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Maurice Sendak Elementary

North Hollywood, CA · Grades TK-5 · 421 students · Los Angeles Unified

The score is middle of the pack. The trajectory isn't.

34% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 32% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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Math

32%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

English

34%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

421

Total enrollment

Chronic absence

19%

Students absent 10% or more of school days

What are you trying to decide?

The overall score is a starting point.

Look at subject results, trends and student groups, then consider the opportunities your child would use.

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grades 3 & 5 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

Share at Proficient or Advanced

0%25%50%75%100%2019: 25%2022: 22%2023: 21%2024: 38%2025: 32%2019: 29%2022: 29%2023: 28%2024: 45%2025: 34%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 25%2022: 22%2023: 21%2024: 38%2025: 32%2019: 29%2022: 29%2023: 28%2024: 45%2025: 34%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201925%29%
202222%29%
202321%28%
202438%45%
202532%34%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025

Climbed from the 24th to the 60th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 1900 elementary schools.

Most rating sites would stop at “35% proficient” and call it done. Maurice Sendak deserves a closer read. Nearly all of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

The headline number: +14.1pp separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.6pp over the same span. Following the school's returning cohort from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.

213 tested · 3 of 3 grades published · cohort of 75 tracked

Maurice Sendak Elementary scores 40 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 60th percentile of 5,721 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

The pandemic drop is behind this school: 35% of students meet the standard today, above the 28% who did in 2019.

Percentile among 5,721 elementary schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 24th percentile · Scope Score 26 of 1002022 · 31st percentile · Scope Score 24 of 1002023 · 34th percentile · Scope Score 26 of 1002024 · 65th percentile · Scope Score 43 of 1002025 · 60th percentile · Scope Score 40 of 100
ELAYellow(Increased)MathOrange(Maintained)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 326%14%26%38%24%
Grade 434%25%41%20%44%
Grade 533%43%30%52%43%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 331%25%29%41%27%
Grade 425%19%26%20%36%
Grade 519%19%13%35%37%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

One in three of students here meet the standard. One in ten clear it by a lot.

ELA36% met or exceeded
Exceeded 14%Met 23%Nearly Met 24%Not Met 40%
Math33% met or exceeded
Exceeded 10%Met 23%Nearly Met 28%Not Met 39%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California elementary schools · average21% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)AbsenceSuspension
This school4012%35%Strong · p9319.3%0.1%
CA average · Elementary School3921%43%Average · p5017.9%1.6%
This schoolCA avg
Scope4039
% Exceeded12%21%
% Met+35%43%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Strong · p93Average · p50
Absence19.3%17.9%
Suspension0.1%1.6%
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25

Our growth read and California's own model agree — both land near the 96th percentile of elementary schools.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

California runs its own growth model, following individual children in grades 4 through 8 rather than comparing school-wide averages the way we do. The two measures land in the same neighbourhood here — ours puts this school around the 93rd percentile of California elementary schools, the state's around the 96th in reading and math together. Two different methods agreeing is the most you can ask of one year of test data.

— pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California elementary school lands at +2 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −5 and +9 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.

The returning cohort, two years on
ELA · 2023 · Grade 3
8%
exceeded standard · 26% met or exceeded
ELA · 2025 · Grade 5
18%
exceeded standard · 43% met or exceeded

Percent exceeded, ELA only. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different metric — mean scale-score change across ELA and Math; California's own matched-student model is below.

Both measures, each ranked in its own field
Our growth measurereturning cohort, G3→G5SchoolScope growth measure: 93rd percentile among California elementary schools.93rd pctile
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: +19 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 95th percentile of 7,519 reported schools.95th pctile · +19 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: +26 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 97th percentile of 7,518 reported schools.97th pctile · +26 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard about even with the same group statewide.

At Maurice Sendak Elementary in North Hollywood, 35.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Maurice Sendak Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 5.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (33.7% Math proficient); Hispanic students (32.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 36.7 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 204 students tested.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 34% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 34%, district —, state 43%34%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 35%, district 36%, state 32%35% · +0 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 33%, district 36%, state 32%33% · −2 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 40%, district 42%, state 44%40% · +5 vs school
MaleMale: this school 29%, district 41%, state 42%29% · −5 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 7%, district 9%, state 11%7% · −27 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 23%, district 14%, state 15%23% · −12 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 45%, district 65%, state 56%45% · +11 vs school

5 of 13 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
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Student-group results by grade

Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 21.9pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.5pp.

ShowHide California's growth model by student group
The state's growth model, by student group

California follows these children individually and predicts each one's score from their own prior year. Each row is read against the same group at a typical California elementary school — not against zero, and not against this school's all-students figure, because the state's expectation already differs by group.

