Porter Ranch Community: High scores, real growth, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.
Porter Ranch Community posts 55.3% exceeding the standard — versus 21.3% statewide — with climate numbers better than most. That doesn't make it perfect. It makes it worth a visit to find what numbers can't measure.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 78 | 55% | 78% | +2.7 | 10.4% | 0.3% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Porter Ranch Community scores 78 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 97th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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⭐ High Ceiling — Ask what happens for a kid who shows up behind — a high ceiling for the top can sit right next to thin support at the bottom, and the score alone won't show you which.
Most rating sites would stop at “78% proficient” and call it done. Porter Ranch Community deserves a closer read. It sits at the 97th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
Porter Ranch Community's low-income kids hit 69.1% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 87th to the 97th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 500 elementary schools.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 78% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 85% | 79% | 81% | 78% | 78% |
| Grade 4 | 79% | 79% | 83% | 80% | 82% |
| Grade 5 | 78% | 82% | 77% | 86% | 85% |
| Grade 6 | 86% | 73% | 76% | 75% | 80% |
| Grade 7 | 90% | 77% | 75% | 72% | 83% |
| Grade 8 | 86% | 68% | 66% | 76% | 76% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 87% | 82% | 70% | 76% | 75% |
| Grade 4 | 82% | 79% | 77% | 71% | 78% |
| Grade 5 | 62% | 72% | 73% | 81% | 74% |
| Grade 6 | 85% | 62% | 68% | 73% | 67% |
| Grade 7 | 82% | 65% | 58% | 69% | 74% |
| Grade 8 | 75% | 39% | 63% | 60% | 67% |
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 holds steady across grades; the floor rises 6.9pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Porter Ranch Community's most underrated number
69.1% 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 the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Porter Ranch Community in Porter Ranch, 69.1% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Porter Ranch Community outperforms its district average for low-income students by 28.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (57.5% Math proficient); Asian students (92.2% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 11.8 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 207 students tested.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 5.3pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.5pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$653 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 1,312 students, this school is well above the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 59% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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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.
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 | 162 | 56% | 22% | 10% | 12% | 78% | +34 |
| Grade 4 | 160 | 60% | 22% | 11% | 7% | 82% | +37 |
| Grade 5 | 157 | 56% | 29% | 9% | 6% | 85% | +37 |
| Grade 6 | 119 | 49% | 31% | 13% | 8% | 80% | +33 |
| Grade 7 | 118 | 47% | 36% | 12% | 5% | 83% | +35 |
| Grade 8 | 92 | 35% | 41% | 14% | 10% | 76% | +30 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 162 | 59% | 17% | 14% | 11% | 75% | +30 |
| Grade 4 | 160 | 52% | 26% | 19% | 4% | 78% | +36 |
| Grade 5 | 156 | 49% | 24% | 16% | 10% | 74% | +38 |
| Grade 6 | 121 | 41% | 26% | 19% | 14% | 67% | +32 |
| Grade 7 | 119 | 48% | 26% | 21% | 5% | 74% | +40 |
| Grade 8 | 91 | 48% | 19% | 15% | 18% | 67% | +35 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 250 | 31% | 28% | 37% | 4% |
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 | 207 | 69.1% | +28 | +31 |
| Asian | 258 | 92.2% | +13 | +18 |
| White | 207 | 73.9% | +5 | +12 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Ranch Community ← | — | 78 | 55.3% | 78.5% | +2.7 | 0.3% |
| Beckford Charter for Enriched Studies | 2.5 mi | 76 | 61.0% | 82.6% | −9.8 | 0.1% |
| Castlebay Lane Charter | 1.9 mi | 73 | 46.2% | 73.0% | +2.4 | 0.4% |
| Chatsworth Park ES Urban Planning/Community Develo | 2.9 mi | 53 | 29.2% | 56.5% | +1.0 | 0.1% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 66 | 87 | #718 | 52.6% | 78.8% | 8.1% | 0.0% | -16.0pp |
| 2022 | 71 | 95 | #292 | 56.7% | 79.0% | 16.6% | 0.2% | -3.0pp |
| 2023 | 74 | 95 | #295 | 53.5% | 76.6% | 13.8% | 0.1% | -0.5pp |
| 2024 | 77 | 96 | #213 | 55.1% | 78.8% | 9.4% | 0.1% | +6.7pp |
| 2025 | 78 | 97 | #183 | 55.3% | 78.5% | 10.4% | 0.3% | +2.7pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 8.0% | 9.7% | +1.7pp |
| Male | 8.1% | 10.7% | +2.6pp |
| Asian | 3.0% | 3.6% | +0.6pp |
| Black/African American | 11.5% | 16.9% | +5.4pp |
| White | 10.0% | 10.9% | +0.9pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 23.0% | 16.9% | -6.1pp |
| Two or More Races | 1.6% | 13.0% | +11.4pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 17.7% | 22.6% | +4.9pp |
| English Learners | 5.1% | 7.8% | +2.7pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 16.6% | 14.1% | -2.5pp |
| All Students | 8.1% | 10.2% | +2.1pp |
| Filipino | — | 8.5% | — |
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