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G. W. Hellyer Elementary ·

G. W. Hellyer Elementary: The state doesn't publish enough data to score this school fairly.

G. W. Hellyer is an elementary school. The state doesn't publish enough data to score it fairly — so we won't. Here's what we can show.

Franklin-McKinley Elementary·387 students·81% low-income

No Scope Score available

California doesn't publicly report per-grade test results when fewer than 11 students are tested in a grade — a privacy protection for small schools. We can't compute a Scope Score without that data.

The story this school is actually telling

The school, grade by grade

ELA · CAASPP 2024–25

Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.

14%
24%
62%
Grade 3 · 38% proficient
17%
17%
66%
Grade 4 · 34% proficient
14%
25%
61%
Grade 5 · 39% proficient
Worth a school visit

With little published data, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.

How every group of students does here

At G. W. Hellyer Elementary in California, 35.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 33.1% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. G. W. Hellyer Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 2.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (33.5% Math proficient); Hispanic students (31.2% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 22.8 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 179 students tested.

All students at this school: 37% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 37%, district —, state 43%37%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 35%, district 29%, state 32%35% · −3 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 28%, district 20%, state 32%28% · −9 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 37%, district 33%, state 44%37% · +0 vs school
MaleMale: this school 37%, district 31%, state 42%37% · −0 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 14%, district 9%, state 11%14% · −23 vs school
AsianAsian: this school 71%, district 54%, state 72%71% · +33 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 12%, district 8%, state 15%12% · −25 vs school

7 of 15 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

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Subgroup growth by grade

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 3.7pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +5.8pp.

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path
Elementary
G. W. Hellyer Elementary
No score
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High School
No feeder data available for this level

Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 22:1, district 23:122:1
Teaching staff19 teachers
Avg. experience16.6 years
Fully credentialed83%
First-year teachers11%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$63,748 – $126,872
Principal salary$166,911 – $0
Superintendent salary$293,319

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $22,759, CA average $14,815$22,759 · spent at this school
Federal share$963 per student

$963 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$23,871 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction67%
Instruction support11%
Student services7%
Administration7%
Buildings & maintenance9%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$17,316 per pupil
2019$14,791 per pupil
2018$14,337 per pupil
2017$10,086 per pupil
2016$9,644 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Hispanic74.4%
District 61.6% · CA 56.1%
Asian19.6%
District 30.8% · CA 10.2%
Other4.9%
District 4.8% · CA 9.0%
White0.5%
District 1.5% · CA 19.9%
Black0.5%
District 1.3% · CA 4.8%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 80.9% (17pp above CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$101K · CA $85K
Median home value$851K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+24% · CA 35%
ZIP population57,202
Median age38 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 24% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.


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