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Nipaquay Elementary — Rating & test scores

7900 Civita Boulevard, San Diego · 378 students · Grades TK–5

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Scope Score 77

SolidScope Score · 58th percentile. Higher than 58 in 100 of the 5,726 California public elementary schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Near California in English (reading and writing) and math: 46% and 43% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, against 46% and 42%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 148 in English, 152 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).

Overview

Is Nipaquay a good elementary school?

Solid. Nipaquay is higher than most California elementary schools on test results and progress in math. Nipaquay is lower than most on progress in English and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced5546%
Math, Proficient or Advanced5943%
English, Advanced7028%
Math, Advanced5818%

Progress in a year, 2025

English29−3 pts
Math82+14 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance2124 in 100
Nipaquay’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100San Diego Unified’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

24 in 100 students (122 of 497) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That is one and a third times the rate at the average San Diego Unified elementary school.

Each bar is Nipaquay’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 497. District and California figures are averages of school rates (137 San Diego Unified schools; 5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Nipaquay say about itself?

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

Open nipaquay.sandiegounified.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, about the same. In math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored 3 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 14 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

English

−3

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income27−9 points
English learners16−20 points
Hispanic or Latino160 points
White15−5 points

Math

+14

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income27+9 points
English learners16+5 points
Hispanic or Latino16+7 points
White15+26 points

Grades 4 and 5, 2025, 39 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

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 3 points below that expected score, and in math 14 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.

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.

SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 54th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

5 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Nipaquay. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 1.6 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. ElevateCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 9094th
  2. BirneyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8790th
  3. ChestertonNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8071st
  4. JonesNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7968th
  5. San Diego Cooperative CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7759th
  6. NipaquayScope Score 7758th
  7. FletcherNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7229th
  8. CarsonNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7018th
San Diego UnifiedCharter

A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%75%0%25%50%75%100%

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Nipaquay compare with schools like it?

Nipaquay’s Scope Score is 77. 648 California elementary schools, counting Nipaquay, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 75. Nipaquay’s result is higher than 407 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 648

  1. Students from low-income families: 64%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 62%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 63%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 97th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 55%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 95th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 56%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 95th percentile

648 California public elementary schools where 55% to 67% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public elementary school we score where 55% to 67% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Nipaquay’s share. The count includes Nipaquay. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in both subjects.

English

46%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

36181828
San Diego Unified51%California46%

Math

43%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

36212518
San Diego Unified49%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 46% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 43% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3–5 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 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced38%42%60%
Advanced29%24%33%
Proficient9%18%27%
Developing level26%16%12%
Minimal36%42%28%
Tested555043
California44%46%49%
Difference−6−4+11

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 Advanced53%39%34%
Advanced23%10%23%
Proficient30%29%11%
Developing level14%26%25%
Minimal33%35%41%
Tested575144
California47%42%37%
Difference+6−3−3

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.

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, grades 3–5 · This school28%18%18%36%148
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · San Diego Unified28%23%20%29%23,989
Math, grades 3–5 · This school18%25%21%36%152
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · San Diego Unified27%22%23%28%24,080

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 148 tested in English, 152 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 36% of students. 122 of 497 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

24in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (122 of 497 students).

At the average San Diego Unified elementary school: 18 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Suspensions: 1.4% of students were suspended at least once (7 of 504). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

378

students in grades TK–5.

Hispanic or Latino 36%White 28%Two or more races 12%Black or African American 11%Asian 8%Filipino 3%

Family income

61%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 231 of 378. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

19

teachers, with 14 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

English learners

43%

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 (24 of 56 students).

San Diego Unified: 44%. 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 Latino36%
White28%
Two or more races12%
Black or African American11%
Asian8%
Filipino3%
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.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups at Nipaquay have test results. Each bar compares one group with the same group across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 77 tested36%California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 78 tested31%California 31%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 59 tested41%California 36%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 60 tested33%California 31%
  • WhiteEnglish · 45 tested51%California 60%
  • WhiteMath · 46 tested46%California 56%

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–5, 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 Advancedgrades 3–5 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs San Diego Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 77 tested in English, 78 in math
English36%−137%036%
Math31%−536%031%
Hispanic or Latino · 59 tested in English, 60 in math
English41%+437%+536%
Math33%−134%+231%
White · 45 tested in English, 46 in math
English51%−2071%−960%
Math46%−2773%−1056%

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

English learners: 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, 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families and staff can answer a short set of questions about Nipaquay. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Staff answers show once 5 people have answered.Until then this page shows no staff answers.
  2. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  3. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  4. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.
  5. Staff confirm a work email.Staff answers come only from people who confirmed an email address at San Diego Unified.

Families

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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  • Would you send your own child to this school?Yes · Maybe · No
  • Do you plan to work at this school next year?Yes · Not sure · No
  • Do you have the materials and supplies you need to teach?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • And 5 more questions.

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Nipaquay 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

74

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?

$19,822 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student. San Diego Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $505 million.

