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San Joaquin Elementary: The state doesn't publish enough data to score this school fairly.

San Joaquin is an elementary school. The state doesn't publish enough data to score it fairly — so we won't. Here's what we can show.

Saddleback Valley Unified·221 students·79% low-income

No Scope Score available

California doesn't publicly report per-grade test results when fewer than 11 students are tested in a grade — a privacy protection for small schools. We can't compute a Scope Score without that data.

The story this school is actually telling

The school, grade by grade

ELA · CAASPP 2024–25

Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.

15%
11%
74%
Grade 3 · 26% proficient
40%
24%
36%
Grade 4 · 64% proficient
13%
18%
69%
Grade 5 · 31% proficient
Worth a school visit

With little published data, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.

How every group of students does here

At San Joaquin Elementary in California, 35.2% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 42.7% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. San Joaquin Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 7.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (33.3% Math proficient); Hispanic students (36.7% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 10.6 percentage points for homeless students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 108 students tested.

All students at this school: 44% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 44%, district —, state 43%44%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 34%, district 38%, state 32%34% · −10 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 38%, district 36%, state 32%38% · −6 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 40%, district 56%, state 44%40% · −4 vs school
MaleMale: this school 49%, district 55%, state 42%49% · +4 vs school
HomelessHomeless: this school 26%, district 26%, state 22%26% · −19 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 13%, district 8%, state 11%13% · −32 vs school

8 of 15 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
Subgroup growth by grade

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 11.5pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +3.1pp.

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path

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

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 20:1, district 24:120:1
Teaching staff18 teachers
Avg. experience9.9 years
Fully credentialed95%
First-year teachers22%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$30,000 – $133,169
Principal salary$162,720 – $187,915
Superintendent salary$356,227

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $21,228, CA average $14,815$21,228 · spent at this school
Federal share$266 per student

$266 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,633 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction65%
Instruction support12%
Student services9%
Administration5%
Buildings & maintenance8%
Other1%

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

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$12,689 per pupil
2019$11,164 per pupil
2018$11,797 per pupil
2017$10,660 per pupil
2016$10,377 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Hispanic68.8%
District 39.4% · CA 56.1%
White14.5%
District 36.6% · CA 19.9%
Other12.2%
District 13.2% · CA 9.0%
Asian4.1%
District 9.7% · CA 10.2%
Black0.5%
District 1.1% · CA 4.8%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 79.2% (15pp above CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$133K · CA $85K
Median home value$1.06M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+55% · CA 35%
ZIP population29,624
Median age42 years

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

Worth Knowing

At 221 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).

On the state's science test (CAST), 29% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.


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