Rocklin Elementary: Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.
Rocklin posts 66% meeting the standard, and 39.3% going well past it. Most kids here keep up. Fewer get pushed further. Ask the school what it does for a child who already finds the work easy.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62 | 39% | 66% | +3.1 | 10.6% | 0.9% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Rocklin Elementary scores 62 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 85th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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💪 Strong All-Around — Ask about what we don't score — class size, electives, the feel of a classroom — strong numbers everywhere on paper don't mean every classroom feels the same.
Most rating sites would stop at “66% proficient” and call it done. Rocklin deserves a closer read. It sits at the 85th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
The seven-year arc
Has held the 85th-percentile line every tested year since 2019.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 66% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 69% | 56% | 60% | 63% | 54% |
| Grade 4 | 63% | 69% | 58% | 66% | 69% |
| Grade 5 | 70% | 74% | 63% | 57% | 64% |
| Grade 6 | 70% | 75% | 71% | 68% | 54% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 73% | 72% | 71% | 73% | 67% |
| Grade 4 | 60% | 71% | 69% | 68% | 78% |
| Grade 5 | 58% | 63% | 57% | 53% | 64% |
| Grade 6 | 58% | 67% | 71% | 55% | 60% |
The story this school is actually telling
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 rises 5.7pp across grades; the floor rises 9.6pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
- 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.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Rocklin Elementary in Rocklin, 34.6% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 48.7% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Rocklin Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 14.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (43.5% Math proficient); White students (57.2% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 25.4 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 136 students tested.
6 of 16 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 13.0pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +8.8pp.
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
$102 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), 48% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 72
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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 | 94 | 34% | 20% | 24% | 21% | 54% | +11 |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 37% | 31% | 16% | 16% | 69% | +24 |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 40% | 24% | 22% | 14% | 64% | +16 |
| Grade 6 | 90 | 30% | 24% | 27% | 19% | 54% | +8 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 95 | 34% | 34% | 14% | 19% | 67% | +22 |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 46% | 33% | 14% | 7% | 78% | +37 |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 45% | 19% | 26% | 10% | 64% | +29 |
| Grade 6 | 90 | 36% | 24% | 17% | 23% | 60% | +25 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 86 | 22% | 26% | 43% | 9% |
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 | 136 | 34.6% | −14 | −4 |
| White | 152 | 57.2% | −8 | −5 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 76 | 43.4% | −13 | +5 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocklin Elementary ← | — | 62 | 39.3% | 66.1% | +3.1 | 0.9% |
| Valley View Elementary | 1.8 mi | 78 | 51.2% | 74.6% | +5.7 | 1.8% |
| Sierra Elementary | 1.4 mi | 70 | 41.5% | 75.7% | +9.9 | 3.2% |
| Cobblestone Elementary | 2.1 mi | 67 | 36.0% | 65.9% | +9.4 | 1.3% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 62 | 82 | #977 | 42.5% | 65.4% | 7.9% | 1.3% | -6.6pp |
| 2022 | 68 | 93 | #385 | 42.5% | 67.5% | 17.0% | 1.1% | +4.8pp |
| 2023 | 57 | 81 | #1094 | 37.2% | 63.0% | 14.6% | 1.9% | -5.5pp |
| 2024 | 56 | 78 | #1264 | 33.5% | 63.5% | 11.9% | 1.1% | -13.1pp |
| 2025 | 62 | 85 | #880 | 39.3% | 66.1% | 10.6% | 0.9% | +3.1pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 7.4% | 9.3% | +1.9pp |
| Male | 8.4% | 11.3% | +2.9pp |
| Asian | 1.3% | 5.9% | +4.6pp |
| Black/African American | 33.3% | — | — |
| White | 11.8% | 0.0% | -11.8pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 5.7% | 17.1% | +11.4pp |
| Two or More Races | 7.3% | 9.4% | +2.1pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 12.5% | 15.7% | +3.2pp |
| English Learners | 4.5% | 16.1% | +11.6pp |
| Homeless | 8.3% | 42.9% | +34.6pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 11.8% | 19.3% | +7.5pp |
| All Students | 7.9% | 10.2% | +2.3pp |
| Filipino | — | 8.1% | — |
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