John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills: The score is strong. The trajectory is stronger.
John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills pairs 55% proficiency with gains that hold up when the same students are tracked two years apart — the rare school that posts both.
John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills scores 52 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 73rd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “55% proficient” and call it done. John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills deserves a closer read. It sits at the 73rd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
The headline number: +12.6pp separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
As a charter, John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills 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 rises 19.3pp across grades; the floor rises 21.8pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills's most underrated number
62.7% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask what changed — new curriculum, new principal, new program. Momentum has a cause, and a visit will find it.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated K-12 path based on district and proximity. Actual attendance zones may differ. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
Your other options
Private alternatives nearby
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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 20.5pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school.
Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Funding Breakdown
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 | 142 | 16% | 33% | 20% | 31% | 49% | +6 |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 18% | 35% | 26% | 21% | 53% | +9 |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 36% | 36% | 17% | 12% | 71% | +23 |
| Grade 6 | 143 | 30% | 38% | 20% | 12% | 68% | +21 |
| Grade 7 | 131 | 31% | 47% | 15% | 8% | 77% | +29 |
| Grade 8 | 125 | 27% | 44% | 17% | 12% | 71% | +25 |
| Grade 11 | 53 | 62% | 26% | 8% | 4% | 89% | +41 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 142 | 20% | 33% | 20% | 26% | 54% | +8 |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 12% | 31% | 38% | 19% | 43% | +1 |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 23% | 34% | 28% | 15% | 57% | +22 |
| Grade 6 | 143 | 32% | 22% | 25% | 20% | 55% | +20 |
| Grade 7 | 131 | 30% | 30% | 27% | 14% | 60% | +26 |
| Grade 8 | 124 | 27% | 22% | 27% | 24% | 48% | +16 |
| Grade 11 | 53 | 19% | 23% | 25% | 34% | 42% | +18 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 305 | 16% | 34% | 46% | 4% |
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 | 153 | 62.7% | +25 | +25 |
| White | 612 | 66.3% | +16 | +5 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 109 | 63.3% | +25 | +24 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills ← | — | 52 | 20.9% | 54.5% | +12.6 | 2.6% |
| Russell Ranch Elementary | 3 mi | 74 | 50.7% | 79.3% | +5.9 | 0.5% |
| Oak Meadow Elementary | 2.8 mi | 71 | 43.0% | 74.8% | −4.9 | 0.9% |
| Rising Sun Montessori | 0.7 mi | 69 | 41.7% | 72.9% | — | 1.0% |
| California average | — | 43 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.