Shadow Ridge: The score is middle of the pack. The trajectory isn't.
Shadow Ridge sits mid-pack on raw proficiency — and it's climbing faster than most schools anywhere near it — and that holds when you follow the same students across grades.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43 | 5% | 19% | +21.6 | 20.2% | 0.6% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Shadow Ridge scores 43 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 52nd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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📈 On the Rise — Ask how many years the improvement has held, not just the latest one — one strong cohort and a real turnaround can look identical in a single year of data.
Most rating sites would stop at “19% proficient” and call it done. Shadow Ridge deserves a closer read. The school sits in Hesperia, where three in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: +21.6pp 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.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 52nd percentile since 2022.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | — | 0% | 16% | 26% | 12% |
| Grade 4 | — | 16% | 14% | 23% | 23% |
| Grade 5 | — | 24% | 28% | 12% | 35% |
| Grade 6 | — | 28% | 27% | 35% | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 50% | 20% | 28% | 29% | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 21% | 25% | 12% | 21% | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 43% | 40% | 31% | 34% | 37% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | — | 0% | 11% | 17% | 6% |
| Grade 4 | — | 4% | 5% | 14% | 14% |
| Grade 5 | — | 6% | 3% | 4% | 26% |
| Grade 6 | — | 9% | 10% | 15% | 0% |
| Grade 7 | 27% | 11% | 5% | 4% | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 4% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 4% |
| Grade 11 | 4% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 10% |
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 13.0pp across grades; the floor rises 23.0pp. 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 6 things our score weighs
Ask what changed — new curriculum, new principal, new program. Momentum has a cause, and a visit will find it.
- Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
- 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.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Shadow Ridge in Hesperia, 25.1% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 26.1% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Shadow Ridge trails its district average for low-income students by 1.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (9.6% Math proficient); Hispanic students (25.4% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 4.2 percentage points for hispanic students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 187 students tested.
9 of 15 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 rises by 9.7pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +5.2pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
Shadow Ridge serves grades K-12 — students can complete their entire K-12 education here, with no school-to-school transitions.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$589 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), 15% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Your other options
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 | 17 | 0% | 12% | 24% | 65% | 12% | −32 |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 9% | 14% | 23% | 55% | 23% | −22 |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 13% | 22% | 17% | 48% | 35% | −13 |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 4% | 33% | 29% | 33% | 38% | −9 |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 10% | 16% | 33% | 41% | 27% | −21 |
| Grade 8 | 70 | 3% | 19% | 26% | 53% | 21% | −25 |
| Grade 11 | 49 | 12% | 24% | 35% | 29% | 37% | −10 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 17 | 0% | 6% | 47% | 47% | 6% | −40 |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 0% | 14% | 36% | 50% | 14% | −28 |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 9% | 17% | 30% | 43% | 26% | −9 |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 0% | 0% | 38% | 63% | 0% | −35 |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 2% | 14% | 4% | 80% | 16% | −18 |
| Grade 8 | 70 | 0% | 4% | 19% | 77% | 4% | −28 |
| Grade 11 | 49 | 2% | 8% | 10% | 80% | 10% | −13 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 151 | 2% | 13% | 68% | 17% |
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 | 187 | 25.1% | −1 | −13 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 193 | 25.4% | −3 | −13 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Ridge ← | — | 43 | 5.1% | 19.1% | +21.6 | 0.6% |
| LaVerne Elementary Preparatory Academy | 2.2 mi | 65 | 35.8% | 63.9% | −21.0 | 0.1% |
| Mojave River Academy - Rockview Park | 1.6 mi | 45 | 2.9% | 10.7% | — | 0.6% |
| Maple Elementary | 2.1 mi | 32 | 8.6% | 23.6% | +8.0 | 2.1% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 35 | 47 | #3047 | 1.4% | 8.4% | 32.2% | 0.0% | +15.2pp |
| 2023 | 28 | 20 | #4597 | 1.6% | 12.8% | 27.4% | 0.1% | +2.5pp |
| 2024 | 35 | 33 | #3870 | 3.2% | 15.9% | 19.7% | 0.6% | -13.5pp |
| 2025 | 43 | 52 | #2729 | 5.1% | 19.1% | 20.2% | 0.6% | +21.6pp |
- — 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 13 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 75.8% | 19.8% | -56.0pp |
| Male | 74.3% | 22.0% | -52.3pp |
| Black/African American | 73.7% | 20.5% | -53.2pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 75.9% | 21.8% | -54.1pp |
| English Learners | 77.4% | 25.6% | -51.8pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 79.4% | 21.4% | -58.0pp |
| All Students | 75.2% | 20.7% | -54.5pp |
| Two or More Races | — | 12.5% | — |
| Students with Disabilities | — | 23.8% | — |
| Homeless | — | 14.9% | — |
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