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Sherwood Montessori — Rating & test scores

1010 Cleveland Avenue, Chico · 116 students · Grades TK–8

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Scope Score 73

DevelopingScope Score · 39th percentile. Higher than 39 in 100 of the 5,726 California public elementary schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Near California in English (reading and writing) and math: 38% and 31% scored Proficient or Advanced in grade 3, spring 2026, against 44% and 47%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 3: 13
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 390,924 in English and 391,944 in math tested).

Overview

Is Sherwood Montessori a good elementary school?

Developing. Sherwood Montessori is higher than most California elementary schools on progress in English. Sherwood Montessori is lower than most on test results, progress in math and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced4138%
Math, Proficient or Advanced3731%
English, Advanced6023%
Math, Advanced238%

Progress in a year, 2025

English75+10 pts
Math19−8 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance4517 in 100
Sherwood Montessori’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Chico Unified’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

19 of 113 students missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26, close to the average Chico Unified elementary school.

Each bar is Sherwood Montessori’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 113. District and California figures are averages of school rates (18 Chico Unified schools; 5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Sherwood Montessori say about itself?

These lines come from the school’s own website. They are the school’s description. They are not parent reviews or test results.

“Sherwood Montessori is a tuition-free public charter school in Chico, CA offering TK-8th grade education for children ages 4-14.”
sherwoodmontessori.org (opens in a new tab), read October 23, 2026

Every line here is from sherwoodmontessori.org, read October 23, 2026.

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, yes. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 10 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 8 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

+10

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income20+16 points
White17+2 points

Math

−8

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income21−7 points
White16+4 points

Grades 4–8, 2025, 31 students in English, 32 in math with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 10 points above that expected score, and in math 8 points below it.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

6 of the 9 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Sherwood Montessori. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

10 elementary schools within 2.1 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. ParkviewNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8688th
  2. Hooker OakSchool of choice · by applicationScope Score 8073rd
  3. Sierra ViewSchool of choice · by applicationScope Score 8072nd
  4. Neal DowNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8071st
  5. Chico Country DayCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7968th
  6. RosedaleNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7445th
  7. Sherwood MontessoriScope Score 7339th
  8. ChapmanNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7336th
  9. Citrus AvenueNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7126th
  10. Little Chico CreekNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7122nd
Chico UnifiedCharterMagnet or school of choice

A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats. A magnet or other school of choice takes applications through its district.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%75%0%25%50%75%100%

9 of 10 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Sherwood Montessori compare with schools like it?

Sherwood Montessori’s Scope Score is 73. 588 California elementary schools, counting Sherwood Montessori, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 79. Sherwood Montessori’s result is higher than 75 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 588

  1. Students from low-income families: 51%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 41%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 41%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 51%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 39%

    Scope Score 94Strong · 98th percentile

588 California public elementary schools where 39% to 51% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public elementary school we score where 39% to 51% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Sherwood Montessori’s share. The count includes Sherwood Montessori. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

There’s no spring 2025 result to compare with spring 2026: fewer than 11 students tested here that year, so CDE withheld it.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grade 3. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo testsNo comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%201720182019202220232024202646%45%48%Chico UnifiedDistrict44%CaliforniaCalifornia38%Sherwood MontessoriThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo testsNo comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%201720182019202220232024202648%45%49%Chico UnifiedDistrict47%CaliforniaCalifornia31%Sherwood MontessoriThis school

The hatched block marks years with no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Between 11 and 24 students were tested here each year in each subject. With 11 students, one student is 9 points, so each year is a dot and no line joins them. Chico Unified’s line combines its 18 elementary schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. Chico Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grade 3: share at the top two levels
SpringSherwood MontessoriChico UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201745%46%44%22
201832%46%48%19
201922%47%49%23
202233%43%42%12
202339%47%43%23
202427%44%43%11
202638%48%44%13
Math, grade 3: share at the top two levels
SpringSherwood MontessoriChico UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201745%48%47%22
201832%46%49%19
201913%46%50%23
20228%44%44%12
202346%48%45%24
202445%47%46%11
202631%49%47%13

A year is missing where fewer than the state’s minimum number of students tested and the state withheld the result.

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

38% of the 13 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English; 31% did in math.

