Public school · Downey Unified · Downey, California

Old River Elementary

Downey · 4–5 · 540 students (2024–25)

11995 Old River School Road, 90242(562) 904-3561

Well above California in English and math: 63% and 55% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 4 and 5, spring 2026, against 47% and 40%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 4 and 5: 587 in English, 588 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 817,970 in English and 819,757 in math tested).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

Old River Elementary has no 2026 Scope Score.

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Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Downey Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

How many students reached the top test level here?

In grades 4 and 5, spring 2026, 32% scored Advanced in English (reading and writing) and 26% in math. 37% scored below the standard in English and 45% in math. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

19 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26 (116 of 614), meaning they missed 10% or more of school days. 0.3% of students (2 of 623) were suspended at least once in 2025–26. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 4 and 5, spring 2026, 63% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 55% in math, against 47% and 40% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 4 and 5: 587 in English, 588 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 817,970 in English, 819,757 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 4 and 5 · spring 2026 · 587 tested

Advanced
32%
Proficient
31%
Below the standard
37%
This school63%
California47%
Downey Unified55%

63% Proficient or Advanced in grades 4 and 5.

Math

Grades 4 and 5 · spring 2026 · 588 tested

Advanced
26%
Proficient
29%
Below the standard
45%
This school55%
California40%
Downey Unified46%

55% Proficient or Advanced in grades 4 and 5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 4 and 5 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 4 and 5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced60%66%
Advanced34%30%
Proficient26%36%
Developing level20%18%
Minimal20%16%
Tested305282

Math

Math, grades 4 and 5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced58%52%
Advanced26%26%
Proficient32%26%
Developing level24%24%
Minimal18%24%
Tested305283

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 →

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were higher than in 2025. English went from 56% to 63% and math from 45% to 55%.

English · top two levels · grades 4 and 5

202556%542 tested
→
202663%587 tested

This school

California, same grades47% → 47%2025 → 2026 · 826,162 → 817,970 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 4 and 5

202545%543 tested
→
202655%588 tested

This school

California, same grades39% → 40%2025 → 2026 · 832,484 → 819,757 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, about as expected; in math, below what the state 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 and 5 scored −1 point against that expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored −6 points, which it calls Moderate.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4 and 5: 513
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 and 5 · 2025 · 513 students with scores in both years

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

−1 pts

English

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

−6 pts

Math

The state calls it Moderate, the second 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 4 and 5 · This school32%31%19%18%587
English, grades 4 and 5 · California24%23%20%33%817,970
English, grades 4 and 5 · Downey Unified28%27%21%24%2,945
Math, grades 4 and 5 · This school26%29%24%21%588
Math, grades 4 and 5 · California21%19%26%34%819,757
Math, grades 4 and 5 · Downey Unified22%24%28%26%2,946

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

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 4 and 5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202663%47%
Math top two levels, grades 4 and 5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202655%40%

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

2026 was the highest 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 4 and 5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201754%
705 tested		46%
932,457 tested
201854%
714 tested		49%
912,700 tested
201956%
663 tested		51%
889,887 tested
202250%
599 tested		46%
847,522 tested
202350%
651 tested		45%
837,511 tested
202454%
580 tested		46%
831,920 tested
202556%
542 tested		47%
826,162 tested
202663%
587 tested		47%
817,970 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 4 and 5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201737%
709 tested		37%
937,195 tested
201841%
718 tested		39%
916,106 tested
201946%
666 tested		41%
893,759 tested
202235%
600 tested		35%
850,624 tested
202339%
659 tested		37%
843,024 tested
202447%
588 tested		38%
840,680 tested
202545%
543 tested		39%
832,484 tested
202655%
588 tested		40%
819,757 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 1 point below that expected score, and in math 6 points below 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 Old River’s results?

Downey Unified’s board decides Old River’s plan.

