Public school · Davis Joint Unified

Pioneer Elementary — Rating & test scores

Davis · TK–6 · 572 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score

79 / 100

Weighted composite · 2026
Not a grade or a test result.

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Pioneerhigher than 97 of the 100 California dots

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Well above California in English and math: 73% and 75% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 42% statewide. Source

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grades 3–5: 256 in English, 259 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 3, 4 and 5 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

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Academic achievement

Beyond a single score: who exceeds, meets or is still approaching the standard.

Learning

Are children building strong foundations?

Advanced (exceeded)Proficient (met)Below Proficient

English

grades 3–5Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced: 48%
Proficient: 25%
Below Proficient: 27%

73% proficient or advanced · 256 tested

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Level	Here	California	Davis Joint Unified
Advanced	48%	24%	39%
Proficient	25%	22%	25%
Developing	14%	21%	19%
Minimal	13%	33%	17%

Below Proficient combines Developing and Minimal. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced: 46%
Proficient: 29%
Below Proficient: 25%

75% proficient or advanced · 259 tested

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Level	Here	California	Davis Joint Unified
Advanced	46%	21%	35%
Proficient	29%	21%	27%
Developing	14%	25%	19%
Minimal	11%	33%	19%

English

grade 6Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced: 43%
Proficient: 36%
Below Proficient: 21%

79% proficient or advanced · 77 tested

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Level	Here	California	Davis Joint Unified
Advanced	43%	20%	32%
Proficient	36%	28%	34%
Developing	9%	24%	19%
Minimal	12%	28%	15%

Math

grade 6Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced: 49%
Proficient: 16%
Below Proficient: 35%

65% proficient or advanced · 81 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Davis Joint Unified
Advanced	49%	21%	41%
Proficient	16%	16%	18%
Developing	19%	25%	21%
Minimal	16%	38%	20%

What these tests tell you · what to ask

Reading and math results for the tested grades. These do not measure the experience in kindergarten or the early grades.

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

Things worth knowing

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In 2025, students in grades 4–6 scored above what the state expected from their own earlier scores. The state calls both results Accelerated.grades 4–6 · 2025

+15 ptsEnglish · above expected+18 ptsMath · above expected

Source: CDE growth model, 2025
Students: students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 218 in English, 216 in math
Comparison: 218 students in English and 216 in math in grades 4–6 with scores in both years. 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.

About half reached the top of the state’s four levels, about twice California’s rate in the same grades (24% and 21%).grades 3–5 · spring 2026

48%English · exceeded the standard46%Math · exceeded the standard

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grades 3–5: 256 in English, 259 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 3, 4 and 5 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

Low-income students here (100 tested in English, 102 in math, grades 3–6, spring 2026) met or exceeded the standard far more often than low-income students across California in the same grades (36% and 30%).grades 3–6 · spring 2026

51%English · met or exceeded53%Math · met or exceeded

Source: CDE CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students: low-income students (CDE: “socioeconomically disadvantaged”) in grades 3–6: 100 in English, 102 in math
Comparison: California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s statewide rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation). Both gaps are more than twice the margin of error for 100 students in English and 102 in math.

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 3–5Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school73%

California46%

Tested: 256 here · 1,208,894 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school73%

Davis Joint Unified64%

Tested: 256 here · 1,719 in Davis Joint Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 8 schools.

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Level	Here	California	Davis Joint Unified
Advanced	48%	24%	39%
Proficient	25%	22%	25%
Developing	14%	21%	19%
Minimal	13%	33%	17%

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school75%

California42%

Tested: 259 here · 1,211,701 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school75%

Davis Joint Unified62%

Tested: 259 here · 1,722 in Davis Joint Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 8 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Davis Joint Unified
Advanced	46%	21%	35%
Proficient	29%	21%	27%
Developing	14%	25%	19%
Minimal	11%	33%	19%

English

grade 6Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school79%

California48%

Tested: 77 here · 415,439 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school79%

Davis Joint Unified66%

Tested: 77 here · 568 in Davis Joint Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 8 schools.

