Math
43%Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced
Public elementary school
Garfield Elementary
Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.
50% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 43% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.
SchoolScope archetype
Building Momentum
What this means for your family
This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
How archetypes are assigned →Data sources · Methodology · State tests: 2025
Contact
Phone(415) 291-7924
Websitesfusd.edu (opens in new tab)
DistrictSan Francisco Unified
PrincipalKaren Maruoka
GradesTK-5
Enrollment176 students
English
50%Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced
Students
176Total enrollment
Chronic absence
25%Students absent 10% or more of school days
What are you trying to decide?
The overall score is a starting point.
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What do the results tell us?
2025 results · Grades 3 & 5 · weighted by students tested within each subject.
Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →
Share at Proficient or Advanced
● Math┄ English
Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.
Exact annual results
| Year | Math | English |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 66% | 63% |
| 2022 | 49% | 57% |
| 2023 | 62% | 58% |
| 2024 | 53% | 63% |
| 2025 | 43% | 50% |
Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.
How achievement is distributed
AdvancedStandard Exceeded
24%ProficientStandard Met
20%DevelopingStandard Nearly Met
20%MinimalStandard Not Met
37%AdvancedStandard Exceeded
23%ProficientStandard Met
27%DevelopingStandard Nearly Met
17%MinimalStandard Not Met
33%Achievement-level percentages are not percentiles. “Developing” here is a test achievement level, separate from the SchoolScope performance band with the same name.
Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025
Slipped from the 80th to the 64th percentile since 2019.
Most rating sites would stop at “51% proficient” and call it done. Garfield deserves a closer read. More than half of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
73 tested · 3 of 3 grades published · no cohort tracked
Garfield Elementary scores 42 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 64th percentile of 5,721 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 51% meet the standard today, versus 64% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
Percentile among 5,721 elementary schools statewide
ELAYellow(Increased)MathYellow(Increased)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 55% | 43% | 52% | 50% | 44% |
| Grade 4 | 56% | 69% | 37% | 54% | 52% |
| Grade 5 | 71% | 70% | 65% | 71% | 56% |
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 68% | 53% | 60% | 53% | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 70% | 56% | 41% | 60% | 67% |
| Grade 5 | 65% | 45% | 65% | 54% | 54% |
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25
More than half of students here meet the standard. One in four clear it by a lot.
ELA51% met or exceeded
Exceeded 26%Met 25%Nearly Met 19%Not Met 30%
Math50% met or exceeded
Exceeded 25%Met 25%Nearly Met 17%Not Met 33%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California elementary schools · average21% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42 | 26% | 51% | — | 25.5% | 0.7% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 39 | 21% | 43% | — | 17.9% | 1.6% |
This schoolCA avg
Scope4239
% Exceeded26%21%
% Met+51%43%
Growth——
Absence25.5%17.9%
Suspension0.7%1.6%
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25
California's own growth model places it near the 90th percentile of elementary schools.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
California runs its own growth model — it follows individual children in grades 4 through 8 and compares each one against a prediction from their own prior scores. On that measure this school sits well above the middle of California elementary schools in reading and math together. We show it; we don't score it.
— pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California elementary school lands at +2 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −5 and +9 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.
California's growth model, ranked against the schools it scores
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: +18 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 93rd percentile of 7,519 reported schools.93rd pctile · +18 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: +16 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 87th percentile of 7,518 reported schools.87th pctile · +16 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field
Students & opportunity
Who shares in the school’s results?
Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25
How every group of students does here
At Garfield Elementary in San Francisco, 48.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 38.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Garfield Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 9.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (45.8% Math proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 25 students tested.
Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 50% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 50%, district —, state 43%50%
FemaleFemale: this school 38%, district 50%, state 44%38% · −12 vs school
MaleMale: this school 57%, district 49%, state 42%57% · +7 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 47%, district 36%, state 32%47% · −3 vs school
AsianAsian: this school 63%, district 69%, state 72%63% · +12 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 45%, district 22%, state 32%45% · −5 vs school
7 of 13 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
this school district, same group California, same group
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Student-group results by grade
Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 20.8pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +9.2pp.
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The daily experience
What is it like to be a student here?
Students per teacher
Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.
Teacher experience
Average teacher experience in the published staffing record. It does not measure individual teacher effectiveness.
