. Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
  2. What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

Getting in

How do I get in?

Ask Forest Ranch Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Where it is

Where is Forest Ranch Charter?

Address
15815 Cedar Creek Road, Forest Ranch 95942Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Christia MarascoAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated February 9, 2023.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Forest Ranch Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓

Is Forest Ranch Charter a good elementary school?

Forest Ranch Charter has a Scope Score of 72. It scored higher than 29 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Developing, 29th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 18 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 16 in 100 at the average Chico Unified elementary school. 1.9% of students (2 of 108) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grade 5 scored 8 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 12 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 40 students

See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $177,768 is planned for 22 funded actions in 2 goals. That’s 9% of its $1.9 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

Its own plan

What does Forest Ranch Charter’s own plan commit to?

$177,768 is planned for 22 funded actions in 2 goals. That’s 9% of its $1.9 million general fund budget.

$177,768

planned in the school’s own plan for 2026–27

The three largest actions in the plan

  • Instructional Aide Support$45,288
  • Home to School Transport$22,275
  • Internet and Tech. Support$20,927

These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 74 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

The whole plan: every goal, what it measures and what it pays for

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 74 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 50% of the money. The plan itself puts 66% of it toward staff.

  • Instructional Aide Support $45,288
  • Home to School Transport $22,275
  • Internet and Tech. Support $20,927
  • 19 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

5 of the plan’s 22 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

  • Reading $5,000
  • Math $5,000
  • Catch-up help $13,500
  • English learners $500

An action naming two of these appears under both.

Largest of these

  • MTSS/​Reengagement Leadership Team - Program Evaluation$7,000
  • MTSS - Academic Interventions/​Math Int. Program/​ELA materials$3,000
  • LREBG - Tiered ELA/​Math Intervention$2,000
For high-need students

It plans $148,168 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $165,946 and estimates it spent $171,402, $5,456 (3%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $18,367 (9%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Instructional Aide Support, which went from $64,500 to $45,288.

Largest cuts

  • Instructional Aide Support−⁠$19,212
  • Home to School Transport−⁠$7,685
  • Internet and Tech. Support−⁠$2,184

Largest increases

  • NGSS Science Implementation and quality CCSS aligned curriculum+⁠$9,200
  • CCSS/​NGSS PD+⁠$811

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • LREBG - Chronic Absenteeism and Reengagement Plan$3,600
  • LREBG - Tiered ELA/​Math Intervention$2,000
  • Homework Club/​Academic Tutoring$1,500

Ask: What did Instructional Aide Support pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $19,212 less?

What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grades 3 and 5 only: 44% in English and 35% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 147%40%down 7 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 142%30%down 12 pts
Chronically absentGoal 133 in 10018 in 10015 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 25.1%1.9%down 3.2 pts

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Instructional Aide Support · $45,288
  • Home to School Transport · $22,275
  • Internet and Tech. Support · $20,927
The full plan2 goals, 18 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($177,768).

Where does the money go?

73% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Increase overall student achievement in core academic areas. Focus Goal 1: Improve schoolwide performance of…$129,44073% of action budgets

“Increase overall student achievement in core academic areas. Focus Goal 1: Improve schoolwide performance of all students in ELA in local and state measures, as well as decrease the gap between overall and our primary sub group (socioecon. disad.) (Dashboard - Yellow or Green) Focus Goal 2: Improve schoolwide performance in Math in local and state measures (Dashboard - Yellow) Focus Goal 3: Decrease Chronic Absenteeism” p. 8 ↗

15 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $147,840 (−⁠$18,400)

Largest funded actions

  1. Instructional Aide Support$45,288action 1.13 · p. 36 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Home to School Transport$22,275action 1.5 · p. 35 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Internet and Tech. Support$20,927action 1.1 · p. 35 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. NGSS Science Implementation and quality CCSS aligned curriculum$13,200action 1.4 · p. 35 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. CCSS/​NGSS PD$8,000action 1.9 · p. 35 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

10 more funded actions in this goal

  • Visual and Performing Arts Support/​Instruction · action 1.11 · p. 35 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$4,250
  • LREBG - Chronic Absenteeism and Reengagement Plan · action 1.7 · p. 35 ↗$3,600
  • MTSS - Academic Interventions/​Math Int. Program/​ELA materials · action 1.3 · p. 35 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$3,000
  • LREBG - Tiered ELA/​Math Intervention · action 1.14 · p. 36 ↗$2,000
  • Homework Club/​Academic Tutoring · action 1.6 · p. 35 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1,500
  • Parent Notification and Parent/​Student Portal · action 1.8 · p. 35 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1,500
  • i-Ready Diagnostic · action 1.2 · p. 35 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1,400
  • Nutrition Services Program · action 1.12 · p. 35 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1,000
  • LREBG - PD to support understanding and delivery of tiered supports · action 1.15 · p. 36 ↗$1,000
  • ELD Teacher Coordinator · action 1.10 · p. 35 ↗$500

