Public school · Santa Clara Elementary · Santa Paula, California

Santa Clara Elementary — Rating & test scores

Santa Paula · K–6 · 53 students (2024–25)

20030 East Telegraph Road, 93060santaclaraesd.org ↗(805) 525-4573
98thpercentileStrong

The dots are California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
82

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of four of the six elementary school measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grade 4, spring 2026: 82% and 82% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 46% and 42%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 4: 11
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 4 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 407,721 in English and 408,677 in math tested).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

How to enroll
Compare

Compare schools

Choose up to four elementary schools.

Type at least two characters to search.

Save

Sign in to save this school

Only 11 students were tested here in grade 4 in spring 2026, so one student’s result moves each rate by about 9 points.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE CAASPP research file (school rows), spring 2026 (students tested (points per student: 100 ÷ students tested, our arithmetic)).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Santa Clara Elementary which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Santa Clara Elementary a good elementary school?

Santa Clara Elementary scores higher than 98 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 98th percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 0 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 17 in 100 at the average California elementary school. 0 of 56 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (1)

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

82% of the 11 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English; 82% did in math.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 4, spring 2026

In grade 4, spring 2026, 82% of the 11 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 46% across California. In math, 82% did, against 42% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 4: 11
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 4 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 407,721 in English, 408,677 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 4 · spring 2026 · 11 tested

Advanced
73%
Proficient
9%
Below the standard
18%
This school82%
California46%

82% Proficient or Advanced in grade 4.

Math

Grade 4 · spring 2026 · 11 tested

Advanced
64%
Proficient
18%
Below the standard
18%
This school82%
California42%

82% Proficient or Advanced in grade 4.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–6 · every level, with tested counts

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 Advancedsuppressed82%suppressed
Advancedsuppressed73%suppressed
Proficientsuppressed9%suppressed
Developing levelsuppressed9%suppressed
Minimalsuppressed9%suppressed
Tested7118
California44%46%49%
Difference—+36—
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advancedsuppressed
Advancedsuppressed
Proficientsuppressed
Developing levelsuppressed
Minimalsuppressed
Tested9
California48%
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 Advancedsuppressed82%suppressed
Advancedsuppressed64%suppressed
Proficientsuppressed18%suppressed
Developing levelsuppressed18%suppressed
Minimalsuppressed0%suppressed
Tested7118
California47%42%37%
Difference—+40—
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advancedsuppressed
Advancedsuppressed
Proficientsuppressed
Developing levelsuppressed
Minimalsuppressed
Tested9
California37%
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.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

School patterns · grade 4 · spring 2026 · What patterns mean

High ceilingA high share of students here scored Advanced, the state’s top level. The English and math cards above give each figure.
Broad baseMost students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

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.

Ask: How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grade 4 · This school73%9%9%9%11
English, grade 4 · California25%21%20%34%407,721
Math, grade 4 · This school64%18%18%0%11
Math, grade 4 · California20%22%28%30%408,677

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

English and math results for the tested grades. These do not measure the experience in kindergarten or the early grades.

Results since 20261 tested year shown

In grade 4, the share at the state’s top two levels in English was 82% in 2026. In math, it was 82% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · Proficient or Advanced · grade 4
YearThis schoolCalifornia
2019—
Withheld by CDE		—
2022—
Withheld by CDE		—
2023—
Withheld by CDE		—
2024—
Withheld by CDE		—
2025—
Withheld by CDE		—
202682%
11 tested		46%
407,721 tested
Math · Proficient or Advanced · grade 4
YearThis schoolCalifornia
2019—
Withheld by CDE		—
2022—
Withheld by CDE		—
2023—
Withheld by CDE		—
2024—
Withheld by CDE		—
2025—
Withheld by CDE		—
202682%
11 tested		42%
408,677 tested

CDE withholds a year’s results when fewer than 11 students tested, as it did here in 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

No student was chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means no student missed 10% or more of school days. At the average California elementary school, 17 in 100 were. 0 of 56 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 0 of 55 students counted for it; suspension: 0 of 56 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

0 in 100This school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

0 of 55 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

No district average: Santa Clara Elementary is the only regular elementary school we rank in the Santa Clara Elementary district with an attendance record.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0 of 56

students were suspended at least once. Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Santa Clara Elementary

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questionsResponder en español

Teach here? Tell us Santa Clara Elementary’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

Who goes here?

White students are the largest group here: 51%.

Students, families and teachers

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 51%2. Hispanic or Latino: 44%Unallocated share: 5%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White51%
  2. Hispanic or Latino44%
  3. Asian—
  4. Black or African American—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share5%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Who are the families and teachers?

17%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 9 of 53. California: 63%.

3teachers, 2024–25

14 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

100%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
White51%
Hispanic or Latino44%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 100% of teaching positions, 2.4 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 2.4 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask Santa Clara Elementary which school serves your address.

