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Sierra Foothill Charter — Rating & test scores

4952 School House Road, Catheys Valley · 140 students · Grades TK–8

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Scope Score 80

SolidScope Score · 70th percentile. Higher than 70 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: 61% and 42% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, 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: 38
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 Foothill Charter a good elementary school?

Solid. Sierra Foothill Charter is higher than most California elementary schools on test results and progress in both subjects. Sierra Foothill Charter is lower than most on attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced7761%
Math, Proficient or Advanced5842%
English, Advanced7834%
Math, Advanced6824%

Progress in a year, 2025

English83+13 pts
Math77+12 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance4018 in 100
Sierra Foothill Charter’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Mariposa County Unified’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 4–7 scored higher than California students who had the same scores the year before, in English (+13 pts) and math (+12 pts). The state calls both results Accelerated.

Each bar is Sierra Foothill Charter’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 growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 4–7: 53. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

In its own words

What does Sierra Foothill Charter say about itself?

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

Open sierrafoothillcharterschool.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–7 scored 13 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 12 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

English

+13

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

White30+15 points
Low-income26+2 points
Hispanic or Latino17+4 points

Math

+12

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

White30+17 points
Low-income26−6 points
Hispanic or Latino17+8 points

Grades 4–7, 2025, 53 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 13 points above that expected score, and in math 12 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.

Schools like it

How does Sierra Foothill Charter compare with schools like it?

Sierra Foothill Charter’s Scope Score is 80. 585 California elementary schools, counting Sierra Foothill Charter, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 80. Sierra Foothill Charter’s result is higher than 252 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 585

  1. Students from low-income families: 41%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 41%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 38%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

585 California public elementary schools where 32% to 44% 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 32% to 44% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Sierra Foothill Charter’s share. The count includes Sierra Foothill Charter. 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?

English results were higher than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 55% to 61% and math from 40% to 42%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2018 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%201820192022202320242025202641%48%61%Sierra Foothill CharterThis school46%CaliforniaCalifornia25%Mariposa County UnifiedDistrict

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2018201920222023202420252026Both 36%42%Sierra Foothill CharterThis school42%CaliforniaCalifornia19%Mariposa County UnifiedDistrict

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Mariposa County Unified’s line combines its 4 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. Mariposa County Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringSierra Foothill CharterMariposa County UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201848%41%49%42
201955%43%50%42
202256%37%45%45
202353%34%44%43
202446%31%45%39
202555%29%46%42
202661%25%46%38
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringSierra Foothill CharterMariposa County UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201836%36%42%42
201933%37%44%42
202230%30%38%43
202342%28%40%43
202431%28%41%39
202540%23%41%42
202642%19%42%38

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in English; near it in math.

English

61%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

16232734
Mariposa County Unified25%California46%

Math

42%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

29291824
Mariposa County Unified19%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 61% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 42% 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 does math compare with English?

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, math trails English by 19 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 4 points across California. The grades 3–5 cards above give each subject’s share.

How do the middle grades do?

In grades 6 and 7, spring 2026, 62% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 44% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year’s result can change a lot. Ask how results looked in other years. The middle grades are placed separately: 82nd percentile (Strong) among California’s middle schools.

English

62%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

27113131
Mariposa County Unified34%California49%

Math

44%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

26301133
Mariposa County Unified21%California37%
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 Advanced75%60%45%
Advanced25%47%27%
Proficient50%13%18%
Developing level17%27%28%
Minimal8%13%27%
Tested121511
California44%46%49%
Difference+31+14−4
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced54%69%suppressed
Advanced31%31%suppressed
Proficient23%38%suppressed
Developing level8%16%suppressed
Minimal38%15%suppressed
Tested13138
California48%51%49%
Difference+6+18—

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 Advanced58%40%27%
Advanced42%13%18%
Proficient16%27%9%
Developing level34%40%9%
Minimal8%20%64%
Tested121511
California47%42%37%
Difference+11−2−10
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced46%43%suppressed
Advanced38%29%suppressed
Proficient8%14%suppressed
Developing level31%28%suppressed
Minimal23%29%suppressed
Tested13148
California37%38%36%
Difference+9+5—

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 school34%27%23%16%38
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Mariposa County Unified11%14%27%48%360
Math, grades 3–5 · This school24%18%29%29%38
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Mariposa County Unified6%13%33%48%360
English, grades 6 and 7 · This school31%31%11%27%26
English, grades 6 and 7 · California19%30%23%28%832,685
English, grades 6 and 7 · Mariposa County Unified9%25%27%39%215
Math, grades 6 and 7 · This school33%11%30%26%27
Math, grades 6 and 7 · California21%16%24%39%833,328
Math, grades 6 and 7 · Mariposa County Unified11%10%29%50%226

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 38 tested in English, 38 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 64% of students. 26 of 143 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

18in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (26 of 143 students).

