Public school · Garden Grove Unified · Garden Grove, California

John Murdy Elementary — Rating & test scores

Garden Grove · TK–6 · 689 students (2024–25)

14851 Donegal Drive, 92844murdy.ggusd.us ↗(714) 663-6405
89thpercentileStrong

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
64

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six 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

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 71% and 63% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 46% and 42%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 285
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).

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

This rating covers grades 3–5. John Murdy Elementary teaches TK–6: grade 6 results ↓

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On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 4–6 scored above what the state expected in English (+15 pts) and math (+21 pts). The state bases that expectation on each student’s earlier scores.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 279. 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.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Garden Grove Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is John Murdy a good elementary school?

John Murdy Elementary scores higher than 89 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 89th percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 8 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 13 in 100 at the average Garden Grove Unified elementary school. 0.3% of students (2 of 691) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (4)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored +15 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +21 points, which it calls Exceptional.

  • Included in this measure: 279 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 70% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at John Murdy Elementary in Garden Grove scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2025 attendance boundaries, John Murdy Elementary is zoned to Sarah McGarvin Intermediate. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Sarah McGarvin Intermediate: 98th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 Scope Score

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?

Well above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 71% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 63% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 285
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 3–5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English, 1,211,701 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 285 tested

Advanced
45%
Proficient
26%
Below the standard
29%
This school71%
California46%
Garden Grove Unified56%

71% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 285 tested

Advanced
39%
Proficient
24%
Below the standard
37%
This school63%
California42%
Garden Grove Unified52%

63% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–6 · 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 Advanced71%71%71%
Advanced49%43%41%
Proficient22%28%30%
Developing level17%23%9%
Minimal12%6%20%
Tested9190104
California44%46%49%
Difference+27+25+22
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced80%
Advanced41%
Proficient39%
Developing level12%
Minimal8%
Tested85
California48%
Difference+32

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 Advanced64%66%60%
Advanced40%40%38%
Proficient24%26%22%
Developing level18%27%19%
Minimal18%7%21%
Tested9190104
California47%42%37%
Difference+17+24+23
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced75%
Advanced56%
Proficient19%
Developing level12%
Minimal13%
Tested85
California37%
Difference+38

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 →

School patterns · grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · What patterns mean

Broad baseMost students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.
Grade-to-grade gainsFrom grade 3 in spring 2024 to grade 5 in spring 2026, results here rose more than at the average California elementary school. Students move in and out, so these are partly different children. The Score factors record below gives the figure.

How does grade 6 do?

Well above California in both subjects. In grade 6, spring 2026, 80% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 75% in math, against 48% and 37% across California.

English

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 85 tested

Advanced
41%
Proficient
39%
Below the standard
20%
This school80%
California48%
Garden Grove Unified63%

80% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Math

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 85 tested

Advanced
56%
Proficient
19%
Below the standard
25%
This school75%
California37%
Garden Grove Unified54%

75% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Have results changed?

English results were similar to 2025; math results were lower. English stayed at 71% and math went from 68% to 63%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202571%277 tested
→
202671%285 tested

This school

California, same grades46% → 46%2025 → 2026 · 1,232,086 → 1,208,894 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202568%278 tested
→
202663%285 tested

This school

California, same grades41% → 42%2025 → 2026 · 1,241,652 → 1,211,701 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Yes, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored +15 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +21 points, which it calls Exceptional.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 279
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 4–6 · 2025 · 279 students with scores in both years

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

+15 pts

English

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

+21 pts

Math

The state calls it Exceptional, the highest of its five growth levels.

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

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, grades 3–5 · This school45%26%16%13%285
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Garden Grove Unified34%22%19%25%7,212
Math, grades 3–5 · This school39%24%22%15%285
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Garden Grove Unified29%23%24%24%7,228
English, grade 6 · This school41%39%12%8%85
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Garden Grove Unified30%33%20%17%2,682
Math, grade 6 · This school56%19%12%13%85
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Garden Grove Unified33%21%23%23%2,690

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 20178 tested years shown · Grades 3–5 are well above California. Grade 6 is also well above it

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202671%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202663%42%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 3–5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English was 71% in both 2017 and 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. In math, it went from 74% in 2017 to 63% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201771%
187 tested		45%
1,384,680 tested
201870%
177 tested		49%
1,346,907 tested
201970%
176 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202268%
232 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202369%
247 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202470%
288 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202571%
277 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
202671%
285 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201774%
189 tested		40%
1,392,040 tested
201866%
180 tested		42%
1,352,321 tested
201968%
179 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
202270%
233 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202371%
247 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202465%
287 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202568%
278 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
202663%
285 tested		42%
1,211,701 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 15 points above that expected score, and in math 21 points above 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.

