Loma Rica Elementary: Scores climb 4.2 points from grade 3 to grade 5. But the zoned next school scores lower.
Loma Rica holds its own. Scores drop at the schools it feeds into. Ask where its graduates actually enrol, and whether families stay on the zoned path.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62 | 23% | 51% | -4.2 | 15.8% | 0.3% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Loma Rica Elementary scores 62 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 84th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “51% proficient” and call it done. Loma Rica deserves a closer read. The school sits in Marysville, where more than half of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Loma Rica's low-income kids hit 59.5% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 2nd to the 84th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 4500 elementary schools.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 51% of students meet the standard today, above the 34% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 53% | 36% | 31% | 50% | 63% |
| Grade 4 | 23% | 27% | 27% | 53% | 45% |
| Grade 5 | 35% | 41% | 46% | 36% | 81% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 53% | 36% | 31% | 39% | 58% |
| Grade 4 | 17% | 20% | 20% | 27% | 25% |
| Grade 5 | 24% | 6% | 15% | 18% | 31% |
The story this school is actually telling
separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
the zoned path continues to Foothill Intermediate, which scores 21 points lower — the data can't say why.
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding rises 2.1pp across grades; the floor rises 18.8pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Loma Rica's most underrated number
59.5% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask which schools families here actually choose next — the zoned path is only the default.
- Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask which schools families here actually choose next — the zoned path is only the default.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
How every group of students does here
At Loma Rica Elementary in Marysville, 59.5% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 30.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Loma Rica Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 29.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (40.5% Math proficient); White students (51.6% ELA proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 37 students tested.
8 of 13 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 20.2pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +0.7pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Grades 4–6 students miss school at roughly twice the rate of TK/K students (18.9% vs 8.7%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the upper grades.
Where the path goes
The zoned path continues to Foothill Intermediate, which scores 21 points lower than this school — worth weighing alongside everything above. Families here often look at charter or magnet options for middle school.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$563 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 115 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 38% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 24 | 29% | 33% | 25% | 13% | 63% | +19 |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 20% | 25% | 25% | 30% | 45% | +0 |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 31% | 50% | 13% | 6% | 81% | +33 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 24 | 25% | 33% | 25% | 17% | 58% | +13 |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 15% | 10% | 45% | 30% | 25% | −17 |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 19% | 13% | 44% | 25% | 31% | −4 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 16 | 13% | 25% | 56% | 6% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 37 | 59.5% | +29 | +21 |
| White | 31 | 51.6% | +13 | −10 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Rica Elementary ← | — | 62 | 23.2% | 50.6% | −4.2 | 0.3% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 19 | 2 | #5374 | 12.0% | 34.2% | 12.0% | 0.2% | -23.9pp |
| 2022 | 34 | 46 | #3097 | 17.5% | 27.5% | 22.7% | 1.8% | -12.2pp |
| 2023 | 27 | 18 | #4673 | 7.7% | 28.4% | 24.3% | 0.2% | -0.5pp |
| 2024 | 43 | 54 | #2661 | 19.0% | 37.2% | 21.4% | 2.4% | -17.2pp |
| 2025 | 62 | 84 | #906 | 23.2% | 50.6% | 15.8% | 0.3% | -4.2pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 14.1% | 13.6% | -0.5pp |
| Male | 9.6% | 17.2% | +7.6pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 19.0% | 15.4% | -3.6pp |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 23.1% | — | — |
| Students with Disabilities | 7.1% | 14.3% | +7.2pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 14.1% | 15.6% | +1.5pp |
| All Students | 12.1% | 15.3% | +3.2pp |
| Two or More Races | — | 9.1% | — |
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