Public school · Lakeside Joint · Los Gatos, California

Lakeside Elementary — Rating & test scores

Los Gatos · TK–5 · 64 students (2024–25)

92ndpercentileStrong

The dots are California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
69

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of four of the six elementary school measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grade 4, spring 2026: 83% and 92% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 46% and 42%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 4: 12
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 4 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 407,721 in English and 408,677 in math tested).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

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Only 12 students were tested here in grade 4 in spring 2026, so one student’s result moves each rate by about 8 points.

Sources
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CDE CAASPP research file (school rows), spring 2026 (students tested (points per student: 100 ÷ students tested, our arithmetic)).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Lakeside Joint which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Lakeside Elementary a good elementary school?

Lakeside Elementary scores higher than 92 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 92nd percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 3 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 17 in 100 at the average California elementary school. 0 of 73 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

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What should I ask on a visit?

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Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

83% of the 12 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English; 92% did in math.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 4, spring 2026

In grade 4, spring 2026, 83% of the 12 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 46% across California. In math, 92% did, against 42% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 4: 12
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 4 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 407,721 in English, 408,677 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 4 · spring 2026 · 12 tested

Advanced
50%
Proficient
33%
Below the standard
17%
This school83%
California46%

83% Proficient or Advanced in grade 4.

Math

Grade 4 · spring 2026 · 12 tested

Advanced
42%
Proficient
50%
Below the standard
8%
This school92%
California42%

92% Proficient or Advanced in grade 4.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–5 · every level, with tested counts

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 Advancedsuppressed83%suppressed
Advancedsuppressed50%suppressed
Proficientsuppressed33%suppressed
Developing levelsuppressed9%suppressed
Minimalsuppressed8%suppressed
Tested9126
California44%46%49%
Difference—+37—

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 Advancedsuppressed92%suppressed
Advancedsuppressed42%suppressed
Proficientsuppressed50%suppressed
Developing levelsuppressed8%suppressed
Minimalsuppressed0%suppressed
Tested9126
California47%42%37%
Difference—+50—

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.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

School pattern · grade 4 · spring 2026 · What patterns mean

Broad baseMost students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

Have results changed?

There’s no spring 2025 result to compare with spring 2026: fewer than 11 students tested here that year, so CDE withheld it.

Ask: How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grade 4 · This school50%33%9%8%12
English, grade 4 · California25%21%20%34%407,721
Math, grade 4 · This school42%50%8%0%12
Math, grade 4 · California20%22%28%30%408,677

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

English and math results for the tested grades. These do not measure the experience in kindergarten or the early grades.

Results since 20175 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grade 4
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202683%46%
Math top two levels, grade 4
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202692%42%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grade 4, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 81% in 2017 to 83% in 2026. In math, it went from 69% in 2017 to 92% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 4
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201781%
16 tested
45%
458,065 tested
201987%
15 tested
49%
435,323 tested
2022—
Withheld by CDE
—
202342%
12 tested
44%
415,839 tested
202467%
15 tested
44%
413,493 tested
2025—
Withheld by CDE
—
202683%
12 tested
46%
407,721 tested
Math · top two levels · grade 4
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201769%
16 tested
40%
460,598 tested
201987%
15 tested
45%
437,414 tested
2022—
Withheld by CDE
—
202327%
11 tested
41%
418,769 tested
202467%
15 tested
41%
418,155 tested
2025—
Withheld by CDE
—
202692%
12 tested
42%
408,677 tested

CDE withholds a year’s results when fewer than 11 students tested, as it did here in 2022 and 2025.

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

3 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average California elementary school, 17 in 100 were. 0 of 73 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 2 of 73 students counted for it; suspension: 0 of 73 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

3 in 100This school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

2 of 73 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

No district average: Lakeside Elementary is the only regular elementary school we rank in the Lakeside Joint district with an attendance record.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0 of 73

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

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Lakeside Elementary

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Every learner

Who goes here?

White students are the largest group here: 67%.

Students, families and teachers

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 67%2. Two or more races: 18%Unallocated share: 15%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White67%
  2. Two or more races18%
  3. Hispanic or Latino—
  4. Asian—
  5. Black or African American—
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share15%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Who are the families and teachers?

11%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 7 of 64. California: 63%.

