Independent charter school · Northern Humboldt Union High

Laurel Tree Charter — Rating & test scores

2730 Foster Ave, Arcata · 197 students · Grades TK–12

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Scope Score 69

Needs SupportScope Score · 13th percentile. Higher than 13 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: 29% and 19% 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: 51 in English, 48 in math
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 Laurel Tree Charter a good elementary school?

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

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced2229%
Math, Proficient or Advanced1319%
English, Advanced1910%
Math, Advanced94%

Progress in a year, 2025

English13−10 pts
Math19−8 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance2922 in 100
Laurel Tree Charter’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

22 in 100 students (44 of 196) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That compares with 17 in 100 at the average California elementary school.

Each bar is Laurel Tree Charter’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 chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 196. The California figure is an average of school rates (5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Laurel Tree Charter say about itself?

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

Open laureltreecs.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 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 8 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

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

White50−10 points
Low-income40−10 points
Students with disabilities25−22 points

Math

−8

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

White48−18 points
Low-income39−15 points
Students with disabilities260 points

Grades 4–8, 2025, 70 students in English, 69 in math 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 8 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?

6 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Laurel Tree Charter. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 4.3 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Union Street CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 8993rd
  2. Jacoby CreekJacoby Creek Elementary · by addressScope Score 8688th
  3. Fuente Nueva CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7761st
  4. Coastal Grove CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7656th
  5. Pacific UnionPacific Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 7231st
  6. Redwood Coast MontessoriCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7020th
  7. Laurel Tree CharterScope Score 6913th
  8. ArcataArcata Elementary · by addressScope Score 651st
Northern Humboldt Union HighA 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%75%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 Laurel Tree Charter compare with schools like it?

Laurel Tree Charter’s Scope Score is 69. 596 California elementary schools, counting Laurel Tree Charter, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 77. Laurel Tree Charter’s result is higher than 21 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 596

  1. Students from low-income families: 51%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 51%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 52%

    Wedgeworth Elementary

    Hacienda Heights

    Scope Score 94Strong · 98th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 48%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 55%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 95th percentile

596 California public elementary schools where 48% to 60% 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 48% to 60% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Laurel Tree Charter’s share. The count includes Laurel Tree Charter. 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?

Each line shows the share of students who scored Proficient or Advanced each spring.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2022 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%20222023202635%46%CaliforniaCalifornia29%Laurel Tree CharterThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%20222023202623%42%CaliforniaCalifornia19%Laurel Tree CharterThis school

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
SpringLaurel Tree CharterCaliforniaTested here
202235%45%40
202346%44%39
202629%46%51
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringLaurel Tree CharterCaliforniaTested here
202223%38%39
202326%40%39
202619%42%48

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

29%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

37341910
California46%

Math

19%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

522915
California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 29% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 19% 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 does math compare with English?

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, math trails English by 10 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 4 points across California. The grades 3–5 cards above give each subject’s share.

How do the middle grades do?

Near California in English; well above it in math. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 48% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 51% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 55th percentile (Solid) among California’s middle schools.

English

48%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

2725408
California49%

Math

51%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

28213021
California37%
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 Advanced36%29%25%
Advanced7%12%10%
Proficient29%17%15%
Developing level21%42%35%
Minimal43%29%40%
Tested141720
California44%46%49%
Difference−8−17−24
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced21%60%58%
Advanced0%13%11%
Proficient21%47%47%
Developing level22%27%26%
Minimal57%13%16%
Tested141519
California48%51%49%
Difference−27+9+9
English, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 11
Proficient or Advancednot on file
Advancednot on file
Proficientnot on file
Developing levelnot on file
Minimalnot on file
Testednot on file
California57%
Difference—

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%7%20%
Advanced7%0%5%
Proficient22%7%15%
Developing level35%36%20%
Minimal36%57%60%
Tested141420
California47%42%37%
Difference−18−35−17
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced21%60%67%
Advanced0%20%39%
Proficient21%40%28%
Developing level22%27%16%
Minimal57%13%17%
Tested141518
California37%38%36%
Difference−16+22+31
Math, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 11
Proficient or Advancednone tested
Advancednone tested
Proficientnone tested
Developing levelnone tested
Minimalnone tested
Tested0
California32%
Difference—

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%19%34%37%51
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
Math, grades 3–5 · This school4%15%29%52%48
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
English, grades 6–8 · This school8%40%25%27%48
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
Math, grades 6–8 · This school21%30%21%28%47
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 51 tested in English, 48 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 65% of students. 44 of 196 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

22in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (44 of 196 students).

At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

No district average: Laurel Tree Charter is the only regular elementary school we rank in the Northern Humboldt Union High district with an attendance record.

Students, 2024–25

197

students in grades TK–12.

