Public school · Pajaro Valley Unified · Aptos, California

Mar Vista Elementary — Rating & test scores

Aptos · TK–7 · 270 students (2024–25)

6860 Soquel Drive, 95003marvista.pvusd.net ↗(831) 761-6177
29thpercentileDeveloping

Top: Pajaro Valley Unified’s other 18 scored elementary schools. Bottom: California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools by Scope Score, spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
27

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

See this school’s score factors ↓
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

Near California in English, well below in math: 41% and 28% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, against 46% and 42%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 111
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).

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

This rating covers grades 3–5. Mar Vista Elementary teaches TK–7: grade 6 results ↓

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In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 12% of students tested in English (reading and writing) scored Advanced, half California’s rate (24%). Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources
The sentence above
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 3–5. 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 tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Pajaro Valley Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Mar Vista a good elementary school?

Mar Vista Elementary scores higher than 29 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 29th percentile, Developing, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 16 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 19 in 100 at the average Pajaro Valley Unified elementary school. 3.3% of students (9 of 269) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (4)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, yes; in math, about as expected. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored +9 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +3 points, which it calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 105 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 31% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at Mar Vista Elementary in Aptos scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2026 attendance boundaries, Mar Vista Elementary is zoned to Aptos Junior High. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Aptos Junior High: 47th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 Scope Score

Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Below California in English; well below it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 41% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 28% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 111
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 3–5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English, 1,211,701 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 111 tested

Advanced
12%
Proficient
29%
Below the standard
59%
This school41%
California46%
Pajaro Valley Unified23%

41% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 111 tested

Advanced
6%
Proficient
22%
Below the standard
72%
This school28%
California42%
Pajaro Valley Unified18%

28% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–7 · 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 Advanced38%40%44%
Advanced15%8%12%
Proficient23%32%32%
Developing level34%25%15%
Minimal28%35%41%
Tested394032
California44%46%49%
Difference−6−6−5
English, grades 6 and 7: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7
Proficient or Advanced46%suppressed
Advanced15%suppressed
Proficient31%suppressed
Developing level31%suppressed
Minimal23%suppressed
Tested268
California48%51%
Difference−2—

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 Advanced36%18%31%
Advanced10%2%6%
Proficient26%16%25%
Developing level31%42%25%
Minimal33%40%44%
Tested394032
California47%42%37%
Difference−11−24−6
Math, grades 6 and 7: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7
Proficient or Advanced44%suppressed
Advanced8%suppressed
Proficient36%suppressed
Developing level16%suppressed
Minimal40%suppressed
Tested258
California37%38%
Difference+7—

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, 46% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 44% 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 · 26 tested

Advanced
15%
Proficient
31%
Below the standard
54%
This school46%
California48%
Pajaro Valley Unified29%

46% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Math

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 25 tested

Advanced
8%
Proficient
36%
Below the standard
56%
This school44%
California37%
Pajaro Valley Unified20%

44% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

How does math compare with English?

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, math trails English by 13 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 4 points across California. The grades 3–5 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

English results were higher than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 35% to 41% and math from 31% to 28%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202535%109 tested
→
202641%111 tested

This school

California, same grades46% → 46%2025 → 2026 · 1,232,086 → 1,208,894 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202531%109 tested
→
202628%111 tested

This school

California, same grades41% → 42%2025 → 2026 · 1,241,652 → 1,211,701 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, yes; in math, about as expected. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored +9 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +3 points, which it calls Average.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 105
Comparison
Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 4–6 · 2025 · 105 students with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

+9 pts

English

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

+3 pts

Math

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

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, grades 3–5 · This school12%29%25%34%111
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Pajaro Valley Unified8%15%22%55%3,525
Math, grades 3–5 · This school6%22%33%39%111
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Pajaro Valley Unified6%12%28%54%3,529
English, grade 6 · This school15%31%31%23%26
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Pajaro Valley Unified9%20%26%45%1,256
Math, grade 6 · This school8%36%16%40%25
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Pajaro Valley Unified9%11%24%56%1,256

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.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202641%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202628%42%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 3–5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 46% in 2017 to 41% in 2026. In math, it went from 47% in 2017 to 28% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201746%
192 tested		45%
1,384,680 tested
201846%
182 tested		49%
1,346,907 tested
201943%
167 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202242%
166 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202335%
139 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202431%
121 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202535%
109 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
202641%
111 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201747%
191 tested		40%
1,392,040 tested
201842%
183 tested		42%
1,352,321 tested
201938%
168 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
202240%
167 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202338%
139 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202433%
121 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202531%
109 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
202628%
111 tested		42%
1,211,701 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

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 9 points above that expected score, and in math 3 points above 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.

