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Fuente Nueva Charter — Rating & test scores

1730 Janes Road, Arcata · 150 students · Grades TK–5

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Scope Score 77

SolidScope Score · 61st percentile. Higher than 61 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 (reading and writing) and math: 56% and 32% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, against 46% and 42%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 62
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

Overview

Is Fuente Nueva Charter a good elementary school?

Solid. Fuente Nueva Charter is higher than most California elementary schools on English test results and attendance. Fuente Nueva Charter is lower than most on math test results and progress in both subjects.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced7256%
Math, Proficient or Advanced4032%
English, Advanced5019%
Math, Advanced4313%

Progress in a year, 2025

English390 pts
Math33−3 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance6710 in 100
Fuente Nueva Charter’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Arcata Elementary’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

17 of 166 students missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26, against 16 in 100 at the average elementary school in the Arcata Elementary district.

Each bar is Fuente Nueva 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 chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 166. District and California figures are averages of school rates (5 Arcata Elementary schools; 5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Fuente Nueva Charter say about itself?

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

Open fuentenueva.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored the same in English as California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 3 points lower, which the state calls Average.

English

0

The same as California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White21−7 points
Hispanic or Latino17+5 points
Low-income17−6 points

Math

−3

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White21−3 points
Hispanic or Latino17+1 points
Low-income17−13 points

Grades 4 and 5, 2025, 44 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 right at that expected score, and in math 3 points below 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?

2 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Fuente Nueva Charter. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 4.4 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Union Street CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 8993rd
  2. Jacoby CreekJacoby Creek Elementary · by addressScope Score 8688th
  3. Fuente Nueva CharterScope Score 7761st
  4. Coastal Grove CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7656th
  5. Pacific UnionPacific Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 7231st
  6. Redwood Coast MontessoriCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7020th
  7. Laurel Tree CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 6913th
  8. ArcataNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 651st
Arcata ElementaryA neighborhood school in another districtCharter

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer. A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

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

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%75%0%25%50%75%100%

7 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Fuente Nueva Charter compare with schools like it?

Fuente Nueva Charter’s Scope Score is 77. 588 California elementary schools, counting Fuente Nueva Charter, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 79. Fuente Nueva Charter’s result is higher than 229 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 588

  1. Students from low-income families: 51%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 41%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 41%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 51%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 39%

    Scope Score 94Strong · 98th percentile

588 California public elementary schools where 39% to 51% 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 39% to 51% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Fuente Nueva Charter’s share. The count includes Fuente Nueva 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?

English results were higher than in 2025; math results were lower. English went from 40% to 56% and math from 37% to 32%.

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

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

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202660%61%56%Fuente Nueva CharterThis school46%CaliforniaCalifornia44%Arcata ElementaryDistrict

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202655%51%42%CaliforniaCalifornia37%Arcata ElementaryDistrict32%Fuente Nueva CharterThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Arcata Elementary’s line combines its 5 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. Arcata Elementary’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringFuente Nueva CharterArcata ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201761%60%45%49
201878%69%49%49
201961%57%50%51
202248%51%45%71
202365%55%44%68
202445%48%45%64
202540%45%46%60
202656%44%46%62
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringFuente Nueva CharterArcata ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201751%55%40%49
201853%56%42%49
201951%54%44%51
202219%41%38%70
202334%42%40%68
202442%45%41%64
202537%41%41%60
202632%37%42%62

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in English; well below it in math.

English

56%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

18263719
Arcata Elementary44%California46%

Math

32%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

31371913
Arcata Elementary37%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 56% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 32% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3–5 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).

How does math compare with English?

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, math trails English by 24 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 4 points across California. The grades 3–5 cards above give each subject’s share.

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 Advanced37%58%71%
Advanced16%21%21%
Proficient21%37%50%
Developing level31%37%12%
Minimal32%5%17%
Tested191924
California44%46%49%
Difference−7+12+22

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 Advanced42%21%33%
Advanced11%5%21%
Proficient31%16%12%
Developing level26%47%38%
Minimal32%32%29%
Tested191924
California47%42%37%
Difference−5−21−4

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 3–5 · This school19%37%26%18%62
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Arcata Elementary17%27%28%28%319
Math, grades 3–5 · This school13%19%37%31%62
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Arcata Elementary18%19%30%33%318

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 62 tested in English, 62 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?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 49% of students. 17 of 166 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

10in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (17 of 166 students).

At the average elementary school in the Arcata Elementary district: 16 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Students, 2024–25

150

students in grades TK–5.