White 65%Two or more races 15%Not reported 9%Hispanic or Latino 8%

Family income

54%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 107 of 197. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

14

teachers, with 15 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

45% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

1.0%

of students were suspended at least once (2 of 201). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

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

Missing school, by grade
Grades 4–6
12 of 60 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
9 of 36 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.
Grades 9–12
6 of 26 students in grades 9–12 were chronically absent.

Our records hold no figure for Grades TK–3.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White65%
Two or more races15%
Not reported9%
Hispanic or Latino8%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
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: 5.7 of 12.7 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

White students scored well below the same group across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • WhiteEnglish · 40 tested40%California 60%
  • WhiteMath · 39 tested36%California 53%

40% of White students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 36% in math (grades 3–8, spring 2026), against 60% and 53% 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 Northern Humboldt Union Highvs California
White · 40 tested in English, 39 in math · grades 3, 5 and 8 only
English40%—−2060%
Math36%—−1753%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Northern Humboldt Union High, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Low-income students, 62 tested in English and 59 in math: no rate for grades 3, 4 and 6–8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Hispanic or Latino, 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 tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Laurel Tree Charter. 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.

Answer the family questionsResponder en españolHow family answers work

The school day

What is the school day like?

Laurel Tree Charter 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

8

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

The neighborhood

What is the area around Laurel Tree Charter like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95521. They are not figures for the families at Laurel Tree Charter.

Typical household income in a year

$53,114

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 95521.

Typical home value
$501,000
People who live in this ZIP code
21,980
Typical age
29.2 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
46%

What you can do

Who can act on Laurel Tree Charter’s results?

Laurel Tree Charter’s own board decides its plan.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Laurel Tree Charter 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 Laurel Tree Charter. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. 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 4–8, 2025 (70 students)

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 Laurel Tree Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Where it is

Where is Laurel Tree Charter?

Address
2730 Foster Ave, Arcata 95521Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Brenda SutterAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated June 18, 2025.

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 Laurel Tree Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓

Is Laurel Tree Charter a good school?

Laurel Tree Charter has a Scope Score of 69. It scored higher than 13 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Needs Support, 13th percentile, spring 2026).

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 55 in 100 California middle schools we score (55th percentile, Solid, spring 2026)

See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 22 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 17 in 100 at the average California elementary school. 1.0% of students (2 of 201) 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?

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 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 8 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 70 students in English, 69 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 40% of White students in grades 3, 5 and 8 at Laurel Tree Charter in Arcata scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 60% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $2.5 million is planned for 20 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 78% of its $3.2 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 Laurel Tree Charter’s own plan commit to?

$2.5 million is planned for 20 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 78% of its $3.2 million general fund budget.

$2.5million

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

The three largest actions in the plan

  • Provide Support$1.6 million
  • Permaculture Plan$200,000
  • Purchasing Curriculum$160,000

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, 76 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, 76 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 80% of the money. The plan itself puts 79% of it toward staff.

  • Provide Support $1.6 million
  • Permaculture Plan $200,000
  • Purchasing Curriculum $160,000
  • 17 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

No action title in this plan names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners.

For high-need students

It plans $1.6 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $1.6 million and estimates it spent $1.6 million, the same as planned.

What changed

The total is the same as in the 2025–26 plan.

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: 29% in English and 19% 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 3 · Assessment and Curriculum36%38%up 2 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 3 · Assessment and Curriculum32%35%up 3 pts

Goals 1, 2, 4 and 5 aren’t shown because they track other measures.

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
  • Provide Support · $1,603,000
  • Permaculture Plan · $200,000
  • Purchasing Curriculum · $160,000
The full plan5 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 ($2.5 million).

Where does the money go?

75% to Goal 3, Assessment and Curriculum. 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
G3
G4
G5

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 1Creating a school culture where staff, students, and families feel welcome, safe, and included$41,5002% of action budgets

6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $41,500 (unchanged) · p. 9 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Attendance Procedures and IS Packets$25,000action 1.3 · p. 38 ↗
  2. Summer Communications Systems Update$10,000action 1.1 · p. 38 ↗
  3. Systems of Care$5,000action 1.6 · p. 38 ↗
  4. Communication Systems Training$500action 1.2 · p. 38 ↗
  5. Restorative Practices$500action 1.7 · p. 38 ↗

1 more funded action in this goal

  • New Employee Support · action 1.8 · p. 38 ↗$500

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

  • Attendance Procedures and IS Packets · $25,000 → $25,000 · p. 38 ↗unchanged
  • Summer Communications Systems Update · $10,000 → $10,000 · p. 38 ↗unchanged
  • Systems of Care · $5,000 → $5,000 · p. 38 ↗unchanged
  • Communication Systems Training · $500 → $500 · p. 38 ↗unchanged
  • Restorative Practices · $500 → $500 · p. 38 ↗unchanged
  • New Employee Support · $500 → $500 · p. 38 ↗unchanged

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. 9 ↗.

