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Joshua Elementary

Lancaster · TK–6 · 688 students (2024–25)

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The dots are California’s 5,721 scored public elementary schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. How it’s built ›

Scope Score

13 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
Not a grade or a test result.

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Joshuahigher than 1 of the 100 California dots

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Joshuahigher than 1 of the 100 California dots

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Well below California in English and math: 14% and 5% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 41% statewide. Source

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 3–5: 266
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 3, 4 and 5 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,232,086 in English and 1,241,652 in math tested).

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

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Academic achievement

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Learning

Are children building strong foundations?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 3%
Met standard: 11%
Below standard: 86%

14% met or exceeded · 266 tested

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Level	Here	California	Lancaster Elementary
Exceeded	3%	24%	9%
Met	11%	22%	15%
Nearly met	20%	21%	24%
Not met	66%	33%	52%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 0%
Met standard: 5%
Below standard: 95%

5% met or exceeded · 266 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Lancaster Elementary
Exceeded	0%	21%	5%
Met	5%	20%	12%
Nearly met	12%	25%	25%
Not met	83%	34%	58%

English

grade 6Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 1%
Met standard: 13%
Below standard: 86%

14% met or exceeded · 70 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Lancaster Elementary
Exceeded	1%	20%	5%
Met	13%	28%	19%
Nearly met	20%	24%	25%
Not met	66%	28%	51%

Math

grade 6Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 1%
Met standard: 2%
Below standard: 97%

3% met or exceeded · 70 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Lancaster Elementary
Exceeded	1%	20%	3%
Met	2%	17%	7%
Nearly met	7%	24%	20%
Not met	90%	39%	70%

What these tests tell you · what to ask

Reading and math results for the tested grades. These do not measure the experience in kindergarten or the early grades.

Ask: How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?

Things worth knowing

Open a finding for the evidence

About half students (368 of 792) missed 10% or more of school days, about one and a half times the rate at the average Lancaster Elementary school.2024–25

46 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

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

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2024–25
Students: all students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 792
Comparison: 368 of 792. District and California figures are averages of school rates (16 Lancaster Elementary schools; 5,721 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school14%

California46%

Tested: 266 here · 1,232,086 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school14%

Lancaster Elementary24%

Tested: 266 here · 4,750 in Lancaster Elementary. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 16 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Lancaster Elementary
Exceeded	3%	24%	9%
Met	11%	22%	15%
Nearly met	20%	21%	24%
Not met	66%	33%	52%

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school5%

California41%

Tested: 266 here · 1,241,652 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school5%

Lancaster Elementary17%

Tested: 266 here · 4,768 in Lancaster Elementary. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 16 schools.

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Level	Here	California	Lancaster Elementary
Exceeded	0%	21%	5%
Met	5%	20%	12%
Nearly met	12%	25%	25%
Not met	83%	34%	58%

English

grade 6Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school14%

California48%

Tested: 70 here · 418,255 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school14%

Lancaster Elementary24%

Tested: 70 here · 1,563 in Lancaster Elementary. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 13 schools.

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Level	Here	California	Lancaster Elementary
Exceeded	1%	20%	5%
Met	13%	28%	19%
Nearly met	20%	24%	25%
Not met	66%	28%	51%

Math

grade 6Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school3%

California37%

Tested: 70 here · 420,720 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school3%

Lancaster Elementary10%

Tested: 70 here · 1,567 in Lancaster Elementary. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 13 schools.

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Level	Here	California	Lancaster Elementary
Exceeded	1%	20%	3%
Met	2%	17%	7%
Nearly met	7%	24%	20%
Not met	90%	39%	70%

Progress over time

Are students making progress?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · all students tested

201910%783 tested

→

202514%266 tested

Joshua

California, same grades50% → 46%2019 → 2025 · 1,332,547 → 1,232,086 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · all students tested

20194%789 tested

→

20255%266 tested

Joshua

California, same grades44% → 41%2019 → 2025 · 1,338,625 → 1,241,652 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

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Grades 3–5 are well below California. Grade 6 are also well below it.

English met or exceeded, grades 3–5

JoshuaCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202514%46%

Math met or exceeded, grades 3–5

JoshuaCalifornia

0%50%100%2019202220255%41%

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

English went from 10% in 2019 to 14% in 2025. Math went from 4% in 2019 to 5% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
Year	Joshua	California
2019	10% 783 tested	50% 1,332,547 tested
2022	7% 699 tested	45% 1,260,830 tested
2023	9% 277 tested	44% 1,247,801 tested
2024	9% 254 tested	45% 1,235,509 tested
2025	14% 266 tested	46% 1,232,086 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
Year	Joshua	California
2019	4% 789 tested	44% 1,338,625 tested
2022	6% 705 tested	38% 1,265,943 tested
2023	3% 276 tested	40% 1,256,519 tested
2024	4% 256 tested	41% 1,249,262 tested
2025	5% 266 tested	41% 1,241,652 tested

The state’s growth measure204 students · grades 4–6 · 2025

English−8ptsCDE category: Moderate

Math−29ptsCDE category: Minimal

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

Ask: Most students in grades 3–5 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?

