Public school with a magnet program · Saddleback Valley Unified · Mission Viejo, California

Linda Vista Magnet Elementary — Rating & test scores

Mission Viejo · TK–6 · 263 students (2024–25)

25222 Pericia Drive, 92691svusd.org ↗(949) 830-0970
48thpercentileDeveloping

Top: Saddleback Valley Unified’s other 20 scored elementary schools. Bottom: California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools by Scope Score, spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
34

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of five 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 below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 35% and 25% 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 grades 3–5: 112 in English, 111 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).

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

This rating covers grades 3–5. Linda Vista Magnet Elementary teaches TK–6: grade 6 results ↓

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On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 4–6 scored above what the state expected in English (+20 pts) and math (+19 pts). The state bases that expectation on each student’s earlier scores.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 108. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Saddleback Valley Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Linda Vista Magnet a good elementary school?

Linda Vista Magnet Elementary scores higher than 48 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 48th percentile, Developing, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 16 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 11 in 100 at the average Saddleback Valley Unified elementary school. 2.0% of students (6 of 300) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (4)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored +20 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Exceptional. In math, they scored +19 points, which it calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 108 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 35% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at Linda Vista Magnet Elementary in Mission Viejo scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2026 attendance boundaries, Linda Vista Magnet Elementary is zoned to La Paz Intermediate. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • La Paz Intermediate: 94th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 Scope Score

Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 35% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 25% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 112 in English, 111 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 3–5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English, 1,211,701 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 112 tested

Advanced
18%
Proficient
17%
Below the standard
65%
This school35%
California46%
Saddleback Valley Unified56%

35% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 111 tested

Advanced
13%
Proficient
12%
Below the standard
75%
This school25%
California42%
Saddleback Valley Unified56%

25% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–6 · 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 Advanced24%33%45%
Advanced10%20%21%
Proficient14%13%24%
Developing level35%20%16%
Minimal41%47%39%
Tested294538
California44%46%49%
Difference−20−13−4
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced63%
Advanced21%
Proficient42%
Developing level21%
Minimal16%
Tested43
California48%
Difference+15

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 Advanced24%27%24%
Advanced10%11%16%
Proficient14%16%8%
Developing level17%29%38%
Minimal59%44%38%
Tested294537
California47%42%37%
Difference−23−15−13
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced47%
Advanced26%
Proficient21%
Developing level30%
Minimal23%
Tested43
California37%
Difference+10

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 →

How does grade 6 do?

Well above California in both subjects. In grade 6, spring 2026, 63% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 47% in math, against 48% and 37% across California.

English

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 43 tested

Advanced
21%
Proficient
42%
Below the standard
37%
This school63%
California48%
Saddleback Valley Unified62%

63% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Math

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 43 tested

Advanced
26%
Proficient
21%
Below the standard
53%
This school47%
California37%
Saddleback Valley Unified54%

47% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

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.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were lower than in 2025. English went from 42% to 35% and math from 32% to 25%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202542%120 tested
→
202635%112 tested

This school

California, same grades46% → 46%2025 → 2026 · 1,232,086 → 1,208,894 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202532%120 tested
→
202625%111 tested

This school

California, same grades41% → 42%2025 → 2026 · 1,241,652 → 1,211,701 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Yes, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored +20 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Exceptional. In math, they scored +19 points, which it calls Accelerated.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 108
Comparison
Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 4–6 · 2025 · 108 students with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

+20 pts

English

The state calls it Exceptional, the highest of its five growth levels.

+19 pts

Math

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in English?

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, grades 3–5 · This school18%17%22%43%112
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Saddleback Valley Unified32%24%20%24%4,699
Math, grades 3–5 · This school13%12%29%46%111
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Saddleback Valley Unified32%24%23%21%4,700
English, grade 6 · This school21%42%21%16%43
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Saddleback Valley Unified28%34%19%19%1,616
Math, grade 6 · This school26%21%30%23%43
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Saddleback Valley Unified34%20%23%23%1,619

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). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown · Grades 3–5 are well below California. Grade 6 is well above it

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202635%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202625%42%

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

In grades 3–5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 30% in 2017 to 35% in 2026. In math, it went from 20% in 2017 to 25% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201730%
149 tested		45%
1,384,680 tested
201830%
135 tested		49%
1,346,907 tested
201935%
130 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202233%
132 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202340%
129 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202431%
115 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202542%
120 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
202635%
112 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201720%
150 tested		40%
1,392,040 tested
201814%
137 tested		42%
1,352,321 tested
201924%
130 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
202234%
131 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202333%
129 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202435%
114 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202532%
120 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
202625%
111 tested		42%
1,211,701 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

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 20 points above that expected score, and in math 19 points above 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.