$19,822

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$12,819
The school’s share of district office costs
$7,003
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,387
  • Nipaquay$19,822
  • San Diego Unified elementary schools$22,085
  • 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 ↓

San Diego Unified’s yearly plan

$505million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$186million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

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 $505 million of $2.0 billion in total budgeted spending. Source: San Diego Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Nipaquay like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 92108. They are not figures for the families at Nipaquay.

Typical household income in a year

$103,884

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 92108.

Typical home value
$618,700
People who live in this ZIP code
26,790
Typical age
33.5 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
58%

What you can do

Who can act on Nipaquay’s results?

San Diego Unified’s board decides Nipaquay’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 Nipaquay 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 San Diego 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 San Diego 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 Nipaquay. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?24 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (122 of 497 students); average San Diego Unified elementary school: 18 in 100
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?3 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4 and 5, 2025 (39 students)
  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 Nipaquay, and how do I get in?

Ask San Diego Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Nipaquay Elementary
    Grades TK–5Scope Score 77Solid · 58th percentile
  2. Middle · by application
    Families choose by application
    1 options for this area: Taft Middle · district-published, source year 2026
  3. High · by application
    Families choose by application
    4 options for this area: Kearny Digital Media & Design, Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology, Kearny College Connections, Kearny Eng Innov & Design · district-published, source year 2026

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. A boundary doesn’t guarantee a place. Transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Taft Middle

    Option for this area, by application · district-published, source year 2026; no single school is assigned

    Scope Score 74 · Developing · 41st percentile · middle · 2026

High-school links

  • Kearny Digital Media & Design

    Option for this area, by application · district-published, source year 2026; no single school is assigned

    Scope Score 80 · Solid · 71st percentile · high · 2025

  • Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology

    Option for this area, by application · district-published, source year 2026; no single school is assigned

    Scope Score 79 · Solid · 68th percentile · high · 2025

  • Kearny College Connections

    Option for this area, by application · district-published, source year 2026; no single school is assigned

    Scope Score 83 · Strong · 81st percentile · high · 2025

  • Kearny Eng Innov & Design

    Option for this area, by application · district-published, source year 2026; no single school is assigned

    Scope Score 82 · Strong · 78th 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.

Where it is

Where is Nipaquay?

Address
7900 Civita Boulevard, San Diego 92108Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Michael GoodbodyAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated February 9, 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 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask San Diego Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Nipaquay a good elementary school?

Nipaquay Elementary has a Scope Score of 77. It scored higher than 58 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Solid, 58th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 24 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 18 in 100 at the average San Diego Unified elementary school. 1.4% of students (7 of 504) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, about the same. In math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored 3 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 14 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 39 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 36% of low-income students in grades 3–5 at Nipaquay Elementary in San Diego scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 11 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
11
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2024–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,359 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #60 of 137 in San Diego Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math24%5242%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math44%5123%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+77 scale-score pts5220%
Chronically absent24 in 100395%
Suspension rate1.4% (7 of 504)525%
English learners: top level14%465%

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 year2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267758#2359California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula
School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2025–2624 in 1001.4% (7 of 504)+2

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).
Every tested year2024–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English14828%46%
2026 · Math15218%43%
2025 · English9018%39%
2025 · Math9518%43%
2024 · English4518%44%
2024 · Math4626%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 · English4538%
2025 · Grade 4 · English4540%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math5038%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math4549%
2024 · Grade 3 · English4544%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math4641%

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
Schoolwide4420%23%41%16%

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-income7736%−10
Hispanic or Latino5941%+4+5
White4551%−20−9
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−339Average+1439Accelerated
Low-income−927Moderate+927Accelerated
English-only students+1222not categorized+2322not categorized
English learners−2016Moderate+516Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino016Average+716Accelerated
White−515Average+2615Exceptional

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. 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
18%
exceeded standard · 44% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 45 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
33%
Advanced · 60% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 43 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 44 (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−3 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

All students, grades 4 and 5

39 students

CDE simple estimate

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −3 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+14 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

All students, grades 4 and 5

39 students

CDE simple estimate

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +14 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, 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. 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 · 28 in 100 → 2025–26 · 24 in 100 · −4 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.2% (5 of 426) → 2025–26 · 1.4% (7 of 504) · +0.2 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—25 in 100—
Male—24 in 100—
Asian—5 of 40—
Black or African American—17 of 54—
Filipino—5 of 15—
Hispanic or Latino—35 in 100—
Two or more races—11 of 60—
White—14 in 100—
Students with disabilities—17 of 68—
English learners—30 of 87—
Homeless—10 of 15—
Low-income—32 in 100—
All students—24 in 100—

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$15,976 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 97,968 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$857 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 378

Central federal expenditures attributed here$530 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 378

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,967 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 63%Instruction support 12%Student services 12%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 7%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$1,223,482,46063.42%63%
Instruction support$225,845,21211.71%12%
Student services$233,097,57212.08%12%
Administration$95,033,7834.93%5%
Buildings & maintenance$141,086,5867.31%7%
Other$10,769,2860.56%1%
Total$1,929,314,899100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $1,929,314,899 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$15,976 per pupil
2020$14,540 per pupil
2019$14,457 per pupil
2018$11,416 per pupil
2017$11,708 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 92108 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92108 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$103,884
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)58%
ZIP-area population26,790
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 92108 →

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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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