Public school · Petaluma City Elementary · Petaluma, California

McDowell Elementary — Rating & test scores

Petaluma · TK–6 · 329 students (2024–25)

421 South McDowell Boulevard, 94954petalumacityschools.org ↗(707) 778-4745
4thpercentileNeeds 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
14

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six 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

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 7% and 11% scored Proficient or Advanced, 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: 142 in English, 143 in math
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. McDowell Elementary teaches TK–6: grade 6 results ↓

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2.8% of students (10 of 362) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 362. District and California figures are averages of school rates (6 Petaluma City Elementary schools; 5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Petaluma City Elementary which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is McDowell a good elementary school?

McDowell Elementary scores higher than 4 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 4th percentile, Needs Support, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 19 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 16 in 100 at the average elementary school in the Petaluma City Elementary district. 2.8% of students (10 of 362) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (2)

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 5% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at McDowell Elementary in Petaluma scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. 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?

Well below California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 7% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 11% 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: 142 in English, 143 in math
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 · 142 tested

Advanced
3%
Proficient
4%
Below the standard
93%
This school7%
California46%
Petaluma City Elementary44%

7% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 143 tested

Advanced
3%
Proficient
8%
Below the standard
89%
This school11%
California42%
Petaluma City Elementary41%

11% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

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 Advanced6%7%8%
Advanced0%4%4%
Proficient6%3%4%
Developing level12%22%23%
Minimal82%71%69%
Tested494548
California44%46%49%
Difference−38−39−41
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced19%
Advanced9%
Proficient10%
Developing level37%
Minimal44%
Tested32
California48%
Difference−29

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 Advanced12%13%8%
Advanced2%2%6%
Proficient10%11%2%
Developing level20%27%21%
Minimal68%60%71%
Tested504548
California47%42%37%
Difference−35−29−29
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced19%
Advanced3%
Proficient16%
Developing level12%
Minimal69%
Tested32
California37%
Difference−18

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?

Well below California in both subjects. In grade 6, spring 2026, 19% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 19% in math, against 48% and 37% across California.

English

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 32 tested

Advanced
9%
Proficient
10%
Below the standard
81%
This school19%
California48%
Petaluma City Elementary53%

19% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Math

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 32 tested

Advanced
3%
Proficient
16%
Below the standard
81%
This school19%
California37%
Petaluma City Elementary42%

19% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Have results changed?

English results were lower than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 13% to 7% and math from 13% to 11%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202513%114 tested
→
20267%142 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202513%122 tested
→
202611%143 tested

This school

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

Each year is a different group of students.

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in English?

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 school3%4%19%74%142
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Petaluma City Elementary23%21%23%33%913
Math, grades 3–5 · This school3%8%23%66%143
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Petaluma City Elementary19%22%28%31%914
English, grade 6 · This school9%10%37%44%32
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Petaluma City Elementary24%29%19%28%299
Math, grade 6 · This school3%16%12%69%32
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Petaluma City Elementary26%16%23%35%299

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 20187 tested years shown · Grades 3–5 are well below California. Grade 6 is also well below it

Chart and table: 2018–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%2018202220267%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20182022202611%42%

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

2026 was the lowest year in this series in both subjects. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201825%
124 tested		49%
1,346,907 tested
201924%
120 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202218%
83 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202318%
96 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202420%
112 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202513%
114 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
20267%
142 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201828%
125 tested		42%
1,352,321 tested
201926%
124 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
202215%
85 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202315%
96 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202417%
116 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202513%
122 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
202611%
143 tested		42%
1,211,701 tested

What you can do

Who can act on McDowell’s results?

Petaluma City Elementary’s board decides McDowell’s plan.

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

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

Petaluma City Elementary’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 Petaluma City Elementary’s yearly plan (LCAP) →
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?

19 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. 2.8% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Context Close to the 16 in 100 at the average elementary school in the Petaluma City Elementary district: a pattern across the district.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 68 of 360 students counted for it; suspension: 10 of 362 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 elementary school in the Petaluma City Elementary district 2.3%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

19 in 100This school
16 in 100At the average elementary school in the Petaluma City Elementary district
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

68 of 360 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

2.8%

of students were suspended at least once (10 of 362). 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 McDowell

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 Petaluma City Elementary’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups scored well below the same groups across California.

Student groups, grades 3–6, spring 2026

5% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 10% in math (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 36% and 30% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students and English learners also scored well below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures.

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).
McDowellSame group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 155 tested5%Same group, California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 155 tested10%Same group, California 30%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 152 tested7%Same group, California 37%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 153 tested12%Same group, California 30%
  • English learnersEnglish · 85 tested0%Same group, California 13%
  • English learnersMath · 86 tested2%Same group, California 16%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6, spring 2026. English learners: grades 3–5 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 81%2. White: 9%Unallocated share: 10%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino81%
  2. White9%
  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 share10%
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?

