English
39%
scored Proficient or Advanced.
27341821Charter school · Biggs Unified
5236 Church Street, Richvale · 53 students · Grades 1–6
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Richvale Charter Academy’s 2025–26 test results, released October 15, 2026, are on this page.
Scope Score 79
75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built
Near California in English, well above in math, grades 3 and 5, spring 2026: 39% and 61% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 47% and 42%.
Overview
Solid. Richvale Charter Academy is higher than most California elementary schools on math test results and attendance. Richvale Charter Academy is lower than most on English test results and progress in both subjects.
Test results, spring 2026
Progress in a year, 2025
Showing up, 2025–26
Each bar is Richvale Charter Academy’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.
A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.
In its own words
We haven’t read Richvale Charter Academy’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.
Schools like it
Richvale Charter Academy’s Scope Score is 79. 592 California elementary schools, counting Richvale Charter Academy, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 77. Richvale Charter Academy’s result is higher than 394 of them.
The five schools with the highest results of the 592
Students from low-income families: 51%
Los Angeles
Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile
Students from low-income families: 51%
Fountain Valley
Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile
Students from low-income families: 52%
Hacienda Heights
Scope Score 94Strong · 98th percentile
Students from low-income families: 48%
Diamond Bar
Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile
Students from low-income families: 47%
Van Nuys
Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile
592 California public elementary schools where 47% to 59% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.
The group is every California public elementary school we score where 47% to 59% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Richvale Charter Academy’s share. The count includes Richvale Charter Academy. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.
Over time
There’s no spring 2025 result to compare with spring 2026: fewer than 11 students tested here that year, so CDE withheld it.
Tests
Below California in English (reading and writing); well above it in math.
English
39%
scored Proficient or Advanced.
27341821Math
61%
scored Proficient or Advanced.
3094021In grades 3 and 5, spring 2026, 39% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 61% in math, against 47% and 42% across California.
The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3 and 5 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).
What each level means: California's level descriptions.
English
| Measure | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proficient or Advanced | 38% | suppressed | 40% |
| Advanced | 31% | suppressed | 15% |
| Proficient | 7% | suppressed | 25% |
| Developing level | 31% | suppressed | 35% |
| Minimal | 31% | suppressed | 25% |
| Tested | 13 | 10 | 20 |
| California | 44% | 46% | 49% |
| Difference | −6 | — | −9 |
| Measure | Grade 6 |
|---|---|
| Proficient or Advanced | suppressed |
| Advanced | suppressed |
| Proficient | suppressed |
| Developing level | suppressed |
| Minimal | suppressed |
| Tested | 5 |
| California | 48% |
| Difference | — |
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
| Measure | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proficient or Advanced | 85% | suppressed | 45% |
| Advanced | 31% | suppressed | 15% |
| Proficient | 54% | suppressed | 30% |
| Developing level | 7% | suppressed | 10% |
| Minimal | 8% | suppressed | 45% |
| Tested | 13 | 10 | 20 |
| California | 47% | 42% | 37% |
| Difference | +38 | — | +8 |
| Measure | Grade 6 |
|---|---|
| Proficient or Advanced | suppressed |
| Advanced | suppressed |
| Proficient | suppressed |
| Developing level | suppressed |
| Minimal | suppressed |
| Tested | 5 |
| California | 37% |
| Difference | — |
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.
| Students | Advanced | Proficient | Developing level | Minimal | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English, grades 3 and 5 · This school | 21% | 18% | 34% | 27% | 33 |
| English, grades 3 and 5 · California | 24% | 23% | 21% | 32% | 801,173 |
| English, grades 3 and 5 · Biggs Unified | 14% | 15% | 25% | 46% | 87 |
| Math, grades 3 and 5 · This school | 21% | 40% | 9% | 30% | 33 |
| Math, grades 3 and 5 · California | 22% | 20% | 23% | 35% | 803,024 |
| Math, grades 3 and 5 · Biggs Unified | 10% | 24% | 17% | 49% | 87 |
Spring 2026, grades 3 and 5 combined: 33 tested in English, 33 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Who goes here
White students are the largest group here, at 73% of students. 4 of 63 students missed 10% or more of school days.
Missing school, 2025–26
4of 63
students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. That is 6 in 100.
At the average Biggs Unified elementary school: 12 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.
Students, 2024–25
53
students in grades 1–6.
Family income
53%
of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 28 of 53. California: 63%.
Teachers, 2024–25
3
teachers, with 8 years of experience on average.