English

38%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

31311523
Chico Unified48%California44%

Math

31%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

4623238
Chico Unified49%California47%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grade 3, spring 2026, 38% of the 13 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 44% across California. In math, 31% did, against 47% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year’s result can change a lot. Ask how results looked in other years.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grade 3 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced38%suppressedsuppressed
Advanced23%suppressedsuppressed
Proficient15%suppressedsuppressed
Developing level31%suppressedsuppressed
Minimal31%suppressedsuppressed
Tested1389
California44%46%49%
Difference−6——
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advancedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Advancedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Proficientsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Developing levelsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Minimalsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Tested1044
California48%51%49%
Difference———

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced31%suppressedsuppressed
Advanced8%suppressedsuppressed
Proficient23%suppressedsuppressed
Developing level23%suppressedsuppressed
Minimal46%suppressedsuppressed
Tested1389
California47%42%37%
Difference−16——
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advancedsuppressednot on filenot on file
Advancedsuppressednot on filenot on file
Proficientsuppressednot on filenot on file
Developing levelsuppressednot on filenot on file
Minimalsuppressednot on filenot on file
Tested10not on filenot on file
California37%38%36%
Difference———

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grade 3 · This school23%15%31%31%13
English, grade 3 · California24%20%23%33%390,924
English, grade 3 · Chico Unified25%23%25%27%985
Math, grade 3 · This school8%23%23%46%13
Math, grade 3 · California22%25%22%31%391,944
Math, grade 3 · Chico Unified20%29%23%28%986

Spring 2026, grade 3 combined: 13 tested in English, 13 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

White students are the largest group here, at 63% of students. 19 of 113 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

17in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (19 of 113 students).

At the average Chico Unified elementary school: 16 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Students, 2024–25

116

students in grades TK–8.

White 63%Hispanic or Latino 19%Two or more races 12%

Family income

45%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 52 of 116. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

8

teachers, with 7 years of experience on average.

25% were in their first year.

78% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

4.3%

of students were suspended at least once (5 of 115). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White63%
Hispanic or Latino19%
Two or more races12%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 6.2 of 7.9 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Family and staff answers

What would families tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Sherwood Montessori. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Sherwood Montessori has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

18

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

The neighborhood

What is the area around Sherwood Montessori like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95928. They are not figures for the families at Sherwood Montessori.

Typical household income in a year

$64,949

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 95928.

Typical home value
$503,100
People who live in this ZIP code
37,409
Typical age
33.5 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
42%

What you can do

Who can act on Sherwood Montessori’s results?

Sherwood Montessori’s own board decides its plan.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Sherwood Montessori in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 8 questions to Sherwood Montessori. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?8 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4–8, 2025 (32 students)
  2. How does this approach show up in an ordinary lesson?From its own words, on how it teaches.
  3. Which grades take part in these programs, and how often?From its own words, on programs.
  4. Which grades share a classroom or keep the same teacher across years?From its own words, on classroom structure.

Before you apply

  1. Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
  2. What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

Getting in

How do I get in?

Ask Sherwood Montessori how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Where it is

Where is Sherwood Montessori?

Address
1010 Cleveland Avenue, Chico 95928Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Michelle YezbickAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated February 9, 2023.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Sherwood Montessori how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓

Is Sherwood Montessori a good elementary school?

Sherwood Montessori has a Scope Score of 73. It scored higher than 39 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Developing, 39th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 17 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 16 in 100 at the average Chico Unified elementary school. 4.3% of students (5 of 115) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, yes. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 10 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 8 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 31 students in English, 32 in math

See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $235,000 is planned for 13 funded actions in 4 goals. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

Its own plan

What does Sherwood Montessori’s own plan commit to?

$235,000 is planned for 13 funded actions in 4 goals. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

$235,000

planned in the school’s own plan for 2026–27

The three largest actions in the plan

  • Socioeconomically disadvantaged students will have access to free child care before and after school and a summer learning program$68,000
  • Provide authentic Montessori instruction with curriculum aligned to Common Core State Standards (CCSS)$35,000
  • Socioeconomically disadvantaged students will have access to free after school tutoring$32,500

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 63 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

The whole plan: every goal, what it measures and what it pays for

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 63 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 58% of the money; their titles are below. The plan itself puts 77% of it toward staff.

Reading, math and catch-up help

1 of the plan’s 13 funded actions names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in its title.