48% 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 · 70 of 147 English learners48%
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?

86%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 283 of 329. California: 63%.

16teachers, 2024–25

10 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

12%in their first year, 2024–25

80%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there for low-income students and other student groups, 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 Petaluma City Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 155 tested
English5%−1722%−3136%
Math10%−919%−2030%
Hispanic or Latino · 152 tested in English, 153 in math
English7%−1219%−3037%
Math12%−820%−1830%
English learners · 85 tested in English, 86 in math · grades 3–5 only
English0%−11%−1313%
Math2%−24%−1416%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Petaluma City Elementary, 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, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, 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
Hispanic or Latino81%
White9%
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.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 80% of teaching positions, 12 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 15 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask Petaluma City Elementary which school serves your address.

School website: petalumacityschools.org ↗Office: (707) 778-4745Administrator: Ruth Miller

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
421 South McDowell Boulevard, Petaluma 94954

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Petaluma City Elementary.

Questions for your visit

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family? 2.8% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (10 of 362 students); average California elementary school: 1.6%
  2. How does the school check what’s working in English? English: 13% in 2025 to 7% in 2026 here; California: 46% to 46%
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon? 19 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (68 of 360 students); average elementary school in the Petaluma City Elementary district: 16 in 100
  4. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working? 0% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (85 students tested); the same group across California: 13%
  5. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (707) 778-4745421 South McDowell Boulevard, 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 #5,466 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #6 of 6 in Petaluma City Elementary
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math3%3242%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math9%2423%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+72 scale-score pts4320%
Chronically absent19 in 100475%
Suspension rate2.8% (10 of 362)415%
English learners: top level5%345%

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. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

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
2025–26144#5466California 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)
2018–1911 in 1004.7% (14 of 299)+26
2021–22not on filenot on file−4
2022–23not on filenot on file+19
2023–2427 in 1002.7% (9 of 328)+6
2024–2524 in 1003.4% (12 of 350)+6
2025–2619 in 1002.8% (10 of 362)−1

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 · English1744%9%
2026 · Math1753%13%
2025 · English1555%19%
2025 · Math1655%13%
2024 · English1475%24%
2024 · Math1533%17%
2023 · English1273%16%
2023 · Math1272%12%
2022 · English1185%21%
2022 · Math1215%17%
2019 · English1535%29%
2019 · Math1576%25%
2018 · English1246%25%
2018 · Math1253%28%
2017 · English885%17%
2017 · Math886%28%

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 · English395%
2025 · Grade 4 · English4214%
2025 · Grade 5 · English3321%
2025 · Grade 6 · English4134%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math4117%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math4810%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math3312%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math4312%
2024 · Grade 3 · English4414%
2024 · Grade 4 · English3216%
2024 · Grade 5 · English3631%
2024 · Grade 6 · English3537%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math4624%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math336%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math3719%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math3716%
2023 · Grade 3 · English320%
2023 · Grade 4 · English3321%
2023 · Grade 5 · English3132%
2023 · Grade 6 · English3110%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math3312%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math3415%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math2917%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math313%
2022 · Grade 3 · English2814%
2022 · Grade 4 · English3023%
2022 · Grade 5 · English2516%
2022 · Grade 6 · English3529%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math2818%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math3020%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math277%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math3619%
2019 · Grade 3 · English457%
2019 · Grade 4 · English3631%
2019 · Grade 5 · English3938%
2019 · Grade 6 · English3345%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math4615%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math3829%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math4035%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math3324%
2018 · Grade 3 · English4815%
2018 · Grade 4 · English4221%
2018 · Grade 5 · English3444%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math4916%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math4243%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math3426%
2017 · Grade 3 · English5524%
2017 · Grade 4 · English336%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math5538%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math3312%

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
Schoolwide492%8%51%39%

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-income1555%−17−31
Hispanic or Latino1527%−12−30
English learners (grades 3–5 only)850%−1−13
Growth recordsgrade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3
5%
exceeded standard · 14% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 44 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
4%
Advanced · 8% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 48 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 45 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

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 · 24 in 100 → 2025–26 · 19 in 100 · −5 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 3.4% (12 of 350) → 2025–26 · 2.8% (10 of 362) · −0.6 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female12 in 10014 in 100+2 in 100
Male10 in 10023 in 100+13 in 100
Hispanic or Latino11 in 10020 in 100+9 in 100
White11 in 10016 in 100+5 in 100
Students with disabilities14 in 10020 in 100+6 in 100
English learners10 in 10017 in 100+7 in 100
Homeless6 in 10021 in 100+15 in 100
Low-income11 in 10022 in 100+11 in 100
All students11 in 10019 in 100+8 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
School-level federal expenditures$1,273 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 329

Central federal expenditures attributed here$501 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 329

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 holders6.7%

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 94954 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94954 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$113,527
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)38%
ZIP-area population37,574
Median age45.3 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 94954 →

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