Independent charter school · Pasadena Unified · Altadena, California

OCS - South — Rating & test scores

Altadena · TK–8 · 392 students (2024–25)

575 West Altadena Drive, 91001odysseycharterschool.org ↗(626) 209-5635

Applications close , at 10 pm.

Applying for 2027–28. From the school’s site ↗, read October 27, 2026.

How to apply ↓

51stpercentileSolid

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
36

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of four of the six elementary school 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

Near California in English (reading and writing) and math: 42% and 38% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, 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: 52
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”).

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Academic achievement ↓

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In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 29% of students tested in English scored Advanced, against 24% across California. 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; 1,208,894 in English tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Apply on OCS - South’s own application, by the dates its site lists. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. Evidence ↓

Is OCS - South a good school?

OCS - South scores higher than 51 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 51st percentile, Solid, spring 2026.

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 65 in 100 California middle schools we score (65th percentile, Solid, spring 2026)

Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 21 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 21 in 100 at the average Pasadena Unified elementary school. 3.0% of students (6 of 201) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (2)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, yes; in math, about as expected. In 2025, students here in grades 4–7 scored +16 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +3 points, which it calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 74 students in English, 73 in math

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?

Near California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 42% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 38% 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: 52
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 · 52 tested

Advanced
29%
Proficient
13%
Below the standard
58%
This school42%
California46%
Pasadena Unified50%

42% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 52 tested

Advanced
17%
Proficient
21%
Below the standard
62%
This school38%
California42%
Pasadena Unified45%

38% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–8 · 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 Advanced33%53%38%
Advanced33%42%14%
Proficient0%11%24%
Developing level17%0%29%
Minimal50%47%33%
Tested121921
California44%46%49%
Difference−11+7−11
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced60%60%suppressed
Advanced24%0%suppressed
Proficient36%60%suppressed
Developing level32%20%suppressed
Minimal8%20%suppressed
Tested25157
California48%51%49%
Difference+12+9—

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 Advanced50%53%19%
Advanced17%32%5%
Proficient33%21%14%
Developing level33%10%38%
Minimal17%37%43%
Tested121921
California47%42%37%
Difference+3+11−18
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced64%47%suppressed
Advanced28%13%suppressed
Proficient36%34%suppressed
Developing level16%6%suppressed
Minimal20%47%suppressed
Tested25157
California37%38%36%
Difference+27+9—

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 do the middle grades do?

Well above California in both subjects. In grades 6 and 7, spring 2026, 60% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 58% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 65th percentile (Solid) among California’s middle schools.

English

Grades 6 and 7 · spring 2026 · 40 tested

Advanced
15%
Proficient
45%
Below the standard
40%
This school60%
California49%
Pasadena Unified46%

60% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6 and 7.

Math

Grades 6 and 7 · spring 2026 · 40 tested

Advanced
22%
Proficient
36%
Below the standard
42%
This school58%
California37%
Pasadena Unified34%

58% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6 and 7.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were lower than in 2025. English went from 71% to 42% and math from 57% to 38%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202571%65 tested
→
202642%52 tested

This school

California, same grades46% → 46%2025 → 2026 · 1,232,086 → 1,208,894 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202557%63 tested
→
202638%52 tested

This school

California, same grades41% → 42%2025 → 2026 · 1,241,652 → 1,211,701 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, yes; in math, about as expected. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4–7 scored +16 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +3 points, which it calls Average.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4–7: 74 in English, 73 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 4–7 · 2025 · 74 students in English, 73 in math, with scores in both years

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

+16 pts

English

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

+3 pts

Math

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

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in English?

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 school29%13%16%42%52
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Pasadena Unified28%22%18%32%2,943
Math, grades 3–5 · This school17%21%27%35%52
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Pasadena Unified25%20%24%31%2,946
English, grades 6 and 7 · This school15%45%28%12%40
English, grades 6 and 7 · California19%30%23%28%832,685
English, grades 6 and 7 · Pasadena Unified19%27%21%33%1,963
Math, grades 6 and 7 · This school22%36%12%30%40
Math, grades 6 and 7 · California21%16%24%39%833,328
Math, grades 6 and 7 · Pasadena Unified20%14%22%44%1,953

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 20225 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2022–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20222024202642%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20222024202638%42%

2026 was the lowest year in this series in both subjects. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202257%
133 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202364%
135 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202461%
132 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202571%
65 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
202642%
52 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202246%
133 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202361%
135 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202459%
132 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202557%
63 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
202638%
52 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 16 points above that expected score, and in math 3 points above it.

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.

What you can do

Who can act on OCS - South’s results?

OCS - South’s own board decides its plan.

The state hasn’t placed OCS - South in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Where is its yearly plan?

Its 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

Pasadena Unified authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2033.

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2What the law requires, and what to ask

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 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

21 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. 3.0% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Context Close to the 21 in 100 at the average Pasadena Unified elementary school: a pattern across the district.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 42 of 196 students counted for it; suspension: 6 of 201 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 Pasadena Unified elementary school 1.1%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

21 in 100This school
21 in 100At the average Pasadena Unified elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

42 of 196 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

3.0%

of students were suspended at least once (6 of 201). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

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

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grades TK–3: not in the records we hold
  • Grades 4–6: 29 in 100, 22 of 75
  • Grades 7–8: 17 in 100, 4 of 23
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at OCS - South

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 ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questionsResponder en español

Every learner

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here: 42%.