What you can do

Who can act on Mar Vista’s results?

Pajaro Valley Unified’s board decides Mar Vista’s plan.

The state hasn’t placed Mar Vista in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Pajaro Valley 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 Pajaro Valley Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

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

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Pajaro Valley Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 
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?

16 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. 3.3% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Context Close to the 19 in 100 at the average Pajaro Valley Unified elementary school: a pattern across the district.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 42 of 263 students counted for it; suspension: 9 of 269 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 Pajaro Valley Unified elementary school 2.4%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

16 in 100This school
19 in 100At the average Pajaro Valley Unified elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

42 of 263 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

3.3%

of students were suspended at least once (9 of 269). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Ask: When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Mar Vista

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.

Questions for your visit ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questionsResponder en español

Teach here? Tell us Pajaro Valley Unified’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

White students scored well below the same group across California.

Student groups, grades 3–6, spring 2026

41% of White students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 33% in math (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 60% and 54% for the same group across California.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 3–6; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Mar VistaSame group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 75 tested31%Same group, California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 74 tested23%Same group, California 30%
  • WhiteEnglish · 64 tested41%Same group, California 60%
  • WhiteMath · 63 tested33%Same group, California 54%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 47 tested36%Same group, California 36%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 47 tested19%Same group, California 31%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6, spring 2026. Hispanic or Latino students: grades 3–5 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 49%2. Hispanic or Latino: 42%3. Two or more races: 5%Unallocated share: 4%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White49%
  2. Hispanic or Latino42%
  3. Two or more races5%
  4. Asian—
  5. Black or African American—
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share4%
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?

60% 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 · 9 of 15 English learners60%
Pajaro Valley Unified · 1,916 of 4,10847%
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 ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

54%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 146 of 270. California: 63%.

15teachers, 2024–25

13 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

7%in their first year, 2024–25

94%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there for White students, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–6 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Pajaro Valley Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 75 tested in English, 74 in math
English31%+1219%−536%
Math23%+914%−730%
White · 64 tested in English, 63 in math
English41%−1152%−1960%
Math33%−1245%−2154%
Hispanic or Latino · 47 tested · grades 3–5 only
English36%+1818%036%
Math19%+514%−1231%

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

No published rate here for 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
White49%
Hispanic or Latino42%
Two or more races5%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
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.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 94% of teaching positions, 16 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 17 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Mar Vista, and how do I get in?

Aptos Junior High, then Aptos High.

Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Mar Vista Elementary
    Grades TK–7
  2. Middle · assigned
    Aptos Junior High
    47th · Developing · 2026
  3. High · assigned
    Aptos High
    51st · Solid · 2025

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement: transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

High-school links

  • Aptos High

    Assigned

    51st percentile · Solid · high · 2025

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.

Where the path ends: Aptos High
Aptos High51st · Solid · 2025 · Scope Score 56district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at Aptos High. UC records 37 enrollees from Aptos High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 18 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Aptos High around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 85% of the students who finished high school at Aptos High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

37 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 18 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Aptos High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Pajaro Valley Unified which school serves your address.

School website: marvista.pvusd.net ↗Office: (831) 761-6177Administrator: Ronnie Platt

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
6860 Soquel Drive, Aptos 95003

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Pajaro Valley Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 59% in English and 72% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (111 students tested in each); California: 54% and 58%
  2. When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?
  3. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (831) 761-61776860 Soquel Drive, 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.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #4,032 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #5 of 19 in Pajaro Valley Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math9%3842%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math34%4323%
Chronically absent16 in 100515%
Suspension rate3.3% (9 of 269)385%
English learners: top level12%445%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)+0.3pp—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 80%: the remaining 20%, 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
2025–262729#4032California 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)
2018–1913 in 1000.8% (4 of 480)−7
2021–22not on filenot on file+3
2022–23not on filenot on file−13
2023–2425 in 1002.7% (9 of 328)−1
2024–2513 in 1002.9% (8 of 278)−2
2025–2616 in 1003.3% (9 of 269)0

