Sherman Oaks Elementary: Kids show up here. Test scores are still catching up.
Sherman Oaks's strongest numbers are the quiet ones: attendance and discipline. The academic picture is still developing — and culture is usually where that starts.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51 | 17% | 35% | -0.9 | 10.3% | 1.1% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Sherman Oaks Elementary scores 51 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 68th 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 →
🤝 Culture First — Ask whether the low absenteeism and suspension numbers come from what the school does or from the community it serves — both can produce the same numbers, and only a visit tells you which.
Most rating sites would stop at “35% proficient” and call it done. Sherman Oaks deserves a closer read. The school sits in San Jose, 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: +0.9pp 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, Sherman Oaks enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 68th percentile since 2019.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 35% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 31% | 42% | 30% | 26% | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 38% | 25% | 48% | 39% | 27% |
| Grade 5 | 41% | 36% | 28% | 52% | 38% |
| Grade 6 | 49% | 29% | 39% | 32% | 53% |
| Grade 7 | — | 51% | 47% | 54% | 42% |
| Grade 8 | — | 50% | 51% | 60% | 58% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 34% | 36% | 29% | 36% | 43% |
| Grade 4 | 39% | 25% | 39% | 53% | 28% |
| Grade 5 | 34% | 28% | 16% | 30% | 38% |
| Grade 6 | 33% | 33% | 29% | 22% | 41% |
| Grade 7 | — | 24% | 25% | 40% | 29% |
| Grade 8 | — | 32% | 24% | 33% | 41% |
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 4.3pp across grades; the floor rises 3.0pp. 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.
- 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 Sherman Oaks Elementary in San Jose, 37.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 28.5% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Sherman Oaks Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 8.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (31.5% Math proficient); Hispanic students (39.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 33.3 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 200 students tested.
6 of 12 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 12.1pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +7.0pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly three times the rate of Grades 7–8 students (25.0% vs 4.6%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
The path below is estimated from nearby schools in the same district — 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.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$749 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
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 34% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 74
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 49
Nearby High Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 51
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 | 51 | 18% | 18% | 20% | 45% | 35% | −8 |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 17% | 10% | 23% | 50% | 27% | −18 |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 13% | 25% | 33% | 28% | 38% | −10 |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 16% | 38% | 31% | 16% | 53% | +7 |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 13% | 29% | 42% | 16% | 42% | −6 |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 11% | 47% | 24% | 18% | 58% | +12 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 51 | 24% | 20% | 25% | 31% | 43% | −3 |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 8% | 20% | 32% | 40% | 28% | −13 |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 25% | 13% | 32% | 30% | 38% | +3 |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 18% | 23% | 27% | 32% | 41% | +6 |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 13% | 16% | 37% | 34% | 29% | −5 |
| Grade 8 | 46 | 15% | 26% | 17% | 41% | 41% | +9 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 105 | 10% | 24% | 57% | 9% |
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 | 200 | 37.0% | +9 | −1 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 292 | 39.0% | +11 | +0 |
| English Learners | 87 | 9.2% | +1 | −1 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Oaks Elementary ← | — | 51 | 17.4% | 35.0% | −0.9 | 1.1% |
| Washington Open Elementary | 2.3 mi | 76 | 49.4% | 76.6% | +7.5 | 0.4% |
| Bagby Elementary | 2.2 mi | 75 | 49.8% | 73.5% | +11.9 | 0.3% |
| Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary | 2.1 mi | 72 | 43.3% | 72.2% | +0.2 | 1.0% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 48 | 62 | #2090 | 17.5% | 36.4% | 2.8% | 0.4% | +4.6pp |
| 2022 | 35 | 49 | #2950 | 14.4% | 31.9% | 18.6% | 1.0% | -6.7pp |
| 2023 | 38 | 47 | #3049 | 12.5% | 31.5% | 13.5% | 1.6% | -7.8pp |
| 2024 | 50 | 69 | #1804 | 17.1% | 39.4% | 9.4% | 1.0% | +10.2pp |
| 2025 | 51 | 68 | #1828 | 17.4% | 35.0% | 10.3% | 1.1% | -0.9pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 0.8% | 9.2% | +8.4pp |
| Male | 4.4% | 9.9% | +5.5pp |
| Filipino | 0.0% | — | — |
| Hispanic/Latino | 2.7% | 10.1% | +7.4pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 0.0% | 17.2% | +17.2pp |
| English Learners | 1.7% | 10.8% | +9.1pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 3.1% | 12.6% | +9.5pp |
| All Students | 2.7% | 9.6% | +6.9pp |
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