Goal 2School Site and Facilities$207,0008% of action budgets

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $207,000 (unchanged) · p. 16 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Permaculture Plan$200,000action 2.3 · p. 38 ↗
  2. Facilities Cost$5,000action 2.4 · p. 38 ↗
  3. Maintain Emergency Kits and Binders$2,000action 2.1 · p. 38 ↗

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

  • Permaculture Plan · $200,000 → $200,000 · p. 38 ↗unchanged
  • Facilities Cost · $5,000 → $5,000 · p. 38 ↗unchanged
  • Maintain Emergency Kits and Binders · $2,000 → $2,000 · p. 38 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 4 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 16 ↗.

Goal 3Assessment and Curriculum$1.8 million75% of action budgets

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.8 million (unchanged) · p. 21 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Provide Support$1.6 millionaction 3.2 · p. 39 ↗
  2. Purchasing Curriculum$0.2 millionaction 3.4 · p. 39 ↗
  3. Gather data to inform student support$0.1 millionaction 3.1 · p. 38 ↗
  4. Create Curriculum and Assessment that reflect school vision and valuesunder $0.1 millionaction 3.3 · p. 39 ↗
  5. Document and Institutionalize Programsunder $0.1 millionaction 3.5 · p. 39 ↗

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

  • Provide Support · $1.6 million → $1.6 million · p. 39 ↗unchanged
  • Purchasing Curriculum · $160,000 → $160,000 · p. 39 ↗unchanged
  • Gather data to inform student support · $65,000 → $65,000 · p. 38 ↗unchanged
  • Create Curriculum and Assessment that reflect school vision and values · $6,000 → $6,000 · p. 39 ↗unchanged
  • Document and Institutionalize Programs · $2,000 → $2,000 · p. 39 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 4 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 21 ↗.

Goal 4Graduates ready for college, career, and community$143,5006% of action budgets

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $143,500 (unchanged) · p. 27 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Academic and Career Counseling and Support$132,000action 4.2 · p. 39 ↗
  2. Computer Access$10,000action 4.3 · p. 39 ↗
  3. Develop A-G Curriculum/​CTE Pathways$1,500action 4.1 · p. 39 ↗

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

  • Academic and Career Counseling and Support · $132,000 → $132,000 · p. 39 ↗unchanged
  • Computer Access · $10,000 → $10,000 · p. 39 ↗unchanged
  • Develop A-G Curriculum/​CTE Pathways · $1,500 → $1,500 · p. 39 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 3 measures · 1 quoted

  • Increase the number of A-G Courses Available p. 27 ↗
    Baseline
    30 A-G Courses
    Target for year 3
    35 Courses with at least one more in Art, Language, and electives.

2 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 5Governance$232,0009% of action budgets

“Developing our capacity as a teacher-run school and planning for a sustainable and strong leadership” p. 31 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $232,000 (unchanged)

Largest funded actions

  1. Sharing the Admin Workload$130,000action 5.1 · p. 39 ↗
  2. Salary Schedule$100,000action 5.4 · p. 39 ↗
  3. Get training/​coaching from Teacher Powered Schools$2,000action 5.3 · p. 39 ↗

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

  • Sharing the Admin Workload · $130,000 → $130,000 · p. 39 ↗unchanged
  • Salary Schedule · $100,000 → $100,000 · p. 39 ↗unchanged
  • Get training/​coaching from Teacher Powered Schools · $2,000 → $2,000 · p. 39 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 2 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 31 ↗.

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 13 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
13
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census BureauU.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

After high school

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #4,934 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math7%3642%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math24%3623%
Chronically absent22 in 100435%
Suspension rate1.0% (2 of 201)545%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)-9.6pp—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 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
2025–266913#4934California 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)
2018–19not on filenot on file—
2021–22not on filenot on file−26
2022–23not on filenot on file+12
2023–2430 in 1000 of 188+13
2024–2528 in 1000 of 209—
2025–2622 in 1001.0% (2 of 201)−10

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 · English10210%38%
2026 · Math9513%35%
2025 · English1037%36%
2025 · Math9813%32%
2024 · English9211%48%
2024 · Math9214%29%
2023 · English7617%37%
2023 · Math7810%24%
2022 · English8212%38%
2022 · Math806%22%
2019 · English7110%54%
2019 · Math728%39%
2018 · English6913%43%
2018 · Math689%25%
2017 · English659%42%
2017 · Math659%22%