0% were in their first year.
100% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.
Suspensions, 2025–26
0
students were suspended at least once. Average California elementary school 1.6%.
Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.
| Students | Here |
|---|---|
| White | 73% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 24% |
| Asian | — |
| Black or African American | — |
| Filipino | — |
| Two or more races | — |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | — |
| Pacific Islander | — |
| Not reported | — |
Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.
Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 2 of 2 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.
Family and staff answers
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Money
$23,021 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student.
$23,021
for each student at this school, 2024–25The district and California figures combine their elementary schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 5,053 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓
What you can do
Richvale Charter Academy’s own board decides its plan.
Where is its yearly plan?
Richvale Charter Academy is a charter school that CDE lists as locally funded, through its district. Biggs Unified authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2030.
Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source
State support
The state hasn’t placed Richvale Charter Academy in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source
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
Questions to ask
Bring these 5 questions to Richvale Charter Academy. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.
Getting in
Ask Richvale Charter Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. No assigned next school.
Richvale Charter Academy is a charter, so a student’s later schools follow the family’s home address, not this campus, unless the family applies elsewhere. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.
These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Explore schools on the map
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
Scope Score 69 · Needs Support · 20th percentile · high · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
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).
The road from this school ends at Biggs High. The AP Course Audit lists 2 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. That figure comes from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Biggs High around 2034, and a school can change a lot in 8 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 47% of the students who finished high school at Biggs High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.
SchoolScope has no verified UC admissions record for this school. SchoolScope has no verified CEEB identity mapping for this school. Source: UC admissions by source school.
Where it is
A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map
Ask Richvale Charter Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓
Richvale Charter Academy has a Scope Score of 79. It scored higher than 67 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Solid, 67th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓
In 2025–26, 4 of 63 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 12 in 100 at the average Biggs Unified elementary school. 0 of 64 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓
The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓
The full record
This page is built from 11 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.
Data updated
October 15, 2026
Results
Students
Money and staff
Place, downloads and method
| Factor | School | Index | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advancedaverage of English and math | 23% | 51 | 42% |
| Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math | 52% | 57 | 23% |
| Chronically absent | 4 of 63 | 62 | 5% |
| Suspension rate | 0 of 64 | 59 | 5% |
| Grade gap (G3→G5, different students) | -19.0pp | — | not scored |
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. The weights above add to 75%: the remaining 25%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.
| School year | Scope Score | Percentile | Rank | Comparison group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 79 | 67 | #1842 | California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula |
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 year | Chronic absence | Suspension | Grade gap (points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–24 | 2 of 53 | 0 of 53 | — |
| 2024–25 | 5 of 55 | 1.8% (1 of 55) | — |
| 2025–26 | 4 of 63 | 0 of 64 | −19 |
Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.
English and math by test year · all tested grades
| Year · subject | Students with scores | Top level | Top two levels |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · English | 48 | 23% | 46% |
| 2026 · Math | 48 | 23% | 60% |
| 2025 · English | 36 | 14% | 50% |
| 2025 · Math | 36 | 31% | 58% |
| 2024 · English | 25 | 28% | 40% |
| 2024 · Math | 25 | 40% | 68% |
| 2023 · English | 25 | 24% | 44% |
| 2023 · Math | 26 | 19% | 62% |
| 2022 · English | 28 | 18% | 61% |
| 2022 · Math | 28 | 14% | 46% |
| 2019 · English | 21 | 38% | 76% |
| 2019 · Math | 21 | 19% | 71% |
| 2018 · English | 24 | 21% | 67% |