Life at school

Explore the available evidence about the school day and opportunities.

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

46 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

30in 100 at the average Lancaster Elementary school18in 100 at the average California elementary school

368 of 792 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school46 in 100

at the average Lancaster Elementary school30 in 100

at the average California elementary school18 in 100

2.6%of students were suspended at least once (22 of 838), 2024–25

1.9%at the average Lancaster Elementary school1.6%at the average California elementary school

Attendance by grade

Chronically absent, 2024–25	Per 100 students	Students
TK and kindergarten	56	99 of 177
Grades 1–3	47	158 of 334
Grades 4–6	40	111 of 281

Reviews & community voices

Parents’ experience · the school as a workplace

Parent voices

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grades 3–6 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

317 tested per subject

English15% / 36%

Math5% / 29%

Hispanic or Latino

187 tested per subject

English15% / 36%

Math6% / 29%

Black or African American

115 tested per subject

English12% / 31%

Math1% / 22%

English learners

47 tested per subject · grades 3 and 5 and 6

English0% / 12%

Math0% / 13%

Students with disabilities

37 tested per subject · grades 3 and 5

English11% / 19%

Math5% / 18%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Met or exceeded the standardgrades 3–6 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Lancaster Elementary	vs California
Low-income · 317 tested
English	15%	−722%	−2136%
Math	5%	−914%	−2429%
Hispanic or Latino · 187 tested
English	15%	−1126%	−2136%
Math	6%	−1117%	−2329%
Black or African American · 115 tested
English	12%	−315%	−1931%
Math	1%	−56%	−2122%
English learners · 47 tested · grades 3 and 5 and 6 only
English	0%	−55%	−1212%
Math	0%	−44%	−1313%
Students with disabilities · 37 tested · grades 3 and 5 only
English	11%	+29%	−819%
Math	5%	−27%	−1318%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Lancaster Elementary, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

Homeless students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander 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.

Low-income, Hispanic or Latino and Black or African American students and English learners did worse than the same groups statewide. Students with disabilities did worse than the same group statewide in math.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Joshua Elementary in Lancaster, 14.5% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 3, 4, 5 and 6, compared to 22.1% district-wide for those same grades and 35.7% statewide for those same grades. Joshua Elementary’s rate for low-income students trails its district average by 7.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (4.7% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (15.0% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 13.7 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 317 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

Hispanic or Latino51%
Black or African American37%
Two or more races6%
White4%
Asian—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share3%

Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.

Full student mix, comparisons & sources

Eligible enrollment, 2024–25	Here
Hispanic or Latino	51%
Black or African American	37%
Two or more races	6%
White	4%
Asian	—
Filipino	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—
Not reported	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About 9 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (91%, 625 of 688). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers37

Average experience6 years

First-year teachers32%

67% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 66.57%: 13.9 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 20.9 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Questions & evidence

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The school path beyond this campus

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ElementaryJoshua ElementaryThis campus · grades K-6
MiddleNew Vista MiddleHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
High schoolLink not recordedAsk the district about this stage.

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

New Vista Middle
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
bottom percentile · Needs Support · middle · 2025
83% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Piute Middle
Historical partial-area overlap · NCES SABS 2015–16
2nd percentile · Needs Support · middle · 2025
17% 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 its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

Getting in

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joshuaelementary.org

Location and visiting

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43926 North Second Street, East, Lancaster 93535

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Questions

Questions to ask

A short list for your school visit.

When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
Most students in grades 3–5 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?
How do you teach early reading and check each child’s progress?
What does extra support or enrichment look like during the school day?

Call (661) 948-0743 to ask about a visit.

Other options

Schools to explore

Nearby means close to this campus. It does not establish an attendance boundary or a similar student population.

Nearby elementary schoolsStatewide percentile

iLEAD Lancaster Charter0.6 mi · Charter school. Check how it admits students.1stNeeds Support
El Dorado Elementary0.8 mi5thNeeds Support
Sierra Elementary0.9 mi11thNeeds Support

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar elementary schools2025 statewide percentile

Benjamin F. Beswick ElementaryTustin Unified · 426 enrolled · 90.8% meal eligibility57thSolid
Washington ElementaryBellflower Unified · 579 enrolled · 90.8% meal eligibility51stSolid
Roscoe ElementaryLos Angeles Unified · 481 enrolled · 90.9% meal eligibility35thDeveloping
Parkview ElementaryMountain View Elementary · 920 enrolled · 90.9% meal eligibility24thNeeds Support
Walnut ElementaryLa Habra City Elementary · 446 enrolled · 90.8% meal eligibility28thDeveloping
Mt. Vernon ElementaryBakersfield City · 614 enrolled · 90.9% meal eligibility2ndNeeds Support

How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 82.8–98.8% meal eligibility and 344–1,376 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Joshua Elementary a good elementary school?

