Planada Elementary: The score is middle of the pack. The trajectory isn't.
Planada sits mid-pack on raw proficiency — and it's climbing faster than most schools anywhere near it — and that holds when you follow the same students across grades.
Planada Elementary scores 53 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 73rd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “33% proficient” and call it done. Planada deserves a closer read. The school sits in Planada, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: +9.8pp separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
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 6.3pp across grades; the floor rises 21.5pp. 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.
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
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 24.8pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +24.8pp.
Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Funding Breakdown
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
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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 | 96 | 6% | 20% | 24% | 50% | 26% | −17 |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 23% | 19% | 15% | 43% | 42% | −3 |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 13% | 35% | 30% | 23% | 48% | −0 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 97 | 6% | 21% | 27% | 46% | 27% | −19 |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 17% | 12% | 33% | 38% | 29% | −12 |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 10% | 15% | 44% | 31% | 25% | −10 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 80 | 6% | 23% | 69% | 3% |
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 | 231 | 35.9% | −4 | −2 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 250 | 38.0% | −4 | −1 |
| English Learners | 121 | 19.0% | +4 | +9 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planada Elementary ← | — | 53 | 12.5% | 32.7% | +9.8 | 1.0% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |