Public school · Carlsbad Unified · Carlsbad, California

Poinsettia Elementary — Rating & test scores

Carlsbad · TK–5 · 481 students (2024–25)

2445 Mica Road, 92009pes.carlsbadusd.net ↗(760) 331-6500
91stpercentileStrong

The dots are California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
68

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 87% and 78% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 46% and 42%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 203 in English, 206 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).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

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In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 62% of students tested in English and 54% in math scored Advanced, against 24% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources
The sentence above
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 3–5: 203 in English, 206 in math. 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).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Carlsbad Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Poinsettia a good elementary school?

Poinsettia Elementary scores higher than 91 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 91st percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 12 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 10 in 100 at the average Carlsbad Unified elementary school. 1.2% of students (6 of 491) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (4)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

About as expected, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored +1 point against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored −5 points, which it calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 121 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 73% of low-income students in grades 3–5 at Poinsettia Elementary in Carlsbad scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Poinsettia Elementary's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Aviara Oaks Middle. 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 doesn’t guarantee placement; confirm your address with the district.

  • Aviara Oaks Middle: 85th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 Scope Score

Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 87% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 78% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 203 in English, 206 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 3–5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English, 1,211,701 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 203 tested

Advanced
62%
Proficient
25%
Below the standard
13%
This school87%
California46%
Carlsbad Unified76%

87% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 206 tested

Advanced
54%
Proficient
24%
Below the standard
22%
This school78%
California42%
Carlsbad Unified74%

78% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–5 · every level, with tested counts

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 Advanced84%85%91%
Advanced57%60%67%
Proficient27%25%24%
Developing level10%12%8%
Minimal6%3%1%
Tested637367
California44%46%49%
Difference+40+39+42

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 Advanced80%78%75%
Advanced51%61%51%
Proficient29%17%24%
Developing level14%22%18%
Minimal6%0%7%
Tested657467
California47%42%37%
Difference+33+36+38

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.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

School patterns · grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · What patterns mean

High ceilingA high share of students here scored Advanced, the state’s top level. The English and math cards above give each figure.
Broad baseMost students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

Have results changed?

English results were higher than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 82% to 87% and math from 81% to 78%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202582%204 tested
→
202687%203 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202581%205 tested
→
202678%206 tested

This school

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

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

About as expected, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored +1 point against that expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored −5 points, which it calls Average.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4 and 5: 121
Comparison
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.

Grades 4 and 5 · 2025 · 121 students with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

+1 pts

English

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

−5 pts

Math

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

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

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school62%25%10%3%203
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Carlsbad Unified49%27%14%10%2,255
Math, grades 3–5 · This school54%24%18%4%206
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Carlsbad Unified47%27%17%9%2,260

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown · English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202687%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202678%42%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 3–5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 73% in 2017 to 87% in 2026. In math, it went from 70% in 2017 to 78% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201773%
268 tested		45%
1,384,680 tested
201875%
252 tested		49%
1,346,907 tested
201979%
225 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202283%
208 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202385%
206 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202490%
195 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202582%
204 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
202687%
203 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201770%
269 tested		40%
1,392,040 tested
201870%
253 tested		42%
1,352,321 tested
201976%
226 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
202281%
209 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202382%
205 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202483%
196 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202581%
205 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
202678%
206 tested		42%
1,211,701 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

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 1 point above that expected score, and in math 5 points below 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.

What you can do

Who can act on Poinsettia’s results?

The state has Poinsettia in targeted support; Carlsbad Unified’s board decides its plan.

What has the state flagged?

The state named it because results were low for English learners. This support comes with a school improvement plan, which must use approaches with evidence behind them. Ask the principal to see the school improvement plan.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Carlsbad Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Carlsbad Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 
Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2What the law requires, and what to ask

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 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

12 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 1.2% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Context Close to the 10 in 100 at the average Carlsbad Unified elementary school: a pattern across the district.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 58 of 483 students counted for it; suspension: 6 of 491 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Carlsbad Unified elementary school 0.6%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

12 in 100This school
10 in 100At the average Carlsbad Unified elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

58 of 483 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

1.2%

of students were suspended at least once (6 of 491). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Poinsettia

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Teach here? Tell us Carlsbad Unified’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

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

Student groups, grades 3–5, spring 2026

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 74% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 63% in math (grades 3–5, spring 2026), against 36% and 31% for the same group across California. Low-income students: 73% in English and 61% in math, against 36% and 31% for the same group across California.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 3–5; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
PoinsettiaSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 52 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 73%Same group, California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 54 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 61%Same group, California 31%
  • WhiteEnglish · 103 tested96%Same group, California 60%
  • WhiteMath · 103 tested83%Same group, California 56%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 54 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 74%Same group, California 36%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 57 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 63%Same group, California 31%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–5, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 50%2. Hispanic or Latino: 28%3. Two or more races: 12%4. Asian: 6%Unallocated share: 4%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White50%
  2. Hispanic or Latino28%
  3. Two or more races12%
  4. Asian6%
  5. Black or African American—
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share4%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

57% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 12 of 21 English learners57%
Carlsbad Unified · 175 of 32853%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

29%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 139 of 481. California: 63%.

22teachers, 2024–25

16 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

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

Ask: How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino and low-income students on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–5 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Carlsbad Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 52 tested in English, 54 in math
English73%+1558%+3736%
Math61%+853%+3031%
White · 103 tested
English96%+1482%+3660%
Math83%+380%+2756%
Hispanic or Latino · 54 tested in English, 57 in math
English74%+1757%+3836%
Math63%+855%+3231%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Carlsbad Unified, 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.