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Level	Here	California	Davis Joint Unified
Advanced	43%	20%	32%
Proficient	36%	28%	34%
Developing	9%	24%	19%
Minimal	12%	28%	15%

Math

grade 6Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school65%

California37%

Tested: 81 here · 415,904 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school65%

Davis Joint Unified59%

Tested: 81 here · 570 in Davis Joint Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 8 schools.

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Level	Here	California	Davis Joint Unified
Advanced	49%	21%	41%
Proficient	16%	16%	18%
Developing	19%	25%	21%
Minimal	16%	38%	20%

Progress over time

How have test results changed?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · all students tested

Latest annual comparison

202574%250 tested

→

202673%256 tested

Pioneer

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

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · all students tested

Latest annual comparison

202569%255 tested

→

202675%259 tested

Pioneer

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

Each year tests a different group of students. These results do not track one child’s progress.

Explore the available years, charts & underlying data

Grades 3–5 are well above California. Grade 6 are also well above it.

Chart: 2017–2026. The table includes all available years.

English met or exceeded, grades 3–5

PioneerCalifornia

0%50%100%201720222026No comparable state tests (COVID)73%46%

Math met or exceeded, grades 3–5

PioneerCalifornia

0%50%100%201720222026No comparable state tests (COVID)75%42%

Dotted stretches cross years without comparable results.

English went from 75% in 2017 to 73% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. Math went from 81% in 2017 to 75% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
Year	Pioneer	California
2015	68% 234 tested	41% 1,396,572 tested
2016	72% 243 tested	45% 1,395,534 tested
2017	75% 235 tested	45% 1,384,680 tested
2018	80% 240 tested	49% 1,346,907 tested
2019	76% 230 tested	50% 1,332,547 tested
2022	76% 210 tested	45% 1,260,830 tested
2023	71% 223 tested	44% 1,247,801 tested
2024	70% 243 tested	45% 1,235,509 tested
2025	74% 250 tested	46% 1,232,086 tested
2026	73% 256 tested	46% 1,208,894 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
Year	Pioneer	California
2015	71% 231 tested	35% 1,401,446 tested
2016	68% 244 tested	39% 1,401,413 tested
2017	81% 239 tested	40% 1,392,040 tested
2018	79% 245 tested	42% 1,352,321 tested
2019	72% 237 tested	44% 1,338,625 tested
2022	74% 217 tested	38% 1,265,943 tested
2023	73% 226 tested	40% 1,256,519 tested
2024	73% 248 tested	41% 1,249,262 tested
2025	69% 255 tested	41% 1,241,652 tested
2026	75% 259 tested	42% 1,211,701 tested

The state’s growth measure218 students in English, 216 in math · grades 4–6 · 2025

English+15ptsCDE level: Accelerated (4 of 5)

Math+18ptsCDE level: Accelerated (4 of 5)

What the number means. California predicts each student’s score from that student’s own English and math scores the year before, based on how students with similar scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as predicted. In English they scored 15 points above that prediction, and in math 18 points above it.

The levels. CDE sorts every school’s result into five levels, from Minimal to Exceptional. The bar under each number shows where this school landed.

Two years at once. For most schools, this one included, CDE’s figure blends the two most recent years of growth, so it moves more slowly than a single year’s scores.

Why our growth can differ. The growth in our Scope Score asks a different question. It doesn’t follow individual students: it compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier, and places that change among California schools at the same level. Children who joined or left the school in between count in ours; the state’s counts only students who took California’s test the year before. So the two can point different ways.

School pattern, spring 2026Solid BaseThe average Met + Exceeded rate across the reported grades and subjects is at least 65%.

School pattern, spring 2026Growth EngineThe school’s aggregate cohort-change index clears our stronger-gains threshold. This is a school-level comparison across years, not tracking of individual children.

Life at school

Explore the available evidence about the school day and opportunities.

