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Kings Mountain Elementary · Woodside

Kings Mountain Elementary: The state doesn't publish enough data to score this school fairly.

Kings Mountain is an elementary school in Woodside. The state doesn't publish enough data to score it fairly — so we won't. Here's what we can show.

No Scope Score available

California doesn't publicly report per-grade test results when fewer than 11 students are tested in a grade — a privacy protection for small schools. With 46 students total, this school likely falls below that threshold in most tested grades. We can't compute a Scope Score without that data.

The seven-year arc

Percentile among 5,744 elementary schools statewide

Slipped from the 94th to the 85th percentile since 2019.

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ELAOrange(Declined Significantly)MathRed(Declined Significantly)

This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 67% meet the standard today, versus 75% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.

ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022
Grade 375%92%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022
Grade 375%50%
Worth a school visit

With little published data, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path

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

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 15:1, district 22:115:1
Teaching staff3 teachers
Avg. experience19.7 years
Fully credentialed100%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$61,528 – $117,755
Principal salary$148,768 – $183,184
Superintendent salary$265,423

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $20,987, CA average $14,815$20,987 · spent at this school
Federal share$719 per student

$719 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$22,483 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction56%
Instruction support15%
Student services9%
Administration10%
Buildings & maintenance8%
Other2%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$13,847 per pupil
2019$12,259 per pupil
2018$12,773 per pupil
2017$12,275 per pupil
2016$11,153 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

White73.9%
District 40.8% · CA 19.9%
Hispanic17.4%
District 51.0% · CA 56.1%
Other6.5%
District 6.5% · CA 9.0%
Black2.2%
District 0.2% · CA 4.8%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 17.4% (46pp below CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$233K · CA $85K
Median home value$2.00M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+68% · CA 35%
ZIP population25,759
Median age44 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

At 46 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.

Your other options

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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