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Oak Valley Elementary — Rating & test scores

595 Second Street, Buellton · 377 students · Grades TK–5

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Scope Score 79

SolidScope Score · 68th percentile. Higher than 68 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, above in math: 57% and 50% 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: 168 in English, 167 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 Oak Valley a good elementary school?

Solid. Oak Valley is higher than most California elementary schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced7357%
Math, Proficient or Advanced6950%
English, Advanced6727%
Math, Advanced6220%

Progress in a year, 2025

English52+3 pts
Math75+11 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance5414 in 100
Oak Valley’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 27% of students tested in English (reading and writing) scored Advanced, against 24% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Oak Valley’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; 1,208,894 in English tested).

In its own words

What does Oak Valley say about itself?

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

Open oakvalleyelem.buelltonusd.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 higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 11 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

English

+3

points higher 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-income61+3 points
Hispanic or Latino56−4 points
White33+9 points
English learners19+2 points
Students with disabilities12+2 points

Math

+11

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-income61+7 points
Hispanic or Latino56+7 points
White33+15 points
English learners19+5 points
Students with disabilities12+3 points

Grades 4 and 5, 2025, 99 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 above that expected score, and in math 11 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.

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.

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 56th 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?

0 of the 1 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Oak Valley. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

2 elementary schools within 4.1 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Oak ValleyScope Score 7968th
  2. SolvangSolvang Elementary · by addressScope Score 7550th
Buellton Union ElementaryA neighborhood school in another district

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

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

Schools like it

How does Oak Valley compare with schools like it?

Oak Valley’s Scope Score is 79. 605 California elementary schools, counting Oak Valley, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 76. Oak Valley’s result is higher than 447 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 605

  1. Students from low-income families: 51%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 51%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 52%

    Wedgeworth Elementary

    Hacienda Heights

    Scope Score 94Strong · 98th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 62%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 63%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 97th percentile

605 California public elementary schools where 51% to 63% 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 51% to 63% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Oak Valley’s share. The count includes Oak Valley. 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 higher than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 52% to 57% and math from 51% to 50%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202663%57%Oak ValleyOak Valley46%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202653%50%Oak ValleyOak Valley42%CaliforniaCalifornia

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

Each year’s results

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

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringOak ValleyCaliforniaTested here
201763%45%194
201860%49%205
201959%50%213
202238%45%170
202345%44%148
202442%45%159
202552%46%154
202657%46%168
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringOak ValleyCaliforniaTested here
201753%40%194
201849%42%205
201946%44%215
202232%38%170
202335%40%149
202431%41%158
202551%41%154
202650%42%167

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in English; above it in math.

English

57%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

22213027
California46%

Math

50%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

26243020
California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 57% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 50% 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 Advanced60%56%56%
Advanced25%30%26%
Proficient35%26%30%
Developing level12%27%23%
Minimal28%17%21%
Tested535461
California44%46%49%
Difference+16+10+7

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 Advanced57%56%40%
Advanced13%22%25%
Proficient44%34%15%
Developing level15%24%30%
Minimal28%20%30%
Tested535460
California47%42%37%
Difference+10+14+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 school27%30%21%22%168
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
Math, grades 3–5 · This school20%30%24%26%167
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 168 tested in English, 167 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 51% of students. 57 of 393 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

14in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (57 of 393 students).

At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

No district average: Oak Valley is the only regular elementary school we rank in the Buellton Union Elementary district with an attendance record.

Suspensions: 1.0% of students were suspended at least once (4 of 401). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

377

students in grades TK–5.

Hispanic or Latino 51%White 40%Not reported 3%

Family income

57%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 214 of 377. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

18

teachers, with 15 years of experience on average.

11% were in their first year.

87% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

58%

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 (18 of 31 students).

Buellton Union Elementary: 61%. 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 Latino51%
White40%
Not reported3%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Where these figures come from

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

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 17.3 of 19.9 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income students here scored well above the same group across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 97 tested49%California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 97 tested45%California 31%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 86 tested45%California 36%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 86 tested38%California 31%
  • WhiteEnglish · 67 tested70%California 60%
  • WhiteMath · 66 tested61%California 56%

49% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 45% in math (grades 3–5, spring 2026), against 36% and 31% for the same group across California.

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 Buellton Union Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 97 tested
English49%049%+1336%
Math45%045%+1431%
Hispanic or Latino · 86 tested
English45%045%+936%
Math38%038%+731%
White · 67 tested in English, 66 in math
English70%070%+1060%
Math61%061%+556%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Buellton Union Elementary, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

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, 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 and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Oak Valley. 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.

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Staff

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Oak Valley 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

40

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?

$13,491 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student. Buellton Union Elementary’s plan for 2026–27 covers $1 million.

$13,491

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$9,781
The school’s share of district office costs
$3,710
Of the total, from federal funds
$781
  • Oak Valley$13,491
  • 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 ↓

Buellton Union Elementary’s yearly plan

$1million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$877,344

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 3 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $1 million of $11 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Buellton Union Elementary Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27.

The neighborhood

What is the area around Oak Valley like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93427. They are not figures for the families at Oak Valley.

Typical household income in a year

$102,857

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 93427.

Typical home value
$867,500
People who live in this ZIP code
5,737
Typical age
40.4 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
41%

What you can do

Who can act on Oak Valley’s results?