Chronically absent
The share of students absent for at least 10% of their enrolled school days. Attendance reflects both school and out-of-school circumstances.
The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25
About 16 students for every teacher here.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
Students per teacher16 · district 22
Teaching staff14 teachers
Avg. experience12.9 years
Fully credentialed85%
First-year teachers7%
PrincipalKaren Maruoka
ShowHide what the district pays
Teacher salary schedule$69,525 – $131,654
Principal salary$150,963 – $163,648
Superintendent salary$328,879
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
Attendance & discipline · 2024–25
Kids here miss more school, and get suspended less, than the state average.
25.5% of students miss a month or more of school, versus 17.9% statewide. High absence often tracks community stress — the data can't say why.
Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 25.5%, district 25.8%, state 17.9%25.5% · +7.6pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 0.7%, district —, state 1.6%0.7% · −0.9pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
ShowHide attendance by student group and by grade
Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–624.5%
TK/K36.4%
Resources & neighborhood
What sits behind the school experience?
Explore school spending and the district budget
What gets spent · FY 2024–25
It spends $30,173 per student, more than the California average.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $30,173, CA average $14,491$30,173 · spent at this school
District current expense · FY 2024–25$26,762 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 60%Instruction support 12%Student services 15%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 7%Other 1%
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$17,416 per pupil
2019$17,139 per pupil
2018$17,228 per pupil
2017$13,640 per pupil
2016$11,532 per pupil
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood · ACS 2024
More than half of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
Worth knowing
At 176 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 36% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.
Hispanic or Latino21.6% · district 36.7% · CA 56.1%
White6.8% · district 13.1% · CA 19.9%
Asian36.9% · district 27.7% · CA 10.2%
Black8.5% · district 7.3% · CA 4.8%
Other26.1% · district 15.1% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch53.4% · CA 64%
Median income$87K · CA $85K
Median home value$1.56M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+55% · CA 35%
ZIP population23,804
Median age46 years
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Culture & philosophy
What is the school’s approach?
School-stated approach · questions for your visit
Look beyond the brochure
A source-reviewed culture summary is not available for this profile yet. Ask how teaching, student support and family communication work day to day.
Read the school’s own website ↗Family voices
What would you want another family to know about the daily experience here?
Ask a current family: “When your child needs help, how does the school respond?”
Educator voices
What should families understand about teaching, support and the school community?
Ask an educator: “How do you adapt a typical day for children with different needs?”
Compare nearby schools
What are the alternatives?
Compare schools serving the same grade stage. Private schools have no comparable state-test score.
2025 · elementary schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.
No nearby schools in this category are listed. The school being viewed stays visible for reference.
| School | Type | Performance band | Advanced | Proficient or Advanced | Distance | Select |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Elementary | Public | Solid | 26% | 51% | School being viewed | |
| Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila | Public | Strong | 59% | 81% | 3.0 mi | |
| Lilienthal (Claire) Elementary | Public | Strong | 51% | 74% | 2.0 mi | |
| Chin (John Yehall) Elementary | Public | Strong | 55% | 81% | 0.3 mi |
More nearby public and private options
Your other options
Your other options
Nearby public schools across grade levels, plus private options within 10 miles.
Private schools do not receive a Scope Score or statewide ranking on SchoolScope.
20 private schools within 10 miles
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What should I check before applying?
- District public
- Confirm the attendance boundary and any permit options.
- Charter
- Check applications, priorities and deadlines with each school.
- Private
- Confirm admission requirements, tuition and financial aid.
Moving & enrollment
Which schools could serve my child?
Check your address with the district
School location and nearby schools do not establish attendance eligibility. Confirm boundaries and permit requirements with San Francisco Unified.
