Public school · Romoland Elementary · Menifee, California

Hillside Innovation Academy — Rating & test scores

Menifee · TK–8 · 155 students (2024–25)

29955 Watson Road, 92585hia.romoland.net ↗(951) 926-9244
57thpercentileSolid

The dots are California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
39

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of four of the six elementary school measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Near California in English (reading and writing) and math: 45% and 32% scored Proficient or Advanced in grade 5, spring 2026, against 49% and 37%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 5: 22
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 410,249 in English and 411,080 in math tested).

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

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Academic achievement ↓

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11 of 169 students missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26, against 17 in 100 at the average elementary school in the Romoland Elementary district.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 169. District and California figures are averages of school rates (6 Romoland Elementary schools; 5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Hillside Innovation Academy runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Romoland Elementary which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Hillside Innovation Academy a good school?

Hillside Innovation Academy scores higher than 57 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 57th percentile, Solid, spring 2026.

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 30 in 100 California middle schools we score (30th percentile, Developing, spring 2026)

Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 6 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 17 in 100 at the average elementary school in the Romoland Elementary district. 0 of 175 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (3)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, yes; in math, below what the state expected. In 2025, students here in grades 5–8 scored +19 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored −8 points, which it calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 89 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 27% of low-income students in grades 5–8 at Hillside Innovation Academy in Menifee scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

45% of the 22 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English; 32% did in math.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 5, spring 2026

In grade 5, spring 2026, 45% of the 22 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 49% across California. In math, 32% did, against 37% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 5: 22
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 410,249 in English, 411,080 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 5 · spring 2026 · 22 tested

Advanced
27%
Proficient
18%
Below the standard
55%
This school45%
California49%
Romoland Elementary44%

45% Proficient or Advanced in grade 5.

Math

Grade 5 · spring 2026 · 22 tested

Advanced
14%
Proficient
18%
Below the standard
68%
This school32%
California37%
Romoland Elementary22%

32% Proficient or Advanced in grade 5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–8 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advancedsuppressedsuppressed45%
Advancedsuppressedsuppressed27%
Proficientsuppressedsuppressed18%
Developing levelsuppressedsuppressed23%
Minimalsuppressedsuppressed32%
Tested9922
California44%46%49%
Difference——−4
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced25%32%34%
Advanced6%4%6%
Proficient19%28%28%
Developing level50%18%38%
Minimal25%50%28%
Tested162832
California48%51%49%
Difference−23−19−15

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advancedsuppressedsuppressed32%
Advancedsuppressedsuppressed14%
Proficientsuppressedsuppressed18%
Developing levelsuppressedsuppressed18%
Minimalsuppressedsuppressed50%
Tested9922
California47%42%37%
Difference——−5
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced6%14%6%
Advanced0%4%3%
Proficient6%10%3%
Developing level38%25%25%
Minimal56%61%69%
Tested162832
California37%38%36%
Difference−31−24−30

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

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 →

How do the middle grades do?

Well below California in both subjects. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 32% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 9% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 30th percentile (Developing) among California’s middle schools.

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 76 tested

Advanced
5%
Proficient
27%
Below the standard
68%
This school32%
California49%
Romoland Elementary38%

32% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 76 tested

Advanced
3%
Proficient
6%
Below the standard
91%
This school9%
California37%
Romoland Elementary18%

9% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Have results changed?

English went from 50% to 45% and math from 25% to 32%.

English · top two levels · grade 5

202550%16 tested
→
202645%22 tested

This school

California, same grades49% → 49%2025 → 2026 · 417,714 → 410,249 tested

Math · top two levels · grade 5

202525%16 tested
→
202632%22 tested

This school

California, same grades36% → 37%2025 → 2026 · 420,663 → 411,080 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, yes; in math, below what the state expected. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 5–8 scored +19 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored −8 points, which it calls Moderate.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 5–8: 89
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.

Grades 5–8 · 2025 · 89 students with scores in both years

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

+19 pts

English

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

−8 pts

Math

The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in English?

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, grade 5 · This school27%18%23%32%22
English, grade 5 · California23%26%20%31%410,249
English, grade 5 · Romoland Elementary18%26%23%33%583
Math, grade 5 · This school14%18%18%50%22
Math, grade 5 · California21%16%24%39%411,080
Math, grade 5 · Romoland Elementary10%12%32%46%583
English, grades 6–8 · This school5%27%32%36%76
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Romoland Elementary11%27%27%35%1,522
Math, grades 6–8 · This school3%6%28%63%76
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Romoland Elementary7%11%29%53%1,522

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). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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

Chart and table: 2023–2026.

English top two levels, grade 5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20232025202645%49%
Math top two levels, grade 5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20232025202632%37%

In grade 5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 33% in 2023 to 45% in 2026. In math, it went from 13% in 2023 to 32% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202333%
15 tested		47%
421,672 tested
202453%
19 tested		47%
418,427 tested
202550%
16 tested		49%
417,714 tested
202645%
22 tested		49%
410,249 tested
Math · top two levels · grade 5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202313%
15 tested		33%
424,255 tested
202421%
19 tested		35%
422,525 tested
202525%
16 tested		36%
420,663 tested
202632%
22 tested		37%
411,080 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 19 points above that expected score, and in math 8 points below 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 Hillside Innovation Academy’s results?

Romoland Elementary’s board decides Hillside Innovation Academy’s plan.

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

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Romoland Elementary extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Romoland Elementary: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

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

Romoland 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 Romoland 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?