Buellton Union Elementary’s board decides Oak Valley’s plan.

When the plan is set

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

Read the 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

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 Oak Valley 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 4 questions to Oak Valley. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What extra help do Hispanic students get, and how do you know it’s working?38% of Hispanic students scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (86 students tested); the same group across California: 31%
  2. 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 Oak Valley, and how do I get in?

Ask Buellton Union Elementary which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Oak Valley Elementary
    Grades TK–5Scope Score 79Solid · 68th percentile
  2. Middle
    Jonata Middle
    Scope Score 78Solid · 67th percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Jonata Middle

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

    Scope Score 78 · Solid · 67th percentile · middle · 2026

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

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where it is

Where is Oak Valley?

Address
595 Second Street, Buellton 93427Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Lisa MelbyAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 18, 2025.

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 Buellton Union Elementary which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Oak Valley a good elementary school?

Oak Valley Elementary has a Scope Score of 79. It scored higher than 68 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Solid, 68th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 14 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 17 in 100 at the average California elementary school. 1.0% of students (4 of 401) 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 higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 11 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 99 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 49% of low-income students in grades 3–5 at Oak Valley Elementary in Buellton scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Oak Valley Elementary's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Jonata Middle. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education’s School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement; confirm your address with the district.

  • Jonata Middle: Scope Score 78, Solid, 67th percentile among California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 results

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 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 #1,805 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math24%5242%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math54%5923%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+77 scale-score pts5220%
Chronically absent14 in 100545%
Suspension rate1.0% (4 of 401)555%
English learners: top level27%655%

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 year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267968#1805California 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)
2018–1911 in 1001.4% (6 of 444)+3
2021–22not on filenot on file+12
2022–23not on filenot on file−3
2023–2418 in 1000.3% (1 of 382)−27
2024–2518 in 1001.6% (6 of 386)−11
2025–2614 in 1001.0% (4 of 401)−11

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 · English16827%57%
2026 · Math16720%50%
2025 · English15425%52%
2025 · Math15425%51%
2024 · English15918%42%
2024 · Math15816%31%
2023 · English14822%45%
2023 · Math14913%35%
2022 · English17012%38%
2022 · Math1708%32%
2019 · English21333%59%
2019 · Math21519%46%
2018 · English20533%60%
2018 · Math20521%49%
2017 · English19436%63%
2017 · Math19424%53%

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 · English5155%
2025 · Grade 4 · English5951%
2025 · Grade 5 · English4450%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math5155%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math5956%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math4439%
2024 · Grade 3 · English5951%
2024 · Grade 4 · English4342%
2024 · Grade 5 · English5732%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math5951%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math4224%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math5716%
2023 · Grade 3 · English3946%
2023 · Grade 4 · English5638%
2023 · Grade 5 · English5351%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math3938%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math5639%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math5428%
2022 · Grade 3 · English6526%
2022 · Grade 4 · English5235%
2022 · Grade 5 · English5355%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math6535%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math5231%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math5330%
2019 · Grade 3 · English6558%
2019 · Grade 4 · English7247%
2019 · Grade 5 · English7671%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math6453%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math7239%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math7947%
2018 · Grade 3 · English7155%
2018 · Grade 4 · English7454%
2018 · Grade 5 · English6073%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math7155%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math7443%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math6050%
2017 · Grade 3 · English7459%
2017 · Grade 4 · English6167%
2017 · Grade 5 · English5964%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math7351%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math6256%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math5953%

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
Schoolwide6118%21%57%3%

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-income9749%0+13
Hispanic or Latino8645%0+9
White6770%0+10
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+399Average+1199Accelerated
English-only students+274not categorized+1074not categorized
Low-income+361Average+761Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino−456Average+756Accelerated
White+933Accelerated+1533Accelerated
English learners+219Average+519Accelerated
English learners only−214not categorized+814not categorized
Students with disabilities+212Average+312Average

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; 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
20%
exceeded standard · 51% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 59 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
26%
Advanced · 56% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 61 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 59 (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

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4 and 5

99 students

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+11 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4 and 5

99 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +11 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. 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; 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 · 18 in 100 → 2025–26 · 14 in 100 · −4 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.6% (6 of 386) → 2025–26 · 1.0% (4 of 401) · −0.6 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female13 in 10014 in 100+1 in 100
Male9 in 10015 in 100+6 in 100
Hispanic or Latino13 in 10012 in 100−1 in 100
Two or more races1 of 19——
White10 in 10015 in 100+5 in 100
Students with disabilities10 of 6213 of 63—
English learners14 of 976 of 60—
Low-income13 in 10019 in 100+6 in 100
All students11 in 10014 in 100+3 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$21,940 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 553 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$539 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 386

Central federal expenditures attributed here$242 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 386

District current expense · FY 2024–25$31,242 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 56%Instruction support 16%Student services 20%Administration 4%Buildings & maintenance 4%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$9,491,65056.13%56%
Instruction support$2,692,01115.92%16%
Student services$3,341,72419.76%20%
Administration$703,3044.16%4%
Buildings & maintenance$672,3493.98%4%
Total$16,909,320100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $16,909,320 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$21,940 per pupil
2020$20,231 per pupil
2019$18,315 per pupil
2018$20,154 per pupil
2017$18,065 per pupil
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 93427 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93427 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$102,857
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)41%
ZIP-area population5,737
Median age40.4 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 93427 →

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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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