Independent charter school · Chico Unified

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5554 California Street, Chico · 213 students · Grades K–8

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Scope Score 86

StrongScope Score · 86th percentile. Higher than 86 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

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 71% and 82% scored Proficient or Advanced, 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: 73
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).

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

Overview

Is Nord Country a good elementary school?

Strong. Nord Country is higher than most California elementary schools on test results, progress in English and attendance. Nord Country is lower than most on progress in math.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced8871%
Math, Proficient or Advanced9682%
English, Advanced7230%
Math, Advanced8741%

Progress in a year, 2025

English69+8 pts
Math24−6 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance952 in 100
Nord Country’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Chico Unified’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 41% of students tested in math scored Advanced, about twice California’s rate (21%). Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Nord Country’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
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 3–5. California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,211,701 in math tested).

In its own words

What does Nord Country say about itself?

These lines come from the school’s own website. They are the school’s description. They are not parent reviews or test results.

“To provide a quality education for students in a small rural school which provides a safe, respectful, nurturing and supportive learning environment.”
nordcountryschool.org (opens in a new tab), read October 23, 2026

Every line here is from nordcountryschool.org, read October 23, 2026.

Progress

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

In English, yes. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 8 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 6 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

+8

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

White92+9 points
Low-income23+7 points
Hispanic or Latino17+16 points
Students with disabilities16+10 points

Math

−6

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

By student group · students counted

White92−2 points
Low-income23−2 points
Hispanic or Latino17−6 points
Students with disabilities16−5 points

Grades 4–8, 2025, 115 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 8 points above that expected score, and in math 6 points below it.

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.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

0 of the 3 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Nord Country. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

4 elementary schools within 5.0 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Nord CountryScope Score 8686th
  2. ShastaNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8174th
  3. Blue Oak CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7022nd
  4. HamiltonHamilton Unified · by addressScope Score 7018th
Chico UnifiedA neighborhood school in another districtCharter

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer. 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%

3 of 4 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

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 Nord Country compare with schools like it?

Nord Country’s Scope Score is 86. 406 California elementary schools, counting Nord Country, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 88. Nord Country’s result is higher than 111 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 406

  1. Students from low-income families: 13%

    Scope Score 100Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 9%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 14%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 20%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 9%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

406 California public elementary schools where 9% to 21% 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 9% to 21% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Nord Country’s share. The count includes Nord Country. 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.

Over time

Have results changed?

English results were lower than in 2025; math results were higher. English went from 78% to 71% and math from 77% to 82%.

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

Grades 3–5. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202647%35%71%Nord CountryNord Country51%Chico UnifiedDistrict46%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202644%31%82%Nord CountryNord Country45%Chico UnifiedDistrict42%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Chico Unified’s line combines its 18 elementary schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. 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. Chico Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringNord CountryChico UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201735%47%45%55
201839%50%49%56
201951%52%50%67
202261%49%45%66
202364%49%44%69
202470%47%45%70
202578%50%46%74
202671%51%46%73
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringNord CountryChico UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201731%44%40%55
201834%45%42%56
201942%44%44%67
202252%40%38%66
202359%44%40%69
202473%44%41%70
202577%45%41%74
202682%45%42%73

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

English

71%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

7224130
Chico Unified51%California46%

Math

82%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

184141
Chico Unified45%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 71% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 82% 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).

How do the middle grades do?

Well above California in both subjects. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 78% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 47% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 79th percentile (Strong) among California’s middle schools.

English

78%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

10125325
Chico Unified56%California49%

Math

47%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

22312324
Chico Unified37%California37%

School pattern · grades 3–5 · spring 2026

Broad base
Most students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

What patterns mean

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 Advanced61%64%88%
Advanced30%16%44%
Proficient31%48%44%
Developing level35%24%8%
Minimal4%12%4%
Tested232525
California44%46%49%
Difference+17+18+39
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced92%47%94%
Advanced38%26%6%
Proficient54%21%88%
Developing level8%27%0%
Minimal0%26%6%
Tested241916
California48%51%49%
Difference+44−4+45

