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Irving L. Branch Elementary — Rating & test scores

1577 Payne Avenue, Edwards · 388 students · Grades 3–6

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The California School Campus Database records William A. Bailey Elementary and Desert Junior-Senior High on this campus too; it gives each school the whole campus, so this drawing doesn’t show which buildings each uses.

Drawn from OpenStreetMap, inside the campus outline from the California School Campus Database (2025). Volunteers map it, so a new building may be missing. Buildings with no mapped height are drawn one storey high.

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Scope Score 72

DevelopingScope Score · 33rd percentile. Higher than 33 in 100 of the 5,726 California public elementary schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Below California in English, well below in math: 38% and 31% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, against 46% and 42%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 280
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

This rating covers grades 3–5. Irving L. Branch Elementary teaches 3–6.

Overview

Is Irving L. Branch a good elementary school?

Developing. Irving L. Branch is higher than most California elementary schools on attendance. Irving L. Branch is lower than most on test results and progress in both subjects.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced3938%
Math, Proficient or Advanced3831%
English, Advanced4217%
Math, Advanced4012%

Progress in a year, 2025

English32−2 pts
Math39−1 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance6013 in 100
Irving L. Branch’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Muroc Joint Unified’s other elementary schoolBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grade 6, spring 2026, 25% scored Proficient or Advanced in math, against 37% across California.

Each bar is Irving L. Branch’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grade 6. California: CDE’s grade 6 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 415,904 in math tested).

In its own words

What does Irving L. Branch say about itself?

We haven’t read Irving L. Branch’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open branch.muroc.k12.ca.us (opens in a new tab)

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored 2 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 1 point lower, which the state calls Average.

English

−2

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino85−12 points
White69+4 points
Students with disabilities51−3 points
Two or More Races450 points
Low-income39−20 points

Math

−1

point lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino850 points
White69−4 points
Students with disabilities51−5 points
Two or More Races45+3 points
Low-income39−10 points

Grades 4–6, 2025, 236 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

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 2 points below that expected score, and in math 1 point below it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 45th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Schools like it

How does Irving L. Branch compare with schools like it?

Irving L. Branch’s Scope Score is 72. 435 California elementary schools, counting Irving L. Branch, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 87. No school in that group has a lower result than Irving L. Branch.

The five schools with the highest results of the 435

  1. Students from low-income families: 13%

    Scope Score 100Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 23%

    Scope Score 99Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 14%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 20%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 22%

    El Rodeo Elementary

    Beverly Hills

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

435 California public elementary schools where 11% to 23% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public elementary school we score where 11% to 23% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Irving L. Branch’s share. The count includes Irving L. Branch. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English stayed at 38% and math went from 30% to 31%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 3–5. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%201720182019202320242025202645%53%46%CaliforniaCalifornia38%Irving L. BranchThis school37%Muroc Joint UnifiedDistrict

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%201720182019202320242025202637%42%42%CaliforniaCalifornia31%Irving L. BranchThis school31%Muroc Joint UnifiedDistrict

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Muroc Joint Unified’s line combines its 2 elementary schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other school. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. Muroc Joint Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringIrving L. BranchMuroc Joint UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201753%45%45%305
201853%45%49%290
201955%46%50%274
202340%31%44%293
202436%29%45%295
202538%35%46%279
202638%37%46%280
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringIrving L. BranchMuroc Joint UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201742%37%40%304
201845%39%42%290
201945%38%44%274
202332%25%40%292
202430%24%41%295
202530%27%41%279
202631%31%42%280

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Below California in English (reading and writing); well below it in math.

English

38%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

36262117
Muroc Joint Unified37%California46%

Math

31%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

36331912
Muroc Joint Unified31%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 38% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 31% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

How does grade 6 do?

Well below California in both subjects. In grade 6, spring 2026, 38% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 25% in math, against 48% and 37% across California.

English

38%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

3527308
Muroc Joint Unified36%California48%

Math

25%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

512419
Muroc Joint Unified19%California37%
Results for each grade, spring 2026

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 Advanced32%42%39%
Advanced14%19%18%
Proficient18%23%21%
Developing level34%19%27%
Minimal34%39%34%
Tested9385102
California44%46%49%
Difference−12−4−10
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced38%
Advanced8%
Proficient30%
Developing level27%
Minimal35%
Tested95
California48%
Difference−10

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 Advanced42%28%25%
Advanced18%7%11%
Proficient24%21%14%
Developing level26%37%34%
Minimal32%35%41%
Tested9385102
California47%42%37%
Difference−5−14−12
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced25%
Advanced6%
Proficient19%
Developing level24%
Minimal51%
Tested95
California37%
Difference−12

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.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school17%21%26%36%280
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Muroc Joint Unified16%21%24%39%362
Math, grades 3–5 · This school12%19%33%36%280
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Muroc Joint Unified11%20%31%38%362
English, grade 6 · This school8%30%27%35%95
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Muroc Joint Unified8%28%27%37%135
Math, grade 6 · This school6%19%24%51%95
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Muroc Joint Unified4%15%26%55%135

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 280 tested in English, 280 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 36% of students. 52 of 404 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

13in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (52 of 404 students).

At the average Muroc Joint Unified elementary school: 30 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Students, 2024–25

388

students in grades 3–6.

Hispanic or Latino 36%White 36%Two or more races 14%Filipino 5%Black or African American 4%Not reported 4%

Family income

17%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 67 of 388. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

19

teachers, with 9 years of experience on average.

21% were in their first year.

81% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

4.8%

of students were suspended at least once (20 of 414). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino36%
White36%
Two or more races14%
Filipino5%
Black or African American4%
Not reported4%
Asian—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 8.5 of 10.5 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups scored well below the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Two or more races69 tested43%California 60%
  • Military families168 tested40%California 50%
  • White131 tested40%California 60%
  • Hispanic or Latino135 tested33%California 37%
  • Low-income60 tested25%California 36%
  • Students with disabilities80 tested13%California 18%

40% of White students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 60% for the same group across California. Military-family students and students of two or more races also scored well below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6 English, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–6 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Muroc Joint Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 60 tested
English25%−328%−1136%
Math22%+319%−830%
Hispanic or Latino · 135 tested
English33%+132%−437%
Math25%+322%−530%
White · 131 tested
English40%−141%−2060%
Math34%034%−2054%
Two or more races · 69 tested
English43%−245%−1760%
Math30%−232%−2454%
Students with disabilities · 80 tested
English13%+310%−518%
Math10%+19%−616%
Military families · 168 tested
English40%040%−1050%
Math31%031%−1344%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Muroc Joint Unified, 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, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and homeless 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Irving L. Branch. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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Money

Where does the money go?

$8,469 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student. Muroc Joint Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $3 million.

$8,469

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$8,409
The school’s share of district office costs
$60
Of the total, from federal funds
$118
  • Irving L. Branch$8,469
  • Muroc Joint Unified elementary schools$10,102
  • California elementary schools$20,288

The district and California figures combine their elementary schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 5,053 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

Muroc Joint Unified’s yearly plan

$3million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 5 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $3 million of $32 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Muroc Joint Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Irving L. Branch like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93523. They are not figures for the families at Irving L. Branch.

Typical household income in a year

$70,227

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 93523.

Typical home value
$198,900
People who live in this ZIP code
3,502
Typical age
26.1 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
38%

What you can do

Who can act on Irving L. Branch’s results?

Muroc Joint Unified’s board decides Irving L. Branch’s plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

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

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Irving L. Branch. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?4.8% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (20 of 414 students); average California elementary school: 1.6%
  2. How does the school check reading in kindergarten through grade 2, and what help follows when a child is behind?32% of grade 3 students scored Proficient or Advanced in English, spring 2026 (93 students tested); California, grade 3: 44%
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?2 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4–6, 2025 (236 students)
  4. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Irving L. Branch, and how do I get in?

Ask Muroc Joint Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Irving L. Branch Elementary
    Grades 3–6Scope Score 72Developing · 33rd percentile
  2. Middle
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.
  3. High
    Desert Junior-Senior High
    Scope Score 73Developing · 40th percentile · 2025Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school 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

High-school links

  • Desert Junior-Senior High

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 73 · Developing · 40th percentile · high · 2025

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

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. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where it is

Where is Irving L. Branch?

Address
1577 Payne Avenue, Edwards 93523Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Tirsa TovarAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated November 2, 2023.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Muroc Joint Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Irving L. Branch a good elementary school?