What you can do

Who can act on Linda Vista Magnet’s results?

Saddleback Valley Unified’s board decides Linda Vista Magnet’s plan.

The state hasn’t placed Linda Vista Magnet in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Saddleback Valley Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2026 California School Dashboard. The 2026 Dashboard flagged results for long-term English learners on two measures: English, and math. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Saddleback Valley Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2026 California School Dashboard. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Saddleback Valley Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Saddleback Valley Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 
Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2What the law requires, and what to ask

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 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

16 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 Saddleback Valley Unified elementary school, 11 in 100 were. 2.0% of 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: 48 of 297 students counted for it; suspension: 6 of 300 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Saddleback Valley Unified elementary school 1.3%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

16 in 100This school
11 in 100At the average Saddleback Valley Unified elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

48 of 297 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

2.0%

of students were suspended at least once (6 of 300). 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 Linda Vista Magnet

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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Teach here? Tell us Saddleback Valley Unified’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino students scored below the same group across California in math.

Student groups, grades 3–6, spring 2026

21% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 30% for the same group across California. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 3–6; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Linda Vista MagnetSame group, California
  • Low-income126 tested24%Same group, California 30%
  • Hispanic or Latino107 tested21%Same group, California 30%
  • Homeless54 tested15%Same group, California 20%
  • English learners30 tested3%Same group, California 12%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6 math, spring 2026. In English the same groups run from 7% to 35%; every value is in the table below. English learners: grades 4 and 5 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 67%2. White: 21%3. Filipino: 4%4. Asian: 4%Unallocated share: 4%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino67%
  2. White21%
  3. Filipino4%
  4. Asian4%
  5. Black or African American—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share4%
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.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

43% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 31 of 72 English learners43%
Saddleback Valley Unified · 983 of 2,03448%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

79%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 208 of 263. California: 63%.

20teachers, 2024–25

9 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

20%in their first year, 2024–25

93%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there in math for Hispanic or Latino students, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–6 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Saddleback Valley Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 127 tested in English, 126 in math
English35%−641%−136%
Math24%−1438%−630%
Hispanic or Latino · 108 tested in English, 107 in math
English35%−338%−237%
Math21%−1435%−930%
English learners · 30 tested · grades 4 and 5 only
English7%−310%−613%
Math3%−811%−912%
Homeless · 54 tested
English28%+424%+325%
Math15%−621%−520%

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

White students: fewer than 30 tested here. Students with disabilities, 42 tested in English and 41 in math: no rate for grades 3 and 5 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students, students of two or more races 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino67%
White21%
Filipino4%
Asian4%
Black or African American—
Two or more races—
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: 93% of teaching positions, 13.3 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 14.3 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Linda Vista Magnet, and how do I get in?

La Paz Intermediate, then Laguna Hills High.

Linda Vista Magnet’s attendance zone is split: 62% of its children are assigned to Laguna Hills High and the other 38% to Mission Viejo High. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Linda Vista Magnet Elementary
    Grades TK–6
  2. Middle · assigned
    La Paz Intermediate
    94th · Strong · 2026
  3. High · part of the zone
    Laguna Hills High
    67th · Solid · 202562% of the zone’s children

    Or Mission Viejo High for the other 38% (81st · Strong · 2025).

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. Shares are our estimate of where the zone’s children live, from 2020 Census child counts, or land area where few children were counted; they describe children living in the zone, not a school’s enrolled students. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement: transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

High-school links

  • Laguna Hills High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    67th percentile · Solid · high · 2025

    62% of the zone’s children

  • Mission Viejo High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    81st percentile · Strong · high · 2025

    38% of the zone’s children

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.

Where the path ends: Laguna Hills High
Laguna Hills High67th · Solid · 2025 · Scope Score 62district-published assignment for part of the zone

The road from this school ends at Laguna Hills High. UC records 24 enrollees from Laguna Hills High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 13 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Laguna Hills High around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 80% of the students who finished high school at Laguna Hills High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

24 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 13 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Laguna Hills High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Saddleback Valley Unified which school serves your address.

