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Pioneer Elementary — Rating & test scores

8810 14th Avenue, Hanford · 518 students · Grades TK–5

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Scope Score 77

SolidScope Score · 60th percentile. Higher than 60 in 100 of the 5,726 California public elementary schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Well above California in English, near it in math: 57% and 44% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, against 46% and 42%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 223 in English, 225 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).

Overview

Is Pioneer Elementary a good elementary school?

Solid. Pioneer Elementary is higher than most California elementary schools on test results, progress in English and attendance. Pioneer Elementary is lower than most on progress in math.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced7357%
Math, Proficient or Advanced6044%
English, Advanced7431%
Math, Advanced5919%

Progress in a year, 2025

English63+6 pts
Math45+1 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance6112 in 100
Pioneer Elementary’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Pioneer Union Elementary’s other elementary schoolBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 31% of students tested in English (reading and writing) scored Advanced, about one and a third times California’s rate (24%). Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Pioneer Elementary’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
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).

In its own words

What does Pioneer Elementary say about itself?

These lines come from the school’s own website. They are the school’s description. They are not parent reviews or test results.

“has a rich history under its mission of providing rigorous instruction, support, and intervention in an enriching environment to foster student academic and social success.”
pioneerunion.org (opens in a new tab), read November 12, 2026

Every line here is from pioneerunion.org, read November 12, 2026.

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, yes. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored 6 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 1 point higher, which the state calls Average.

English

+6

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino109+4 points
Low-income90+4 points
White35+13 points
English learners21+17 points

Math

+1

point higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino109−3 points
Low-income90−1 points
White35+8 points
English learners21+17 points

Grades 4 and 5, 2025, 159 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

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 6 points above that expected score, and in math 1 point above 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.

SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 38th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

3 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Pioneer Elementary. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 4.0 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. MonroeHanford Elementary · by addressScope Score 8175th
  2. Meadow LaneLemoore Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 8073rd
  3. Jefferson AcademyHanford Elementary · by addressScope Score 7760th
  4. PioneerScope Score 7760th
  5. FrontierCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7654th
  6. Joseph M. SimasHanford Elementary · by addressScope Score 7551st
  7. RooseveltHanford Elementary · by addressScope Score 7337th
  8. LincolnHanford Elementary · by addressScope Score 7017th
Pioneer Union ElementaryA neighborhood school in another districtCharter

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer. A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%0%25%50%75%100%

7 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Pioneer Elementary compare with schools like it?

Pioneer Elementary’s Scope Score is 77. 620 California elementary schools, counting Pioneer Elementary, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 77. Pioneer Elementary’s result is higher than 294 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 620

  1. Students from low-income families: 51%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 51%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 52%

    Wedgeworth Elementary

    Hacienda Heights

    Scope Score 94Strong · 98th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 48%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 47%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

620 California public elementary schools where 44% to 56% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public elementary school we score where 44% to 56% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Pioneer Elementary’s share. The count includes Pioneer Elementary. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 59% to 57% and math from 48% to 44%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 3–5. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202662%58%57%Pioneer ElementaryThis school55%Pioneer Union ElementaryDistrict46%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202650%47%44%Pioneer ElementaryThis school42%CaliforniaCalifornia41%Pioneer Union ElementaryDistrict

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Pioneer Union Elementary’s line combines its 2 elementary schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other school. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. Pioneer Union Elementary’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringPioneer ElementaryPioneer Union ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201758%62%45%284
201859%66%49%294
201957%64%50%281
202254%54%45%232
202351%52%44%237
202461%59%45%244
202559%58%46%244
202657%55%46%223
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringPioneer ElementaryPioneer Union ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201747%50%40%284
201849%52%42%294
201949%55%44%281
202247%47%38%232
202347%48%40%237
202446%46%41%246
202548%46%41%244
202644%41%42%225

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in English; near it in math.

English

57%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

21222631
Pioneer Union Elementary55%California46%

Math

44%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

21352519
Pioneer Union Elementary41%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 57% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 44% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

How does math compare with English?

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, math trails English by 13 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 4 points across California. The grades 3–5 cards above give each subject’s share.