Students, families and teachers

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 42%2. White: 25%3. Two or more races: 12%4. Black or African American: 9%Unallocated share: 12%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino42%
  2. White25%
  3. Two or more races12%
  4. Black or African American9%
  5. Asian—
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share12%
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.

Who are the families and teachers?

29%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 112 of 392. California: 63%.

20teachers, 2024–25

5 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

20%in their first year, 2024–25

100%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?

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino42%
White25%
Two or more races12%
Black or African American9%
Asian—
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: 100% of teaching positions, 15 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 15 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Apply on OCS - South’s own application, by the dates its site lists. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

Eligibility and entry grades
Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery
What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics
What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?
School website: odysseycharterschool.org ↗Office: (626) 209-5635Administrator: Sylvia Corona

Location and visiting

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575 West Altadena Drive, Altadena 91001

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm enrollment with the school.

Questions for your visit

  1. How does the school check what’s working in English? English: 71% in 2025 to 42% in 2026 here; California: 46% to 46%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  3. What happens before a suspension, and who talks with the family? 3.0% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (6 of 201 students); average Pasadena Unified elementary school: 1.1%

Office (626) 209-5635575 West Altadena Drive, 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.

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Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,800 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #12 of 17 in Pasadena Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math24%5242%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math41%4823%
Chronically absent21 in 100445%
Suspension rate3.0% (6 of 201)415%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)-13.1pp—not scored

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. The weights above add to 75%: the remaining 25%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2021–22 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–263651#2800California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

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)
2021–22not on filenot on file+5
2022–23not on filenot on file−7
2023–2420 in 1001.6% (6 of 378)+6
2024–2532 in 1001.8% (7 of 387)+6
2025–2621 in 1003.0% (6 of 201)−13

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).
Every tested year2019–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English9923%52%
2026 · Math9921%48%
2025 · English10137%67%
2025 · Math10027%53%
2024 · English18538%62%
2024 · Math18430%57%
2023 · English18933%70%
2023 · Math18931%60%
2022 · English15925%58%
2022 · Math15927%45%
2019 · English2343%61%
2019 · Math2232%55%

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 · English2167%
2025 · Grade 4 · English1656%
2025 · Grade 5 · English2882%
2025 · Grade 6 · English1741%
2025 · Grade 7 · English6—
2025 · Grade 8 · English1385%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math2162%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math1547%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math2759%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math1822%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math6—
2025 · Grade 8 · Math1369%
2024 · Grade 3 · English3944%
2024 · Grade 4 · English5171%
2024 · Grade 5 · English4264%
2024 · Grade 6 · English2040%
2024 · Grade 7 · English2580%
2024 · Grade 8 · English8—
2024 · Grade 3 · Math3954%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math5175%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math4245%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math1942%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math2560%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math8—
2023 · Grade 3 · English4969%
2023 · Grade 4 · English4154%
2023 · Grade 5 · English4569%
2023 · Grade 6 · English3882%
2023 · Grade 7 · English1694%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math4973%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math4149%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math4560%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math3858%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math1656%
2022 · Grade 3 · English4448%
2022 · Grade 4 · English4661%
2022 · Grade 5 · English4363%
2022 · Grade 6 · English2662%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math4448%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math4648%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math4342%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math2642%
2019 · Grade 3 · English2361%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math2255%

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
Schoolwide2811%32%54%4%

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: 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+1674Accelerated+373Average
English-only students+1564not categorized+262not categorized
Low-income+1231Accelerated+231Average
Hispanic or Latino+2329Exceptional−328Average
White+1924Accelerated+2124Exceptional
Students with disabilities+1216Accelerated+1116Accelerated

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 4–7. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+16 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–7

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–7

74 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +16 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+3 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–7

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–7

73 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: +3 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 4–7, 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 · 32 in 100 → 2025–26 · 21 in 100 · −11 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.8% (7 of 387) → 2025–26 · 3.0% (6 of 201) · +1.2 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—20 in 100—
Male—22 in 100—
Black or African American—29 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—28 in 100—
Two or more races—26 in 100—
White—12 in 100—
Students with disabilities—29 in 100—
English learners—31 in 100—
Low-income—25 in 100—
All students—21 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$15,197 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 15,313 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

District current expense · FY 2024–25$30,937 per ADA

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

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 45%Instruction support 14%Student services 9%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 25%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$178,401,21545.47%45%
Instruction support$53,400,34813.61%14%
Student services$34,423,2348.77%9%
Administration$27,760,6927.08%7%
Buildings & maintenance$96,453,97624.59%25%
Total$392,327,302100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $392,327,302 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$15,197 per pupil
2020$14,653 per pupil
2019$14,190 per pupil
2018$12,727 per pupil
2017$12,589 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 91001 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 91001 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$134,903
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)54%
ZIP-area population35,475
Median age46.3 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 91001 →

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  • No student group comparison is shown for this school this year: either no group had 30 or more students tested in each subject, or no same-grade district or state rate was available for its groups.
  • Its Scope Score is an elementary school score; results for its other grades are in these records.

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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