Gorman Elementary: This school runs ahead of the state average. The bar itself is the harder conversation.
Gorman posts 44% meeting the standard against 43% statewide — ahead of most, with real headroom above the bar.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44 | 18% | 44% | — | 19.5% | 2.0% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Gorman Elementary scores 44 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 53rd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — 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.
Most rating sites would stop at “44% proficient” and call it done. Gorman deserves a closer read. The school sits in Gorman, where more than half of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 35.3% of English learners reached the top ELPAC level, versus 18.0% statewide.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 71st to the 53rd percentile since 2023.
| Grade | 2019 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | — | 62% | — | 47% |
| Grade 6 | 46% | 23% | — | 63% |
| Grade 7 | — | — | 43% | 58% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | — | 46% | — | 41% |
| Grade 6 | 31% | 15% | — | 47% |
| Grade 7 | — | — | 14% | 25% |
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Gorman Elementary in Gorman, 46.2% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 46.2% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Gorman Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 0.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (38.5% Math proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 26 students tested.
8 of 11 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly three times the rate of Grades 7–8 students (23.8% vs 7.1%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
The path below is estimated from nearby schools in the same district — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated K-12 path based on district and proximity. Actual attendance zones may differ. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
What gets spent here
$15,946 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 118 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), 43% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 24% | 24% | 6% | 47% | 47% | +2 |
| Grade 5 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 16% | 47% | 37% | 0% | 63% | +17 |
| Grade 7 | 12 | 17% | 42% | 8% | 33% | 58% | +11 |
| Grade 8 | 14 | 21% | 29% | 36% | 14% | 50% | +4 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 12% | 29% | 18% | 41% | 41% | −0 |
| Grade 5 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 21% | 26% | 42% | 11% | 47% | +12 |
| Grade 7 | 12 | 0% | 25% | 25% | 50% | 25% | −9 |
| Grade 8 | 14 | 7% | 36% | 29% | 29% | 43% | +11 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 21 | 14% | 29% | 48% | 10% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 26 | 46.2% | +0 | +8 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorman Elementary ← | — | 44 | 17.6% | 44.1% | — | 2.0% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 49 | 71 | #1662 | 23.1% | 53.9% | 25.5% | 1.1% | — |
| 2024 | 53 | 73 | #1525 | 19.7% | 44.2% | 21.8% | 5.5% | +11.5pp |
| 2025 | 44 | 53 | #2718 | 17.6% | 44.1% | 19.5% | 2.0% | — |
- — Growth data isn't available — the state needs matched grades across years to compute it.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 12.8% | 20.3% | +7.5pp |
| Male | 31.7% | 21.2% | -10.5pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 25.8% | 12.7% | -13.1pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 14.3% | 28.6% | +14.3pp |
| English Learners | 6.7% | 10.5% | +3.8pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 22.1% | 25.3% | +3.2pp |
| All Students | 21.6% | 20.8% | -0.8pp |
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