Hart-Ransom Elementary: 51% of kids clear the bar — ahead of the state's 43%. But suspensions run 3× the state rate.
Hart-Ransom posts 51% meeting the standard, against 43% across the state. The number below is the one to ask about on a visit.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46 | 21% | 51% | +0.4 | 14.8% | 4.7% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Hart-Ransom Elementary scores 46 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 60th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “51% proficient” and call it done. Hart-Ransom deserves a closer read. The school sits in Modesto, where two in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Hart-Ransom's low-income kids hit 50.2% 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.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 60th percentile since 2019.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 51% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 56% | 56% | 60% | 42% | 52% |
| Grade 4 | 52% | 61% | 63% | 61% | 44% |
| Grade 5 | 64% | 60% | 53% | 61% | 68% |
| Grade 6 | 50% | 56% | 51% | 44% | 48% |
| Grade 7 | 63% | 55% | 48% | 54% | 57% |
| Grade 8 | 69% | 74% | 53% | 61% | 71% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 58% | 54% | 56% | 56% | 56% |
| Grade 4 | 41% | 38% | 57% | 53% | 46% |
| Grade 5 | 46% | 23% | 31% | 38% | 41% |
| Grade 6 | 36% | 35% | 34% | 34% | 41% |
| Grade 7 | 27% | 23% | 31% | 28% | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 31% | 32% | 20% | 32% | 34% |
The story this school is actually telling
of students met or exceeded the standard, versus 42.7% statewide.
of students were suspended, versus 1.6% statewide — worth asking about on a tour.
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 7.3pp across grades; the floor rises 16.3pp. 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's most underrated number
50.2% 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 6 things our score weighs
Ask about the discipline philosophy and what a typical suspension is for. Numbers can't tell you whether a campus feels strict or chaotic — a visit can.
- Ask what typically leads to a suspension, and what happens before it gets there.
- 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 Elementary in Modesto, 50.2% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 53.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Hart-Ransom Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 3.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (35.5% Math proficient); Hispanic students (55.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 5.4 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 215 students tested.
10 of 17 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 18.8pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +21.7pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 7–8 students (23.9% vs 10.2%). 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
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), 34% 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
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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 | 62 | 18% | 34% | 21% | 27% | 52% | +8 |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 15% | 29% | 33% | 24% | 44% | −1 |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 25% | 43% | 18% | 14% | 68% | +20 |
| Grade 6 | 92 | 12% | 36% | 32% | 21% | 48% | +1 |
| Grade 7 | 88 | 11% | 45% | 28% | 15% | 57% | +9 |
| Grade 8 | 83 | 25% | 46% | 24% | 5% | 71% | +25 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 62 | 24% | 32% | 21% | 23% | 56% | +11 |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 11% | 35% | 36% | 18% | 46% | +4 |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 30% | 11% | 27% | 32% | 41% | +6 |
| Grade 6 | 91 | 11% | 30% | 38% | 21% | 41% | +6 |
| Grade 7 | 88 | 11% | 23% | 31% | 35% | 34% | +0 |
| Grade 8 | 83 | 13% | 20% | 28% | 39% | 34% | +1 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 139 | 10% | 24% | 61% | 5% |
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 | 215 | 50.2% | −3 | +12 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 274 | 55.8% | +0 | +17 |
| White | 159 | 57.9% | +0 | −4 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hart-Ransom Elementary ← | — | 46 | 20.5% | 51.1% | +0.4 | 4.7% |
| Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary | 2.6 mi | 48 | 15.0% | 39.9% | −9.6 | 0.1% |
| Hart-Ransom Academic Charter | 0 mi | 45 | 8.9% | 41.2% | +17.3 | 0.2% |
| 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 | 47 | 61 | #2140 | 21.5% | 52.7% | 4.5% | 3.3% | -1.6pp |
| 2022 | 41 | 61 | #2242 | 23.4% | 48.7% | 17.4% | 3.6% | -13.6pp |
| 2023 | 44 | 62 | #2193 | 22.2% | 53.4% | 14.5% | 4.1% | -15.8pp |
| 2024 | 46 | 61 | #2259 | 19.9% | 51.9% | 10.1% | 4.5% | +0.5pp |
| 2025 | 46 | 60 | #2282 | 20.5% | 51.1% | 14.8% | 4.7% | +0.4pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 5.1% | 15.4% | +10.3pp |
| Male | 3.7% | 13.6% | +9.9pp |
| Asian | 0.0% | 4.8% | +4.8pp |
| Black/African American | 6.3% | — | — |
| Filipino | 7.1% | 30.8% | +23.7pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 5.6% | 15.1% | +9.5pp |
| Two or More Races | 0.0% | 30.4% | +30.4pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 1.8% | 16.9% | +15.1pp |
| English Learners | 4.0% | 18.5% | +14.5pp |
| Homeless | 0.0% | 21.1% | +21.1pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 7.1% | 21.2% | +14.1pp |
| All Students | 4.4% | 14.6% | +10.2pp |
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