Public school · Happy Valley Elementary · Santa Cruz, California

Happy Valley Elementary — Rating & test scores

Santa Cruz · TK–6 · 106 students (2024–25)

3125 Branciforte Drive, 95065hvesd.com ↗(831) 429-1456
96thpercentileStrong

The dots are California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
77

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of four of the six elementary school measures.

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Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 81% and 85% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 46% and 42%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 52 in English, 53 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

This rating covers grades 3–5. Happy Valley Elementary teaches TK–6: grade 6 results ↓

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In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 50% of students tested in English and 53% in math scored Advanced, against 24% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources
The sentence above
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 3–5: 52 in English, 53 in math. California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Happy Valley Elementary which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Happy Valley Elementary a good elementary school?

Happy Valley Elementary scores higher than 96 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 96th percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 17 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 17 in 100 at the average California elementary school. 0 of 113 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (3)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

About as expected, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored −4 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored −3 points, which it calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 46 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 80% of White students in grades 3 and 4 at Happy Valley Elementary in Santa Cruz scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 58% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 81% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 85% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 52 in English, 53 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 3–5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English, 1,211,701 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 52 tested

Advanced
50%
Proficient
31%
Below the standard
19%
This school81%
California46%

81% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 53 tested

Advanced
53%
Proficient
32%
Below the standard
15%
This school85%
California42%

85% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–6 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced82%75%87%
Advanced65%50%33%
Proficient17%25%54%
Developing level18%20%13%
Minimal0%5%0%
Tested172015
California44%46%49%
Difference+38+29+38
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced100%
Advanced45%
Proficient55%
Developing level0%
Minimal0%
Tested11
California48%
Difference+52

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced94%81%80%
Advanced71%43%47%
Proficient23%38%33%
Developing level6%14%13%
Minimal0%5%7%
Tested172115
California47%42%37%
Difference+47+39+43
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced82%
Advanced55%
Proficient27%
Developing level18%
Minimal0%
Tested11
California37%
Difference+45

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

School patterns · grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · What patterns mean

High ceilingA high share of students here scored Advanced, the state’s top level. The English and math cards above give each figure.
Broad baseMost students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

How does grade 6 do?

In grade 6, spring 2026, all students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 82% in math, against 48% and 37% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years.

English

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 11 tested

Advanced
45%
Proficient
55%
Below the standard
0%
This school100%
California48%

100% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Math

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 11 tested

Advanced
55%
Proficient
27%
Below the standard
18%
This school82%
California37%

82% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Have results changed?

English results were higher than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 76% to 81% and math from 84% to 85%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202576%50 tested
→
202681%52 tested

This school

California, same grades46% → 46%2025 → 2026 · 1,232,086 → 1,208,894 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202584%50 tested
→
202685%53 tested

This school

California, same grades41% → 42%2025 → 2026 · 1,241,652 → 1,211,701 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

About as expected, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored −4 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored −3 points, which it calls Average.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 46
Comparison
Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 4–6 · 2025 · 46 students with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

−4 pts

English

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

−3 pts

Math

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

Ask: How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school50%31%17%2%52
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
Math, grades 3–5 · This school53%32%11%4%53
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
English, grade 6 · This school45%55%0%0%11
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
Math, grade 6 · This school55%27%18%0%11
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

English and math results for the tested grades. These do not measure the experience in kindergarten or the early grades.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown · Grades 3–5 are well above California. Grade 6 is also well above it

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202681%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202685%42%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 3–5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 78% in 2017 to 81% in 2026. In math, it went from 67% in 2017 to 85% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201778%
55 tested		45%
1,384,680 tested
201882%
51 tested		49%
1,346,907 tested
201986%
51 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202290%
48 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202392%
52 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202480%
56 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202576%
50 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
202681%
52 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201767%
55 tested		40%
1,392,040 tested
201875%
51 tested		42%
1,352,321 tested
201982%
51 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
202269%
48 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202373%
52 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202475%
56 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202584%
50 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
202685%
53 tested		42%
1,211,701 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 4 points below that expected score, and in math 3 points below it.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

17 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average California elementary school, 17 in 100 were. 0 of 113 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 19 of 113 students counted for it; suspension: 0 of 113 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

17 in 100This school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

19 of 113 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

No district average: Happy Valley Elementary is the only regular elementary school we rank in the Happy Valley Elementary district with an attendance record.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0 of 113

students were suspended at least once. Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Happy Valley Elementary

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questionsResponder en español

Teach here? Tell us Happy Valley Elementary’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Student groups, grades 3–6, spring 2026

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 3–6; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Happy Valley ElementarySame group, California
  • WhiteEnglish · 30 tested80%Same group, California 58%
  • WhiteMath · 31 tested87%Same group, California 59%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6, spring 2026. White students: grades 3 and 4 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 73%2. Hispanic or Latino: 14%Unallocated share: 13%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White73%
  2. Hispanic or Latino14%
  3. Asian—
  4. Black or African American—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share13%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Who are the families and teachers?

