South Shores/CSUDH Visual and Performing Arts: 60% of kids clear the bar — ahead of the state's 43%. But this year's 5th graders test below its 3rd graders.
South Shores/CSUDH Visual and Performing Arts posts 60% meeting the standard, against 43% across the state. The number below is the one to ask about on a visit.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48 | 29% | 60% | -23.6 | 18.8% | 0.1% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
South Shores/CSUDH Visual and Performing Arts scores 48 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 64th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “60% proficient” and call it done. South Shores/CSUDH Visual and Performing Arts deserves a closer read. The school sits in San Pedro, where two in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
South Shores/CSUDH Visual and Performing Arts's low-income kids hit 56.1% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 64th percentile since 2019.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 60% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 70% | 66% | 67% | 58% | 73% |
| Grade 4 | 71% | 53% | 73% | 60% | 55% |
| Grade 5 | 55% | 54% | 53% | 52% | 63% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 62% | 59% | 67% | 65% | 77% |
| Grade 4 | 63% | 37% | 59% | 55% | 55% |
| Grade 5 | 40% | 34% | 24% | 43% | 40% |
The story this school is actually telling
of students met or exceeded the standard, versus 42.7% statewide.
proficiency runs 75% in this year's grade 3 against 51% in its grade 5. The state average rises by +4.5pp over the same span.
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding falls 14.3pp across grades; the floor slips 10.0pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. The school's 5th graders aren't posting a wider lead than its 3rd graders. One question worth asking on a tour: are the strongest students being pushed, or coasting? A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
South Shores/CSUDH Visual and Performing Arts's most underrated number
56.1% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask the principal what changes between grade 3 and grade 5. Ask who teaches the older grades, and what the school does when a child starts falling behind.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At South Shores/CSUDH Visual and Performing Arts in San Pedro, 56.1% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. South Shores/CSUDH Visual and Performing Arts outperforms its district average for low-income students by 15.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (53.3% Math proficient); Hispanic students (54.1% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 8.7 percentage points for hispanic students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 107 students tested.
8 of 16 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 18.2pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.5pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.
$823 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
On the state's science test (CAST), 39% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 72
Nearby Middle Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 49
Nearby High Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 33
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 70 | 43% | 30% | 16% | 11% | 73% | +29 |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 27% | 28% | 20% | 25% | 55% | +10 |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 29% | 34% | 26% | 11% | 63% | +15 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 70 | 41% | 36% | 13% | 10% | 77% | +31 |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 20% | 35% | 15% | 30% | 55% | +13 |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 14% | 26% | 20% | 40% | 40% | +5 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 70 | 13% | 26% | 51% | 10% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 107 | 56.1% | +15 | +18 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 111 | 54.1% | +13 | +15 |
| White | 50 | 86.0% | +17 | +24 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Shores/CSUDH Visual and Performing Arts ← | — | 48 | 28.9% | 60.5% | −23.6 | 0.1% |
| Point Fermin Elementary | 1.9 mi | 76 | 44.8% | 66.1% | −4.3 | 0.1% |
| Park Western Place Elementary | 2.4 mi | 71 | 40.5% | 67.4% | +0.9 | 0.1% |
| Mira Catalina Elementary | 1.5 mi | 68 | 46.8% | 72.8% | +16.8 | 0.4% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 47 | 60 | #2189 | 35.5% | 60.3% | 18.1% | 0.4% | -18.4pp |
| 2022 | 41 | 62 | #2184 | 25.6% | 50.5% | 32.9% | 0.0% | -18.1pp |
| 2023 | 38 | 48 | #2963 | 23.3% | 57.2% | 27.5% | 0.0% | -28.6pp |
| 2024 | 46 | 61 | #2245 | 24.9% | 55.6% | 15.9% | 0.1% | -13.7pp |
| 2025 | 48 | 64 | #2062 | 28.9% | 60.5% | 18.8% | 0.1% | -23.6pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 19.8% | 17.3% | -2.5pp |
| Male | 16.4% | 20.7% | +4.3pp |
| Asian | 9.1% | — | — |
| Black/African American | 13.5% | 22.2% | +8.7pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 17.5% | 24.2% | +6.7pp |
| Two or More Races | 34.5% | 11.5% | -23.0pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 20.8% | 20.5% | -0.3pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 21.0% | 23.4% | +2.4pp |
| All Students | 18.2% | 18.9% | +0.7pp |
| Filipino | — | 13.0% | — |
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