Mountain Oaks: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
Mountain Oaks posts low test scores — and suspensions run below the state rate (0.2% vs 1.6%). If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 26 | 5% | 29% | -8.0 | 4.1% | 0.2% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Mountain Oaks scores 26 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 9th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
🤝 Culture First — Ask whether the low absenteeism and suspension numbers come from what the school does or from the community it serves — both can produce the same numbers, and only a visit tells you which.
Most rating sites would stop at “29% proficient” and call it done. Mountain Oaks deserves a closer read. The school sits in San Andreas, where more than half of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 4.1% chronic absenteeism — versus 17.9% statewide. Attendance is the quietest strong signal a school can post.
As a charter, Mountain Oaks enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 57th to the 9th percentile since 2019.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 29% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 28% | 14% | 33% | 20% | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 50% | 57% | 34% | 23% | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 45% | 62% | 43% | 20% | 32% |
| Grade 6 | 32% | 33% | 38% | 23% | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 39% | 50% | 39% | 50% | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 43% | 50% | 44% | 38% | 47% |
| Grade 11 | 48% | 49% | 39% | 54% | 50% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 22% | 17% | 39% | 23% | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 21% | 38% | 27% | 14% | 26% |
| Grade 5 | 15% | 9% | 22% | 13% | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 20% | 14% | 23% | 23% | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 26% | 18% | 21% | 30% | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 27% | 20% | 9% | 12% | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 4% | 7% | 9% | 20% | 24% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- 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 Mountain Oaks in San Andreas, 30.7% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 29.3% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Mountain Oaks outperforms its district average for low-income students by 1.4 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (18.1% Math proficient); White students (36.5% ELA proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 127 students tested.
7 of 13 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 falls by 10.0pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: -10.0pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
Mountain Oaks serves grades K-12 — students can complete their entire K-12 education here, with no school-to-school transitions.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.
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
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 41% 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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Nearby Elementary Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 31
Nearby High Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 33
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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 | 25 | 4% | 32% | 32% | 32% | 36% | −7 |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 14% | 9% | 29% | 49% | 23% | −22 |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 4% | 28% | 24% | 44% | 32% | −16 |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 11% | 18% | 32% | 39% | 29% | −18 |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 7% | 10% | 53% | 30% | 17% | −31 |
| Grade 8 | 32 | 19% | 28% | 34% | 19% | 47% | +1 |
| Grade 11 | 42 | 26% | 24% | 31% | 19% | 50% | +3 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 25 | 0% | 36% | 28% | 36% | 36% | −10 |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 6% | 20% | 29% | 46% | 26% | −16 |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 0% | 24% | 8% | 68% | 24% | −11 |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 11% | 0% | 24% | 66% | 11% | −24 |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 3% | 7% | 17% | 73% | 10% | −24 |
| Grade 8 | 32 | 9% | 16% | 28% | 47% | 25% | −7 |
| Grade 11 | 42 | 12% | 12% | 19% | 57% | 24% | +0 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 106 | 8% | 32% | 56% | 4% |
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 | 127 | 30.7% | +1 | −8 |
| White | 159 | 36.5% | +2 | −25 |
| Students with Disabilities | 27 | 7.4% | −2 | −10 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Oaks ← | — | 26 | 4.7% | 29.4% | −8.0 | 0.2% |
| Calaveras Unified Alternative-Sierra Hills Educati | 1.7 mi | 37 | 3.1% | 18.8% | — | 1.8% |
| San Andreas Elementary | 1.1 mi | 25 | 6.0% | 21.7% | −16.1 | 4.8% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 45 | 57 | #2364 | 16.2% | 30.2% | 3.8% | 0.0% | +5.3pp |
| 2022 | 52 | 79 | #1215 | 13.3% | 32.9% | 5.1% | 0.2% | +20.0pp |
| 2023 | 37 | 44 | #3177 | 13.7% | 33.1% | 6.6% | 0.0% | -3.5pp |
| 2024 | 31 | 20 | #4602 | 7.2% | 18.8% | 6.7% | 0.3% | -5.2pp |
| 2025 | 26 | 9 | #5215 | 4.7% | 29.4% | 4.1% | 0.2% | -8.0pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 3.1% | 1.2% | -1.9pp |
| Male | 4.3% | 2.3% | -2.0pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 4.9% | 5.2% | +0.3pp |
| Two or More Races | 2.2% | 0.0% | -2.2pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 5.3% | 1.6% | -3.7pp |
| Foster Youth | 0.0% | — | — |
| Homeless | 0.0% | — | — |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 5.9% | 2.3% | -3.6pp |
| All Students | 3.7% | 1.7% | -2.0pp |
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