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Harding University Partnership — Rating & test scores

1625 Robbins Street, Santa Barbara · 364 students · Grades TK–6

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Scope Score 81

SolidScope Score · 74th percentile. Higher than 74 in 100 of the 5,726 California public elementary schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Near California in English, well above in math: 49% and 55% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, against 46% and 42%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 129 in English, 131 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).

This rating covers grades 3–5. Harding University Partnership teaches TK–6.

Overview

Is Harding University Partnership a good elementary school?

Solid. Harding University Partnership is higher than most California elementary schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced6049%
Math, Proficient or Advanced7555%
English, Advanced6626%
Math, Advanced7731%

Progress in a year, 2025

English85+14 pts
Math90+19 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance6412 in 100
Harding University Partnership’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Santa Barbara Unified’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 4–6 scored higher than California students who had the same scores the year before, in English (+14 pts) and math (+19 pts). The state calls both results Accelerated.

Each bar is Harding University Partnership’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 139. 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.

In its own words

What does Harding University Partnership say about itself?

We haven’t read Harding University Partnership’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open harding.sbunified.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored 14 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 19 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

English

+14

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino118+11 points
Low-income116+9 points
English learners81+6 points
Students with disabilities25+1 points
Homeless Youth17+4 points

Math

+19

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino118+18 points
Low-income116+17 points
English learners81+23 points
Students with disabilities25+7 points
Homeless Youth17−8 points

Grades 4–6, 2025, 139 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

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 14 points above that expected score, and in math 19 points above 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.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

3 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Harding University Partnership. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 1.8 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. WashingtonNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8484th
  2. Peabody CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 8279th
  3. RooseveltNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8176th
  4. Harding University PartnershipScope Score 8174th
  5. Santa Barbara Community AcademyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7654th
  6. AdamsNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7550th
  7. MonroeNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7339th
  8. McKinleyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 6912th
Santa Barbara UnifiedCharter

A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%75%0%25%50%75%100%

7 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Harding University Partnership compare with schools like it?

Harding University Partnership’s Scope Score is 81. 1,155 California elementary schools, counting Harding University Partnership, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 72. Harding University Partnership’s result is higher than 1,079 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 1,155

  1. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 72%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 91st percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 90th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 76%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 90th percentile

1,155 California public elementary schools where 72% to 84% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public elementary school we score where 72% to 84% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Harding University Partnership’s share. The count includes Harding University Partnership. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

English results were similar to 2025; math results were higher. English went from 53% to 49% and math from 46% to 55%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 3–5. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202645%30%51%Santa Barbara UnifiedDistrict49%Harding University PartnershipThis school46%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202640%27%55%Harding University PartnershipThis school49%Santa Barbara UnifiedDistrict42%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Santa Barbara Unified’s line combines its 12 elementary schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. Santa Barbara Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringHarding University PartnershipSanta Barbara UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201730%45%45%148
201832%47%49%151
201937%47%50%150
202226%46%45%119
202334%48%44%152
202436%48%45%148
202553%51%46%139
202649%51%46%129
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringHarding University PartnershipSanta Barbara UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201727%40%40%147
201825%39%42%152
201935%42%44%150
202215%39%38%120
202335%43%40%158
202431%45%41%156
202546%47%41%145
202655%49%42%131

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in English; well above it in math.

English

49%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

26252326
Santa Barbara Unified51%California46%

Math

55%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

25202431
Santa Barbara Unified49%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 49% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 55% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

How does grade 6 do?

Above California in English; well above it in math. In grade 6, spring 2026, 55% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 51% in math, against 48% and 37% across California.

English

55%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

26193916
Santa Barbara Unified52%California48%

Math

51%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

33162922
Santa Barbara Unified48%California37%
Results for each grade, spring 2026

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 Advanced50%33%69%
Advanced27%15%40%
Proficient23%18%29%
Developing level29%28%14%
Minimal21%39%17%
Tested484635
California44%46%49%
Difference+6−13+20
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced55%
Advanced16%
Proficient39%
Developing level19%
Minimal26%
Tested62
California48%
Difference+7

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 Advanced76%33%54%
Advanced40%20%31%
Proficient36%13%23%
Developing level14%24%23%
Minimal10%43%23%
Tested504635
California47%42%37%
Difference+29−9+17
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced51%
Advanced22%
Proficient29%
Developing level16%
Minimal33%
Tested63
California37%
Difference+14

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.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school26%23%25%26%129
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Santa Barbara Unified27%24%22%27%1,783
Math, grades 3–5 · This school31%24%20%25%131
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Santa Barbara Unified24%25%26%25%1,784
English, grade 6 · This school16%39%19%26%62
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Santa Barbara Unified23%29%25%23%645
Math, grade 6 · This school22%29%16%33%63
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Santa Barbara Unified27%21%24%28%645

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 129 tested in English, 131 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 75% of students. 45 of 386 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

12in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (45 of 386 students).

