Public school · Hermosa Beach City Elementary · Hermosa Beach, California

Hermosa Vista

Hermosa Beach · 2–4 · 430 students (2024–25)

417 25Th Street, 90254hbcsd.org ↗(424) 333-9960

Well above California in English and math: 79% and 84% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3 and 4, spring 2026, against 45% and 45%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3 and 4: 263 in English, 262 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3 and 4 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 798,645 in English and 800,621 in math tested).

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

Hermosa Vista has no 2026 Scope Score.

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Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Hermosa Beach City Elementary which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

How many students reached the top test level here?

In grades 3 and 4, spring 2026, 53% scored Advanced in English (reading and writing) and 55% in math. 21% scored below the standard in English and 16% in math. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

No student was chronically absent in 2025–26. 1.2% of students (5 of 408) were suspended at least once in 2025–26. 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 and 4, spring 2026, 79% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 84% in math, against 45% and 45% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3 and 4: 263 in English, 262 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 3 and 4 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 798,645 in English, 800,621 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 3 and 4 · spring 2026 · 263 tested

Advanced
53%
Proficient
26%
Below the standard
21%
This school79%
California45%

79% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3 and 4.

Math

Grades 3 and 4 · spring 2026 · 262 tested

Advanced
55%
Proficient
29%
Below the standard
16%
This school84%
California45%

84% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3 and 4.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3 and 4 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3 and 4: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4
Proficient or Advanced69%88%
Advanced39%67%
Proficient30%21%
Developing level17%10%
Minimal14%2%
Tested131132

Math

Math, grades 3 and 4: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4
Proficient or Advanced82%86%
Advanced44%67%
Proficient38%19%
Developing level10%13%
Minimal8%1%
Tested130132

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 →

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 83% to 79% and math from 85% to 84%.

English · top two levels · grades 3 and 4

202583%293 tested
→
202679%263 tested

This school

California, same grades45% → 45%2025 → 2026 · 814,372 → 798,645 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3 and 4

202585%294 tested
→
202684%262 tested

This school

California, same grades44% → 45%2025 → 2026 · 820,989 → 800,621 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Yes, 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 grade 4 scored +34 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Exceptional. In math, they scored +41 points, which it calls Exceptional.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grade 4: 146
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.

Grade 4 · 2025 · 146 students with scores in both years

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

+34 pts

English

The state calls it Exceptional, the highest of its five growth levels.

+41 pts

Math

The state calls it Exceptional, the highest 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 and 4 · This school53%26%13%8%263
English, grades 3 and 4 · California24%21%21%34%798,645
Math, grades 3 and 4 · This school55%29%12%4%262
Math, grades 3 and 4 · California21%24%25%30%800,621

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 20234 tested years shown · English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2023

Chart and table: 2023–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3 and 4
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20232025202679%45%
Math top two levels, grades 3 and 4
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20232025202684%45%

In grades 3 and 4, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 73% in 2023 to 79% in 2026. In math, it went from 80% in 2023 to 84% 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 and 4
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202373%
243 tested		43%
826,129 tested
202473%
281 tested		43%
817,082 tested
202583%
293 tested		45%
814,372 tested
202679%
263 tested		45%
798,645 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3 and 4
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202380%
245 tested		43%
832,264 tested
202477%
282 tested		43%
826,737 tested
202585%
294 tested		44%
820,989 tested
202684%
262 tested		45%
800,621 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 34 points above that expected score, and in math 41 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.

What you can do

Who can act on Hermosa Vista’s results?

Hermosa Beach City Elementary’s board decides Hermosa Vista’s plan.

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

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Hermosa Beach City Elementary’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Hermosa Beach City Elementary’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 
Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2What the law requires, and what to ask

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 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

No student was chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means no student missed 10% or more of school days. 1.2% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 0 of 406 students counted for it; suspension: 5 of 408 students enrolled during the year

Chronically absent, 2025–26

0 in 100This school

0 of 406 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

1.2%

of students were suspended at least once (5 of 408).

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

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Hermosa Vista

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 ↓

Teach here? Tell us Hermosa Beach City Elementary’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino students here scored well above the same group across California.

Student groups, grades 3 and 4, spring 2026

74% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 63% in math (grades 3 and 4, spring 2026), against 35% and 34% for the same group across California.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 3 and 4; 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).
Hermosa VistaSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • WhiteEnglish · 177 tested80%Same group, California 58%
  • WhiteMath · 176 tested87%Same group, California 59%
  • Two or more racesEnglish · 36 tested72%Same group, California 59%
  • Two or more racesMath · 36 tested83%Same group, California 58%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 35 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 74%Same group, California 35%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 35 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 63%Same group, California 34%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3 and 4, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 65%2. Hispanic or Latino: 16%3. Two or more races: 11%4. Asian: 5%Unallocated share: 3%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White65%
  2. Hispanic or Latino16%
  3. Two or more races11%
  4. Asian5%
  5. Black or African American—
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share3%
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, 36 of 430. California: 63%.

