Independent charter school · Tahoe-Truckee Unified

Sierra Expeditionary Learning — Rating & test scores

11603 Donner Pass Road, Truckee · 216 students · Grades K–8

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The California School Campus Database records Sierra High (Continuation), Tahoe Truckee High and Truckee Elementary on this campus too; it gives each school the whole campus, so this drawing doesn’t show which buildings each uses.

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Scope Score 83

StrongScope Score · 81st percentile. Higher than 81 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

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 69% and 65% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 46% and 42%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 71
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Tests ↓

Overview

Is Sierra Expeditionary Learning a good elementary school?

Strong. Sierra Expeditionary Learning is higher than most California elementary schools on test results, progress in math and attendance. Sierra Expeditionary Learning is lower than most on progress in English.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced8669%
Math, Proficient or Advanced8465%
English, Advanced8339%
Math, Advanced7932%

Progress in a year, 2025

English29−3 pts
Math61+6 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance961 in 100
Sierra Expeditionary Learning’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Tahoe-Truckee Unified’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 39% of students tested in English and 32% in math scored Advanced, against 24% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Sierra Expeditionary Learning’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
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 3–5: 71. California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

In its own words

What does Sierra Expeditionary Learning say about itself?

We haven’t read Sierra Expeditionary Learning’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open sels.ttusd.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

In English, about the same. In math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 3 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 6 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

English

−3

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

By student group · students counted

White75+4 points
Hispanic or Latino33−11 points
Low-income33−10 points
Students with disabilities30−7 points
English learners19−15 points

Math

+6

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

White75+4 points
Hispanic or Latino33+9 points
Low-income33+7 points
Students with disabilities30−8 points
English learners19+8 points

Grades 4–8, 2025, 116 students 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 3 points below that expected score, and in math 6 points above 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?

0 of the 1 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Sierra Expeditionary Learning. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

2 elementary schools within 0.6 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Sierra Expeditionary LearningScope Score 8381st
  2. TruckeeNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7655th
Tahoe-Truckee Unified

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

Schools like it

How does Sierra Expeditionary Learning compare with schools like it?

Sierra Expeditionary Learning’s Scope Score is 83. 463 California elementary schools, counting Sierra Expeditionary Learning, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 86. Sierra Expeditionary Learning’s result is higher than 121 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 463

  1. Students from low-income families: 24%

    Scope Score 99Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 23%

    Scope Score 99Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 14%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 20%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 22%

    El Rodeo Elementary

    Beverly Hills

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

463 California public elementary schools where 14% to 26% 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 14% to 26% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Sierra Expeditionary Learning’s share. The count includes Sierra Expeditionary Learning. 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?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English stayed at 69% and math went from 62% to 65%.

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

Grades 3–5. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202657%76%69%Sierra Expeditionary LearningThis school59%Tahoe-Truckee UnifiedDistrict46%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202658%79%65%Sierra Expeditionary LearningThis school57%Tahoe-Truckee UnifiedDistrict42%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Tahoe-Truckee Unified’s line combines its 6 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. Tahoe-Truckee Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringSierra Expeditionary LearningTahoe-Truckee UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201776%57%45%72
201867%58%49%73
201974%63%50%73
202262%57%45%71
202346%54%44%71
202461%57%45%72
202569%58%46%71
202669%59%46%71
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringSierra Expeditionary LearningTahoe-Truckee UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201779%58%40%72
201873%59%42%74
201973%59%44%73
202255%56%38%71
202356%55%40%71
202458%53%41%72
202562%57%41%71
202665%57%42%71

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

English

69%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

15163039
Tahoe-Truckee Unified59%California46%

Math

65%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

15203332
Tahoe-Truckee Unified58%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 69% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 65% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3–5 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).

How do the middle grades do?

Near California in English; well above it in math. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 53% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 63% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 73rd percentile (Solid) among California’s middle schools.

English

53%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

16313716
Tahoe-Truckee Unified63%California49%

Math

63%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

14232736
Tahoe-Truckee Unified52%California37%

School pattern · grades 3–5 · spring 2026

Broad base
Most students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

What patterns mean

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 Advanced71%64%73%
Advanced38%40%41%
Proficient33%24%32%
Developing level12%20%13%
Minimal17%16%14%
Tested242522
California44%46%49%
Difference+27+18+24
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced54%65%38%
Advanced12%27%8%
Proficient42%38%30%
Developing level34%20%41%
Minimal12%15%21%
Tested262624
California48%51%49%
Difference+6+14−11

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 Advanced62%76%55%
Advanced29%32%36%
Proficient33%44%19%
Developing level34%8%18%
Minimal4%16%27%
Tested242522
California47%42%37%
Difference+15+34+18
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced69%65%54%
Advanced35%42%29%
Proficient34%23%25%
Developing level27%16%25%
Minimal4%19%21%
Tested262624
California37%38%36%
Difference+32+27+18

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, grades 3–5 · This school39%30%16%15%71
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Tahoe-Truckee Unified33%26%18%23%851
Math, grades 3–5 · This school32%33%20%15%71
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Tahoe-Truckee Unified34%24%20%22%856
English, grades 6–8 · This school16%37%31%16%76
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Tahoe-Truckee Unified27%36%22%15%891
Math, grades 6–8 · This school36%27%23%14%76
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Tahoe-Truckee Unified33%19%24%24%890

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 71 tested in English, 71 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 61% of students. 2 of 218 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

1in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (2 of 218 students).