At the average Mariposa County Unified elementary school: 25 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Students, 2024–25

140

students in grades TK–8.

White 64%Hispanic or Latino 29%

Family income

38%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 53 of 140. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

7

teachers, with 18 years of experience on average.

14% were in their first year.

75% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

2.0%

of students were suspended at least once (3 of 147). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

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

Missing school, by grade
Grades 4–6
6 of 42 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
6 of 28 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.

Our records hold no figure for Grades TK–3.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White64%
Hispanic or Latino29%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
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: 4.8 of 6.4 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 Sierra Foothill Charter. 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?

Sierra Foothill Charter 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

9

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 Sierra Foothill Charter like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95306. They are not figures for the families at Sierra Foothill Charter.

Typical household income in a year

$81,302

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 95306.

Typical home value
$400,000
People who live in this ZIP code
939
Typical age
60.7 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
39%

What you can do

Who can act on Sierra Foothill Charter’s results?

Sierra Foothill Charter’s own board decides its plan.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Sierra Foothill Charter 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 Foothill Charter. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?58% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (38 students tested); California: 58%

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 Foothill Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Where it is

Where is Sierra Foothill Charter?

Address
4952 School House Road, Catheys Valley 95306Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Sean JacobsAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated May 14, 2024.

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

Is Sierra Foothill Charter a good school?

Sierra Foothill Charter has a Scope Score of 80. It scored higher than 70 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Solid, 70th percentile, spring 2026).

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 82 in 100 California middle schools we score (82nd percentile, Strong, spring 2026)

See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 18 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 25 in 100 at the average Mariposa County Unified elementary school. 2.0% of students (3 of 147) 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?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–7 scored 13 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 12 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 53 students

See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $807,169 is planned for 10 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 40% of its $2.0 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 Foothill Charter’s own plan commit to?

$807,169 is planned for 10 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 40% of its $2.0 million general fund budget.

$807,169

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

The three largest actions in the plan

  • Parent/​guardian and Community Engagement$410,231
  • Student and Community Engagement$116,488
  • Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports Plan$84,540

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, 77 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, 77 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 76% of the money. The plan itself puts 93% of it toward staff.

  • Parent/guardian and Community Engagement $410,231
  • Student and Community Engagement $116,488
  • Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports Plan $84,540
  • 7 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

2 of the plan’s 10 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

  • Reading $25,822
  • Catch-up help $41,322

Largest of these

  • Expanding and Strengthening Intervention Programs$41,322
  • ELA Curriculum Enhancement$25,822
For high-need students

It plans $684,076 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $495,186 and estimates it spent $570,633, $75,447 (15%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $222,101 (38%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Parent/​guardian and Community Engagement, which went from $18,090 to $410,231.

Largest cuts

  • Student and Community Engagement−⁠$297,114
  • Professional Development for Tier 1 Core Instruction−⁠$9,587
  • Expand Music Program−⁠$7,248

Largest increases

  • Parent/​guardian and Community Engagement+⁠$392,141
  • Community Collaboration with the Arts+⁠$54,667
  • Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports Plan+⁠$54,390

Ask: What did Student and Community Engagement pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $297,114 less?

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 grades 3–5 only: 61% in English and 42% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 151%62%up 11 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 143%45%up 2 pts
Chronically absentGoal 214 in 10018 in 1004 more in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 20 of 1452.0%up 2.0 pts

Goal 3 isn’t shown because it tracks other measures.

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
  • Parent/​guardian and Community Engagement · $410,231
  • Student and Community Engagement · $116,488
  • Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports Plan · $84,540
The full plan3 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 ($807,169).

Where does the money go?

