Krystal School of Science, Math & Technology: 52% of kids clear the bar — ahead of the state's 43%. But this year's 5th graders test below its 3rd graders.
Krystal School of Science, Math & Technology posts 52% meeting the standard, against 43% across the state. The number below is the one to ask about on a visit.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45 | 26% | 52% | -19.7 | 18.1% | 0.9% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Krystal School of Science, Math & Technology scores 45 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 55th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “52% proficient” and call it done. Krystal School of Science, Math & Technology deserves a closer read. The school sits in Hesperia, where two in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Krystal School of Science, Math & Technology's low-income kids hit 51.3% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 77th to the 55th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 52% meet the standard today, versus 62% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 65% | 59% | 55% | 63% | 66% |
| Grade 4 | 45% | 45% | 38% | 37% | 52% |
| Grade 5 | 73% | 66% | 65% | 50% | 54% |
| Grade 6 | 68% | 60% | 48% | 63% | 69% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 79% | 61% | 66% | 58% | 59% |
| Grade 4 | 42% | 32% | 45% | 35% | 48% |
| Grade 5 | 66% | 37% | 44% | 24% | 31% |
| Grade 6 | 64% | 49% | 48% | 50% | 51% |
The story this school is actually telling
of students met or exceeded the standard, versus 42.7% statewide.
proficiency runs 62% in this year's grade 3 against 42% in its grade 5. The state average rises by +4.5pp over the same span.
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 16.5pp across grades; the floor slips 11.8pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. The school's 5th graders aren't posting a wider lead than its 3rd graders. One question worth asking on a tour: are the strongest students being pushed, or coasting? A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Krystal School of Science, Math & Technology's most underrated number
51.3% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask the principal what changes between grade 3 and grade 5. Ask who teaches the older grades, and what the school does when a child starts falling behind.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- 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 Krystal School of Science, Math & Technology in Hesperia, 51.3% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 26.1% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Krystal School of Science, Math & Technology outperforms its district average for low-income students by 25.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (38.4% Math proficient); Hispanic students (56.9% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 40.1 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 238 students tested.
8 of 16 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 falls by 9.1pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +5.2pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 4–6 students (37.8% vs 14.0%). 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
$316 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 912 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), 30% 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 | 123 | 41% | 25% | 17% | 17% | 66% | +22 |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 26% | 26% | 23% | 25% | 52% | +7 |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 24% | 30% | 21% | 25% | 54% | +6 |
| Grade 6 | 121 | 22% | 46% | 22% | 9% | 69% | +22 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 123 | 28% | 30% | 29% | 12% | 59% | +13 |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 21% | 27% | 31% | 21% | 48% | +7 |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 17% | 14% | 34% | 35% | 31% | −4 |
| Grade 6 | 121 | 28% | 23% | 30% | 19% | 51% | +16 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 123 | 7% | 23% | 58% | 12% |
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 | 238 | 51.3% | +25 | +13 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 288 | 56.9% | +29 | +18 |
| White | 183 | 65.6% | +25 | +4 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krystal School of Science, Math & Technology ← | — | 45 | 26.3% | 51.6% | −19.7 | 0.9% |
| Kingston Elementary | 1 mi | 32 | 7.1% | 22.3% | −1.7 | 0.9% |
| Lime Street Elementary | 1.9 mi | 21 | 3.4% | 13.7% | −1.1 | 1.9% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 57 | 77 | #1268 | 32.8% | 61.7% | 2.9% | 0.5% | -2.7pp |
| 2022 | 46 | 71 | #1690 | 22.8% | 49.9% | 28.8% | 0.2% | -8.6pp |
| 2023 | 49 | 72 | #1610 | 23.4% | 52.1% | 18.8% | 0.3% | -5.8pp |
| 2024 | 40 | 46 | #3099 | 21.7% | 44.3% | 14.4% | 1.6% | -23.4pp |
| 2025 | 45 | 55 | #2557 | 26.3% | 51.6% | 18.1% | 0.9% | -19.7pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 2.2% | 16.5% | +14.3pp |
| Male | 3.4% | 19.5% | +16.1pp |
| Black/African American | 11.8% | 14.3% | +2.5pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 2.8% | 21.5% | +18.7pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 3.7% | 33.2% | +29.5pp |
| English Learners | 0.0% | 22.8% | +22.8pp |
| Homeless | 16.7% | 21.2% | +4.5pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 4.5% | 22.8% | +18.3pp |
| All Students | 2.8% | 18.1% | +15.3pp |
| Two or More Races | — | 33.3% | — |
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