Public school · Santa Ana Unified · Santa Ana, California

Romero-Cruz Academy — Rating & test scores

Santa Ana · TK–8 · 827 students (2024–25)

2701 West Fifth Street, 92703(714) 480-2200
11thpercentileNeeds Support

The dots are California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
20

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 15% and 12% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 46% and 42%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 113
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Academic achievement ↓

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4.8% of students (38 of 797) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, three times the rate at the average California elementary school.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 797. District and California figures are averages of school rates (38 Santa Ana Unified schools; 5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Romero-Cruz Academy runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Santa Ana Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Romero-Cruz Academy a good school?

Romero-Cruz Academy scores higher than 11 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 11th percentile, Needs Support, spring 2026.

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 11 in 100 California middle schools we score (11th percentile, Needs Support, spring 2026)

Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 21 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 16 in 100 at the average Santa Ana Unified elementary school. 4.8% of students (38 of 797) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (4)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, below what the state expected; in math, about as expected. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored −23 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Minimal. In math, they scored −5 points, which it calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 565 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 12% of low-income students in grades 3–8 at Romero-Cruz Academy in Santa Ana scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 37% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2026 attendance boundaries, Romero-Cruz Academy is zoned to Valley High. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Valley High: 21st percentile (Needs Support) of California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 Scope Score

Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 15% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 12% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 113
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 3–5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English, 1,211,701 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 113 tested

Advanced
4%
Proficient
11%
Below the standard
85%
This school15%
California46%
Santa Ana Unified31%

15% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 113 tested

Advanced
5%
Proficient
7%
Below the standard
88%
This school12%
California42%
Santa Ana Unified26%

12% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–8 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced3%13%26%
Advanced3%5%2%
Proficient0%8%24%
Developing level13%11%23%
Minimal84%76%51%
Tested323843
California44%46%49%
Difference−41−33−23
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced13%14%11%
Advanced3%4%2%
Proficient10%10%9%
Developing level20%21%23%
Minimal67%65%66%
Tested163168174
California48%51%49%
Difference−35−37−38

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

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced9%16%12%
Advanced3%8%5%
Proficient6%8%7%
Developing level7%21%25%
Minimal84%63%63%
Tested323843
California47%42%37%
Difference−38−26−25
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced11%11%10%
Advanced4%5%0%
Proficient7%6%10%
Developing level20%19%17%
Minimal69%70%73%
Tested163169173
California37%38%36%
Difference−26−27−26

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.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How do the middle grades do?

Well below California in both subjects. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 12% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 11% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 11th percentile (Needs Support) among California’s middle schools.

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 505 tested

Advanced
3%
Proficient
9%
Below the standard
88%
This school12%
California49%
Santa Ana Unified34%

12% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 505 tested

Advanced
3%
Proficient
8%
Below the standard
89%
This school11%
California37%
Santa Ana Unified22%

11% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Have results changed?

English results were higher than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 10% to 15% and math from 10% to 12%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202510%112 tested
→
202615%113 tested

This school

California, same grades46% → 46%2025 → 2026 · 1,232,086 → 1,208,894 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202510%114 tested
→
202612%113 tested

This school

California, same grades41% → 42%2025 → 2026 · 1,241,652 → 1,211,701 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, below what the state expected; in math, about as expected. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored −23 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Minimal. In math, they scored −5 points, which it calls Average.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4–8: 565
Comparison
Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 4–8 · 2025 · 565 students with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

−23 pts

English

The state calls it Minimal, the lowest of its five growth levels.

−5 pts

Math

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school4%11%16%69%113
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Santa Ana Unified12%19%24%45%7,464
Math, grades 3–5 · This school5%7%19%69%113
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Santa Ana Unified9%17%28%46%7,468
English, grades 6–8 · This school3%9%22%66%505
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Santa Ana Unified9%25%27%39%7,858
Math, grades 6–8 · This school3%8%18%71%505
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Santa Ana Unified9%13%25%53%7,853

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

English and math results for the tested grades. These do not measure the experience in kindergarten or the early grades.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20225 tested years shown · English and math have stayed well below California in every tested year since 2022

Chart and table: 2022–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20222024202615%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20222024202612%42%

In grades 3–5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 12% in 2022 to 15% in 2026. In math, it went from 6% in 2022 to 12% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202212%
77 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202314%
94 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202412%
100 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202510%
112 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
202615%
113 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
20226%
78 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202311%
95 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202413%
101 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202510%
114 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
202612%
113 tested		42%
1,211,701 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 23 points below that expected score, and in math 5 points below it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

What you can do

Who can act on Romero-Cruz Academy’s results?