Hispanic or Latino 49%White 33%Two or more races 15%

Family income

45%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 68 of 150. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

8

teachers, with 4 years of experience on average.

12% were in their first year.

43% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0

students were suspended at least once. Average California elementary school 1.6%.

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

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino49%
White33%
Two or more races15%
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: 3 of 7 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 Fuente Nueva 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.

Answer the family questionsResponder en españolHow family answers work

The school day

What is the school day like?

Fuente Nueva 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

24

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 Fuente Nueva Charter like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95521. They are not figures for the families at Fuente Nueva Charter.

Typical household income in a year

$53,114

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 95521.

Typical home value
$501,000
People who live in this ZIP code
21,980
Typical age
29.2 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
46%

What you can do

Who can act on Fuente Nueva Charter’s results?

Fuente Nueva Charter’s own board decides its plan.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Fuente Nueva 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 Fuente Nueva Charter. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?3 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4 and 5, 2025 (44 students)

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

What comes after Fuente Nueva Charter, and how do I get in?

Ask Fuente Nueva Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. No assigned next school.

Fuente Nueva Charter is a charter, so a student’s later schools follow the family’s home address, not this campus, unless the family applies elsewhere. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Fuente Nueva Charter
    Grades TK–5Scope Score 77Solid · 61st percentile
  2. Middle
    Sunny Brae Middle
    Scope Score 75Solid · 51st percentile · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Sunny Brae Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 75 · Solid · 51st percentile · middle · 2026

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

Where it is

Where is Fuente Nueva Charter?

Address
1730 Janes Road, Arcata 95521Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Angela KiddAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated September 13, 2024.

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 Fuente Nueva Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓

Is Fuente Nueva Charter a good elementary school?

Fuente Nueva Charter has a Scope Score of 77. It scored higher than 61 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Solid, 61st percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 10 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 16 in 100 at the average elementary school in the Arcata Elementary district. 0 of 168 students 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?

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored the same in English as California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 3 points lower, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 44 students

See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $2.7 million is planned for 27 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 89% of its $3.0 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 Fuente Nueva Charter’s own plan commit to?

$2.7 million is planned for 27 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 89% of its $3.0 million general fund budget.

$2.7million

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

The three largest actions in the plan

  • Classroom Teachers$858,485
  • Administrative Team$285,551
  • Expanded Learning Opportunity Program$284,673

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, 76 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, 76 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 53% of the money. The plan itself puts 82% of it toward staff.

  • Classroom Teachers $858,485
  • Administrative Team $285,551
  • Expanded Learning Opportunity Program $284,673
  • 24 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

1 of the plan’s 27 funded actions names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in its title.

  • Catch-up help $34,648

Largest of these

  • Student intervention services$34,648
For high-need students

It plans $235,007 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $225,884 and estimates it spent $247,742, $21,858 (10%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $268,813 (11%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Classroom Teachers, which went from $791,137 to $858,485.

Largest cuts

  • School Counselor−⁠$29,870
  • Administrative Leadership−⁠$16,156

Largest increases

  • Classroom Teachers+⁠$67,348
  • Lunch program staffing+⁠$33,273
  • Facilities+⁠$26,262

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • Expanded Learning Opportunity Program$284,673
  • Student Well-being$48,450

Ask: What did School Counselor pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $29,870 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 3–5 only: 56% in English and 32% 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 140%56%up 16 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 137%32%down 5 pts
Chronically absentGoal 315 in 10010 in 1005 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 30 of 1550 of 168no change

Goal 2 isn’t shown because it tracks other measures.

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
  • Classroom Teachers · $858,485
  • Administrative Team · $285,551
  • Expanded Learning Opportunity Program · $284,673
The full plan3 goals, 31 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 ($2.7 million).

Where does the money go?

