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Lafayette Elementary — Rating & test scores

3100 Park Street, Eureka · 324 students · Grades TK–5

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Scope Score 70

Needs SupportScope Score · 22nd percentile. Higher than 22 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 below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 26% and 18% 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: 120
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).

Overview

Is Lafayette a good elementary school?

Needs Support. Lafayette is lower than most California elementary schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced1526%
Math, Proficient or Advanced1118%
English, Advanced2010%
Math, Advanced94%

Progress in a year, 2025

English13−10 pts
Math30−4 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance3021 in 100
Lafayette’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Eureka City Schools’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

35% of the 66 English learners tested here reached the top level of the state’s English test in 2025–26, against 17% at the average California elementary school. 3.7% of students (13 of 349) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Each bar is Lafayette’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.

Sentence 1
CDE ELPAC Summative, Overall Performance Level 4, 2025–26. English learners who took the summative ELPAC: 66. The California figure is an average of school rates (5,243 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.
Sentence 2
CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 349. District and California figures are averages of school rates (5 Eureka City Schools schools; 5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Lafayette say about itself?

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

Open lafayette.eurekacityschools.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

In English, lower. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored 10 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 4 points lower, which the state calls Average.

English

−10

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income57−10 points
White28−9 points
Hispanic or Latino17−8 points
English learners15−12 points
Students with disabilities15−12 points

Math

−4

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income57−2 points
White28−12 points
Hispanic or Latino17+8 points
English learners15+8 points
Students with disabilities15−13 points

Grades 4 and 5, 2025, 67 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 10 points below that expected score, and in math 4 points below it.

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.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

4 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Lafayette. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 3.3 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. FreshwaterFreshwater Elementary · by addressScope Score 7864th
  2. WashingtonNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7656th
  3. CuttenCutten Elementary · by addressScope Score 7551st
  4. GrantNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7441st
  5. LafayetteScope Score 7022nd
  6. Alice BirneyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 6911th
  7. Pacific View Charter 2.0Charter · its own lotteryScope Score 677th
  8. Peninsula UnionPeninsula Union · by addressScope Score 63bottom 1%
Eureka City SchoolsA neighborhood school in another districtCharter

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer. A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

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%0%25%50%75%100%

7 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 Lafayette compare with schools like it?

Lafayette’s Scope Score is 70. 893 California elementary schools, counting Lafayette, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 74. Lafayette’s result is higher than 222 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 893

  1. Students from low-income families: 71%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 67%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 72%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 91st percentile

893 California public elementary schools where 66% to 78% 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 66% to 78% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Lafayette’s share. The count includes Lafayette. 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?

English results were similar to 2025; math results were lower. English went from 27% to 26% and math from 23% to 18%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202628%12%46%CaliforniaCalifornia31%Eureka City SchoolsDistrict26%LafayetteLafayette

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202626%12%42%CaliforniaCalifornia25%Eureka City SchoolsDistrict18%LafayetteLafayette

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Eureka City Schools’s line combines its 5 elementary schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. 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. Eureka City Schools’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringLafayetteEureka City SchoolsCaliforniaTested here
201712%28%45%155
201822%29%49%143
201916%27%50%122
202224%27%45%106
202328%29%44%96
202434%26%45%103
202527%29%46%126
202626%31%46%120
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringLafayetteEureka City SchoolsCaliforniaTested here
201712%26%40%155
201823%28%42%142
201919%25%44%123
202224%27%38%106
202323%27%40%97
202431%25%41%104
202523%26%41%126
202618%25%42%120

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

26%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

46281610
Eureka City Schools31%California46%

Math

18%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

572514
Eureka City Schools25%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 26% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 18% 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).

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 Advanced37%15%29%
Advanced11%6%14%
Proficient26%9%15%
Developing level29%25%31%
Minimal34%60%40%
Tested384735
California44%46%49%
Difference−7−31−20

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 Advanced29%13%11%
Advanced8%0%6%
Proficient21%13%5%
Developing level16%34%26%
Minimal55%53%63%
Tested384735
California47%42%37%
Difference−18−29−26

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 school10%16%28%46%120
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Eureka City Schools13%18%27%42%681
Math, grades 3–5 · This school4%14%25%57%120
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Eureka City Schools9%16%30%45%681

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 120 tested in English, 120 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 37% of students. 69 of 326 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

21in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (69 of 326 students).