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Instructional Aide Support−⁠$19,212$64,500 → $45,288 · p. 36 ↗
  2. NGSS Science Implementation and quality CCSS aligned curriculum+⁠$9,200$4,000 → $13,200 · p. 35 ↗
  3. Home to School Transport−⁠$7,685$29,960 → $22,275 · p. 35 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Internet and Tech. Support · $23,111 → $20,927 · p. 35 ↗−⁠$2,184
  • CCSS/​NGSS PD · $7,189 → $8,000 · p. 35 ↗+⁠$811
  • Visual and Performing Arts Support/​Instruction · $4,250 → $4,250 · p. 35 ↗unchanged
  • LREBG - Chronic Absenteeism and Reengagement Plan · $3,600 · p. 35 ↗new or renamed
  • MTSS - Academic Interventions/​Math Int. Program/​ELA materials · $4,000 → $3,000 · p. 35 ↗−⁠$1,000
  • LREBG - Tiered ELA/​Math Intervention · $2,000 · p. 36 ↗new or renamed
  • Homework Club/​Academic Tutoring · $1,500 · p. 35 ↗new or renamed
  • Parent Notification and Parent/​Student Portal · $1,500 → $1,500 · p. 35 ↗unchanged
  • i-Ready Diagnostic · $1,400 · p. 35 ↗new or renamed
  • Nutrition Services Program · $2,000 → $1,000 · p. 35 ↗−⁠$1,000
  • LREBG - PD to support understanding and delivery of tiered supports · $1,000 · p. 36 ↗new or renamed
  • ELD Teacher Coordinator · $500 → $500 · p. 35 ↗unchanged

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 12 measures · 2 quoted

  • Student Attendance p. 12 ↗
    Baseline
    92%
    Target for year 3
    94.5%
  • Middle School Drop Out Rates p. 13 ↗
    Baseline
    0% - Middle School drop out rate - Schoolwise SIS
    Target for year 3
    Maintain a 0% Middle School Drop Out Rate

10 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Increase efficiency and effectiveness of campus-wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Support Program…$48,32827% of action budgets

“Increase efficiency and effectiveness of campus-wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Support Program including multiple tiered Social Emotional Learning and other supports to provide a safe, caring environment for all learners. Focus Goal 1: Have all Staff that work with students certified in MTSS Focus Goal 2: Increase Wellness Planning/​Lessons and Mindfulness Education for Middle School students” p. 19 ↗

7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $48,295 (+⁠$33)

Largest funded actions

  1. Faculty/​Staff Training$15,000action 2.3 · p. 36 ↗
  2. Study/​Interactive Learning Experiences$10,000action 2.9 · p. 36 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Counseling, Social Skills and Student Support$8,000action 2.6 · p. 36 ↗
  4. MTSS/​Reengagement Leadership Team - Program Evaluation$7,000action 2.8 · p. 36 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Physically Safe Janitorial/​Inspections$3,828action 2.1 · p. 36 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

2 more funded actions in this goal

  • Tiered SEL/​LifeSkills and Wellness Programs · action 2.7 · p. 36 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$2,500
  • Data Collection · action 2.4 · p. 36 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$2,000

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Physically Safe Janitorial/​Inspections+⁠$33$3,795 → $3,828 · p. 36 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Faculty/​Staff Training · $15,000 → $15,000 · p. 36 ↗unchanged
  • Study/​Interactive Learning Experiences · $10,000 → $10,000 · p. 36 ↗unchanged
  • Counseling, Social Skills and Student Support · $8,000 → $8,000 · p. 36 ↗unchanged
  • MTSS/​Reengagement Leadership Team - Program Evaluation · $7,000 → $7,000 · p. 36 ↗unchanged
  • Tiered SEL/​LifeSkills and Wellness Programs · $2,500 → $2,500 · p. 36 ↗unchanged
  • Data Collection · $2,000 → $2,000 · p. 36 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 6 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 19 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 11 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
11
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #4,047 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #14 of 18 in Chico Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math8%3842%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math40%4823%
Chronically absent18 in 100495%
Suspension rate1.9% (2 of 108)485%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)+5.4pp—not scored

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. The weights above add to 75%: the remaining 25%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

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
2025–267229#4047California 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)
2018–19not on filenot on file−23
2021–22not on filenot on file+12
2022–23not on filenot on file—
2023–2429 in 1003.5% (4 of 115)−13
2024–2533 in 1005.1% (6 of 118)—
2025–2618 in 1001.9% (2 of 108)+5