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

12 in 100students chronically absent, 2025–26

13in 100 at the average Davis Joint Unified school17in 100 at the average California elementary school

70 of 590 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school12 in 100

at the average Davis Joint Unified school13 in 100

at the average California elementary school17 in 100

2.5%of students were suspended at least once (15 of 598), 2025–26

2.6%at the average Davis Joint Unified school1.6%at the average California elementary school

Reviews & community voices

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Proficient or Advanced · grades 3–6 · spring 2026. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

100 English · 102 math tested

English51% / 36%

Math53% / 30%

White

123 English · 122 math tested

English78% / 60%

Math70% / 54%

Asian

92 English · 100 math tested

English88% / 71%

Math89% / 71%

Hispanic or Latino

32 tested per subject · grades 3 and 6

English37% / 36%

Math41% / 31%

Students with disabilities

60 tested per subject

English52% / 18%

Math43% / 16%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–6 · spring 2026

Group and subject	Here	vs Davis Joint Unified	vs California
Low-income · 100 tested in English, 102 in math
English	51%	+1041%	+1536%
Math	53%	+1637%	+2330%
White · 123 tested in English, 122 in math
English	78%	+375%	+1860%
Math	70%	+169%	+1654%
Asian · 92 tested in English, 100 in math
English	88%	+1177%	+1771%
Math	89%	+1079%	+1871%
Hispanic or Latino · 32 tested · grades 3 and 6 only
English	37%	037%	+136%
Math	41%	+536%	+1031%
Students with disabilities · 60 tested
English	52%	+2131%	+3418%
Math	43%	+1627%	+2716%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Davis Joint Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind statewide does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

Students of two or more races: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, English learners 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.

Low-income students and students with disabilities here did far better than the same groups statewide.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Pioneer Elementary in Davis, 51.0% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2026 for reported grades 3, 4, 5 and 6, compared to 40.9% district-wide for those same grades and 36.0% statewide for those same grades. Pioneer Elementary’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 10.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (52.9% met or exceeded the Math standard); White students (78.0% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 37.0 percentage points: Hispanic students in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2025-26. 100 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2025–26 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

White37%
Asian27%
Hispanic or Latino16%
Two or more races8%
Not reported6%
Black or African American5%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Unallocated share1%

Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.

Full student mix, comparisons & sources

Eligible enrollment, 2025–26	Here
White	37%
Asian	27%
Hispanic or Latino	16%
Two or more races	8%
Not reported	6%
Black or African American	5%
Filipino	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

3 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (30%, 172 of 572). California: 63%.

96% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 95.52%: 28.8 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 30.1 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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ElementaryPioneer ElementaryThis campus · grades K-6
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Middle-school links

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

Davis Senior High
Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

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5215 Hamel Street, Davis 95616

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Nearby elementary schoolsStatewide percentile

Fred T. Korematsu Elementary at Mace Ranch1.4 mi
65thSolidScope Score 44/100
Marguerite Montgomery Elementary1.7 mi
68thSolidScope Score 45/100

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

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar elementary schools2026 statewide percentile

Valley View Charter PrepNew Jerusalem Elementary · 655 enrolled · 30.1% meal eligibility
86thStrongScope Score 61/100
Parker Whitney ElementaryRocklin Unified · 422 enrolled · 30.1% meal eligibility
74thSolidScope Score 49/100
Ocean View HillsSan Ysidro Elementary · 1,020 enrolled · 30.1% meal eligibility
63rdSolidScope Score 42/100
Theodore Judah ElementarySacramento City Unified · 485 enrolled · 30.1% meal eligibility
79thStrongScope Score 53/100
Sun Valley ElementarySan Rafael City Elementary · 523 enrolled · 30% meal eligibility
97thStrongScope Score 78/100
Running Springs AcademyOrange Unified · 643 enrolled · 30% meal eligibility
88thStrongScope Score 63/100

How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 22.1–38.1% meal eligibility and 286–1,144 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Pioneer Elementary a good elementary school?