Results for each grade, spring 2026

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 Advanced63%51%59%
Advanced37%31%27%
Proficient26%20%32%
Developing level19%27%19%
Minimal18%22%22%
Tested607786
California44%46%49%
Difference+19+5+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 Advanced54%44%36%
Advanced21%17%20%
Proficient33%27%16%
Developing level26%41%37%
Minimal20%15%27%
Tested617886
California47%42%37%
Difference+7+2−1

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.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school31%26%22%21%223
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Pioneer Union Elementary28%27%21%24%500
Math, grades 3–5 · This school19%25%35%21%225
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Pioneer Union Elementary16%25%34%25%502

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 223 tested in English, 225 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 64% of students. 67 of 536 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

12in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (67 of 536 students).

At the average elementary school in the Pioneer Union Elementary district: 12 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Suspensions: 1.8% of students were suspended at least once (10 of 548). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

518

students in grades TK–5.

Hispanic or Latino 64%White 24%Two or more races 4%

Family income

50%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 260 of 518. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

28

teachers, with 16 years of experience on average.

4% were in their first year.

100% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

65%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (22 of 34 students).

Pioneer Union Elementary: 69%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino64%
White24%
Two or more races4%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 25.8 of 25.8 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino and low-income students here scored well above the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 115 tested48%California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 115 tested35%California 31%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 145 tested57%California 36%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 146 tested39%California 31%
  • WhiteEnglish · 49 tested65%California 60%
  • WhiteMath · 50 tested54%California 56%

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 57% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 3–5, spring 2026), against 36% for the same group across California. Low-income students: 48% in English, against 36% for the same group across California.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–5, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–5 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Pioneer Union Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 115 tested
English48%+543%+1236%
Math35%+431%+431%
Hispanic or Latino · 145 tested in English, 146 in math
English57%+255%+2136%
Math39%+138%+831%
White · 49 tested in English, 50 in math
English65%+659%+560%
Math54%+747%−256%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Pioneer Union Elementary, 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.

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, English learners, students with disabilities 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Pioneer Elementary. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Pioneer Elementary has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

47

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

Money

How much is spent on each student here?

$15,763 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student.

$15,763

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$11,992
The school’s share of district office costs
$3,771
Of the total, from federal funds
$397
  • Pioneer Elementary$15,763
  • Pioneer Union Elementary elementary schools$14,303
  • California elementary schools$20,288

The district and California figures combine their elementary schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 5,053 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

The neighborhood

What is the area around Pioneer Elementary like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93230. They are not figures for the families at Pioneer Elementary.

Typical household income in a year

$76,023

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 93230.

Typical home value
$345,000
People who live in this ZIP code
69,684
Typical age
33.4 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
17%

What you can do

Who can act on Pioneer Elementary’s results?

Pioneer Elementary’s own board decides its plan.

State support

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

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

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 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Pioneer Elementary. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What extra help do low-income students get, and how do you know it’s working?35% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (115 students tested); the same group across California: 31%
  2. How does this approach show up in an ordinary lesson?From its own words, on how it teaches.

Before you apply

  1. Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
  2. What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

Getting in

What comes after Pioneer Elementary, and how do I get in?

Ask Pioneer Elementary how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. No assigned next school.

Pioneer Elementary is a charter, so a student’s later schools follow the family’s home address, not this campus, unless the family applies elsewhere. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Pioneer Elementary
    Grades TK–5Scope Score 77Solid · 60th percentile
  2. Middle
    Pioneer Middle
    Scope Score 74Developing · 46th percentile · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Pioneer Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    Scope Score 74 · Developing · 46th percentile · middle · 2026

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.

Where it is

Where is Pioneer Elementary?

Address
8810 14th Avenue, Hanford 93230Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Sharon CronkAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated July 29, 2025.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Pioneer Elementary how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓

Is Pioneer Elementary a good elementary school?

Pioneer Elementary has a Scope Score of 77. It scored higher than 60 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Solid, 60th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 12 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 12 in 100 at the average elementary school in the Pioneer Union Elementary district. 1.8% of students (10 of 548) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, yes. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored 6 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 1 point higher, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 159 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 48% of low-income students in grades 3–5 at Pioneer Elementary in Hanford scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $12.1 million is planned for 13 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 47% of its $25.9 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

Its own plan

What does Pioneer Elementary’s own plan commit to?

$12.1 million is planned for 13 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 47% of its $25.9 million general fund budget.

$12.1million

planned in the school’s own plan for 2026–27

The three largest actions in the plan

  • Certificated Staff$9.1 million
  • Academic Supports$1.2 million
  • Special Education Community of Practice$799,738

These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 104 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

The whole plan: every goal, what it measures and what it pays for

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 104 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 92% of the money. The plan itself puts 99% of it toward staff.