7teachers, 2024–25

7 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

100%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
White67%
Two or more races18%
Hispanic or Latino—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 100% of teaching positions, 5 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 5 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask Lakeside Joint which school serves your address.

School website: lakesidelosgatos.org ↗Office: (408) 354-2372Administrator: Steve Burrell
19621 Black Road, Los Gatos 95033

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Lakeside Joint.

Questions for your visit

  1. How many K–2 students did screening find at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help?
  2. How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?
  5. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (408) 354-237219621 Black Road, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby elementary schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest elementary schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby elementary schoolsPercentile among California elementary schools, 2026

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #420 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math46%6942%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math88%7923%
Chronically absent3 in 100605%
Suspension rate0 of 73565%

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 75%: the remaining 25%, 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
2025–266992#420California 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)
2018–194 in 1002.6% (2 of 76)—
2021–22not on filenot on file—
2022–23not on filenot on file—
2023–2412 in 1002.5% (2 of 80)—
2024–2512 in 1001.4% (1 of 69)−37
2025–263 in 1000 of 73—

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 · English2748%78%
2026 · Math2756%85%
2025 · English2952%76%
2025 · Math2955%72%
2024 · English3234%59%
2024 · Math3225%56%
2023 · English3628%50%
2023 · Math3531%51%
2022 · English2846%68%
2022 · Math2814%50%
2019 · English2850%82%
2019 · Math2938%83%
2018 · English3664%92%
2018 · Math3762%86%
2017 · English4151%78%
2017 · Math4146%71%

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 · English1292%
2025 · Grade 4 · English6—
2025 · Grade 5 · English1173%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math12100%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math6—
2025 · Grade 5 · Math1145%
2024 · Grade 3 · English6—
2024 · Grade 4 · English1567%
2024 · Grade 5 · English1136%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math6—
2024 · Grade 4 · Math1567%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math1136%
2023 · Grade 3 · English1644%
2023 · Grade 4 · English1242%
2023 · Grade 5 · English8—
2023 · Grade 3 · Math1656%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math1127%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math8—
2022 · Grade 3 · English10—
2022 · Grade 4 · English7—
2022 · Grade 5 · English1164%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math10—
2022 · Grade 4 · Math7—
2022 · Grade 5 · Math1118%
2019 · Grade 3 · English8—
2019 · Grade 4 · English1587%
2019 · Grade 5 · English5—
2019 · Grade 3 · Math9—
2019 · Grade 4 · Math1587%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math5—
2018 · Grade 3 · English1493%
2018 · Grade 4 · English——
2018 · Grade 5 · English1688%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math14100%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math——
2018 · Grade 5 · Math1675%
2017 · Grade 3 · English——
2017 · Grade 4 · English1681%
2017 · Grade 5 · English1771%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math——
2017 · Grade 4 · Math1669%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math1759%

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.

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+716Accelerated+1416Accelerated
English-only students+1412not categorized+1012not 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; here that is grade 4. 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+7 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 4

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 4

16 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +7 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+14 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 4

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 4

16 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +14 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; here that is grade 4, 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 · 12 in 100 → 2025–26 · 3 in 100 · −9 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.4% (1 of 69) → 2025–26 · 0 of 73 · −1.4 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female3 in 1003 in 1000 in 100
Male5 in 1002 in 100−3 in 100
Hispanic or Latino9 in 100——
White2 in 1002 in 1000 in 100
Students with disabilities0 in 1008 in 100+8 in 100
All students4 in 1003 in 100−1 in 100
Two or more races—0 in 100—
Low-income—8 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. 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$31,030 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 66 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$749 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 64

District current expense · FY 2024–25$43,493 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 57%Instruction support 10%Student services 0%Administration 24%Buildings & maintenance 9%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$1,567,74957.21%57%
Instruction support$269,1189.82%10%
Student services$7,6880.28%0%
Administration$652,85223.82%24%
Buildings & maintenance$243,0918.87%9%
Total$2,740,498100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $2,740,498 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$31,030 per pupil
2020$28,568 per pupil
2019$31,423 per pupil
2018$23,784 per pupil
2017$20,314 per pupil
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 95033 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95033 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$189,118
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)70%
ZIP-area population9,600
Median age45.3 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 95033 →

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