Independent charter school · Orange County Department of Education · Anaheim, California

Magnolia Science Academy - Orange County — Rating & test scores

Anaheim · TK–12

412 West Carl Karcher Way, 92081magnoliapublicschools.org ↗(213) 628-3634
18thpercentileNeeds Support

The dots are California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
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Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of five of the six elementary school measures.

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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, near it in math: 9% and 36% scored Proficient or Advanced in grade 4, spring 2026, against 46% and 42%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 4: 11
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 4 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 407,721 in English and 408,677 in math tested).

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

This rating covers grade 4. Magnolia Science Academy - Orange County teaches TK–12: grade 6 results ↓

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23 in 100 students (22 of 95) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That compares with 13 in 100 at the average Orange County Department of Education elementary school.

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CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 95. District and California figures are averages of school rates (16 Orange County Department of Education schools; 5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Magnolia Science Academy - Orange County how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. Evidence ↓

Is Magnolia Science Academy - Orange County a good elementary school?

Magnolia Science Academy - Orange County scores higher than 18 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 18th percentile, Needs Support, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 23 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 13 in 100 at the average Orange County Department of Education elementary school. 2.0% of students (2 of 102) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

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Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

9% of the 11 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English (reading and writing); 36% did in math.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 4, spring 2026

In grade 4, spring 2026, 9% of the 11 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 46% across California. In math, 36% did, against 42% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 4: 11
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 4 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 407,721 in English, 408,677 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 4 · spring 2026 · 11 tested

Advanced
0%
Proficient
9%
Below the standard
91%
This school9%
California46%
Orange County Department of Education53%

9% Proficient or Advanced in grade 4.

Math

Grade 4 · spring 2026 · 11 tested

Advanced
9%
Proficient
27%
Below the standard
64%
This school36%
California42%
Orange County Department of Education47%

36% Proficient or Advanced in grade 4.

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 Advancedsuppressed9%suppressed
Advancedsuppressed0%suppressed
Proficientsuppressed9%suppressed
Developing levelsuppressed27%suppressed
Minimalsuppressed64%suppressed
Tested8119
California44%46%49%
Difference—−37—
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced36%
Advanced18%
Proficient18%
Developing level46%
Minimal18%
Tested11
California48%
Difference−12

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 Advancedsuppressed36%suppressed
Advancedsuppressed9%suppressed
Proficientsuppressed27%suppressed
Developing levelsuppressed46%suppressed
Minimalsuppressed18%suppressed
Tested8119
California47%42%37%
Difference—−6—
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced27%
Advanced9%
Proficient18%
Developing level37%
Minimal36%
Tested11
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?

In grade 6, spring 2026, 36% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 27% in math, against 48% and 37% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years.

English

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 11 tested

Advanced
18%
Proficient
18%
Below the standard
64%
This school36%
California48%
Orange County Department of Education53%

36% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Math

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 11 tested

Advanced
9%
Proficient
18%
Below the standard
73%
This school27%
California37%
Orange County Department of Education43%

27% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

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, grade 4 · This school0%9%27%64%11
English, grade 4 · California25%21%20%34%407,721
English, grade 4 · Orange County Department of Education30%23%19%28%785
Math, grade 4 · This school9%27%46%18%11
Math, grade 4 · California20%22%28%30%408,677
Math, grade 4 · Orange County Department of Education24%23%27%26%786
English, grade 6 · This school18%18%46%18%11
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Orange County Department of Education24%29%25%22%905
Math, grade 6 · This school9%18%37%36%11
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Orange County Department of Education28%15%23%34%902

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.

Results since 20261 tested year shown

In grade 4, the share at the state’s top two levels in English was 9% in 2026. In math, it was 36% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · Proficient or Advanced · grade 4
YearThis schoolCalifornia
20269%
11 tested		46%
407,721 tested
Math · Proficient or Advanced · grade 4
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202636%
11 tested		42%
408,677 tested

What you can do

Who can act on Magnolia Science Academy - Orange County’s results?

Magnolia Science Academy - Orange County’s own board decides its plan.

Where is its yearly plan?

Orange County Department of Education authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2029.

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source 

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?

23 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 Orange County Department of Education elementary school, 13 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: 22 of 95 students counted for it; suspension: 2 of 102 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 Orange County Department of Education elementary school 1.0%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

23 in 100This school
13 in 100At the average Orange County Department of Education elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

22 of 95 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 (2 of 102). 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 Magnolia Science Academy - Orange County

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.

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Every learner

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here: 64%.

Students, families and teachers

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 64%Unallocated share: 36%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino64%
  2. White—
  3. Asian—
  4. Black or African American—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share36%
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?

59% 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 · 10 of 17 English learners59%
Orange County Department of Education · 123 of 42529%
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 ↗.

Ask: How does the school help English learners reach the top level of the state’s English test?

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino64%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
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.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask Magnolia Science Academy - Orange County how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

Eligibility and entry grades
Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery
What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics
What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?
School website: magnoliapublicschools.org ↗Office: (213) 628-3634Administrator: Maria Rowell

Location and visiting

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412 West Carl Karcher Way, Anaheim 92081

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Questions for your visit

  1. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 91% in English and 64% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grade 4, spring 2026 (11 students tested in each); California: 54% and 58%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon? 23 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (22 of 95 students); average Orange County Department of Education elementary school: 13 in 100
  3. How does the school help English learners reach the top level of the state’s English test?
  4. What happens before a suspension, and who talks with the family? 2.0% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (2 of 102 students); average Orange County Department of Education elementary school: 1.0%

Office (213) 628-3634412 West Carl Karcher Way, 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.

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Source records

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

2025 CDE CCI overall Prepared: no exact school row in the verified 2025 source.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #4,687 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #15 of 16 in Orange County Department of Education
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math4%3742%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math23%3723%
Chronically absent23 in 100465%
Suspension rate2.0% (2 of 102)495%
English learners: top level19%525%

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 year2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–262218#4687California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula
School yearChronic absenceSuspension
2025–2623 in 1002.0% (2 of 102)

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Every tested year2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresAdvancedProficient or Advanced
2026 · English3910%31%
2026 · Math3910%38%

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.

Chronic absence by student groupState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—22 in 100—
Male—24 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—23 in 100—
Students with disabilities—18 in 100—
English learners—14 in 100—
Homeless—18 in 100—
Low-income—29 in 100—
All students—23 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$70,768 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 2,773 pupils

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 27%Instruction support 46%Student services 8%Administration 14%Buildings & maintenance 5%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$79,104,70426.41%27%
Instruction support$138,712,16646.31%46%
Student services$23,320,3387.79%8%
Administration$42,696,91114.26%14%
Buildings & maintenance$15,683,3375.24%5%
Total$299,517,456100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $299,517,456 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$70,768 per pupil
2020$67,286 per pupil
2019$61,708 per pupil
2018$32,576 per pupil
2017$30,374 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 92081 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92081 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$105,379
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)42%
ZIP-area population29,002
Median age38.5 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 92081 →

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  • No student group comparison is shown for this school this year: either no group had 30 or more students tested in each subject, or no same-grade district or state rate was available for its groups.
  • Its Scope Score is an elementary school score; results for its other grades are in these records.

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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