Public school with a magnet program · Amador County Unified

Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts — Rating & test scores

24625 Highway 88, Pioneer · 171 students · Grades TK–6

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Scope Score 73

DevelopingScope Score · 35th percentile. Higher than 35 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

Near California in English, well below in math: 51% and 24% 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: 83
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).

This rating covers grades 3–5. Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts teaches TK–6.

Overview

Is this school a good elementary school?

Developing. Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts is higher than most California elementary schools on English test results and progress in English. Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts is lower than most on math test results, progress in math and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced6351%
Math, Proficient or Advanced2324%
English, Advanced6627%
Math, Advanced3110%

Progress in a year, 2025

English63+6 pts
Math49+2 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance1130 in 100
Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Amador County Unified’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

30 in 100 students (60 of 199) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That compares with 19 in 100 at the average Amador County Unified elementary school.

Each bar is Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts’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
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 199. District and California figures are averages of school rates (6 Amador County Unified schools; 5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

Progress

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

In English (reading and writing), yes. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 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 2 points 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

Low-income39+3 points
White39+5 points
Students with disabilities19−8 points
Hispanic or Latino13−15 points

Math

+2

points 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

Low-income400 points
White39−2 points
Students with disabilities19+2 points
Hispanic or Latino14+18 points

Grades 4–6, 2025, 62 students in English, 63 in math 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 2 points above it.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

0 of the 1 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

2 elementary schools within 2.9 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing ArtsScope Score 7335th
  2. West PointCalaveras Unified · by addressScope Score 689th
Amador County UnifiedA neighborhood school in another district

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer.

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

Schools like it

How does this school compare with schools like it?

Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts’s Scope Score is 73. 692 California elementary schools, counting Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 74. Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts’s result is higher than 250 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 692

  1. Students from low-income families: 64%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 62%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 63%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 97th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 65%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 94th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 65%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 94th percentile

692 California public elementary schools where 59% to 71% 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 59% to 71% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts’s share. The count includes Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts. 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?

English results were higher than in 2025; math results were lower. English went from 41% to 51% and math from 37% to 24%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202644%50%51%Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing ArtsThis school46%CaliforniaCalifornia32%Amador County UnifiedDistrict

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%20172018201920222023202420252026Both 35%42%CaliforniaCalifornia24%Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing ArtsThis school22%Amador County UnifiedDistrict

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Amador County Unified’s line combines its 6 elementary schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. 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. Amador County Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringPioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing ArtsAmador County UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201750%44%45%80
201826%45%49%88
201941%50%50%99
202235%36%45%60
202330%31%44%70
202440%32%45%70
202541%36%46%73
202651%32%46%83
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringPioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing ArtsAmador County UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201735%35%40%80
201824%35%42%88
201930%38%44%99
202232%32%38%59
202323%25%40%70
202424%29%41%70
202537%30%41%73
202624%22%42%83

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Above California in English; well below it in math.

English

51%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

31182427
Amador County Unified32%California46%

Math

24%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

35411410
Amador County Unified22%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 51% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 24% 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 27 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.

How does grade 6 do?

In grade 6, spring 2026, 36% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 23% in math, against 48% and 37% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year’s result can change a lot. Ask how results looked in other years.

English

36%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

36282214
Amador County Unified31%California48%

Math

23%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

364118
Amador County Unified26%California37%
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 Advanced36%56%58%
Advanced24%22%32%
Proficient12%34%26%
Developing level16%14%23%
Minimal48%30%19%
Tested252731
California44%46%49%
Difference−8+10+9
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced36%
Advanced14%
Proficient22%
Developing level28%
Minimal36%
Tested22
California48%
Difference−12

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 Advanced20%33%19%
Advanced12%15%3%
Proficient8%18%16%
Developing level44%56%26%
Minimal36%11%55%
Tested252731
California47%42%37%
Difference−27−9−18
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced23%
Advanced5%
Proficient18%
Developing level41%
Minimal36%
Tested22
California37%
Difference−14

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 school27%24%18%31%83
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Amador County Unified12%20%23%45%888
Math, grades 3–5 · This school10%14%41%35%83
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Amador County Unified7%15%31%47%889
English, grade 6 · This school14%22%28%36%22
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Amador County Unified8%23%33%36%288
Math, grade 6 · This school5%18%41%36%22
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Amador County Unified10%16%30%44%288

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 83 tested in English, 83 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?

White students are the largest group here, at 62% of students. 60 of 199 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

30in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (60 of 199 students).

At the average Amador County Unified elementary school: 19 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Students, 2024–25

171

students in grades TK–6.

White 62%Hispanic or Latino 23%Two or more races 12%

Family income

65%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 111 of 171. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

10

teachers, with 14 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

81% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

9.7%

of students were suspended at least once (20 of 206). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White62%
Hispanic or Latino23%
Two or more races12%
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. 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: 8.5 of 10.5 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income students scored well below the same group across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 66 tested41%California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 66 tested17%California 30%
  • WhiteEnglish · 61 tested46%California 60%
  • WhiteMath · 61 tested31%California 54%

17% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 30% for the same group across California. White students scored well below the same group across California in English and math.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6, 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 3–6 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Amador County Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 66 tested
English41%+1625%+536%
Math17%+116%−1330%
White · 61 tested
English46%+1135%−1460%
Math31%+229%−2354%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Amador County Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

No published rate here for Hispanic or Latino, 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 Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts. 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.

Families

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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 Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts 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

8

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

Where does the money go?

$19,295 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student. Amador County Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $9 million.

