Scale Leadership Academy - East: Kids show up here — absenteeism is half the state rate. Test scores are still catching up.
Scale Leadership Academy - East's strongest numbers are the quiet ones: attendance and discipline. The academic picture is still developing — and culture is usually where that starts.
Scale Leadership Academy - East scores 40 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 42nd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
Most rating sites would stop at “37% proficient” and call it done. Scale Leadership Academy - East deserves a closer read. The school sits in Corona, where more than half of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 4.9% chronic absenteeism — versus 17.9% statewide. Attendance is the quietest strong signal a school can post.
As a charter, Scale Leadership Academy - East enrolls by application, not address — the score reads the same, the enrollment path doesn't.
The story this school is actually telling
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 3.7pp across grades; the floor rises 3.6pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask how the school built its attendance culture — and what the academic plan looks like from here.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated K-12 path based on district and proximity. Actual attendance zones may differ. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 57
Nearby Middle Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 42
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
The community around it
Student demographics
3 more gaps by subject
Subgroups with fewer than 15 students are excluded for privacy. Gaps of less than 3 percentage points are not shown.
Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.
Subgroup Growth by Grade
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 1.4pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: -3.7pp.
Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Funding Breakdown
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
Frequently asked questions
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For the data nerdsEvery number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
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 | 119 | 23% | 16% | 28% | 34% | 39% | −5 |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 19% | 13% | 27% | 41% | 32% | −13 |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 19% | 23% | 20% | 38% | 42% | −6 |
| Grade 6 | 118 | 6% | 30% | 25% | 39% | 36% | −11 |
| Grade 7 | 143 | 8% | 34% | 21% | 37% | 42% | −6 |
| Grade 8 | 152 | 6% | 21% | 32% | 41% | 27% | −19 |
| Grade 11 | 46 | 11% | 30% | 26% | 33% | 41% | −6 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 119 | 22% | 22% | 22% | 34% | 44% | −2 |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 8% | 22% | 37% | 33% | 30% | −12 |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 21% | 16% | 20% | 43% | 37% | +2 |
| Grade 6 | 118 | 12% | 14% | 19% | 56% | 25% | −10 |
| Grade 7 | 144 | 10% | 20% | 31% | 40% | 30% | −4 |
| Grade 8 | 151 | 15% | 9% | 30% | 47% | 23% | −9 |
| Grade 11 | 46 | 9% | 20% | 20% | 52% | 28% | +5 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 330 | 9% | 17% | 57% | 18% |
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 | 470 | 27.2% | +6 | −11 |
| White | 339 | 45.1% | +11 | −17 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 154 | 24.0% | +0 | −15 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scale Leadership Academy - East ← | — | 40 | 18.5% | 37.2% | −1.5 | 0.1% |
| Susan B. Anthony Elementary | 1.1 mi | 63 | 42.6% | 71.5% | +2.3 | 0.7% |
| Lincoln Fundamental Elementary | 1.6 mi | 56 | 31.4% | 58.9% | +6.4 | 1.6% |
| Garretson Elementary | 1.5 mi | 54 | 22.3% | 46.2% | +18.6 | 1.9% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 11 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.