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 · English14512%43%
2026 · Math1448%31%
2025 · English14716%40%
2025 · Math14714%32%
2024 · English16615%34%
2024 · Math16619%34%
2023 · English18717%43%
2023 · Math18716%41%
2022 · English21414%40%
2022 · Math21414%36%
2019 · English23119%45%
2019 · Math22918%42%
2018 · English23521%44%
2018 · Math23418%40%
2017 · English26624%50%
2017 · Math26418%46%

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 · English3938%
2025 · Grade 4 · English3625%
2025 · Grade 5 · English3441%
2025 · Grade 6 · English3855%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math3933%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math3633%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math3426%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math3834%
2024 · Grade 3 · English4030%
2024 · Grade 4 · English3824%
2024 · Grade 5 · English4340%
2024 · Grade 6 · English4540%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math4042%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math3826%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math4330%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math4536%
2023 · Grade 3 · English4335%
2023 · Grade 4 · English4337%
2023 · Grade 5 · English5332%
2023 · Grade 6 · English4867%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math4347%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math4349%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math5323%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math4850%
2022 · Grade 3 · English4648%
2022 · Grade 4 · English5920%
2022 · Grade 5 · English6157%
2022 · Grade 6 · English4833%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math4650%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math6027%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math6146%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math4723%
2019 · Grade 3 · English5540%
2019 · Grade 4 · English5151%
2019 · Grade 5 · English6138%
2019 · Grade 6 · English6453%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math5733%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math4963%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math6221%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math6156%
2018 · Grade 3 · English5553%
2018 · Grade 4 · English6633%
2018 · Grade 5 · English6152%
2018 · Grade 6 · English5340%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math5562%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math6721%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math6148%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math5131%
2017 · Grade 3 · English6841%
2017 · Grade 4 · English6856%
2017 · Grade 5 · English5641%
2017 · Grade 6 · English7459%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math6846%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math6863%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math5529%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math7344%

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
Schoolwide3216%16%66%3%

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
Low-income7531%+12−5
White6441%−11−19
Hispanic or Latino (grades 3–5 only)4736%+180
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+9105Accelerated+3105Average
English-only students+985not categorized+385not categorized
Low-income+769Accelerated+469Average
White+854Accelerated−154Average
Hispanic or Latino−139Average+539Accelerated
Students with disabilities−333Average−633Moderate
English learners+714Accelerated−814Moderate

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 4–6. 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+9 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–6

105 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +9 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+3 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–6

105 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: +3 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 4–6, 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 · 16 in 100 · +3 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 2.9% (8 of 278) → 2025–26 · 3.3% (9 of 269) · +0.4 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female15 in 10010 in 100−5 in 100
Male12 in 10023 in 100+11 in 100
Asian0 in 100——
Hispanic or Latino13 in 10018 in 100+5 in 100
White15 in 10016 in 100+1 in 100
Students with disabilities11 in 10023 in 100+12 in 100
English learners8 in 1006 in 100−2 in 100
Low-income18 in 10022 in 100+4 in 100
All students13 in 10016 in 100+3 in 100
Two or more races—17 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$15,608 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 18,743 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

School-level federal expenditures$1,136 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 270

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,611 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 270

District current expense · FY 2024–25$24,632 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

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 57%Instruction support 17%Student services 13%Administration 4%Buildings & maintenance 8%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$192,170,58756.45%57%
Instruction support$57,215,83016.81%17%
Student services$45,189,67213.27%13%
Administration$14,733,6094.33%4%
Buildings & maintenance$27,545,8338.09%8%
Other$3,598,7911.06%1%
Total$340,454,322100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $340,454,322 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$15,608 per pupil
2020$15,165 per pupil
2019$15,343 per pupil
2018$13,924 per pupil
2017$12,975 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

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 95003 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95003 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$148,412
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)56%
ZIP-area population24,951
Median age48.4 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 95003 →

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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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