  • Catch-up help $32,500

Largest of these

  • Socioeconomically disadvantaged students will have access to free after school tutoring$32,500
For high-need students

It plans $109,900 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $116,500 and estimates it spent $112,730, $3,770 (3%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $8,900 (4%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Socioeconomically disadvantaged students will have access to free or reduced lunch and healthy snacks, which went from $7,500 to $4,000.

Largest cuts

  • Socioeconomically disadvantaged students will have access to free or reduced lunch and healthy snacks−⁠$3,500
  • Socioeconomically disadvantaged students will have access to free after school tutoring−⁠$2,500
  • Provide a broad range of Montessori materials−⁠$2,000

Largest increases

  • Ensure that parents understand the nature of the Montessori method of education+⁠$3,000
  • Provide authentic Montessori instruction with curriculum aligned to Common Core State Standards (CCSS)+⁠$1,500
What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grade 3 only: 38% in English and 31% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
Chronically absentGoal 235 in 10017 in 10018 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 24.8%4.3%down 0.5 pts

Goals 3 and 4 track named schools and Goal 1 tracks other measures, so they aren’t shown here.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Socioeconomically disadvantaged students will have access to free child care before and after school and a summer learning program · $68,000
  • Provide authentic Montessori instruction with curriculum aligned to Common Core State Standards (CCSS) · $35,000
  • Socioeconomically disadvantaged students will have access to free after school tutoring · $32,500
The full plan4 goals, 14 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($235,000).

Where does the money go?

44% to Goal 3. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2
G3

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1 · Maintenance of Progress GoalProvide an equitable learning environment with high quality, authentic Montessori instruction, curriculum…$77,10033% of action budgets

“Provide an equitable learning environment with high quality, authentic Montessori instruction, curriculum aligned to Common Core State Standards, a broad range of traditional Montessori materials, highly-qualified teachers, and a facility in good repair. 1.1: Provide highly qualified teachers for all students. 1.2: Provide authentic Montessori instruction with curriculum aligned to Common Core State Standards (CCSS). 1.3: Provide a broad range of Montessori materials. 1.4: Provide a facility in good repair and maintain recess equipment. 1.5: Refine Student Success Team (SST) process to give access to students whose achievement may otherwise be hindered by learning differences due to disabilities, marginal past academic experiences, or behavior issues” p. 8 ↗

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $81,400 (−⁠$4,300)

Largest funded actions

  1. Provide authentic Montessori instruction with curriculum aligned to Common Core State Standards (CCSS)$35,000action 1.2 · p. 26 ↗
  2. Refine Student Success Team (SST) process to give access to students whose achievement may otherwise be hindered by learning differences due to disabilities, marginal past academic experiences, or behavior issues$30,000action 1.5 · p. 26 ↗
  3. Provide a facility in good repair and maintain recess equipment$10,000action 1.4 · p. 26 ↗
  4. Provide highly qualified teachers for all students$1,600action 1.1 · p. 26 ↗
  5. Provide a broad range of Montessori materials$500action 1.3 · p. 26 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Provide a broad range of Montessori materials−⁠$2,000$2,500 → $500 · p. 26 ↗
  2. Provide a facility in good repair and maintain recess equipment−⁠$2,000$12,000 → $10,000 · p. 26 ↗
  3. Refine Student Success Team (SST) process to give access to students whose achievement may otherwise be hindered by learning differences due to disabilities, marginal past academic experiences, or behavior issues−⁠$2,000$32,000 → $30,000 · p. 26 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Provide authentic Montessori instruction with curriculum aligned to Common Core State Standards (CCSS) · $33,500 → $35,000 · p. 26 ↗+⁠$1,500
  • Provide highly qualified teachers for all students · $1,400 → $1,600 · p. 26 ↗+⁠$200

How the plan measures it · 5 measures · 2 quoted

  • Personnel files/teachers' credentials p. 9 ↗
    Baseline
    100% highly qualified credentialed teachers
    Target for year 3
    100% highly qualified credentialed teachers
  • Local Indicator/School Community Survey p. 10 ↗
    Baseline
    77% reported satisfied or very satisfied with support given to struggling learners.
    Target for year 3
    80% satisfied or very satisfied with support given struggling learners.