At the average Eureka City Schools elementary school: 21 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Suspensions: 3.7% of students were suspended at least once (13 of 349). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

324

students in grades TK–5.

White 37%Hispanic or Latino 33%Two or more races 13%Asian 10%

Family income

72%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 234 of 324. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

22

teachers, with 11 years of experience on average.

5% were in their first year.

86% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

64%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (34 of 53 students).

Eureka City Schools: 52%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White37%
Hispanic or Latino33%
Two or more races13%
Asian10%
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. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . 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: 12.6 of 14.6 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

White and low-income students scored well below the same groups across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 102 tested25%California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 102 tested19%California 31%
  • WhiteEnglish · 49 tested24%California 60%
  • WhiteMath · 49 tested14%California 56%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 31 tested29%California 35%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 31 tested26%California 34%

24% of White students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 14% in math (grades 3–5, spring 2026), against 60% and 56% for the same group across California. Low-income students: 25% in English and 19% in math, against 36% and 31% for the same group across California.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–5, 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 3–5 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Eureka City Schoolsvs California
Low-income · 102 tested
English25%−429%−1136%
Math19%−221%−1231%
White · 49 tested
English24%−1539%−3660%
Math14%−2034%−4256%
Hispanic or Latino · 31 tested · grades 3 and 4 only
English29%−130%−635%
Math26%+125%−834%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Eureka City Schools, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

English learners: fewer than 30 tested here. 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, 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 Lafayette. 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.

Families

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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.

Answer the family questionsResponder en españolHow family answers work

Staff

Staff can’t answer for this school yet

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Lafayette 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

24

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

Where does the money go?

$22,396 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student. Eureka City Schools’ plan for 2026–27 covers $54 million.

$22,396

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$13,835
The school’s share of district office costs
$8,561
Of the total, from federal funds
$2,405
  • Lafayette$22,396
  • Eureka City Schools elementary schools$20,745
  • 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 ↓

Eureka City Schools’ yearly plan

$54million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$12million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 4 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $54 million of $73 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Eureka City Schools Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Lafayette like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95501. They are not figures for the families at Lafayette.

Typical household income in a year

$54,137

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 95501.

Typical home value
$412,300
People who live in this ZIP code
22,890
Typical age
39.5 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
32%

What you can do

Who can act on Lafayette’s results?

The state has Lafayette in extra targeted support; Eureka City Schools’ board decides its plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

What has the state flagged?

2025–26 is its 4th year in a row in this support. The state named it because results were low for homeless students. This support comes with a school improvement plan, which must use approaches with evidence behind them and look at how money and staff are divided among schools. Ask the principal to see the school improvement plan.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving Eureka City Schools extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Eureka City Schools: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. 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 Lafayette. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?3.7% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (13 of 349 students); average California elementary school: 1.6%
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?10 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4 and 5, 2025 (67 students)
  3. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Lafayette, and how do I get in?

Ask Eureka City Schools which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Lafayette Elementary
    Grades TK–5Scope Score 70Needs Support · 22nd percentile
  2. Middle
    Catherine L. Zane Middle
    Scope Score 72Developing · 33rd percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  3. High
    Eureka Senior High
    Scope Score 77Solid · 59th percentile · 2025Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Catherine L. Zane Middle

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 72 · Developing · 33rd percentile · middle · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • Eureka Senior High

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    Scope Score 77 · Solid · 59th percentile · high · 2025

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where the path ends: Eureka Senior High
Eureka Senior HighScope Score 77 · Solid · 59th percentile · 2025estimated path

An inferred path through a middle-school overlap points to Eureka Senior High. UC records 3 enrollees from Eureka Senior High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 10 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. If a child starting here today later attended Eureka Senior High, that would be around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 66% of the students who finished high school at Eureka Senior High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

3 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 10 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Eureka Senior High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Lafayette?

Address
3100 Park Street, Eureka 95501Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Quincy BrownfieldAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated February 9, 2023.

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 Eureka City Schools which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Lafayette a good elementary school?

Lafayette Elementary has a Scope Score of 70. It scored higher than 22 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Needs Support, 22nd percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 21 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 21 in 100 at the average Eureka City Schools elementary school. 3.7% of students (13 of 349) 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?

In English, lower. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored 10 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 4 points lower, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 67 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 25% of low-income students in grades 3–5 at Lafayette Elementary in Eureka scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Lafayette Elementary's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Catherine L. Zane Middle. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education’s School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement; confirm your address with the district.

