Public school with a magnet program · Saddleback Valley Unified · Lake Forest, California

Ralph A. Gates DLI Magnet Elementary — Rating & test scores

Lake Forest · TK–6 · 896 students (2024–25)

23882 Landisview Avenue, 92630svusd.org ↗(949) 837-2260
73rdpercentileSolid

Top: Saddleback Valley Unified’s other 20 scored elementary schools. Bottom: California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools by Scope Score, spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
48

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

Below California in English (reading and writing), near in math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 37% and 38% 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: 370 in English, 373 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”).

This rating covers grades 3–5. Ralph A. Gates DLI Magnet Elementary teaches TK–6: grade 6 results ↓

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In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 19% of students tested in English scored Advanced, against 24% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources
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California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 3–5. 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 tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Families apply to Ralph A. Gates DLI Magnet through Saddleback Valley Unified. It has no attendance area, so no address is assigned to it. Evidence ↓

Is Ralph A. Gates DLI Magnet a good elementary school?

Ralph A. Gates DLI Magnet Elementary scores higher than 73 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 73rd percentile, Solid, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 8 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 11 in 100 at the average Saddleback Valley Unified elementary school. 0.8% of students (7 of 926) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

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Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, about as expected; in math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored +4 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored +18 points, which it calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 365 students in English, 364 in math

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 22% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at Ralph A. Gates DLI Magnet Elementary in Lake Forest scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. 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?

Below California in English; near it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 37% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 38% 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: 370 in English, 373 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 · 370 tested

Advanced
19%
Proficient
18%
Below the standard
63%
This school37%
California46%
Saddleback Valley Unified56%

37% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 373 tested

Advanced
19%
Proficient
19%
Below the standard
62%
This school38%
California42%
Saddleback Valley Unified56%

38% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–6 · 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 Advanced34%34%44%
Advanced21%15%22%
Proficient13%19%22%
Developing level25%16%18%
Minimal41%50%38%
Tested126127117
California44%46%49%
Difference−10−12−5
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced43%
Advanced17%
Proficient26%
Developing level22%
Minimal35%
Tested119
California48%
Difference−5

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 Advanced43%31%41%
Advanced22%13%22%
Proficient21%18%19%
Developing level18%25%22%
Minimal39%44%37%
Tested127128118
California47%42%37%
Difference−4−11+4
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced38%
Advanced22%
Proficient16%
Developing level24%
Minimal38%
Tested120
California37%
Difference+1

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

Grade-to-grade gainsFrom grade 3 in spring 2024 to grade 5 in spring 2026, results here rose more than at the average California elementary school. Students move in and out, so these are partly different children. The Score factors record below gives the figure.

How does grade 6 do?

Below California in English; near it in math. In grade 6, spring 2026, 43% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 38% in math, against 48% and 37% across California.

English

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 119 tested

Advanced
17%
Proficient
26%
Below the standard
57%
This school43%
California48%
Saddleback Valley Unified62%

43% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Math

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 120 tested

Advanced
22%
Proficient
16%
Below the standard
62%
This school38%
California37%
Saddleback Valley Unified54%

38% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 35% to 37% and math from 36% to 38%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202535%382 tested
→
202637%370 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202536%388 tested
→
202638%373 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?

In English, about as expected; in math, yes. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored +4 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored +18 points, which it calls Accelerated.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 365 in English, 364 in math
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 4–6 · 2025 · 365 students in English, 364 in math, with scores in both years

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

+4 pts

English

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

+18 pts

Math

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

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 school19%18%20%43%370
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Saddleback Valley Unified32%24%20%24%4,699
Math, grades 3–5 · This school19%19%22%40%373
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Saddleback Valley Unified32%24%23%21%4,700
English, grade 6 · This school17%26%22%35%119
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Saddleback Valley Unified28%34%19%19%1,616
Math, grade 6 · This school22%16%24%38%120
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Saddleback Valley Unified34%20%23%23%1,619

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

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202637%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202638%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 46% in 2017 to 37% in 2026. In math, it went from 43% in 2017 to 38% 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
201746%
470 tested		45%
1,384,680 tested
201844%
470 tested		49%
1,346,907 tested
201943%
417 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202229%
399 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202331%
401 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202433%
377 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202535%
382 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
202637%
370 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201743%
487 tested		40%
1,392,040 tested
201841%
471 tested		42%
1,352,321 tested
201942%
420 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
202227%
405 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202328%
401 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202431%
381 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202536%
388 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
202638%
373 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 4 points above that expected score, and in math 18 points above 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 Ralph A. Gates DLI Magnet’s results?