At the average Tahoe-Truckee Unified elementary school: 9 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Suspensions: 0.5% of students were suspended at least once (1 of 219). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

216

students in grades K–8.

White 61%Hispanic or Latino 30%Two or more races 6%

Family income

20%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 44 of 216. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

10

teachers, with 12 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

89% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

33%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (6 of 18 students).

Tahoe-Truckee Unified: 57%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grades 4–6
0 of 75 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
0 of 50 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.

Our records hold no figure for Grades K–3.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White61%
Hispanic or Latino30%
Two or more races6%
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. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . 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: 9.5 of 10.8 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

One student group at Sierra Expeditionary Learning has test results. Each bar compares one group with the same group across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • WhiteEnglish · 94 tested71%California 61%
  • WhiteMath · 94 tested79%California 53%

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–8, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Tahoe-Truckee Unifiedvs California
White · 94 tested
English71%−778%+1061%
Math79%+871%+2653%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Tahoe-Truckee Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

No published rate here for low-income, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners, students with disabilities and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Sierra Expeditionary Learning. 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.

Families

No family answers yet

0 of 20 needed before answers show

  • 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.

Answer the family questionsResponder en españolHow family answers work

The neighborhood

What is the area around Sierra Expeditionary Learning like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 96161. They are not figures for the families at Sierra Expeditionary Learning.

Typical household income in a year

$131,702

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 96161.

Typical home value
$991,400
People who live in this ZIP code
19,634
Typical age
43.2 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
62%

What you can do

Who can act on Sierra Expeditionary Learning’s results?

Sierra Expeditionary Learning’s own board decides its plan.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Sierra Expeditionary Learning 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 5 questions to Sierra Expeditionary Learning. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?3 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4–8, 2025 (116 students)

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 Sierra Expeditionary Learning how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Where it is

Where is Sierra Expeditionary Learning?

Address
11603 Donner Pass Road, Truckee 96161Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
David ManahanAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated December 10, 2025.

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 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Sierra Expeditionary Learning how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓

Is Sierra Expeditionary Learning a good school?

Sierra Expeditionary Learning has a Scope Score of 83. It scored higher than 81 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Strong, 81st percentile, spring 2026).

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 73 in 100 California middle schools we score (73rd percentile, Solid, spring 2026)

See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 1 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 9 in 100 at the average Tahoe-Truckee Unified elementary school. 0.5% of students (1 of 219) 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, about the same. In math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 3 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 6 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 116 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 71% of White students in grades 3–8 at Sierra Expeditionary Learning in Truckee scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 61% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $120,002 is planned for 2 funded actions in 2 goals. That’s 4% of its $3.2 million general fund budget. 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 Sierra Expeditionary Learning’s own plan commit to?

$120,002 is planned for 2 funded actions in 2 goals. That’s 4% of its $3.2 million general fund budget.

$120,002

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

The two largest actions in the plan

  • MTSS program redesign$110,000
  • Professional development on the new curriculum$10,002

These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 49 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, 49 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Its two largest actions, MTSS program redesign and Professional development on the new curriculum, take 100% of the money. The plan itself puts 96% of it toward staff.

Reading, math and catch-up help

1 of the plan’s 2 funded actions names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in its title.

  • Catch-up help $110,000

Largest of these

  • MTSS program redesign$110,000
For high-need students

It plans $120,002 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $120,002 and estimates it spent $120,002, the same as planned.

What changed

The total is the same as in the 2025–26 plan. We couldn’t match $110,000 of this $120,002 plan to individual actions in last year’s plan. These lists cover the rest.

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • MTSS program redesign$110,000
The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • MTSS program redesign · $110,000
  • Professional development on the new curriculum · $10,002
The full plan2 goals, 2 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 ($120,002).

Where does the money go?

92% to Goal 1. Each segment is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a segment to open its goal.

MTSS program redesign · $110,000 · new or renamed

MTSS program redesign is 92% of the plan.

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 1Continue to fine tune our MTSS program with revised scheduling, curricula, or staffing to more effectively…$110,00092% of action budgets

“Continue to fine tune our MTSS program with revised scheduling, curricula, or staffing to more effectively support more students” p. 7 ↗

1 funded action · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. MTSS program redesign$110,000action 1.1 · p. 14 ↗

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

  • MTSS program redesign · $110,000 · p. 14 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

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. 7 ↗.