Pioneer Elementary is in the 97th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. Its Scope Score is 79 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2026, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Pioneer Elementary was well above California in English and math: 73% and 75% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 42% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 3-to-5 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2026, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Pioneer Elementary's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2026, 73% of students tested in grades 3–5 met or exceeded the English standard and 75% the math standard; 48% and 46% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 46% and 42% met or exceeded, 24% and 21% exceeded. 256 students were tested in English and 259 in math (CDE CAASPP 2025–26; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Pioneer Elementary rank in California?

Pioneer Elementary is in the 97th percentile of 5,728 California comprehensive elementary schools (Strong, 2026). Pioneer Elementary ranks #147 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2026 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2024 G3 → 2026 G5), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

Is Pioneer Elementary getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Pioneer Elementary's grade 3 results in 2024 with its grade 5 results in 2026, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 98th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.

What do attendance and suspension records show for Pioneer Elementary?

CDE chronic absence 2025–26: 11.9% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 70 chronically absent of 590 eligible students. CDE suspension 2025–26: 2.5%; 15 unduplicated suspended students of 598 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 12.2%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 2.5%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

How does Pioneer Elementary compare to other schools in Davis?

Pioneer Elementary is in the 97th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 572 students. Use the schools in Davis page or the map view to compare nearby elementary schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Pioneer Elementary?

What middle school does Pioneer Elementary feed into?

By attendance boundary, Pioneer Elementary is zoned to Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education's School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.

Source records

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Pioneer Elementary is ranked #147 statewide · #1 of 8 in Davis Joint Unified.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2025–26

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	47.0%	21.5%	42%
Met or exceeded	73.7%	43.0%	23%
Growth (2024 G3 → 2026 G5)	Strong	average	20%
Chronic absenteeism	12.2%	16.9%	5%
Suspension rate	2.5%	1.6%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	47.1%	17.3%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↑ vs CA 21.5% · index 75 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↑ vs CA 43.0% · index 74 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Growth (2024 G3 → 2026 G5): ↑ vs CA average · ≈98th calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 16.9% · index 58 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▲ 1.6pp higher vs 2025
Suspension rate: ↓ vs CA 1.6% · index 43 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▲ 0.9pp higher vs 2025
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↑ vs CA 17.3% · index 97 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2025–26 · % of tested students

From 2025–26 reporting, California calls Level 3 Proficient and Level 4 Advanced (formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded). “Proficient or Advanced” combines both levels in the 2025–26 results shown here. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2025–26 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2026
ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 3	82	32%	26%	23%	20%	57%	+14
Grade 4	85	61%	19%	9%	11%	80%	+35
Grade 5	89	52%	30%	10%	8%	82%	+34
Grade 6	77	43%	36%	9%	12%	79%	+33

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 3 ELA equal-school mean: 43.1%; n=5685 reporting schools

State grade 4 ELA equal-school mean: 44.6%; n=5706 reporting schools

State grade 5 ELA equal-school mean: 48.1%; n=5715 reporting schools

State grade 6 ELA equal-school mean: 46.1%; n=4052 reporting schools

Math · 2025–26 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2026
Math	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 3	82	37%	30%	16%	17%	67%	+21
Grade 4	88	49%	33%	10%	8%	82%	+40
Grade 5	89	52%	22%	17%	9%	74%	+39
Grade 6	81	49%	16%	19%	16%	65%	+30

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 3 Math equal-school mean: 46.0%; n=5687 reporting schools