District information →School website →Schools across the K–12 journey
Elementary · K–5
Middle · 6–8
Brown Jr. (Willie L) MiddlePublished boundary overlapScope Score 42/100
Giannini (A.P.) MiddlePublished boundary overlapScope Score 63/100
Aptos MiddlePublished boundary overlapScope Score 57/100
Francisco MiddlePublished boundary overlapScope Score 33/100
Hoover (Herbert) MiddlePublished boundary overlapScope Score 51/100
Denman (James) MiddlePublished boundary overlapScope Score 26/100
Lick (James) MiddlePublished boundary overlapScope Score 25/100
Marina MiddlePublished boundary overlapScope Score 47/100
King Jr. (Martin Luther) Academic MiddlePublished boundary overlapScope Score 24/100
Presidio MiddlePublished boundary overlapScope Score 65/100
Roosevelt MiddlePublished boundary overlapScope Score 65/100
Visitacion Valley MiddlePublished boundary overlapScope Score 12/100
Everett MiddlePublished boundary overlapScope Score 12/100
High school · 9–12
Marshall (Thurgood) HighPublished boundary overlapScope Score 25/100
Lincoln (Abraham) HighPublished boundary overlapScope Score 66/100
Balboa HighPublished boundary overlapScope Score 60/100
Galileo HighPublished boundary overlapScope Score 58/100
Washington (George) HighPublished boundary overlapScope Score 68/100
Lowell HighPublished boundary overlapScope Score 87/100
Mission HighPublished boundary overlapScope Score 34/100
O'Connell (John) HighPublished boundary overlapScope Score 29/100
Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional HighPublished boundary overlapScope Score 59/100
Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic HighPublished boundary overlapScope Score 55/100
The road from this school ends at Marshall (Thurgood) High, which sent 5 graduates to UC campuses last fall and teaches 5 AP subjects. Those numbers describe past cohorts — a child starting here today would reach Marshall (Thurgood) High around 2035, and 10 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 57% of Marshall (Thurgood) High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.
5 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 5 AP subjects taught → full record on Marshall (Thurgood) High's page
Source: UC & College Board
Source: sabs_2016. Schools are grouped by grade stage. Nearby schools are not confirmed feeder links or address assignments. Verify the current path and eligibility with the district.
Plan your next step
What should I do next?
Worth a school visit
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- 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.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Is Garfield Elementary a good elementary school?
Garfield Elementary has a Scope Score of 42 out of 100, placing it in the 64th percentile of California elementary schools and ranked #2,033 statewide. 26.0% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 4.7 percentage points above the California average of 21.4%. The Scope Score weights 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard (42%), met or exceeded (proficient) (23%), grade 3-to-5 growth (20%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Garfield Elementary's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 51.2% of students at Garfield Elementary met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 26.0% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 25.2% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 26.0% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 145 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Garfield Elementary rank in California?
Garfield Elementary ranks #2,033 among California elementary schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 64th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), grade-level growth (Grade 3 to grade 5 growth), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Garfield Elementary?
25.5% of students at Garfield Elementary are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 17.9%. The suspension rate is 0.7%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Garfield Elementary compare to other schools in San Francisco?
Garfield Elementary scores 42/100 (64th percentile) among California elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 176 students. Use the schools in San Francisco page or the map view to compare all elementary schools nearby.
How does Garfield Elementary serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Garfield Elementary in San Francisco, 48.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 38.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Garfield Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 9.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (45.8% Math proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 25 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
What middle school does Garfield Elementary feed into?
By attendance boundary, Garfield Elementary is zoned to Brown Jr. (Willie L) Middle, Giannini (A.P.) Middle, and Aptos Middle. Scope Scores: Brown Jr. (Willie L) Middle 42, Giannini (A.P.) Middle 63, Aptos Middle 57 out of 100. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education's School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.
Use the published evidence to prepare questions, then verify fit and access with the school.
Behind the evidence
Inspect the full record
Public sources, visible methods and the underlying school record. Source years and limitations stay attached to the evidence.
How the Scope Score is calculated
On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.
What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25
The 6 things our score weighs
| What we weigh | Here | State | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exceeded standard | 26.0% | 21.4% | 42% |
| Met or exceeded | 51.2% | 42.7% | 23% |
| Chronic absenteeism | 25.5% | 17.9% | 5% |
| Suspension rate | 0.7% | 1.6% | 5% |
| EL proficiency (ELPAC) | 19.1% | 18.0% | 5% |
| Grade gap (G3→G5, different students) | +16.2pp | -2.9pp | — |
Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built
A closer look at the evidence
Garfield Elementary: reading the evidence
Garfield posts 51% meeting the standard, and 26.0% going well past it. Most kids here keep up. Fewer get pushed further. Ask the school what it does for a child who already finds the work easy.
Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.
This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Explore the underlying data →Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.
Garfield Elementary is ranked #2,033 statewide · #37 of 74 in San Francisco Unified.
