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Henry Ford Elementary

Redwood City, CA · Grades TK-5 · 445 students · Redwood City Elementary

This school runs ahead of the state average. The bar itself is the harder conversation.

46% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 46% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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Math

46%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

English

46%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

445

Total enrollment

Chronic absence

23%

Students absent 10% or more of school days

What are you trying to decide?

The overall score is a starting point.

Look at subject results, trends and student groups, then consider the opportunities your child would use.

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grades 3 & 5 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

Share at Proficient or Advanced

0%25%50%75%100%2019: 35%2022: 28%2023: 43%2024: 36%2025: 46%2019: 47%2022: 36%2023: 48%2024: 45%2025: 46%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 35%2022: 28%2023: 43%2024: 36%2025: 46%2019: 47%2022: 36%2023: 48%2024: 45%2025: 46%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201935%47%
202228%36%
202343%48%
202436%45%
202546%46%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025

Slipped from the 51st to the 43rd percentile since 2019.

Most rating sites would stop at “45% proficient” and call it done. Henry Ford deserves a closer read. Two-thirds of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

193 tested · 3 of 3 grades published · cohort of 61 tracked

Henry Ford Elementary scores 33 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 43rd percentile of 5,721 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 45% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.

Percentile among 5,721 elementary schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 51st percentile · Scope Score 37 of 1002022 · 47th percentile · Scope Score 31 of 1002023 · 63rd percentile · Scope Score 39 of 1002024 · 48th percentile · Scope Score 36 of 1002025 · 43rd percentile · Scope Score 33 of 100
ELAYellow(Increased)MathGreen(Increased)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 333%49%56%49%55%
Grade 459%33%43%46%46%
Grade 561%23%40%43%38%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 331%48%61%54%67%
Grade 456%22%40%44%35%
Grade 539%8%25%20%29%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

Two in five of students here meet the standard. One in four clear it by a lot.

ELA46% met or exceeded
Exceeded 26%Met 20%Nearly Met 17%Not Met 37%
Math42% met or exceeded
Exceeded 25%Met 17%Nearly Met 22%Not Met 36%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California elementary schools · average21% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)AbsenceSuspension
This school3327%45%Weak · p1823.0%0.7%
CA average · Elementary School3921%43%Average · p5017.9%1.6%
This schoolCA avg
Scope3339
% Exceeded27%21%
% Met+45%43%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Weak · p18Average · p50
Absence23.0%17.9%
Suspension0.7%1.6%
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25

Our growth read and California's own model agree — both land near the 8th percentile of elementary schools.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

California runs its own growth model, following individual children in grades 4 through 8 rather than comparing school-wide averages the way we do. The two measures land in the same neighbourhood here — ours puts this school around the 18th percentile of California elementary schools, the state's around the 8th in reading and math together. Two different methods agreeing is the most you can ask of one year of test data.

— pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California elementary school lands at +2 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −5 and +9 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.

The returning cohort, two years on
ELA · 2023 · Grade 3
34%
exceeded standard · 56% met or exceeded
ELA · 2025 · Grade 5
22%
exceeded standard · 38% met or exceeded

Percent exceeded, ELA only. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different metric — mean scale-score change across ELA and Math; California's own matched-student model is below.

Both measures, each ranked in its own field
Our growth measurereturning cohort, G3→G5SchoolScope growth measure: 18th percentile among California elementary schools.18th pctile
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: −15 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 9th percentile of 7,519 reported schools.9th pctile · −15 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: −19 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 6th percentile of 7,518 reported schools.6th pctile · −19 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard about even with the same group statewide.

At Henry Ford Elementary in Redwood City, 38.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 30.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Henry Ford Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 7.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (34.9% Math proficient); Hispanic students (39.7% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 40.2 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 147 students tested.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 44% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 44%, district —, state 43%44%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 37%, district 25%, state 32%37% · −7 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 38%, district 27%, state 32%38% · −7 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 47%, district 46%, state 44%47% · +3 vs school
MaleMale: this school 42%, district 43%, state 42%42% · −3 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 13%, district 8%, state 11%13% · −31 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 14%, district 16%, state 15%14% · −30 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 63%, district 78%, state 56%63% · +18 vs school

6 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
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Student-group results by grade

Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 13.1pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.8pp.

ShowHide California's growth model by student group
The state's growth model, by student group

California follows these children individually and predicts each one's score from their own prior year. Each row is read against the same group at a typical California elementary school — not against zero, and not against this school's all-students figure, because the state's expectation already differs by group.

