Foresthill Divide: Scores climb 14.3 points from grade 3 to grade 5. But suspensions run 4× the state rate.
Foresthill Divide has real strengths and one number that complicates them. Most rating sites show you one or the other. Both belong on the same page.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46 | 14% | 39% | +14.3 | 19.2% | 6.2% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Foresthill Divide scores 46 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 59th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “39% proficient” and call it done. Foresthill Divide deserves a closer read. The school sits in Foresthill, where two in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: +14.3pp separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 25th to the 59th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 1700 elementary schools.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 39% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 52% | 54% | 19% | 27% | 29% |
| Grade 4 | 31% | 43% | 45% | 47% | 53% |
| Grade 5 | 51% | 55% | 46% | 61% | 50% |
| Grade 6 | 33% | 54% | 43% | 53% | 45% |
| Grade 7 | 43% | 45% | 49% | 40% | 54% |
| Grade 8 | 48% | 51% | 33% | 48% | 43% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 43% | 54% | 28% | 39% | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 29% | 47% | 42% | 26% | 47% |
| Grade 5 | 19% | 49% | 40% | 43% | 33% |
| Grade 6 | 31% | 46% | 44% | 29% | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 50% | 24% | 19% | 19% | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 45% | 38% | 18% | 17% | 18% |
The story this school is actually telling
separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
of students were suspended, versus 1.6% statewide — worth asking about on a tour.
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding rises 12.8pp across grades; the floor rises 20.8pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask about the discipline philosophy and what a typical suspension is for. Numbers can't tell you whether a campus feels strict or chaotic — a visit can.
- Ask what typically leads to a suspension, and what happens before it gets there.
- 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.
How every group of students does here
At Foresthill Divide in Foresthill, 35.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 35.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Foresthill Divide outperforms its district average for low-income students by 0.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (25.2% Math proficient); White students (47.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 9.8 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 131 students tested.
10 of 16 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 17.7pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +17.7pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.
$271 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
On the state's science test (CAST), 38% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Your other options
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 48 | 8% | 21% | 31% | 40% | 29% | −14 |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 20% | 33% | 27% | 20% | 53% | +8 |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 21% | 29% | 17% | 33% | 50% | +2 |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 10% | 35% | 16% | 39% | 45% | −2 |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 20% | 34% | 24% | 22% | 54% | +6 |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 14% | 29% | 33% | 24% | 43% | −3 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 48 | 6% | 19% | 31% | 44% | 25% | −21 |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 18% | 29% | 33% | 20% | 47% | +5 |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 12% | 21% | 21% | 46% | 33% | −3 |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 6% | 19% | 29% | 46% | 25% | −10 |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 12% | 20% | 46% | 22% | 32% | −2 |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 6% | 12% | 29% | 53% | 18% | −14 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 100 | 17% | 21% | 52% | 10% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 131 | 35.9% | +0 | −2 |
| White | 230 | 47.8% | +0 | −14 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 22 | 59.1% | +0 | +20 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foresthill Divide ← | — | 46 | 14.1% | 39.5% | +14.3 | 6.2% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 33 | 25 | #4113 | 12.9% | 37.5% | 17.1% | 4.9% | -12.6pp |
| 2022 | 42 | 64 | #2039 | 18.4% | 50.3% | 11.4% | 4.7% | -1.4pp |
| 2023 | 50 | 74 | #1515 | 12.5% | 36.7% | 25.1% | 3.1% | +19.9pp |
| 2024 | 43 | 54 | #2643 | 14.2% | 40.7% | 21.6% | 2.5% | +18.6pp |
| 2025 | 46 | 59 | #2381 | 14.1% | 39.5% | 19.2% | 6.2% | +14.3pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 17.1% | 18.5% | +1.4pp |
| Male | 17.2% | 20.1% | +2.9pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 27.6% | 17.0% | -10.6pp |
| Two or More Races | 8.3% | 7.7% | -0.6pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 10.2% | 29.6% | +19.4pp |
| Homeless | 11.1% | 34.8% | +23.7pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 22.1% | 24.0% | +1.9pp |
| All Students | 17.2% | 19.3% | +2.1pp |
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