Saddleback Valley Unified’s board decides Ralph A. Gates DLI Magnet’s plan.

The state hasn’t placed Ralph A. Gates DLI Magnet in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Saddleback Valley Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2026 California School Dashboard. The 2026 Dashboard flagged results for long-term English learners on two measures: English, and math. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Saddleback Valley Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2026 California School Dashboard. Source 

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

Saddleback Valley 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 Saddleback Valley 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?

8 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. 0.8% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Context Close to the 11 in 100 at the average Saddleback Valley Unified elementary school: a pattern across the district.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 78 of 922 students counted for it; suspension: 7 of 926 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 Saddleback Valley Unified elementary school 1.3%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

8 in 100This school
11 in 100At the average Saddleback Valley Unified elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

78 of 922 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.8%

of students were suspended at least once (7 of 926). 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 Ralph A. Gates DLI Magnet

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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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Four student groups scored below the same groups across California in English.

Student groups, grades 3–6, spring 2026

22% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 36% for the same group across California. Homeless and Hispanic or Latino students and English learners also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 3–6; 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).
Ralph A. Gates DLI MagnetSame group, California
  • White54 tested69%Same group, California 60%
  • Hispanic or Latino403 tested32%Same group, California 37%
  • Low-income318 tested22%Same group, California 36%
  • Homeless184 tested18%Same group, California 25%
  • Students with disabilities59 tested15%Same group, California 18%
  • English learners175 tested4%Same group, California 12%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 6% to 74%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 83%2. White: 10%3. Two or more races: 3%4. Asian: 2%Unallocated share: 2%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino83%
  2. White10%
  3. Two or more races3%
  4. Asian2%
  5. Black or African American—
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share2%
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?

47% 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 · 129 of 273 English learners47%
Saddleback Valley Unified · 983 of 2,03448%
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?

65%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 584 of 896. California: 63%.

36teachers, 2024–25

9 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

8%in their first year, 2024–25

95%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there in English for low-income students and other student groups, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–6 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Saddleback Valley Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 318 tested in English, 320 in math
English22%−1941%−1436%
Math22%−1638%−830%
Hispanic or Latino · 403 tested in English, 407 in math
English32%−638%−537%
Math30%−535%030%
White · 54 tested
English69%+267%+960%
Math74%+965%+2054%
English learners · 175 tested in English, 179 in math
English4%−48%−812%
Math6%−612%−814%
Students with disabilities · 59 tested
English15%−1227%−318%
Math20%−828%+416%
Homeless · 184 tested in English, 186 in math
English18%−624%−725%
Math16%−521%−420%

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

Military-family students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native and Pacific Islander students, students of two or more races 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
Hispanic or Latino83%
White10%
Two or more races3%
Asian2%
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: 95% of teaching positions, 35.8 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 37.8 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Ralph A. Gates DLI Magnet, and how do I get in?

Ralph A. Gates DLI Magnet Elementary has no attendance area in Saddleback Valley Unified’s published boundaries. It is a dual-language immersion school offered as a voluntary option. A student’s later schools follow the family’s home address, not this campus, unless the family applies elsewhere. Look up an address with Saddleback Valley Unified ↗

  1. Elementary · this school
    Ralph A. Gates DLI Magnet Elementary
    Grades TK–6
  2. Middle
    Follows home address
  3. High
    Follows home address
    Check which middle and high schools serve that address.

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How do I get in?

Families apply to Ralph A. Gates DLI Magnet through Saddleback Valley Unified.

School website: svusd.org ↗Office: (949) 837-2260Administrator: Diana Clearwater

Location and visiting

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23882 Landisview Avenue, Lake Forest 92630

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Questions for your visit

  1. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 63% in English and 62% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (370 tested in English, 373 in math); California: 54% and 58%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  3. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working? 4% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grades 3–6, spring 2026 (175 students tested); the same group across California: 12%
  4. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (949) 837-226023882 Landisview Avenue, 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.

