Scholarship Prep - South Bay: Kids show up here — absenteeism is half the state rate. Test scores are still catching up.
Scholarship Prep - South Bay's strongest numbers are the quiet ones: attendance and discipline. The academic picture is still developing — and culture is usually where that starts.
Scholarship Prep - South Bay scores 52 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 71st 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 “33% proficient” and call it done. Scholarship Prep - South Bay deserves a closer read. The school sits in Wilmington, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: +11.8pp separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
As a charter, Scholarship Prep - South Bay 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 rises 7.5pp across grades; the floor rises 10.0pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. 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.
Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 61
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 45
Nearby High Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 66
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
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 16.9pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.5pp.
Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Funding Breakdown
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
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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 | 49 | 8% | 22% | 27% | 43% | 31% | −13 |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 27% | 22% | 20% | 31% | 49% | +4 |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 16% | 25% | 22% | 38% | 41% | −7 |
| Grade 6 | 31 | 3% | 10% | 39% | 48% | 13% | −34 |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 14% | 29% | 35% | 22% | 43% | −5 |
| Grade 8 | 46 | 11% | 30% | 39% | 20% | 41% | −5 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 49 | 12% | 24% | 27% | 37% | 37% | −9 |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 16% | 20% | 40% | 24% | 36% | −6 |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 0% | 3% | 28% | 69% | 3% | −32 |
| Grade 6 | 31 | 3% | 0% | 19% | 77% | 3% | −32 |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 12% | 8% | 35% | 45% | 20% | −14 |
| Grade 8 | 46 | 9% | 9% | 22% | 61% | 17% | −15 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 78 | 1% | 17% | 64% | 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 | 238 | 36.6% | −4 | −2 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 186 | 38.2% | −3 | −1 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scholarship Prep - South Bay ← | — | 52 | 13.0% | 32.6% | −11.8 | 0.2% |
| Taper Avenue Elementary | 3.3 mi | 63 | 33.1% | 62.1% | −1.5 | 0.1% |
| Van Deene Avenue Elementary | 3.1 mi | 61 | 31.7% | 56.7% | +10.0 | 0.2% |
| Carson Street Elementary | 2.3 mi | 58 | 28.7% | 55.0% | +2.0 | 0.1% |
| 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.