Gratton Charter: The score is strong. The trajectory is stronger.
Gratton Charter pairs 59% proficiency with gains that hold up when the same students are tracked two years apart — the rare school that posts both.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 68 | 38% | 59% | +12.5 | 5.2% | 0.5% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Gratton Charter scores 68 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 90th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “59% proficient” and call it done. Gratton Charter deserves a closer read. It sits at the 90th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
The headline number: +12.5pp separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
As a charter, Gratton Charter enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Has held the 90th-percentile line every tested year since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 59% meet the standard today, versus 78% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 61% | 67% | 75% | 43% | 67% |
| Grade 4 | 92% | 85% | 60% | 83% | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 77% | 67% | 77% | 87% | 75% |
| Grade 6 | 64% | 50% | 57% | 67% | 79% |
| Grade 7 | 85% | 73% | 44% | 18% | 67% |
| Grade 8 | 64% | 60% | 55% | 75% | 58% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 61% | 67% | 58% | 36% | 67% |
| Grade 4 | 100% | 69% | 73% | 58% | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 77% | 67% | 85% | 73% | 83% |
| Grade 6 | 57% | 33% | 57% | 67% | 71% |
| Grade 7 | 46% | 45% | 44% | 55% | 75% |
| Grade 8 | 64% | 67% | 55% | 50% | 42% |
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask what changed — new curriculum, new principal, new program. Momentum has a cause, and a visit will find it.
- Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
- 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 Gratton Charter in Denair, 57.1% of white students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 53.8% district-wide and 61.8% statewide. Gratton Charter outperforms its district average for white students by 3.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: White students (57.1% Math proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 35 students tested.
8 of 10 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
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
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$1,450 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 111 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).
On the state's science test (CAST), 58% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
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 | 12 | 42% | 25% | 33% | 0% | 67% | +23 |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 15% | 15% | 38% | 31% | 31% | −14 |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 50% | 25% | 17% | 8% | 75% | +27 |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 21% | 57% | 21% | 0% | 79% | +32 |
| Grade 7 | 12 | 42% | 25% | 25% | 8% | 67% | +19 |
| Grade 8 | 12 | 8% | 50% | 33% | 8% | 58% | +12 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 12 | 33% | 33% | 33% | 0% | 67% | +21 |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 15% | 15% | 54% | 15% | 31% | −11 |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 75% | 8% | 17% | 0% | 83% | +48 |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 21% | 50% | 21% | 7% | 71% | +36 |
| Grade 7 | 12 | 33% | 42% | 25% | 0% | 75% | +41 |
| Grade 8 | 12 | 33% | 8% | 33% | 25% | 42% | +9 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 24 | 21% | 38% | 38% | 4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 35 | 57.1% | +3 | −5 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gratton Charter ← | — | 68 | 38.5% | 58.9% | +12.5 | 0.5% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 68 | 89 | #618 | 40.5% | 78.0% | 0.6% | 0.1% | +15.8pp |
| 2022 | 68 | 93 | #402 | 37.3% | 70.1% | 1.7% | 0.1% | +0.0pp |
| 2023 | 77 | 96 | #203 | 43.8% | 71.4% | 1.5% | 0.9% | +14.1pp |
| 2024 | 72 | 93 | #375 | 35.0% | 63.4% | 5.3% | 0.4% | +40.7pp |
| 2025 | 68 | 90 | #550 | 38.5% | 58.9% | 5.2% | 0.5% | +12.5pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0pp |
| Male | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0pp |
| All Students | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0pp |
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