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Golden Hills Elementary — Rating & test scores

20215 Park Road, Tehachapi · 663 students · Grades TK–5

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Scope Score 71

Needs SupportScope Score · 23rd percentile. Higher than 23 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

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 26% and 21% scored Proficient or Advanced, 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: 312 in English, 313 in math
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 Golden Hills a good elementary school?

Needs Support. Golden Hills is higher than most California elementary schools on progress in English. Golden Hills is lower than most on test results, progress in math and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced1626%
Math, Proficient or Advanced1721%
English, Advanced138%
Math, Advanced166%

Progress in a year, 2025

English52+3 pts
Math420 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance3121 in 100
Golden Hills’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Tehachapi Unified’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

2.8% of students (21 of 747) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Each bar is Golden Hills’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 suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 747. District and California figures are averages of school rates (4 Tehachapi Unified schools; 5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Golden Hills say about itself?

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

Open ghe.tehachapiusd.com (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 3 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored the same, which the state calls Average.

English

+3

points higher 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

Hispanic or Latino94+1 points
Low-income92+4 points
White83+7 points
Students with disabilities43+2 points
English learners14−12 points

Math

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

Hispanic or Latino94−6 points
Low-income92−8 points
White83+5 points
Students with disabilities43−17 points
English learners14−3 points

Grades 4 and 5, 2025, 186 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 3 points above that expected score, and in math right at that expected score. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 78th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

1 of the 3 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Golden Hills. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

4 elementary schools within 5.0 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Cummings ValleyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7863rd
  2. Golden HillsScope Score 7123rd
  3. TompkinsNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 6911th
  4. Tehachapi Independent Learning AcademySchool of choice · by applicationScope Score 6810th
Tehachapi UnifiedMagnet or school of choice

A magnet or other school of choice takes applications through its district.

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%0%25%50%75%100%

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 Golden Hills compare with schools like it?

Golden Hills’s Scope Score is 71. 620 California elementary schools, counting Golden Hills, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 77. Golden Hills’s result is higher than 49 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 620

  1. Students from low-income families: 51%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 51%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 52%

    Wedgeworth Elementary

    Hacienda Heights

    Scope Score 94Strong · 98th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 48%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 47%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

620 California public elementary schools where 44% to 56% 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 44% to 56% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Golden Hills’s share. The count includes Golden Hills. 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?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 27% to 26% and math from 22% to 21%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202641%42%46%CaliforniaCalifornia37%Tehachapi UnifiedDistrict26%Golden HillsGolden Hills

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%20172018201920222023202420252026Both 36%42%CaliforniaCalifornia31%Tehachapi UnifiedDistrict21%Golden HillsGolden Hills

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Tehachapi Unified’s line combines its 3 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. Tehachapi Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringGolden HillsTehachapi UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201742%41%45%363
201848%46%49%335
201940%42%50%351
202232%37%45%323
202331%37%44%311
202429%37%45%325
202527%39%46%320
202626%37%46%312
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringGolden HillsTehachapi UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201736%36%40%363
201831%34%42%334
201929%35%44%351
202222%29%38%322
202326%33%40%312
202420%29%41%323
202522%33%41%321
202621%31%42%313

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

26%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

5321188
Tehachapi Unified37%California46%

Math

21%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

522715
Tehachapi Unified31%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 26% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 21% 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).

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 Advanced26%26%26%
Advanced11%5%8%
Proficient15%21%18%
Developing level26%16%20%
Minimal48%58%54%
Tested11211189
California44%46%49%
Difference−18−20−23

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 Advanced23%20%20%
Advanced7%3%8%
Proficient16%17%12%
Developing level25%34%18%
Minimal52%46%62%
Tested11211289
California47%42%37%
Difference−24−22−17

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 school8%18%21%53%312
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Tehachapi Unified14%23%22%41%883
Math, grades 3–5 · This school6%15%27%52%313
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Tehachapi Unified10%21%28%41%885

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 312 tested in English, 313 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 52% of students. 149 of 720 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

21in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (149 of 720 students).

At the average Tehachapi Unified elementary school: 24 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Suspensions: 2.8% of students were suspended at least once (21 of 747). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

663

students in grades TK–5.

Hispanic or Latino 52%White 42%Two or more races 4%

Family income

50%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 334 of 663. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

31

teachers, with 7 years of experience on average.

