Rosedale-North Elementary: This school runs ahead of the state average. The bar itself is the harder conversation.
Rosedale-North posts 49% meeting the standard against 43% statewide — ahead of most, with real headroom above the bar.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52 | 20% | 49% | -1.4 | 8.8% | 0.6% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Rosedale-North Elementary scores 52 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 71st percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
🤝 Culture First — Ask whether the low absenteeism and suspension numbers come from what the school does or from the community it serves — both can produce the same numbers, and only a visit tells you which.
Most rating sites would stop at “49% proficient” and call it done. Rosedale-North deserves a closer read. The school sits in Bakersfield, where two in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 8.8% chronic absenteeism — versus 17.9% statewide. Attendance is the quietest strong signal a school can post.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 47th to the 71st percentile since 2019 — past roughly 1200 elementary schools.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 49% meet the standard today, versus 59% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 65% | 40% | 36% | 38% | 43% |
| Grade 4 | 70% | 33% | 47% | 41% | 57% |
| Grade 5 | 42% | 55% | 46% | 61% | 53% |
| Grade 6 | 57% | 43% | 52% | 37% | 47% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 76% | 54% | 52% | 54% | 54% |
| Grade 4 | 64% | 23% | 33% | 35% | 44% |
| Grade 5 | 34% | 39% | 30% | 47% | 42% |
| Grade 6 | 42% | 29% | 27% | 20% | 36% |
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 5.8pp across grades; the floor rises 9.3pp. 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 Rosedale-North Elementary in Bakersfield, 46.5% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.6% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Rosedale-North Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 5.9 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (40.3% Math proficient); White students (55.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 7.1 percentage points for hispanic students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 159 students tested.
8 of 15 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 12.2pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: -0.7pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 4–6 students (14.4% vs 6.9%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$649 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), 30% 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 57
Nearby Middle Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 50
Nearby High Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 53
Private alternatives nearby
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 | 76 | 14% | 29% | 36% | 21% | 43% | +0 |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 26% | 31% | 15% | 28% | 57% | +13 |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 20% | 32% | 27% | 20% | 53% | +5 |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 17% | 30% | 27% | 26% | 47% | +1 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 76 | 25% | 29% | 28% | 18% | 54% | +8 |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 16% | 28% | 30% | 26% | 44% | +3 |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 16% | 26% | 36% | 22% | 42% | +7 |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 11% | 24% | 24% | 40% | 36% | +1 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 74 | 5% | 24% | 61% | 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 | 159 | 46.5% | +6 | +8 |
| White | 131 | 55.0% | −1 | −7 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 129 | 44.2% | −3 | +5 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosedale-North Elementary ← | — | 52 | 19.8% | 48.9% | −1.4 | 0.6% |
| William B. Bimat Elementary | 2.2 mi | 63 | 32.2% | 55.4% | −5.5 | 0.9% |
| Norris Elementary | 1.9 mi | 55 | 22.8% | 50.1% | +4.1 | 0.6% |
| Olive Drive Elementary | 2.8 mi | 53 | 22.5% | 49.7% | −13.0 | 1.4% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 41 | 47 | #2923 | 29.7% | 58.6% | 7.2% | 2.3% | -32.5pp |
| 2022 | 42 | 64 | #2073 | 15.9% | 40.6% | 9.3% | 0.7% | -0.5pp |
| 2023 | 41 | 54 | #2645 | 16.5% | 40.6% | 16.1% | 0.2% | -5.9pp |
| 2024 | 48 | 64 | #2073 | 18.8% | 46.0% | 15.2% | 0.4% | +7.6pp |
| 2025 | 52 | 71 | #1679 | 19.8% | 48.9% | 8.8% | 0.6% | -1.4pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 5.7% | 8.6% | +2.9pp |
| Male | 8.5% | 7.8% | -0.7pp |
| Black/African American | 0.0% | 18.2% | +18.2pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 7.5% | 8.9% | +1.4pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 8.7% | 17.5% | +8.8pp |
| English Learners | 4.2% | 5.1% | +0.9pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 8.8% | 10.9% | +2.1pp |
| All Students | 7.1% | 8.2% | +1.1pp |
| Asian | — | 0.0% | — |
| Two or More Races | — | 25.0% | — |
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