Public school · Manhattan Beach Unified · Manhattan Beach, California

Meadows Avenue Elementary — Rating & test scores

Manhattan Beach · TK–5 · 407 students (2024–25)

98thpercentileStrong

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
82

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

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 82% and 88% 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: 198 in English, 200 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”).

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On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 4 and 5 scored above what the state expected in English (+7 pts) and math (+27 pts). The state bases that expectation on each student’s earlier scores.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 4 and 5: 137. 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.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Manhattan Beach Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Meadows Avenue a good elementary school?

Meadows Avenue Elementary scores higher than 98 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 98th percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 2 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 2 in 100 at the average Manhattan Beach Unified elementary school. 0.9% of students (4 of 445) 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?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored +7 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +27 points, which it calls Exceptional.

  • Included in this measure: 137 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 84% of White students in grades 3–5 at Meadows Avenue Elementary in Manhattan Beach scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 60% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Meadows Avenue Elementary's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Manhattan Beach Middle. 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 doesn’t guarantee placement; confirm your address with the district.

  • Manhattan Beach Middle: 92nd percentile (Strong) 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?

Well above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 82% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 88% 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: 198 in English, 200 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 · 198 tested

Advanced
55%
Proficient
27%
Below the standard
18%
This school82%
California46%
Manhattan Beach Unified85%

82% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 200 tested

Advanced
65%
Proficient
23%
Below the standard
12%
This school88%
California42%
Manhattan Beach Unified85%

88% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–5 · 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 Advanced82%71%91%
Advanced57%46%60%
Proficient25%25%31%
Developing level8%19%5%
Minimal10%10%4%
Tested615978
California44%46%49%
Difference+38+25+42

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 Advanced85%85%91%
Advanced66%43%79%
Proficient19%42%12%
Developing level12%8%8%
Minimal3%7%1%
Tested626078
California47%42%37%
Difference+38+43+54

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 →

School patterns · grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · What patterns mean

High ceilingA high share of students here scored Advanced, the state’s top level. The English and math cards above give each figure.
Broad baseMost students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.
Grade-to-grade gainsFrom grade 3 in spring 2024 to grade 5 in spring 2026, results here rose more than at the average California elementary school. Students move in and out, so these are partly different children. The Score factors record below gives the figure.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 86% to 82% and math stayed at 88%.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Yes, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored +7 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +27 points, which it calls Exceptional.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4 and 5: 137
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 and 5 · 2025 · 137 students with scores in both years

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

+7 pts

English

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

+27 pts

Math

The state calls it Exceptional, the highest of its five growth levels.

Ask: How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?

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 school55%27%10%8%198
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Manhattan Beach Unified61%24%9%6%1,013
Math, grades 3–5 · This school65%23%8%4%200
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Manhattan Beach Unified62%23%12%3%1,014

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 · English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202682%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202688%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 was 82% in both 2017 and 2026. In math, it went from 79% in 2017 to 88% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201782%
238 tested
45%
1,384,680 tested
201882%
227 tested
49%
1,346,907 tested
201975%
224 tested
50%
1,332,547 tested
202290%
200 tested
45%
1,260,830 tested
202387%
176 tested
44%
1,247,801 tested
202482%
203 tested
45%
1,235,509 tested
202586%
196 tested
46%
1,232,086 tested
202682%
198 tested
46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201779%
238 tested
40%
1,392,040 tested
201877%
228 tested
42%
1,352,321 tested
201975%
224 tested
44%
1,338,625 tested
202283%
200 tested
38%
1,265,943 tested
202386%
177 tested
40%
1,256,519 tested
202487%
203 tested
41%
1,249,262 tested
202588%
197 tested
41%
1,241,652 tested
202688%
200 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 7 points above that expected score, and in math 27 points above it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

2 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. 0.9% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Context Close to the 2 in 100 at the average Manhattan Beach Unified elementary school: a pattern across the district.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 8 of 438 students counted for it; suspension: 4 of 445 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 Manhattan Beach Unified elementary school 0.6%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

2 in 100This school
2 in 100At the average Manhattan Beach Unified elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

8 of 438 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.9%

of students were suspended at least once (4 of 445). 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 Meadows Avenue

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 ↓

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

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Student groups, grades 3–5, spring 2026

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 3–5; 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).
Meadows AvenueSame group, California
  • WhiteEnglish · 100 tested84%Same group, California 60%
  • WhiteMath · 100 tested89%Same group, California 56%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–5, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 50%2. Hispanic or Latino: 17%3. Two or more races: 16%4. Asian: 14%Unallocated share: 3%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White50%
  2. Hispanic or Latino17%
  3. Two or more races16%
  4. Asian14%
  5. Black or African American—
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share3%
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.

Who are the families and teachers?

6%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 26 of 407. California: 63%.

29teachers, 2024–25

19 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

97%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–5 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Manhattan Beach Unifiedvs California
White · 100 tested
English84%−185%+2460%
Math89%+485%+3356%

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

Students of two or more races: fewer than 30 tested here. Hispanic or Latino students, 34 tested: no rate for grade 3 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. Asian students, 33 tested in English and 35 in math: no rate for grades 3 and 4 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for low-income, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, 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
White50%
Hispanic or Latino17%
Two or more races16%
Asian14%
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: 97% of teaching positions, 21.5 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 22.1 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Meadows Avenue, and how do I get in?