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

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Downey Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Downey Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

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

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Downey Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

19 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. 0.3% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 116 of 614 students counted for it; suspension: 2 of 623 students enrolled during the year

Chronically absent, 2025–26

19 in 100This school

116 of 614 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.3%

of students were suspended at least once (2 of 623).

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

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Old River

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 Downey Unified’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups here scored well above the same groups across California in math.

Student groups, grades 4 and 5, spring 2026

Hispanic or Latino and low-income students and English learners all score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 53% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 4 and 5, spring 2026), against 28% for the same group across California. The chart gives each group’s figures. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 4 and 5; 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).
Old RiverSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • Hispanic or Latino524 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 53%Same group, California 28%
  • Low-income458 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 51%Same group, California 28%
  • English learners64 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 28%Same group, California 12%
  • Students with disabilities99 tested19%Same group, California 15%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 4 and 5 math, spring 2026. In English the same groups run from 20% to 62%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 89%2. White: 5%3. Black or African American: 2%Unallocated share: 4%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino89%
  2. White5%
  3. Black or African American2%
  4. Asian—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share4%
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?

82% 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 · 66 of 80 English learners82%
Downey Unified · 1,088 of 1,82260%
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?

81%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 436 of 540. California: 63%.

20teachers, 2024–25

15 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

91%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino students and other student groups on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 4 and 5 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Downey Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 458 tested
English59%+851%+2237%
Math51%+942%+2328%
Hispanic or Latino · 523 tested in English, 524 in math
English62%+854%+2537%
Math53%+845%+2528%
English learners · 61 tested in English, 64 in math
English20%+119%+713%
Math28%+919%+1612%
Students with disabilities · 99 tested
English27%+1017%+918%
Math19%+316%+415%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Downey Unified, 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.

White students: fewer than 30 tested here. 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
Hispanic or Latino89%
White5%
Black or African American2%
Asian—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
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: 91% of teaching positions, 20 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 22 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Old River, and how do I get in?

  1. Elementary · this school
    Old River Elementary
    Grades 4–5
  2. Middle
    Stauffer (Mary R.) Middle
    65th · Solid · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  3. High
    Warren (Earl) High
    70th · Solid · 2025Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment 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

Elementary links

  • Garcia (John A.) Elementary

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

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

  • Williams (Spencer V.) Elementary

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

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

  • Ward (E. W.) Elementary

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

    67th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

    49% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

Middle-school links

  • Stauffer (Mary R.) Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    65th percentile · Solid · middle · 2026

  • Sussman (Edward A.) Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    53rd percentile · Solid · middle · 2026

  • Griffiths (Gordon) Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    77th percentile · Strong · middle · 2026

High-school links

  • Warren (Earl) High

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

    70th percentile · Solid · high · 2025

    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 the path ends: Warren (Earl) High
Warren (Earl) High70th · Solid · 2025 · Scope Score 63historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Warren (Earl) High. UC records 50 enrollees from Warren (Earl) High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 27 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Warren (Earl) High around 2031, and a school can change a lot in 5 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 54% of the students who finished high school at Warren (Earl) High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

50 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 27 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Warren (Earl) High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Downey Unified which school serves your address.

Office: (562) 904-3561Administrator: Caryn Jasich

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
11995 Old River School Road, Downey 90242

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Downey Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  3. How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino students and other student groups on track as they move up through the grades?
  4. How do you teach early reading and check each child’s progress?
  5. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (562) 904-356111995 Old River School 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 schoolsStatewide percentile

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

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

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

CDE assessment recordsCDE CAASPP 2026 · every level, as published · raw grade–subject rows

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

All Grades is an aggregate, not another group of students. Same-year grade groups are not matched children. 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.

