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San Elijo Elementary

San Marcos, CA · Grades TK-5 · 834 students · San Marcos Unified

Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.

73% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 70% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

SchoolScope archetype

Solid Base

What this means for your family

Ask what the school does for a kid who's already meeting the standard with room to spare — steady proficiency across the board doesn't tell you whether the strongest kids are being pushed further.

How archetypes are assigned →

Math

70%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

English

73%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

834

Total enrollment

Chronic absence

10%

Students absent 10% or more of school days

What are you trying to decide?

The overall score is a starting point.

Look at subject results, trends and student groups, then consider the opportunities your child would use.

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grades 3 & 5 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

Share at Proficient or Advanced

0%25%50%75%100%2019: 75%2022: 69%2023: 72%2024: 72%2025: 70%2019: 78%2022: 72%2023: 72%2024: 71%2025: 73%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 75%2022: 69%2023: 72%2024: 72%2025: 70%2019: 78%2022: 72%2023: 72%2024: 71%2025: 73%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201975%78%
202269%72%
202372%72%
202472%71%
202570%73%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025

Has held the 87th-percentile line every tested year since 2019.

Most rating sites would stop at “72% proficient” and call it done. San Elijo deserves a closer read. It sits at the 87th percentile of 5,721 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.

San Elijo's low-income kids hit 50.8% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.

413 tested · 3 of 3 grades published · cohort of 148 tracked

San Elijo Elementary scores 59 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 87th percentile of 5,721 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 72% meet the standard today, versus 77% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.

Percentile among 5,721 elementary schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 91st percentile · Scope Score 71 of 1002022 · 88th percentile · Scope Score 64 of 1002023 · 87th percentile · Scope Score 63 of 1002024 · 87th percentile · Scope Score 61 of 1002025 · 87th percentile · Scope Score 59 of 100
ELABlue(Increased)MathBlue(Maintained)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 374%69%76%73%71%
Grade 486%74%73%74%75%
Grade 583%74%68%69%75%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 375%69%82%79%74%
Grade 472%66%59%77%70%
Grade 575%70%61%67%67%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

Two-thirds of students here meet the standard. Two in five clear it by a lot.

ELA74% met or exceeded
Exceeded 45%Met 29%Nearly Met 16%Not Met 11%
Math70% met or exceeded
Exceeded 39%Met 31%Nearly Met 20%Not Met 10%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California elementary schools · average21% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)AbsenceSuspension
This school5942%72%Below avg · p4510.5%0.5%
CA average · Elementary School3921%43%Average · p5017.9%1.6%
This schoolCA avg
Scope5939
% Exceeded42%21%
% Met+72%43%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Below avg · p45Average · p50
Absence10.5%17.9%
Suspension0.5%1.6%
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25

Our growth read and California's own model agree — both land near the 56th percentile of elementary schools.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

California runs its own growth model, following individual children in grades 4 through 8 rather than comparing school-wide averages the way we do. The two measures land in the same neighbourhood here — ours puts this school around the 45th percentile of California elementary schools, the state's around the 56th in reading and math together. Two different methods agreeing is the most you can ask of one year of test data.

— pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California elementary school lands at +2 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −5 and +9 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.

The returning cohort, two years on
ELA · 2023 · Grade 3
55%
exceeded standard · 76% met or exceeded
ELA · 2025 · Grade 5
39%
exceeded standard · 75% met or exceeded

Percent exceeded, ELA only. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different metric — mean scale-score change across ELA and Math; California's own matched-student model is below.

Both measures, each ranked in its own field
Our growth measurereturning cohort, G3→G5SchoolScope growth measure: 45th percentile among California elementary schools.45th pctile
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: +1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 49th percentile of 7,519 reported schools.49th pctile · +1 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: +5 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 63rd percentile of 7,518 reported schools.63rd pctile · +5 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard ahead of the same group statewide.

50.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. This comparison does not tell us what caused the difference.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 72% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 72%, district —, state 43%72%
WhiteWhite: this school 77%, district 66%, state 56%77% · +6 vs school
MaleMale: this school 69%, district 50%, state 42%69% · −3 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 75%, district 54%, state 44%75% · +3 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 53%, district 34%, state 32%53% · −19 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 42%, district 31%, state 32%42% · −30 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 32%, district 19%, state 15%32% · −40 vs school
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: this school 74%, district 65%, state 56%74% · +3 vs school
AsianAsian: this school 71%, district 81%, state 72%71% · −1 vs school

5 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
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Student-group results by grade

Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 14.4pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +8.2pp.

ShowHide California's growth model by student group
The state's growth model, by student group

California follows these children individually and predicts each one's score from their own prior year. Each row is read against the same group at a typical California elementary school — not against zero, and not against this school's all-students figure, because the state's expectation already differs by group.

