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Loyalton Elementary — Rating & test scores

111 Beckwith Street, Loyalton · 199 students · Grades TK–5

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Scope Score 74

DevelopingScope Score · 47th percentile. Higher than 47 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

Near California in English (reading and writing) and math: 41% and 45% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, 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: 82
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).

Overview

Is Loyalton Elementary a good elementary school?

Developing. Loyalton Elementary is higher than most California elementary schools on math test results and attendance. Loyalton Elementary is lower than most on English test results and progress in both subjects.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced4741%
Math, Proficient or Advanced6245%
English, Advanced4417%
Math, Advanced3611%

Progress in a year, 2025

English3−19 pts
Math30−4 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance729 in 100
Loyalton Elementary’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

16 of 173 students missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26, against 17 in 100 at the average California elementary school.

Each bar is Loyalton Elementary’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): 173. The California figure is an average of school rates (5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Loyalton Elementary say about itself?

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

Open les.sierracountyschools.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

In English, lower. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored 19 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 4 points lower, which the state calls Average.

English

−19

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

White43−11 points
Low-income22−27 points
Students with disabilities19−28 points
Hispanic or Latino11−51 points
Homeless Youth11−42 points

Math

−4

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White43−4 points
Low-income22+1 points
Students with disabilities19−12 points
Hispanic or Latino11−3 points
Homeless Youth11−17 points

Grades 4 and 5, 2025, 64 students 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 19 points below that expected score, and in math 4 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.

Schools like it

How does Loyalton Elementary compare with schools like it?

Loyalton Elementary’s Scope Score is 74. 583 California elementary schools, counting Loyalton Elementary, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 81. Loyalton Elementary’s result is higher than 62 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 583

  1. Students from low-income families: 41%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 31%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 41%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

583 California public elementary schools where 29% to 41% 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 29% to 41% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Loyalton Elementary’s share. The count includes Loyalton Elementary. 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?

English results were lower than in 2025; math results were higher. English went from 47% to 41% and math from 35% to 45%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 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%2017201820192022202320242025202642%46%CaliforniaCalifornia41%Loyalton ElementaryThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202636%45%Loyalton ElementaryThis school42%CaliforniaCalifornia

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
SpringLoyalton ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201742%45%77
201841%49%80
201937%50%78
202236%45%73
202328%44%80
202435%45%71
202547%46%77
202641%46%82
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringLoyalton ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201736%40%78
201841%42%80
201944%44%78
202236%38%73
202338%40%79
202440%41%72
202535%41%77
202645%42%82

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Below California in English; near it in math.

English

41%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

28312417
California46%

Math

45%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

23323411
California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 41% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 45% 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).

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 Advanced48%28%52%
Advanced19%9%26%
Proficient29%19%26%
Developing level30%34%26%
Minimal22%38%22%
Tested273223
California44%46%49%
Difference+4−18+3

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 Advanced52%47%35%
Advanced11%12%9%
Proficient41%35%26%
Developing level29%31%35%
Minimal19%22%30%
Tested273223
California47%42%37%
Difference+5+5−2

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 school17%24%31%28%82
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
Math, grades 3–5 · This school11%34%32%23%82
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 82 tested in English, 82 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 73% of students. 16 of 173 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

9in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (16 of 173 students).

At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

No district average: Loyalton Elementary is the only regular elementary school we rank in the Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified district with an attendance record.

Students, 2024–25

199

students in grades TK–5.

White 73%Hispanic or Latino 14%Two or more races 8%

Family income

35%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 70 of 199. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

10

teachers, with 13 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

100% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

2.9%

of students were suspended at least once (5 of 173). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

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

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White73%
Hispanic or Latino14%
Two or more races8%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
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: 8.2 of 8.2 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 in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • WhiteEnglish · 60 tested43%California 60%
  • WhiteMath · 60 tested48%California 56%

43% of White students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 3–5, spring 2026), against 60% for the same group across California.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–5, 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 3–5 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Sierra-Plumas Joint Unifiedvs California
White · 60 tested
English43%+241%−1760%
Math48%+246%−856%

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

Low-income students, 32 tested: 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 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 and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Loyalton Elementary. 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.

Families

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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.

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Loyalton Elementary 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

13

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 Loyalton Elementary like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 96118. They are not figures for the families at Loyalton Elementary.

Typical household income in a year

$54,167

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 96118.

Typical home value
$243,800
People who live in this ZIP code
1,328
Typical age
54.8 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
26%

What you can do

Who can act on Loyalton Elementary’s results?

The state has Loyalton Elementary in extra targeted support; Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified’s board decides its plan.

When the plan is set

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

Read the 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

What has the state flagged?

2025–26 is its 4th year in a row in this support. The state named it because results were low for students with disabilities. This support comes with a school improvement plan, which must use approaches with evidence behind them and look at how money and staff are divided among schools. Ask the principal to see the school improvement plan.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. 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 4 questions to Loyalton Elementary. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?19 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4 and 5, 2025 (64 students)
  2. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Loyalton Elementary, and how do I get in?

