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Kings River-Hardwick Elementary — Rating & test scores

10300 Excelsior Avenue, Hanford · 860 students · Grades TK–8

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Scope Score 90

StrongScope Score · 93rd percentile. Higher than 93 in 100 of the 5,726 California public elementary schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 75% and 73% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 46% and 42%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 249
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Tests ↓

Overview

Is this school a good elementary school?

Strong. Kings River-Hardwick Elementary is higher than most California elementary schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced9175%
Math, Proficient or Advanced9173%
English, Advanced9148%
Math, Advanced8843%

Progress in a year, 2025

English59+5 pts
Math90+19 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance847 in 100
Kings River-Hardwick Elementary’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 4–8 scored higher than California students who had the same scores the year before, in English (+5 pts) and math (+19 pts). The state calls both results Accelerated.

Each bar is Kings River-Hardwick Elementary’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 4–8: 430. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

In its own words

What does this school say about itself?

We haven’t read Kings River-Hardwick Elementary’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open kingsriverhardwick.com (opens in a new tab)

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 5 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 19 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

English

+5

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White212+4 points
Hispanic or Latino190+5 points
Low-income126−3 points
Students with disabilities35+3 points
English learners22+6 points

Math

+19

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White212+19 points
Hispanic or Latino190+21 points
Low-income126+14 points
Students with disabilities35+14 points
English learners22+2 points

Grades 4–8, 2025, 430 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 5 points above that expected score, and in math 19 points above it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 85th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

0 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Kings River-Hardwick Elementary. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 4.5 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Kings River-HardwickScope Score 9093rd
  2. MonroeHanford Elementary · by addressScope Score 8175th
  3. Lee RichmondHanford Elementary · by addressScope Score 7866th
  4. Jefferson AcademyHanford Elementary · by addressScope Score 7760th
  5. George WashingtonHanford Elementary · by addressScope Score 7654th
  6. Joseph M. SimasHanford Elementary · by addressScope Score 7551st
  7. HamiltonHanford Elementary · by addressScope Score 7444th
  8. LatonLaton Joint Unified · by addressScope Score 7020th
Kings River-Hardwick Union ElementaryA neighborhood school in another district

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%75%0%25%50%75%100%

6 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does this school compare with schools like it?

Kings River-Hardwick Elementary’s Scope Score is 90. 555 California elementary schools, counting Kings River-Hardwick Elementary, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 83. Kings River-Hardwick Elementary’s result is higher than 489 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 555

  1. Students from low-income families: 24%

    Scope Score 99Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 27%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 25%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

555 California public elementary schools where 24% to 36% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public elementary school we score where 24% to 36% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Kings River-Hardwick Elementary’s share. The count includes Kings River-Hardwick Elementary. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 71% to 75% and math stayed at 73%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 3–5. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202676%75%Kings River-Hardwick ElementaryThis school46%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202668%73%Kings River-Hardwick ElementaryThis school42%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringKings River-Hardwick ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201776%45%254
201874%49%261
201975%50%267
202260%45%267
202364%44%266
202463%45%246
202571%46%256
202675%46%249
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringKings River-Hardwick ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201768%40%251
201862%42%261
201970%44%267
202261%38%267
202364%40%266
202464%41%246
202573%41%256
202673%42%249

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

English

75%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

8172748
California46%

Math

73%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

223043
California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 75% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 73% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

How do the middle grades do?

Well above California in both subjects. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 66% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 55% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 86th percentile (Strong) among California’s middle schools.

English

66%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

9254323
California49%

Math

55%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

17282233
California37%

School patterns · grades 3–5 · spring 2026

Broad base
Most students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.
Grade-to-grade gains
From grade 3 in spring 2024 to grade 5 in spring 2026, results here rose more than at the average California elementary school. Students move in and out, so these are partly different children. The Score factors record below gives the figure.

What patterns mean

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced74%78%72%
Advanced44%53%47%
Proficient30%25%25%
Developing level23%18%11%
Minimal3%4%17%
Tested888576
California44%46%49%
Difference+30+32+23
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced68%60%71%
Advanced29%21%20%
Proficient39%39%51%
Developing level23%28%24%
Minimal9%12%5%
Tested879087
California48%51%49%
Difference+20+9+22

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced74%74%72%
Advanced39%42%47%
Proficient35%32%25%
Developing level18%21%25%
Minimal8%5%3%
Tested888576
California47%42%37%
Difference+27+32+35
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced56%62%47%
Advanced39%32%29%
Proficient17%30%18%
Developing level26%22%37%
Minimal18%16%16%
Tested879087
California37%38%36%
Difference+19+24+11

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school48%27%17%8%249
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
Math, grades 3–5 · This school43%30%22%5%249
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
English, grades 6–8 · This school23%43%25%9%264
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
Math, grades 6–8 · This school33%22%28%17%264
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 249 tested in English, 249 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

White students are the largest group here, at 46% of students. 62 of 871 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

7in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (62 of 871 students).

At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

No district average: Kings River-Hardwick Elementary is the only regular elementary school we rank in the Kings River-Hardwick Union Elementary district with an attendance record.

Students, 2024–25

860

students in grades TK–8.

White 46%Hispanic or Latino 45%Two or more races 6%

Family income

30%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 260 of 860. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

37

teachers, with 17 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

97% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0

students were suspended at least once. Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grades 4–6
8 in 100 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent (21 of 257).
Grades 7–8
6 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (10 of 180).

Our records hold no figure for Grades TK–3.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White46%
Hispanic or Latino45%
Two or more races6%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 31 of 32 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino and low-income students here scored well above the same groups across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 150 tested69%California 37%
  • Low-incomeMath · 150 tested60%California 28%
  • WhiteEnglish · 249 tested70%California 61%
  • WhiteMath · 249 tested68%California 53%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 228 tested68%California 38%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 228 tested57%California 28%

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 68% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 57% in math (grades 3–8, spring 2026), against 38% and 28% for the same group across California. Low-income students: 69% in English and 60% in math, against 37% and 28% for the same group across California.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–8, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Kings River-Hardwick Union Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 150 tested
English69%069%+3237%
Math60%060%+3228%
White · 249 tested
English70%070%+961%
Math68%068%+1553%
Hispanic or Latino · 228 tested
English68%068%+3038%
Math57%057%+2928%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Kings River-Hardwick Union Elementary, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners, students with disabilities and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Kings River-Hardwick Elementary. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Kings River-Hardwick Elementary has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

77

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

Money

How much is spent on each student here?

$13,992 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student.

$13,992

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$13,992
The school’s share of district office costs
$0
Of the total, from federal funds
$394
  • Kings River-Hardwick Elementary$13,992
  • California elementary schools$20,288

The district and California figures combine their elementary schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 5,053 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

The neighborhood

What is the area around this school like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93230. They are not figures for the families at Kings River-Hardwick Elementary.

Typical household income in a year

$76,023

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 93230.

Typical home value
$345,000
People who live in this ZIP code
69,684
Typical age
33.4 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
17%

What you can do

Who can act on this school’s results?

Kings River-Hardwick Elementary’s own board decides its plan.

Where is its yearly plan?

Kings River-Hardwick Elementary is a charter school that CDE lists as locally funded, through its district. Kings River-Hardwick Union Elementary authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2027.

What its plan pays for ↓

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source 

State support

The state hasn’t placed Kings River-Hardwick Elementary in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 5 questions to Kings River-Hardwick Elementary. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. How do you support kids who arrive ahead, and kids who arrive behind?

Before you apply

  1. Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
  2. What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

Getting in

How do I get in?

Ask Kings River-Hardwick Elementary how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Where it is

Where is this school?

Address
10300 Excelsior Avenue, Hanford 93230Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Cathlene AndersonAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 8, 2024.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Kings River-Hardwick Elementary how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓

Is Kings River-Hardwick Elementary a good school?

Kings River-Hardwick Elementary has a Scope Score of 90. It scored higher than 93 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Strong, 93rd percentile, spring 2026).

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 86 in 100 California middle schools we score (86th percentile, Strong, spring 2026)

See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 7 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 17 in 100 at the average California elementary school. 0 of 874 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 5 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 19 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 430 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 69% of low-income students in grades 3–8 at Kings River-Hardwick Elementary in Hanford scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 37% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $812,843 is planned for 6 funded actions in 2 goals. That’s 6% of its $12.9 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

Its own plan

What does this school’s own plan commit to?

