Public school · Coachella Valley Unified · Mecca, California

North Shore Elementary — Rating & test scores

Mecca · TK–6

96-100 70Th Avenue, 92254(760) 399-5137
20thpercentileNeeds Support

Top: Coachella Valley Unified’s other 14 scored elementary schools. Bottom: California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools by Scope Score, spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
23

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of five of the six elementary school measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 33% and 25% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 46% and 42%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 187 in English, 186 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).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

This rating covers grades 3–5. North Shore Elementary teaches TK–6: grade 6 results ↓

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127 of 488 students missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26, against 32 in 100 at the average Coachella Valley Unified elementary school.

Sources
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CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 488. District and California figures are averages of school rates (15 Coachella Valley Unified schools; 5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Coachella Valley Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is North Shore a good elementary school?

North Shore Elementary scores higher than 20 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 20th percentile, Needs Support, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 26 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 32 in 100 at the average Coachella Valley Unified elementary school. 1.4% of students (7 of 503) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

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How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 30% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at North Shore Elementary in Mecca scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2025 attendance boundaries, North Shore Elementary is zoned to Toro Canyon Middle. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Toro Canyon Middle: 4th percentile (Needs Support) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 Scope Score

Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 33% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 25% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 187 in English, 186 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 3–5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English, 1,211,701 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 187 tested

Advanced
11%
Proficient
22%
Below the standard
67%
This school33%
California46%
Coachella Valley Unified30%

33% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 186 tested

Advanced
9%
Proficient
16%
Below the standard
75%
This school25%
California42%
Coachella Valley Unified24%

25% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–6 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced31%29%38%
Advanced9%8%15%
Proficient22%21%23%
Developing level21%27%24%
Minimal48%44%38%
Tested646360
California44%46%49%
Difference−13−17−11
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced22%
Advanced9%
Proficient13%
Developing level29%
Minimal49%
Tested79
California48%
Difference−26

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 Advanced32%25%17%
Advanced8%10%10%
Proficient24%15%7%
Developing level25%34%30%
Minimal43%41%53%
Tested636360
California47%42%37%
Difference−15−17−20
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced13%
Advanced4%
Proficient9%
Developing level25%
Minimal62%
Tested79
California37%
Difference−24

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How does grade 6 do?

Well below California in both subjects. In grade 6, spring 2026, 22% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 13% in math, against 48% and 37% across California.

English

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 79 tested

Advanced
9%
Proficient
13%
Below the standard
78%
This school22%
California48%
Coachella Valley Unified33%

22% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Math

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 79 tested

Advanced
4%
Proficient
9%
Below the standard
87%
This school13%
California37%
Coachella Valley Unified21%

13% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school11%22%23%44%187
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Coachella Valley Unified10%20%22%48%3,479
Math, grades 3–5 · This school9%16%29%46%186
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Coachella Valley Unified8%16%27%49%3,485
English, grade 6 · This school9%13%29%49%79
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Coachella Valley Unified6%27%26%41%1,212
Math, grade 6 · This school4%9%25%62%79
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Coachella Valley Unified7%14%24%55%1,213

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

English and math results for the tested grades. These do not measure the experience in kindergarten or the early grades.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20261 tested year shown · Grades 3–5 are well below California. Grade 6 is also well below it

In grades 3–5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English was 33% in 2026. In math, it was 25% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · Proficient or Advanced · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202633%
187 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · Proficient or Advanced · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202625%
186 tested		42%
1,211,701 tested

What you can do

Who can act on North Shore’s results?

Coachella Valley Unified’s board decides North Shore’s plan.