Reading
English Only250 studentsEnglish Only, reading: +2 scale-score points versus expectation, against +3 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 250 students.+2 pts · −1 vs typical
White177 studentsWhite, reading: +5 scale-score points versus expectation, against +5 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 177 students.+5 pts · 0 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students49 studentsHispanic or Latino students, reading: −2 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 49 students.−2 pts · −3 vs typical
Low-income students41 studentsLow-income students, reading: −3 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 41 students.−3 pts · −3 vs typical
Students with disabilities34 studentsStudents with disabilities, reading: −21 scale-score points versus expectation, against −8 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 34 students.−21 pts · −13 vs typical
Math
English Only250 studentsEnglish Only, math: +5 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 250 students.+5 pts · +4 vs typical
White177 studentsWhite, math: +9 scale-score points versus expectation, against +5 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 177 students.+9 pts · +4 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students49 studentsHispanic or Latino students, math: −5 scale-score points versus expectation, against −1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 49 students.−5 pts · −4 vs typical
Low-income students41 studentsLow-income students, math: −13 scale-score points versus expectation, against −1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 41 students.−13 pts · −12 vs typical
Students with disabilities34 studentsStudents with disabilities, math: −11 scale-score points versus expectation, against −5 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 34 students.−11 pts · −6 vs typical
this school typical California elementary school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— 3 more groups are reported here with between 11 and 29 students. We hold those back on purpose: at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own, and a quarter of such groups land past the state's top or bottom cut point by chance alone. They are listed with their student counts in the data appendix. — A group not listed at all had fewer than 11 students with a growth score, so California published nothing for it here. That is a privacy protection, not a judgment about those students. — Context only. None of this enters the Scope Score.

The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 23 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher23 · district 24
Teaching staff38 teachers
Avg. experience17.3 years
Fully credentialed97%
PrincipalGary Pope
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Teacher salary schedule$56,139 – $124,763
Principal salary$157,825 – $188,091
Superintendent salary$333,925

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here show up more, and get suspended less, than the state average.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 10.5%, district 13.8%, state 17.9%10.5% · −7.4pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 0.5%, district —, state 1.6%0.5% · −1.1pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–69.6%
TK/K11.9%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

Explore school spending and the district budget
What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $19,294 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$254 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.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $19,294, CA average $14,491$19,294 · spent at this school
Federal share$254 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,110 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 63%Instruction support 10%Student services 10%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 2%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$13,048 per pupil
2019$12,040 per pupil
2018$11,775 per pupil
2017$11,157 per pupil
2016$10,669 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

One in ten of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 834 students, this school is well above the typical California elementary school (≈480).

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

On the state's science test (CAST), 56% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino19.5% · district 46.1% · CA 56.1%
White61.1% · district 36.6% · CA 19.9%
Asian6.5% · district 6.0% · CA 10.2%
Black0.8% · district 1.0% · CA 4.8%
Other12.0% · district 10.3% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch15.9% · CA 64%
Median income$120K · CA $85K
Median home value$942K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+49% · CA 35%
ZIP population53,605
Median age39 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

What is the school’s approach?

School-stated approach · questions for your visit

Look beyond the brochure

A source-reviewed culture summary is not available for this profile yet. Ask how teaching, student support and family communication work day to day.

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Family voices

What would you want another family to know about the daily experience here?

Ask a current family: “When your child needs help, how does the school respond?”

Educator voices

What should families understand about teaching, support and the school community?

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What are the alternatives?

Compare schools serving the same grade stage. Private schools have no comparable state-test score.

2025 · elementary schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

Private options →
SchoolTypePerformance bandAdvancedProficient or AdvancedDistanceSelect
San Elijo ElementaryPublicStrong42%72%School being viewed
Olivenhain Pioneer ElementaryPublicStrong56%79%3.2 mi
Discovery ElementaryPublicStrong54%79%2.0 mi
Double PeakPublicStrong47%73%1.8 mi
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Your other options

Nearby public schools across grade levels, plus private options within 10 miles.

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Private schools do not receive a Scope Score or statewide ranking on SchoolScope.

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Moving & enrollment

Which schools could serve my child?

Check your address with the district

School location and nearby schools do not establish attendance eligibility. Confirm boundaries and permit requirements with San Marcos Unified.

District information →School website →

Schools across the K–12 journey

San Marcos HighScope 60direct feeder

The road from this school ends at San Marcos High, which sent 71 graduates to UC campuses last fall and teaches 22 AP subjects. Those numbers describe past cohorts — a child starting here today would reach San Marcos High around 2035, and 10 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 81% of San Marcos High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

71 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 22 AP subjects taught → full record on San Marcos High's page
Source: UC & College Board

Source: sabs_2016. Schools are grouped by grade stage. Nearby schools are not confirmed feeder links or address assignments. Verify the current path and eligibility with the district.

Plan your next step

What should I do next?

Worth a school visit

Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.

  • Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
  • 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.
Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is San Elijo Elementary a good elementary school?
San Elijo Elementary has a Scope Score of 59 out of 100, placing it in the 87th percentile of California elementary schools and ranked #765 statewide. 42.2% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 20.9 percentage points above the California average of 21.4%. The Scope Score weights 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard (42%), met or exceeded (proficient) (23%), grade 3-to-5 growth (20%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are San Elijo Elementary's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 72.0% of students at San Elijo Elementary met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 42.2% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 29.7% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 42.2% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 826 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does San Elijo Elementary rank in California?
San Elijo Elementary ranks #765 among California elementary schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 87th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), same-cohort growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
Is San Elijo Elementary getting better or worse?
SchoolScope follows the same cohort of students across grades rather than comparing two different grades in the same year. At San Elijo Elementary that cohort is 2023 G3 → 2025 G5, measured in SBAC scale-score points. Its gain ranks below avg among California elementary schools — roughly the 45th percentile, behind the typical school at this level. Read the ranking, not the raw point gain: scale scores rise with age, so nearly every school posts a positive number and only the relative position tells you anything. Growth is weighted at 20% in the elementary Scope Score because it is the least demographically confounded signal available — it tracks change over time rather than the level students arrived at. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at San Elijo Elementary?
10.5% of students at San Elijo Elementary are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 17.9%. The suspension rate is 0.5%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does San Elijo Elementary compare to other schools in San Marcos?
San Elijo Elementary scores 59/100 (87th percentile) among California elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 834 students. Use the schools in San Marcos page or the map view to compare all elementary schools nearby.
How does San Elijo Elementary serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At San Elijo Elementary in San Marcos, 50.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 37.2% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. San Elijo Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 13.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (32.2% Math proficient); White students (78.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 40.5 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 59 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
What middle school does San Elijo Elementary feed into?
By attendance boundary, San Elijo Elementary is zoned to San Elijo Middle. San Elijo Middle has a Scope Score of 48 out of 100. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education's School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.

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Behind the evidence

Inspect the full record

Public sources, visible methods and the underlying school record. Source years and limitations stay attached to the evidence.

How the Scope Score is calculated

On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

The 6 things our score weighs

The school's returning cohort — mostly, not exactly, the same kids two years on — gained 72 scale-score points across the span. Almost every school gains points, so we rank the gain against every other California school in this level.

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Exceeded standard42.2%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded72.0%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Below avgaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism10.5%17.9%5%
Suspension rate0.5%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)32.0%18.0%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

San Elijo Elementary: reading the evidence

San Elijo posts 72% meeting the standard, and 42.2% 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.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

Ask what the school does for a kid who's already meeting the standard with room to spare — steady proficiency across the board doesn't tell you whether the strongest kids are being pushed further.

Explore the underlying data →
Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

San Elijo Elementary is ranked #765 statewide · #6 of 12 in San Marcos Unified.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard42.2%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded72.0%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Below avgaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism10.5%17.9%5%
Suspension rate0.5%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)32.0%18.0%5%
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 21.4% · index 70 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 42.7% · index 73 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)
↓ vs CA average · 45th pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 17.9% · index 62 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 1.8pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 1.6% · index 59 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▲ 0.3pp higher vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 18.0% · index 70 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 313550%21%19%10%71%+28
Grade 412547%28%16%9%75%+31
Grade 515339%36%13%12%75%+27
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 313541%33%19%7%74%+29
Grade 412532%38%24%6%70%+28
Grade 515344%24%18%15%67%+32

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide15321%35%41%4%

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.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged5950.8%+14+13
White25978.0%+7+16
Hispanic/Latino7560.0%+20+21
03Nearest elementary schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
San Elijo Elementary ←—5942.2%72.0%−1.7pp+72 pts0.5%
Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary3.2 mi7556.5%79.0%−2.3pp—0.1%
Discovery Elementary2 mi7254.4%79.1%+6.2pp—0.8%
Double Peak1.8 mi7046.6%73.4%+5.3pp—0.9%
California average—3921.4%42.7%−2.9pp—1.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
ShowHide table 04 — More measures
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20197191#46747.3%77.3%4.2%0.0%+4.6pp
20226488#69039.7%70.3%17.9%0.0%+3.0pp
20236387#72839.5%69.9%15.3%0.2%-14.5pp
20246187#75139.0%73.0%12.3%0.3%-8.3pp
20255987#76542.2%72.0%10.5%0.5%-1.7pp
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
Group20192025Δ
Female4.1%9.2%+5.1pp
Male3.9%11.2%+7.3pp
Asian0.8%7.4%+6.6pp
Black/African American15.8%——
Filipino10.0%——
Hispanic/Latino5.5%20.6%+15.1pp
White3.4%5.8%+2.4pp
Students with Disabilities10.8%21.0%+10.2pp
English Learners3.4%37.1%+33.7pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged10.9%32.2%+21.3pp
All Students4.0%10.2%+6.2pp
Two or More Races—15.6%—
Homeless—27.3%—
06California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
ShowHide table 06 — California growth model, by student group
GroupReadingnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students+1276Average+5276Accelerated
English Only+2250not categorised+5250not categorised
White+5177Accelerated+9177Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino−249Average−549Average
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−341Average−1341Moderate
Students with Disabilities−2134Minimal−1134Moderate
Two or More Races−931Moderate−331Average
English Learner−219Average+1019Accelerated
Asian+116Average+2616Exceptional
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only+516not categorised+1216not categorised

Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a growth score — published by CDE, held back from the narrative sections above because at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=5,721 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-09-18

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