6% were in their first year.

75% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

37%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (15 of 41 students).

Tehachapi Unified: 42%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino52%
White42%
Two or more races4%
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. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . 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: 21.6 of 28.9 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Four student groups scored well below the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • White136 tested32%California 60%
  • Hispanic or Latino156 tested20%California 36%
  • Low-income151 tested18%California 36%
  • Students with disabilities58 tested2%California 19%

32% of White students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 3–5, spring 2026), against 60% for the same group across California. Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students and students with disabilities also scored well below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–5 English, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–5 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Tehachapi Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 151 tested
English18%−826%−1836%
Math17%−623%−1431%
Hispanic or Latino · 156 tested in English, 155 in math
English20%−828%−1636%
Math14%−822%−1731%
White · 136 tested
English32%−1345%−2860%
Math29%−837%−2756%
Students with disabilities · 58 tested in English, 57 in math
English2%−79%−1719%
Math4%−59%−1418%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Tehachapi Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

English learners: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Golden Hills. 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.

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Golden Hills 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

57

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

Money

Where does the money go?

$15,173 for each student in 2023–24. California’s elementary schools spent $19,564 for each student. Tehachapi Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $45 million.

$15,173

for each student at this school, 2023–24
Spent at the school
$9,413
The school’s share of district office costs
$5,760
Of the total, from federal funds
$2,927
  • Golden Hills$15,173
  • Tehachapi Unified elementary schools$14,841
  • California elementary schools$19,564

The district and California figures combine their elementary schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 4,938 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2023–24. Funding records ↓

Tehachapi Unified’s yearly plan

$45million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$4million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 3 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $45 million of $69 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Tehachapi Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Golden Hills like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93561. They are not figures for the families at Golden Hills.

Typical household income in a year

$87,357

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 93561.

Typical home value
$408,800
People who live in this ZIP code
31,175
Typical age
41.8 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
29%

What you can do

Who can act on Golden Hills’ results?

Tehachapi Unified’s board decides Golden Hills’ plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Golden Hills in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving Tehachapi Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. The 2026 Dashboard flagged results for English learners on two measures: English, and progress in learning English. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Tehachapi Unified: CDE’s assistance status files for the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. 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 6 questions to Golden Hills. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?2.8% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (21 of 747 students); average California elementary school: 1.6%
  2. How much of each day do English learners spend learning English, and how do families see their progress?37% of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (15 of 41 students); California: 47%
  3. What extra help do Hispanic students get, and how do you know it’s working?14% of Hispanic students scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (155 students tested); the same group across California: 31%
  4. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Golden Hills, and how do I get in?

Ask Tehachapi Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Golden Hills Elementary
    Grades TK–5Scope Score 71Needs Support · 23rd percentile
  2. Middle
    Jacobsen Middle
    Scope Score 67Needs Support · 4th percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  3. High
    Tehachapi High
    Scope Score 74Developing · 43rd percentile · 2025Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Jacobsen Middle

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 67 · Needs Support · 4th percentile · middle · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • Tehachapi High

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    Scope Score 74 · Developing · 43rd percentile · high · 2025

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. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where the path ends: Tehachapi High
Tehachapi HighScope Score 74 · Developing · 43rd percentile · 2025estimated path

An inferred path through a middle-school overlap points to Tehachapi High. UC records 10 enrollees from Tehachapi High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 10 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. If a child starting here today later attended Tehachapi High, that would be around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 46% of the students who finished high school at Tehachapi High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

10 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 10 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Tehachapi High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Golden Hills?

Address
20215 Park Road, Tehachapi 93561Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Kendra BaileyAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 8, 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 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Tehachapi Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Golden Hills a good elementary school?

Golden Hills Elementary has a Scope Score of 71. It scored higher than 23 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Needs Support, 23rd percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 21 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 24 in 100 at the average Tehachapi Unified elementary school. 2.8% of students (21 of 747) 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 3 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored the same, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 186 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 18% of low-income students in grades 3–5 at Golden Hills Elementary in Tehachapi scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Golden Hills Elementary's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Jacobsen Middle. 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 doesn’t guarantee placement; confirm your address with the district.

