Public school · Coalinga-Huron Unified

Nell Dawson Elementary

1303 Sunset Avenue, Coalinga · Grades 1–3

Students, 2024–25

405

students in grades 1–3, as the state counted them.

No Scope ScoreNell Dawson Elementary has no 2026 Scope Score.

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grade 3, spring 2026: 28% and 32% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 44% and 47%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 3: 196
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 390,924 in English and 391,944 in math tested).

In its own words

What does Nell Dawson say about itself?

We haven’t read Nell Dawson’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open des.chusd.org (opens in a new tab)

Over time

Have results changed?

English results were similar to 2025; math results were higher. English went from 26% to 28% and math from 26% to 32%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grade 3. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202620%44%CaliforniaCalifornia28%Nell DawsonNell Dawson

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202621%47%CaliforniaCalifornia32%Nell DawsonNell Dawson

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now.

English, grade 3: share at the top two levels
SpringNell DawsonCaliforniaTested here
201720%44%192
201829%48%200
201929%49%218
202223%42%191
202325%43%204
202419%43%228
202526%44%196
202628%44%196
Math, grade 3: share at the top two levels
SpringNell DawsonCaliforniaTested here
201721%47%194
201826%49%201
201929%50%220
202219%44%191
202320%45%204
202419%46%228
202526%46%194
202632%47%196

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

28%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

4626199
Coalinga-Huron Unified24%California44%

Math

32%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

4919239
Coalinga-Huron Unified35%California47%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grade 3, spring 2026, 28% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 32% in math, against 44% and 47% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grade 3 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3 and 4: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4
Proficient or Advanced28%suppressed
Advanced9%suppressed
Proficient19%suppressed
Developing level26%suppressed
Minimal46%suppressed
Tested1966

Math

Math, grades 3 and 4: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4
Proficient or Advanced32%suppressed
Advanced9%suppressed
Proficient23%suppressed
Developing level19%suppressed
Minimal49%suppressed
Tested1966

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.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grade 3 · This school9%19%26%46%196
English, grade 3 · California24%20%23%33%390,924
English, grade 3 · Coalinga-Huron Unified8%16%28%48%295
Math, grade 3 · This school9%23%19%49%196
Math, grade 3 · California22%25%22%31%391,944
Math, grade 3 · Coalinga-Huron Unified9%26%18%47%295

Spring 2026, grade 3 combined: 196 tested in English, 196 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 86% of students. 67 of 442 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

15in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (67 of 442 students).

Suspensions: 0.9% of students were suspended at least once (4 of 446).

Students, 2024–25

405

students in grades 1–3.

Hispanic or Latino 86%White 10%

Family income

72%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 290 of 405. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

22

teachers, with 12 years of experience on average.

5% were in their first year.

95% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

31%

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 (28 of 91 students).

Coalinga-Huron Unified: 42%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino86%
White10%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 18.5 of 19.5 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino and low-income students scored below the same groups across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 163 tested25%California 33%
  • Low-incomeMath · 163 tested28%California 36%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 167 tested26%California 34%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 167 tested29%California 37%
  • English learnersEnglish · 44 tested7%California 15%
  • English learnersMath · 44 tested7%California 22%

26% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 29% in math (grade 3, spring 2026), against 34% and 37% for the same group across California. Low-income students: 25% in English and 28% in math, against 33% and 36% for the same group across California. English learners scored well below the same group across California in math.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grade 3, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrade 3 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Coalinga-Huron Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 163 tested
English25%+322%−833%
Math28%−432%−836%
Hispanic or Latino · 167 tested
English26%+323%−834%
Math29%−433%−837%
English learners · 44 tested
English7%+16%−815%
Math7%−1320%−1522%

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

White students and students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races 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.

Family and staff answers

What would staff tell you?

Staff in this district cannot yet answer a short set of questions about Nell Dawson. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  2. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

Staff

Staff can’t answer for this school yet

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Nell Dawson has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

3

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

Money

Where does the money go?

$12,163 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student. Coalinga-Huron Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $91 million.

$12,163

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$12,160
The school’s share of district office costs
$3
Of the total, from federal funds
$931
  • Nell Dawson$12,163
  • California elementary schools$20,288

The district and California figures combine their elementary schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 5,053 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

Coalinga-Huron Unified’s yearly plan

$91million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 5 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $91 million of $95 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Coalinga-Huron Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Nell Dawson like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93210. They are not figures for the families at Nell Dawson.

Typical household income in a year

$74,817

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 93210.

Typical home value
$266,400
People who live in this ZIP code
18,491
Typical age
36.4 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
13%

What you can do

Who can act on Nell Dawson’s results?

Coalinga-Huron Unified’s board decides Nell Dawson’s plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

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

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving Coalinga-Huron Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Coalinga-Huron Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

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 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 5 questions to Nell Dawson. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. How much of each day do English learners spend learning English, and how do families see their progress?31% 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 (28 of 91 students); California: 47%
  2. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?72% in English and 68% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grade 3, spring 2026 (196 students tested in each); California: 56% and 53%
  3. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Nell Dawson, and how do I get in?

