Grace Miller Elementary: High scores, real growth, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.
Grace Miller posts 46.3% exceeding the standard — versus 21.3% statewide — with climate numbers better than most. That doesn't make it perfect. It makes it worth a visit to find what numbers can't measure.
Grace Miller Elementary scores 72 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 93rd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “75% proficient” and call it done. Grace Miller deserves a closer read. The school sits in La Verne, where two in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Grace Miller's low-income kids hit 69.9% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding rises 29.0pp across grades; the floor rises 19.6pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Grace Miller's most underrated number
69.9% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 65
Nearby Middle Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 48
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
The community around it
Student demographics
3 more gaps by subject
Subgroups with fewer than 15 students are excluded for privacy. Gaps of less than 3 percentage points are not shown.
Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.
Subgroup Growth by Grade
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 30.1pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +5.3pp.
Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Funding Breakdown
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
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For the data nerdsEvery number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
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 | 75 | 31% | 33% | 25% | 11% | 64% | +21 |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 52% | 32% | 12% | 4% | 84% | +39 |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 60% | 24% | 12% | 4% | 84% | +36 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 75 | 35% | 40% | 23% | 3% | 75% | +29 |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 55% | 26% | 17% | 1% | 81% | +40 |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 46% | 19% | 25% | 10% | 65% | +29 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 68 | 35% | 26% | 35% | 3% |
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 | 93 | 69.9% | +7 | +32 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 136 | 73.5% | +5 | +35 |
| White | 45 | 84.4% | +5 | +23 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Miller Elementary ← | — | 72 | 46.3% | 75.4% | +4.8 | 0.1% |
| Oak Mesa Elementary | 1.5 mi | 72 | 49.0% | 80.0% | −2.0 | 0.4% |
| J. Marion Roynon Elementary | 0.6 mi | 63 | 41.1% | 68.4% | −2.2 | 1.3% |
| La Verne Heights Elementary | 0.9 mi | 60 | 39.3% | 68.4% | −9.2 | 1.2% |
| California average | — | 43 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |