High Tech Elementary North County: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.
High Tech Elementary North County posts 30% meeting the standard and 11.2% exceeding it, against 43% and 21.3% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.
High Tech Elementary North County scores 38 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 45th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “30% proficient” and call it done. High Tech Elementary North County deserves a closer read. The school sits in San Marcos, where more than half of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 9.7% chronic absenteeism — versus 17.9% statewide. Attendance is the quietest strong signal a school can post.
As a charter, High Tech Elementary North County enrolls by application, not address — the score reads the same, the enrollment path doesn't.
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 falls 6.4pp across grades; the floor slips 1.8pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
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.
Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 73
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 49
Nearby High Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 60
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
The community around it
Student demographics
3 more gaps by subject
Subgroups with fewer than 15 students are excluded for privacy. Gaps of less than 3 percentage points are not shown.
Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.
Subgroup Growth by Grade
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 4.0pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school.
Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
For the data nerdsEvery number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
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 | 74 | 19% | 18% | 27% | 36% | 36% | −7 |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 14% | 23% | 25% | 38% | 37% | −8 |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 13% | 22% | 14% | 51% | 35% | −13 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 74 | 14% | 28% | 23% | 35% | 42% | −4 |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 4% | 12% | 47% | 37% | 16% | −25 |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 4% | 10% | 24% | 63% | 14% | −21 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 72 | 4% | 15% | 51% | 29% |
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 | 123 | 18.7% | — | −20 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 115 | 18.3% | — | −21 |
| White | 58 | 50.0% | — | −12 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Tech Elementary North County ← | — | 38 | 11.2% | 30.1% | −14.9 | 2.0% |
| Discovery Elementary | 0.8 mi | 76 | 54.4% | 79.1% | +6.2 | 0.8% |
| Double Peak | 2.8 mi | 72 | 46.6% | 73.4% | +5.3 | 0.9% |
| Paloma Elementary | 2.2 mi | 70 | 45.5% | 75.2% | +3.2 | 0.6% |
| California average | — | 43 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 20 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means