State grade 4 Math equal-school mean: 41.4%; n=5704 reporting schools

State grade 5 Math equal-school mean: 35.6%; n=5717 reporting schools

State grade 6 Math equal-school mean: 34.9%; n=4050 reporting schools

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met+
2025 · Grade 3 · ELA	80	65.0%
2025 · Grade 4 · ELA	90	80.0%
2025 · Grade 5 · ELA	80	76.3%
2025 · Grade 6 · ELA	73	83.6%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math	81	58.0%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math	91	79.1%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math	83	69.9%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math	71	78.9%
2024 · Grade 3 · ELA	87	51.7%
2024 · Grade 4 · ELA	72	76.4%
2024 · Grade 5 · ELA	84	83.3%
2024 · Grade 6 · ELA	76	68.4%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math	88	65.9%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math	74	68.9%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math	86	83.7%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	77	67.5%
2023 · Grade 3 · ELA	66	59.1%
2023 · Grade 4 · ELA	80	77.5%
2023 · Grade 5 · ELA	77	74.0%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA	81	79.0%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math	67	62.7%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math	82	81.7%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math	77	71.4%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	82	76.8%
2022 · Grade 3 · ELA	64	70.3%
2022 · Grade 4 · ELA	78	78.2%
2022 · Grade 5 · ELA	68	79.4%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA	68	69.1%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math	69	66.7%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math	78	78.2%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math	70	75.7%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	67	68.7%
2019 · Grade 3 · ELA	67	64.2%
2019 · Grade 4 · ELA	85	88.2%
2019 · Grade 5 · ELA	78	73.1%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA	85	85.9%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math	72	62.5%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math	87	85.1%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math	78	66.7%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	85	81.2%
2018 · Grade 3 · ELA	77	83.1%
2018 · Grade 4 · ELA	75	73.3%
2018 · Grade 5 · ELA	88	84.1%
2018 · Grade 6 · ELA	75	76.0%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math	77	81.8%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math	78	71.8%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math	90	83.3%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math	82	72.0%
2017 · Grade 3 · ELA	70	70.0%
2017 · Grade 4 · ELA	85	83.5%
2017 · Grade 5 · ELA	80	71.3%
2017 · Grade 6 · ELA	80	72.5%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math	70	80.0%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math	88	89.8%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math	81	72.8%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math	80	71.3%
2016 · Grade 3 · ELA	83	73%
2016 · Grade 4 · ELA	78	77%
2016 · Grade 5 · ELA	82	66%
2016 · Grade 6 · ELA	86	84%
2016 · Grade 3 · Math	84	79%
2016 · Grade 4 · Math	77	64%
2016 · Grade 5 · Math	83	61%
2016 · Grade 6 · Math	88	81%
2015 · Grade 3 · ELA	70	46%
2015 · Grade 4 · ELA	76	75%
2015 · Grade 5 · ELA	88	80%
2015 · Grade 6 · ELA	87	77%
2015 · Grade 3 · Math	70	71%
2015 · Grade 4 · Math	74	73%
2015 · Grade 5 · Math	87	68%
2015 · Grade 6 · Math	85	82%

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. The 2015–2018 rows were checked against original CDE files; independent re-verification of other stored historical years remains incomplete. The 2015 and 2016 percentages are rounded to whole numbers in the source. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT
Schoolwide	90	33%	36%	27%	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.

Subgroup · ELA	Tested	MET+	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	100	51.0%	+10	+15
White	123	78.0%	+3	+18
Asian	92	88.0%	+11	+17

Nearest elementary schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = school-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights

School	Dist	Scope · percentile · band	EXC	MET+	Grade gap	Cohort growth	Susp
Pioneer Elementary ←	—	7997th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2026	47.0%	73.7%	+15.9pp	+102 pts	2.5%
Fred T. Korematsu Elementary at Mace Ranch	1.4 mi	4465th percentile · Solid · statewide · 2026	29.0%	56.8%	−18.7pp	—	5.1%
Marguerite Montgomery Elementary	1.7 mi	4568th percentile · Solid · statewide · 2026	27.2%	51.5%	−1.1pp	—	1.3%
California average	—	39School average · no percentile	21.5%	43.0%	−2.7pp	—	1.6%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2019	72/100	92	#434	California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,484 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2025 and 2026; the change is 2026 minus 2025 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2025 · 10.1% → 2026 · 11.9% · +1.8pp
Suspension rate2025 · 1.6% → 2026 · 2.5% · +0.9pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2026 · ELA	333	47.1%	74.8%
2026 · Math	340	46.8%	72.3%
2025 · ELA	323	48.6%	76.2%
2025 · Math	326	46.9%	71.5%
2024 · ELA	319	45.8%	69.6%
2024 · Math	325	47.4%	71.7%
2023 · ELA	304	46.4%	73.0%
2023 · Math	308	52.6%	73.7%
2022 · ELA	278	46.8%	74.5%
2022 · Math	284	47.2%	72.5%
2019 · ELA	315	52.4%	78.7%
2019 · Math	322	55.3%	74.5%
2018 · ELA	315	53.0%	79.4%
2018 · Math	327	54.1%	77.4%
2017 · ELA	315	48.3%	74.6%
2017 · Math	319	48.9%	78.7%
2016 · ELA	329	43%	75%
2016 · Math	332	48%	71%
2015 · ELA	321	41%	70%
2015 · Math	316	48%	74%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. The 2015–2018 rows were checked against CDE’s original research files. The 2015 and 2016 files report whole percentages; later rows round to one decimal here. Older stored rows from other years still need independent original-file re-verification. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Year	Scope	Pctile	Rank	Exc	Met+	Absent	Susp	Grade gap
2019	—	—	—	50.9%	73.3%	4.3%	0.5%	+6.5pp
2022	—	—	—	49.1%	74.8%	17.1%	0.3%	+9.1pp
2023	—	—	—	49.0%	71.1%	14.3%	0.4%	+11.8pp
2024	—	—	—	48.1%	71.7%	11.2%	1.6%	+24.7pp
2025	—	—	—	46.2%	71.4%	10.5%	1.6%	+11.6pp
2026	79	97	#147	47.0%	73.7%	12.2%	2.5%	+15.9pp

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.

NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD

Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2025–26 school years

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Δ
Female	3.3%	12.1%	+8.8pp
Male	4.5%	11.7%	+7.2pp
Asian	1.4%	6.2%	+4.8pp
Black/African American	23.1%	33.3%	+10.2pp
Hispanic/Latino	10.8%	26.1%	+15.3pp
Two or More Races	0.0%	4.2%	+4.2pp
White	2.9%	8.8%	+5.9pp
Students with Disabilities	10.9%	24.1%	+13.2pp
English Learners	5.1%	15.9%	+10.8pp
Homeless	20.0%	37.5%	+17.5pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	10.0%	23.9%	+13.9pp
All Students	3.9%	11.9%	+8.0pp

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored

Group	ELA	n	CDE band	Math	n	CDE band
All Students	+15	218	Accelerated	+18	216	Accelerated
English Only	+16	170	not categorised	+17	168	not categorised
White	+15	86	Accelerated	+24	85	Exceptional
Asian	+24	63	Exceptional	+28	63	Exceptional
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	+11	56	Accelerated	+8	55	Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino	+4	35	Average	+4	34	Average
Students with Disabilities	+17	29	Accelerated	+16	29	Accelerated
Two or More Races	+17	23	Accelerated	+6	23	Accelerated
English Learner	+17	20	Accelerated	+24	20	Exceptional
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	+9	16	not categorised	+22	16	not categorised

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2024 · Grade 3

29%

exceeded standard · 52% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2024 · 87 ELA test records with scores

ELA · 2026 · Grade 5

52%

exceeded standard · 82% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2026 · 89 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 88 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe ELA 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 ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · reported-school field

State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

218 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,519 reported ELA ALL school records in its retained school inventory

89th pctile · +15 pts

State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

216 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,518 reported MATH ALL school records in its retained school inventory

89th pctile · +18 pts

this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median ELA estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. 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 and is not part of the Scope Score.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$14,513 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 8,229 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$878 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 572

Central federal expenditures attributed here$930 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 572

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,563 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.

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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 58%Instruction support 12%Student services 11%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 2%

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.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021

2021$14,513 per pupil

2020$12,722 per pupil

2019$12,987 per pupil

2018$12,299 per pupil

2017$11,369 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 95616

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 95616
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$74,359
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	77.68%
ZCTA population	53,630
Median age	23.0 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/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score.

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