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San Ardo Elementary — Rating & test scores

62428 Center Street, San Ardo · 76 students · Grades TK–8

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Scope Score 71

Needs SupportScope Score · 24th percentile. Higher than 24 in 100 of the 5,726 California public elementary schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Near California in English (reading and writing) and math: 25% and 25% scored Proficient or Advanced in grade 5, spring 2026, against 49% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 5: 12
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 410,249 in English and 411,080 in math tested).

Overview

Is San Ardo Elementary a good elementary school?

Needs Support. San Ardo Elementary is lower than most California elementary schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced1425%
Math, Proficient or Advanced2525%
English, Advanced10%
Math, Advanced5317%

Progress in a year, 2025

English1−29 pts
Math1−26 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance4218 in 100
San Ardo Elementary’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

14 of 77 students missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That compares with 17 in 100 at the average California elementary school.

Each bar is San Ardo Elementary’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 77. The California figure is an average of school rates (5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grade 5 scored 29 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Minimal. In math, they scored 26 points lower, which the state calls Minimal.

English

−29

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Minimal, the lowest of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income40−29 points
Hispanic or Latino35−33 points
English learners29−33 points

Math

−26

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Minimal, the lowest of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income40−25 points
Hispanic or Latino35−26 points
English learners29−28 points

Grade 5, 2025, 40 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

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 29 points below that expected score, and in math 26 points below it.

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.

Schools like it

How does San Ardo Elementary compare with schools like it?

San Ardo Elementary’s Scope Score is 71. 1,250 California elementary schools, counting San Ardo Elementary, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 71. San Ardo Elementary’s result is higher than 563 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 1,250

  1. Students from low-income families: 95%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 89th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 91%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 89th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 98%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 89th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 91%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 89th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 91%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 88th percentile

1,250 California public elementary schools where 89% to 100% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public elementary school we score where 89% to 100% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of San Ardo Elementary’s share. The count includes San Ardo Elementary. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

There’s no spring 2025 result to compare with spring 2026: fewer than 11 students tested here that year, so CDE withheld it.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2018 to 2026

Grade 5. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo testsNo comparable testsNo testsNo comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2018201920222024202615%49%CaliforniaCalifornia25%San Ardo ElementaryThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo testsNo comparable testsNo testsNo comparable testsNo tests25%50%2018201920222024202623%37%CaliforniaCalifornia25%San Ardo ElementaryThis school

The hatched block marks years with no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Between 11 and 13 students were tested here each year in each subject. With 11 students, one student is 9 points, so each year is a dot and no line joins them. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now.

English, grade 5: share at the top two levels
SpringSan Ardo ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201815%49%13
201915%52%13
20228%47%12
20249%47%11
202625%49%12
Math, grade 5: share at the top two levels
SpringSan Ardo ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201823%36%13
20198%38%13
20220%32%12
202427%35%11
202625%37%12

A year is missing where fewer than the state’s minimum number of students tested and the state withheld the result.

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

25% of the 12 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English; 25% did in math.

English

25%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

67825
California49%

Math

25%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

5025817
California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grade 5, spring 2026, 25% of the 12 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 49% across California. In math, 25% did, against 37% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year’s result can change a lot. Ask how results looked in other years.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grade 5 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Results for each grade, spring 2026

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 Advancedsuppressednot on file25%
Advancedsuppressednot on file0%
Proficientsuppressednot on file25%
Developing levelsuppressednot on file8%
Minimalsuppressednot on file67%
Tested5not on file12
California44%46%49%
Difference——−24
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advancedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Advancedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Proficientsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Developing levelsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Minimalsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Tested695
California48%51%49%
Difference———

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 Advancedsuppressednot on file25%
Advancedsuppressednot on file17%
Proficientsuppressednot on file8%
Developing levelsuppressednot on file25%
Minimalsuppressednot on file50%
Tested5not on file12
California47%42%37%
Difference——−12
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advancedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Advancedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Proficientsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Developing levelsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Minimalsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Tested695
California37%38%36%
Difference———

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.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grade 5 · This school0%25%8%67%12
English, grade 5 · California23%26%20%31%410,249
Math, grade 5 · This school17%8%25%50%12
Math, grade 5 · California21%16%24%39%411,080

Spring 2026, grade 5 combined: 12 tested in English, 12 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 94% of students. 14 of 77 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

14of 77

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. That is 18 in 100.