At the average Santa Barbara Unified elementary school: 15 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Suspensions: 2.3% of students were suspended at least once (9 of 392). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

364

students in grades TK–6.

Hispanic or Latino 75%White 19%Two or more races 3%Not reported 3%

Family income

78%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 284 of 364. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

22

teachers, with 14 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

97% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

58%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (52 of 89 students).

Santa Barbara Unified: 50%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino75%
White19%
Two or more races3%
Not reported3%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 18.5 of 19 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students here scored well above the same groups across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 153 tested44%California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 155 tested47%California 30%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 154 tested43%California 37%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 158 tested45%California 30%

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 47% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 30% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students: 45% in math, against 30% for the same group across California.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–6 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Santa Barbara Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 153 tested in English, 155 in math
English44%+539%+836%
Math47%+1235%+1730%
Hispanic or Latino · 154 tested in English, 158 in math
English43%+637%+637%
Math45%+1035%+1530%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Santa Barbara Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

White students: fewer than 30 tested here. English learners, 31 tested in English and 33 in math: no rate for grade 6 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Harding University Partnership. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Harding University Partnership has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

42

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

Money

Where does the money go?

$19,886 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student. Santa Barbara Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $26 million.

$19,886

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$13,203
The school’s share of district office costs
$6,683
Of the total, from federal funds
$2,147
  • Harding University Partnership$19,886
  • Santa Barbara Unified elementary schools$18,267
  • California elementary schools$20,288

The district and California figures combine their elementary schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 5,053 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

Santa Barbara Unified’s yearly plan

$26million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$22million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 4 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $26 million of $263 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Santa Barbara Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Harding University Partnership like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93101. They are not figures for the families at Harding University Partnership.

Typical household income in a year

$90,148

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 93101.

Typical home value
$1,184,000
People who live in this ZIP code
31,554
Typical age
33.1 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
43%

What you can do

Who can act on Harding University Partnership’s results?

Santa Barbara Unified’s board decides Harding University Partnership’s plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Harding University Partnership in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 5 questions to Harding University Partnership. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What happens before a suspension, and who talks with the family?2.3% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (9 of 392 students); average Santa Barbara Unified elementary school: 0.8%
  2. What extra help do Hispanic students get, and how do you know it’s working?43% of Hispanic students scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grades 3–6, spring 2026 (154 students tested); the same group across California: 37%
  3. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Harding University Partnership, and how do I get in?

Ask Santa Barbara Unified which school serves your address. Next comes La Cumbre Junior High, then San Marcos Senior High.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Harding University Partnership
    Grades TK–6Scope Score 81Solid · 74th percentile
  2. Middle · assigned
    La Cumbre Junior High
    Scope Score 74Developing · 43rd percentile · 2026
  3. High · assigned
    San Marcos Senior High
    Scope Score 78Solid · 62nd percentile · 2025

Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

From the district’s 2024 attendance boundaries. A boundary doesn’t guarantee a place. Transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

High-school links

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

Where the path ends: San Marcos Senior High
San Marcos Senior HighScope Score 78 · Solid · 62nd percentile · 2025district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at San Marcos Senior High. UC records 46 enrollees from San Marcos Senior High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 22 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach San Marcos Senior High around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 83% of the students who finished high school at San Marcos Senior High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

46 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 22 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on San Marcos Senior High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Harding University Partnership?

Address
1625 Robbins Street, Santa Barbara 93101Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Veronica BinkleyAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated February 9, 2023.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Santa Barbara Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Harding University Partnership a good elementary school?

