Rother Elementary: Scores climb 10.6 points from grade 3 to grade 5. But one in four miss a month of school or more.
Rother's strongest signal is real. Attendance is the number to ask about — and both belong on the same page.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43 | 11% | 34% | -10.6 | 26.8% | 2.4% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Rother Elementary scores 43 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 52nd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “34% proficient” and call it done. Rother deserves a closer read. The school sits in Redding, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: +10.6pp separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 19th to the 52nd percentile since 2019 — past roughly 1700 elementary schools.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 34% of students meet the standard today, above the 21% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 17% | 11% | 16% | 18% | 44% |
| Grade 4 | 26% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 37% |
| Grade 5 | 30% | 16% | 18% | 24% | 38% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 15% | 16% | 12% | 24% | 37% |
| Grade 4 | 28% | 16% | 10% | 7% | 26% |
| Grade 5 | 9% | 6% | 12% | 24% | 22% |
The story this school is actually telling
separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
of students miss a month or more of school, versus 17.9% statewide. High absence often tracks community stress — the data can't say why.
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 4.5pp across grades; the floor slips 5.8pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask how the school tracks and follows up on attendance. High absence often reflects community stress, not classroom quality — a visit will tell you which.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
- 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 Rother Elementary in Redding, 41.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 44.0% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Rother Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 2.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (25.4% Math proficient); White students (44.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 9.9 percentage points for hispanic students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 117 students tested.
10 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 falls by 8.4pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: -1.9pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
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
$537 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), 20% 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 60
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 39
Nearby High Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 52
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 | 50 | 10% | 34% | 22% | 34% | 44% | +1 |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 17% | 20% | 9% | 54% | 37% | −8 |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 5% | 33% | 27% | 35% | 38% | −10 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 51 | 12% | 25% | 24% | 39% | 37% | −8 |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 9% | 17% | 23% | 51% | 26% | −16 |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 11% | 11% | 25% | 53% | 22% | −13 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 55 | 2% | 18% | 47% | 33% |
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 | 117 | 41.9% | −2 | +4 |
| White | 56 | 44.6% | −5 | −17 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 49 | 38.8% | −7 | −0 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rother Elementary ← | — | 43 | 10.6% | 34.0% | −10.6 | 2.4% |
| Stellar Charter | 2.4 mi | 66 | 33.9% | 68.9% | +5.5 | 1.1% |
| Boulder Creek Elementary | 2.6 mi | 58 | 23.9% | 52.3% | +3.6 | 2.7% |
| Redding School of the Arts | 2.9 mi | 56 | 23.9% | 50.3% | +11.9 | 1.0% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 31 | 19 | #4432 | 4.7% | 20.7% | 19.2% | 2.5% | +3.5pp |
| 2022 | 23 | 16 | #4831 | 3.3% | 13.9% | 42.5% | 4.8% | -2.4pp |
| 2023 | 26 | 15 | #4835 | 3.4% | 14.5% | 34.7% | 10.9% | +1.0pp |
| 2024 | 39 | 42 | #3328 | 8.4% | 18.5% | 27.5% | 5.3% | +3.2pp |
| 2025 | 43 | 52 | #2735 | 10.6% | 34.0% | 26.8% | 2.4% | -10.6pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 20.8% | 25.5% | +4.7pp |
| Male | 18.3% | 29.5% | +11.2pp |
| Asian | 22.2% | 19.2% | -3.0pp |
| Filipino | 27.8% | — | — |
| Hispanic/Latino | 18.2% | 24.3% | +6.1pp |
| Two or More Races | 31.0% | 22.2% | -8.8pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 30.5% | 38.5% | +8.0pp |
| English Learners | 16.1% | 15.9% | -0.2pp |
| Foster Youth | 0.0% | — | — |
| Homeless | 40.7% | 55.2% | +14.5pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 20.3% | 30.0% | +9.7pp |
| All Students | 19.5% | 27.7% | +8.2pp |
| Black/African American | — | 53.8% | — |
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