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RISE · LancasterPublic

RISE: A community day school. No Scope Score publishes here.

A Scope Score ranks schools a family can choose between. At RISE, students are placed here after expulsion or by district or probation referral — so a comparative rank would measure something a family's choice never entered. We show what California reports and hold the rank.

44231 Fig Avenue, 93534 (opens in new tab)·Lancaster Elementary·Lancaster·Grades 4-8·16 students·81% low-income·2024–25 CAASPP·(661) 940-4355
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
This schoolCA avg
% Exceeded0%17%
% Met+0%40%
Growth
Absence43.1%18.1%
Suspension19.2%3.6%
What this school is
community day school
Not ranked
16 students · placed after expulsion or referral

RISE is a community day school in Lancaster, California. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, performance band, archetype or ranking for schools where enrollment is assigned rather than chosen, so its CDE CAASPP 2025 results appear here unranked.

Every figure below is California's own, reported for this school and shown without a rank. Why we withhold a score →

37 students were tested here on last year's CAASPP. 0.0% met or exceeded the standard; 0.0% exceeded it.

Chronic absenteeism ran 43.1%; the suspension rate was 19.2%. California reports both the same way it does for every school — this page just doesn't rank them here.

If you're trying to understand this school

Families don't choose a court or community school off this page — a student arrives through the court, a probation department, or a district referral. For a specific student, the county office of education or the district's alternative-education office is the right first call.

  • Ask how credits earned here transfer back to a student's home school.
  • Ask what continuity of services looks like when a student moves between this program and a comprehensive campus.
  • Ask what happens to a student's education plan after they leave.

How every group of students does here

At RISE in Lancaster, 0.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 22.6% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. RISE trails its district average for low-income students by 22.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (0.0% Math proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 19 students tested.

All students at this school: 0% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 0%, district —, state 40%0%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 0%, district 18%, state 32%0% · +0 vs school
MaleMale: this school 0%, district 19%, state 42%0% · +0 vs school
Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: this school 0%, district 11%, state 26%0% · +0 vs school

9 of 13 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
Subgroup growth by grade

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.

Showing up, and staying in class

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 43.1%, district 30.1%, state 18.1%43.1% · +25.0pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 19.2%, district —, state 3.6%19.2% · +15.6pp vs state
Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–653.3%
Grades 7–864.3%

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path
Middle
RISE
No score
This school
High School
No feeder data available for this level

Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 5:1, district 24:15:1
PrincipalHillard Smith
Teaching staff5 teachers
Avg. experience12.8 years
Fully credentialed100%
First-year teachers40%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$58,890 – $129,672
Principal salaryFrom $149,973
Superintendent salary$278,750

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $27,111, CA average $14,491$27,111 · spent at this school
Federal share$60 per student

$60 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$23,225 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction65%
Instruction support9%
Student services11%
Administration5%
Buildings & maintenance10%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$14,005 per pupil
2019$12,628 per pupil
2018$12,465 per pupil
2017$11,123 per pupil
2016$11,001 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Black68.8%
District 26.5% · CA 4.8%
Hispanic12.5%
District 59.1% · CA 56.1%
White6.3%
District 7.2% · CA 19.9%
Asian6.3%
District 0.8% · CA 10.2%
Other6.3%
District 6.4% · CA 9.0%
GenderFemale 62.5%Male 37.5%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 81.3% (17pp above CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$62K · CA $85K
Median home value$375K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+16% · CA 35%
ZIP population41,430
Median age36 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

At 16 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California middle school (≈860).

On the state's science test (CAST), 0% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

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.


For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Everything California reports about this school, shown without a rank — grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, climate, and the nearest schools.

01Score factors (not combined)the dimensions a Scope Score would weigh, shown against California · 2024–25
Exceeded standard · 42%
0.0%
↓ vs CA 17.2%
Met or exceeded · 23%
0.0%
↓ vs CA 40.0%
Chronic absenteeism · 5%
43.1%
↓ vs CA 18.1%
▲ 3.7pp higher vs 2023
Suspension rate · 5%
19.2%
↓ vs CA 3.6%
▲ 20.5pp higher vs 2023
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 68
Grade 74
Grade 8200%0%10%90%0%−46
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 67
Grade 76
Grade 8200%0%5%95%0%−32

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, no valid result was published, or the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide220%0%32%68%

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.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged190.0%−23−38
03Nearest middle schoolsnearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
RISE ←0.0%0.0%19.2%
Fulton and Alsbury Academy of Arts and Engineering1.8 mi19.6%47.6%+13.3pp1.5%
Amargosa Creek Middle2.1 mi4.9%20.1%+6.2pp11.2%
Piute Middle1.9 mi1.1%9.6%+1.6pp11.9%
California average17.2%40.0%+1.5pp3.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
YearExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20190.0%2.4%48.2%34.6%
20230.0%3.9%54.9%21.0%
20240.0%3.0%58.6%41.4%
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
What we can't show
  • — No Scope Score, performance band, archetype, or state rank publishes for this school — enrollment here is assigned, not chosen, so a comparative rank would mean something different than it does for a neighborhood school. See the Enrollment Axiom at /methodology#peer-class.
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
Group20192025Δ
Female46.7%69.6%+22.9pp
Male61.4%55.9%-5.5pp
Black/African American62.2%65.7%+3.5pp
Hispanic/Latino53.3%
Students with Disabilities61.5%57.9%-3.6pp
English Learners58.3%
Foster Youth63.6%
Homeless70.0%
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged57.8%63.6%+5.8pp
All Students57.6%61.4%+3.8pp
EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-07-03methodology · data updates · CSV · report issue

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