Hart-Ransom Academic Charter: The score is middle of the pack. The trajectory isn't.
Hart-Ransom Academic Charter sits mid-pack on raw proficiency — and it's climbing faster than most schools anywhere near it — and that holds when you follow the same students across grades.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45 | 9% | 41% | +17.3 | 2.5% | 0.2% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Hart-Ransom Academic Charter scores 45 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 56th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “41% proficient” and call it done. Hart-Ransom Academic Charter deserves a closer read. It sits at the 56th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
Hart-Ransom Academic Charter's low-income kids hit 59.2% 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, Hart-Ransom Academic Charter 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 71st to the 56th percentile since 2019.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 41% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 36% | 26% | 51% | 41% | 29% |
| Grade 4 | 54% | 53% | 24% | 43% | 54% |
| Grade 5 | 55% | 59% | 36% | 61% | 65% |
| Grade 6 | 59% | 60% | 58% | 50% | 44% |
| Grade 7 | 74% | 67% | 50% | 66% | 55% |
| Grade 8 | 73% | 73% | 65% | 62% | 60% |
| Grade 11 | 72% | 71% | 75% | 72% | 85% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 36% | 42% | 46% | 31% | 39% |
| Grade 4 | 38% | 26% | 24% | 38% | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 27% | 36% | 18% | 25% | 37% |
| Grade 6 | 41% | 35% | 50% | 28% | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 45% | 45% | 42% | 51% | 43% |
| Grade 8 | 43% | 42% | 52% | 38% | 48% |
| Grade 11 | 22% | 33% | 36% | 48% | 32% |
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 honest read: the share exceeding rises 9.8pp across grades; the floor rises 36.1pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Hart-Ransom Academic Charter's most underrated number
59.2% 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 what changed — new curriculum, new principal, new program. Momentum has a cause, and a visit will find it.
- 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 Hart-Ransom Academic Charter in Modesto, 59.2% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 53.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Hart-Ransom Academic Charter outperforms its district average for low-income students by 5.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (35.2% Math proficient); White students (57.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 3.1 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 125 students tested.
9 of 15 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 28.8pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +21.7pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
Hart-Ransom Academic Charter serves grades K-12 — students can complete their entire K-12 education here, with no school-to-school transitions.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
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), 46% 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
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 | 31 | 6% | 23% | 35% | 35% | 29% | −14 |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 4% | 50% | 27% | 19% | 54% | +9 |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 16% | 49% | 14% | 21% | 65% | +17 |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 7% | 37% | 37% | 19% | 44% | −2 |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 15% | 40% | 25% | 20% | 55% | +7 |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 14% | 45% | 31% | 10% | 60% | +13 |
| Grade 11 | 34 | 35% | 50% | 15% | 0% | 85% | +38 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 31 | 6% | 32% | 26% | 35% | 39% | −7 |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 4% | 19% | 46% | 31% | 23% | −19 |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 16% | 21% | 37% | 26% | 37% | +2 |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 15% | 11% | 41% | 33% | 26% | −9 |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 8% | 35% | 30% | 28% | 43% | +9 |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 17% | 31% | 12% | 40% | 48% | +15 |
| Grade 11 | 34 | 18% | 15% | 38% | 29% | 32% | +9 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 127 | 21% | 25% | 52% | 2% |
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 | 125 | 59.2% | +6 | +21 |
| White | 99 | 57.6% | +0 | −4 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 46 | 58.7% | +3 | +20 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hart-Ransom Academic Charter ← | — | 45 | 8.9% | 41.2% | +17.3 | 0.2% |
| Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary | 2.6 mi | 48 | 15.0% | 39.9% | −9.6 | 0.1% |
| Hart-Ransom Elementary | 0 mi | 46 | 20.5% | 51.1% | +0.4 | 4.7% |
| Alberta Martone Elementary | 1.4 mi | 45 | 16.4% | 34.1% | +9.1 | 1.9% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 53 | 71 | #1613 | 25.8% | 40.9% | 1.3% | 0.0% | +5.2pp |
| 2022 | 45 | 70 | #1750 | 13.5% | 40.4% | 0.9% | 0.0% | +13.2pp |
| 2023 | 35 | 39 | #3465 | 12.1% | 33.2% | 1.3% | 0.0% | -21.4pp |
| 2024 | 45 | 58 | #2397 | 12.7% | 39.7% | 3.1% | 0.2% | +6.7pp |
| 2025 | 45 | 56 | #2521 | 8.9% | 41.2% | 2.5% | 0.2% | +17.3pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 0.5% | 0.0% | -0.5pp |
| Male | 1.4% | 0.4% | -1.0pp |
| Black/African American | 0.0% | — | — |
| White | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 0.9% | 0.0% | -0.9pp |
| Two or More Races | 17.6% | 0.0% | -17.6pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 4.2% | 0.4% | -3.8pp |
| All Students | 1.0% | 0.2% | -0.8pp |
| Asian | — | 0.0% | — |
| Filipino | — | 0.0% | — |
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