Joshua Elementary is in the 1st percentile (Needs Support) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. Its Scope Score is 13 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Joshua Elementary was well below California in English and math: 14% and 5% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 41% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 3-to-5 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Joshua Elementary's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 14% of students tested in grades 3–5 met or exceeded the English standard and 5% the math standard; 3% and 0% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 46% and 41% met or exceeded, 24% and 21% exceeded. 266 students were tested in English and 266 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Joshua Elementary rank in California?

Joshua Elementary is in the 1st percentile of 5,721 California comprehensive elementary schools (Needs Support, 2025). Joshua Elementary ranks #5,615 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2023 G3 → 2025 G5), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

Is Joshua Elementary getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Joshua Elementary's grade 3 results in 2023 with its grade 5 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 41st percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.

What do attendance and suspension records show for Joshua Elementary?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 46.5% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 368 chronically absent of 792 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 2.6%; 22 unduplicated suspended students of 838 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 45.0%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 2.5%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

How does Joshua Elementary compare to other schools in Lancaster?

Joshua Elementary is in the 1st percentile (Needs Support) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 688 students. Use the schools in Lancaster page or the map view to compare nearby elementary schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Joshua Elementary?

What middle school does Joshua Elementary feed into?

By attendance boundary, Joshua Elementary is zoned to New Vista Middle. New Vista Middle has a Scope Score of 9 out of 100. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education's School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.

Source records

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Joshua Elementary is ranked #5,615 statewide · #13 of 16 in Lancaster Elementary.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	1.4%	21.4%	42%
Met or exceeded	8.9%	42.7%	23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)	Below avg	average	20%
Chronic absenteeism	45.0%	17.9%	5%
Suspension rate	2.5%	1.6%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	12.9%	17.8%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↓ vs CA 21.4% · index 31 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↓ vs CA 42.7% · index 24 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5): ↓ vs CA average · ≈41st calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism: ↓ vs CA 17.9% · index 6 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 1.0pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate: ↓ vs CA 1.6% · index 42 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 3.9pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↓ vs CA 17.8% · index 44 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 3	102	5%	11%	20%	65%	16%	−27
Grade 4	63	2%	8%	16%	75%	10%	−35
Grade 5	101	1%	14%	23%	62%	15%	−33
Grade 6	70	1%	13%	20%	66%	14%	−32

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 3 ELA equal-school mean: 43.1%; n=5714 reporting schools

State grade 4 ELA equal-school mean: 44.6%; n=5721 reporting schools

State grade 5 ELA equal-school mean: 47.7%; n=5721 reporting schools

State grade 6 ELA equal-school mean: 46.1%; n=4084 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
Math	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 3	102	0%	11%	12%	77%	11%	−35
Grade 4	63	0%	2%	16%	83%	2%	−40
Grade 5	101	1%	0%	10%	89%	1%	−34
Grade 6	70	1%	1%	7%	90%	3%	−32

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 3 Math equal-school mean: 45.4%; n=5714 reporting schools

State grade 4 Math equal-school mean: 41.3%; n=5721 reporting schools

State grade 5 Math equal-school mean: 35.0%; n=5724 reporting schools

State grade 6 Math equal-school mean: 34.5%; n=4086 reporting schools

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met+
2024 · Grade 3 · ELA	55	7.3%
2024 · Grade 4 · ELA	103	7.8%
2024 · Grade 5 · ELA	96	12.5%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math	57	8.8%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math	103	1.0%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math	96	3.1%
2023 · Grade 3 · ELA	103	4.8%
2023 · Grade 4 · ELA	91	9.9%
2023 · Grade 5 · ELA	83	13.3%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math	102	2.0%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math	91	4.4%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math	83	3.6%
2022 · Grade 3 · ELA	233	10.6%
2022 · Grade 4 · ELA	233	10.4%
2022 · Grade 5 · ELA	233	1.4%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math	235	9.3%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math	235	6.4%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math	235	1.4%
2019 · Grade 3 · ELA	261	2.7%
2019 · Grade 4 · ELA	261	11.0%
2019 · Grade 5 · ELA	261	15.6%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math	263	1.4%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math	263	5.4%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math	263	6.3%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT
Schoolwide	101	0%	6%	42%	52%

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.