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 Advanced83%80%84%
Advanced30%40%52%
Proficient53%40%32%
Developing level17%20%16%
Minimal0%0%0%
Tested232525
California47%42%37%
Difference+36+38+47
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced62%42%31%
Advanced38%26%0%
Proficient24%16%31%
Developing level30%32%31%
Minimal8%26%38%
Tested241916
California37%38%36%
Difference+25+4−5

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 school30%41%22%7%73
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Chico Unified25%26%22%27%2,955
Math, grades 3–5 · This school41%41%18%0%73
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Chico Unified20%25%26%29%2,955
English, grades 6–8 · This school25%53%12%10%59
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Chico Unified21%35%22%22%2,847
Math, grades 6–8 · This school24%23%31%22%59
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Chico Unified20%17%28%35%2,842

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 73 tested in English, 73 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?

White students are the largest group here, at 82% of students. 4 of 207 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

2in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (4 of 207 students).

At the average Chico Unified elementary school: 16 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Students, 2024–25

213

students in grades K–8.

White 82%Hispanic or Latino 13%Two or more races 5%

Family income

15%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 32 of 213. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

10

teachers, with 13 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

90% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.5%

of students were suspended at least once (1 of 208). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grades 4–6
0 of 74 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
4 of 37 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.

Our records hold no figure for Grades K–3.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White82%
Hispanic or Latino13%
Two or more races5%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
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. 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: 8.9 of 9.9 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

White students here scored well above the same group across Chico Unified.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • WhiteEnglish · 106 tested75%California 61%
  • WhiteMath · 106 tested67%California 53%

75% of White students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 67% in math (grades 3–8, spring 2026), against 61% and 50% for the same group across Chico Unified.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–8, 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 3–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Chico Unifiedvs California
White · 106 tested
English75%+1461%+1461%
Math67%+1750%+1453%

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

No published rate here for low-income, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners, 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 tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Nord Country. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

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.

Answer the family questionsResponder en españolHow family answers work

The neighborhood

What is the area around Nord Country like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95973. They are not figures for the families at Nord Country.

Typical household income in a year

$92,813

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 95973.

Typical home value
$489,900
People who live in this ZIP code
39,031
Typical age
37.6 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
42%

What you can do

Who can act on Nord Country’s results?

Nord Country’s own board decides its plan.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Nord Country in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. 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 8 questions to Nord Country. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?6 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4–8, 2025 (115 students)
  2. How does this approach show up in an ordinary lesson?From its own words, on how it teaches.
  3. Which grades take part in these programs, and how often?From its own words, on programs.
  4. Which grades learn each language, and for how much of the day?From its own words, on languages.

Before you apply

  1. Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
  2. What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

Getting in

How do I get in?

Ask Nord Country how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Where it is

Where is Nord Country?

Address
5554 California Street, Chico 95973Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Amber HayesAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 27, 2024.

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 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Nord Country how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓

Is Nord Country a good school?

Nord Country has a Scope Score of 86. It scored higher than 86 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Strong, 86th percentile, spring 2026).

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 79 in 100 California middle schools we score (79th percentile, Strong, spring 2026)

See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 2 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 16 in 100 at the average Chico Unified elementary school. 0.5% of students (1 of 208) 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, yes. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 8 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 6 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 115 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 75% of White students in grades 3–8 at Nord Country in Chico scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 61% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $163,401 is planned for 8 funded actions in 2 goals. That’s 5% of its $3.2 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

What should I ask on a visit?

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

Its own plan

What does Nord Country’s own plan commit to?

$163,401 is planned for 8 funded actions in 2 goals. That’s 5% of its $3.2 million general fund budget.

$163,401

planned in the school’s own plan for 2026–27

The three largest actions in the plan

  • Reading Specialist$75,905
  • Classroom aides$42,190
  • Mental Health Support$30,573

These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 59 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

The whole plan: every goal, what it measures and what it pays for

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 59 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 91% of the money. The plan itself puts 93% of it toward staff.

  • Reading Specialist $75,905
  • Classroom aides $42,190
  • Mental Health Support $30,573
  • 5 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

2 of the plan’s 8 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

  • Reading $75,905
  • Math $2,948
  • Catch-up help $2,948

An action naming two of these appears under both.