78% to Goal 2. 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 1All students will demonstrate growth towards meeting or exceeding standards in English Language Arts (ELA)…$69,1449% of action budgets

“All students will demonstrate growth towards meeting or exceeding standards in English Language Arts (ELA), math, and science” p. 10 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $60,445 (+⁠$8,699)

Largest funded actions

  1. Expanding and Strengthening Intervention Programs$41,322action 1.3 · p. 39 ↗
  2. ELA Curriculum Enhancement$25,822action 1.1 · p. 39 ↗
  3. Professional Development for Tier 1 Core Instruction$2,000action 1.2 · p. 39 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Expanding and Strengthening Intervention Programs+⁠$20,232$21,090 → $41,322 · p. 39 ↗
  2. Professional Development for Tier 1 Core Instruction−⁠$9,587$11,587 → $2,000 · p. 39 ↗
  3. ELA Curriculum Enhancement−⁠$1,946$27,768 → $25,822 · p. 39 ↗

How the plan measures it · 7 measures · 3 quoted

  • Points Above Standard in ELA p. 11 ↗
    Baseline
    17.7 points above in 2023
    Target for year 3
    25+ points
  • Percent of students in grades 3–8 who meet or exceed standard in math p. 11 ↗
    Baseline
    45.5% in 2023
    Target for year 3
    70%
  • Points Below Standard in math p. 11 ↗
    Baseline
    18 points below in 2023
    Target for year 3
    0 points

4 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Actions will be implemented to promote respectful and trusting relationships, foster student connectedness…$632,00778% of action budgets

“Actions will be implemented to promote respectful and trusting relationships, foster student connectedness and wellness, reduce rates of chronic absenteeism and behavioral misconduct, and increase involvement of parents/​guardians and community partners” p. 15 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $469,286 (+⁠$162,721)

Largest funded actions

  1. Parent/​guardian and Community Engagement$410,231action 2.2 · p. 40 ↗
  2. Student and Community Engagement$116,488action 2.4 · p. 40 ↗
  3. Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports Plan$84,540action 2.1 · p. 39 ↗
  4. Student Attendance$20,748action 2.3 · p. 40 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Parent/​guardian and Community Engagement+⁠$392,141$18,090 → $410,231 · p. 40 ↗
  2. Student and Community Engagement−⁠$297,114$413,602 → $116,488 · p. 40 ↗
  3. Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports Plan+⁠$54,390$30,150 → $84,540 · p. 39 ↗

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

  • Student Attendance · $7,444 → $20,748 · p. 40 ↗+⁠$13,304

How the plan measures it · 4 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 15 ↗.

Goal 3All students will be guaranteed equitable access to high-quality arts education$106,01913% of action budgets

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $55,337 (+⁠$50,682) · p. 24 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Community Collaboration with the Arts$67,933action 3.3 · p. 40 ↗
  2. Arts Integration Lessons and Units Development$27,353action 3.2 · p. 40 ↗
  3. Expand Music Program$10,733action 3.1 · p. 40 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Community Collaboration with the Arts+⁠$54,667$13,266 → $67,933 · p. 40 ↗
  2. Expand Music Program−⁠$7,248$17,981 → $10,733 · p. 40 ↗
  3. Arts Integration Lessons and Units Development+⁠$3,263$24,090 → $27,353 · p. 40 ↗

How the plan measures it · 3 measures · 2 quoted

  • Number of students studying instrument per school year p. 24 ↗
    Baseline
    22 students in 2023- 2024
    Target for year 3
    50 students
  • Number of performances and public art displays per school year p. 25 ↗
    Baseline
    2 - Spring Concert, Sticks Art Display and Sale
    Target for year 3
    5

1 more measure in the plan’s table.