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 · English6512%40%
2026 · Math648%30%
2025 · English5122%47%
2025 · Math5210%42%
2024 · English5912%47%
2024 · Math6113%36%
2023 · English5819%47%
2023 · Math5714%35%
2022 · English6515%49%
2022 · Math649%23%
2019 · English8430%65%
2019 · Math8323%51%
2018 · English8723%56%
2018 · Math8614%42%
2017 · English8020%51%
2017 · Math8015%45%

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 · English7—
2025 · Grade 4 · English1283%
2025 · Grade 5 · English5—
2025 · Grade 6 · English10—
2025 · Grade 7 · English9—
2025 · Grade 8 · English8—
2025 · Grade 3 · Math8—
2025 · Grade 4 · Math1267%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math5—
2025 · Grade 6 · Math10—
2025 · Grade 7 · Math9—
2025 · Grade 8 · Math8—
2024 · Grade 3 · English1450%
2024 · Grade 4 · English6—
2024 · Grade 5 · English1346%
2024 · Grade 6 · English1136%
2024 · Grade 7 · English8—
2024 · Grade 8 · English7—
2024 · Grade 3 · Math1443%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math6—
2024 · Grade 5 · Math1520%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math1127%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math8—
2024 · Grade 8 · Math7—
2023 · Grade 3 · English8—
2023 · Grade 4 · English1533%
2023 · Grade 5 · English1155%
2023 · Grade 6 · English8—
2023 · Grade 7 · English6—
2023 · Grade 8 · English10—
2023 · Grade 3 · Math8—
2023 · Grade 4 · Math1540%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math1127%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math8—
2023 · Grade 7 · Math6—
2023 · Grade 8 · Math9—
2022 · Grade 3 · English1346%
2022 · Grade 4 · English1250%
2022 · Grade 5 · English1362%
2022 · Grade 6 · English8—
2022 · Grade 7 · English10—
2022 · Grade 8 · English9—
2022 · Grade 3 · Math1315%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math1225%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math1225%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math8—
2022 · Grade 7 · Math10—
2022 · Grade 8 · Math9—
2019 · Grade 3 · English1164%
2019 · Grade 4 · English1974%
2019 · Grade 5 · English1560%
2019 · Grade 6 · English1759%
2019 · Grade 7 · English1362%
2019 · Grade 8 · English9—
2019 · Grade 3 · Math1182%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math1963%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math1540%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math1644%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math1338%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math9—
2018 · Grade 3 · English2040%
2018 · Grade 4 · English1741%
2018 · Grade 5 · English1958%
2018 · Grade 6 · English1471%
2018 · Grade 7 · English——
2018 · Grade 8 · English——
2018 · Grade 3 · Math2050%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math1741%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math1937%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math1323%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math——
2018 · Grade 8 · Math——
2017 · Grade 3 · English1527%
2017 · Grade 4 · English1560%
2017 · Grade 5 · English1850%
2017 · Grade 6 · English1362%
2017 · Grade 7 · English1560%
2017 · Grade 8 · English——
2017 · Grade 3 · Math1560%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math1553%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math1833%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math1354%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math1540%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math——

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
Schoolwide210%43%52%5%

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: 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+840Accelerated+1240Accelerated
English-only students+739not categorized+1239not categorized
Low-income+425Average+625Accelerated
White+823Accelerated+923Accelerated

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 grade 5. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+8 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 5

40 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +8 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+12 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 5

40 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +12 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 grade 5, 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 · 33 in 100 → 2025–26 · 18 in 100 · −15 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 5.1% (6 of 118) → 2025–26 · 1.9% (2 of 108) · −3.2 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—9 of 53—
Male—10 of 54—
Hispanic or Latino—4 of 22—
Two or more races—1 of 11—
White—14 of 73—
Students with disabilities—1 of 11—
Low-income—15 of 64—
All students—18 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. 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$13,999 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 11,911 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

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,653 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

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 62%Instruction support 9%Student services 12%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$125,195,76361.69%62%
Instruction support$18,945,9299.34%9%
Student services$25,387,15612.51%12%
Administration$12,543,6456.18%6%
Buildings & maintenance$19,421,4549.57%10%
Other$1,458,7180.72%1%
Total$202,952,664100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $202,952,664 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$13,999 per pupil
2020$12,801 per pupil
2019$13,350 per pupil
2018$10,215 per pupil
2017$10,157 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 95942 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95942 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$116,400
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)26%
ZIP-area population2,089
Median age44.0 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 95942 →

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