Subgroup · ELA	Tested	MET+	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	317	14.5%	−8	−21
Hispanic/Latino	187	15.0%	−11	−21
Black/African American	115	12.2%	−3	−19

Nearest elementary schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = school-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights

School	Dist	Scope · percentile · band	EXC	MET+	Grade gap	Cohort growth	Susp
Joshua Elementary ←	—	131st percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 2025	1.4%	8.9%	−5.3pp	+70 pts	2.5%
iLEAD Lancaster Charter	0.6 mi	121st percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 2025	4.7%	16.8%	−5.6pp	—	3.1%
El Dorado Elementary	0.8 mi	165th percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 2025	6.2%	17.4%	−2.5pp	—	4.1%
Sierra Elementary	0.9 mi	2111th percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 2025	4.0%	15.7%	+2.4pp	—	1.5%
California average	—	39School average · no percentile	21.4%	42.7%	−2.9pp	—	1.6%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders14.3%

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.

District salary records

Teacher salary schedule$58,890 – $129,672

Average elementary principal salary$149,973

Average middle school principal salary$154,472

Superintendent salary$278,750

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2019	12/100	1	#5416	California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,484 schools
2022	9/100	0	#5682	California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,704 schools
2023	9/100	0	#5675	California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,696 schools
2024	11/100	0	#5664	California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,711 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 47.5% → 2025 · 46.5% · −1.0pp
Suspension rate2024 · 6.7% → 2025 · 2.6% · −4.1pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	336	2.4%	14.0%
2025 · Math	336	0.6%	4.5%
2024 · ELA	254	4.3%	9.4%
2024 · Math	256	1.2%	3.5%
2023 · ELA	277	2.2%	9.0%
2023 · Math	276	0.4%	3.3%
2022 · ELA	233	2.6%	7.7%
2022 · Math	235	2.1%	6.0%
2019 · ELA	261	4.2%	10.3%
2019 · Math	263	1.9%	4.6%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

Year	Scope	Pctile	Rank	Exc	Met+	Absent	Susp	Grade gap
2019	—	—	—	2.8%	7.0%	20.5%	1.3%	+8.9pp
2022	—	—	—	2.3%	6.6%	69.6%	3.0%	-8.5pp
2023	—	—	—	1.3%	6.3%	51.9%	3.8%	+5.0pp
2024	—	—	—	2.7%	6.7%	46.0%	6.4%	-0.2pp
2025	13	1	#5615	1.4%	8.9%	45.0%	2.5%	-5.3pp

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.

NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD

What we can't show

— Students classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged here trail the state average for their group by 21 points in ELA in grades 3–6 — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.

Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years

Group	2018–19	2024–25	Δ
Female	21.8%	42.5%	+20.7pp
Male	20.4%	50.5%	+30.1pp
Black/African American	21.7%	52.6%	+30.9pp
Hispanic/Latino	19.9%	43.0%	+23.1pp
Two or More Races	21.7%	58.0%	+36.3pp
White	27.5%	35.5%	+8.0pp
Students with Disabilities	27.4%	52.2%	+24.8pp
English Learners	21.0%	20.6%	-0.4pp
Foster Youth	13.9%	27.6%	+13.7pp
Homeless	39.2%	59.2%	+20.0pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	20.5%	47.2%	+26.7pp
All Students	21.0%	46.5%	+25.5pp

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored

Group	ELA	n	CDE band	Math	n	CDE band
All Students	−8	204	Moderate	−29	204	Minimal
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	−9	195	Moderate	−30	195	Minimal
English Only	−10	148	not categorised	−31	148	not categorised
Hispanic or Latino	−9	118	Moderate	−25	118	Minimal
Black or African American	−10	69	Moderate	−36	69	Minimal
English Learner	−12	43	Moderate	−23	43	Minimal
English Learners Only	−22	36	not categorised	−22	36	not categorised
Students with Disabilities	−22	29	Minimal	−32	29	Minimal
Homeless Youth	−15	21	Moderate	−31	21	Minimal

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2023 · Grade 3

exceeded standard · 5% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2023 · 103 ELA test records with scores

ELA · 2025 · Grade 5

exceeded standard · 15% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2025 · 101 ELA test records with scores

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

These paired percentages describe ELA 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 ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · reported-school field

State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

204 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,519 reported ELA ALL school records in its retained school inventory

21st pctile · −8 pts

State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

204 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,518 reported MATH ALL school records in its retained school inventory

1st pctile · −29 pts

this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median ELA estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. 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 and is not part of the Scope Score.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$14,005 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 13,594 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$318 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 688

Central federal expenditures attributed here$2,068 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 688

District current expense · FY 2024–25$23,225 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.

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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 65%Instruction support 9%Student services 11%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 10%

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.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021

2021$14,005 per pupil

2020$12,628 per pupil

2019$12,465 per pupil

2018$11,123 per pupil

2017$11,001 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 93535

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 93535
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$70,360
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	15.17%
ZCTA population	79,409
Median age	31.9 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/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=5,721 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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