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Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public

Oakland, CA · Grades TK-12 · 723 students · Oakland Unified

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11% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 26% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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Math

26%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

English

11%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

723

Total enrollment

Chronic absence

33%

Students absent 10% or more of school days

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grades 3 & 5 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

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0%25%50%75%100%2019: 20%2022: 3%2023: 20%2024: 20%2025: 26%2019: 29%2022: 10%2023: 20%2024: 12%2025: 11%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 20%2022: 3%2023: 20%2024: 20%2025: 26%2019: 29%2022: 10%2023: 20%2024: 12%2025: 11%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201920%29%
20223%10%
202320%20%
202420%12%
202526%11%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2022 to 2025

Has stayed near the 8th percentile since 2022.

Most rating sites would stop at “18% proficient” and call it done. Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public deserves a closer read. Nearly all of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.

As a charter, Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.

418 tested · 3 of 3 grades published · cohort of 49 tracked

Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public scores 19 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 8th percentile of 5,721 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Percentile among 5,721 elementary schools statewide
Year detailsYear2022 · 5th percentile · Scope Score 14 of 1002023 · 7th percentile · Scope Score 16 of 1002024 · 7th percentile · Scope Score 19 of 1002025 · 8th percentile · Scope Score 19 of 100
ELAOrange(Increased)MathYellow(Increased Significantly)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 329%0%12%15%15%
Grade 426%26%9%15%11%
Grade 519%28%9%6%
Grade 626%7%28%12%14%
Grade 719%11%17%36%27%
Grade 840%9%20%18%44%
Grade 1120%36%31%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 320%2%17%35%42%
Grade 426%11%0%9%22%
Grade 54%23%2%10%
Grade 614%4%27%16%5%
Grade 721%3%13%32%18%
Grade 816%4%3%15%54%
Grade 110%6%13%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

One in ten of students here meet the standard. 5% clear it by a lot.

ELA23% met or exceeded
Exceeded 5%Met 18%Nearly Met 26%Not Met 51%
Math24% met or exceeded
Exceeded 9%Met 15%Nearly Met 20%Not Met 56%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California elementary schools · average21% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2022–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)AbsenceSuspension
This school195%18%Below avg · p4333.0%1.4%
CA average · Elementary School3921%43%Average · p5017.9%1.6%
This schoolCA avg
Scope1939
% Exceeded5%21%
% Met+18%43%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Below avg · p43Average · p50
Absence33.0%17.9%
Suspension1.4%1.6%
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25

California's own growth model splits here — the 23rd percentile in reading against the 89th in math, among elementary schools.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

California runs its own growth model, following individual children in grades 4 through 8 rather than comparing school-wide averages the way we do — and its two subjects part company here. It puts this school around the 23rd percentile of California elementary schools in reading and the 89th in math; ours, which blends the subjects, lands around the 43rd. A gap that size between math and reading in one building is worth asking about directly — one year of data can't tell you whether it is the teaching, the cohort, or noise.

pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California elementary school lands at +2 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −5 and +9 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.

The returning cohort, two years on
ELA · 2023 · Grade 3
6%
exceeded standard · 12% met or exceeded
ELA · 2025 · Grade 5
0%
exceeded standard · 6% met or exceeded

Percent exceeded, ELA only. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different metric — mean scale-score change across ELA and Math; California's own matched-student model is below.

Both measures, each ranked in its own field
Our growth measurereturning cohort, G3→G5SchoolScope growth measure: 43rd percentile among California elementary schools.43rd pctile
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: −7 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 23rd percentile of 7,519 reported schools.23rd pctile · −7 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: +17 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 89th percentile of 7,518 reported schools.89th pctile · +17 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard behind the same group statewide.

At Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public in Oakland, 23.2% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 24.0% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public trails its district average for low-income students by 0.9 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (24.4% Math proficient); Hispanic students (22.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 18.8 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 406 students tested.

Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 15 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 23% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 23%, district —, state 43%23%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 24%, district 21%, state 32%24% · +0 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 24%, district 19%, state 32%24% · +0 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 28%, district 31%, state 44%28% · +4 vs school
MaleMale: this school 19%, district 29%, state 42%19% · −4 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 6%, district 6%, state 11%6% · −18 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 4%, district 12%, state 15%4% · −20 vs school
Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: this school 5%, district 17%, state 26%5% · −19 vs school

7 of 15 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
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Student-group results by grade

Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 9.0pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +7.6pp.