01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
| Factor | School | State | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exceeded standard | 26.0% | 21.4% | 42% |
| Met or exceeded | 51.2% | 42.7% | 23% |
| Chronic absenteeism | 25.5% | 17.9% | 5% |
| Suspension rate | 0.7% | 1.6% | 5% |
| EL proficiency (ELPAC) | 19.1% | 18.0% | 5% |
| Grade gap (G3→G5, different students) | +16.2pp | -2.9pp | not scored |
- Exceeded standard
- ↑ vs CA 21.4% · index 54 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
- Met or exceeded
- ↑ vs CA 42.7% · index 56 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
- Chronic absenteeism
- ↓ vs CA 17.9% · index 38 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▲ 0.2pp higher vs 2024
- Suspension rate
- ↑ vs CA 1.6% · index 58 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▲ 0.4pp higher vs 2024
- EL proficiency (ELPAC)
- ↑ vs CA 18.0% · index 52 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
- Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)
- ↑ vs CA -2.9pp
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
ShowHide table 02 — By grade & subgroup
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 27 | 19% | 26% | 19% | 37% | 44% | +1 |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 33% | 19% | 24% | 24% | 52% | +8 |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 28% | 28% | 16% | 28% | 56% | +8 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 27 | 19% | 15% | 22% | 44% | 33% | −12 |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 29% | 38% | 10% | 24% | 67% | +25 |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 29% | 25% | 17% | 29% | 54% | +19 |
We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schoolwide | 22 | 23% | 14% | 59% | 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.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 25 | 48.0% | +9 | +10 |
03Nearest elementary schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Grade gap | Cohort growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Elementary ← | — | 42 | 26.0% | 51.2% | +16.2pp | — | 0.7% |
| Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila | 3 mi | 82 | 59.2% | 81.0% | +25.6pp | — | 0.1% |
| Lilienthal (Claire) Elementary | 2 mi | 69 | 51.1% | 74.1% | +11.0pp | — | 0.4% |
| Chin (John Yehall) Elementary | 0.3 mi | 63 | 55.1% | 81.3% | −11.5pp | — | 0.2% |
| California average | — | 39 | 21.4% | 42.7% | −2.9pp | — | 1.6% |
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
ShowHide table 04 — More measures
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Grade gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 56 | 80 | #1119 | 37.4% | 63.9% | 15.0% | 0.2% | +6.7pp |
| 2022 | 51 | 77 | #1331 | 30.2% | 56.0% | 35.7% | 0.2% | +9.3pp |
| 2023 | 52 | 78 | #1237 | 34.0% | 53.3% | 28.9% | 0.2% | +8.7pp |
| 2024 | 52 | 78 | #1282 | 28.4% | 57.0% | 25.3% | 0.3% | +11.0pp |
| 2025 | 42 | 64 | #2033 | 26.0% | 51.2% | 25.5% | 0.7% | +16.2pp |
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 18.0% | 34.2% | +16.2pp |
| Male | 13.3% | 22.0% | +8.7pp |
| Asian | 6.7% | 13.2% | +6.5pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 32.4% | 25.6% | -6.8pp |
| Two or More Races | 10.7% | 32.3% | +21.6pp |
| White | 12.5% | 38.5% | +26.0pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 20.6% | 34.0% | +13.4pp |
| English Learners | 9.3% | 26.2% | +16.9pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 22.8% | 32.2% | +9.4pp |
| All Students | 15.7% | 27.0% | +11.3pp |
| Black/African American | — | 64.7% | — |
| Filipino | — | 18.2% | — |
06California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
ShowHide table 06 — California growth model, by student group
| Group | Reading | n | CDE band | Math | n | CDE band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Students | +18 | 40 | Accelerated | +16 | 39 | Accelerated |
| English Only | +29 | 21 | not categorised | +16 | 20 | not categorised |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | +15 | 20 | Accelerated | +12 | 19 | Accelerated |
| Asian | +7 | 16 | Accelerated | +11 | 16 | Accelerated |
| English Learner | +10 | 16 | Accelerated | +20 | 16 | Exceptional |
| Hispanic or Latino | +20 | 12 | Exceptional | +10 | 12 | Accelerated |
Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a growth score — published by CDE, held back from the narrative sections above because at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.
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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=5,721 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-09-18
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