Northside Elementary: High scores, real growth, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.
Northside posts 24.5% exceeding the standard — versus 21.6% statewide — with climate numbers better than most. That doesn't make it perfect. It makes it worth a visit to find what numbers can't measure.
Northside Elementary scores 56 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 76th percentile of 5,230 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “53% proficient” and call it done. Northside deserves a closer read. The school sits in Cool, where one in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Northside's low-income kids hit 50.0% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding rises 9.7pp across grades; the floor rises 20.9pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated K-12 path based on district and proximity. Actual attendance zones may differ. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
Your other options
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
The community around it
Student demographics
Subgroups with fewer than 15 students are excluded for privacy. Gaps of less than 3 percentage points are not shown.
Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.
Subgroup Growth by Grade
Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 9.1pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.2pp.
Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Funding Breakdown
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
For the data nerdsEvery number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 30 | 20% | 27% | 17% | 37% | 47% | +3 |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 22% | 22% | 32% | 24% | 44% | −1 |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 30% | 38% | 19% | 14% | 68% | +20 |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 25% | 32% | 25% | 18% | 57% | +11 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 30 | 27% | 33% | 27% | 13% | 60% | +14 |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 19% | 33% | 31% | 17% | 52% | +11 |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 30% | 16% | 43% | 11% | 46% | +11 |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 25% | 25% | 39% | 11% | 50% | +15 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 37 | 11% | 35% | 46% | 8% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 22 | 50.0% | +13 | +12 |
| White | 95 | 54.7% | +11 | −7 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northside Elementary ← | — | 56 | 24.5% | 52.8% | +3.4 | 3.1% |
| California average | — | 44 | 21.6% | 42.9% | −3.0 | 1.7% |