Independent charter school · Los Angeles Unified · Canoga Park, California

Multicultural Learning Center — Rating & test scores

Canoga Park · TK–8 · 496 students (2024–25)

53rdpercentileSolid

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
37

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

Below California in English (reading and writing), near in math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 37% and 34% 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: 158
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”).

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Academic achievement ↓

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On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 4–8 scored above what the state expected in English (+17 pts) and math (+20 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 4–8: 232 in English, 235 in math. 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?

Multicultural Learning Center is an independent charter, so you apply on its own application, not through LAUSD Choices. It sets its own deadline and lottery date. Find both on the school’s site or ask the office. Evidence ↓

Is Multicultural Learning Center a good school?

Multicultural Learning Center scores higher than 53 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 53rd percentile, Solid, spring 2026.

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 70 in 100 California middle schools we score (70th percentile, Solid, spring 2026)

Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 14 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 20 in 100 at the average Los Angeles Unified elementary school. 2.0% of students (10 of 489) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (5)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored +17 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +20 points, which it calls Exceptional.

  • Included in this measure: 232 students in English, 235 in math

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 29% of low-income students in grades 3–8 at Multicultural Learning Center in Canoga Park scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 37% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $7.2 million is planned for 25 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 61% of its $11.7 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead after 8th grade?

Multicultural Learning Center is an independent charter, so no next school is assigned from it by an attendance boundary. Families choose the next school and apply or register there. 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?

Below California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 37% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 34% 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: 158
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 · 158 tested

Advanced
16%
Proficient
21%
Below the standard
63%
This school37%
California46%
Los Angeles Unified46%

37% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 158 tested

Advanced
15%
Proficient
19%
Below the standard
66%
This school34%
California42%
Los Angeles Unified44%

34% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–8 · 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 Advanced30%42%42%
Advanced14%19%15%
Proficient16%23%27%
Developing level30%29%39%
Minimal40%29%19%
Tested574853
California44%46%49%
Difference−14−4−7
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced51%45%54%
Advanced15%14%24%
Proficient36%31%30%
Developing level17%35%24%
Minimal32%20%22%
Tested414941
California48%51%49%
Difference+3−6+5

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 Advanced40%31%30%
Advanced14%15%17%
Proficient26%16%13%
Developing level21%50%40%
Minimal39%19%30%
Tested574853
California47%42%37%
Difference−7−11−7
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced46%41%44%
Advanced20%24%34%
Proficient26%17%10%
Developing level25%37%29%
Minimal29%22%27%
Tested414941
California37%38%36%
Difference+9+3+8

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

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.

How do the middle grades do?

Near California in English; above it in math. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 50% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 44% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 70th percentile (Solid) among California’s middle schools.

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 131 tested

Advanced
18%
Proficient
32%
Below the standard
50%
This school50%
California49%
Los Angeles Unified47%

50% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 131 tested

Advanced
26%
Proficient
18%
Below the standard
56%
This school44%
California37%
Los Angeles Unified35%

44% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Have results changed?

English results were lower than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 46% to 37% and math from 38% to 34%.

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 4–8 scored +17 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +20 points, which it calls Exceptional.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4–8: 232 in English, 235 in math
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 4–8 · 2025 · 232 students in English, 235 in math, with scores in both years

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

+17 pts

English

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

+20 pts

Math

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

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 school16%21%33%30%158
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Los Angeles Unified23%23%22%32%108,229
Math, grades 3–5 · This school15%19%36%30%158
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Los Angeles Unified22%22%25%31%108,401
English, grades 6–8 · This school18%32%26%24%131
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Los Angeles Unified17%30%23%30%106,147
Math, grades 6–8 · This school26%18%30%26%131
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Los Angeles Unified19%16%23%42%106,060

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

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202637%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202634%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 37% in both 2017 and 2026. In math, it went from 23% in 2017 to 34% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201737%
142 tested
45%
1,384,680 tested
201833%
135 tested
49%
1,346,907 tested
201933%
128 tested
50%
1,332,547 tested
202224%
180 tested
45%
1,260,830 tested
202326%
153 tested
44%
1,247,801 tested
202429%
165 tested
45%
1,235,509 tested
202546%
151 tested
46%
1,232,086 tested
202637%
158 tested
46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201723%
142 tested
40%
1,392,040 tested
201828%
135 tested
42%
1,352,321 tested
201928%
128 tested
44%
1,338,625 tested
202215%
180 tested
38%
1,265,943 tested
202319%
150 tested
40%
1,256,519 tested
202430%
165 tested
41%
1,249,262 tested
202538%
151 tested
41%
1,241,652 tested
202634%
158 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 17 points above that expected score, and in math 20 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.