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 · English1315%
2025 · Grade 4 · English2030%
2025 · Grade 5 · English9—
2025 · Grade 6 · English2045%
2025 · Grade 7 · English1747%
2025 · Grade 8 · English1625%
2025 · Grade 11 · English8—
2025 · Grade 3 · Math1331%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math1937%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math9—
2025 · Grade 6 · Math2119%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math1735%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math1354%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math6—
2024 · Grade 3 · English1527%
2024 · Grade 4 · English10—
2024 · Grade 5 · English1759%
2024 · Grade 6 · English1741%
2024 · Grade 7 · English1346%
2024 · Grade 8 · English1258%
2024 · Grade 11 · English8—
2024 · Grade 3 · Math1619%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math10—
2024 · Grade 5 · Math1712%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math1741%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math1323%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math1258%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math7—
2023 · Grade 3 · English1233%
2023 · Grade 4 · English1553%
2023 · Grade 5 · English1250%
2023 · Grade 6 · English1414%
2023 · Grade 7 · English10—
2023 · Grade 8 · English8—
2023 · Grade 11 · English5—
2023 · Grade 3 · Math1217%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math1533%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math1225%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math147%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math10—
2023 · Grade 8 · Math9—
2023 · Grade 11 · Math6—
2022 · Grade 3 · English1650%
2022 · Grade 4 · English1233%
2022 · Grade 5 · English1217%
2022 · Grade 6 · English10—
2022 · Grade 7 · English9—
2022 · Grade 8 · English1450%
2022 · Grade 11 · English9—
2022 · Grade 3 · Math1527%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math1233%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math128%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math10—
2022 · Grade 7 · Math9—
2022 · Grade 8 · Math1429%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math8—
2019 · Grade 3 · English10—
2019 · Grade 4 · English7—
2019 · Grade 5 · English1362%
2019 · Grade 6 · English1155%
2019 · Grade 7 · English1233%
2019 · Grade 8 · English10—
2019 · Grade 11 · English8—
2019 · Grade 3 · Math10—
2019 · Grade 4 · Math8—
2019 · Grade 5 · Math1331%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math1145%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math128%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math10—
2019 · Grade 11 · Math8—
2018 · Grade 3 · English——
2018 · Grade 4 · English1127%
2018 · Grade 5 · English——
2018 · Grade 6 · English——
2018 · Grade 7 · English——
2018 · Grade 8 · English1346%
2018 · Grade 11 · English1155%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math——
2018 · Grade 4 · Math119%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math——
2018 · Grade 6 · Math——
2018 · Grade 7 · Math——
2018 · Grade 8 · Math1421%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math——
2017 · Grade 3 · English119%
2017 · Grade 4 · English——
2017 · Grade 5 · English——
2017 · Grade 6 · English——
2017 · Grade 7 · English1250%
2017 · Grade 8 · English——
2017 · Grade 11 · English——
2017 · Grade 3 · Math1118%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math——
2017 · Grade 5 · Math——
2017 · Grade 6 · Math——
2017 · Grade 7 · Math1225%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math——
2017 · Grade 11 · Math——

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
Schoolwide339%33%52%6%

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
White4040%—−20
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−1070Moderate−869Moderate
English-only students−1069not categorized−968not categorized
White−1050Moderate−1848Moderate
Low-income−1040Moderate−1539Moderate
Students with disabilities−2225Minimal026Average

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
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−10 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

70 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−8 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

69 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −8 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, 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 · 28 in 100 → 2025–26 · 22 in 100 · −6 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 209 → 2025–26 · 1.0% (2 of 201) · +1.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—20 of 81—
Male—21 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—5 of 16—
Two or more races—8 of 30—
White—18 in 100—
Students with disabilities—13 of 51—
Low-income—22 in 100—
All students—22 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.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offerednot reported
AP course countnot reported
AP enrollment (male/female)not reported
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentoffered · 4 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections0
Physics sections0
Chemistry sections1
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)172

These counts aren’t part of the Scope Score. “Not reported” means the federal record has no value for that item; it isn’t a zero. Enrollment counts add the male and female students the survey reports.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$14,551 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 1,661 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

District current expense · FY 2024–25$22,308 per ADA

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

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 54%Instruction support 16%Student services 14%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 8%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$17,075,73653.54%54%
Instruction support$5,182,58116.25%16%
Student services$4,305,27613.50%14%
Administration$2,302,6077.22%7%
Buildings & maintenance$2,688,1938.43%8%
Other$337,7851.06%1%
Total$31,892,178100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $31,892,178 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$14,551 per pupil
2020$13,720 per pupil
2019$14,340 per pupil
2018$12,968 per pupil
2017$13,076 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 95521 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95521 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$53,114
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)46%
ZIP-area population21,980
Median age29.2 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 95521 →

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