Ridgepoint Elementary: 50% of kids clear the bar — ahead of the state's 43%. But suspensions run 2× the state rate.
Ridgepoint posts 50% meeting the standard, against 43% across the state. The number below is the one to ask about on a visit.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52 | 26% | 50% | +7.8 | 23.1% | 3.3% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Ridgepoint Elementary scores 52 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 71st percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “50% proficient” and call it done. Ridgepoint deserves a closer read. The school sits in Sacramento, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Ridgepoint's low-income kids hit 50.0% 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 50th to the 71st percentile since 2019 — past roughly 1100 elementary schools.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 50% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 42% | 29% | 43% | 34% | 47% |
| Grade 4 | 41% | 39% | 41% | 46% | 56% |
| Grade 5 | 54% | 52% | 54% | 43% | 54% |
| Grade 6 | 41% | 43% | 39% | 49% | 53% |
| Grade 7 | 70% | 48% | 59% | 47% | 58% |
| Grade 8 | 58% | 51% | 43% | 49% | 50% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 64% | 44% | 51% | 37% | 47% |
| Grade 4 | 43% | 39% | 46% | 43% | 42% |
| Grade 5 | 46% | 29% | 38% | 40% | 56% |
| Grade 6 | 28% | 34% | 30% | 38% | 44% |
| Grade 7 | 58% | 29% | 39% | 29% | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 52% | 31% | 26% | 42% | 32% |
The story this school is actually telling
of students met or exceeded the standard, versus 42.7% statewide.
of students were suspended, versus 1.6% statewide — worth asking about on a tour.
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 falls 9.4pp across grades; the floor rises 7.3pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Ridgepoint's most underrated number
50.0% 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 about the discipline philosophy and what a typical suspension is for. Numbers can't tell you whether a campus feels strict or chaotic — a visit can.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask what typically leads to a suspension, and what happens before it gets there.
- 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.
How every group of students does here
At Ridgepoint Elementary in Sacramento, 50.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 34.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Ridgepoint Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 15.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (39.9% Math proficient); Hispanic students (54.7% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 34.3 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 362 students tested.
8 of 17 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
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 5.7pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +0.6pp.
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
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.
$571 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
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 36% 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
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 51
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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 | 70 | 30% | 17% | 27% | 26% | 47% | +4 |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 25% | 31% | 11% | 33% | 56% | +11 |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 21% | 34% | 24% | 22% | 54% | +7 |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 22% | 31% | 21% | 27% | 53% | +6 |
| Grade 7 | 66 | 27% | 30% | 14% | 29% | 58% | +10 |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 25% | 25% | 23% | 27% | 50% | +4 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 76 | 26% | 21% | 26% | 26% | 47% | +2 |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 22% | 19% | 32% | 26% | 42% | +0 |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 31% | 24% | 21% | 23% | 56% | +20 |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 25% | 20% | 30% | 26% | 44% | +9 |
| Grade 7 | 68 | 22% | 12% | 24% | 43% | 34% | −0 |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 17% | 14% | 17% | 51% | 32% | −1 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 132 | 11% | 25% | 52% | 13% |
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 | 362 | 50.0% | +15 | +12 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 159 | 54.7% | +19 | +16 |
| English Learners | 107 | 20.6% | +7 | +10 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgepoint Elementary ← | — | 52 | 25.9% | 50.3% | +7.8 | 3.3% |
| Creekview Ranch | 2.8 mi | 52 | 34.7% | 59.6% | −20.1 | 3.8% |
| Foothill Oaks Elementary | 1.2 mi | 52 | 29.2% | 53.5% | −6.9 | 3.1% |
| Olive Grove Elementary | 1.1 mi | 51 | 24.8% | 52.9% | +6.3 | 1.4% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 42 | 50 | #2739 | 19.4% | 48.2% | 11.0% | 5.9% | -2.6pp |
| 2022 | 40 | 59 | #2347 | 16.3% | 38.8% | 41.0% | 9.8% | +3.8pp |
| 2023 | 43 | 58 | #2385 | 20.4% | 45.5% | 24.0% | 7.7% | -0.7pp |
| 2024 | 47 | 62 | #2187 | 19.1% | 40.7% | 22.5% | 6.6% | +5.7pp |
| 2025 | 52 | 71 | #1664 | 25.9% | 50.3% | 23.1% | 3.3% | +7.8pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 10.8% | 19.8% | +9.0pp |
| Male | 11.2% | 27.5% | +16.3pp |
| Asian | 14.3% | 13.9% | -0.4pp |
| Black/African American | 20.4% | 44.0% | +23.6pp |
| White | 0.0% | — | — |
| Hispanic/Latino | 9.0% | 21.4% | +12.4pp |
| Pacific Islander | 6.7% | 0.0% | -6.7pp |
| Two or More Races | 13.1% | 29.0% | +15.9pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 17.1% | 45.2% | +28.1pp |
| English Learners | 6.1% | 19.6% | +13.5pp |
| Homeless | 25.0% | 36.6% | +11.6pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 12.0% | 25.0% | +13.0pp |
| All Students | 11.0% | 23.5% | +12.5pp |
| Filipino | — | 26.7% | — |
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