What you can do

Who can act on Multicultural Learning Center’s results?

Multicultural Learning Center’s own board decides its plan.

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

Where is its yearly plan?

Los Angeles Unified authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2027.

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source 

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?

14 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. At the average Los Angeles Unified elementary school, 20 in 100 were. 2.0% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 66 of 482 students counted for it; suspension: 10 of 489 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 Los Angeles Unified elementary school 0.2%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

14 in 100This school
20 in 100At the average Los Angeles Unified elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

66 of 482 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

2.0%

of students were suspended at least once (10 of 489). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Ask: When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grades TK–3: not in the records we hold
  • Grades 4–6: 9 in 100, 13 of 143
  • Grades 7–8: 15 in 100, 14 of 93
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Multicultural Learning Center

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 ↓

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino students here scored well above the same group across California in math.

Student groups, grades 3–8, spring 2026

38% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 3–8, spring 2026), against 28% for the same group across California. Low-income students scored below the same group across California in English.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 3–8; 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).
Multicultural Learning CenterSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 171 tested29%Same group, California 37%
  • Low-incomeMath · 171 tested27%Same group, California 28%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 247 tested42%Same group, California 38%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 247 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 38%Same group, California 28%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–8, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 88%2. White: 4%3. Not reported: 3%4. Black or African American: 2%Unallocated share: 3%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino88%
  2. White4%
  3. Not reported3%
  4. Black or African American2%
  5. Asian—
  6. Filipino—
  7. Two or more races—
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Pacific Islander—
  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. “Not reported” is different: it is a category in the state’s own count of students. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

36% 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 · 17 of 47 English learners36%
Los Angeles Unified · 24,781 of 47,33052%
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?

60%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 300 of 496. California: 63%.

23teachers, 2024–25

8 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

22%in their first year, 2024–25

56%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino students on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Los Angeles Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 171 tested
English29%−1241%−837%
Math27%−936%−128%
Hispanic or Latino · 247 tested
English42%+141%+438%
Math38%+335%+1028%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Los Angeles Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

Students with disabilities, 47 tested: no rate for grades 4–8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. 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, English learners 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 Latino88%
White4%
Not reported3%
Black or African American2%
Asian—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—

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: 56% of teaching positions, 12.8 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 23 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask Multicultural Learning Center how it admits students.

Applying to Multicultural Learning Center for 2027–28

  1. Multicultural Learning Center is an independent charter, so you apply on its own application, not through LAUSD Choices.

  2. It sets its own deadline and lottery date. Find both on the school’s site or ask the office.

How Choices, lotteries and waitlists work

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

Eligibility and entry grades
Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery
What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics
What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?
School website: mlccharter.org ↗Office: (818) 716-5783Administrator: Gayle Nadler
7510 DeSoto Avenue, Canoga Park 91303

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm enrollment with the school.

Questions for your visit

  1. How much of each day do English learners spend learning English, and how do families see their progress? 36% of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (17 of 47 students); California: 47%
  2. How does the school check what’s working in English? English: 46% in 2025 to 37% in 2026 here; California: 46% to 46%
  3. When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?

Office (818) 716-57837510 DeSoto 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 #2,645 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #319 of 581 in Los Angeles Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math16%4442%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math36%4423%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+85 scale-score pts6720%
Chronically absent14 in 100555%
Suspension rate2.0% (10 of 489)475%
English learners: top level6%355%

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
2025–263753#2645California 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)
2018–19not on filenot on file+28
2021–22not on filenot on file−2
2022–23not on filenot on file−3
2023–2418 in 1002.7% (14 of 510)+2
2024–2520 in 1000.4% (2 of 506)+3
2025–2614 in 1002.0% (10 of 489)+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 · English28917%43%
2026 · Math28920%38%
2025 · English28816%49%
2025 · Math29113%40%
2024 · English29115%37%
2024 · Math2919%28%
2023 · English26111%35%
2023 · Math2577%23%
2022 · English25812%33%
2022 · Math2586%19%
2019 · English25012%45%
2019 · Math25024%42%
2018 · English24815%45%
2018 · Math24825%43%
2017 · English23912%41%
2017 · Math23918%41%