6 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average elementary school in the Romoland Elementary district, 17 in 100 were. 0 of 175 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 11 of 169 students counted for it; suspension: 0 of 175 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average elementary school in the Romoland Elementary district 1.1%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

6 in 100This school
17 in 100At the average elementary school in the Romoland Elementary district
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

11 of 169 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0 of 175

students were suspended at least once. Average California elementary school 1.6%.

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

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grades TK–3: not in the records we hold
  • Grades 4–6: 9 in 100, 5 of 56
  • Grades 7–8: 4 in 100, 3 of 71
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Hillside Innovation Academy

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 ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questionsResponder en español

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

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income students scored well below the same group across California.

Student groups, grades 5–8, spring 2026

27% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 9% in math (grades 5–8, spring 2026), against 39% and 26% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students scored well below the same group across California in math.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 5–8; 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).
Hillside Innovation AcademySame group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 75 tested27%Same group, California 39%
  • Low-incomeMath · 75 tested9%Same group, California 26%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 61 tested31%Same group, California 39%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 61 tested13%Same group, California 25%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 5–8, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 66%2. White: 11%3. Black or African American: 9%Unallocated share: 14%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino66%
  2. White11%
  3. Black or African American9%
  4. Asian—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share14%
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?

82%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 127 of 155. California: 63%.

10teachers, 2024–25

22 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

Ask: What extra help is there for low-income students, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 5–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Romoland Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 75 tested
English27%−734%−1239%
Math9%−716%−1726%
Hispanic or Latino · 61 tested
English31%−435%−839%
Math13%−316%−1225%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Romoland Elementary, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners, students with disabilities 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
Hispanic or Latino66%
White11%
Black or African American9%
Asian—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
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

How do I get in?

Hillside Innovation Academy runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Romoland Elementary which school serves your address.

School website: hia.romoland.net ↗Office: (951) 926-9244Administrator: Lilly Ellefsen

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
29955 Watson Road, Menifee 92585

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

Questions for your visit

  1. How does the school check what’s working in English? English: 50% in 2025 to 45% in 2026 here; California: 49% to 49%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  3. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (951) 926-924429955 Watson Road, 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 schoolsPercentile among California elementary schools, 2026

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.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,455 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #2 of 6 in Romoland Elementary
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math20%4942%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math39%4723%
Chronically absent6 in 100605%
Suspension rate0 of 175585%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California elementary schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. The weights above add to 75%: the remaining 25%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2022–23 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–263957#2455California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2022–23not on filenot on file—
2023–2411 in 1001.2% (3 of 250)+1
2024–2514 in 1000.9% (2 of 229)+11
2025–266 in 1000 of 175—

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
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 · English11614%37%
2026 · Math1167%17%
2025 · English14916%42%
2025 · Math1497%21%
2024 · English16510%34%
2024 · Math1657%15%
2023 · English12311%37%
2023 · Math1223%11%

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 · English1331%
2025 · Grade 4 · English2450%
2025 · Grade 5 · English1650%
2025 · Grade 6 · English2741%
2025 · Grade 7 · English3441%
2025 · Grade 8 · English3537%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math1323%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math2433%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math1625%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math2719%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math3412%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math3523%
2024 · Grade 3 · English2839%
2024 · Grade 4 · English1638%
2024 · Grade 5 · English1953%
2024 · Grade 6 · English2921%
2024 · Grade 7 · English3435%
2024 · Grade 8 · English3928%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math2832%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math1625%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math1921%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math293%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math3412%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math398%
2023 · Grade 3 · English10—
2023 · Grade 4 · English2030%
2023 · Grade 5 · English1533%
2023 · Grade 6 · English2129%
2023 · Grade 7 · English2850%
2023 · Grade 8 · English2938%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math10—
2023 · Grade 4 · Math2015%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math1513%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math215%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math2711%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math2910%

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.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide546%13%59%22%

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.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income7527%−7−12
Hispanic or Latino6131%−4−8
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students+1989Accelerated−889Moderate
Low-income+1673Accelerated−1173Moderate
English-only students+2071not categorized−1471not categorized
Hispanic or Latino+1163Accelerated−763Moderate
Students with disabilities+715Accelerated−115Average
Black or African American+3312Exceptional−1912Moderate

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 5–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

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

State model · English+19 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 5–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 5–8

89 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +19 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math−8 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 5–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 5–8

89 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −8 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. 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 grades 5–8, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

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 · 14 in 100 → 2025–26 · 6 in 100 · −8 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.9% (2 of 229) → 2025–26 · 0 of 175 · −0.9 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—6 in 100—
Male—8 in 100—
Black or African American—0 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—7 in 100—
White—5 in 100—
Students with disabilities—9 in 100—
Low-income—8 in 100—
All students—6 in 100—

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

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$13,167 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 4,064 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$115 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 155

Central federal expenditures attributed here$797 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 155

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,577 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 69%Instruction support 9%Student services 8%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 7%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$54,441,68768.98%69%
Instruction support$7,347,9269.31%9%
Student services$6,244,9927.91%8%
Administration$5,045,7706.39%7%
Buildings & maintenance$5,817,2767.37%7%
Total$78,924,311100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $78,924,311 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$13,167 per pupil
2020$11,903 per pupil
2019$11,805 per pupil
2018$11,690 per pupil
2017$11,505 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 92585 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92585 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$106,667
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)21%
ZIP-area population29,534
Median age35.4 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. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 92585 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 5,726 elementary schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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