Reading
Low-income students96 studentsLow-income students, reading: −18 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 96 students.−18 pts · −18 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students94 studentsHispanic or Latino students, reading: −20 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 94 students.−20 pts · −21 vs typical
English Learner60 studentsEnglish Learner, reading: −21 scale-score points versus expectation, against −2 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 60 students.−21 pts · −19 vs typical
English Only54 studentsEnglish Only, reading: −16 scale-score points versus expectation, against +3 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 54 students.−16 pts · −19 vs typical
English learners only32 studentsEnglish learners only, reading: −35 scale-score points versus expectation, against −11 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 32 students.−35 pts · −24 vs typical
Math
Low-income students96 studentsLow-income students, math: −22 scale-score points versus expectation, against −1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 96 students.−22 pts · −21 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students94 studentsHispanic or Latino students, math: −22 scale-score points versus expectation, against −1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 94 students.−22 pts · −21 vs typical
English Learner60 studentsEnglish Learner, math: −20 scale-score points versus expectation, against +2 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 60 students.−20 pts · −22 vs typical
English Only54 studentsEnglish Only, math: −17 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 54 students.−17 pts · −18 vs typical
English learners only32 studentsEnglish learners only, math: −26 scale-score points versus expectation, against −2 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 32 students.−26 pts · −24 vs typical
this school typical California elementary school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— 2 more groups are reported here with between 11 and 29 students. We hold those back on purpose: at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own, and a quarter of such groups land past the state's top or bottom cut point by chance alone. They are listed with their student counts in the data appendix. — A group not listed at all had fewer than 11 students with a growth score, so California published nothing for it here. That is a privacy protection, not a judgment about those students. — Context only. None of this enters the Scope Score.

The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 20 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher20 · district 22
Teaching staff23 teachers
Avg. experience14.8 years
Fully credentialed85%
First-year teachers17%
PrincipalJennifer Sanchez
Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here miss more school, and get suspended less, than the state average.

23.0% of students miss a month or more of school, versus 17.9% statewide. High absence often tracks community stress — worth asking about on a tour.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 23.0%, district 18.8%, state 17.9%23.0% · +5.1pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 0.7%, district —, state 1.6%0.7% · −0.9pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–621.3%
TK/K25.2%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

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What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $24,732 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$142 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.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $24,732, CA average $14,491$24,732 · spent at this school
Federal share$142 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$23,472 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 59%Instruction support 13%Student services 10%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$16,260 per pupil
2019$14,625 per pupil
2018$14,232 per pupil
2017$12,031 per pupil
2016$11,529 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

Two-thirds of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

On the state's science test (CAST), 33% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino65.6% · district 68.3% · CA 56.1%
White21.4% · district 18.5% · CA 19.9%
Asian3.4% · district 4.6% · CA 10.2%
Black0.5% · district 0.6% · CA 4.8%
Other9.2% · district 8.0% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch66.1% · CA 64%
Median income$146K · CA $85K
Median home value$1.90M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+51% · CA 35%
ZIP population37,048
Median age38 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

What is the school’s approach?

School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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A source-reviewed culture summary is not available for this profile yet. Ask how teaching, student support and family communication work day to day.

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Family voices

What would you want another family to know about the daily experience here?

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What are the alternatives?

Compare schools serving the same grade stage. Private schools have no comparable state-test score.

2025 · elementary schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

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Henry Ford ElementaryPublicDeveloping27%45%School being viewed
North Star AcademyPublicStrong68%93%1.8 mi
Woodside ElementaryPublicStrong62%88%2.4 mi
Orion AlternativePublicStrong42%64%1.3 mi
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Private schools do not receive a Scope Score or statewide ranking on SchoolScope.

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Moving & enrollment

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Plan your next step

What should I do next?

Worth a school visit

Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.

  • Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
  • 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.
Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is Henry Ford Elementary a good elementary school?
Henry Ford Elementary has a Scope Score of 33 out of 100, placing it in the 43rd percentile of California elementary schools and ranked #3,277 statewide. 26.6% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 5.3 percentage points above the California average of 21.4%. The Scope Score weights 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard (42%), met or exceeded (proficient) (23%), grade 3-to-5 growth (20%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Henry Ford Elementary's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 45.1% of students at Henry Ford Elementary met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 26.6% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 18.5% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 26.6% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 392 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Henry Ford Elementary rank in California?
Henry Ford Elementary ranks #3,277 among California elementary schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 43rd percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), same-cohort growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
Is Henry Ford Elementary getting better or worse?
SchoolScope follows the same cohort of students across grades rather than comparing two different grades in the same year. At Henry Ford Elementary that cohort is 2023 G3 → 2025 G5, measured in SBAC scale-score points. Its gain ranks weak among California elementary schools — roughly the 18th percentile, behind the typical school at this level. Read the ranking, not the raw point gain: scale scores rise with age, so nearly every school posts a positive number and only the relative position tells you anything. Growth is weighted at 20% in the elementary Scope Score because it is the least demographically confounded signal available — it tracks change over time rather than the level students arrived at. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Henry Ford Elementary?
23.0% of students at Henry Ford Elementary are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 17.9%. The suspension rate is 0.7%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Henry Ford Elementary compare to other schools in Redwood City?
Henry Ford Elementary scores 33/100 (43rd percentile) among California elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 445 students. Use the schools in Redwood City page or the map view to compare all elementary schools nearby.
How does Henry Ford Elementary serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Henry Ford Elementary in Redwood City, 38.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 30.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Henry Ford Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 7.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (34.9% Math proficient); Hispanic students (39.7% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 40.2 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 147 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

Use the published evidence to prepare questions, then verify fit and access with the school.

Behind the evidence

Inspect the full record

Public sources, visible methods and the underlying school record. Source years and limitations stay attached to the evidence.

How the Scope Score is calculated

On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

The 6 things our score weighs

The school's returning cohort — mostly, not exactly, the same kids two years on — gained 56 scale-score points across the span. Almost every school gains points, so we rank the gain against every other California school in this level.

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Exceeded standard26.6%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded45.1%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Weakaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism23.0%17.9%5%
Suspension rate0.7%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)14.1%18.0%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

Henry Ford Elementary: reading the evidence

Henry Ford posts 45% meeting the standard against 43% statewide — ahead of most, with real headroom above the bar.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

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.

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Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

Henry Ford Elementary is ranked #3,277 statewide · #6 of 13 in Redwood City Elementary.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard26.6%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded45.1%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Weakaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism23.0%17.9%5%
Suspension rate0.7%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)14.1%18.0%5%
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 21.4% · index 55 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 42.7% · index 52 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)
↓ vs CA average · 18th pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 17.9% · index 42 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 1.5pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 1.6% · index 58 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 0.4pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↓ vs CA 18.0% · index 45 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 35639%16%13%32%55%+12
Grade 47219%26%17%38%46%+1
Grade 56522%17%20%42%38%−9
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 35850%17%2%31%67%+22
Grade 47219%15%32%33%35%−7
Grade 56910%19%29%42%29%−6

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide6914%19%46%20%

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.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged14738.8%+8+1
Hispanic/Latino14139.7%+6+1
English Learners7010.0%+1−0
03Nearest elementary schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Henry Ford Elementary ←—3326.6%45.1%−27.6pp+56 pts0.7%
North Star Academy1.8 mi8667.7%92.8%+1.8pp—0.3%
Woodside Elementary2.4 mi7862.4%87.5%+2.6pp—0.4%
Orion Alternative1.3 mi5841.7%64.0%−14.2pp—0.2%
California average—3921.4%42.7%−2.9pp—1.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
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YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20193751#269516.4%46.6%7.7%1.5%+17.9pp
20223147#299513.1%30.4%27.6%0.3%-32.8pp
20233963#213520.4%44.1%29.1%0.3%-25.6pp
20243648#297523.1%42.7%24.5%1.0%-19.8pp
20253343#327726.6%45.1%23.0%0.7%-27.6pp
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
Group20192025Δ
Female4.3%23.8%+19.5pp
Male9.7%23.0%+13.3pp
Asian0.0%5.9%+5.9pp
Hispanic/Latino10.2%27.5%+17.3pp
Two or More Races10.5%18.5%+8.0pp
White3.2%12.2%+9.0pp
Students with Disabilities9.7%32.4%+22.7pp
English Learners8.3%28.0%+19.7pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged10.2%29.1%+18.9pp
All Students7.4%23.4%+16.0pp
Pacific Islander—45.5%—
Homeless—30.0%—
06California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
ShowHide table 06 — California growth model, by student group
GroupReadingnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students−15123Moderate−19123Moderate
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−1896Moderate−2296Minimal
Hispanic or Latino−2094Moderate−2294Minimal
English Learner−2160Minimal−2060Moderate
English Only−1654not categorised−1754not categorised
English Learners Only−3532not categorised−2632not categorised
Students with Disabilities−2932Minimal−1332Moderate
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only−728not categorised−1328not categorised
White−418Average−1318Moderate

Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a growth score — published by CDE, held back from the narrative sections above because at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=5,721 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-09-18

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