Public school · Encinitas Union Elementary · Encinitas, California

Ocean Knoll Elementary — Rating & test scores

Encinitas · K–6 · 479 students (2024–25)

77thpercentileStrong

The dots are California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
51

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six 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 above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 63% and 60% 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: 202 in English, 203 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. Ocean Knoll Elementary teaches K–6: grade 6 results ↓

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In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 33% of students tested in math scored Advanced, about one and a half times California’s rate (21%). Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources
The sentence above
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; 1,211,701 in math tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Encinitas Union Elementary which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Ocean Knoll a good elementary school?

Ocean Knoll Elementary scores higher than 77 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 77th percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 10 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 7 in 100 at the average elementary school in the Encinitas Union Elementary district. 1.2% of students (6 of 488) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (3)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

About as expected, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored 0 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored −2 points, which it calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 224 students in English, 223 in math

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 33% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at Ocean Knoll Elementary in Encinitas scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. 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 above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 63% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 60% 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: 202 in English, 203 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 · 202 tested

Advanced
31%
Proficient
32%
Below the standard
37%
This school63%
California46%
Encinitas Union Elementary71%

63% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 203 tested

Advanced
33%
Proficient
27%
Below the standard
40%
This school60%
California42%
Encinitas Union Elementary68%

60% 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 Advanced65%57%68%
Advanced42%26%27%
Proficient23%31%41%
Developing level12%23%15%
Minimal23%20%17%
Tested626971
California44%46%49%
Difference+21+11+19
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced58%
Advanced23%
Proficient35%
Developing level26%
Minimal16%
Tested77
California48%
Difference+10

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 Advanced68%65%48%
Advanced32%35%34%
Proficient36%30%14%
Developing level13%15%21%
Minimal19%20%31%
Tested636971
California47%42%37%
Difference+21+23+11
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced40%
Advanced21%
Proficient19%
Developing level26%
Minimal34%
Tested77
California37%
Difference+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.

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

How does grade 6 do?

Well above California in English; near it in math. In grade 6, spring 2026, 58% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 40% in math, against 48% and 37% across California.

English

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 77 tested

Advanced
23%
Proficient
35%
Below the standard
42%
This school58%
California48%
Encinitas Union Elementary74%

58% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Math

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 77 tested

Advanced
21%
Proficient
19%
Below the standard
60%
This school40%
California37%
Encinitas Union Elementary65%

40% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 62% to 63% and math from 56% to 60%.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

About as expected, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored 0 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored −2 points, which it calls Average.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 224 in English, 223 in math
Comparison
Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 4–6 · 2025 · 224 students in English, 223 in math, with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

0 pts

English

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

−2 pts

Math

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

Ask: How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?

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 school31%32%17%20%202
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Encinitas Union Elementary42%29%16%13%1,832
Math, grades 3–5 · This school33%27%16%24%203
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Encinitas Union Elementary40%28%19%13%1,837
English, grade 6 · This school23%35%26%16%77
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Encinitas Union Elementary34%40%18%8%658
Math, grade 6 · This school21%19%26%34%77
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Encinitas Union Elementary43%22%21%14%657

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 20178 tested years shown · English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202663%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202660%42%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 3–5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 74% in 2017 to 63% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. In math, it went from 70% in 2017 to 60% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201774%
242 tested
45%
1,384,680 tested
201866%
285 tested
49%
1,346,907 tested
201971%
310 tested
50%
1,332,547 tested
202264%
250 tested
45%
1,260,830 tested
202367%
239 tested
44%
1,247,801 tested
202459%
226 tested
45%
1,235,509 tested
202562%
217 tested
46%
1,232,086 tested
202663%
202 tested
46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201770%
244 tested
40%
1,392,040 tested
201868%
286 tested
42%
1,352,321 tested
201966%
310 tested
44%
1,338,625 tested
202261%
247 tested
38%
1,265,943 tested
202360%
239 tested
40%
1,256,519 tested
202456%
226 tested
41%
1,249,262 tested
202556%
216 tested
41%
1,241,652 tested
202660%
203 tested
42%
1,211,701 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

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 right at that expected score, and in math 2 points below 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.

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

10 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. 1.2% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Context Close to the 7 in 100 at the average elementary school in the Encinitas Union Elementary district: a pattern across the district.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 48 of 483 students counted for it; suspension: 6 of 488 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 elementary school in the Encinitas Union Elementary district 0.6%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

10 in 100This school
7 in 100At the average elementary school in the Encinitas Union Elementary district
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

48 of 483 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

1.2%

of students were suspended at least once (6 of 488). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Ocean Knoll

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 ↓

Teach here? Tell us Encinitas Union Elementary’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Student groups, grades 3–6, spring 2026

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).
Ocean KnollSame group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 98 tested33%Same group, California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 99 tested21%Same group, California 30%
  • WhiteEnglish · 138 tested78%Same group, California 60%
  • WhiteMath · 138 tested75%Same group, California 54%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 110 tested37%Same group, California 37%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 111 tested24%Same group, California 30%

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

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 50%2. Hispanic or Latino: 39%3. Two or more races: 8%Unallocated share: 3%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White50%
  2. Hispanic or Latino39%
  3. Two or more races8%
  4. Asian—
  5. Black or African American—
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share3%
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?

42% 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 · 31 of 73 English learners42%
Encinitas Union Elementary · 131 of 26649%
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 ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

37%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 177 of 479. California: 63%.