62% 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
G3

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 1 · Maintenance of Progress GoalThrough a full Spanish immersion program, students will maintain continuous improvement in core content…$1.7 million62% of action budgets

“Through a full Spanish immersion program, students will maintain continuous improvement in core content areas, including Spanish language development” p. 10 ↗

11 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.6 million (+⁠$81,424)

Largest funded actions

  1. Classroom Teachers$858,485action 1.1 · p. 36 ↗
  2. Administrative Team$285,551action 1.2 · p. 36 ↗
  3. Classroom Paraprofessionals$235,007action 1.3 · p. 36 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Resource Specialist Teacher$86,560action 1.5 · p. 36 ↗
  5. School Counselor$67,579action 1.6 · p. 36 ↗

6 more funded actions in this goal

  • Administrative Leadership · action 1.11 · p. 37 ↗$36,777
  • Student intervention services · action 1.9 · p. 36 ↗$34,648
  • Pre-K Paraprofessionals · action 1.4 · p. 36 ↗$33,774
  • Professional Development · action 1.10 · p. 37 ↗$7,167
  • Stipends for Certificated Staff · action 1.12 · p. 37 ↗$6,672
  • Stipend for Student Services · action 1.13 · p. 37 ↗$2,224

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Classroom Teachers+⁠$67,348$791,137 → $858,485 · p. 36 ↗
  2. School Counselor−⁠$29,870$97,449 → $67,579 · p. 36 ↗
  3. Administrative Team+⁠$24,054$261,497 → $285,551 · p. 36 ↗

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

  • Classroom Paraprofessionals · $225,884 → $235,007 · p. 36 ↗+⁠$9,123
  • Resource Specialist Teacher · $79,609 → $86,560 · p. 36 ↗+⁠$6,951
  • Administrative Leadership · $52,933 → $36,777 · p. 37 ↗−⁠$16,156
  • Student intervention services · $23,621 → $34,648 · p. 36 ↗+⁠$11,027
  • Pre-K Paraprofessionals · $33,318 → $33,774 · p. 36 ↗+⁠$456
  • Professional Development · $5,672 → $7,167 · p. 37 ↗+⁠$1,495
  • Stipends for Certificated Staff · $6,672 · p. 37 ↗new or renamed
  • Stipend for Student Services · $2,224 · p. 37 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 14 measures · 1 quoted

  • Students with an Individual Education Plan p. 12 ↗
    Baseline
    100% of families participate in IEP development meetings.
    Target for year 3
    100% of families participate in IEP development meetings.

13 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2 · Maintenance of Progress GoalTeachers are appropriately assigned and credentialed in compliance with their assignment and instruct using…$116,9614% of action budgets

“Teachers are appropriately assigned and credentialed in compliance with their assignment and instruct using intentionally selected instructional materials that represent the community's diverse population, incorporate the arts, physical movement, nutrition/​gardening and provide access to technology” p. 17 ↗

8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $117,794 (−⁠$833)

Largest funded actions

  1. Instructional materials and supplies$41,250action 2.1 · p. 37 ↗
  2. Art, music and physical education instructors$37,955action 2.3 · p. 37 ↗
  3. Gardening, nutrition and science$20,506action 2.9 · p. 37 ↗
  4. Basketball Hoop Repair$6,000action 2.11 · p. 37 ↗
  5. Field Trips$4,850action 2.4 · p. 37 ↗

3 more funded actions in this goal

  • Technology equipment · action 2.6 · p. 37 ↗$4,000
  • Networking · action 2.7 · p. 37 ↗$2,000
  • Humboldt County Library Contract · action 2.10 · p. 37 ↗$400

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Art, music and physical education instructors+⁠$18,092$19,863 → $37,955 · p. 37 ↗
  2. Gardening, nutrition and science+⁠$2,854$17,652 → $20,506 · p. 37 ↗
  3. Technology equipment−⁠$1,000$5,000 → $4,000 · p. 37 ↗

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

  • Instructional materials and supplies · $41,175 → $41,250 · p. 37 ↗+⁠$75
  • Basketball Hoop Repair · $6,000 · p. 37 ↗new or renamed
  • Field Trips · $4,850 → $4,850 · p. 37 ↗unchanged
  • Networking · $2,000 → $2,000 · p. 37 ↗unchanged
  • Humboldt County Library Contract · $400 → $400 · p. 37 ↗unchanged

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 8 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 17 ↗.

Goal 3 · Maintenance of Progress GoalFuente Nueva Charter is located on a campus that enables us to provide desired services in a safe and…$907,90034% of action budgets

“Fuente Nueva Charter is located on a campus that enables us to provide desired services in a safe and engaging environment that is welcoming for all community members and includes features that reflect our school culture” p. 23 ↗

8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $719,678 (+⁠$188,222)

Largest funded actions

  1. Expanded Learning Opportunity Program$284,673action 3.6 · p. 38 ↗
  2. Lunch program staffing$152,702action 3.4 · p. 37 ↗
  3. Facilities$144,083action 3.3 · p. 37 ↗
  4. Facilities$110,631action 3.2 · p. 37 ↗
  5. Food service ingredients$89,500action 3.5 · p. 37 ↗