Santa Ana Unified’s board decides Romero-Cruz Academy’s plan.

The state hasn’t placed Romero-Cruz Academy in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Santa Ana Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Santa Ana Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 
Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2What the law requires, and what to ask

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 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

21 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average Santa Ana Unified elementary school, 16 in 100 were. 4.8% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 162 of 779 students counted for it; suspension: 38 of 797 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Santa Ana Unified elementary school 1.4%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

21 in 100This school
16 in 100At the average Santa Ana Unified elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

162 of 779 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

4.8%

of students were suspended at least once (38 of 797). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grades TK–3: not in the records we hold
  • Grades 4–6: 19 in 100, 51 of 265
  • Grades 7–8: 24 in 100, 88 of 372
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Romero-Cruz Academy

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Work here? Answer the staff questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Four student groups scored well below the same groups across California in English.

Student groups, grades 3–8, spring 2026

13% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 3–8, spring 2026), against 38% for the same group across California. Low-income students, English learners and students with disabilities also scored well below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 3–8; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Romero-Cruz AcademySame group, California
  • Homeless58 tested21%Same group, California 27%
  • Hispanic or Latino602 tested13%Same group, California 38%
  • Low-income591 tested12%Same group, California 37%
  • Students with disabilities103 tested2%Same group, California 14%
  • English learners302 tested1%Same group, California 11%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–8 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 1% to 12%; every value is in the table below. Students with disabilities: grades 6–8 only. Homeless students: grades 6–8 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 97%Unallocated share: 3%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino97%
  2. White—
  3. Asian—
  4. Black or African American—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share3%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

33% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 109 of 334 English learners33%
Santa Ana Unified · 4,026 of 9,32543%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

96%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 792 of 827. California: 63%.

63teachers, 2024–25

11 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

6%in their first year, 2024–25

88%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there in English for Hispanic or Latino students and other student groups, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Santa Ana Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 591 tested
English12%−1830%−2537%
Math10%−1222%−1828%
Hispanic or Latino · 602 tested
English13%−1730%−2538%
Math11%−1122%−1728%
English learners · 302 tested in English, 303 in math
English1%−56%−1011%
Math3%−36%−912%
Students with disabilities · 103 tested in English, 104 in math · grades 6–8 only
English2%−68%−1214%
Math1%−34%−910%
Homeless · 58 tested · grades 6–8 only
English21%−526%−627%
Math12%−517%−517%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Santa Ana Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students, students of two or more races and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino97%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 88% of teaching positions, 41.4 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 47.3 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Romero-Cruz Academy, and how do I get in?

Valley High.

Before that, Romero-Cruz Academy teaches grades TK–8 itself. In the district’s boundaries, its area overlaps the zone of 7 other elementary schools. Boundaries split some neighborhoods. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Elementary · overlapping zone
Grades TK–8 · this school
Romero-Cruz Academy
High · next
Valley High 21st · Needs Support · 2025

Assigned

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. Shares are our estimate of where the zone’s children live, from 2020 Census child counts, or land area where few children were counted; they describe children living in the zone, not a school’s enrolled students. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement: transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

High-school links

  • Valley High

    Assigned

    21st percentile · Needs Support · high · 2025

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.

Where the path ends: Valley High
Valley High21st · Needs Support · 2025 · Scope Score 46district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at Valley High. UC records 19 enrollees from Valley High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 20 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Valley High around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 70% of the students who finished high school at Valley High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

19 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 20 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Valley High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Romero-Cruz Academy runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Santa Ana Unified which school serves your address.

Office: (714) 480-2200Administrator: Oralia Cordova

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
2701 West Fifth Street, Santa Ana 92703

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Santa Ana Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family? 4.8% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (38 of 797 students); average California elementary school: 1.6%
  2. How much of each day do English learners spend learning English, and how do families see their progress? 33% of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (109 of 334 students); California: 47%
  3. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 85% in English and 88% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (113 students tested in each); California: 54% and 58%
  4. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon? 21 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (162 of 779 students); average Santa Ana Unified elementary school: 16 in 100
  5. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (714) 480-22002701 West Fifth Street, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby elementary schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest elementary schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby elementary schoolsPercentile among California elementary schools, 2026

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #5,041 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #31 of 38 in Santa Ana Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math4%3342%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math13%2723%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+80 scale-score pts5820%
Chronically absent21 in 100445%
Suspension rate4.8% (38 of 797)275%
English learners: top level6%355%

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. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