Goal 2 · Focus GoalMore effective implementation of new elem and middle math curriculum, including the purchase of curriculum$10,0028% of action budgets

1 funded action · 2025–26 plan: $10,002 (unchanged) · p. 9 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Professional development on the new curriculum$10,002action 2.1 · p. 14 ↗

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

  • Professional development on the new curriculum · $10,002 → $10,002 · p. 14 ↗unchanged

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. 9 ↗.

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 12 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
12
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 #1,059 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #4 of 6 in Tahoe-Truckee Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math36%6442%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math67%6823%
Chronically absent1 in 100715%
Suspension rate0.5% (1 of 219)585%
English learners: top level14%475%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)-3.0pp—not scored

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 80%: the remaining 20%, 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
2025–268381#1059California 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 file+1
2021–22not on filenot on file−15
2022–23not on filenot on file−21
2023–240 in 1004.2% (9 of 216)−6
2024–251 in 1000.9% (2 of 219)−6
2025–261 in 1000.5% (1 of 219)−3

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 · English14727%61%
2026 · Math14734%64%
2025 · English14433%63%
2025 · Math14436%58%
2024 · English14431%62%
2024 · Math14425%56%
2023 · English14131%60%
2023 · Math14130%57%
2022 · English14235%68%
2022 · Math14232%58%
2019 · English14134%74%
2019 · Math14140%70%
2018 · English14035%68%
2018 · Math14135%65%
2017 · English14244%75%
2017 · Math14247%75%

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 · English2467%
2025 · Grade 4 · English2374%
2025 · Grade 5 · English2467%
2025 · Grade 6 · English2662%
2025 · Grade 7 · English2343%
2025 · Grade 8 · English2467%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math2475%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math2348%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math2462%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math2665%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math2339%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math2458%
2024 · Grade 3 · English2475%
2024 · Grade 4 · English2442%
2024 · Grade 5 · English2467%
2024 · Grade 6 · English2662%
2024 · Grade 7 · English2374%
2024 · Grade 8 · English2352%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math2467%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math2446%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math2462%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math2658%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math2361%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math2339%
2023 · Grade 3 · English2454%
2023 · Grade 4 · English2450%
2023 · Grade 5 · English2335%
2023 · Grade 6 · English2374%
2023 · Grade 7 · English2467%
2023 · Grade 8 · English2378%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math2458%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math2475%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math2335%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math2352%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math2450%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math2370%
2022 · Grade 3 · English2471%
2022 · Grade 4 · English2348%
2022 · Grade 5 · English2467%
2022 · Grade 6 · English2658%
2022 · Grade 7 · English2479%
2022 · Grade 8 · English2190%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math2475%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math2339%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math2450%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math2646%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math2475%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math2167%
2019 · Grade 3 · English2462%
2019 · Grade 4 · English2479%
2019 · Grade 5 · English2580%
2019 · Grade 6 · English2374%
2019 · Grade 7 · English2374%
2019 · Grade 8 · English2273%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math2483%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math2467%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math2568%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math2365%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math2370%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math2264%
2018 · Grade 3 · English2568%
2018 · Grade 4 · English2560%
2018 · Grade 5 · English2374%
2018 · Grade 6 · English2467%
2018 · Grade 7 · English2374%
2018 · Grade 8 · English2065%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math2576%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math2584%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math2458%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math2450%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math2361%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math2060%
2017 · Grade 3 · English2483%
2017 · Grade 4 · English2471%
2017 · Grade 5 · English2475%
2017 · Grade 6 · English2374%
2017 · Grade 7 · English2378%
2017 · Grade 8 · English2471%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math2496%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math2475%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math2467%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math2361%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math2370%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math2479%

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
Schoolwide4624%30%41%4%

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: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
White9471%−7+10
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−3116Average+6116Accelerated
English-only students+188not categorized+788not categorized
White+475Average+475Average
Hispanic or Latino−1133Moderate+933Accelerated
Low-income−1033Moderate+733Accelerated
Students with disabilities−730Moderate−830Moderate
English learners−1519Moderate+819Accelerated
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−2211not categorized+1011not categorized

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−3 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

116 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −3 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+6 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

116 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, 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 · 1 in 100 → 2025–26 · 1 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.9% (2 of 219) → 2025–26 · 0.5% (1 of 219) · −0.4 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—2 in 100—
Male—0 of 99—
Hispanic or Latino—1 of 66—
Two or more races—0 of 14—
White—1 in 100—
Students with disabilities—1 of 44—
English learners—1 of 21—
Low-income—1 of 62—
All students—1 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$18,885 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 3,945 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$27,067 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 56%Instruction support 11%Student services 13%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$55,247,30356.34%56%
Instruction support$11,380,47511.61%11%
Student services$12,661,27512.91%13%
Administration$6,553,4256.68%7%
Buildings & maintenance$10,514,55010.72%11%
Other$1,701,8891.74%2%
Total$98,058,917100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $98,058,917 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$18,885 per pupil
2020$18,129 per pupil
2019$18,822 per pupil
2018$16,401 per pupil
2017$15,681 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 holders0.0%

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 96161 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 96161 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$131,702
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)62%
ZIP-area population19,634
Median age43.2 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 96161 →

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