21teachers, 2024–25

14 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

14%in their first year, 2024–25

Ask: How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino students on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3 and 4 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Hermosa Beach City Elementaryvs California
White · 177 tested in English, 176 in math
English80%080%+2258%
Math87%087%+2859%
Two or more races · 36 tested
English72%072%+1359%
Math83%083%+2558%
Hispanic or Latino · 35 tested
English74%074%+3935%
Math63%063%+2934%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Hermosa Beach City Elementary, 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.

Low-income students and students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, English learners 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
White65%
Hispanic or Latino16%
Two or more races11%
Asian5%
Black or African American—
Filipino—
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.

Next steps

What comes after Hermosa Vista, and how do I get in?

  1. Elementary · this school
    Hermosa Vista
    Grades 2–4
  2. Middle
    Hermosa Valley Elementary
    93rd · Strong · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Hermosa Valley Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    93rd percentile · Strong · middle · 2026

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.

How do I get in?

Ask Hermosa Beach City Elementary which school serves your address.

School website: hbcsd.org ↗Office: (424) 333-9960Administrator: Hillary Overbeck

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
417 25Th Street, Hermosa Beach 90254

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Hermosa Beach City Elementary.

Questions for your visit

  1. How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  3. How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino students on track as they move up through the grades?
  4. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (424) 333-9960417 25Th Street, 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 schoolsStatewide percentile

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

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

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

CDE assessment recordsCDE CAASPP 2026 · every level, as published · raw grade–subject rows

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

All Grades is an aggregate, not another group of students. Same-year grade groups are not matched children. 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.

CDE CAASPP test year 2026 · all-students reporting group · publisher grade–subject records.
Grade · subjectStudents tested with scoresProficient or AdvancedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalMean scale score
Grade 3 · ELA · 202613169.47%38.93%30.53%16.79%13.74%2463.3
Grade 4 · ELA · 202613287.88%66.67%21.21%10.61%1.52%2566.5
All Grades · ELA · 202626378.71%52.85%25.86%13.69%7.6%not on file
Grade 3 · Math · 202613081.54%43.85%37.69%10.77%7.69%2489
Grade 4 · Math · 202613286.36%66.67%19.7%12.88%0.76%2573.3
All Grades · Math · 202626283.97%55.34%28.63%11.83%4.2%not on file

CDE CAASPP 2026: 4 individual grade–subject records; 4 records with a positive known tested count.

0 grade–subject counts unavailable; 0 grade–subject attainment rates unavailable.

Every tested year2023–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English26353%79%
2026 · Math26255%84%
2025 · English29356%83%
2025 · Math29459%85%
2024 · English28147%73%
2024 · Math28245%77%
2023 · English24346%73%
2023 · Math24549%80%

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 · English13479%
2025 · Grade 4 · English15986%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math13485%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math16085%
2024 · Grade 3 · English14568%
2024 · Grade 4 · English13679%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math14577%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math13777%
2023 · Grade 3 · English13169%
2023 · Grade 4 · English11278%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math13181%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math11480%

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.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advanced
White17780%
Two or more races3672%
Hispanic or Latino3574%

Shown as reported, with no comparison.

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 · 0 in 100 → 2025–26 · 0 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 437 → 2025–26 · 1.2% (5 of 408) · +1.2 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26
Female—0 in 100
Male—0 in 100
Asian—0 in 100
Hispanic or Latino—0 in 100
Two or more races—0 in 100
White—0 in 100
Students with disabilities—0 in 100
Low-income—0 in 100
All students—0 in 100

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

Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students+34146Exceptional+41146Exceptional
English-only students+34140not categorized+41140not categorized
White+3289Exceptional+4089Exceptional
Two or more races+4029Exceptional+4229Exceptional
Students with disabilities+1220Accelerated+1520Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+2416Exceptional+2316Exceptional
Low-income+4312Exceptional+3812Exceptional

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score, not a percentage or percentile. All imported groups remain visible; a missing group has no imported record shown here. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grade 4.

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

State model · English+34 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 4

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 4

146 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

California growth model, English: +34 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Exceptional.

State model · math+41 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 4

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 4

146 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

California growth model, math: +41 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Exceptional.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. 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 grade 4.

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$11,901 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 1,198 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$529 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 430

Central federal expenditures attributed here$192 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 430

District current expense · FY 2024–25$15,503 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 65%Instruction support 8%Student services 7%Administration 10%Buildings & maintenance 10%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$13,626,45165.07%65%
Instruction support$1,708,2388.16%8%
Student services$1,480,3427.07%7%
Administration$2,048,3809.78%10%
Buildings & maintenance$2,078,2219.92%10%
Total$20,941,632100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $20,941,632 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$11,901 per pupil
2020$10,268 per pupil
2019$10,331 per pupil
2018$9,988 per pupil
2017$9,891 per pupil
The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 90254 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 90254 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$166,442
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)76%
ZIP-area population19,063
Median age42.7 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. See all schools in ZIP code 90254 →

Downloads and methodologyCSV · sources · corrections

Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · staffing and finance name their own sources and years beside each figure · Data updated October 15, 2026.

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