Junction K-8: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.
Junction K-8 posts 30% meeting the standard and 11.8% exceeding it, against 43% and 21.3% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40 | 12% | 30% | -4.3 | 13.9% | 3.8% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Junction K-8 scores 40 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 44th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “30% proficient” and call it done. Junction K-8 deserves a closer read. The school sits in Livermore, where two in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 66th to the 44th percentile since 2019.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 30% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 23% | 35% | 31% | 9% | 31% |
| Grade 4 | 26% | 35% | 28% | 23% | 25% |
| Grade 5 | 52% | 30% | 35% | 38% | 36% |
| Grade 6 | 51% | 47% | 47% | 33% | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 57% | 40% | 45% | 31% | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 40% | 50% | 36% | 40% | 35% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 29% | 31% | 31% | 18% | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 20% | 25% | 18% | 18% | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 39% | 11% | 23% | 21% | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 36% | 18% | 22% | 18% | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 30% | 21% | 20% | 27% | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 18% | 29% | 18% | 16% | 25% |
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 holds steady across grades; the floor rises 5.6pp. 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 6 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask what typically leads to a suspension, and what happens before it gets there.
- 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 Junction K-8 in Livermore, 20.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 34.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Junction K-8 trails its district average for low-income students by 14.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (13.2% Math proficient); Hispanic students (22.5% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 28.7 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 326 students tested.
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 18.2pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +13.0pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 4–6 students (26.0% vs 10.8%). 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
$203 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
At 801 students, this school is well above 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), 32% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 74
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
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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 | 39 | 15% | 15% | 26% | 44% | 31% | −13 |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 3% | 22% | 22% | 53% | 25% | −20 |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 16% | 20% | 25% | 38% | 36% | −12 |
| Grade 6 | 180 | 14% | 24% | 18% | 44% | 38% | −8 |
| Grade 7 | 145 | 10% | 29% | 21% | 41% | 39% | −9 |
| Grade 8 | 159 | 13% | 23% | 32% | 33% | 35% | −11 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 39 | 15% | 21% | 28% | 36% | 36% | −10 |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 8% | 22% | 39% | 31% | 31% | −11 |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 13% | 9% | 24% | 55% | 22% | −13 |
| Grade 6 | 180 | 13% | 12% | 29% | 47% | 24% | −11 |
| Grade 7 | 145 | 8% | 17% | 23% | 52% | 25% | −9 |
| Grade 8 | 159 | 12% | 13% | 18% | 57% | 25% | −7 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 213 | 12% | 20% | 52% | 15% |
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 | 326 | 20.9% | −14 | −17 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 409 | 22.5% | −18 | −16 |
| English Learners | 177 | 4.0% | −3 | −6 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junction K-8 ← | — | 40 | 11.8% | 30.1% | −4.3 | 3.8% |
| Lawrence Elementary | 0.3 mi | 78 | 51.5% | 78.1% | +8.3 | 0.7% |
| Emma C. Smith Elementary | 2.1 mi | 75 | 56.8% | 84.4% | −3.1 | 0.8% |
| Sunset Elementary | 1.7 mi | 69 | 48.3% | 76.0% | −13.1 | 1.0% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 50 | 66 | #1878 | 15.0% | 31.5% | 5.8% | 4.2% | +19.2pp |
| 2022 | 31 | 37 | #3636 | 10.2% | 27.8% | 32.2% | 2.7% | -12.1pp |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | #3889 | 11.6% | 27.9% | 20.5% | 5.5% | -2.1pp |
| 2024 | 34 | 28 | #4121 | 9.6% | 21.1% | 14.3% | 2.5% | +16.2pp |
| 2025 | 40 | 44 | #3226 | 11.8% | 30.1% | 13.9% | 3.8% | -4.3pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 17 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 5.5% | 14.2% | +8.7pp |
| Male | 6.2% | 12.5% | +6.3pp |
| Asian | 0.0% | 6.5% | +6.5pp |
| Black/African American | 15.8% | 31.6% | +15.8pp |
| White | 8.1% | 0.0% | -8.1pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 6.1% | 15.1% | +9.0pp |
| Two or More Races | 13.8% | 7.1% | -6.7pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 9.2% | 12.3% | +3.1pp |
| English Learners | 5.0% | 16.5% | +11.5pp |
| Homeless | 18.2% | 55.0% | +36.8pp |
| Military-Connected | 3.0% | 7.4% | +4.4pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 7.1% | 16.1% | +9.0pp |
| All Students | 5.8% | 13.4% | +7.6pp |
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