ShowHide California's growth model by student group
The state's growth model, by student group

California follows these children individually and predicts each one's score from their own prior year. Each row is read against the same group at a typical California elementary school — not against zero, and not against this school's all-students figure, because the state's expectation already differs by group.

Reading
Low-income students267 studentsLow-income students, reading: −7 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 267 students.−7 pts · −7 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students234 studentsHispanic or Latino students, reading: −9 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 234 students.−9 pts · −10 vs typical
English Learner169 studentsEnglish Learner, reading: −10 scale-score points versus expectation, against −2 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 169 students.−10 pts · −8 vs typical
English learners only123 studentsEnglish learners only, reading: −19 scale-score points versus expectation, against −11 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 123 students.−19 pts · −8 vs typical
English Only68 studentsEnglish Only, reading: −10 scale-score points versus expectation, against +3 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 68 students.−10 pts · −13 vs typical
Math
Low-income students267 studentsLow-income students, math: +15 scale-score points versus expectation, against −1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 267 students.+15 pts · +16 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students234 studentsHispanic or Latino students, math: +17 scale-score points versus expectation, against −1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 234 students.+17 pts · +18 vs typical
English Learner169 studentsEnglish Learner, math: +16 scale-score points versus expectation, against +2 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 169 students.+16 pts · +14 vs typical
English learners only123 studentsEnglish learners only, math: +4 scale-score points versus expectation, against −2 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 123 students.+4 pts · +6 vs typical
English Only68 studentsEnglish Only, math: +13 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 68 students.+13 pts · +12 vs typical
this school typical California elementary school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— 1 more group is reported here with between 11 and 29 students. We hold those back on purpose: at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own, and a quarter of such groups land past the state's top or bottom cut point by chance alone. They are listed with their student counts in the data appendix. — A group not listed at all had fewer than 11 students with a growth score, so California published nothing for it here. That is a privacy protection, not a judgment about those students. — Context only. None of this enters the Scope Score.

The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 15 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher15 · district 21
Teaching staff50 teachers
Avg. experience4.9 years
Fully credentialed44%
First-year teachers8%
Intern / emergency permit9.3%
PrincipalRich Harrison
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Teacher salary schedule$62,696 – $109,878
Principal salary$149,098 – $185,804
Superintendent salary$378,797

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here miss more school, and get suspended less, than the state average.

33.0% of students miss a month or more of school, versus 17.9% statewide. High absence often tracks community stress — worth asking about on a tour.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 33.0%, district 28.4%, state 17.9%33.0% · +15.1pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 1.4%, district —, state 1.6%1.4% · −0.2pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

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What gets spent · FY 2024–25

Its district spends $18,173 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $18,173, CA average $14,491$18,173 · district average
District current expense · FY 2024–25$28,286 per student
District averageCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 57%Instruction support 19%Student services 6%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 2%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$18,173 per pupil
2019$16,594 per pupil
2018$15,652 per pupil
2017$11,195 per pupil
2016$11,617 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

Nearly all of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 723 students, this school is well above the typical California elementary school (≈480).

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

On the state's science test (CAST), 16% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino83.8% · district 50.7% · CA 56.1%
White0.1% · district 10.1% · CA 19.9%
Asian0.4% · district 9.0% · CA 10.2%
Black10.8% · district 19.7% · CA 4.8%
Other4.8% · district 10.5% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch96.7% · CA 64%
Median income$77K · CA $85K
Median home value$615K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+15% · CA 35%
ZIP population35,742
Median age35 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

What is the school’s approach?

School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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2025 · elementary schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

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Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter PublicCharterNeeds Support5%18%School being viewed
Madison ElementaryPublicSolid28%56%2.8 mi
Roosevelt ElementaryPublicSolid31%54%1.7 mi
Francophone Charter School of OaklandCharterSolid25%52%1.7 mi
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Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.