  • Catherine L. Zane Middle: Scope Score 72, Developing, 33rd percentile among California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 results

See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

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

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 #4,465 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #3 of 5 in Eureka City Schools
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math8%3642%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math22%3423%
Chronically absent21 in 100445%
Suspension rate3.7% (13 of 349)355%
English learners: top level35%765%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)-12.9pp—not scored

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. The weights above add to 80%: the remaining 20%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

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
2025–267022#4465California 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)
2018–1915 in 1005.6% (17 of 306)+4
2021–22not on filenot on file−12
2022–23not on filenot on file−6
2023–2437 in 1005.6% (19 of 340)+3
2024–2531 in 1004.3% (15 of 351)+16
2025–2621 in 1003.7% (13 of 349)−13

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 · English12010%26%
2026 · Math1204%18%
2025 · English12610%27%
2025 · Math1266%23%
2024 · English1039%34%
2024 · Math1049%31%
2023 · English968%28%
2023 · Math976%23%
2022 · English1069%24%
2022 · Math1066%24%
2019 · English1227%16%
2019 · Math1234%19%
2018 · English1435%22%
2018 · Math1426%23%
2017 · English1551%12%
2017 · Math1553%12%

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 · English5014%
2025 · Grade 4 · English3633%
2025 · Grade 5 · English4038%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math5016%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math3631%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math4025%
2024 · Grade 3 · English3826%
2024 · Grade 4 · English3444%
2024 · Grade 5 · English3132%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math3829%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math3534%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math3129%
2023 · Grade 3 · English3631%
2023 · Grade 4 · English3030%
2023 · Grade 5 · English3023%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math3625%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math3023%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math3119%
2022 · Grade 3 · English2924%
2022 · Grade 4 · English3724%
2022 · Grade 5 · English4022%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math2938%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math3722%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math4015%
2019 · Grade 3 · English3412%
2019 · Grade 4 · English3719%
2019 · Grade 5 · English5116%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math3412%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math3730%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math5215%
2018 · Grade 3 · English4821%
2018 · Grade 4 · English4920%
2018 · Grade 5 · English4626%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math4726%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math5127%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math4414%
2017 · Grade 3 · English508%
2017 · Grade 4 · English4617%
2017 · Grade 5 · English5910%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math5010%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math4626%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math593%

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
Schoolwide359%14%49%29%

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-income10225%−4−11
White4924%−15−36
Hispanic or Latino (grades 3 and 4 only)3129%−1−6
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−1067Moderate−467Average
Low-income−1057Moderate−257Average
English-only students−852not categorized−652not categorized
White−928Moderate−1228Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−817Moderate+817Accelerated
English learners−1215Moderate+815Accelerated
Students with disabilities−1215Moderate−1315Moderate

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; here that is grades 4 and 5. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−10 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4 and 5

67 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −10 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math−4 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4 and 5

67 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −4 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, 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; here that is grades 4 and 5, 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 · 31 in 100 → 2025–26 · 21 in 100 · −10 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 4.3% (15 of 351) → 2025–26 · 3.7% (13 of 349) · −0.6 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female16 in 10019 in 100+3 in 100
Male15 in 10023 in 100+8 in 100
Asian2 of 363 of 33—
Hispanic or Latino12 of 8325 in 100—
American Indian or Alaska Native4 of 22——
Two or more races4 of 2812 of 43—
White19 in 10022 in 100+3 in 100
Students with disabilities10 of 4725 of 87—
English learners6 of 888 of 72—
Homeless12 of 3416 of 41—
Low-income16 in 10023 in 100+7 in 100
All students15 in 10021 in 100+6 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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$12,610 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 3,540 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$1,167 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 324

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,238 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 324

District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,558 per ADA

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

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 52%Instruction support 13%Student services 15%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 12%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$32,307,05652.10%52%
Instruction support$8,438,62413.61%13%
Student services$9,100,69014.68%15%
Administration$4,442,9957.17%7%
Buildings & maintenance$7,259,42411.71%12%
Other$460,4150.74%1%
Total$62,009,204100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $62,009,204 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.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$12,610 per pupil
2020$12,178 per pupil
2019$12,986 per pupil
2018$12,082 per pupil
2017$11,534 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

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 95501 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95501 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$54,137
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)32%
ZIP-area population22,890
Median age39.5 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 95501 →

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