  • Certificated Staff $9.1 million
  • Academic Supports $1.2 million
  • Special Education Community of Practice $799,738
  • 10 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

3 of the plan’s 13 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

  • Catch-up help $1.2 million
  • English learners $0.1 million

Largest of these

  • Academic Supports$1.2 million
  • Bilingual Community Liaison$83,557
  • English Language Development$26,989
For high-need students

It plans $1.8 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $1.7 million and estimates it spent $1.8 million, $0.1 million (6%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $128,583 (1%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is SEL Supports, which went from $487,185 to $327,481.

Largest cuts

  • SEL Supports−⁠$159,704
  • Additional Student Services−⁠$65,000

Largest increases

  • Student Support Positions+⁠$48,956
  • Certificated Staff+⁠$48,285

Ask: What did SEL Supports pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $159,704 less?

What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grades 3–5 only: 57% in English and 44% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 259%57%down 2 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 248%44%down 4 pts
Chronically absentGoal 413 in 10012 in 1001 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 42.5%1.8%down 0.7 pts

Goals 1 and 3 aren’t shown because they track other measures.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Certificated Staff · $9,132,227
  • Academic Supports · $1,181,017
  • Special Education Community of Practice · $799,738
The full plan4 goals, 30 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($12.1 million).

Where does the money go?

75% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2
G4

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Provide Conditions of Learning that provide all students access to the State Standards and a broad course of study$9.1 million75% of action budgets

1 funded action · 2025–26 plan: $9.1 million (+⁠$48,285) · p. 22 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Certificated Staff$9.1 millionaction 1.1 · p. 66 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Certificated Staff+⁠$48,285$9.1 million → $9.1 million · p. 66 ↗

How the plan measures it · 6 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 22 ↗.

Goal 2All students will make progress in meeting or exceeding grade level standards as measured by the California…$2.5 million21% of action budgets

“All students will make progress in meeting or exceeding grade level standards as measured by the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP)” p. 26 ↗

8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.5 million (−⁠$20,335)

Largest funded actions

  1. Academic Supports$1.2 millionaction 2.1 · p. 66 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Special Education Community of Practice$0.8 millionaction 2.7 · p. 66 ↗
  3. Student Support Positions$0.3 millionaction 2.6 · p. 66 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Bilingual Community Liaison$0.1 millionaction 2.2 · p. 66 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Additional Student Servicesunder $0.1 millionaction 2.8 · p. 66 ↗

3 more funded actions in this goal

  • Data Analyst · action 2.5 · p. 66 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • English Language Development · action 2.3 · p. 66 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Professional Development for Teachers in English Language Acquisition · action 2.4 · p. 66 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Additional Student Services−⁠$65,000$114,616 → $49,615 · p. 66 ↗
  2. Student Support Positions+⁠$48,956$280,803 → $329,759 · p. 66 ↗
  3. Academic Supports−⁠$24,265$1.2 million → $1.2 million · p. 66 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Special Education Community of Practice · $785,849 → $799,738 · p. 66 ↗+⁠$13,889
  • Bilingual Community Liaison · $78,878 → $83,557 · p. 66 ↗+⁠$4,679
  • Data Analyst · $45,336 → $46,019 · p. 66 ↗+⁠$683
  • English Language Development · $26,428 → $26,989 · p. 66 ↗+⁠$561
  • Professional Development for Teachers in English Language Acquisition · $500 → $662 · p. 66 ↗+⁠$162

How the plan measures it · 10 measures · 1 quoted

  • California Science Test, Dataquest p. 28 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 34.06% met or exceeded standard
    Target for year 3
    36.0% met or exceed standard.

9 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 3The District and each school will promote opportunties for parental input and engagement$45,000under 1% of action budgets

1 funded action · 2025–26 plan: $44,000 (+⁠$1,000) · p. 36 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Educational Partner Engagement$45,000action 3.1 · p. 67 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Educational Partner Engagement+⁠$1,000$44,000 → $45,000 · p. 67 ↗

How the plan measures it · 8 measures · 1 quoted

  • District Parent Advisory Council Meetings, Local Measure p. 36 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-24 5 meetings
    Target for year 3
    Maintain 5 meetings of the District Parent Advisory Council annually.

