Phoenix Elementary Academy Community Day: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
Phoenix Elementary Academy Community Day posts low test scores — and test scores are one lens among several. If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 15 | 6% | 8% | — | 29.3% | 10.5% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Phoenix Elementary Academy Community Day scores 15 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 1st percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “8% proficient” and call it done. Phoenix Elementary Academy Community Day deserves a closer read. The school sits in Fresno, where nearly all students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 1st percentile since 2019.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 8% of students meet the standard today, above the 0% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | — | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 6 | 7% | 8% | — |
| Grade | 2019 | 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | — | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The 4 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask what typically leads to a suspension, and what happens before it gets there.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Phoenix Elementary Academy Community Day in Fresno, 7.7% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 34.0% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Phoenix Elementary Academy Community Day trails its district average for low-income students by 26.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (5.9% Math proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 26 students tested.
11 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$14,010 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 28 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Frequently asked questions
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How does Phoenix Elementary Academy Community Day serve low-income and underrepresented students?
Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 59
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 4 | 14 | 14% | 0% | 14% | 71% | 14% | −31 |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 0% | 0% | 8% | 92% | 0% | −48 |
| Grade 6 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 8% | 8% | 17% | 67% | 17% | −25 |
| Grade 5 | 11 | 0% | 0% | 9% | 91% | 0% | −35 |
| Grade 6 | 11 | 0% | 0% | 9% | 91% | 0% | −35 |
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 26 | 7.7% | −26 | −31 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Elementary Academy Community Day ← | — | 15 | 5.7% | 7.7% | — | 10.5% |
| Morris E. Dailey Charter Elementary | 0.3 mi | 62 | 37.0% | 60.7% | −12.3 | 1.0% |
| Manchester Gate | 1.9 mi | 62 | 40.6% | 74.0% | −16.3 | 0.6% |
| Bullard Talent | 1.8 mi | 52 | 31.1% | 58.3% | −18.7 | 2.4% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | #5500 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 25.9% | 5.3% | — |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | #5699 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 17.9% | 10.1% | — |
| 2025 | 15 | 1 | #5699 | 5.7% | 7.7% | 29.3% | 10.5% | — |
- — Growth data isn't available — the state needs matched grades across years to compute it.
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 31 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 30.1% | 36.9% | +6.8pp |
| Black/African American | 30.8% | 46.2% | +15.4pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 30.0% | 30.2% | +0.2pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 24.0% | 48.4% | +24.4pp |
| Homeless | 62.5% | — | — |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 31.8% | 36.8% | +5.0pp |
| All Students | 31.1% | 36.2% | +5.1pp |
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