Math
—Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced
Public elementary school
Junction Elementary
A closer look at learning, opportunity and fit.
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Data sources · Methodology · State tests: 2025
Contact
Phone(530) 469-3373
DistrictJunction Elementary
PrincipalKristian Stremberg
GradesTK-8
Enrollment34 students
English
—Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced
Students
34Total enrollment
Chronic absence
—Students absent 10% or more of school days
What are you trying to decide?
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What do the results tell us?
2025 results · Grades 3 & 5 · weighted by students tested within each subject.
Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →
Share at Proficient or Advanced
● Math┄ English
Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.
Exact annual results
| Year | Math | English |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | — | — |
| 2022 | — | — |
| 2023 | — | — |
| 2024 | — | — |
| 2025 | — | — |
Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.
How achievement is distributed
AdvancedStandard Exceeded
—ProficientStandard Met
—DevelopingStandard Nearly Met
—MinimalStandard Not Met
—AdvancedStandard Exceeded
—ProficientStandard Met
—DevelopingStandard Nearly Met
—MinimalStandard Not Met
—Achievement-level percentages are not percentiles. “Developing” here is a test achievement level, separate from the SchoolScope performance band with the same name.
Annual results and the full academic record
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25
Where its students land
ELA29% met or exceeded
Exceeded 0%Met 29%Nearly Met 21%Not Met 50%
Math38% met or exceeded
Exceeded 8%Met 31%Nearly Met 15%Not Met 46%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California elementary schools · average21% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
Students & opportunity
Who shares in the school’s results?
The daily experience
What is it like to be a student here?
Students per teacher
Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.
Teacher experience
Average teacher experience in the published staffing record. It does not measure individual teacher effectiveness.
Chronically absent
The share of students absent for at least 10% of their enrolled school days. Attendance reflects both school and out-of-school circumstances.
The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25
About 17 students for every teacher here.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
Students per teacher17 · district 17
Teaching staff2 teachers
Avg. experience5.5 years
Fully credentialed100%
PrincipalKristian Stremberg
Resources & neighborhood
What sits behind the school experience?
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What gets spent · FY 2024–25
It spends $38,989 per student, more than the California average.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
$4,440 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.
Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $38,989, CA average $14,491$38,989 · spent at this school
Federal share$4,440 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$29,384 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 50%Instruction support 16%Student services 5%Administration 11%Buildings & maintenance 18%
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$20,556 per pupil
2019$26,000 per pupil
2018$22,308 per pupil
2017$19,393 per pupil
2016$25,417 per pupil
The neighborhood · ACS 2024
Three in four of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
Worth knowing
At 34 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.
Hispanic or Latino5.9% · district 5.9% · CA 56.1%
White14.7% · district 14.7% · CA 19.9%
Other79.4% · district 79.4% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch76.5% · CA 64%
Median home value$282K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+36% · CA 35%
ZIP population223
Median age35 years
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Culture & philosophy
What is the school’s approach?
School-stated approach · questions for your visit
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What are the alternatives?
Compare schools serving the same grade stage. Private schools have no comparable state-test score.
2025 · elementary schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.
No nearby schools in this category are listed. The school being viewed stays visible for reference.
| School | Type | Performance band | Advanced | Proficient or Advanced | Distance | Select |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junction Elementary | Public | Not available | — | — | School being viewed |
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Your other options
Private school options within 10 miles.
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Moving & enrollment
Which schools could serve my child?
Check your address with the district
School location and nearby schools do not establish attendance eligibility. Confirm boundaries and permit requirements with Junction Elementary.
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Worth a school visit
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Behind the evidence
Inspect the full record
Public sources, visible methods and the underlying school record. Source years and limitations stay attached to the evidence.
How the Scope Score is calculated
On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.
A closer look at the evidence
Junction Elementary: reading the evidence
Junction is an elementary school in Somes Bar. We publish no Scope Score, band or rank for it this year — the composite they are all built from isn't on file. Here's what we can show.
Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.
Explore the underlying data →SchoolScope scores and verdicts are our interpretation of public California Department of Education data — independent analysis, not an official rating. How we analyze · Request a correction