School website: svusd.org ↗Office: (949) 830-0970Administrator: Shannon Wyatt

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
25222 Pericia Drive, Mission Viejo 92691

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Saddleback Valley Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. How does the school check what’s working in English? English: 42% in 2025 to 35% in 2026 here; California: 46% to 46%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon? 16 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (48 of 297 students); average Saddleback Valley Unified elementary school: 11 in 100
  3. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working? 3% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 4 and 5, spring 2026 (30 students tested); the same group across California: 12%
  4. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (949) 830-097025222 Pericia Drive, 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.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,970 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #19 of 21 in Saddleback Valley Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math15%4442%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math30%4023%
Chronically absent16 in 100515%
Suspension rate2.0% (6 of 300)475%
English learners: top level13%455%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)+10.4pp—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
2025–263448#2970California 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)
2018–197 in 1001.4% (5 of 365)−4
2021–22not on filenot on file−6
2022–23not on filenot on file−2
2023–2418 in 1001.7% (5 of 287)+17
2024–2516 in 1001.8% (5 of 273)+11
2025–2616 in 1002.0% (6 of 300)+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 · English15519%43%
2026 · Math15416%31%
2025 · English15622%46%
2025 · Math15618%38%
2024 · English15816%40%
2024 · Math15718%37%
2023 · English17712%42%
2023 · Math17711%31%
2022 · English17713%36%
2022 · Math17612%35%
2019 · English18313%39%
2019 · Math18311%27%
2018 · English1879%35%
2018 · Math1905%19%
2017 · English20212%35%
2017 · Math2038%27%

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 · English4032%
2025 · Grade 4 · English3738%
2025 · Grade 5 · English4353%
2025 · Grade 6 · English3658%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math4030%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math3738%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math4330%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math3656%
2024 · Grade 3 · English3321%
2024 · Grade 4 · English4432%
2024 · Grade 5 · English3839%
2024 · Grade 6 · English4363%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math3324%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math4340%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math3839%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math4342%
2023 · Grade 3 · English4635%
2023 · Grade 4 · English4042%
2023 · Grade 5 · English4344%
2023 · Grade 6 · English4846%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math4637%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math4038%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math4323%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math4827%
2022 · Grade 3 · English4028%
2022 · Grade 4 · English4238%
2022 · Grade 5 · English5034%
2022 · Grade 6 · English4544%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math3936%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math4250%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math5018%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math4540%
2019 · Grade 3 · English4434%
2019 · Grade 4 · English4127%
2019 · Grade 5 · English4542%
2019 · Grade 6 · English5351%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math4531%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math4124%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math4416%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math5336%
2018 · Grade 3 · English4129%
2018 · Grade 4 · English4342%
2018 · Grade 5 · English5120%
2018 · Grade 6 · English5248%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math4214%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math4316%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math5212%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math5334%
2017 · Grade 3 · English4615%
2017 · Grade 4 · English5439%
2017 · Grade 5 · English4933%
2017 · Grade 6 · English5349%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math4717%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math5426%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math4916%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math5347%

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
Schoolwide3714%11%68%8%

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-income12735%−6−1
Hispanic or Latino10835%−3−2
English learners (grades 4 and 5 only)307%−3−6
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+20108Exceptional+19108Accelerated
Low-income+1789Accelerated+1789Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+1777Accelerated+1877Accelerated
English learners+1750Accelerated+1550Accelerated
English-only students+1849not categorized+2349not categorized
Homeless+1629Accelerated+2229Exceptional
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+2528not categorized+2728not categorized
Students with disabilities+526Accelerated+2326Exceptional
White+2623Exceptional+2323Exceptional
English learners only+122not categorized+222not 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 grades 4–6. 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+20 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–6

108 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

California growth model, English: +20 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Exceptional, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+19 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–6

108 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +19 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 grades 4–6, 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 · 16 in 100 → 2025–26 · 16 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.8% (5 of 273) → 2025–26 · 2.0% (6 of 300) · +0.2 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female8 in 10015 in 100+7 in 100
Male7 in 10018 in 100+11 in 100
Hispanic or Latino7 in 10016 in 100+9 in 100
Two or more races0 in 100——
White9 in 10019 in 100+10 in 100
Students with disabilities15 in 10016 in 100+1 in 100
English learners7 in 10013 in 100+6 in 100
Homeless14 in 10018 in 100+4 in 100
Low-income7 in 10018 in 100+11 in 100
All students7 in 10016 in 100+9 in 100
Asian—9 in 100—
Filipino—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$12,689 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 24,954 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$216 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 263

Central federal expenditures attributed here$926 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 263

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,633 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 65%Instruction support 12%Student services 9%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 8%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$244,982,21764.72%65%
Instruction support$45,116,16611.92%12%
Student services$32,399,7528.56%9%
Administration$20,529,6995.42%5%
Buildings & maintenance$31,582,0808.34%8%
Other$3,937,7721.04%1%
Total$378,547,687100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $378,547,687 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$12,689 per pupil
2020$11,164 per pupil
2019$11,797 per pupil
2018$10,660 per pupil
2017$10,377 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 92691 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92691 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$141,045
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)48%
ZIP-area population45,841
Median age44.3 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 92691 →

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