Julian Elementary: This school runs ahead of the state average. The bar itself is the harder conversation.
Julian posts 45% meeting the standard against 43% statewide — ahead of most, with real headroom above the bar.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48 | 27% | 45% | +4.7 | 10.4% | 0.7% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Julian Elementary scores 48 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 64th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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📈 On the Rise — Ask how many years the improvement has held, not just the latest one — one strong cohort and a real turnaround can look identical in a single year of data.
Most rating sites would stop at “45% proficient” and call it done. Julian deserves a closer read. The school sits in Julian, 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
Climbed from the 30th to the 64th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 1800 elementary schools.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 45% of students meet the standard today, above the 37% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 59% | 35% | 47% | 46% | 44% |
| Grade 4 | 22% | 23% | 30% | 25% | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 38% | 37% | 24% | 39% | 59% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 53% | 35% | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| Grade 4 | 22% | 20% | 33% | 38% | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 29% | 19% | 24% | 18% | 45% |
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 22.8pp across grades; the floor rises 14.6pp. 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 5 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 which schools families here actually choose next — the zoned path is only the default.
- 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 Julian Elementary in Julian, 39.6% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 34.2% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Julian Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 5.4 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (30.8% Math proficient); White students (59.3% ELA proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 53 students tested.
5 of 11 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 rises by 15.0pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +15.0pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 4–6 students (20.0% vs 7.6%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
The zoned path continues to Julian Junior High, which scores 19 points lower than this school — worth weighing alongside everything above. Families here often look at charter or magnet options for middle school.
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
What gets spent here
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
At 189 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 45% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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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 | 25 | 40% | 4% | 20% | 36% | 44% | +1 |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 25% | 11% | 11% | 54% | 36% | −9 |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 17% | 41% | 14% | 28% | 59% | +11 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 24 | 29% | 21% | 17% | 33% | 50% | +4 |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 25% | 11% | 21% | 43% | 36% | −6 |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 28% | 17% | 17% | 38% | 45% | +10 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 29 | 17% | 28% | 52% | 3% |
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 | 53 | 39.6% | +5 | +1 |
| White | 27 | 59.3% | +10 | −3 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 26 | 38.5% | +6 | −0 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Elementary ← | — | 48 | 27.3% | 44.8% | +4.7 | 0.7% |
| Julian Charter | 0.1 mi | 52 | 25.2% | 51.3% | — | 0.6% |
| Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy | 0.1 mi | 46 | 12.9% | 25.7% | −5.6 | 0.1% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 35 | 30 | #3837 | 16.8% | 37.4% | 15.0% | 0.6% | -22.4pp |
| 2022 | 36 | 51 | #2784 | 8.4% | 28.0% | 31.3% | 0.1% | -6.8pp |
| 2023 | 32 | 31 | #3975 | 15.5% | 34.6% | 17.7% | 1.7% | -24.3pp |
| 2024 | 42 | 51 | #2824 | 16.4% | 36.1% | 25.5% | 2.3% | -19.4pp |
| 2025 | 48 | 64 | #2051 | 27.3% | 44.8% | 10.4% | 0.7% | +4.7pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 16.9% | 10.8% | -6.1pp |
| Male | 13.9% | 7.4% | -6.5pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 9.7% | 12.0% | +2.3pp |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 30.0% | — | — |
| Two or More Races | 5.6% | 9.1% | +3.5pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 20.0% | 12.2% | -7.8pp |
| English Learners | 8.0% | — | — |
| Homeless | 18.2% | 10.8% | -7.4pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 17.9% | 10.2% | -7.7pp |
| All Students | 15.2% | 9.0% | -6.2pp |
| Filipino | — | 5.9% | — |
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