Ask Coalinga-Huron Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Nell Dawson Elementary
    Grades 1–3
  2. Middle
    Scope Score 69Needs Support · 14th percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  3. High
    Scope Score 67Needs Support · 13th percentile · 2025Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school 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

  • Coalinga Middle

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

    Scope Score 69 · Needs Support · 14th percentile · middle · 2026

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

High-school links

  • Coalinga High

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

    Scope Score 67 · Needs Support · 13th percentile · 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: Coalinga High
Coalinga HighScope Score 67 · Needs Support · 13th percentile · 2025estimated path

An inferred path through a middle-school overlap points to Coalinga High. UC records 5 enrollees from Coalinga High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 8 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 Coalinga High, that would be around 2034, and a school can change a lot in 8 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 70% of the students who finished high school at Coalinga High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

5 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 8 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Coalinga High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Nell Dawson?

Address
1303 Sunset Avenue, Coalinga 93210Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Courtney GrewalAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 21, 2023.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 3 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Coalinga-Huron Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

How many students reached the top test level here?

In grade 3, spring 2026, 9% scored Advanced in English and 9% in math. 72% scored below the standard in English and 68% in math. See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

15 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26 (67 of 442), meaning they missed 10% or more of school days. 0.9% of students (4 of 446) were suspended at least once in 2025–26. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 8 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
8
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

CDE assessment recordsCDE CAASPP 2026 · every level, as published · raw grade–subject rows

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

All Grades is an aggregate, not another group of students. Same-year grade groups are not matched children. 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.

CDE CAASPP test year 2026 · all-students reporting group · publisher grade–subject records.
Grade · subjectStudents tested with scoresProficient or AdvancedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalMean scale score
Grade 3 · ELA · 202619627.55%8.67%18.88%26.53%45.92%2378.5
Grade 4 · ELA · 20266suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
All Grades · ELA · 202620226.73%8.42%18.32%25.74%47.52%not on file
Grade 3 · Math · 202619631.63%8.67%22.96%18.88%49.49%2386.7
Grade 4 · Math · 20266suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
All Grades · Math · 202620230.69%8.42%22.28%18.32%50.99%not on file

CDE CAASPP 2026: 4 individual grade–subject records; 4 records with a positive known tested count.

0 grade–subject counts unavailable; 2 grade–subject attainment rates unavailable.

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 · English2028%27%
2026 · Math2028%31%
2025 · English19612%26%
2025 · Math1948%26%
2024 · English2285%19%
2024 · Math2282%19%
2023 · English20410%25%
2023 · Math2042%20%
2022 · English1918%23%
2022 · Math1915%19%
2019 · English21811%29%
2019 · Math22010%29%
2018 · English20011%29%
2018 · Math2017%26%
2017 · English1929%20%
2017 · Math1943%21%

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 · English19626%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math19426%
2024 · Grade 3 · English22819%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math22819%
2023 · Grade 3 · English20425%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math20420%
2022 · Grade 3 · English19123%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math19119%
2019 · Grade 3 · English21829%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math22029%
2018 · Grade 3 · English20029%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math20126%
2017 · Grade 3 · English19220%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math19421%

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.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advanced
Low-income16325%
Hispanic or Latino16726%
English learners447%

Shown as reported, with no comparison.

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 · 23 in 100 → 2025–26 · 15 in 100 · −8 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.8% (8 of 439) → 2025–26 · 0.9% (4 of 446) · −0.9 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26
Female10 in 10014 in 100
Male10 in 10016 in 100
Black or African American4 of 8—
Hispanic or Latino10 in 10016 in 100
White4 of 735 of 42
Students with disabilities6 of 6021 of 80
English learners4 in 10017 in 100
Low-income11 in 10016 in 100
All students10 in 10015 in 100
Military families—3 of 20

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. 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$14,481 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 4,405 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$931 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 405

District current expense · FY 2024–25$23,084 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 56%Instruction support 11%Student services 11%Administration 9%Buildings & maintenance 12%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$53,382,54256.60%56%
Instruction support$10,174,46310.79%11%
Student services$10,114,36310.72%11%
Administration$8,313,7878.81%9%
Buildings & maintenance$11,410,33012.10%12%
Other$927,6610.98%1%
Total$94,323,145100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $94,323,145 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$14,481 per pupil
2020$13,127 per pupil
2019$13,147 per pupil
2018$12,698 per pupil
2017$12,650 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 93210 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93210 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$74,817
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)13%
ZIP-area population18,491
Median age36.4 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. See all schools in ZIP code 93210 →

Downloads and methodologyCSV · sources · corrections

Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · staffing and finance name their own sources and years beside each figure · Data updated October 15, 2026.