Largest of these

  • Reading Specialist$75,905
  • Math Intervention Aide$2,948
For high-need students

It plans $129,880 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $173,837 and estimates it spent $210,125, $36,288 (21%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $39,924 (20%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Classroom aides, which went from $89,589 to $42,190.

Largest cuts

  • Classroom aides−⁠$47,399

Largest increases

  • Reading Specialist+⁠$2,727
  • Mental Health Support+⁠$1,085
  • Communication+⁠$487

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • Math Intervention Aide$2,948

Ask: What did Classroom aides pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $47,399 less?

What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grades 3–5 only: 71% in English and 82% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 170%74%up 4 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 156%67%up 11 pts
Chronically absentGoal 24 in 1002 in 1002 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 20.5%0.5%no change

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Reading Specialist · $75,905
  • Classroom aides · $42,190
  • Mental Health Support · $30,573
The full plan2 goals, 14 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($163,401).

Where does the money go?

77% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1All students will demonstrate growth towards meeting or exceeding standards in English language arts and math$125,31377% of action budgets

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $167,037 (−⁠$41,724) · p. 10 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Reading Specialist$75,905action 1.2 · p. 24 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Classroom aides$42,190action 1.3 · p. 24 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. LGL Assessments$4,270action 1.1 · p. 24 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Math Intervention Aide$2,948action 1.4 · p. 24 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Classroom aides−⁠$47,399$89,589 → $42,190 · p. 24 ↗
  2. Reading Specialist+⁠$2,727$73,178 → $75,905 · p. 24 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • LGL Assessments · $4,270 → $4,270 · p. 24 ↗unchanged
  • Math Intervention Aide · $2,948 · p. 24 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 7 measures · 3 quoted

  • CAASPP Data in ELA p. 10 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-2023 All Students: 66.19% met or exceeded standard …
    Target for year 3
    2025-2026 All Students: 72% will meet or exceed standard …
  • Internal audit of teacher assignments p. 12 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-2024 100% of teachers are fully credentialed and appropriately assigned
    Target for year 3
    2026-2027 100% of teachers are fully credentialed and appropriately assigned
  • Internal audit of adequate textbooks p. 12 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-2024 100% of students have access to textbooks
    Target for year 3
    2026-2027 100% of students have access to textbooks

4 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2 · Maintenance of Progress GoalNord Country School will use a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) in order to continue cultivating a…$38,08823% of action budgets

“Nord Country School will use a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) in order to continue cultivating a positive school climate and providing a safe and well maintained environment where all students and parents feel safe and connected” p. 15 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $36,288 (+⁠$1,800)

Largest funded actions

  1. Mental Health Support$30,573action 2.1 · p. 24 ↗
  2. Communication$4,487action 2.4 · p. 24 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Social/​Emotional Learning$2,778action 2.2 · p. 24 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Family outreach$250action 2.5 · p. 24 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Mental Health Support+⁠$1,085$29,488 → $30,573 · p. 24 ↗
  2. Communication+⁠$487$4,000 → $4,487 · p. 24 ↗
  3. Social/​Emotional Learning+⁠$478$2,300 → $2,778 · p. 24 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Family outreach · $500 → $250 · p. 24 ↗−⁠$250

How the plan measures it · 7 measures · 3 quoted

  • Internal Audit SIS Course access p. 16 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-2024 100% of students have access to a broad course of study
    Target for year 3
    2026-2027 100% of students have access to a broad course of study
  • School Attendance Rate @ P2 p. 17 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-2024 96.36%
    Target for year 3
    2026-2027 95% or above
  • CA Dashboard - Chronic Absenteeism Rate p. 17 ↗
    Baseline
    2023 6.1% - GREEN
    Target for year 3
    2026-2027 6% or below

4 more measures in the plan’s table.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 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
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #747 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #2 of 18 in Chico Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math36%6342%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math77%7623%
Chronically absent2 in 100705%
Suspension rate0.5% (1 of 208)585%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)+14.3pp—not scored

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. The weights above add to 75%: the remaining 25%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

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
2025–268686#747California 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−12
2021–22not on filenot on file+18
2022–23not on filenot on file−8
2023–246 in 1000 of 215−6
2024–254 in 1000.5% (1 of 215)+11
2025–262 in 1000.5% (1 of 208)+14

