Judson & Brown Elementary: This school runs ahead of the state average. The bar itself is the harder conversation.
Judson & Brown posts 49% meeting the standard against 43% statewide — ahead of most, with real headroom above the bar.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46 | 24% | 49% | -14.7 | 14.9% | 0.7% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Judson & Brown Elementary scores 46 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 59th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🤝 Culture First — Ask whether the low absenteeism and suspension numbers come from what the school does or from the community it serves — both can produce the same numbers, and only a visit tells you which.
Most rating sites would stop at “49% proficient” and call it done. Judson & Brown deserves a closer read. The school sits in Redlands, where more than half of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 72nd to the 59th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 49% meet the standard today, versus 55% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 59% | 58% | 47% | 55% | 56% |
| Grade 4 | 57% | 36% | 58% | 52% | 56% |
| Grade 5 | 57% | 54% | 39% | 66% | 45% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 60% | 51% | 51% | 57% | 57% |
| Grade 4 | 46% | 37% | 43% | 41% | 40% |
| Grade 5 | 51% | 36% | 28% | 45% | 38% |
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 falls 8.7pp across grades; the floor slips 10.3pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Judson & Brown Elementary in Redlands, 38.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 41.2% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Judson & Brown Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 3.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (36.1% Math proficient); Hispanic students (47.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 15.2 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 108 students tested.
6 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 13.1pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.8pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 4–6 students (19.0% vs 9.8%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$304 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 38% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 54
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 43
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
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 | 79 | 33% | 23% | 25% | 19% | 56% | +12 |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 29% | 27% | 13% | 32% | 56% | +11 |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 24% | 21% | 23% | 32% | 45% | −2 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 79 | 27% | 30% | 25% | 18% | 57% | +11 |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 13% | 27% | 37% | 24% | 40% | −2 |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 17% | 21% | 23% | 39% | 38% | +3 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 66 | 12% | 26% | 48% | 14% |
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 | 108 | 38.0% | −3 | −0 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 117 | 47.0% | +5 | +8 |
| White | 43 | 46.5% | −18 | −15 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judson & Brown Elementary ← | — | 46 | 23.6% | 48.5% | −14.7 | 0.7% |
| Kimberly Elementary | 2.8 mi | 59 | 36.1% | 57.3% | −3.9 | 0.5% |
| Highland Grove Elementary | 3.1 mi | 53 | 24.9% | 52.9% | +1.2 | 1.9% |
| McKinley Elementary | 2.4 mi | 52 | 18.4% | 43.7% | +10.1 | 0.2% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 53 | 72 | #1569 | 30.4% | 54.9% | 3.3% | 0.5% | -5.7pp |
| 2022 | 39 | 58 | #2393 | 22.4% | 45.3% | 14.9% | 0.2% | -9.4pp |
| 2023 | 40 | 52 | #2740 | 22.6% | 44.4% | 14.9% | 0.0% | -16.2pp |
| 2024 | 54 | 75 | #1410 | 26.1% | 52.6% | 14.2% | 0.5% | -0.3pp |
| 2025 | 46 | 59 | #2378 | 23.6% | 48.5% | 14.9% | 0.7% | -14.7pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 2.9% | 16.1% | +13.2pp |
| Male | 3.5% | 13.4% | +9.9pp |
| Asian | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0pp |
| Black/African American | 3.7% | 21.4% | +17.7pp |
| White | 0.0% | — | — |
| Hispanic/Latino | 5.7% | 17.9% | +12.2pp |
| Two or More Races | 3.1% | 13.3% | +10.2pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 4.9% | 29.7% | +24.8pp |
| English Learners | 0.0% | 3.8% | +3.8pp |
| Homeless | 7.7% | 23.5% | +15.8pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 5.4% | 20.7% | +15.3pp |
| All Students | 3.2% | 14.7% | +11.5pp |
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