At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

No district average: San Ardo Elementary is the only regular elementary school we rank in the San Ardo Union Elementary district with an attendance record.

Suspensions: 1.2% of students were suspended at least once (1 of 83). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

76

students in grades TK–8.

Hispanic or Latino 94%

Family income

95%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 72 of 76. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

7

teachers, with 10 years of experience on average.

29% were in their first year.

65% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

45%

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 (15 of 33 students).

San Ardo Union Elementary: 45%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grades 4–6
6 of 24 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
4 of 16 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.

Our records hold no figure for Grades TK–3.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino94%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 5.5 of 8.5 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about San Ardo Elementary. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

Families

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

Answer the family questionsResponder en españolHow family answers work

Staff

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The school day

What is the school day like?

San Ardo Elementary has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

3

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

Money

Where does the money go?

$29,185 for each student in 2023–24. California’s elementary schools spent $19,564 for each student. San Ardo Union Elementary’s plan for 2026–27 covers $648,364.

$29,185

for each student at this school, 2023–24
Spent at the school
$29,185
The school’s share of district office costs
$0
Of the total, from federal funds
$7,167
  • San Ardo Elementary$29,185
  • California elementary schools$19,564

The district and California figures combine their elementary schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 4,938 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2023–24. Funding records ↓

San Ardo Union Elementary’s yearly plan

$648,364

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 3 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $648,364 of $2 million in total budgeted spending. Source: San Ardo Union Elementary Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27.

The neighborhood

What is the area around San Ardo Elementary like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93450. They are not figures for the families at San Ardo Elementary.

Typical home value

$461,300

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 93450.

People who live in this ZIP code
668
Typical age
26.6 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
7%

What you can do

Who can act on San Ardo Elementary’s results?

San Ardo Union Elementary’s board decides San Ardo Elementary’s plan.

When the plan is set

San Ardo Union Elementary’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

Read the 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

The state hasn’t placed San Ardo Elementary in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

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 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 4 questions to San Ardo Elementary. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?29 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grade 5, 2025 (40 students)
  2. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

How do I get in?

San Ardo Elementary runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask San Ardo Union Elementary which school serves your address.

Where it is

Where is San Ardo Elementary?

Address
62428 Center Street, San Ardo 93450Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Catherine ReimerAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated April 17, 2023.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 5 common questions

How do I get in?

San Ardo Elementary runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask San Ardo Union Elementary which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is San Ardo Elementary a good elementary school?

San Ardo Elementary has a Scope Score of 71. It scored higher than 24 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Needs Support, 24th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 14 of 77 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 17 in 100 at the average California elementary school. 1.2% of students (1 of 83) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grade 5 scored 29 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Minimal. In math, they scored 26 points lower, which the state calls Minimal.

  • Included in this measure: 40 students

See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 11 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
11
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #4,299 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math8%4042%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math25%3823%
Chronically absent14 of 77495%
Suspension rate1.2% (1 of 83)525%
English learners: top level13%485%

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. The weights above add to 80%: the remaining 20%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267124#4299California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 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)
2018–1915 in 1009.7% (12 of 124)—
2021–22not on filenot on file−14
2023–2415 of 915.5% (5 of 91)−15
2024–2515 of 793.7% (3 of 82)—
2025–2614 of 771.2% (1 of 83)—

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).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
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 · English400%18%
2026 · Math408%30%
2025 · English484%12%
2025 · Math484%15%
2024 · English592%14%
2024 · Math602%27%
2023 · English532%11%
2023 · Math532%15%
2022 · English560%20%
2022 · Math532%9%
2019 · English623%21%
2019 · Math652%8%
2018 · English670%22%
2018 · Math670%13%
2017 · English610%11%
2017 · Math620%5%