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 · English13228%74%
2026 · Math13233%67%
2025 · English13934%70%
2025 · Math13928%56%
2024 · English14031%71%
2024 · Math14033%59%
2023 · English13927%66%
2023 · Math13922%50%
2022 · English12324%59%
2022 · Math12318%47%
2019 · English10925%59%
2019 · Math10919%48%
2018 · English11020%50%
2018 · Math11021%45%
2017 · English10916%41%
2017 · Math10917%40%

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 · English2471%
2025 · Grade 4 · English2568%
2025 · Grade 5 · English2596%
2025 · Grade 6 · English2357%
2025 · Grade 7 · English2143%
2025 · Grade 8 · English2181%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math2475%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math2584%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math2572%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math2343%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math2110%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math2143%
2024 · Grade 3 · English2458%
2024 · Grade 4 · English2378%
2024 · Grade 5 · English2374%
2024 · Grade 6 · English2268%
2024 · Grade 7 · English2374%
2024 · Grade 8 · English2572%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math2488%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math2370%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math2361%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math2227%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math2357%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math2548%
2023 · Grade 3 · English2259%
2023 · Grade 4 · English2352%
2023 · Grade 5 · English2479%
2023 · Grade 6 · English2259%
2023 · Grade 7 · English2572%
2023 · Grade 8 · English2374%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math2277%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math2361%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math2442%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math2236%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math2548%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math2335%
2022 · Grade 3 · English2040%
2022 · Grade 4 · English2361%
2022 · Grade 5 · English2378%
2022 · Grade 6 · English2365%
2022 · Grade 7 · English2259%
2022 · Grade 8 · English1233%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math2055%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math2348%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math2352%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math2361%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math2241%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math128%
2019 · Grade 3 · English2255%
2019 · Grade 4 · English2442%
2019 · Grade 5 · English2157%
2019 · Grade 6 · English8—
2019 · Grade 7 · English1675%
2019 · Grade 8 · English1878%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math2255%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math2442%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math2129%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math8—
2019 · Grade 7 · Math1662%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math1867%
2018 · Grade 3 · English2245%
2018 · Grade 4 · English2030%
2018 · Grade 5 · English1443%
2018 · Grade 6 · English1839%
2018 · Grade 7 · English1776%
2018 · Grade 8 · English1968%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math2245%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math2020%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math1436%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math1839%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math1771%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math1963%
2017 · Grade 3 · English2133%
2017 · Grade 4 · English1533%
2017 · Grade 5 · English1937%
2017 · Grade 6 · English2060%
2017 · Grade 7 · English1844%
2017 · Grade 8 · English1638%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math2129%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math1533%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math1932%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math2050%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math1861%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math1638%

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
Schoolwide4127%41%32%0%

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
White10675%+14+14
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+8115Accelerated−6115Moderate
English-only students+8110not categorized−6110not categorized
White+992Accelerated−292Average
Low-income+723Accelerated−223Average
Hispanic or Latino+1617Accelerated−617Moderate
Students with disabilities+1016Accelerated−516Average

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. 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
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+8 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

115 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +8 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−6 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

115 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, 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 · 4 in 100 → 2025–26 · 2 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.5% (1 of 215) → 2025–26 · 0.5% (1 of 208) · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—4 in 100—
Male—0 of 98—
Hispanic or Latino—0 of 26—
Two or more races—0 of 11—
White—2 in 100—
Students with disabilities—1 of 19—
Low-income—2 of 41—
All students—2 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$13,999 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 11,911 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$17,653 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 62%Instruction support 9%Student services 12%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$125,195,76361.69%62%
Instruction support$18,945,9299.34%9%
Student services$25,387,15612.51%12%
Administration$12,543,6456.18%6%
Buildings & maintenance$19,421,4549.57%10%
Other$1,458,7180.72%1%
Total$202,952,664100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $202,952,664 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$13,999 per pupil
2020$12,801 per pupil
2019$13,350 per pupil
2018$10,215 per pupil
2017$10,157 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 95973 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95973 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$92,813
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)42%
ZIP-area population39,031
Median age37.6 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 95973 →

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