$812,843 is planned for 6 funded actions in 2 goals. That’s 6% of its $12.9 million general fund budget.

$812,843

planned in the school’s own plan for 2026–27

The three largest actions in the plan

  • Director of Student Services$361,492
  • Library Media Center$129,238
  • EL Identification and Coordination of Services$101,774

These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 91 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

The whole plan: every goal, what it measures and what it pays for

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 91 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 73% of the money. The plan itself puts 77% of it toward staff.

  • Director of Student Services $361,492
  • Library Media Center $129,238
  • EL Identification and Coordination of Services $101,774
  • 3 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

2 of the plan’s 6 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

  • Catch-up help $99,843
  • English learners $101,774

Largest of these

  • EL Identification and Coordination of Services$101,774
  • Title I Intervention$99,843
For high-need students

It plans $713,000 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $701,975 and estimates it spent $701,975, the same as planned.

What changed

The total is $30,868 (4%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Library Media Center, which went from $154,236 to $129,238.

Largest cuts

  • Library Media Center−⁠$24,998

Largest increases

  • Director of Student Services+⁠$22,547
  • Title I Intervention+⁠$19,843
  • Psychologist+⁠$6,659
What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grades 3–5 only: 75% in English and 73% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 169%70%up 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 167%64%down 3 pts
Chronically absentGoal 29 in 1007 in 1002 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 20.1%0 of 874down 0.1 pts

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Director of Student Services · $361,492
  • Library Media Center · $129,238
  • EL Identification and Coordination of Services · $101,774
The full plan2 goals, 20 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($812,843).

Where does the money go?

93% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Maximize student achievement and success. The district will continue to increase student achievement, with a…$754,65293% of action budgets

“Maximize student achievement and success. The district will continue to increase student achievement, with a focus on narrowing the achievement gap for English learners and low income students” p. 13 ↗

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $730,443 (+⁠$24,209)

Largest funded actions

  1. Director of Student Services$361,492action 1.1 · p. 56 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Library Media Center$129,238action 1.4 · p. 56 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. EL Identification and Coordination of Services$101,774action 1.2 · p. 56 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Title I Intervention$99,843action 1.5 · p. 56 ↗
  5. Music Specialist$62,305action 1.3 · p. 56 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Library Media Center−⁠$24,998$154,236 → $129,238 · p. 56 ↗
  2. Director of Student Services+⁠$22,547$338,945 → $361,492 · p. 56 ↗
  3. Title I Intervention+⁠$19,843$80,000 → $99,843 · p. 56 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • EL Identification and Coordination of Services · $95,395 → $101,774 · p. 56 ↗+⁠$6,379
  • Music Specialist · $61,867 → $62,305 · p. 56 ↗+⁠$438

How the plan measures it · 13 measures · 1 quoted

  • State p. 15 ↗
    Baseline
    100% of pupils are provided sufficient instructional materials
    Target for year 3
    100% of pupils are provided sufficient instructional materials

12 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Provide a safe, nurturing and engaging learning environment$58,1917% of action budgets

1 funded action · 2025–26 plan: $51,532 (+⁠$6,659) · p. 29 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Psychologist$58,191action 2.2 · p. 56 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Psychologist+⁠$6,659$51,532 → $58,191 · p. 56 ↗

How the plan measures it · 7 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 29 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #351 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math46%7342%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math74%7423%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+84 scale-score pts6520%
Chronically absent7 in 100655%
Suspension rate0 of 874635%
English learners: top level64%1005%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California elementary schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–269093#351California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–197 in 1000.1% (1 of 842)−7
2021–22not on filenot on file−5
2022–23not on filenot on file−7
2023–245 in 1000.2% (2 of 857)−10
2024–259 in 1000.1% (1 of 878)−4
2025–267 in 1000 of 874−1