8%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 8 of 106. California: 63%.

10teachers, 2024–25

14 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

92%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–6 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Happy Valley Elementaryvs California
White · 30 tested in English, 31 in math · grades 3 and 4 only
English80%080%+2258%
Math87%087%+2859%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Happy Valley Elementary, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

No published rate here for low-income, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners, students with disabilities and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
White73%
Hispanic or Latino14%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 92% of teaching positions, 7 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 7.5 total position FTE (FTEs as rounded by the source; the share is CDE’s own). This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask Happy Valley Elementary which school serves your address.

School website: hvesd.com ↗Office: (831) 429-1456Administrator: Michelle Stewart

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
3125 Branciforte Drive, Santa Cruz 95065

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Happy Valley Elementary.

Questions for your visit

  1. How many K–2 students did screening find at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help?
  2. How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?
  5. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (831) 429-14563125 Branciforte Drive, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby elementary schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest elementary schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby elementary schoolsPercentile among California elementary schools, 2026

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

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Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #208 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math51%7842%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math83%8023%
Chronically absent17 in 100505%
Suspension rate0 of 113615%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)-4.9pp—not scored

Index is where the school's value sits among the California elementary schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. The weights above add to 75%: the remaining 25%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267796#208California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–194 in 1000 of 114−13
2021–22not on filenot on file−31
2022–23not on filenot on file−16
2023–2419 in 1000 of 123−13
2024–2519 in 1000.9% (1 of 108)0
2025–2617 in 1000 of 113−5

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English6349%84%
2026 · Math6453%84%
2025 · English6546%80%
2025 · Math6538%83%
2024 · English6746%82%
2024 · Math6745%75%
2023 · English6256%90%
2023 · Math6250%73%
2022 · English6758%87%
2022 · Math6728%64%
2019 · English6269%87%
2019 · Math6256%79%
2018 · English6837%84%
2018 · Math6837%74%
2017 · English7146%80%
2017 · Math7130%70%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English1878%
2025 · Grade 4 · English1861%
2025 · Grade 5 · English1493%
2025 · Grade 6 · English1593%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math1894%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math1878%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math1479%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math1580%
2024 · Grade 3 · English1782%
2024 · Grade 4 · English1771%
2024 · Grade 5 · English2286%
2024 · Grade 6 · English1191%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math1788%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math1782%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math2259%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math1173%
2023 · Grade 3 · English16100%
2023 · Grade 4 · English2085%
2023 · Grade 5 · English1694%
2023 · Grade 6 · English10—
2023 · Grade 3 · Math1688%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math2070%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math1662%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math10—
2022 · Grade 3 · English19100%
2022 · Grade 4 · English1782%
2022 · Grade 5 · English1283%
2022 · Grade 6 · English1979%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math1995%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math1753%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math1250%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math1953%
2019 · Grade 3 · English1894%
2019 · Grade 4 · English1776%
2019 · Grade 5 · English1688%
2019 · Grade 6 · English1191%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math1894%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math1776%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math1675%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math1164%
2018 · Grade 3 · English1989%
2018 · Grade 4 · English1776%
2018 · Grade 5 · English1580%
2018 · Grade 6 · English1788%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math1989%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math1759%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math1573%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math1771%
2017 · Grade 3 · English2167%
2017 · Grade 4 · English1593%
2017 · Grade 5 · English1979%
2017 · Grade 6 · English1688%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math2171%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math1560%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math1968%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math1681%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide1520%40%40%0%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
White3080%0+22
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students−446Average−346Average
English-only students−545not categorized−445not categorized
White−332Average−532Average

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4–6. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−4 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–6

46 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −4 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math−3 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–6

46 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −3 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4–6, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 19 in 100 → 2025–26 · 17 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.9% (1 of 108) → 2025–26 · 0 of 113 · −0.9 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female4 in 10015 in 100+11 in 100
Male5 in 10019 in 100+14 in 100
Two or more races5 in 100——
White4 in 10018 in 100+14 in 100
Low-income0 in 10019 in 100+19 in 100
All students4 in 10017 in 100+13 in 100
Hispanic or Latino—12 in 100—
Students with disabilities—5 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$13,933 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 105 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$490 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 106

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,031 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 63%Instruction support 16%Student services 2%Administration 12%Buildings & maintenance 7%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$1,352,49863.35%63%
Instruction support$339,92015.92%16%
Student services$54,0762.53%2%
Administration$246,65511.55%12%
Buildings & maintenance$141,9256.65%7%
Total$2,135,074100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $2,135,074 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$13,933 per pupil
2020$13,345 per pupil
2019$13,463 per pupil
2018$12,217 per pupil
2017$11,352 per pupil
Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 95065 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95065 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$153,222
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)53%
ZIP-area population7,997
Median age43.6 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 95065 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 5,726 elementary schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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