  1. Elementary · this school
    Meadows Avenue Elementary
    Grades TK–5
  2. Middle
    92nd · Strong · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  3. High
    95th · Strong · 2025Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Manhattan Beach Middle

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    92nd percentile · Strong · middle · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • Mira Costa High

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    95th percentile · Strong · 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. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where the path ends: Mira Costa High
Mira Costa High95th · Strong · 2025 · Scope Score 83estimated path

An inferred path through a middle-school overlap points to Mira Costa High. UC records 100 enrollees from Mira Costa High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 27 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. If a child starting here today later attended Mira Costa High, that would be around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 91% of the students who finished high school at Mira Costa High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

100 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 27 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Mira Costa High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Manhattan Beach Unified which school serves your address.

Office: (310) 546-8033Administrator: Michelle Krzmarzick
1200 Meadows Avenue, Manhattan Beach 90266

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

Questions for your visit

  1. How many K–2 students did screening find at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help?
  2. How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?
  5. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (310) 546-80331200 Meadows Avenue, 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.

Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #103 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #5 of 5 in Manhattan Beach Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math59%8642%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math84%8223%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+87 scale-score pts7020%
Chronically absent2 in 100735%
Suspension rate0.9% (4 of 445)565%

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. The weights above add to 95%: English learners reaching the top level of the state’s English test has no value for this school, so its 5% weight 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
2025–268298#103California 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)
2018–195 in 1000.4% (2 of 445)+1
2021–22not on filenot on file+4
2022–23not on filenot on file+5
2023–244 in 1000.7% (3 of 429)+5
2024–253 in 1001.4% (6 of 422)−1
2025–262 in 1000.9% (4 of 445)+7

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 · English19855%82%
2026 · Math20064%88%
2025 · English19661%86%
2025 · Math19763%88%
2024 · English20360%82%
2024 · Math20367%87%
2023 · English17660%87%
2023 · Math17763%86%
2022 · English20062%90%
2022 · Math20058%83%
2019 · English22451%75%
2019 · Math22451%75%
2018 · English22759%82%
2018 · Math22849%77%
2017 · English23855%82%
2017 · Math23847%79%

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 · English5383%
2025 · Grade 4 · English6991%
2025 · Grade 5 · English7482%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math5487%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math6991%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math7486%
2024 · Grade 3 · English6676%
2024 · Grade 4 · English7084%
2024 · Grade 5 · English6787%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math6689%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math7081%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math6790%
2023 · Grade 3 · English6384%
2023 · Grade 4 · English6386%
2023 · Grade 5 · English5092%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math6386%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math6486%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math5088%
2022 · Grade 3 · English6281%
2022 · Grade 4 · English4996%
2022 · Grade 5 · English8993%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math6282%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math4994%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math8978%
2019 · Grade 3 · English5080%
2019 · Grade 4 · English8566%
2019 · Grade 5 · English8980%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math5076%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math8572%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math8978%
2018 · Grade 3 · English6980%
2018 · Grade 4 · English7982%
2018 · Grade 5 · English7985%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math6971%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math7986%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math8074%
2017 · Grade 3 · English7486%
2017 · Grade 4 · English7874%
2017 · Grade 5 · English8684%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math7486%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math7872%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math8679%

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
Schoolwide7859%23%17%1%

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
White10084%−1+24
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+7137Accelerated+27137Exceptional
English-only students+8111not categorized+26111not categorized
White+867Accelerated+2767Exceptional
Students with disabilities+1026Accelerated+2626Exceptional
Asian+825Accelerated+3625Exceptional
Hispanic or Latino+222Average+2822Exceptional
Two or more races+1119Accelerated+2319Exceptional
English learners+912Accelerated+3512Exceptional
Low-income−412Average+2712Exceptional
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+611not categorized+3411not categorized

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 and 5. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3
61%
exceeded standard · 76% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 66 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
60%
Advanced · 91% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 78 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 66 (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.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+7 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4 and 5

137 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +7 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+27 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4 and 5

137 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

California growth model, math: +27 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Exceptional, 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 and 5, 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 · 3 in 100 → 2025–26 · 2 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.4% (6 of 422) → 2025–26 · 0.9% (4 of 445) · −0.5 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female2 in 1002 in 1000 in 100
Male7 in 1002 in 100−5 in 100
Asian0 in 1002 in 100+2 in 100
Hispanic or Latino10 in 1007 in 100−3 in 100
Two or more races4 in 1000 in 100−4 in 100
White5 in 1001 in 100−4 in 100
Students with disabilities8 in 1002 in 100−6 in 100
English learners15 in 100——
Low-income15 in 1006 in 100−9 in 100
All students5 in 1002 in 100−3 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$15,289 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 6,030 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$1,642 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 407

Central federal expenditures attributed here$644 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 407

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,693 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 64%Instruction support 7%Student services 9%Administration 9%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$68,006,86164.26%64%
Instruction support$7,603,0037.18%7%
Student services$9,400,5308.88%9%
Administration$9,401,0118.88%9%
Buildings & maintenance$10,758,69410.17%10%
Other$662,1050.63%1%
Total$105,832,204100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $105,832,204 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$15,289 per pupil
2020$14,588 per pupil
2019$14,901 per pupil
2018$12,960 per pupil
2017$12,113 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 90266 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 90266 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$204,306
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)79%
ZIP-area population34,210
Median age42.8 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 90266 →

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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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