| 2018 · Math | 24 | 21% | 62% |
| 2017 · English | 24 | 17% | 62% |
| 2017 · Math | 25 | 4% | 32% |
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 · subject | Students with scores | Met or exceeded |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 · Grade 3 · English | 8 | — |
| 2025 · Grade 4 · English | 13 | 38% |
| 2025 · Grade 5 · English | 6 | — |
| 2025 · Grade 6 · English | 9 | — |
| 2025 · Grade 3 · Math | 8 | — |
| 2025 · Grade 4 · Math | 13 | 69% |
| 2025 · Grade 5 · Math | 6 | — |
| 2025 · Grade 6 · Math | 9 | — |
| 2024 · Grade 3 · English | 13 | 31% |
| 2024 · Grade 4 · English | — | — |
| 2024 · Grade 5 · English | 9 | — |
| 2024 · Grade 3 · Math | 13 | 77% |
| 2024 · Grade 4 · Math | — | — |
| 2024 · Grade 5 · Math | 9 | — |
| 2023 · Grade 3 · English | 5 | — |
| 2023 · Grade 4 · English | 8 | — |
| 2023 · Grade 5 · English | 4 | — |
| 2023 · Grade 6 · English | 8 | — |
| 2023 · Grade 3 · Math | 5 | — |
| 2023 · Grade 4 · Math | 9 | — |
| 2023 · Grade 5 · Math | 4 | — |
| 2023 · Grade 6 · Math | 8 | — |
| 2022 · Grade 3 · English | 7 | — |
| 2022 · Grade 4 · English | 5 | — |
| 2022 · Grade 5 · English | 9 | — |
| 2022 · Grade 6 · English | 7 | — |
| 2022 · Grade 3 · Math | 7 | — |
| 2022 · Grade 4 · Math | 5 | — |
| 2022 · Grade 5 · Math | 9 | — |
| 2022 · Grade 6 · Math | 7 | — |
| 2019 · Grade 3 · English | 7 | — |
| 2019 · Grade 4 · English | 8 | — |
| 2019 · Grade 5 · English | 4 | — |
| 2019 · Grade 6 · English | — | — |
| 2019 · Grade 3 · Math | 7 | — |
| 2019 · Grade 4 · Math | 8 | — |
| 2019 · Grade 5 · Math | 4 | — |
| 2019 · Grade 6 · Math | — | — |
| 2018 · Grade 3 · English | — | — |
| 2018 · Grade 4 · English | — | — |
| 2018 · Grade 5 · English | — | — |
| 2018 · Grade 6 · English | — | — |
| 2018 · Grade 3 · Math | — | — |
| 2018 · Grade 4 · Math | — | — |
| 2018 · Grade 5 · Math | — | — |
| 2018 · Grade 6 · Math | — | — |
| 2017 · Grade 3 · English | — | — |
| 2017 · Grade 4 · English | — | — |
| 2017 · Grade 5 · English | — | — |
| 2017 · Grade 6 · English | — | — |
| 2017 · Grade 3 · Math | — | — |
| 2017 · Grade 4 · Math | — | — |
| 2017 · Grade 5 · Math | — | — |
| 2017 · Grade 6 · Math | — | — |
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) | Tested | Advanced | Proficient | Developing level | Minimal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schoolwide | 20 | 5% | 15% | 70% | 10% |
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.
| Group | English | n | CDE category | Math | n | CDE category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All students | −20 | 26 | Moderate | +2 | 26 | Average |
| English-only students | −24 | 22 | not categorized | +5 | 22 | not categorized |
| White | −18 | 17 | Moderate | −5 | 17 | Average |
| Low-income | −12 | 16 | Moderate | −14 | 16 | Moderate |
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 grade 5. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.
State model · English−20 pts vs expected
matched students, grade 5CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard
Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25
All students, grade 5
26 students
CDE growth category: Moderate
State model · math+2 pts vs expected
matched students, grade 5CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard
Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25
All students, grade 5
26 students
CDE growth category: Average
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 grade 5, and it is not part of the Scope Score.
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 · 5 of 55 → 2025–26 · 4 of 63 |
| Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.8% (1 of 55) → 2025–26 · 0 of 64 · −1.8 percentage points |
| Group | 2018–19 | 2025–26 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 0 of 16 | 1 of 28 | — |
| Male | 3 of 20 | 3 of 35 | — |
| White | 2 of 32 | 3 of 46 | — |
| All students | 3 of 36 | 4 of 63 | — |
| Hispanic or Latino | — | 1 of 15 | — |
| Low-income | — | 4 of 30 | — |
Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.
NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 563 pupils
NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records
CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 53
CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 53
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.
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.
| Group | Dollars | Share, to two decimals | Printed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction | $4,948,273 | 55.15% | 55% |
| Instruction support | $994,321 | 11.08% | 11% |
| Student services | $863,725 | 9.63% | 10% |
| Administration | $1,061,171 | 11.83% | 12% |
| Buildings & maintenance | $1,049,832 | 11.70% | 12% |
| Total | $8,973,147 | 100.00% | 100% |
These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $8,973,147 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.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
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.
| Measure | Estimate |
|---|---|
| Median household income | — |
| Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) | 37% |
| ZIP-area population | 98 |
| Median age | 76.1 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 95974 →
Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 5,726 elementary schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026
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