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

8 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 Garden Grove Unified elementary school, 13 in 100 were. 0.3% of 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: 52 of 683 students counted for it; suspension: 2 of 691 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 Garden Grove Unified elementary school 1.1%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

8 in 100This school
13 in 100At the average Garden Grove Unified elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

52 of 683 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.3%

of students were suspended at least once (2 of 691). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

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

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at John Murdy

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.

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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

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

Student groups, grades 3–6, spring 2026

70% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 62% in math (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 36% and 30% for the same group across California. English learners here scored well above the same group across California in English.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 3–6; 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).
John MurdySame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 256 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 70%Same group, California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 256 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 62%Same group, California 30%
  • AsianEnglish · 297 tested77%Same group, California 71%
  • AsianMath · 297 tested69%Same group, California 71%
  • English learnersEnglish · 68 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 32%Same group, California 13%
  • English learnersMath · 68 tested26%Same group, California 16%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6, spring 2026. English learners: grades 3–5 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Asian: 80%2. Hispanic or Latino: 11%3. Two or more races: 4%4. White: 2%5. Filipino: 2%6. Not reported: 2%Reported shares2025–26
  1. Asian80%
  2. Hispanic or Latino11%
  3. Two or more races4%
  4. White2%
  5. Filipino2%
  6. Not reported2%
  7. Black or African American—
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Pacific Islander—
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

59% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 79 of 133 English learners59%
Garden Grove Unified · 3,635 of 7,58548%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

71%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 491 of 689. California: 63%.

33teachers, 2024–25

17 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

12%in their first year, 2024–25

92%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep low-income students on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–6 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Garden Grove Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 256 tested
English70%+1951%+3436%
Math62%+1745%+3230%
Asian · 297 tested
English77%077%+671%
Math69%−675%−271%
English learners · 68 tested · grades 3–5 only
English32%+923%+1913%
Math26%+125%+1016%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Garden Grove Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

Hispanic or Latino students, 44 tested: no rate for grades 3 and 4 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. Students with disabilities, 35 tested: no rate for grades 3, 4 and 6 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races 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
Asian80%
Hispanic or Latino11%
Two or more races4%
White2%
Filipino2%
Not reported2%
Black or African American—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—

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.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 92% of teaching positions, 24 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 26 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after John Murdy, and how do I get in?

Sarah McGarvin Intermediate, then La Quinta High.

Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary · this school
    John Murdy Elementary
    Grades TK–6
  2. Middle · assigned
    Sarah McGarvin Intermediate
    98th · Strong · 2026
  3. High · assigned
    La Quinta High
    93rd · Strong · 2025

From the district’s 2025 attendance boundaries. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement: transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

High-school links

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.

Where the path ends: La Quinta High
La Quinta High93rd · Strong · 2025 · Scope Score 80district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at La Quinta High. UC records 85 enrollees from La Quinta High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 25 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach La Quinta High around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 89% of the students who finished high school at La Quinta High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

85 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 25 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on La Quinta High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Garden Grove Unified which school serves your address.

School website: murdy.ggusd.us ↗Office: (714) 663-6405Administrator: Michele Luong

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
14851 Donegal Drive, Garden Grove 92844

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Garden Grove Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. How many K–2 students did screening find at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help?
  2. How does the school check what’s working in math? Math: 68% in 2025 to 63% in 2026 here; California: 41% to 42%
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working? 26% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (68 students tested); the same group across California: 16%
  5. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (714) 663-640514851 Donegal Drive, 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 #603 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #6 of 44 in Garden Grove Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math42%7042%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math67%6923%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+84 scale-score pts6420%
Chronically absent8 in 100645%
Suspension rate0.3% (2 of 691)615%
English learners: top level27%655%

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.