Reading
Low-income students116 studentsLow-income students, reading: +19 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 116 students.+19 pts · +19 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students105 studentsHispanic or Latino students, reading: +15 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 105 students.+15 pts · +14 vs typical
English Learner69 studentsEnglish Learner, reading: +7 scale-score points versus expectation, against −2 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 69 students.+7 pts · +9 vs typical
Recently reclassified58 studentsRecently reclassified, reading: +8 scale-score points versus expectation, against +8 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 58 students.+8 pts · 0 vs typical
English Only42 studentsEnglish Only, reading: +25 scale-score points versus expectation, against +3 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 42 students.+25 pts · +22 vs typical
Math
Low-income students116 studentsLow-income students, math: +25 scale-score points versus expectation, against −1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 116 students.+25 pts · +26 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students105 studentsHispanic or Latino students, math: +24 scale-score points versus expectation, against −1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 105 students.+24 pts · +25 vs typical
English Learner69 studentsEnglish Learner, math: +25 scale-score points versus expectation, against +2 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 69 students.+25 pts · +23 vs typical
Recently reclassified58 studentsRecently reclassified, math: +21 scale-score points versus expectation, against +6 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 58 students.+21 pts · +15 vs typical
English Only42 studentsEnglish Only, math: +22 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 42 students.+22 pts · +21 vs typical
this school typical California elementary school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— 2 more groups are reported here with between 11 and 29 students. We hold those back on purpose: at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own, and a quarter of such groups land past the state's top or bottom cut point by chance alone. They are listed with their student counts in the data appendix. — A group not listed at all had fewer than 11 students with a growth score, so California published nothing for it here. That is a privacy protection, not a judgment about those students. — Context only. None of this enters the Scope Score.

The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 22 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher22 · district 20
Teaching staff20 teachers
Avg. experience19.9 years
Fully credentialed89%
First-year teachers10%
Intern / emergency permit10.8%
PrincipalGeorge Khatchadourian
ShowHide what the district pays
Teacher salary schedule$60,420 – $122,706
Principal salary$154,576 – $170,030
Superintendent salary$440,000

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here miss more school, and get suspended less, than the state average.

TK/K students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 4–6 students (29.9% vs 16.8%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 19.3%, district 22.8%, state 17.9%19.3% · +1.4pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 0.1%, district —, state 1.6%0.1% · −1.5pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–616.8%
TK/K29.9%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

Explore school spending and the district budget
What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $25,557 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$2,700 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.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $25,557, CA average $14,491$25,557 · spent at this school
Federal share$2,700 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$29,292 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 52%Instruction support 16%Student services 12%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 2%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$18,180 per pupil
2019$16,355 per pupil
2018$15,793 per pupil
2017$13,247 per pupil
2016$13,549 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

Nearly all of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

On the state's science test (CAST), 16% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino82.2% · district 73.2% · CA 56.1%
White8.8% · district 9.9% · CA 19.9%
Asian0.9% · district 3.4% · CA 10.2%
Black1.7% · district 7.2% · CA 4.8%
Other6.4% · district 6.3% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch95.0% · CA 64%
Median income$80K · CA $85K
Median home value$1.00M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+51% · CA 35%
ZIP population36,992
Median age34 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

What is the school’s approach?

School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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A source-reviewed culture summary is not available for this profile yet. Ask how teaching, student support and family communication work day to day.

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Family voices

What would you want another family to know about the daily experience here?

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What are the alternatives?

Compare schools serving the same grade stage. Private schools have no comparable state-test score.

2025 · elementary schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

Private options →
SchoolTypePerformance bandAdvancedProficient or AdvancedDistanceSelect
Maurice Sendak ElementaryPublicSolid12%35%School being viewed
Carpenter Community CharterCharterStrong60%83%2.6 mi
Colfax Charter ElementaryCharterStrong54%80%1.4 mi
Theodore Roosevelt ElementaryPublicStrong34%64%2.2 mi
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Private schools do not receive a Scope Score or statewide ranking on SchoolScope.

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Moving & enrollment

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Schools across the K–12 journey

Middle College HighScope 77direct feeder

The road from this school ends at Middle College High, which sent 5 graduates to UC campuses last fall and teaches 11 AP subjects. Those numbers describe past cohorts — a child starting here today would reach Middle College High around 2035, and 10 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 87% of Middle College High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

5 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 11 AP subjects taught → full record on Middle College High's page
Source: UC & College Board

Source: sabs_2016. Schools are grouped by grade stage. Nearby schools are not confirmed feeder links or address assignments. Verify the current path and eligibility with the district.

Plan your next step

What should I do next?

Worth a school visit

Ask what changed — new curriculum, new principal, new program. Momentum has a cause, and a visit will find it.

  • Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
  • 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.
Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is Maurice Sendak Elementary a good elementary school?
Maurice Sendak Elementary has a Scope Score of 40 out of 100, placing it in the 60th percentile of California elementary schools and ranked #2,270 statewide. 12.1% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 9.2 percentage points below the California average of 21.4%. The Scope Score weights 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard (42%), met or exceeded (proficient) (23%), grade 3-to-5 growth (20%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Maurice Sendak Elementary's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 35.0% of students at Maurice Sendak Elementary met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 12.1% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 22.8% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 12.1% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 435 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Maurice Sendak Elementary rank in California?
Maurice Sendak Elementary ranks #2,270 among California elementary schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 60th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), same-cohort growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
Is Maurice Sendak Elementary getting better or worse?
SchoolScope follows the same cohort of students across grades rather than comparing two different grades in the same year. At Maurice Sendak Elementary that cohort is 2023 G3 → 2025 G5, measured in SBAC scale-score points. Its gain ranks strong among California elementary schools — roughly the 93rd percentile, ahead of the typical school at this level. Read the ranking, not the raw point gain: scale scores rise with age, so nearly every school posts a positive number and only the relative position tells you anything. Growth is weighted at 20% in the elementary Scope Score because it is the least demographically confounded signal available — it tracks change over time rather than the level students arrived at. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Maurice Sendak Elementary?
19.3% of students at Maurice Sendak Elementary are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 17.9%. The suspension rate is 0.1%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Maurice Sendak Elementary compare to other schools in North Hollywood?
Maurice Sendak Elementary scores 40/100 (60th percentile) among California elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 421 students. Use the schools in North Hollywood page or the map view to compare all elementary schools nearby.
How does Maurice Sendak Elementary serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Maurice Sendak Elementary in North Hollywood, 35.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Maurice Sendak Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 5.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (33.7% Math proficient); Hispanic students (32.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 36.7 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 204 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
What middle school does Maurice Sendak Elementary feed into?
By attendance boundary, Maurice Sendak Elementary is zoned to Roy Romer Middle. Roy Romer Middle has a Scope Score of 35 out of 100. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education's School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.

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Behind the evidence

Inspect the full record

Public sources, visible methods and the underlying school record. Source years and limitations stay attached to the evidence.

How the Scope Score is calculated

On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

Growth carries this score — its returning cohort's growth from grade 3 to grade 5. The test levels sit just under the state's.

The school's returning cohort — mostly, not exactly, the same kids two years on — gained 89 scale-score points across the span. Almost every school gains points, so we rank the gain against every other California school in this level.

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Exceeded standard12.1%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded35.0%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Strongaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism19.3%17.9%5%
Suspension rate0.1%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)28.0%18.0%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

Maurice Sendak Elementary: reading the evidence

Maurice Sendak sits mid-pack on raw proficiency — and it's climbing faster than most schools anywhere near it — and that holds when you follow the school's own returning cohort across grades.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

Ask how many years the improvement has held, not just the latest one — one strong cohort and a real turnaround can look identical in a single year of data.

Explore the underlying data →
Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

Maurice Sendak Elementary is ranked #2,270 statewide · #230 of 579 in Los Angeles Unified.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard12.1%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded35.0%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Strongaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism19.3%17.9%5%
Suspension rate0.1%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)28.0%18.0%5%
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 21.4% · index 41 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 42.7% · index 44 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)
↑ vs CA average · 93rd pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 17.9% · index 48 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▲ 1.9pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 1.6% · index 63 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · → no change vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 18.0% · index 64 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 3786%18%28%47%24%−19
Grade 45518%25%15%42%44%−1
Grade 58018%25%26%31%43%−5
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 3793%24%29%44%27%−19
Grade 46110%26%33%31%36%−5
Grade 58218%18%23%40%37%+2

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide824%12%65%20%

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.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged20435.8%−5−2
Hispanic/Latino18032.8%−8−6
English Learners260.0%−7−10
03Nearest elementary schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Maurice Sendak Elementary ←—4012.1%35.0%+14.1pp+89 pts0.1%
Carpenter Community Charter2.6 mi8459.8%82.6%−2.2pp—0.3%
Colfax Charter Elementary1.4 mi6954.3%80.3%−3.0pp—0.1%
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary2.2 mi5834.5%64.0%+6.2pp—0.8%
California average—3921.4%42.7%−2.9pp—1.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
ShowHide table 04 — More measures
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20192624#41889.3%27.9%11.7%0.1%-2.8pp
20222431#39367.0%24.1%28.4%0.1%+11.4pp
20232634#37778.3%27.4%23.5%0.1%-6.1pp
20244365#199411.2%34.4%17.4%0.1%+4.2pp
20254060#227012.1%35.0%19.3%0.1%+14.1pp
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
Group20192025Δ
Female11.9%19.9%+8.0pp
Male11.6%18.9%+7.3pp
Black/African American16.7%45.5%+28.8pp
Hispanic/Latino11.0%19.2%+8.2pp
White25.0%14.3%-10.7pp
Students with Disabilities13.3%22.5%+9.2pp
English Learners10.2%17.3%+7.1pp
Homeless12.5%17.8%+5.3pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged11.0%19.3%+8.3pp
All Students11.7%19.4%+7.7pp
06California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
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GroupReadingnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students+19118Accelerated+26118Exceptional
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged+19116Accelerated+25116Exceptional
Hispanic or Latino+15105Accelerated+24105Exceptional
English Learner+769Accelerated+2569Exceptional
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only+858not categorised+2158not categorised
English Only+2542not categorised+2242not categorised
Students with Disabilities−528Average+528Accelerated
English Learners Only−611not categorised+3811not categorised

Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a growth score — published by CDE, held back from the narrative sections above because at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=5,721 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-09-18

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