$19,295

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$8,449
The school’s share of district office costs
$10,846
Of the total, from federal funds
$930
  • Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts$19,295
  • Amador County Unified elementary schools$18,581
  • 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 ↓

Amador County Unified’s yearly plan

$9million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$4million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 2 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $9 million of $63 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Amador County Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around this school like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95666. They are not figures for the families at Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts.

Typical household income in a year

$84,311

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 95666.

Typical home value
$386,500
People who live in this ZIP code
5,994
Typical age
56.4 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
23%

What you can do

Who can act on this school’s results?

Amador County Unified’s board decides Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts’ plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Extra state help for the district

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

Extra help for Amador County Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. 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 Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school?30 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (60 of 199 students); average California elementary school: 17 in 100
  2. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?9.7% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (20 of 206 students); average California elementary school: 1.6%
  3. What extra help do low-income students get, and how do you know it’s working?17% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 3–6, spring 2026 (66 students tested); the same group across California: 30%
  4. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

How do I get in?

Ask Amador County Unified which school serves your address.

Where it is

Where is this school?

Address
24625 Highway 88, Pioneer 95666Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Denae MertenAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 19, 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 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Amador County Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts a good elementary school?

Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts has a Scope Score of 73. It scored higher than 35 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Developing, 35th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 30 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 19 in 100 at the average Amador County Unified elementary school. 9.7% of students (20 of 206) 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 4–6 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 2 points higher, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 62 students in English, 63 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 41% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

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

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 #3,674 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #2 of 6 in Amador County Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math18%4742%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math37%4523%
Chronically absent30 in 100325%
Suspension rate9.7% (20 of 206)05%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)+10.7pp—not scored

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. The weights above add to 75%: the remaining 25%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

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
2025–267335#3674California 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)
2018–1928 in 1001.2% (3 of 260)+2
2021–22not on filenot on file+14
2022–23not on filenot on file+15
2023–2429 in 1004.3% (8 of 187)−5
2024–2535 in 1004.9% (9 of 184)−16
2025–2630 in 1009.7% (20 of 206)+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 · English10524%48%
2026 · Math1059%24%
2025 · English9322%39%
2025 · Math9411%32%
2024 · English9915%42%
2024 · Math999%28%
2023 · English8414%32%
2023 · Math8415%24%
2022 · English9416%37%
2022 · Math9311%31%
2019 · English13015%42%
2019 · Math13012%29%
2018 · English1187%27%
2018 · Math1183%25%
2017 · English10820%53%
2017 · Math10814%41%

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 · English2544%
2025 · Grade 4 · English2638%
2025 · Grade 5 · English2241%
2025 · Grade 6 · English2030%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math2552%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math2635%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math2223%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math2114%
2024 · Grade 3 · English2850%
2024 · Grade 4 · English2326%
2024 · Grade 5 · English1942%
2024 · Grade 6 · English2948%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math2829%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math2317%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math1926%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math2938%
2023 · Grade 3 · English2119%
2023 · Grade 4 · English2030%
2023 · Grade 5 · English2938%
2023 · Grade 6 · English1443%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math2119%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math2015%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math2931%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math1429%
2022 · Grade 3 · English1828%
2022 · Grade 4 · English2733%
2022 · Grade 5 · English1547%
2022 · Grade 6 · English3441%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math1833%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math2726%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math1443%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math3429%
2019 · Grade 3 · English3839%
2019 · Grade 4 · English3534%
2019 · Grade 5 · English2654%
2019 · Grade 6 · English3145%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math3845%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math3511%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math2635%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math3126%
2018 · Grade 3 · English3714%
2018 · Grade 4 · English2631%
2018 · Grade 5 · English2540%
2018 · Grade 6 · English3030%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math3730%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math2623%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math2516%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math3030%
2017 · Grade 3 · English2770%
2017 · Grade 4 · English2326%
2017 · Grade 5 · English3050%
2017 · Grade 6 · English2861%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math2767%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math2313%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math3023%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math2857%

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
Schoolwide3110%23%61%6%

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-income6641%+16+5
White6146%+11−14
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+662Accelerated+263Average
English-only students+761not categorized+262not categorized
Low-income+339Average040Average
White+539Accelerated−239Average
Students with disabilities−819Moderate+219Average
Hispanic or Latino−1513Moderate+1814Accelerated

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 4–6. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

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

State model · English+6 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–6

62 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+2 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–6

63 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: +2 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 4–6, 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 · 35 in 100 → 2025–26 · 30 in 100 · −5 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 4.9% (9 of 184) → 2025–26 · 9.7% (20 of 206) · +4.8 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female24 in 10025 in 100+1 in 100
Male32 in 10035 of 98—
Hispanic or Latino20 of 5514 of 45—
Two or more races4 of 228 of 23—
White27 in 10030 in 100+3 in 100
Students with disabilities15 of 3723 of 44—
Foster youth6 of 10——
Homeless10 of 20——
Low-income34 in 10038 in 100+4 in 100
All students28 in 10030 in 100+2 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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$11,146 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 3,889 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$40 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 171

Central federal expenditures attributed here$890 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 171

District current expense · FY 2024–25$15,715 per ADA

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

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 51%Instruction support 14%Student services 11%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 13%Other 3%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$29,673,19450.98%51%
Instruction support$7,983,41113.71%14%
Student services$6,544,46311.24%11%
Administration$4,908,1828.43%8%
Buildings & maintenance$7,414,98212.74%13%
Other$1,685,3952.90%3%
Total$58,209,627100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $58,209,627 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$11,146 per pupil
2020$9,176 per pupil
2019$9,890 per pupil
2018$9,411 per pupil
2017$9,154 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders19.1%

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 95666 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95666 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$84,311
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)23%
ZIP-area population5,994
Median age56.4 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 95666 →

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