3 more funded actions in this goal

  • Custodial and maintenance staff and services · action 3.1 · p. 37 ↗$72,861
  • Student Well-being · action 3.13 · p. 38 ↗$48,450
  • Student information system · action 3.7 · p. 38 ↗$5,000

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Lunch program staffing+⁠$33,273$119,429 → $152,702 · p. 37 ↗
  2. Facilities+⁠$26,262$117,821 → $144,083 · p. 37 ↗
  3. Custodial and maintenance staff and services+⁠$7,163$65,698 → $72,861 · p. 37 ↗

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

  • Expanded Learning Opportunity Program · $284,673 · p. 38 ↗new or renamed
  • Facilities · $107,432 → $110,631 · p. 37 ↗+⁠$3,199
  • Food service ingredients · $86,750 → $89,500 · p. 37 ↗+⁠$2,750
  • Student Well-being · $48,450 · p. 38 ↗new or renamed
  • Student information system · $4,500 → $5,000 · p. 38 ↗+⁠$500

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 9 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 23 ↗.

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 #2,229 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #2 of 5 in Arcata Elementary
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math16%4542%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math44%5123%
Chronically absent10 in 100595%
Suspension rate0 of 168615%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)+12.6pp—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
2025–267761#2229California 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+45
2021–22not on filenot on file+3
2022–23not on filenot on file+13
2023–2413 in 1000 of 146−2
2024–2515 in 1000 of 155+27
2025–2610 in 1000 of 168+13

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 · English6219%56%
2026 · Math6213%32%
2025 · English6018%40%
2025 · Math6010%37%
2024 · English6419%45%
2024 · Math6419%42%
2023 · English6825%65%
2023 · Math689%34%
2022 · English7117%48%
2022 · Math701%19%
2019 · English5137%61%
2019 · Math5120%51%
2018 · English4943%78%
2018 · Math4935%53%
2017 · English4941%61%
2017 · Math4924%51%

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 · English1625%
2025 · Grade 4 · English2330%
2025 · Grade 5 · English2162%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math1625%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math2339%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math2143%
2024 · Grade 3 · English2335%
2024 · Grade 4 · English2157%
2024 · Grade 5 · English2045%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math2339%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math2162%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math2025%
2023 · Grade 3 · English2361%
2023 · Grade 4 · English2241%
2023 · Grade 5 · English2391%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math2339%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math2227%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math2335%
2022 · Grade 3 · English2335%
2022 · Grade 4 · English2458%
2022 · Grade 5 · English2450%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math2326%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math2313%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math2417%
2019 · Grade 3 · English2245%
2019 · Grade 4 · English1560%
2019 · Grade 5 · English1486%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math2236%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math1540%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math1486%
2018 · Grade 3 · English1553%
2018 · Grade 4 · English1486%
2018 · Grade 5 · English2090%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math1527%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math1471%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math2060%
2017 · Grade 3 · English1457%
2017 · Grade 4 · English1867%
2017 · Grade 5 · English1759%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math1464%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math1861%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math1729%

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
Schoolwide2417%29%54%0%

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 students044Average−344Average
English-only students040not categorized−240not categorized
White−721Moderate−321Average
Hispanic or Latino+517Accelerated+117Average
Low-income−617Moderate−1317Moderate

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 grades 4 and 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 · English0 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4 and 5

44 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: 0 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math−3 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4 and 5

44 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −3 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, 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 grades 4 and 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 · 15 in 100 → 2025–26 · 10 in 100 · −5 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 155 → 2025–26 · 0 of 168 · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—7 of 88—
Male—10 of 78—
Hispanic or Latino—11 of 82—
Two or more races—3 of 25—
White—3 of 55—
Students with disabilities—3 of 27—
Low-income—15 of 90—
All students—10 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$12,782 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 1,137 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$23,470 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 58%Instruction support 11%Student services 11%Administration 9%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$5,714,99658.22%58%
Instruction support$1,079,21210.99%11%
Student services$1,063,71510.84%11%
Administration$882,0118.99%9%
Buildings & maintenance$1,012,45110.31%10%
Other$63,7680.65%1%
Total$9,816,153100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $9,816,153 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$12,782 per pupil
2020$12,256 per pupil
2019$12,660 per pupil
2018$12,481 per pupil
2017$11,636 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 95521 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95521 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$53,114
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)46%
ZIP-area population21,980
Median age29.2 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 95521 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 5,726 elementary schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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