Math
37%Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced
Public elementary school
Richard M. Moon Primary
A closer look at learning, opportunity and fit.
29% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 37% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.
Data sources · Methodology · State tests: 2025
Contact
Phone(209) 847-2371
DistrictWaterford Unified
PrincipalVeronica Romero
GradesTK-3
Enrollment510 students
English
29%Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced
Students
510Total enrollment
Chronic absence
—Students absent 10% or more of school days
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What do the results tell us?
2025 results · Grades 3 & 5 · weighted by students tested within each subject.
Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →
Share at Proficient or Advanced
● Math┄ English
Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.
Exact annual results
| Year | Math | English |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 32% | 34% |
| 2022 | 24% | 25% |
| 2023 | 32% | 27% |
| 2024 | 42% | 35% |
| 2025 | 37% | 29% |
Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.
How achievement is distributed
AdvancedStandard Exceeded
7%ProficientStandard Met
30%DevelopingStandard Nearly Met
21%MinimalStandard Not Met
42%AdvancedStandard Exceeded
7%ProficientStandard Met
22%DevelopingStandard Nearly Met
23%MinimalStandard Not Met
48%Achievement-level percentages are not percentiles. “Developing” here is a test achievement level, separate from the SchoolScope performance band with the same name.
Annual results and the full academic record
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25
Where its students land
ELA29% met or exceeded
Exceeded 7%Met 22%Nearly Met 23%Not Met 48%
Math37% met or exceeded
Exceeded 7%Met 30%Nearly Met 21%Not Met 42%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California elementary schools · average21% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
Students & opportunity
Who shares in the school’s results?
Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25
Low-income students here meet the ELA standard behind the same group statewide.
At Richard M. Moon Primary in Waterford, 27.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 31.7% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Richard M. Moon Primary trails its district average for low-income students by 3.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (36.6% Math proficient); Hispanic students (26.9% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 15.6 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 111 students tested.
Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 10 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 33% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 33%, district —, state 43%33%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 32%, district 29%, state 32%32% · −1 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 32%, district 29%, state 32%32% · −1 vs school
MaleMale: this school 37%, district 32%, state 42%37% · +4 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 29%, district 31%, state 44%29% · −4 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 39%, district 40%, state 56%39% · +7 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 23%, district 9%, state 11%23% · −10 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 7%, district 7%, state 15%7% · −26 vs school
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: too few students to report‹11
AsianAsian: too few students to report‹11
this school district, same group California, same group
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Student-group results by grade
Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
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No student-group growth record is available for this school in this data release.
The daily experience
What is it like to be a student here?
Students per teacher
Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.
Teacher experience
Average teacher experience in the published staffing record. It does not measure individual teacher effectiveness.
Chronically absent
The share of students absent for at least 10% of their enrolled school days. Attendance reflects both school and out-of-school circumstances.
The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25
About 23 students for every teacher here.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
Students per teacher23 · district 21
Teaching staff22 teachers
Avg. experience20.3 years
Fully credentialed95%
First-year teachers5%
PrincipalVeronica Romero
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Teacher salary schedule$63,148 – $119,244
Principal salary$143,321 – $157,505
Superintendent salary$221,710
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
Resources & neighborhood
What sits behind the school experience?
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What gets spent · FY 2024–25
It spends $9,222 per student, less than the California average.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.
$872 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.
Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $9,222, CA average $14,491$9,222 · spent at this school
Federal share$872 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$24,353 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 63%Instruction support 8%Student services 8%Administration 10%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
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district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$15,285 per pupil
2019$14,616 per pupil
2018$13,966 per pupil
2017$6,135 per pupil
2016$5,887 per pupil
The neighborhood · ACS 2024
Four in five of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
Worth knowing
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
Hispanic or Latino71.0% · district 59.1% · CA 56.1%
White21.6% · district 29.8% · CA 19.9%
Asian2.2% · district 3.9% · CA 10.2%
Black0.2% · district 1.3% · CA 4.8%
Other5.1% · district 6.0% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch89.8% · CA 64%
Median income$73K · CA $85K
Median home value$417K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+11% · CA 35%
ZIP population10,666
Median age34 years
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
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What are the alternatives?
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2025 · elementary schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.
No nearby schools in this category are listed. The school being viewed stays visible for reference.
| School | Type | Performance band | Advanced | Proficient or Advanced | Distance | Select |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard M. Moon Primary | Public | Not available | — | — | School being viewed | |
| Hickman Elementary | Charter | Solid | 20% | 55% | 1.9 mi | |
| Connecting Waters Charter | Charter | Solid | 12% | 33% | 0.6 mi | |
| Hickman Charter | Charter | Developing | 13% | 31% | 2.0 mi |
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Moving & enrollment
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District information →School website →Schools across the K–12 journey
Elementary · K–5
Middle · 6–8
High school · 9–12
The road from this school ends at Waterford High, which sent 10 graduates to UC campuses last fall and teaches 6 AP subjects. Those numbers describe past cohorts — a child starting here today would reach Waterford High around 2035, and 10 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 54% of Waterford High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.
10 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 6 AP subjects taught → full record on Waterford High's page
Source: UC & College Board
Source: sabs_2016. Schools are grouped by grade stage. Nearby schools are not confirmed feeder links or address assignments. Verify the current path and eligibility with the district.
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How the Scope Score is calculated
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A closer look at the evidence
Richard M. Moon Primary: reading the evidence
Richard M. Moon Primary is an elementary school in Waterford. We publish no Scope Score, band or rank for it this year — the composite they are all built from isn't on file. Here's what we can show.
Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.
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