7 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 4The District, and each school, will promote positive student engagement and school climate which advances…$402,2703% of action budgets

“The District, and each school, will promote positive student engagement and school climate which advances student social and academic success” p. 41 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $559,803 (−⁠$157,533)

Largest funded actions

  1. SEL Supports$327,481action 4.4 · p. 67 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $79,183 is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Attendance Rates$38,013action 4.3 · p. 67 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Community Support Liaison$36,776action 4.1 · p. 67 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. SEL Supports−⁠$159,704$487,185 → $327,481 · p. 67 ↗
  2. Attendance Rates+⁠$1,589$36,424 → $38,013 · p. 67 ↗
  3. Community Support Liaison+⁠$582$36,194 → $36,776 · p. 67 ↗

How the plan measures it · 6 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 41 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,288 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math25%5442%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math51%5623%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+69 scale-score pts3820%
Chronically absent12 in 100575%
Suspension rate1.8% (10 of 548)495%
English learners: top level19%535%

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
2025–267760#2288California 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)
2018–197 in 1000.2% (1 of 604)−3
2021–22not on filenot on file+4
2022–23not on filenot on file+4
2023–249 in 1002.0% (11 of 545)0
2024–2513 in 1002.5% (14 of 552)−5
2025–2612 in 1001.8% (10 of 548)−11

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 · English22331%57%
2026 · Math22519%44%
2025 · English24430%59%
2025 · Math24421%48%
2024 · English24431%61%
2024 · Math24622%46%
2023 · English23726%51%
2023 · Math23719%47%
2022 · English23224%54%
2022 · Math23223%47%
2019 · English28125%57%
2019 · Math28124%49%
2018 · English29432%59%
2018 · Math29419%49%
2017 · English28431%58%
2017 · Math28421%47%

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 · English7358%
2025 · Grade 4 · English8365%
2025 · Grade 5 · English8853%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math7351%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math8349%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math8845%
2024 · Grade 3 · English7760%
2024 · Grade 4 · English8760%
2024 · Grade 5 · English8065%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math7853%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math8840%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math8048%
2023 · Grade 3 · English8540%
2023 · Grade 4 · English8064%
2023 · Grade 5 · English7251%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math8542%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math8059%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math7239%
2022 · Grade 3 · English8143%
2022 · Grade 4 · English6758%
2022 · Grade 5 · English8462%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math8154%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math6740%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math8444%
2019 · Grade 3 · English10252%
2019 · Grade 4 · English8962%
2019 · Grade 5 · English9059%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math10250%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math8961%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math9037%
2018 · Grade 3 · English9346%
2018 · Grade 4 · English8864%
2018 · Grade 5 · English11365%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math9349%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math8859%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math11340%
2017 · Grade 3 · English9152%
2017 · Grade 4 · English10263%
2017 · Grade 5 · English9159%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math9049%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math10348%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math9144%

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
Schoolwide8616%22%48%14%

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-income11548%+5+12
Hispanic or Latino14557%+2+21
White4965%+6+5
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+6159Accelerated+1159Average
English-only students+5132not categorized−1132not categorized
Hispanic or Latino+4109Average−3109Average
Low-income+490Average−190Average
White+1335Accelerated+835Accelerated
English learners+1721Accelerated+1721Accelerated
English learners only+1412not categorized+1412not 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 and 5. 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
39%
exceeded standard · 60% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 77 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
27%
Advanced · 59% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 86 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 78 (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 · English+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

159 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +6 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+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

159 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: +1 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 and 5, 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 · 13 in 100 → 2025–26 · 12 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 2.5% (14 of 552) → 2025–26 · 1.8% (10 of 548) · −0.7 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female6 in 10012 in 100+6 in 100
Male9 in 10013 in 100+4 in 100
Asian1 of 15——
Black or African American6 of 31——
Filipino0 of 14——
Hispanic or Latino7 in 10014 in 100+7 in 100
Two or more races2 of 164 of 20—
White7 in 1009 in 100+2 in 100
Students with disabilities8 of 608 of 58—
English learners6 of 445 of 47—
Low-income9 in 10018 in 100+9 in 100
All students7 in 10012 in 100+5 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. 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
School-level federal expenditures$351 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 518

Central federal expenditures attributed here$46 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 518

District current expense · FY 2024–25$14,690 per ADA

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

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 61%Instruction support 11%Student services 8%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 12%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$14,341,56760.96%61%
Instruction support$2,613,06511.11%11%
Student services$1,861,7007.91%8%
Administration$1,920,9288.16%8%
Buildings & maintenance$2,739,90711.65%12%
Total$23,526,896100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $23,526,896 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.

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 93230 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93230 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$76,023
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)17%
ZIP-area population69,684
Median age33.4 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 93230 →

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