Malcolm X Elementary: Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.
Malcolm X posts 66% meeting the standard, and 42.2% going well past it. Most kids here keep up. Fewer get pushed further. Ask the school what it does for a child who already finds the work easy.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65 | 42% | 66% | -16.3 | 16.3% | 0.3% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Malcolm X Elementary scores 65 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 87th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🏫 Solid Base — Ask what the school does for a kid who's already meeting the standard with room to spare — steady proficiency across the board doesn't tell you whether the strongest kids are being pushed further.
Most rating sites would stop at “66% proficient” and call it done. Malcolm X deserves a closer read. The school sits in Berkeley, where one in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The seven-year arc
Has held the 87th-percentile line every tested year since 2019.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 66% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 69% | 65% | 58% | 66% | 75% |
| Grade 4 | 61% | 64% | 65% | 58% | 66% |
| Grade 5 | 70% | 64% | 70% | 72% | 62% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 66% | 55% | 59% | 66% | 76% |
| Grade 4 | 63% | 50% | 65% | 55% | 60% |
| Grade 5 | 58% | 53% | 55% | 69% | 56% |
The story this school is actually telling
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 falls 8.6pp across grades; the floor slips 12.6pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- 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.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Malcolm X Elementary in Berkeley, 30.4% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 47.7% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Malcolm X Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 17.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (30.9% Math proficient); White students (77.4% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 37.5 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 69 students tested.
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 falls by 3.6pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: -2.9pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
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
$426 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
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 56% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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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 | 72 | 49% | 26% | 13% | 13% | 75% | +32 |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 44% | 22% | 14% | 20% | 66% | +21 |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 40% | 22% | 16% | 21% | 62% | +14 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 72 | 53% | 24% | 10% | 14% | 76% | +31 |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 32% | 29% | 19% | 21% | 60% | +19 |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 36% | 20% | 20% | 24% | 56% | +21 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 85 | 29% | 27% | 31% | 13% |
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 | 69 | 30.4% | −17 | −8 |
| White | 102 | 77.4% | −8 | +16 |
| Two or More Races | 39 | 92.3% | +9 | +31 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm X Elementary ← | — | 65 | 42.2% | 66.0% | −16.3 | 0.3% |
| Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier | 1.7 mi | 79 | 55.5% | 75.4% | +7.5 | 0.3% |
| Ruth Acty Elementary | 1.9 mi | 79 | 62.7% | 85.6% | −4.9 | 0.1% |
| Yu Ming Charter | 2.4 mi | 77 | 62.2% | 82.8% | +4.1 | 0.3% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 61 | 82 | #1005 | 39.9% | 64.6% | 9.9% | 0.0% | -3.6pp |
| 2022 | 57 | 85 | #868 | 33.5% | 58.4% | 3.2% | 0.0% | -1.6pp |
| 2023 | 66 | 90 | #590 | 39.1% | 62.1% | 3.9% | 0.0% | +3.5pp |
| 2024 | 74 | 95 | #313 | 41.6% | 64.3% | 4.4% | 0.5% | +4.3pp |
| 2025 | 65 | 87 | #722 | 42.2% | 66.0% | 16.3% | 0.3% | -16.3pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 10.9% | 15.3% | +4.4pp |
| Male | 9.2% | 16.9% | +7.7pp |
| Asian | 20.0% | 7.3% | -12.7pp |
| Black/African American | 19.5% | 29.5% | +10.0pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 16.0% | 29.5% | +13.5pp |
| Two or More Races | 4.8% | 14.1% | +9.3pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 13.0% | 36.9% | +23.9pp |
| English Learners | 11.4% | 25.7% | +14.3pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 22.3% | 33.1% | +10.8pp |
| All Students | 9.9% | 16.2% | +6.3pp |
| Homeless | — | 45.5% | — |
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