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  • Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
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Is Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public a good elementary school?
Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public has a Scope Score of 19 out of 100, placing it in the 8th percentile of California elementary schools and ranked #5,245 statewide. 4.7% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 16.7 percentage points below the California average of 21.4%. The Scope Score weights 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard (42%), met or exceeded (proficient) (23%), grade 3-to-5 growth (20%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 17.7% of students at Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 4.7% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 13.0% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 4.7% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 312 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public rank in California?
Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public ranks #5,245 among California elementary schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 8th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), same-cohort growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
Is Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public getting better or worse?
SchoolScope follows the same cohort of students across grades rather than comparing two different grades in the same year. At Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public that cohort is 2023 G3 → 2025 G5, measured in SBAC scale-score points. Its gain ranks below avg among California elementary schools — roughly the 43rd percentile, behind the typical school at this level. Read the ranking, not the raw point gain: scale scores rise with age, so nearly every school posts a positive number and only the relative position tells you anything. Growth is weighted at 20% in the elementary Scope Score because it is the least demographically confounded signal available — it tracks change over time rather than the level students arrived at. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public?
33.0% of students at Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 17.9%. The suspension rate is 1.4%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public compare to other schools in Oakland?
Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public scores 19/100 (8th percentile) among California elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 723 students. Use the schools in Oakland page or the map view to compare all elementary schools nearby.
How does Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public in Oakland, 23.2% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 24.0% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public trails its district average for low-income students by 0.9 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (24.4% Math proficient); Hispanic students (22.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 18.8 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 406 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

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How the Scope Score is calculated

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What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

The 5 things our score weighs

The school's returning cohort — mostly, not exactly, the same kids two years on — gained 71 scale-score points across the span. Almost every school gains points, so we rank the gain against every other California school in this level.

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Exceeded standard4.7%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded17.7%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Below avgaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism33.0%17.9%5%
Suspension rate1.4%1.6%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public: reading the evidence

Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public posts low test scores — and test scores are one lens among several. If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.

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Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
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Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public is ranked #5,245 statewide · #44 of 61 in Oakland Unified.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard4.7%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded17.7%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Below avgaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism33.0%17.9%5%
Suspension rate1.4%1.6%5%
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 21.4% · index 34 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 42.7% · index 31 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)
↓ vs CA average · 43rd pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 17.9% · index 26 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 3.6pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 1.6% · index 52 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 2.3pp lower vs 2024
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 3536%9%23%62%15%−28
Grade 4544%7%26%63%11%−33
Grade 5490%6%18%76%6%−42
Grade 6560%14%34%52%14%−32
Grade 7737%21%23%49%27%−20
Grade 8716%38%24%32%44%−3
Grade 11628%23%32%37%31%−18
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 3539%32%21%38%42%−4
Grade 4547%15%28%50%22%−19
Grade 5492%8%16%73%10%−25
Grade 6562%4%18%77%5%−29
Grade 77310%8%22%60%18%−16
Grade 87124%30%20%27%54%+21
Grade 11625%8%16%71%13%−11

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide1832%14%68%16%

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.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged40623.2%−1−15
Hispanic/Latino35922.6%+1−16
English Learners1872.7%−2−8
03Nearest elementary schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public ←194.7%17.7%−20.1pp+71 pts1.4%
Madison Elementary2.8 mi4828.1%56.3%+12.9pp2.1%
Roosevelt Elementary1.7 mi4531.4%53.6%−7.1pp1.1%
Francophone Charter School of Oakland1.7 mi4524.9%51.6%+4.6pp0.2%
California average3921.4%42.7%−2.9pp1.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
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YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
2022145#54384.4%10.5%44.3%3.1%+10.6pp
2023167#53234.4%14.8%38.1%2.9%+11.1pp
2024197#52872.7%14.0%36.6%3.7%-19.0pp
2025198#52454.7%17.7%33.0%1.4%-20.1pp
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
What we can't show
  • — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
  • — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 15 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
05California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
ShowHide table 05 — California growth model, by student group
GroupReadingnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students−7274Moderate+17274Accelerated
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−7267Moderate+15267Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino−9234Moderate+17234Accelerated
English Learner−10169Moderate+16169Accelerated
English Learners Only−19123not categorised+4123not categorised
English Only−1068not categorised+1368not categorised
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only+946not categorised+4146not categorised
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)045Average+1845Accelerated
Students with Disabilities−837Moderate+537Accelerated
Black or African American−328Average+628Accelerated

Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a growth score — published by CDE, held back from the narrative sections above because at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Long-Term English Learner counts cover grades 6-8 only (CDE), so that row is not comparable to the All Students row. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=5,721 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-09-18

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