Lagunita Elementary: Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.
Lagunita posts 50% meeting the standard, and 8.3% going well past it. Most kids here keep up. Fewer get pushed further. Ask the school what it does for a child who already finds the work easy.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38 | 8% | 50% | — | 14.2% | 1.6% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Lagunita Elementary scores 38 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 38th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “50% proficient” and call it done. Lagunita deserves a closer read. It sits at the 38th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 18th to the 38th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 1000 elementary schools.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 50% of students meet the standard today, above the 44% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 67% | 42% | 42% |
| Grade 5 | 55% | 83% | — |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 58% | 33% | 58% |
| Grade 5 | 9% | 75% | — |
The 4 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
- 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.
Showing up, and staying in class
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$586 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 62 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
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 | 12 | 8% | 33% | 25% | 33% | 42% | −2 |
| Grade 4 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 12 | 8% | 50% | 17% | 25% | 58% | +13 |
| Grade 4 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagunita Elementary ← | — | 38 | 8.3% | 50.0% | — | 1.6% |
| La Joya Elementary | 3 mi | 40 | 11.7% | 27.3% | +2.2 | 1.1% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 30 | 18 | #4529 | 13.0% | 43.6% | 1.7% | 1.0% | -30.7pp |
| 2022 | 66 | 92 | #470 | 25.0% | 58.3% | 21.1% | 1.0% | +41.7pp |
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | #3553 | 8.3% | 50.0% | 14.2% | 1.6% | — |
- — Growth data isn't available — the state needs matched grades across years to compute it.
- — Subgroup results are suppressed for small student counts (fewer than 15 tested), following CDE privacy rules.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 2.0% | 0.0% | -2.0pp |
| Male | 0.0% | 20.0% | +20.0pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 0.0% | 6.3% | +6.3pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 0.0% | 16.7% | +16.7pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 5.6% | — | — |
| All Students | 1.0% | 9.5% | +8.5pp |
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