3 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2 · Maintenance of Progress GoalProvide a positive school climate with authentic opportunities for parent involvement. 2.1 Ensure that…$48,00020% of action budgets

“Provide a positive school climate with authentic opportunities for parent involvement. 2.1 Ensure that parents understand the ways the school communicates with students' families. 2.2 Ensure that parents understand the nature of the Montessori method of education. 2.3 Improve parent involvement and volunteerism. 2.4 Increase attendance for all students and all subgroups and decrease chronic absenteeism and suspension rates” p. 13 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $46,000 (+⁠$2,000)

Largest funded actions

  1. Ensure that parents understand the nature of the Montessori method of education$23,000action 2.2 · p. 26 ↗
  2. Increase attendance for all students and all subgroups and decrease chronic absenteeism and suspension rates$15,000action 2.4 · p. 27 ↗
  3. Ensure that parents understand the ways the school communicates with students' families$5,000action 2.1 · p. 26 ↗
  4. Improve parent involvement and volunteerism$5,000action 2.3 · p. 27 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Ensure that parents understand the nature of the Montessori method of education+⁠$3,000$20,000 → $23,000 · p. 26 ↗
  2. Ensure that parents understand the ways the school communicates with students' families−⁠$500$5,500 → $5,000 · p. 26 ↗
  3. Improve parent involvement and volunteerism−⁠$500$5,500 → $5,000 · p. 27 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Increase attendance for all students and all subgroups and decrease chronic absenteeism and suspension rates · $15,000 → $15,000 · p. 27 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 5 measures · 3 quoted

  • Local metric/Parent Square p. 13 ↗
    Baseline
    100% of parents contactable
    Target for year 3
    100% of parents contactable
  • Chronic absenteeism Rate p. 14 ↗
    Baseline
    35% Chronic Absenteeism Rate
    Target for year 3
    15% Chronic Absenteeism Rate
  • Decreased or maintained suspension rate p. 14 ↗
    Baseline
    5.3% Suspension Rate
    Target for year 3
    5% Suspension Rate

2 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 3 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalSocioeconomically disadvantaged students will have access to free or reduced lunch, free after school…$104,50044% of action budgets

“Socioeconomically disadvantaged students will have access to free or reduced lunch, free after school tutoring, and free child care before and after school” p. 16 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $110,500 (−⁠$6,000)

Largest funded actions

  1. Socioeconomically disadvantaged students will have access to free child care before and after school and a summer learning program$68,000action 3.3 · p. 27 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Socioeconomically disadvantaged students will have access to free after school tutoring$32,500action 3.2 · p. 27 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Socioeconomically disadvantaged students will have access to free or reduced lunch and healthy snacks$4,000action 3.1 · p. 27 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Socioeconomically disadvantaged students will have access to free or reduced lunch and healthy snacks−⁠$3,500$7,500 → $4,000 · p. 27 ↗
  2. Socioeconomically disadvantaged students will have access to free after school tutoring−⁠$2,500$35,000 → $32,500 · p. 27 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Socioeconomically disadvantaged students will have access to free child care before and after school and a summer learning program · $68,000 → $68,000 · p. 27 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 3 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 16 ↗.

Goal 4 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalSocioeconomically disadvantaged students will have access to scholarships to attend field trips$5,4002% of action budgets

1 funded action · 2025–26 plan: $6,000 (−⁠$600) · p. 20 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Students in low-income will have access to scholarships to attend all field trips$5,400action 4.1 · p. 27 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Students in low-income will have access to scholarships to attend all field trips−⁠$600$6,000 → $5,400 · p. 27 ↗

How the plan measures it · 1 measure

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 20 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 11 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
11
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #3,469 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #12 of 18 in Chico Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math15%4542%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math35%4523%
Chronically absent17 in 100505%
Suspension rate4.3% (5 of 115)405%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California elementary schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. The weights above add to 75%: the remaining 25%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267339#3469California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–19not on filenot on file0
2021–22not on filenot on file+4
2022–23not on filenot on file−11
2023–2429 in 1005.3% (7 of 131)—
2024–2535 in 1004.8% (7 of 147)—
2025–2617 in 1004.3% (5 of 115)—