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
2025–266489#603California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 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)
2018–196 in 1000.6% (3 of 510)−3
2021–22not on filenot on file−8
2022–23not on filenot on file+2
2023–247 in 1000.1% (1 of 684)+21
2024–257 in 1000.7% (5 of 703)+14
2025–268 in 1000.3% (2 of 691)−2

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 · English37044%73%
2026 · Math37043%66%
2025 · English37942%72%
2025 · Math38042%69%
2024 · English35446%70%
2024 · Math35336%66%
2023 · English31744%68%
2023 · Math31842%68%
2022 · English28644%67%
2022 · Math28640%67%
2019 · English24138%70%
2019 · Math24342%68%
2018 · English24939%69%
2018 · Math25337%67%
2017 · English25438%68%
2017 · Math25837%70%

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 · English9157%
2025 · Grade 4 · English10271%
2025 · Grade 5 · English8486%
2025 · Grade 6 · English10275%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math9167%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math10271%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math8566%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math10274%
2024 · Grade 3 · English10355%
2024 · Grade 4 · English8377%
2024 · Grade 5 · English10280%
2024 · Grade 6 · English6670%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math10355%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math8270%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math10272%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math6670%
2023 · Grade 3 · English8371%
2023 · Grade 4 · English10366%
2023 · Grade 5 · English6172%
2023 · Grade 6 · English7064%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math8367%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math10374%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math6170%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math7156%
2022 · Grade 3 · English10372%
2022 · Grade 4 · English6263%
2022 · Grade 5 · English6767%
2022 · Grade 6 · English5461%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math10374%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math6271%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math6862%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math5358%
2019 · Grade 3 · English5072%
2019 · Grade 4 · English6368%
2019 · Grade 5 · English6370%
2019 · Grade 6 · English6571%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math5074%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math6459%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math6571%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math6469%
2018 · Grade 3 · English5671%
2018 · Grade 4 · English6070%
2018 · Grade 5 · English6169%
2018 · Grade 6 · English7268%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math5677%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math6363%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math6159%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math7370%
2017 · Grade 3 · English6274%
2017 · Grade 4 · English5871%
2017 · Grade 5 · English6767%
2017 · Grade 6 · English6761%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math6381%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math5874%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math6868%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math6959%

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
Schoolwide10419%36%34%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-income25670%+19+34
Asian29777%0+6
English learners (grades 3–5 only)6832%+9+19
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+15279Accelerated+21279Exceptional
Asian+18218Accelerated+24218Exceptional
Low-income+13211Accelerated+19211Accelerated
English learners+13164Accelerated+20164Exceptional
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+19108not categorized+19108not categorized
English-only students+1383not categorized+1683not categorized
English learners only+156not categorized+2056not categorized
Hispanic or Latino+1042Accelerated+442Average
Students with disabilities−829Moderate+1329Accelerated

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 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
36%
exceeded standard · 55% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 103 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
41%
Advanced · 71% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 104 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 103 (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+15 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

279 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +15 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+21 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

279 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

California growth model, math: +21 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Exceptional, 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 · 7 in 100 → 2025–26 · 8 in 100 · +1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.7% (5 of 703) → 2025–26 · 0.3% (2 of 691) · −0.4 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female7 in 1008 in 100+1 in 100
Male6 in 1007 in 100+1 in 100
Asian6 in 1006 in 1000 in 100
Hispanic or Latino10 in 10015 in 100+5 in 100
Two or more races0 in 1004 in 100+4 in 100
Students with disabilities4 in 10015 in 100+11 in 100
English learners8 in 1007 in 100−1 in 100
Low-income7 in 10010 in 100+3 in 100
All students6 in 1008 in 100+2 in 100
Filipino—31 in 100—
White—19 in 100—
Homeless—3 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$14,737 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 40,124 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$246 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 689

Central federal expenditures attributed here$608 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 689

District current expense · FY 2024–25$22,744 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 62%Instruction support 11%Student services 11%Administration 4%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 3%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$488,850,02461.46%62%
Instruction support$86,054,63010.82%11%
Student services$87,620,26111.02%11%
Administration$34,026,7414.28%4%
Buildings & maintenance$71,680,1519.01%9%
Other$27,218,6683.42%3%
Total$795,450,475100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $795,450,475 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$14,737 per pupil
2020$13,697 per pupil
2019$13,564 per pupil
2018$12,765 per pupil
2017$11,487 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 92844 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92844 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$79,701
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)22%
ZIP-area population23,188
Median age41.0 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 92844 →

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