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 · English5246%
2025 · Grade 4 · English5941%
2025 · Grade 5 · English4052%
2025 · Grade 6 · English4955%
2025 · Grade 7 · English3951%
2025 · Grade 8 · English4951%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math5242%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math5831%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math4141%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math5141%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math3944%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math5044%
2024 · Grade 3 · English6321%
2024 · Grade 4 · English4132%
2024 · Grade 5 · English6136%
2024 · Grade 6 · English3839%
2024 · Grade 7 · English5353%
2024 · Grade 8 · English3549%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math6438%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math4122%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math6027%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math3832%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math5321%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math3526%
2023 · Grade 3 · English4326%
2023 · Grade 4 · English6523%
2023 · Grade 5 · English4531%
2023 · Grade 6 · English5443%
2023 · Grade 7 · English3352%
2023 · Grade 8 · English2157%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math3923%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math6621%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math4511%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math5326%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math3324%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math2148%
2022 · Grade 3 · English7123%
2022 · Grade 4 · English5022%
2022 · Grade 5 · English5929%
2022 · Grade 6 · English3647%
2022 · Grade 7 · English2157%
2022 · Grade 8 · English2162%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math7120%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math5016%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math598%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math3523%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math2133%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math2232%
2019 · Grade 3 · English5016%
2019 · Grade 4 · English4330%
2019 · Grade 5 · English3560%
2019 · Grade 6 · English4236%
2019 · Grade 7 · English3776%
2019 · Grade 8 · English4363%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math5022%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math4330%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math3534%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math4224%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math3765%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math4384%
2018 · Grade 3 · English4520%
2018 · Grade 4 · English3946%
2018 · Grade 5 · English5133%
2018 · Grade 6 · English4556%
2018 · Grade 7 · English4365%
2018 · Grade 8 · English2560%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math4531%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math3941%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math5116%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math4533%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math4381%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math2576%
2017 · Grade 3 · English3447%
2017 · Grade 4 · English5431%
2017 · Grade 5 · English5437%
2017 · Grade 6 · English4450%
2017 · Grade 7 · English2442%
2017 · Grade 8 · English2941%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math3435%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math5426%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math5413%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math4473%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math2462%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math2962%

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
Schoolwide9410%22%61%7%

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-income17129%−12−8
Hispanic or Latino24742%+1+4
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+17232Accelerated+20235Exceptional
Hispanic or Latino+16202Accelerated+21204Exceptional
Low-income+14139Accelerated+20142Exceptional
English-only students+15111not categorized+15110not categorized
English learners+843Accelerated+2644Exceptional
Students with disabilities+439Average+2140Exceptional
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+1233not categorized+2534not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)+216Average+4715Exceptional

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. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. 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. 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
14%
exceeded standard · 21% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 63 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
15%
Advanced · 42% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 53 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 53 (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+17 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–8

232 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +17 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+20 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–8

235 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

California growth model, math: +20 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, 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 · 20 in 100 → 2025–26 · 14 in 100 · −6 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.4% (2 of 506) → 2025–26 · 2.0% (10 of 489) · +1.6 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—18 in 100—
Male—10 in 100—
Black or African American—0 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—14 in 100—
White—16 in 100—
Students with disabilities—14 in 100—
English learners—14 in 100—
Low-income—16 in 100—
All students—14 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$18,180 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 460,633 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

District current expense · FY 2024–25$29,292 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

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 52%Instruction support 17%Student services 12%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$5,655,379,38451.81%52%
Instruction support$1,791,152,34816.41%17%
Student services$1,344,873,23212.32%12%
Administration$763,652,7807.00%7%
Buildings & maintenance$1,099,649,06210.07%10%
Other$260,356,5952.39%2%
Total$10,915,063,400100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $10,915,063,400 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$18,180 per pupil
2020$16,355 per pupil
2019$15,793 per pupil
2018$13,247 per pupil
2017$13,549 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 holders1.7%

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 91303 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 91303 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$74,474
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)25%
ZIP-area population29,805
Median age33.5 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 91303 →

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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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