Pioneer Elementary: The score is strong. The trajectory is stronger.
Pioneer pairs 71% proficiency with gains of 11.6pp per cohort — the rare school that posts both.
Pioneer Elementary scores 73 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 93rd percentile of 5,230 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “71% proficient” and call it done. Pioneer deserves a closer read. The school sits in Davis, where one in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: +11.6pp proficiency climbs from grade 3 to grade 5 across the school. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span.
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding rises 7.5pp across grades; the floor rises 11.3pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Pioneer's most underrated number
53.1% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what changed — new curriculum, new principal, new program. Momentum has a cause, and a visit will find it.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 48
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
The community around it
Student demographics
3 more gaps by subject
Subgroups with fewer than 15 students are excluded for privacy. Gaps of less than 3 percentage points are not shown.
Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.
Subgroup Growth by Grade
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 9.7pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.6pp.
Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Funding Breakdown
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
For the data nerdsEvery number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
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 | 80 | 40% | 25% | 20% | 15% | 65% | +22 |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 57% | 23% | 9% | 11% | 80% | +35 |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 48% | 29% | 15% | 9% | 76% | +28 |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 49% | 34% | 11% | 5% | 84% | +37 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 81 | 30% | 28% | 25% | 17% | 58% | +12 |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 55% | 24% | 10% | 11% | 79% | +38 |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 48% | 22% | 22% | 8% | 70% | +35 |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 55% | 24% | 18% | 3% | 79% | +44 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 83 | 39% | 25% | 30% | 6% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 81 | 53.1% | +10 | +15 |
| White | 121 | 86.0% | +8 | +24 |
| Asian | 94 | 84.0% | +5 | +10 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Elementary ← | — | 73 | 46.2% | 71.4% | +11.6 | 1.6% |
| Fred T. Korematsu Elementary at Mace Ranch | 1.4 mi | 49 | 30.4% | 58.2% | −14.9 | 7.1% |
| Marguerite Montgomery Elementary | 1.7 mi | 47 | 25.9% | 49.5% | −16.6 | 1.5% |
| California average | — | 44 | 21.6% | 42.9% | −3.0 | 1.7% |