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English4817%48%
2026 · Math469%28%
2025 · English5317%43%
2025 · Math549%22%
2024 · English6121%48%
2024 · Math6010%32%
2023 · English5522%35%
2023 · Math5614%32%
2022 · English539%30%
2022 · Math536%8%
2019 · English9211%35%
2019 · Math929%17%
2018 · English10015%35%
2018 · Math999%25%
2017 · English8520%52%
2017 · Math8612%38%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English10—
2025 · Grade 4 · English10—
2025 · Grade 5 · English1354%
2025 · Grade 6 · English6—
2025 · Grade 7 · English10—
2025 · Grade 8 · English4—
2025 · Grade 3 · Math10—
2025 · Grade 4 · Math10—
2025 · Grade 5 · Math1436%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math7—
2025 · Grade 7 · Math10—
2025 · Grade 8 · Math——
2024 · Grade 3 · English1127%
2024 · Grade 4 · English1650%
2024 · Grade 5 · English10—
2024 · Grade 6 · English1242%
2024 · Grade 7 · English6—
2024 · Grade 8 · English6—
2024 · Grade 3 · Math1145%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math1547%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math10—
2024 · Grade 6 · Math1233%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math6—
2024 · Grade 8 · Math6—
2023 · Grade 3 · English2339%
2023 · Grade 4 · English9—
2023 · Grade 5 · English1145%
2023 · Grade 6 · English6—
2023 · Grade 7 · English5—
2023 · Grade 8 · English——
2023 · Grade 3 · Math2446%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math9—
2023 · Grade 5 · Math1118%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math6—
2023 · Grade 7 · Math5—
2023 · Grade 8 · Math——
2022 · Grade 3 · English1233%
2022 · Grade 4 · English1421%
2022 · Grade 5 · English1250%
2022 · Grade 6 · English8—
2022 · Grade 7 · English——
2022 · Grade 8 · English6—
2022 · Grade 3 · Math128%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math1414%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math120%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math8—
2022 · Grade 7 · Math——
2022 · Grade 8 · Math6—
2019 · Grade 3 · English2322%
2019 · Grade 4 · English1242%
2019 · Grade 5 · English2030%
2019 · Grade 6 · English1145%
2019 · Grade 7 · English1644%
2019 · Grade 8 · English10—
2019 · Grade 3 · Math2313%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math1217%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math205%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math119%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math1638%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math10—
2018 · Grade 3 · English1932%
2018 · Grade 4 · English2544%
2018 · Grade 5 · English1650%
2018 · Grade 6 · English2317%
2018 · Grade 7 · English1145%
2018 · Grade 8 · English——
2018 · Grade 3 · Math1932%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math2524%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math1631%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math2313%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math1145%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math——
2017 · Grade 3 · English2245%
2017 · Grade 4 · English1759%
2017 · Grade 5 · English1850%
2017 · Grade 6 · English1765%
2017 · Grade 7 · English——
2017 · Grade 8 · English——
2017 · Grade 3 · Math2245%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math1735%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math1839%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math1718%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math——
2017 · Grade 8 · Math——

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide138%23%62%8%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students+1031Accelerated−832Moderate
English-only students+1131not categorized−832not categorized
Low-income+1620Accelerated−721Moderate
White+217Average+416Average

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+10 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–8

31 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +10 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math−8 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–8

32 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −8 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 35 in 100 → 2025–26 · 17 in 100 · −18 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 4.8% (7 of 147) → 2025–26 · 4.3% (5 of 115) · −0.5 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—12 of 50—
Male—7 of 63—
Hispanic or Latino—2 of 21—
Two or more races—1 of 13—
White—14 of 71—
Students with disabilities—1 of 16—
Low-income—10 of 56—
All students—17 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$13,999 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 11,911 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,653 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 62%Instruction support 9%Student services 12%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$125,195,76361.69%62%
Instruction support$18,945,9299.34%9%
Student services$25,387,15612.51%12%
Administration$12,543,6456.18%6%
Buildings & maintenance$19,421,4549.57%10%
Other$1,458,7180.72%1%
Total$202,952,664100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $202,952,664 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$13,999 per pupil
2020$12,801 per pupil
2019$13,350 per pupil
2018$10,215 per pupil
2017$10,157 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders12.5%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 95928 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95928 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$64,949
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)42%
ZIP-area population37,409
Median age33.5 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 95928 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 5,726 elementary schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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