Mesa View Elementary: 47% of kids clear the bar — ahead of the state's 43%. But the zoned next school scores lower.
Mesa View holds its own. Scores drop at the schools it feeds into. Ask where its graduates actually enrol, and whether families stay on the zoned path.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52 | 22% | 47% | +3.6 | 16.8% | 0.7% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Mesa View Elementary scores 52 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 70th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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📈 On the Rise — 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.
Most rating sites would stop at “47% proficient” and call it done. Mesa View deserves a closer read. The school sits in Romoland, where more than half of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Mesa View's low-income kids hit 50.0% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 70th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 47% meet the standard today, versus 62% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 66% | 41% | 54% | 47% | 52% |
| Grade 4 | 67% | 59% | 48% | 55% | 44% |
| Grade 5 | 58% | 68% | 65% | 67% | 66% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 69% | 33% | 45% | 41% | 51% |
| Grade 4 | 59% | 43% | 39% | 39% | 28% |
| Grade 5 | 51% | 36% | 37% | 47% | 44% |
The story this school is actually telling
of students met or exceeded the standard, versus 42.7% statewide.
the zoned path continues to Ethan A Chase Middle, which scores 21 points lower — worth asking about on a tour.
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding rises 1.8pp across grades; the floor rises 14.1pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Mesa View's most underrated number
50.0% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask which schools families here actually choose next — the zoned path is only the default.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask which schools families here actually choose next — the zoned path is only the default.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Mesa View Elementary in Romoland, 50.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 35.1% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Mesa View Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 14.9 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (39.1% Math proficient); Hispanic students (53.3% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 34.0 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 234 students tested.
6 of 15 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 22.9pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.7pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly one and a half times the rate of Grades 4–6 students (24.6% vs 16.1%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
The zoned path continues to Ethan A Chase Middle, which scores 21 points lower than this school — worth weighing alongside everything above. Families here often look at charter or magnet options for middle school.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$648 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 911 students, this school is well above the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 40% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 40
Nearby Middle Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 32
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 137 | 28% | 23% | 26% | 22% | 52% | +8 |
| Grade 4 | 151 | 23% | 21% | 29% | 27% | 44% | −1 |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 30% | 36% | 18% | 16% | 66% | +18 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 137 | 20% | 31% | 23% | 26% | 51% | +5 |
| Grade 4 | 151 | 5% | 23% | 39% | 33% | 28% | −14 |
| Grade 5 | 131 | 24% | 21% | 31% | 24% | 44% | +9 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 131 | 13% | 27% | 50% | 11% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 234 | 50.0% | +15 | +12 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 214 | 53.3% | +18 | +14 |
| Two or More Races | 134 | 49.3% | +2 | −12 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa View Elementary ← | — | 52 | 21.8% | 47.4% | +3.6 | 0.7% |
| Hillside Innovation Academy | 1.9 mi | 46 | 14.3% | 35.4% | +10.6 | 1.1% |
| Freedom Crest Elementary | 1.8 mi | 37 | 13.8% | 35.3% | −21.3 | 0.9% |
| Menifee Virtual | 1.9 mi | 35 | 22.3% | 37.5% | −30.4 | 0.4% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 51 | 68 | #1781 | 29.1% | 61.9% | 5.3% | 0.5% | -13.0pp |
| 2022 | 51 | 77 | #1294 | 20.4% | 46.7% | 31.8% | 1.3% | +15.0pp |
| 2023 | 48 | 69 | #1772 | 21.6% | 47.9% | 27.7% | 0.8% | +1.4pp |
| 2024 | 62 | 85 | #882 | 23.9% | 49.6% | 16.0% | 0.5% | +12.8pp |
| 2025 | 52 | 70 | #1730 | 21.8% | 47.4% | 16.8% | 0.7% | +3.6pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 5.4% | 16.0% | +10.6pp |
| Male | 5.1% | 17.5% | +12.4pp |
| Asian | 4.2% | 3.7% | -0.5pp |
| Black/African American | 7.3% | 14.8% | +7.5pp |
| White | 0.0% | 15.4% | +15.4pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 6.1% | 16.7% | +10.6pp |
| Two or More Races | 5.3% | 20.3% | +15.0pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 10.5% | 24.9% | +14.4pp |
| English Learners | 2.6% | 12.8% | +10.2pp |
| Homeless | 23.9% | 43.3% | +19.4pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 8.7% | 22.0% | +13.3pp |
| All Students | 5.2% | 16.8% | +11.6pp |
| Filipino | — | 17.8% | — |
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