Gravenstein Elementary: 65% of kids clear the bar — ahead of the state's 43%. But math slips between grade 3 and grade 5.
Gravenstein posts 65% meeting the standard, against 43% across the state. The number below is the one to ask about on a visit.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56 | 36% | 65% | -4.7 | 13.3% | 1.0% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Gravenstein Elementary scores 56 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 77th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🏫 Solid Base — Ask what the school does for a kid who's already meeting the standard with room to spare — steady proficiency across the board doesn't tell you whether the strongest kids are being pushed further.
Most rating sites would stop at “65% proficient” and call it done. Gravenstein deserves a closer read. It sits at the 77th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
Gravenstein's low-income kids hit 48.5% 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.
As a charter, Gravenstein enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 92nd to the 77th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 65% meet the standard today, versus 79% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 81% | 70% | 68% | 71% | 64% |
| Grade 4 | 80% | 73% | 76% | 67% | 65% |
| Grade 5 | 80% | 62% | 68% | 79% | 68% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 84% | 78% | 70% | 74% | 71% |
| Grade 4 | 77% | 63% | 76% | 62% | 68% |
| Grade 5 | 70% | 57% | 49% | 62% | 57% |
The story this school is actually telling
of students met or exceeded the standard, versus 42.7% statewide.
math proficiency runs 71% in grade 3 against 57% in grade 5, while reading holds (64% to 68%). The state average rises by +4.5pp over the same span.
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 falls 5.6pp across grades; the floor rises 4.3pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. The school's 5th graders aren't posting a wider lead than its 3rd graders. One question worth asking on a tour: are the strongest students being pushed, or coasting? A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Gravenstein's most underrated number
48.5% 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 5 things our score weighs
Ask the principal what changes between grade 3 and grade 5. Ask who teaches the older grades, and what the school does when a child starts falling behind.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- 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 Gravenstein Elementary in Sebastopol, 48.5% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 56.0% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Gravenstein Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 7.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (48.5% Math proficient); White students (71.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 47.0 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 66 students tested.
6 of 13 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.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 7.1pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +7.1pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. 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
$267 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
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 53% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Nearby Elementary 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.
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 | 78 | 38% | 26% | 23% | 13% | 64% | +21 |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 44% | 20% | 23% | 13% | 65% | +20 |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 33% | 35% | 19% | 13% | 68% | +20 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 78 | 32% | 38% | 15% | 14% | 71% | +25 |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 33% | 35% | 23% | 9% | 68% | +27 |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 34% | 23% | 25% | 18% | 57% | +22 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 79 | 25% | 28% | 43% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 66 | 48.5% | −7 | +10 |
| White | 142 | 71.8% | −6 | +10 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 68 | 50.0% | −2 | +11 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravenstein Elementary ← | — | 56 | 35.8% | 65.5% | −4.7 | 1.0% |
| Sebastopol Independent Charter | 3.4 mi | 52 | 22.7% | 47.9% | +28.3 | 0.5% |
| Sunridge Charter | 2.9 mi | 45 | 21.2% | 51.9% | +5.4 | 0.6% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 72 | 92 | #427 | 53.9% | 78.5% | 6.6% | 0.8% | -7.5pp |
| 2022 | 51 | 78 | #1256 | 36.9% | 67.2% | 12.6% | 0.0% | -14.5pp |
| 2023 | 54 | 78 | #1243 | 39.5% | 67.9% | 24.5% | 0.6% | -10.2pp |
| 2024 | 60 | 83 | #980 | 40.0% | 69.0% | 13.2% | 0.7% | -2.2pp |
| 2025 | 56 | 77 | #1306 | 35.8% | 65.5% | 13.3% | 1.0% | -4.7pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 9.0% | 14.6% | +5.6pp |
| Male | 3.8% | 11.3% | +7.5pp |
| Asian | 0.0% | 6.3% | +6.3pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 8.6% | 21.0% | +12.4pp |
| Two or More Races | 6.9% | 9.1% | +2.2pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 2.9% | 21.7% | +18.8pp |
| English Learners | 6.8% | 25.7% | +18.9pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 12.1% | 18.0% | +5.9pp |
| All Students | 6.5% | 13.0% | +6.5pp |
| Filipino | — | 27.3% | — |
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