CDE CAASPP test year 2026 · all-students reporting group · publisher grade–subject records.
Grade · subjectStudents tested with scoresProficient or AdvancedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalMean scale score
Grade 4 · ELA · 202630560%34.43%25.57%20%20%2491.1
Grade 5 · ELA · 202628265.96%29.79%36.17%18.09%15.96%2533.1
All Grades · ELA · 202658762.86%32.2%30.66%19.08%18.06%not on file
Grade 4 · Math · 202630557.7%25.57%32.13%24.26%18.03%2488.4
Grade 5 · Math · 202628351.94%25.8%26.15%24.38%23.67%2522.3
All Grades · Math · 202658854.93%25.68%29.25%24.32%20.75%not on file

CDE CAASPP 2026: 4 individual grade–subject records; 4 records with a positive known tested count.

0 grade–subject counts unavailable; 0 grade–subject attainment rates unavailable.

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 · English58732%63%
2026 · Math58826%55%
2025 · English54229%56%
2025 · Math54321%45%
2024 · English58025%54%
2024 · Math58824%47%
2023 · English65123%50%
2023 · Math65917%39%
2022 · English59924%50%
2022 · Math60015%35%
2019 · English66326%56%
2019 · Math66618%46%
2018 · English71427%54%
2018 · Math71817%41%
2017 · English70524%54%
2017 · Math70914%37%

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 4 · English26459%
2025 · Grade 5 · English27854%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math26351%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math28040%
2024 · Grade 4 · English25854%
2024 · Grade 5 · English32254%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math26253%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math32643%
2023 · Grade 4 · English30750%
2023 · Grade 5 · English34449%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math31343%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math34635%
2022 · Grade 4 · English30248%
2022 · Grade 5 · English29752%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math30236%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math29835%
2019 · Grade 4 · English30151%
2019 · Grade 5 · English36260%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math30440%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math36250%
2018 · Grade 4 · English35456%
2018 · Grade 5 · English36052%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math35546%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math36335%
2017 · Grade 4 · English35257%
2017 · Grade 5 · English35352%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math35338%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math35635%

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
Schoolwide28317%28%49%7%

CAST is California’s science test, reported apart from English and math.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advanced
Low-income45859%
Hispanic or Latino52362%
Students with disabilities9927%

Shown as reported, with no comparison.

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 · 19 in 100 · +1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.6% (9 of 564) → 2025–26 · 0.3% (2 of 623) · −1.3 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26
Female4 in 10015 in 100
Male6 in 10022 in 100
Black or African American10 in 10036 in 100
Hispanic or Latino5 in 10019 in 100
White4 in 1003 in 100
Students with disabilities10 in 10025 in 100
English learners8 in 10023 in 100
Low-income6 in 10021 in 100
All students5 in 10019 in 100
Homeless—13 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students−1513Average−6513Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−2459Average−7459Moderate
Low-income−3416Average−8416Moderate
English-only students−1382not categorized−6382not categorized
English learners−2100Average−2100Average
Students with disabilities−1086Moderate−886Moderate
English learners only−653not categorized−153not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+447not categorized−147not categorized
White+131Average+1231Accelerated
Homeless−215Average−515Average
Black or African American+1512Accelerated+112Average

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score, not a percentage or percentile. All imported groups remain visible; a missing group has no imported record shown here. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4 and 5.

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

State model · English−1 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

513 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average.

State model · math−6 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

513 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. 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.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$14,339 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 22,216 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$572 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 540

Central federal expenditures attributed here$282 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 540

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,955 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 69%Instruction support 11%Student services 8%Administration 4%Buildings & maintenance 7%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$289,192,07568.70%69%
Instruction support$44,761,11510.63%11%
Student services$36,197,2498.60%8%
Administration$18,701,5874.44%4%
Buildings & maintenance$29,331,5786.97%7%
Other$2,775,8000.66%1%
Total$420,959,404100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $420,959,404 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$14,339 per pupil
2020$13,446 per pupil
2019$13,423 per pupil
2018$12,903 per pupil
2017$12,462 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 90242 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 90242 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$89,075
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)25%
ZIP-area population40,767
Median age37.7 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. See all schools in ZIP code 90242 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · staffing and finance name their own sources and years beside each figure · Data updated October 15, 2026.

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