Public school · San Juan Unified · Carmichael, California

Starr King K-8 — Rating & test scores

Carmichael · TK–8 · 885 students (2024–25)

4848 Cottage Way, 95608starrking.sanjuan.edu ↗(916) 971-7320
3rdpercentileNeeds Support

The dots are California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
14

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 12% and 10% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 46% and 42%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 300 in English, 316 in math
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).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

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

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26 in 100 students (237 of 928) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That is about one and a third times the rate at the average San Juan Unified elementary school.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 928. District and California figures are averages of school rates (47 San Juan Unified schools; 5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask San Juan Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Starr King K-8 a good school?

Starr King K-8 scores higher than 3 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 3rd percentile, Needs Support, spring 2026.

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 5 in 100 California middle schools we score (5th percentile, Needs Support, spring 2026)

Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 26 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 20 in 100 at the average San Juan Unified elementary school. 2.7% of students (26 of 959) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (4)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, about as expected; in math, below what the state expected. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored −5 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored −11 points, which it calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 343 students in English, 342 in math

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 15% of low-income students in grades 3–8 at Starr King K-8 in Carmichael scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 37% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2026 attendance boundaries, Starr King K-8 is zoned to Rio Americano High. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Rio Americano High: 55th percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 Scope Score

Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 12% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 10% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 300 in English, 316 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 3–5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English, 1,211,701 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 300 tested

Advanced
3%
Proficient
9%
Below the standard
88%
This school12%
California46%
San Juan Unified37%

12% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 316 tested

Advanced
1%
Proficient
9%
Below the standard
90%
This school10%
California42%
San Juan Unified31%

10% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–8 · every level, with tested counts

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 Advanced10%13%14%
Advanced4%1%3%
Proficient6%12%11%
Developing level21%15%21%
Minimal69%72%65%
Tested11479107
California44%46%49%
Difference−34−33−35
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced22%29%19%
Advanced4%1%1%
Proficient18%28%18%
Developing level21%22%23%
Minimal57%49%58%
Tested697383
California48%51%49%
Difference−26−22−30

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 Advanced14%8%7%
Advanced2%0%2%
Proficient12%8%5%
Developing level16%20%15%
Minimal70%72%78%
Tested11889109
California47%42%37%
Difference−33−34−30
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced16%7%2%
Advanced5%0%2%
Proficient11%7%0%
Developing level22%23%18%
Minimal62%70%80%
Tested767486
California37%38%36%
Difference−21−31−34

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.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How do the middle grades do?

Well below California in both subjects. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 23% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 8% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 5th percentile (Needs Support) among California’s middle schools.

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 225 tested

Advanced
2%
Proficient
21%
Below the standard
77%
This school23%
California49%
San Juan Unified42%

23% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 236 tested

Advanced
3%
Proficient
5%
Below the standard
92%
This school8%
California37%
San Juan Unified29%

8% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 10% to 12% and math stayed at 10%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202510%247 tested
→
202612%300 tested

This school

California, same grades46% → 46%2025 → 2026 · 1,232,086 → 1,208,894 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202510%286 tested
→
202610%316 tested

This school

California, same grades41% → 42%2025 → 2026 · 1,241,652 → 1,211,701 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, about as expected; in math, below what the state expected. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored −5 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored −11 points, which it calls Moderate.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4–8: 343 in English, 342 in math
Comparison
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.

Grades 4–8 · 2025 · 343 students in English, 342 in math, with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

−5 pts

English

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

−11 pts

Math

The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school3%9%19%69%300
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · San Juan Unified16%21%22%41%10,651
Math, grades 3–5 · This school1%9%17%73%316
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · San Juan Unified13%18%25%44%10,754
English, grades 6–8 · This school2%21%22%55%225
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · San Juan Unified14%28%23%35%10,549
Math, grades 6–8 · This school3%5%21%71%236
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · San Juan Unified15%14%24%47%10,594

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

English and math results for the tested grades. These do not measure the experience in kindergarten or the early grades.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown · English and math have stayed well below California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202612%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202610%42%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 3–5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 20% in 2017 to 12% in 2026. In math, it went from 14% in 2017 to 10% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201720%
174 tested		45%
1,384,680 tested
201812%
185 tested		49%
1,346,907 tested
201924%
213 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202211%
240 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202312%
259 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202410%
247 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202510%
247 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
202612%
300 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201714%
192 tested		40%
1,392,040 tested
201812%
216 tested		42%
1,352,321 tested
201918%
238 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
20227%
256 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
20238%
277 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
20248%
274 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202510%
286 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
202610%
316 tested		42%
1,211,701 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

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 5 points below that expected score, and in math 11 points below it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

What you can do

Who can act on Starr King K-8’s results?

The state has Starr King K-8 in extra targeted support; San Juan Unified’s board decides its plan.

What has the state flagged?

2025–26 is its 3rd year in a row in this support. The state named it because results were low for students of two or more races. This support comes with a school improvement plan, which must use approaches with evidence behind them and look at how money and staff are divided among schools. Ask the principal to see the school improvement plan.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

The state is giving San Juan Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. The 2026 Dashboard flagged results for foster youth on two measures: graduation, and chronic absence. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for San Juan Unified: CDE’s assistance status files for the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

San Juan Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read San Juan Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 
Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2What the law requires, and what to ask

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 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

26 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average San Juan Unified elementary school, 20 in 100 were. 2.7% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 237 of 928 students counted for it; suspension: 26 of 959 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average San Juan Unified elementary school 2.4%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

26 in 100This school
20 in 100At the average San Juan Unified elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

237 of 928 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

2.7%

of students were suspended at least once (26 of 959). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Ask: How do you support kids who arrive ahead, and kids who arrive behind?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grades TK–3: not in the records we hold
  • Grades 4–6: 24 in 100, 71 of 296
  • Grades 7–8: 26 in 100, 45 of 174
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Starr King K-8

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questionsResponder en español

Teach here? Tell us San Juan Unified’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Five student groups scored below the same groups across California in English.

