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Hidden Valley Elementary

Santa Rosa, CA · Grades TK-6 · 468 students · Santa Rosa Elementary

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

53% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 48% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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Math

48%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

English

53%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

468

Total enrollment

Chronic absence

14%

Students absent 10% or more of school days

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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: 61%2022: 48%2023: 52%2024: 48%2025: 48%2019: 63%2022: 64%2023: 58%2024: 56%2025: 53%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 61%2022: 48%2023: 52%2024: 48%2025: 48%2019: 63%2022: 64%2023: 58%2024: 56%2025: 53%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201961%63%
202248%64%
202352%58%
202448%56%
202548%53%

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 77th to the 63rd percentile since 2019.

Most rating sites would stop at “48% proficient” and call it done. Hidden Valley deserves a closer read. One in three of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

256 tested · 3 of 3 grades published · cohort of 53 tracked

Hidden Valley Elementary scores 41 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 63rd percentile of 5,721 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 48% meet the standard today, versus 63% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.

Percentile among 5,721 elementary schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 77th percentile · Scope Score 54 of 1002022 · 76th percentile · Scope Score 50 of 1002023 · 76th percentile · Scope Score 50 of 1002024 · 61st percentile · Scope Score 41 of 1002025 · 63rd percentile · Scope Score 41 of 100
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 353%61%63%51%50%
Grade 467%56%69%45%46%
Grade 572%67%53%62%58%
Grade 672%48%65%73%77%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 362%62%63%56%57%
Grade 466%52%58%49%39%
Grade 560%33%40%40%36%
Grade 647%37%45%46%55%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

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

ELA58% met or exceeded
Exceeded 35%Met 23%Nearly Met 20%Not Met 22%
Math48% met or exceeded
Exceeded 26%Met 22%Nearly Met 28%Not Met 24%
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 school4127%48%Below avg · p4013.6%1.6%
CA average · Elementary School3921%43%Average · p5017.9%1.6%
This schoolCA avg
Scope4139
% Exceeded27%21%
% Met+48%43%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Below avg · p40Average · p50
Absence13.6%17.9%
Suspension1.6%1.6%

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard ahead of the same group statewide.

At Hidden Valley Elementary in Santa Rosa, 47.6% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 23.3% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Hidden Valley Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 24.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (28.4% Math proficient); White students (67.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 28.5 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 103 students tested.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 53% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 53%, district —, state 43%53%
MaleMale: this school 52%, district 28%, state 42%52% · −1 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 53%, district 30%, state 44%53% · +1 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 61%, district 53%, state 56%61% · +9 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 38%, district 20%, state 32%38% · −15 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 32%, district 18%, state 32%32% · −21 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 32%, district 10%, state 15%32% · −21 vs school

9 of 16 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 rises by 14.4pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +3.3pp.

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No student-group growth record is available for this school in this data release.

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 22 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher22 · district 21
Teaching staff26 teachers
Avg. experience18.3 years
Fully credentialed93%
PrincipalMichael Jablonski
Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here show up more, and get suspended less, than the state average.

Grades 4–6 students miss school at roughly twice the rate of TK/K students (18.4% vs 10.5%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the upper grades.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 13.6%, district 19.6%, state 17.9%13.6% · −4.2pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 1.6%, district —, state 1.6%1.6% · −0.0pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–618.4%
TK/K10.5%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

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What gets spent

It spends $20,124 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$833 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $20,124, CA average $14,491$20,124 · spent at this school
Federal share$833 per student
This schoolCalifornia

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

One in three 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), 42% 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 Latino33.3% · district 64.8% · CA 56.1%
White45.5% · district 23.2% · CA 19.9%
Asian6.8% · district 2.7% · CA 10.2%
Black0.8% · district 1.9% · CA 4.8%
Other13.5% · district 7.4% · CA 9.0%
GenderFemale 50.2% · Male 49.1% · Non-binary 0.6%
Free or reduced lunch36.3% · CA 64%
Median income$105K · CA $85K
Median home value$904K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+45% · CA 35%
ZIP population37,011
Median age43 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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Family voices

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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.

Private options →
SchoolTypePerformance bandAdvancedProficient or AdvancedDistanceSelect
Hidden Valley ElementaryPublicSolid27%48%School being viewed
Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)CharterStrong24%54%2.4 mi
Spring Lake CharterCharterStrong22%53%2.8 mi
Binkley Elementary CharterCharterSolid21%49%2.0 mi
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Your other options

Nearby public schools across grade levels, plus private options within 10 miles.

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Private schools do not receive a Scope Score or statewide ranking on SchoolScope.

11 private schools within 10 miles
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Moving & enrollment

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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 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 Hidden Valley Elementary a good elementary school?
Hidden Valley Elementary has a Scope Score of 41 out of 100, placing it in the 63rd percentile of California elementary schools and ranked #2,141 statewide. 26.5% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 5.2 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 Hidden Valley Elementary's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 47.7% of students at Hidden Valley Elementary met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 26.5% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 21.2% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 26.5% 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. 379 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Hidden Valley Elementary rank in California?
Hidden Valley Elementary ranks #2,141 among California elementary schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 63rd 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 Hidden Valley 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 Hidden Valley Elementary that cohort is 2023 G3 → 2025 G5, measured in SBAC scale-score points. Its gain ranks below avg among California elementary schools — roughly the 40th 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 Hidden Valley Elementary?
13.6% of students at Hidden Valley Elementary are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 17.9%. The suspension rate is 1.6%, 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 Hidden Valley Elementary compare to other schools in Santa Rosa?
Hidden Valley Elementary scores 41/100 (63rd 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 468 students. Use the schools in Santa Rosa page or the map view to compare all elementary schools nearby.
How does Hidden Valley Elementary serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Hidden Valley Elementary in Santa Rosa, 47.6% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 23.3% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Hidden Valley Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 24.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (28.4% Math proficient); White students (67.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 28.5 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 103 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.

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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 69 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 standard26.5%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded47.7%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Below avgaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism13.6%17.9%5%
Suspension rate1.6%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)22.2%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

Hidden Valley Elementary: reading the evidence

Hidden Valley posts 48% 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.

Explore the underlying data →
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.

Hidden Valley Elementary is ranked #2,141 statewide · #2 of 11 in Santa Rosa Elementary.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard26.5%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded47.7%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Below avgaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism13.6%17.9%5%
Suspension rate1.6%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)22.2%18.0%5%
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 21.4% · index 55 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 42.7% · index 54 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)
↓ vs CA average · 40th pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 17.9% · index 57 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 4.2pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 1.6% · index 50 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 2.3pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 18.0% · index 56 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 37829%21%28%22%50%+7
Grade 45929%17%24%31%46%+1
Grade 55330%28%15%26%58%+11
Grade 66652%26%12%11%77%+31
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 37731%26%21%22%57%+12
Grade 45917%22%39%22%39%−2
Grade 55323%13%36%28%36%+1
Grade 66632%23%20%26%55%+20

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
Schoolwide5323%19%51%8%

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 Disadvantaged10347.6%+24+9
White11867.8%+9+6
Hispanic/Latino8036.3%+16−3
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
Hidden Valley Elementary ←—4126.5%47.7%−6.4pp+69 pts1.6%
Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)2.4 mi5224.2%53.7%+1.9pp—0.1%
Spring Lake Charter2.8 mi4921.6%52.5%——0.9%
Binkley Elementary Charter2 mi4521.2%48.5%−3.5pp—1.2%
California average—3921.4%42.7%−2.9pp—1.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
ShowHide table 04 — More measures
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20195477#126131.5%63.5%7.7%0.6%+8.4pp
20225076#134430.3%55.1%30.9%1.0%-11.7pp
20235076#135330.4%57.7%25.2%2.3%-16.5pp
20244161#220628.3%50.4%17.8%3.9%-2.4pp
20254163#214126.5%47.7%13.6%1.6%-6.4pp
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
Female6.2%14.5%+8.3pp
Male8.8%12.2%+3.4pp
Asian6.0%0.0%-6.0pp
Filipino0.0%——
Hispanic/Latino8.8%17.1%+8.3pp
Two or More Races5.1%11.8%+6.7pp
White7.9%11.5%+3.6pp
Students with Disabilities11.3%22.5%+11.2pp
English Learners8.6%10.4%+1.8pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged11.7%20.6%+8.9pp
All Students7.5%13.3%+5.8pp
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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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