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Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,496 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #12 of 21 in Saddleback Valley Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math19%4842%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math38%4623%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+99 scale-score pts9020%
Chronically absent8 in 100635%
Suspension rate0.8% (7 of 926)575%
English learners: top level10%405%

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
2025–264873#1496California 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)
2018–193 in 1000.2% (2 of 1,035)+14
2021–22not on filenot on file+10
2022–23not on filenot on file+13
2023–249 in 1000.4% (4 of 923)+10
2024–258 in 1000.6% (5 of 909)+5
2025–268 in 1000.8% (7 of 926)+3

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 · English48919%38%
2026 · Math49320%38%
2025 · English50517%36%
2025 · Math51218%36%
2024 · English50314%36%
2024 · Math50816%34%
2023 · English51712%32%
2023 · Math51715%30%
2022 · English49912%30%
2022 · Math50610%29%
2019 · English56719%44%
2019 · Math57021%41%
2018 · English60722%47%
2018 · Math60819%43%
2017 · English60123%47%
2017 · Math62120%42%

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 · English13332%
2025 · Grade 4 · English12328%
2025 · Grade 5 · English12645%
2025 · Grade 6 · English12340%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math13638%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math12535%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math12735%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math12436%
2024 · Grade 3 · English12124%
2024 · Grade 4 · English13028%
2024 · Grade 5 · English12646%
2024 · Grade 6 · English12645%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math12533%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math13030%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math12630%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math12745%
2023 · Grade 3 · English13622%
2023 · Grade 4 · English13230%
2023 · Grade 5 · English13342%
2023 · Grade 6 · English11637%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math13626%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math13227%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math13332%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math11634%
2022 · Grade 3 · English14226%
2022 · Grade 4 · English14029%
2022 · Grade 5 · English11732%
2022 · Grade 6 · English10035%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math14217%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math14334%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math12030%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math10139%
2019 · Grade 3 · English11630%
2019 · Grade 4 · English14241%
2019 · Grade 5 · English15953%
2019 · Grade 6 · English15047%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math11742%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math14338%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math16046%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math15040%
2018 · Grade 3 · English14644%
2018 · Grade 4 · English16646%
2018 · Grade 5 · English15841%
2018 · Grade 6 · English13759%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math14742%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math16649%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math15833%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math13750%
2017 · Grade 3 · English16845%
2017 · Grade 4 · English16137%
2017 · Grade 5 · English14159%
2017 · Grade 6 · English13151%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math17849%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math16742%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math14238%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math13439%

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
Schoolwide11814%22%41%23%

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-income31822%−19−14
Hispanic or Latino40332%−6−5
English learners1754%−4−8
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+4365Average+18364Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+1297Average+16296Accelerated
Low-income−4247Average+15246Accelerated
English learners−6181Moderate+14180Accelerated
English-only students+15152not categorized+25152not categorized
Homeless−10118Moderate+10117Accelerated
English learners only−13115not categorized+11114not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+966not categorized+2366not categorized
White+2551Exceptional+3051Exceptional
Students with disabilities−649Moderate+1449Accelerated

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. “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, 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
10%
exceeded standard · 24% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 121 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
22%
Advanced · 44% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 117 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 118 (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+4 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

365 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: +4 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+18 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

364 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +18 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, 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 · 8 in 100 → 2025–26 · 8 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.6% (5 of 909) → 2025–26 · 0.8% (7 of 926) · +0.2 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female2 in 10010 in 100+8 in 100
Male3 in 1007 in 100+4 in 100
Asian7 in 1000 in 100−7 in 100
Hispanic or Latino3 in 1009 in 100+6 in 100
Two or more races0 in 1004 in 100+4 in 100
White3 in 1005 in 100+2 in 100
Students with disabilities5 in 1009 in 100+4 in 100
English learners3 in 10010 in 100+7 in 100
Homeless4 in 10010 in 100+6 in 100
Low-income3 in 10010 in 100+7 in 100
All students3 in 1008 in 100+5 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$12,689 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 24,954 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$199 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 896

Central federal expenditures attributed here$926 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 896

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,633 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 65%Instruction support 12%Student services 9%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 8%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$244,982,21764.72%65%
Instruction support$45,116,16611.92%12%
Student services$32,399,7528.56%9%
Administration$20,529,6995.42%5%
Buildings & maintenance$31,582,0808.34%8%
Other$3,937,7721.04%1%
Total$378,547,687100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $378,547,687 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$12,689 per pupil
2020$11,164 per pupil
2019$11,797 per pupil
2018$10,660 per pupil
2017$10,377 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 92630 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92630 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$125,853
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)47%
ZIP-area population67,152
Median age39.5 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 92630 →

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