Scope Score by year2021–22 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–262011#5041California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2021–22, 2022–23, 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 yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2021–22not on filenot on file+3
2022–23not on filenot on file−2
2023–2422 in 10015.1% (147 of 973)+1
2024–2522 in 10014.1% (123 of 875)+8
2025–2621 in 1004.8% (38 of 797)+12

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English6183%13%
2026 · Math6184%11%
2025 · English6621%12%
2025 · Math6633%10%
2024 · English7131%10%
2024 · Math7302%7%
2023 · English7192%14%
2023 · Math7122%7%
2022 · English7721%12%
2022 · Math7711%6%
2019 · English1319%32%
2019 · Math1338%27%
2018 · English1729%30%
2018 · Math1743%25%
2017 · English2806%24%
2017 · Math2805%24%

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 · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English385%
2025 · Grade 4 · English454%
2025 · Grade 5 · English2924%
2025 · Grade 6 · English1886%
2025 · Grade 7 · English19416%
2025 · Grade 8 · English16814%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math3811%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math4611%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math307%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math1885%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math19412%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math16712%
2024 · Grade 3 · English459%
2024 · Grade 4 · English329%
2024 · Grade 5 · English2322%
2024 · Grade 6 · English1979%
2024 · Grade 7 · English16311%
2024 · Grade 8 · English25310%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math4516%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math3216%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math244%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math2034%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math1719%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math2556%
2023 · Grade 3 · English3412%
2023 · Grade 4 · English2715%
2023 · Grade 5 · English3315%
2023 · Grade 6 · English17913%
2023 · Grade 7 · English2397%
2023 · Grade 8 · English20722%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math3517%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math274%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math339%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math1768%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math2374%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math2049%
2022 · Grade 3 · English260%
2022 · Grade 4 · English3020%
2022 · Grade 5 · English2114%
2022 · Grade 6 · English2586%
2022 · Grade 7 · English22120%
2022 · Grade 8 · English21611%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math268%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math3110%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math210%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math2582%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math2208%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math2159%
2019 · Grade 4 · English6733%
2019 · Grade 5 · English6431%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math6935%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math6419%
2018 · Grade 4 · English6926%
2018 · Grade 5 · English10332%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math7123%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math10327%
2017 · Grade 4 · English14023%
2017 · Grade 5 · English14026%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math14029%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math14019%

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)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide2110%6%52%42%

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.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income59112%−18−25
Hispanic or Latino60213%−17−25
English learners3021%−5−10
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students−23565Minimal−5565Average
Low-income−23555Minimal−5555Average
Hispanic or Latino−24550Minimal−5550Average
English learners−24395Minimal−4394Average
English learners only−32280not categorized−7279not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−22178Minimal−1177Average
Homeless−24133Minimal−8132Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−13115not categorized−3115not categorized
Students with disabilities−2898Minimal−1798Moderate
English-only students−2786not categorized−1487not categorized

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. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. 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. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3
0%
exceeded standard · 9% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 45 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
2%
Advanced · 26% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 43 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 43 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−23 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–8

565 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, English: −23 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Minimal, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math−5 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–8

565 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −5 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

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, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

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 · 22 in 100 → 2025–26 · 21 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 14.1% (123 of 875) → 2025–26 · 4.8% (38 of 797) · −9.3 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female5 in 10020 in 100+15 in 100
Male8 in 10022 in 100+14 in 100
Hispanic or Latino6 in 10021 in 100+15 in 100
Students with disabilities8 in 10026 in 100+18 in 100
English learners7 in 10024 in 100+17 in 100
Homeless6 in 10021 in 100+15 in 100
Low-income7 in 10021 in 100+14 in 100
All students6 in 10021 in 100+15 in 100
Military families—30 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,998 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 44,271 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$458 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 827

Central federal expenditures attributed here$596 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 827

District current expense · FY 2024–25$27,941 per ADA

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.

How the California mean was selected

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.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 58%Instruction support 14%Student services 11%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$536,907,20757.63%58%
Instruction support$134,024,36614.39%14%
Student services$101,312,93710.88%11%
Administration$65,450,7347.03%7%
Buildings & maintenance$82,355,2268.84%9%
Other$11,546,4281.24%1%
Total$931,596,898100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $931,596,898 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.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$15,998 per pupil
2020$15,219 per pupil
2019$14,679 per pupil
2018$12,971 per pupil
2017$12,258 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders1.8%

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.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 92703 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92703 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$84,437
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)13%
ZIP-area population62,447
Median age34.8 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 92703 →

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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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