Irving L. Branch Elementary has a Scope Score of 72. It scored higher than 33 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Developing, 33rd percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 13 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 30 in 100 at the average Muroc Joint Unified elementary school. 4.8% of students (20 of 414) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored 2 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 1 point lower, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 236 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 25% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at Irving L. Branch Elementary in Edwards scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #3,787 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math14%4342%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math35%4423%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+73 scale-score pts4520%
Chronically absent13 in 100565%
Suspension rate4.8% (20 of 414)255%

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. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students. The weights above add to 95%: English learners reaching the top level of the state’s English test has no value for this school, so its 5% weight is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267233#3787California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2018–19, 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)
2018–198 in 1001.1% (9 of 818)−23
2022–23not on filenot on file−14
2023–2424 in 1007.3% (32 of 440)−8
2024–2521 in 1007.8% (33 of 425)−7
2025–2613 in 1004.8% (20 of 414)−5

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).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English37515%38%
2026 · Math37511%30%
2025 · English37414%40%
2025 · Math37411%30%
2024 · English39815%38%
2024 · Math39811%29%
2023 · English37513%40%
2023 · Math37410%30%
2022 · English25915%41%
2022 · Math2569%21%
2019 · English36527%57%
2019 · Math36518%45%
2018 · English37323%53%
2018 · Math37317%44%
2017 · English39919%56%
2017 · Math39814%45%

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 · English9631%
2025 · Grade 4 · English9951%
2025 · Grade 5 · English8432%
2025 · Grade 6 · English9543%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math9630%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math9942%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math8415%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math9531%
2024 · Grade 3 · English10136%
2024 · Grade 4 · English9134%
2024 · Grade 5 · English10337%
2024 · Grade 6 · English10344%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math10140%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math9126%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math10323%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math10325%
2023 · Grade 3 · English9142%
2023 · Grade 4 · English10743%
2023 · Grade 5 · English9535%
2023 · Grade 6 · English8239%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math9040%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math10837%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math9419%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math8221%
2022 · Grade 4 · English9339%
2022 · Grade 5 · English7952%
2022 · Grade 6 · English8732%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math9319%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math7925%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math8419%
2019 · Grade 3 · English9165%
2019 · Grade 4 · English8951%
2019 · Grade 5 · English9450%
2019 · Grade 6 · English9162%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math9165%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math8937%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math9434%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math9146%
2018 · Grade 3 · English9863%
2018 · Grade 4 · English9547%
2018 · Grade 5 · English9748%
2018 · Grade 6 · English8351%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math9857%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math9643%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math9634%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math8343%
2017 · Grade 3 · English10559%
2017 · Grade 4 · English10253%
2017 · Grade 5 · English9848%
2017 · Grade 6 · English9463%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math10557%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math10142%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math9828%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math9454%

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
Schoolwide10216%17%56%12%

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-income6025%−3−11
Hispanic or Latino13533%+1−4
White13140%−1−20
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−2236Average−1236Average
English-only students0220not categorized+1220not categorized
Hispanic or Latino−1285Moderate085Average
White+469Average−469Average
Students with disabilities−351Average−551Average
Two or more races045Average+345Average
Low-income−2039Moderate−1039Moderate

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. “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 4–6. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3
20%
exceeded standard · 36% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 101 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
18%
Advanced · 39% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 102 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 101 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−2 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–6

236 students

CDE growth category: Average

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

State model · math−1 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–6

236 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, 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 4–6, 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 · 21 in 100 → 2025–26 · 13 in 100 · −8 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 7.8% (33 of 425) → 2025–26 · 4.8% (20 of 414) · −3.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female6 in 10013 in 100+7 in 100
Male11 in 10012 in 100+1 in 100
Asian0 of 11——
Black or African American8 of 762 of 18—
Filipino1 of 170 of 19—
Hispanic or Latino8 in 10017 in 100+9 in 100
Two or more races13 in 10011 of 57—
White6 in 10010 in 100+4 in 100
Students with disabilities12 of 9920 of 96—
Low-income16 in 10021 of 70—
All students8 in 10013 in 100+5 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. 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$12,801 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 1,687 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$103 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 388

Central federal expenditures attributed here$15 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 388

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,670 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 60%Instruction support 7%Student services 10%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 14%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$18,184,55959.99%60%
Instruction support$2,122,3167.00%7%
Student services$3,015,8619.95%10%
Administration$2,191,1567.23%7%
Buildings & maintenance$4,287,54714.14%14%
Other$512,7041.69%2%
Total$30,314,143100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $30,314,143 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$12,801 per pupil
2020$11,622 per pupil
2019$11,889 per pupil
2018$16,081 per pupil
2017$12,851 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 93523 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93523 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$70,227
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)38%
ZIP-area population3,502
Median age26.1 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 93523 →

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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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