Ask Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Loyalton Elementary
    Grades TK–5Scope Score 74Developing · 47th percentile
  2. Middle
    Loyalton Middle
    Scope Score 69Needs Support · 13th percentile · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  3. High
    Loyalton High
    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Loyalton Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 69 · Needs Support · 13th percentile · middle · 2026

High-school links

  • Loyalton High

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

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. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where it is

Where is Loyalton Elementary?

Address
111 Beckwith Street, Loyalton 96118Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Staci ArmstrongAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 19, 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 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Loyalton Elementary a good elementary school?

Loyalton Elementary has a Scope Score of 74. It scored higher than 47 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Developing, 47th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 9 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 17 in 100 at the average California elementary school. 2.9% of students (5 of 173) 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?

In English, lower. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored 19 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 4 points lower, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 64 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 43% of White students in grades 3–5 at Loyalton Elementary scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 60% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 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
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #3,035 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math14%4342%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math44%5123%
Chronically absent9 in 100615%
Suspension rate2.9% (5 of 173)415%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)-6.5pp—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
2025–267447#3035California 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 1000 of 208−10
2021–22not on filenot on file−17
2022–23not on filenot on file−17
2023–2426 in 1001.9% (4 of 206)−23
2024–2513 in 1003.2% (6 of 190)−7
2025–269 in 1002.9% (5 of 173)−7

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 · English8217%41%
2026 · Math8211%45%
2025 · English10516%42%
2025 · Math10510%31%
2024 · English995%30%
2024 · Math998%34%
2023 · English957%28%
2023 · Math9410%39%
2022 · English9610%31%
2022 · Math9610%31%
2019 · English10113%36%
2019 · Math10115%40%
2018 · English11016%39%
2018 · Math11015%40%
2017 · English10312%41%
2017 · Math10410%37%

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 · English3444%
2025 · Grade 4 · English2259%
2025 · Grade 5 · English2138%
2025 · Grade 6 · English2829%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math3432%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math2250%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math2124%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math2821%
2024 · Grade 3 · English2450%
2024 · Grade 4 · English1932%
2024 · Grade 5 · English2825%
2024 · Grade 6 · English2818%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math2450%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math2045%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math2829%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math2719%
2023 · Grade 3 · English2035%
2023 · Grade 4 · English3030%
2023 · Grade 5 · English3020%
2023 · Grade 6 · English1533%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math2040%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math3053%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math2921%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math1547%
2022 · Grade 3 · English2536%
2022 · Grade 4 · English3339%
2022 · Grade 5 · English1527%
2022 · Grade 6 · English2317%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math2552%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math3327%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math1527%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math2317%
2019 · Grade 3 · English2429%
2019 · Grade 4 · English3543%
2019 · Grade 5 · English1937%
2019 · Grade 6 · English2330%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math2454%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math3546%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math1926%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math2326%
2018 · Grade 3 · English3145%
2018 · Grade 4 · English2232%
2018 · Grade 5 · English2744%
2018 · Grade 6 · English3033%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math3148%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math2232%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math2741%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math3037%
2017 · Grade 3 · English2627%
2017 · Grade 4 · English2560%
2017 · Grade 5 · English2638%
2017 · Grade 6 · English2638%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math2627%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math2560%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math2722%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math2638%

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
Schoolwide234%43%39%13%

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
White6043%+2−17
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−1964Moderate−464Average
English-only students−1660not categorized−460not categorized
White−1143Moderate−443Average
Low-income−2722Minimal+122Average
Students with disabilities−2819Minimal−1219Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−5111Minimal−311Average
Homeless−4211Minimal−1711Moderate

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 and 5. 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−19 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4 and 5

64 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −19 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−4 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4 and 5

64 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −4 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, 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 and 5, 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 · 13 in 100 → 2025–26 · 9 in 100 · −4 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 3.2% (6 of 190) → 2025–26 · 2.9% (5 of 173) · −0.3 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female8 in 1009 of 90—
Male7 in 1007 of 83—
Hispanic or Latino2 of 382 of 24—
White6 in 1009 in 100+3 in 100
Students with disabilities3 of 325 of 24—
Low-income6 in 10010 of 68—
All students7 in 1009 in 100+2 in 100
Two or more races—2 of 13—
Homeless—4 of 17—

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.

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,759 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 395 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$20,359 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 58%Instruction support 11%Student services 5%Administration 10%Buildings & maintenance 15%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$4,448,20057.88%58%
Instruction support$812,98210.58%11%
Student services$378,7944.93%5%
Administration$780,92310.16%10%
Buildings & maintenance$1,176,16215.30%15%
Other$88,4051.15%1%
Total$7,685,466100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $7,685,466 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$15,759 per pupil
2020$14,500 per pupil
2019$15,673 per pupil
2018$14,504 per pupil
2017$14,652 per pupil
Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 96118 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 96118 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$54,167
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)26%
ZIP-area population1,328
Median age54.8 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 96118 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 5,726 elementary schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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