School website: santaclaraesd.org ↗Office: (805) 525-4573Administrator: Kari Skidmore

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
20030 East Telegraph Road, Santa Paula 93060

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Santa Clara Elementary.

Questions for your visit

  1. How many K–2 students did screening find at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help?
  2. How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?
  5. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (805) 525-457320030 East Telegraph Road, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #108 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math68%8642%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math82%7523%
Chronically absent0 in 100625%
Suspension rate0 of 56565%

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 75%: the remaining 25%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–268298#108California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula
School yearChronic absenceSuspension
2025–260 in 1000 of 56

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

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 · English3549%83%
2026 · Math3551%80%
2025 · English3345%70%
2025 · Math3336%70%
2024 · English3033%63%
2024 · Math3033%60%
2023 · English3424%56%
2023 · Math3418%50%
2022 · English3327%73%
2022 · Math3333%70%
2019 · English3345%85%
2019 · Math3345%67%
2018 · English3135%71%
2018 · Math3126%55%
2017 · English3040%60%
2017 · Math2938%55%

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 · English10—
2025 · Grade 4 · English8—
2025 · Grade 5 · English8—
2025 · Grade 6 · English7—
2025 · Grade 3 · Math10—
2025 · Grade 4 · Math8—
2025 · Grade 5 · Math8—
2025 · Grade 6 · Math7—
2024 · Grade 3 · English7—
2024 · Grade 4 · English8—
2024 · Grade 5 · English7—
2024 · Grade 6 · English8—
2024 · Grade 3 · Math7—
2024 · Grade 4 · Math8—
2024 · Grade 5 · Math7—
2024 · Grade 6 · Math8—
2023 · Grade 3 · English8—
2023 · Grade 4 · English9—
2023 · Grade 5 · English9—
2023 · Grade 6 · English8—
2023 · Grade 3 · Math8—
2023 · Grade 4 · Math9—
2023 · Grade 5 · Math9—
2023 · Grade 6 · Math8—
2022 · Grade 3 · English9—
2022 · Grade 4 · English9—
2022 · Grade 5 · English8—
2022 · Grade 6 · English7—
2022 · Grade 3 · Math9—
2022 · Grade 4 · Math9—
2022 · Grade 5 · Math8—
2022 · Grade 6 · Math7—
2019 · Grade 3 · English9—
2019 · Grade 4 · English8—
2019 · Grade 5 · English9—
2019 · Grade 6 · English7—
2019 · Grade 3 · Math9—
2019 · Grade 4 · Math8—
2019 · Grade 5 · Math9—
2019 · Grade 6 · Math7—
2018 · Grade 3 · English——
2018 · Grade 4 · English——
2018 · Grade 5 · English——
2018 · Grade 6 · English——
2018 · Grade 3 · Math——
2018 · Grade 4 · Math——
2018 · Grade 5 · Math——
2018 · Grade 6 · Math——
2017 · Grade 3 · English——
2017 · Grade 4 · English——
2017 · Grade 5 · English——
2017 · Grade 6 · English——
2017 · Grade 3 · Math——
2017 · Grade 4 · Math——
2017 · Grade 5 · Math——
2017 · Grade 6 · 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.

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+2220Exceptional+620Accelerated
English-only students+2219not categorized+719not categorized
Hispanic or Latino+1711Accelerated011Average

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 4. 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+22 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 4

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 4

20 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

California growth model, English: +22 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Exceptional, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+6 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 4

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 4

20 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, 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 4, 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 · 0 in 100 → 2025–26 · 0 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 58 → 2025–26 · 0 of 56 · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female0 in 1000 in 1000 in 100
Male0 in 1000 in 1000 in 100
Hispanic or Latino0 in 1000 in 1000 in 100
White0 in 1000 in 1000 in 100
All students0 in 1000 in 1000 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. 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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$12,618 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 55 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$854 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 53

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,809 per ADA

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

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 62%Instruction support 12%Student services 3%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 5%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$606,50361.97%62%
Instruction support$122,04312.47%12%
Student services$26,6502.72%3%
Administration$64,7566.62%7%
Buildings & maintenance$113,07611.55%11%
Other$45,6134.66%5%
Total$978,642100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $978,642 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.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$12,618 per pupil
2020$11,509 per pupil
2019$11,068 per pupil
2018$11,017 per pupil
2017$10,500 per pupil
Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

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 93060 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93060 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$80,979
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)16%
ZIP-area population34,501
Median age35.7 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 93060 →

Downloads, embed and methodologyCSV · embed code · sources · corrections

Embed this scorecard

<iframe
  src="https://schoolscope.co/embed/school/santa-clara-elementary-5537"
  width="100%" height="210" loading="lazy"
  style="border:0;border-radius:12px"
  title="Santa Clara Elementary — SchoolScope scorecard">
</iframe>

Free to embed with the credit link. Data updates automatically.

  • 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.

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

How we analyze · Request a correction