Frank Zeek Elementary: The score is strong. The trajectory is stronger.
Frank Zeek pairs 54% proficiency with gains that hold up when the same students are tracked two years apart — the rare school that posts both.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53 | 27% | 54% | +3.6 | 16.6% | 1.2% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Frank Zeek Elementary scores 53 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 72nd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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📈 On the Rise — Ask how many years the improvement has held, not just the latest one — one strong cohort and a real turnaround can look identical in a single year of data.
Most rating sites would stop at “54% proficient” and call it done. Frank Zeek deserves a closer read. The school sits in Ukiah, where three in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Frank Zeek's low-income kids hit 54.7% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 41st to the 72nd percentile since 2019 — past roughly 1600 elementary schools.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 54% of students meet the standard today, above the 42% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 41% | 44% | 55% | 40% | 50% |
| Grade 4 | 52% | 46% | 47% | 71% | 60% |
| Grade 5 | 48% | 34% | 39% | 55% | 70% |
| Grade 6 | 58% | 45% | 67% | 63% | — |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 41% | 46% | 44% | 46% | 57% |
| Grade 4 | 42% | 39% | 51% | 54% | 45% |
| Grade 5 | 30% | 20% | 32% | 36% | 44% |
| Grade 6 | 40% | 38% | 60% | 41% | — |
The story this school is actually telling
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 falls 6.4pp across grades; the floor rises 19.8pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Frank Zeek's most underrated number
54.7% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what changed — new curriculum, new principal, new program. Momentum has a cause, and a visit will find it.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- 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 Frank Zeek Elementary in Ukiah, 54.7% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 28.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Frank Zeek Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 26.4 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (45.3% Math proficient); Hispanic students (55.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 27.6 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 137 students tested.
7 of 15 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 21.8pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +5.6pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$542 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
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 44% 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
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 44
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 | 70 | 33% | 17% | 30% | 20% | 50% | +7 |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 33% | 27% | 22% | 18% | 60% | +15 |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 26% | 43% | 15% | 15% | 70% | +22 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 70 | 29% | 29% | 17% | 26% | 57% | +11 |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 18% | 27% | 38% | 18% | 45% | +3 |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 26% | 19% | 28% | 28% | 44% | +9 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 54 | 11% | 33% | 44% | 11% |
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 | 137 | 54.7% | +26 | +17 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 111 | 55.0% | +27 | +16 |
| White | 48 | 72.9% | +27 | +11 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Zeek Elementary ← | — | 53 | 27.4% | 54.3% | +3.6 | 1.2% |
| Tree of Life Charter | 0.7 mi | 46 | 23.1% | 42.3% | — | 2.2% |
| River Oak Charter | 1.1 mi | 44 | 13.7% | 34.4% | +14.5 | 1.3% |
| Yokayo Elementary | 1.1 mi | 42 | 17.4% | 40.1% | −11.8 | 0.3% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 39 | 41 | #3245 | 13.6% | 42.2% | 13.0% | 0.4% | -1.8pp |
| 2022 | 32 | 39 | #3474 | 15.0% | 38.3% | 36.1% | 1.7% | -18.0pp |
| 2023 | 39 | 50 | #2861 | 20.7% | 44.8% | 29.1% | 1.3% | -14.0pp |
| 2024 | 51 | 71 | #1669 | 25.4% | 50.3% | 18.0% | 1.5% | +2.4pp |
| 2025 | 53 | 72 | #1621 | 27.4% | 54.3% | 16.6% | 1.2% | +3.6pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 14.8% | 17.2% | +2.4pp |
| Male | 11.2% | 15.8% | +4.6pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 15.3% | 14.9% | -0.4pp |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 20.0% | 18.2% | -1.8pp |
| Two or More Races | 4.2% | 38.5% | +34.3pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 18.8% | 25.8% | +7.0pp |
| English Learners | 15.4% | 18.3% | +2.9pp |
| Homeless | 25.0% | 40.0% | +15.0pp |
| Military-Connected | 9.8% | 22.2% | +12.4pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 13.4% | 18.0% | +4.6pp |
| All Students | 13.0% | 16.5% | +3.5pp |
| Filipino | — | 20.0% | — |
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