28teachers, 2024–25

14 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

7%in their first year, 2024–25

93%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–6 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Encinitas Union Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 98 tested in English, 99 in math
English33%−1043%−336%
Math21%−1536%−930%
White · 138 tested
English78%078%+1860%
Math75%+273%+2154%
Hispanic or Latino · 110 tested in English, 111 in math
English37%−1350%037%
Math24%−2044%−630%

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

English learners, 47 tested in English and 48 in math: no rate for grades 3 and 6 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. Students with disabilities, 40 tested: no rate for grades 3, 4 and 6 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. 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 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
White50%
Hispanic or Latino39%
Two or more races8%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
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.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 93% of teaching positions, 26 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 28 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask Encinitas Union Elementary which school serves your address.

School website: oceanknoll.eusd.net ↗Office: (760) 944-4351Administrator: Mariel Laughlin
910 Melba Road, Encinitas 92024

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Encinitas Union Elementary.

Questions for your visit

  1. How many K–2 students did screening find at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help?
  2. How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon? 10 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (48 of 483 students); average elementary school in the Encinitas Union Elementary district: 7 in 100
  4. Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?
  5. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (760) 944-4351910 Melba Road, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby elementary schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest elementary schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby elementary schoolsPercentile among California elementary schools, 2026

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,284 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #7 of 9 in Encinitas Union Elementary
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math32%6142%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math62%6523%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+77 scale-score pts5220%
Chronically absent10 in 100615%
Suspension rate1.2% (6 of 488)535%
English learners: top level10%415%

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
2025–265177#1284California 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)
2018–199 in 1000 of 692−1
2021–22not on filenot on file+2
2022–23not on filenot on file+7
2023–2410 in 1000.4% (2 of 509)+11
2024–2511 in 1000.8% (4 of 491)−6
2025–2610 in 1001.2% (6 of 488)−9

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 · English27929%62%
2026 · Math28030%55%
2025 · English29433%61%
2025 · Math29329%54%
2024 · English30733%62%
2024 · Math30732%57%
2023 · English31131%68%
2023 · Math31035%62%
2022 · English34329%64%
2022 · Math33832%61%
2019 · English38541%71%
2019 · Math38542%67%
2018 · English35841%68%
2018 · Math35942%67%
2017 · English31342%72%
2017 · Math31537%67%

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 · English6464%
2025 · Grade 4 · English7458%
2025 · Grade 5 · English7963%
2025 · Grade 6 · English7758%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math6462%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math7358%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math7951%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math7748%
2024 · Grade 3 · English7149%
2024 · Grade 4 · English7756%
2024 · Grade 5 · English7872%
2024 · Grade 6 · English8170%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math7155%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math7758%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math7854%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math8160%
2023 · Grade 3 · English7563%
2023 · Grade 4 · English8160%
2023 · Grade 5 · English8376%
2023 · Grade 6 · English7271%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math7559%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math8160%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math8360%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math7168%
2022 · Grade 3 · English8064%
2022 · Grade 4 · English8858%
2022 · Grade 5 · English8272%
2022 · Grade 6 · English9362%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math8066%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math8856%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math7962%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math9160%
2019 · Grade 3 · English9472%
2019 · Grade 4 · English12164%
2019 · Grade 5 · English9579%
2019 · Grade 6 · English7571%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math9471%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math12166%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math9562%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math7569%
2018 · Grade 3 · English11957%
2018 · Grade 4 · English9170%
2018 · Grade 5 · English7573%
2018 · Grade 6 · English7378%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math11963%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math9176%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math7666%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math7364%
2017 · Grade 3 · English9371%
2017 · Grade 4 · English7670%
2017 · Grade 5 · English7381%
2017 · Grade 6 · English7168%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math9377%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math7762%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math7468%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math7156%

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
Schoolwide7121%21%49%8%

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-income9833%−10−3
White13878%0+18
Hispanic or Latino11037%−130
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 students0224Average−2223Average
English-only students+7167not categorized+3166not categorized
White+9114Accelerated+8113Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino−987Moderate−1187Moderate
Low-income−1384Moderate−984Moderate
English learners−1948Moderate−1148Moderate
Students with disabilities−2039Moderate−1438Moderate
English learners only−2828not categorized−528not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−920not categorized−1720not categorized

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 4–6. 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
30%
exceeded standard · 49% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 71 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
27%
Advanced · 68% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 71 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 71 (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 · English0 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–6

224 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: 0 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−2 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–6

223 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −2 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, 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 4–6, 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 · 11 in 100 → 2025–26 · 10 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.8% (4 of 491) → 2025–26 · 1.2% (6 of 488) · +0.4 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female8 in 1009 in 100+1 in 100
Male9 in 10011 in 100+2 in 100
Asian6 in 100——
Hispanic or Latino14 in 10018 in 100+4 in 100
Two or more races0 in 1008 in 100+8 in 100
White5 in 1005 in 1000 in 100
Students with disabilities11 in 10014 in 100+3 in 100
English learners17 in 10023 in 100+6 in 100
Homeless53 in 100——
Low-income15 in 10018 in 100+3 in 100
All students9 in 10010 in 100+1 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$14,332 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 4,918 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$395 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 479

Central federal expenditures attributed here$80 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 479

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,974 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 66%Instruction support 10%Student services 7%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 11%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$54,599,55866.27%66%
Instruction support$7,886,8349.57%10%
Student services$6,119,6017.43%7%
Administration$4,847,6135.88%6%
Buildings & maintenance$8,934,26610.84%11%
Total$82,387,873100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $82,387,873 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$14,332 per pupil
2020$12,451 per pupil
2019$12,838 per pupil
2018$11,877 per pupil
2017$11,340 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

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 92024 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92024 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$158,507
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)67%
ZIP-area population50,617
Median age43.8 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 92024 →

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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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