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 · English4—
2025 · Grade 4 · English128%
2025 · Grade 5 · English8—
2025 · Grade 6 · English9—
2025 · Grade 7 · English6—
2025 · Grade 8 · English9—
2025 · Grade 3 · Math4—
2025 · Grade 4 · Math1217%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math8—
2025 · Grade 6 · Math9—
2025 · Grade 7 · Math6—
2025 · Grade 8 · Math9—
2024 · Grade 3 · English1217%
2024 · Grade 4 · English8—
2024 · Grade 5 · English119%
2024 · Grade 6 · English6—
2024 · Grade 7 · English1315%
2024 · Grade 8 · English9—
2024 · Grade 3 · Math1250%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math8—
2024 · Grade 5 · Math1127%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math7—
2024 · Grade 7 · Math1315%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math9—
2023 · Grade 3 · English9—
2023 · Grade 4 · English10—
2023 · Grade 5 · English6—
2023 · Grade 6 · English138%
2023 · Grade 7 · English9—
2023 · Grade 8 · English6—
2023 · Grade 3 · Math9—
2023 · Grade 4 · Math10—
2023 · Grade 5 · Math6—
2023 · Grade 6 · Math130%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math9—
2023 · Grade 8 · Math6—
2022 · Grade 3 · English1118%
2022 · Grade 4 · English6—
2022 · Grade 5 · English128%
2022 · Grade 6 · English10—
2022 · Grade 7 · English7—
2022 · Grade 8 · English10—
2022 · Grade 3 · Math9—
2022 · Grade 4 · Math6—
2022 · Grade 5 · Math120%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math9—
2022 · Grade 7 · Math7—
2022 · Grade 8 · Math10—
2019 · Grade 3 · English9—
2019 · Grade 4 · English7—
2019 · Grade 5 · English1315%
2019 · Grade 6 · English1421%
2019 · Grade 7 · English1127%
2019 · Grade 8 · English8—
2019 · Grade 3 · Math9—
2019 · Grade 4 · Math8—
2019 · Grade 5 · Math138%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math1414%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math130%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math8—
2018 · Grade 3 · English——
2018 · Grade 4 · English1136%
2018 · Grade 5 · English1315%
2018 · Grade 6 · English1118%
2018 · Grade 7 · English——
2018 · Grade 8 · English1323%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math——
2018 · Grade 4 · Math1118%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math1323%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math119%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math——
2018 · Grade 8 · Math138%
2017 · Grade 3 · English——
2017 · Grade 4 · English110%
2017 · Grade 5 · English——
2017 · Grade 6 · English——
2017 · Grade 7 · English128%
2017 · Grade 8 · English——
2017 · Grade 3 · Math——
2017 · Grade 4 · Math110%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math——
2017 · Grade 6 · Math——
2017 · Grade 7 · Math130%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math——

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
Schoolwide170%18%35%47%

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: 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−2940Minimal−2640Minimal
Low-income−2940Minimal−2540Minimal
Hispanic or Latino−3335Minimal−2635Minimal
English learners−3329Minimal−2829Minimal
English learners only−4417not categorized−2617not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−1612not categorized−2312not 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. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. 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; here that is grade 5. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−29 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 5

40 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, English: −29 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−26 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 5

40 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, math: −26 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Minimal, 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; here that is grade 5, 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 · 15 of 79 → 2025–26 · 14 of 77
Suspension rate2024–25 · 3.7% (3 of 82) → 2025–26 · 1.2% (1 of 83) · −2.5 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female11 of 577 of 38—
Male7 of 647 of 39—
Hispanic or Latino13 in 10012 of 72—
Students with disabilities5 of 233 of 18—
English learners8 of 855 of 38—
Military families5 of 220 of 11—
Low-income14 in 10013 of 73—
All students15 in 10014 of 77—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. 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
School-level federal expenditures$7,167 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2023–24 (2024) · source denominator: 86

District current expense · FY 2024–25$36,301 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 60%Instruction support 8%Student services 8%Administration 12%Buildings & maintenance 12%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$1,501,31659.61%60%
Instruction support$206,8248.21%8%
Student services$204,2178.11%8%
Administration$310,91412.34%12%
Buildings & maintenance$295,28111.72%12%
Total$2,518,552100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $2,518,552 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.

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

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders11.8%

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 93450 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93450 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income—
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)7%
ZIP-area population668
Median age26.6 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 93450 →

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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

  • No student group comparison is shown for this school this year: either no group had 30 or more students tested in each subject, or no same-grade district or state rate was available for its groups.
  • Its Scope Score is an elementary school score; results for its other grades are in these records.

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