  • Jacobsen Middle: Scope Score 67, Needs Support, 4th percentile among California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 results

See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 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
12
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 #4,377 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #2 of 4 in Tehachapi Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math7%3642%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math24%3523%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+82 scale-score pts6120%
Chronically absent21 in 100445%
Suspension rate2.8% (21 of 747)415%
English learners: top level0%255%

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. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

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
2025–267123#4377California 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)
2018–1910 in 1002.7% (21 of 780)−7
2021–22not on filenot on file−5
2022–23not on filenot on file+2
2023–2435 in 1001.0% (7 of 727)+10
2024–2528 in 1002.2% (16 of 727)+10
2025–2621 in 1002.8% (21 of 747)−2

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 · English3128%26%
2026 · Math3136%21%
2025 · English3208%27%
2025 · Math3217%22%
2024 · English32510%29%
2024 · Math3236%20%
2023 · English31113%31%
2023 · Math3126%26%
2022 · English32311%32%
2022 · Math3225%22%
2019 · English35116%40%
2019 · Math3517%29%
2018 · English33521%48%
2018 · Math3349%31%
2017 · English36319%42%
2017 · Math36313%36%

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 · English11823%
2025 · Grade 4 · English9322%
2025 · Grade 5 · English10936%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math11922%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math9314%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math10928%
2024 · Grade 3 · English10515%
2024 · Grade 4 · English11131%
2024 · Grade 5 · English10939%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math10418%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math11226%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math10715%
2023 · Grade 3 · English10930%
2023 · Grade 4 · English10024%
2023 · Grade 5 · English10239%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math10931%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math10020%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math10326%
2022 · Grade 3 · English9932%
2022 · Grade 4 · English10629%
2022 · Grade 5 · English11834%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math9928%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math10722%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math11617%
2019 · Grade 3 · English12139%
2019 · Grade 4 · English12435%
2019 · Grade 5 · English10645%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math12140%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math12427%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math10620%
2018 · Grade 3 · English11453%
2018 · Grade 4 · English11439%
2018 · Grade 5 · English10751%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math11339%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math11427%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math10725%
2017 · Grade 3 · English12448%
2017 · Grade 4 · English10546%
2017 · Grade 5 · English13434%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math12444%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math10537%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math13429%

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
Schoolwide896%10%55%29%

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: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income15118%−8−18
Hispanic or Latino15620%−8−16
White13632%−13−28
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 students+3186Average0186Average
English-only students+4169not categorized−2169not categorized
Hispanic or Latino+194Average−694Moderate
Low-income+492Average−892Moderate
White+783Accelerated+583Accelerated
Students with disabilities+243Average−1743Moderate
English learners−1214Moderate−314Average
English learners only−1214not categorized−614not categorized

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, and grade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3
4%
exceeded standard · 15% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 105 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
8%
Advanced · 26% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 89 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 89 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+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

186 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: +3 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math0 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

186 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: 0 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 · 28 in 100 → 2025–26 · 21 in 100 · −7 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 2.2% (16 of 727) → 2025–26 · 2.8% (21 of 747) · +0.6 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female10 in 10021 in 100+11 in 100
Male10 in 10021 in 100+11 in 100
Black or African American4 of 13——
Hispanic or Latino11 in 10027 in 100+16 in 100
White9 in 10015 in 100+6 in 100
Students with disabilities14 in 10029 in 100+15 in 100
English learners3 of 473 of 53—
Homeless2 of 116 of 13—
Low-income12 in 10028 in 100+16 in 100
All students10 in 10021 in 100+11 in 100
Two or more races—2 of 28—
Foster youth—3 of 13—

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$11,615 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 3,971 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

School-level federal expenditures$1,940 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2023–24 (2024) · source denominator: 677

Central federal expenditures attributed here$987 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2023–24 (2024) · source denominator: 677

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,433 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

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 55%Instruction support 10%Student services 13%Administration 10%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$35,708,27054.67%55%
Instruction support$6,679,27410.23%10%
Student services$8,269,34812.66%13%
Administration$6,373,6089.76%10%
Buildings & maintenance$7,451,30311.41%11%
Other$839,6841.29%1%
Total$65,321,486100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $65,321,486 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$11,615 per pupil
2020$11,071 per pupil
2019$10,710 per pupil
2018$10,066 per pupil
2017$9,793 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 holders6.9%

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 93561 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93561 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$87,357
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)29%
ZIP-area population31,175
Median age41.8 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 93561 →

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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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