Sanger Academy Charter: Kids show up — absenteeism runs far below the state. But suspensions run 3× the state rate.
Sanger Academy Charter has real strengths and one number that complicates them. Most rating sites show you one or the other. Both belong on the same page.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58 | 33% | 63% | -26.4 | 8.1% | 4.7% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Sanger Academy Charter scores 58 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 80th 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 “63% proficient” and call it done. Sanger Academy Charter deserves a closer read. The school sits in Sanger, where two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Sanger Academy Charter's low-income kids hit 53.2% 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.
As a charter, Sanger Academy Charter enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 80th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 63% meet the standard today, versus 67% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 69% | 50% | 50% | 59% | 74% |
| Grade 4 | 72% | 63% | 59% | 55% | 65% |
| Grade 5 | 62% | 53% | 50% | 61% | 51% |
| Grade 6 | 66% | 68% | 41% | 62% | 64% |
| Grade 7 | 70% | 62% | 69% | 42% | 62% |
| Grade 8 | 75% | 51% | 51% | 57% | 52% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 80% | 51% | 53% | 49% | 79% |
| Grade 4 | 69% | 49% | 47% | 55% | 59% |
| Grade 5 | 50% | 26% | 30% | 43% | 49% |
| Grade 6 | 55% | 52% | 21% | 38% | 51% |
| Grade 7 | 52% | 41% | 44% | 26% | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 68% | 21% | 42% | 34% | 33% |
The story this school is actually telling
chronic absenteeism — versus 17.9% statewide. Attendance is the quietest strong signal a school can post.
of students were suspended, versus 1.6% statewide — worth asking about on a tour.
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 13.5pp across grades; the floor slips 22.8pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Sanger Academy Charter's most underrated number
53.2% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask about the discipline philosophy and what a typical suspension is for. Numbers can't tell you whether a campus feels strict or chaotic — a visit can.
- Ask what typically leads to a suspension, and what happens before it gets there.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- 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.
How every group of students does here
At Sanger Academy Charter in Sanger, 53.2% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 46.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Sanger Academy Charter outperforms its district average for low-income students by 6.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (44.4% Math proficient); Hispanic students (59.9% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 8.3 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 284 students tested.
8 of 13 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 21.6pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: -8.5pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.
$312 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
On the state's science test (CAST), 36% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 47
Nearby High Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 38
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 | 70 | 41% | 33% | 13% | 13% | 74% | +31 |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 38% | 28% | 17% | 17% | 65% | +20 |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 28% | 24% | 26% | 22% | 51% | +4 |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 23% | 41% | 29% | 7% | 64% | +17 |
| Grade 7 | 63 | 21% | 41% | 25% | 13% | 62% | +14 |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 13% | 38% | 30% | 18% | 52% | +6 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 70 | 37% | 41% | 10% | 11% | 79% | +33 |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 22% | 38% | 23% | 17% | 59% | +18 |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 29% | 19% | 29% | 22% | 49% | +13 |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 32% | 19% | 30% | 19% | 51% | +16 |
| Grade 7 | 63 | 21% | 17% | 30% | 32% | 38% | +4 |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 22% | 12% | 23% | 43% | 33% | +1 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 128 | 8% | 28% | 56% | 8% |
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 | 284 | 53.2% | +7 | +15 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 359 | 59.9% | +12 | +21 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanger Academy Charter ← | — | 58 | 32.6% | 62.9% | −26.4 | 4.7% |
| Ronald W. Reagan Elementary | 1.1 mi | 63 | 34.7% | 62.6% | −9.3 | 0.5% |
| Hallmark Academy | 0.2 mi | 40 | 12.5% | 23.4% | — | 0.6% |
| Jefferson Elementary | 1.3 mi | 38 | 24.0% | 47.4% | −38.7 | 2.4% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 55 | 74 | #1445 | 34.1% | 67.1% | 2.3% | 0.3% | -18.6pp |
| 2022 | 41 | 62 | #2159 | 20.5% | 48.7% | 26.1% | 0.8% | -11.3pp |
| 2023 | 46 | 65 | #1976 | 21.6% | 48.1% | 10.1% | 2.9% | -11.3pp |
| 2024 | 51 | 69 | #1762 | 24.7% | 53.7% | 9.2% | 5.1% | -2.4pp |
| 2025 | 58 | 80 | #1140 | 32.6% | 62.9% | 8.1% | 4.7% | -26.4pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 0.9% | 9.3% | +8.4pp |
| Male | 3.6% | 5.4% | +1.8pp |
| Asian | 0.0% | 9.1% | +9.1pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 2.5% | 7.6% | +5.1pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 0.0% | 2.0% | +2.0pp |
| English Learners | 1.0% | 3.4% | +2.4pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 2.6% | 8.7% | +6.1pp |
| All Students | 2.2% | 7.4% | +5.2pp |
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