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Coachella Valley Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Coachella Valley Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 
Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2What the law requires, and what to ask

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

26 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average Coachella Valley Unified elementary school, 32 in 100 were. 1.4% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 127 of 488 students counted for it; suspension: 7 of 503 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Coachella Valley Unified elementary school 1.8%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

26 in 100This school
32 in 100At the average Coachella Valley Unified elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

127 of 488 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

1.4%

of students were suspended at least once (7 of 503). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

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

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at North Shore

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

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

Student groups, grades 3–6, spring 2026

29% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 21% in math (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 37% and 30% for the same group across California. Low-income students: 30% in English and 21% in math, against 36% and 30% for the same group across California.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 3–6; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
North ShoreSame group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 260 tested30%Same group, California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 259 tested21%Same group, California 30%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 264 tested29%Same group, California 37%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 263 tested21%Same group, California 30%
  • English learnersEnglish · 160 tested9%Same group, California 12%
  • English learnersMath · 160 tested9%Same group, California 14%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 98%Unallocated share: 2%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino98%
  2. White—
  3. Asian—
  4. Black or African American—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share2%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

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

50% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 121 of 242 English learners50%
Coachella Valley Unified · 2,327 of 5,10946%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Ask: What extra help is there for Hispanic or Latino and low-income students, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–6 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Coachella Valley Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 260 tested in English, 259 in math
English30%+129%−636%
Math21%−122%−930%
Hispanic or Latino · 264 tested in English, 263 in math
English29%−130%−837%
Math21%−223%−930%
English learners · 160 tested
English9%−312%−312%
Math9%−211%−514%

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

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

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino98%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

Next steps

What comes after North Shore, and how do I get in?

Toro Canyon Middle, then Desert Mirage High.

Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary · this school
    North Shore Elementary
    Grades TK–6
  2. Middle · assigned
    Toro Canyon Middle
    4th · Needs Support · 2026
  3. High · assigned
    Desert Mirage High
    22nd · Needs Support · 2025

From the district’s 2025 attendance boundaries. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement: 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

High-school links

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 the path ends: Desert Mirage High
Desert Mirage High22nd · Needs Support · 2025 · Scope Score 47district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at Desert Mirage High. UC records 34 enrollees from Desert Mirage High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 16 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Desert Mirage High around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 58% of the students who finished high school at Desert Mirage High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

34 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 16 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Desert Mirage High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Coachella Valley Unified which school serves your address.

Office: (760) 399-5137Administrator: Elisa Gentry

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
96-100 70Th Avenue, Mecca 92254

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Coachella Valley Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school? 26 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (127 of 488 students); average California elementary school: 17 in 100
  2. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 67% in English and 75% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (187 tested in English, 186 in math); California: 54% and 58%
  3. When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?
  4. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working? 9% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grades 3–6, spring 2026 (160 students tested); the same group across California: 12%
  5. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (760) 399-513796-100 70Th Avenue, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #4,554 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #7 of 15 in Coachella Valley Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math10%3942%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math29%3923%
Chronically absent26 in 100365%
Suspension rate1.4% (7 of 503)525%
English learners: top level12%435%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)-4.0pp—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 80%: the remaining 20%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

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

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–262320#4554California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula
School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2025–2626 in 1001.4% (7 of 503)−4

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 year2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresAdvancedProficient or Advanced
2026 · English26610%29%
2026 · Math2658%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.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide605%22%58%15%

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-income26030%+1−6
Hispanic or Latino26429%−1−8
English learners1609%−3−3
Chronic absence by student groupState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—28 in 100—
Male—24 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—26 in 100—
Students with disabilities—39 in 100—
English learners—22 in 100—
Military families—20 in 100—
Low-income—27 in 100—
All students—26 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$16,179 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 17,299 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$25,961 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 64%Instruction support 11%Student services 11%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 8%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$238,337,99564.30%64%
Instruction support$40,089,12110.82%11%
Student services$41,699,21111.25%11%
Administration$20,366,2345.49%6%
Buildings & maintenance$30,148,1208.13%8%
Total$370,648,486100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $370,648,486 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$16,179 per pupil
2020$14,627 per pupil
2019$14,846 per pupil
2018$14,930 per pupil
2017$14,857 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 92254 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92254 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$48,272
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)4%
ZIP-area population11,333
Median age32.1 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 92254 →

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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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