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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 #1,679 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #1 of 4 in Mariposa County Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math29%5742%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math51%5623%
Chronically absent18 in 100485%
Suspension rate2.0% (3 of 147)485%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)-30.3pp—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 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
2025–268070#1679California 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+11
2021–22not on filenot on file−24
2022–23not on filenot on file−14
2023–2432 in 1000.7% (1 of 143)−7
2024–2514 in 1000 of 145−9
2025–2618 in 1002.0% (3 of 147)−30

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 · English7233%62%
2026 · Math7332%45%
2025 · English7321%51%
2025 · Math7222%43%
2024 · English6919%48%
2024 · Math6816%34%
2023 · English7722%55%
2023 · Math7716%45%
2022 · English7321%51%
2022 · Math717%37%
2019 · English8218%66%
2019 · Math8215%40%
2018 · English7618%55%
2018 · Math7620%41%
2017 · English7718%58%
2017 · Math7714%36%

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 · English1567%
2025 · Grade 4 · English1429%
2025 · Grade 5 · English1369%
2025 · Grade 6 · English1443%
2025 · Grade 7 · English9—
2025 · Grade 8 · English8—
2025 · Grade 3 · Math1560%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math1421%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math1338%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math1443%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math9—
2025 · Grade 8 · Math7—
2024 · Grade 3 · English1429%
2024 · Grade 4 · English1471%
2024 · Grade 5 · English1136%
2024 · Grade 6 · English1369%
2024 · Grade 7 · English10—
2024 · Grade 8 · English7—
2024 · Grade 3 · Math1421%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math1464%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math110%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math1233%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math10—
2024 · Grade 8 · Math7—
2023 · Grade 3 · English1553%
2023 · Grade 4 · English1443%
2023 · Grade 5 · English1464%
2023 · Grade 6 · English1145%
2023 · Grade 7 · English1250%
2023 · Grade 8 · English1173%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math1560%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math1443%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math1421%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math1155%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math1242%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math1155%
2022 · Grade 3 · English1662%
2022 · Grade 4 · English1471%
2022 · Grade 5 · English1533%
2022 · Grade 6 · English1338%
2022 · Grade 7 · English10—
2022 · Grade 8 · English5—
2022 · Grade 3 · Math1547%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math1414%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math1429%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math1354%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math10—
2022 · Grade 8 · Math5—
2019 · Grade 3 · English1450%
2019 · Grade 4 · English1443%
2019 · Grade 5 · English1471%
2019 · Grade 6 · English1560%
2019 · Grade 7 · English1587%
2019 · Grade 8 · English10—
2019 · Grade 3 · Math1421%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math1457%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math1421%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math1513%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math1573%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math10—
2018 · Grade 3 · English1443%
2018 · Grade 4 · English1258%
2018 · Grade 5 · English1644%
2018 · Grade 6 · English1471%
2018 · Grade 7 · English1155%
2018 · Grade 8 · English——
2018 · Grade 3 · Math1443%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math1242%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math1625%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math1436%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math1155%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math——
2017 · Grade 3 · English——
2017 · Grade 4 · English1540%
2017 · Grade 5 · English1567%
2017 · Grade 6 · English1464%
2017 · Grade 7 · English——
2017 · Grade 8 · English1471%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math——
2017 · Grade 4 · Math1527%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math1520%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math1443%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math——
2017 · Grade 8 · Math1450%

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
Schoolwide1712%35%41%12%

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+1353Accelerated+1253Accelerated
English-only students+1345not categorized+1245not categorized
White+1530Accelerated+1730Accelerated
Low-income+226Average−626Moderate
Hispanic or Latino+417Average+817Accelerated

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; here that is grades 4–7. 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+13 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–7

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–7

53 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +13 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+12 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–7

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–7

53 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +12 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; here that is grades 4–7, 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 · 14 in 100 → 2025–26 · 18 in 100 · +4 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 145 → 2025–26 · 2.0% (3 of 147) · +2.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—13 of 66—
Male—13 of 77—
Hispanic or Latino—6 of 42—
White—20 of 91—
Students with disabilities—2 of 19—
Low-income—16 of 78—
All students—18 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$14,934 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 1,604 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$22,199 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 61%Instruction support 8%Student services 11%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 12%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$20,224,25860.75%61%
Instruction support$2,515,9787.56%8%
Student services$3,765,64811.31%11%
Administration$2,156,9806.48%6%
Buildings & maintenance$3,898,74611.71%12%
Other$731,7422.20%2%
Total$33,293,352100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $33,293,352 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$14,934 per pupil
2020$14,109 per pupil
2019$13,686 per pupil
2018$11,762 per pupil
2017$11,488 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 95306 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95306 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$81,302
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)39%
ZIP-area population939
Median age60.7 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 95306 →

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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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