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English51335%70%
2026 · Math51338%64%
2025 · English52632%69%
2025 · Math52538%67%
2024 · English52728%66%
2024 · Math52735%61%
2023 · English53226%67%
2023 · Math53229%59%
2022 · English52426%66%
2022 · Math52424%55%
2019 · English52832%73%
2019 · Math52832%63%
2018 · English51830%73%
2018 · Math51726%60%
2017 · English50732%71%
2017 · Math49431%61%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English8973%
2025 · Grade 4 · English7874%
2025 · Grade 5 · English8966%
2025 · Grade 6 · English9352%
2025 · Grade 7 · English9176%
2025 · Grade 8 · English8677%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math8975%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math7869%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math8973%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math9355%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math9163%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math8571%
2024 · Grade 3 · English7670%
2024 · Grade 4 · English8564%
2024 · Grade 5 · English8558%
2024 · Grade 6 · English9059%
2024 · Grade 7 · English9174%
2024 · Grade 8 · English10073%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math7667%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math8566%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math8559%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math9040%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math9170%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math10062%
2023 · Grade 3 · English8872%
2023 · Grade 4 · English8756%
2023 · Grade 5 · English9164%
2023 · Grade 6 · English8964%
2023 · Grade 7 · English9770%
2023 · Grade 8 · English8075%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math8869%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math8760%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math9164%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math8957%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math9759%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math8042%
2022 · Grade 3 · English8855%
2022 · Grade 4 · English8564%
2022 · Grade 5 · English9461%
2022 · Grade 6 · English9468%
2022 · Grade 7 · English8378%
2022 · Grade 8 · English8075%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math8872%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math8554%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math9456%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math9455%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math8340%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math8054%
2019 · Grade 3 · English9579%
2019 · Grade 4 · English8676%
2019 · Grade 5 · English8670%
2019 · Grade 6 · English9277%
2019 · Grade 7 · English8174%
2019 · Grade 8 · English8861%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math9578%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math8658%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math8672%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math9254%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math8156%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math8857%
2018 · Grade 3 · English8273%
2018 · Grade 4 · English9275%
2018 · Grade 5 · English8775%
2018 · Grade 6 · English8673%
2018 · Grade 7 · English9271%
2018 · Grade 8 · English7970%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math8265%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math9254%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math8767%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math8663%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math9153%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math7961%
2017 · Grade 3 · English8777%
2017 · Grade 4 · English8273%
2017 · Grade 5 · English8578%
2017 · Grade 6 · English8561%
2017 · Grade 7 · English8072%
2017 · Grade 8 · English8862%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math8677%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math8262%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math8365%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math8045%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math7766%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math8652%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide16314%26%58%2%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income15069%0+32
White24970%0+9
Hispanic or Latino22868%0+30
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students+5430Accelerated+19430Accelerated
English-only students+4395not categorized+18395not categorized
White+4212Average+19212Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+5190Accelerated+21190Exceptional
Low-income−3126Average+14126Accelerated
Students with disabilities+335Average+1435Accelerated
English learners+622Accelerated+222Average
Two or more races−320Average020Average
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−415not categorized+1315not categorized

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3
38%
exceeded standard · 70% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 76 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
47%
Advanced · 72% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 76 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 76 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+5 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–8

430 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +5 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+19 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–8

430 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +19 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 9 in 100 → 2025–26 · 7 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.1% (1 of 878) → 2025–26 · 0 of 874 · −0.1 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female6 in 1008 in 100+2 in 100
Male8 in 1007 in 100−1 in 100
Hispanic or Latino11 in 1009 in 100−2 in 100
Two or more races0 of 353 of 51—
White4 in 1005 in 100+1 in 100
Students with disabilities6 of 817 of 82—
English learners3 of 540 of 17—
Low-income14 in 10010 in 100−4 in 100
All students7 in 1007 in 1000 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure
School-level federal expenditures$394 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 860

District current expense · FY 2024–25$14,651 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 66%Instruction support 10%Student services 5%Administration 9%Buildings & maintenance 10%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$7,878,19566.19%66%
Instruction support$1,158,4029.73%10%
Student services$649,3305.46%5%
Administration$1,010,2868.49%9%
Buildings & maintenance$1,205,67410.13%10%
Total$11,901,887100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $11,901,887 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 93230 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93230 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$76,023
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)17%
ZIP-area population69,684
Median age33.4 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 93230 →

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