Hamilton Meadow Park: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
Hamilton Meadow Park posts low test scores — and attendance holds near the state average — families haven't checked out. If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 24 | 9% | 26% | -9.9 | 7.1% | 2.9% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Hamilton Meadow Park scores 24 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 7th 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 “26% proficient” and call it done. Hamilton Meadow Park deserves a closer read. It sits at the 7th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
The headline number: 7.1% chronic absenteeism — versus 17.9% statewide. Attendance is the quietest strong signal a school can post.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 41st to the 7th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 26% meet the standard today, versus 40% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 37% | 23% | 35% | 31% | 31% |
| Grade 4 | 52% | 29% | 28% | 30% | 27% |
| Grade 5 | 29% | 34% | 31% | 22% | 30% |
| Grade 6 | 29% | 17% | 30% | 36% | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 48% | 52% | 34% | 48% | 42% |
| Grade 8 | 52% | 33% | 47% | 32% | 33% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 38% | 14% | 42% | 27% | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 58% | 28% | 25% | 32% | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 27% | 16% | 18% | 12% | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 28% | 14% | 22% | 25% | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 29% | 30% | 18% | 28% | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 31% | 9% | 28% | 16% | 22% |
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 6 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.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- 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 Hamilton Meadow Park in Novato, 29.1% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 34.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Hamilton Meadow Park trails its district average for low-income students by 5.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (18.5% Math proficient); Hispanic students (27.5% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 25.7 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 278 students tested.
10 of 16 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 falls by 2.7pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +7.6pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 4–6 students (12.8% vs 5.4%). 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 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
$825 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), 25% 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
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 50
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
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 | 55 | 18% | 13% | 27% | 42% | 31% | −12 |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 10% | 17% | 17% | 56% | 27% | −18 |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 5% | 25% | 28% | 42% | 30% | −18 |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 6% | 25% | 27% | 42% | 31% | −15 |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 8% | 34% | 25% | 32% | 42% | −5 |
| Grade 8 | 54 | 7% | 26% | 28% | 39% | 33% | −13 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 56 | 9% | 25% | 23% | 43% | 34% | −12 |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 8% | 13% | 32% | 47% | 21% | −21 |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 5% | 10% | 20% | 64% | 15% | −20 |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 13% | 4% | 29% | 54% | 17% | −18 |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 7% | 20% | 24% | 49% | 27% | −7 |
| Grade 8 | 54 | 13% | 9% | 30% | 48% | 22% | −10 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 113 | 5% | 19% | 50% | 26% |
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 | 278 | 29.1% | −5 | −9 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 251 | 27.5% | −6 | −11 |
| English Learners | 112 | 7.1% | −1 | −3 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Meadow Park ← | — | 24 | 9.1% | 26.3% | −9.9 | 2.9% |
| Novato Charter | 0.3 mi | 53 | 22.4% | 57.1% | +14.3 | 0.6% |
| Mary E. Silveira Elementary | 1.1 mi | 50 | 27.1% | 54.5% | −7.5 | 0.6% |
| Loma Verde Elementary | 1.2 mi | 48 | 22.5% | 45.5% | +2.1 | 0.3% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 39 | 41 | #3260 | 18.5% | 40.2% | 8.6% | 2.6% | -9.2pp |
| 2022 | 32 | 39 | #3528 | 8.4% | 24.0% | 19.3% | 4.5% | +6.4pp |
| 2023 | 25 | 13 | #4989 | 11.6% | 29.7% | 21.3% | 6.1% | -13.9pp |
| 2024 | 30 | 18 | #4707 | 10.6% | 25.7% | 9.0% | 4.4% | -12.1pp |
| 2025 | 24 | 7 | #5330 | 9.1% | 26.3% | 7.1% | 2.9% | -9.9pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 9.3% | 5.7% | -3.6pp |
| Male | 7.9% | 6.5% | -1.4pp |
| Asian | 0.0% | 10.5% | +10.5pp |
| Black/African American | 17.9% | 4.2% | -13.7pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 7.8% | 4.3% | -3.5pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 5.0% | 5.1% | +0.1pp |
| English Learners | 7.3% | 4.1% | -3.2pp |
| Homeless | 15.2% | 8.5% | -6.7pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 10.1% | 5.7% | -4.4pp |
| All Students | 8.6% | 6.1% | -2.5pp |
| Two or More Races | — | 25.0% | — |
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