Scholarship Prep - Oceanside: Low-income kids here outscore the state by 15 points. But this year's 5th graders test below its 3rd graders.
Scholarship Prep - Oceanside posts numbers for its most vulnerable students that most schools don't reach overall. The trend line is the part worth a closer look.
Scholarship Prep - Oceanside scores 52 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 73rd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “58% proficient” and call it done. Scholarship Prep - Oceanside deserves a closer read. The school sits in Oceanside, where two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 53.6% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide.
As a charter, Scholarship Prep - Oceanside enrolls by application, not address — the score reads the same, the enrollment path doesn't.
The story this school is actually telling
of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide.
proficiency runs 60% in this year's grade 3 against 42% in its grade 5. The state average rises by +4.5pp over the same span.
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 8.5pp across grades; the floor slips 4.1pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. The school's 5th graders aren't posting a wider lead than its 3rd graders. One question worth asking on a tour: are the strongest students being pushed, or coasting? A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Scholarship Prep - Oceanside's most underrated number
53.6% 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 the principal what changes between grade 3 and grade 5. The trajectory is the thing a tour will tell you more about than a spreadsheet.
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
3 within ~3 mi · avg 32
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 falls by 5.8pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.3pp.
Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Funding Breakdown
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
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 | 62 | 32% | 19% | 32% | 16% | 52% | +8 |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 40% | 29% | 17% | 14% | 68% | +23 |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 24% | 24% | 20% | 32% | 47% | −0 |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 17% | 32% | 26% | 25% | 49% | +3 |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 17% | 54% | 20% | 9% | 70% | +23 |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 35% | 35% | 21% | 9% | 70% | +24 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 62 | 35% | 34% | 18% | 13% | 69% | +24 |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 37% | 38% | 22% | 3% | 75% | +33 |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 22% | 15% | 36% | 27% | 37% | +2 |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 17% | 23% | 16% | 43% | 41% | +6 |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 25% | 24% | 24% | 27% | 49% | +15 |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 21% | 28% | 21% | 30% | 49% | +17 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 102 | 10% | 22% | 58% | 11% |
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 | 263 | 53.6% | +43 | +15 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 249 | 50.2% | +42 | +11 |
| White | 24 | 91.7% | +75 | +30 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scholarship Prep - Oceanside ← | — | 52 | 31.6% | 58.1% | −18.1 | 1.4% |
| Empresa Elementary | 1.8 mi | 58 | 36.8% | 66.2% | −18.4 | 0.5% |
| Coastal Academy Charter | 2.3 mi | 58 | 30.5% | 56.9% | −4.8 | 1.0% |
| Bonsall West Elementary | 2.5 mi | 55 | 28.6% | 56.1% | −8.2 | 2.0% |
| California average | — | 43 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.