OCCS:CHEP/PCHS: This school runs ahead of the state average. The bar itself is the harder conversation.
OCCS:CHEP/PCHS posts 46% meeting the standard against 43% statewide — ahead of most, with real headroom above the bar.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41 | 13% | 46% | — | 21.9% | 0.9% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
OCCS:CHEP/PCHS scores 41 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 46th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “46% proficient” and call it done. OCCS:CHEP/PCHS deserves a closer read. The school sits in Tustin, where two in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
OCCS:CHEP/PCHS's low-income kids hit 55.6% 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 seven-year arc
Slipped from the 83rd to the 46th percentile since 2019.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 46% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 47% | 36% | 47% | — | 58% |
| Grade 4 | 56% | 67% | 36% | 54% | — |
| Grade 5 | 72% | 36% | — | 43% | — |
| Grade 6 | 75% | 58% | 8% | 50% | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 87% | 50% | — | 46% | 91% |
| Grade 8 | 83% | 79% | — | 69% | 40% |
| Grade 11 | 76% | 81% | 58% | 76% | 81% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 35% | 39% | 50% | — | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 42% | 62% | 21% | 31% | — |
| Grade 5 | 39% | 28% | — | 27% | — |
| Grade 6 | 33% | 37% | 15% | 40% | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 58% | 36% | — | 25% | 45% |
| Grade 8 | 50% | 29% | — | 50% | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 22% | 23% | 19% | 13% | 38% |
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At OCCS:CHEP/PCHS in Tustin, 55.6% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 14.5% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. OCCS:CHEP/PCHS outperforms its district average for low-income students by 41.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (20.0% Math proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 27 students tested.
8 of 13 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Showing up, and staying in class
Grades 7–8 students miss school at roughly three times the rate of Grades 4–6 students (36.5% vs 10.9%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the upper grades.
Where the path goes
OCCS:CHEP/PCHS serves grades K-12 — students can complete their entire K-12 education here, with no school-to-school transitions.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.
$3,832 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 40% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 85
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 51
Nearby High Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 70
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
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 | 12 | 8% | 50% | 8% | 33% | 58% | +15 |
| Grade 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 13 | 8% | 23% | 54% | 15% | 31% | −16 |
| Grade 7 | 11 | 18% | 73% | 9% | 0% | 91% | +43 |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 10% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 40% | −6 |
| Grade 11 | 26 | 42% | 38% | 15% | 4% | 81% | +34 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 12 | 17% | 17% | 17% | 50% | 33% | −12 |
| Grade 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 13 | 8% | 8% | 38% | 46% | 15% | −20 |
| Grade 7 | 11 | 9% | 36% | 36% | 18% | 45% | +11 |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 10% | 15% | 20% | 55% | 25% | −7 |
| Grade 11 | 24 | 17% | 21% | 25% | 38% | 38% | +14 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 53 | 15% | 25% | 55% | 6% |
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 | 27 | 55.6% | +41 | +17 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCCS:CHEP/PCHS ← | — | 41 | 12.5% | 45.8% | — | 0.9% |
| Deerfield Elementary | 1.9 mi | 88 | 55.7% | 75.7% | +9.1 | 0.9% |
| Tustin Memorial Elementary | 1.7 mi | 85 | 60.7% | 88.3% | −0.1 | 0.7% |
| Peters Canyon Elementary | 3.2 mi | 82 | 53.1% | 73.9% | +6.9 | 0.1% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 62 | 83 | #960 | 22.4% | 48.6% | 16.1% | 0.0% | +14.4pp |
| 2022 | 39 | 59 | #2380 | 19.8% | 44.6% | 21.6% | 0.0% | -5.5pp |
| 2023 | 35 | 41 | #3381 | 11.1% | 38.5% | 25.6% | 0.1% | — |
| 2024 | 37 | 38 | #3538 | 14.6% | 38.5% | 25.1% | 0.6% | — |
| 2025 | 41 | 46 | #3105 | 12.5% | 45.8% | 21.9% | 0.9% | — |
- — Growth data isn't available — the state needs matched grades across years to compute it.
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 16.4% | 30.2% | +13.8pp |
| Male | 16.0% | 23.4% | +7.4pp |
| Asian | 10.2% | 17.5% | +7.3pp |
| Black/African American | 21.4% | — | — |
| Filipino | 7.1% | — | — |
| Hispanic/Latino | 18.1% | 27.9% | +9.8pp |
| Two or More Races | 22.0% | 25.0% | +3.0pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 23.8% | 28.6% | +4.8pp |
| English Learners | 42.1% | 31.3% | -10.8pp |
| Homeless | 30.8% | 54.5% | +23.7pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 23.8% | 33.1% | +9.3pp |
| All Students | 16.2% | 26.7% | +10.5pp |
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