Ocean Charter: Low-income kids here outscore the state by 19 points. But math slips between grade 3 and grade 5.
Ocean Charter posts numbers for its most vulnerable students that most schools don't reach overall. The trend line is the part worth a closer look.
Ocean Charter scores 44 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 58th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “47% proficient” and call it done. Ocean Charter deserves a closer read. It sits at the 58th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
The headline number: 56.8% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide.
As a charter, Ocean Charter enrolls by application, not address — the score reads the same, the enrollment path doesn't.
The story this school is actually telling
of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide.
math proficiency runs 54% in grade 3 against 31% in grade 5, while reading holds (50% to 56%). The state average rises by +4.5pp over the same span.
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 falls 12.3pp across grades; the floor rises 6.4pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. The school's 5th graders aren't posting a wider lead than its 3rd graders. One question worth asking on a tour: are the strongest students being pushed, or coasting? A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Ocean Charter's most underrated number
56.8% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask the principal what changes between grade 3 and grade 5. The trajectory is the thing a tour will tell you more about than a spreadsheet.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
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Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 79
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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
3 more gaps by subject
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
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 | 56 | 25% | 25% | 32% | 18% | 50% | +7 |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 28% | 25% | 16% | 31% | 53% | +8 |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 13% | 44% | 27% | 16% | 56% | +8 |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 25% | 45% | 18% | 11% | 71% | +24 |
| Grade 7 | 82 | 32% | 46% | 16% | 6% | 78% | +30 |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 26% | 49% | 19% | 6% | 75% | +29 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 56 | 16% | 38% | 23% | 23% | 54% | +8 |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 12% | 25% | 47% | 16% | 37% | −5 |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 13% | 18% | 45% | 24% | 31% | −4 |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 33% | 20% | 25% | 22% | 53% | +18 |
| Grade 7 | 82 | 39% | 27% | 21% | 13% | 66% | +32 |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 19% | 23% | 38% | 21% | 42% | +9 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 108 | 9% | 24% | 62% | 5% |
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 | 81 | 56.8% | +16 | +19 |
| White | 179 | 70.4% | +2 | +9 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 109 | 55.0% | +14 | +16 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Charter ← | — | 44 | 17.7% | 46.8% | −8.2 | 0.6% |
| Kentwood Elementary | 1.9 mi | 80 | 63.2% | 80.7% | −14.8 | 0.4% |
| Broadway Elementary | 2.2 mi | 78 | 64.0% | 82.2% | −6.2 | 0.1% |
| Mar Vista Elementary | 2.3 mi | 78 | 55.0% | 83.1% | −1.1 | 0.1% |
| California average | — | 43 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.