Great Valley Academy - Salida: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
Great Valley Academy - Salida posts low test scores — and grade 5 tests above grade 3 here this year, by 3.8pp. If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
Great Valley Academy - Salida scores 33 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 25th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “29% proficient” and call it done. Great Valley Academy - Salida deserves a closer read. The school sits in Modesto, where one in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.
As a charter, Great Valley Academy - Salida enrolls by application, not address — the score reads the same, the enrollment path doesn't.
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 5 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 52
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 21.6pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: -1.4pp.
Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Funding Breakdown
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
Frequently asked questions
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A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
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 | 97 | 9% | 19% | 33% | 39% | 28% | −16 |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 27% | 18% | 26% | 30% | 45% | +0 |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 13% | 23% | 25% | 39% | 36% | −12 |
| Grade 6 | 93 | 5% | 31% | 29% | 34% | 37% | −10 |
| Grade 7 | 95 | 3% | 22% | 24% | 51% | 25% | −22 |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 10% | 30% | 29% | 32% | 39% | −7 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 96 | 5% | 9% | 27% | 58% | 15% | −31 |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 10% | 27% | 35% | 29% | 37% | −5 |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 7% | 8% | 32% | 54% | 14% | −21 |
| Grade 6 | 92 | 10% | 15% | 25% | 50% | 25% | −10 |
| Grade 7 | 94 | 6% | 11% | 26% | 57% | 17% | −17 |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 4% | 9% | 39% | 48% | 13% | −20 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 185 | 4% | 13% | 64% | 19% |
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 | 171 | 31.6% | −8 | −7 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 319 | 33.8% | −6 | −5 |
| White | 165 | 36.4% | −7 | −25 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Valley Academy - Salida ← | — | 33 | 11.8% | 29.0% | +3.8 | 3.4% |
| Colony Oak Elementary | 2.4 mi | 61 | 26.3% | 53.2% | −1.4 | 1.6% |
| Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary | 3 mi | 48 | 15.0% | 39.9% | −9.6 | 0.1% |
| Sisk Elementary | 0.9 mi | 46 | 16.7% | 40.6% | −9.8 | 0.8% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.