Students of two or more races: fewer than 30 tested here. Students with disabilities, 32 tested in English and 33 in math: no rate for grades 4 and 5 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Asian, 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
White50%
Hispanic or Latino28%
Two or more races12%
Asian6%
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 96% of teaching positions, 20.9 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 21.7 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Poinsettia, and how do I get in?

  1. Elementary · this school
    Poinsettia Elementary
    Grades TK–5
  2. Middle
    Aviara Oaks Middle
    85th · Strong · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  3. High
    Carlsbad High
    86th · Strong · 2025Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Aviara Oaks Middle

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    85th percentile · Strong · middle · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • Carlsbad High

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

    86th percentile · Strong · high · 2025

  • Sage Creek High

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

    91st percentile · Strong · high · 2025

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. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where the path ends: Carlsbad High
Carlsbad High86th · Strong · 2025 · Scope Score 72estimated path

An inferred path through a middle-school overlap points to Carlsbad High. UC records 50 enrollees from Carlsbad High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 25 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. If a child starting here today later attended Carlsbad High, that would be around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 63% of the students who finished high school at Carlsbad High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

50 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 25 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Carlsbad High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Carlsbad Unified which school serves your address.

School website: pes.carlsbadusd.net ↗Office: (760) 331-6500Administrator: Walter Konieczko

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
2445 Mica Road, Carlsbad 92009

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Carlsbad Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  3. How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino and low-income students on track as they move up through the grades?
  4. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (760) 331-65002445 Mica Road, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby elementary schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest elementary schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby elementary schoolsPercentile among California elementary schools, 2026

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

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #491 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #4 of 9 in Carlsbad Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math58%8542%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math82%8123%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+69 scale-score pts3920%
Chronically absent12 in 100575%
Suspension rate1.2% (6 of 491)535%
English learners: top level8%375%

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
2025–266891#491California 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)
2018–194 in 1001.5% (7 of 477)+7
2021–22not on filenot on file−14
2022–23not on filenot on file−5
2023–248 in 1001.0% (5 of 526)−14
2024–2512 in 1000.8% (4 of 503)−13
2025–2612 in 1001.2% (6 of 491)+1

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 · English20362%87%
2026 · Math20654%78%
2025 · English20461%82%
2025 · Math20552%81%
2024 · English19565%90%
2024 · Math19659%83%
2023 · English20664%85%
2023 · Math20562%82%
2022 · English20862%83%
2022 · Math20959%81%
2019 · English22550%79%
2019 · Math22646%76%
2018 · English25252%75%
2018 · Math25346%70%
2017 · English26848%73%
2017 · Math26942%70%

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 · English7482%
2025 · Grade 4 · English6689%
2025 · Grade 5 · English6475%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math7588%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math6683%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math6470%
2024 · Grade 3 · English6793%
2024 · Grade 4 · English6095%
2024 · Grade 5 · English6882%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math6793%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math6180%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math6875%
2023 · Grade 3 · English5888%
2023 · Grade 4 · English7179%
2023 · Grade 5 · English7790%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math5890%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math7081%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math7778%
2022 · Grade 3 · English6484%
2022 · Grade 4 · English7588%
2022 · Grade 5 · English6977%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math6591%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math7581%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math6971%
2019 · Grade 3 · English7978%
2019 · Grade 4 · English7370%
2019 · Grade 5 · English7388%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math7977%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math7368%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math7482%
2018 · Grade 3 · English8268%
2018 · Grade 4 · English8080%
2018 · Grade 5 · English9076%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math8271%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math8173%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math9068%
2017 · Grade 3 · English8271%
2017 · Grade 4 · English9073%
2017 · Grade 5 · English9674%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math8373%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math9074%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math9662%

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
Schoolwide6733%22%45%0%

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-income5273%+15+37
White10396%+14+36
Hispanic or Latino5474%+17+38
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+1121Average−5121Average
English-only students+397not categorized−897not categorized
White+266Average−766Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−828Moderate−628Moderate
Low-income−123Average+523Accelerated
Students with disabilities−217Average−917Moderate
Two or more races+614Accelerated+414Average
English learners−1012Moderate+1712Accelerated

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
70%
exceeded standard · 93% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 67 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
67%
Advanced · 91% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 67 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 67 (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+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

121 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: +1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math−5 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

121 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −5 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 · 12 in 100 → 2025–26 · 12 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.8% (4 of 503) → 2025–26 · 1.2% (6 of 491) · +0.4 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female3 in 10012 in 100+9 in 100
Male4 in 10012 in 100+8 in 100
Asian0 in 10013 in 100+13 in 100
Hispanic or Latino7 in 10021 in 100+14 in 100
Two or more races2 in 10010 in 100+8 in 100
White3 in 1006 in 100+3 in 100
Students with disabilities10 in 10017 in 100+7 in 100
English learners10 in 10031 in 100+21 in 100
Low-income10 in 10023 in 100+13 in 100
All students4 in 10012 in 100+8 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. 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$12,544 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 10,863 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$114 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 481

Central federal expenditures attributed here$324 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 481

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,482 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 62%Instruction support 10%Student services 10%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$108,393,13762.08%62%
Instruction support$17,323,5009.92%10%
Student services$17,676,53610.12%10%
Administration$11,208,2356.42%7%
Buildings & maintenance$17,843,82910.22%10%
Other$2,162,1701.24%1%
Total$174,607,407100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $174,607,407 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$12,544 per pupil
2020$11,073 per pupil
2019$11,270 per pupil
2018$10,420 per pupil
2017$9,856 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 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 92009 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92009 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$164,182
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)66%
ZIP-area population44,739
Median age43.6 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 92009 →

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