Harding University Partnership has a Scope Score of 81. It scored higher than 74 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Solid, 74th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 12 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 15 in 100 at the average Santa Barbara Unified elementary school. 2.3% of students (9 of 392) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored 14 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 19 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 139 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 44% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at Harding University Partnership in Santa Barbara scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2024 attendance boundaries, Harding University Partnership is zoned to La Cumbre Junior High. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • La Cumbre Junior High: Scope Score 74, Developing, 43rd percentile among California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 results

See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,453 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #5 of 12 in Santa Barbara Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math29%5742%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math52%5723%
Chronically absent12 in 100585%
Suspension rate2.3% (9 of 392)455%
English learners: top level27%645%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)-1.6pp—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 80%: the remaining 20%, 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
2025–268174#1453California 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)
2018–1912 in 1006.5% (27 of 415)−12
2021–22not on filenot on file+8
2022–23not on filenot on file−25
2023–2414 in 1002.5% (10 of 403)−28
2024–2514 in 1001.0% (4 of 385)−28
2025–2612 in 1002.3% (9 of 392)−2

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 · English19123%51%
2026 · Math19428%54%
2025 · English18625%49%
2025 · Math19424%45%
2024 · English19516%41%
2024 · Math20518%33%
2023 · English19013%37%
2023 · Math19714%36%
2022 · English16210%32%
2022 · Math1643%18%
2019 · English20316%38%
2019 · Math20212%36%
2018 · English20314%32%
2018 · Math20410%24%
2017 · English2047%26%
2017 · Math2035%24%

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 · English4264%
2025 · Grade 4 · English3557%
2025 · Grade 5 · English6242%
2025 · Grade 6 · English4738%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math4367%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math3741%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math6534%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math4943%
2024 · Grade 3 · English4151%
2024 · Grade 4 · English5927%
2024 · Grade 5 · English4833%
2024 · Grade 6 · English4755%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math4161%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math6317%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math5223%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math4939%
2023 · Grade 3 · English5742%
2023 · Grade 4 · English4524%
2023 · Grade 5 · English5032%
2023 · Grade 6 · English3850%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math6057%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math4929%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math4916%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math3938%
2022 · Grade 3 · English3915%
2022 · Grade 4 · English4624%
2022 · Grade 5 · English3441%
2022 · Grade 6 · English4349%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math4025%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math467%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math3415%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math4427%
2019 · Grade 3 · English4538%
2019 · Grade 4 · English5833%
2019 · Grade 5 · English4743%
2019 · Grade 6 · English5340%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math4549%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math5836%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math4719%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math5238%
2018 · Grade 3 · English5538%
2018 · Grade 4 · English4226%
2018 · Grade 5 · English5430%
2018 · Grade 6 · English5233%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math5545%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math4214%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math5513%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math5221%
2017 · Grade 3 · English4637%
2017 · Grade 4 · English5040%
2017 · Grade 5 · English5215%
2017 · Grade 6 · English5614%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math4648%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math5026%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math518%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math5616%

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
Schoolwide3523%29%37%11%

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
Low-income15344%+5+8
Hispanic or Latino15443%+6+6
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+14139Accelerated+19139Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+11118Accelerated+18118Accelerated
Low-income+9116Accelerated+17116Accelerated
English learners+681Accelerated+2381Exceptional
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+1455not categorized+2755not categorized
English-only students+1746not categorized+1046not categorized
English learners only−1726not categorized+526not categorized
Students with disabilities+125Average+725Accelerated
Homeless+417Average−817Moderate
White+2414Exceptional+2014Exceptional

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. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “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+14 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

139 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +14 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+19 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

139 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +19 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, 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 · 14 in 100 → 2025–26 · 12 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.0% (4 of 385) → 2025–26 · 2.3% (9 of 392) · +1.3 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female13 in 10012 in 100−1 in 100
Male11 in 10011 in 1000 in 100
Hispanic or Latino12 in 10014 in 100+2 in 100
White2 of 382 of 72—
Students with disabilities11 of 769 of 58—
English learners11 in 1008 in 100−3 in 100
Homeless9 of 90——
Low-income12 in 10014 in 100+2 in 100
All students12 in 10012 in 1000 in 100
Two or more races—2 of 13—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. 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$14,447 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 13,188 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$1,894 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 364

Central federal expenditures attributed here$253 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 364

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,939 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 56%Instruction support 15%Student services 12%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$135,008,41655.95%56%
Instruction support$35,369,38014.66%15%
Student services$28,490,70911.81%12%
Administration$15,394,4586.38%6%
Buildings & maintenance$25,228,43310.46%10%
Other$1,806,6190.75%1%
Total$241,298,016100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $241,298,016 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$14,447 per pupil
2020$13,462 per pupil
2019$13,495 per pupil
2018$11,638 per pupil
2017$10,981 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

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 93101 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93101 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$90,148
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)43%
ZIP-area population31,554
Median age33.1 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 93101 →

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