Student groups, grades 3–8, spring 2026

11% of Asian students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 3–8, spring 2026), against 73% for the same group across California. White, low-income and Hispanic or Latino students and English learners also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 3–8; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Starr King K-8Same group, California
  • Hispanic or Latino55 tested18%Same group, California 38%
  • White125 tested16%Same group, California 61%
  • Low-income481 tested15%Same group, California 37%
  • Asian261 tested11%Same group, California 73%
  • English learners323 tested5%Same group, California 11%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–8 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 5% to 14%; every value is in the table below. Hispanic or Latino students: grades 3, 5, 7 and 8 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Asian: 50%2. White: 25%3. Hispanic or Latino: 13%4. Black or African American: 7%5. Two or more races: 5%Unallocated share: <1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Asian50%
  2. White25%
  3. Hispanic or Latino13%
  4. Black or African American7%
  5. Two or more races5%
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share<1%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

56% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 232 of 416 English learners56%
San Juan Unified · 3,539 of 6,98751%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

86%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 759 of 885. California: 63%.

52teachers, 2024–25

7 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

27%in their first year, 2024–25

81%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there in English for Asian students and other student groups, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs San Juan Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 481 tested in English, 505 in math
English15%−1328%−2237%
Math9%−1120%−1928%
Asian · 261 tested in English, 278 in math
English11%−1627%−6273%
Math6%−1521%−6571%
White · 125 tested in English, 133 in math
English16%−3147%−4561%
Math14%−2438%−3953%
Hispanic or Latino · 55 tested · grades 3, 5, 7 and 8 only
English18%−1634%−2038%
Math9%−1322%−1928%
English learners · 323 tested in English, 349 in math
English5%−16%−611%
Math5%−27%−712%

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

Students with disabilities, 55 tested: no rate for grades 4–6 and 8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Asian50%
White25%
Hispanic or Latino13%
Black or African American7%
Two or more races5%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 81% of teaching positions, 37.5 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 46.5 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Starr King K-8, and how do I get in?

Rio Americano High.

Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Grades TK–8 · this school
    Starr King K-8

    For middle school, the district assigns part of this area to Winston Churchill Middle (73rd · Solid · 2026).

  2. High · assigned
    Rio Americano High
    55th · Solid · 2025

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. Shares are our estimate of where the zone’s children live, from 2020 Census child counts, or land area where few children were counted; they describe children living in the zone, not a school’s enrolled students. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement: transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

Not a next step: the school sharing this address. Ralph Richardson Center has the same street address in the state’s school directory.

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Winston Churchill Middle

    Assigned for part of the zone

    73rd percentile · Solid · middle · 2026

    70% of the zone’s children

High-school links

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

Where the path ends: Rio Americano High
Rio Americano High55th · Solid · 2025 · Scope Score 57district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at Rio Americano High. UC records 46 enrollees from Rio Americano High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 22 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Rio Americano High around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 89% of the students who finished high school at Rio Americano High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

46 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 22 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Rio Americano High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask San Juan Unified which school serves your address.

School website: starrking.sanjuan.edu ↗Office: (916) 971-7320Administrator: James Reinhard

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
4848 Cottage Way, Carmichael 95608

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with San Juan Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school? 26 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (237 of 928 students); average California elementary school: 17 in 100
  2. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family? 2.7% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (26 of 959 students); average California elementary school: 1.6%
  3. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 88% in English and 90% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (300 tested in English, 316 in math); California: 54% and 58%
  4. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working? 5% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grades 3–8, spring 2026 (323 students tested); the same group across California: 11%
  5. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (916) 971-73204848 Cottage Way, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby elementary schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest elementary schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby elementary schoolsPercentile among California elementary schools, 2026

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #5,514 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #44 of 47 in San Juan Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math2%3142%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math11%2523%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+71 scale-score pts4220%
Chronically absent26 in 100375%
Suspension rate2.7% (26 of 959)425%
English learners: top level11%415%

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. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

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
2025–26143#5514California 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)
2018–1924 in 1006.6% (58 of 879)−8
2021–22not on filenot on file−7
2022–23not on filenot on file−7
2023–2432 in 1008.2% (87 of 1,058)−1
2024–2529 in 1003.4% (35 of 1,044)−8
2025–2626 in 1002.7% (26 of 959)−1

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 · English5253%17%
2026 · Math5522%9%
2025 · English5012%13%
2025 · Math5681%7%
2024 · English4963%14%
2024 · Math5501%6%
2023 · English4804%14%
2023 · Math5313%9%
2022 · English4803%12%
2022 · Math5112%7%
2019 · English4248%24%
2019 · Math4655%15%
2018 · English3534%17%
2018 · Math4122%11%
2017 · English3545%21%
2017 · Math3904%13%

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 · English7815%
2025 · Grade 4 · English795%
2025 · Grade 5 · English9010%
2025 · Grade 6 · English7922%
2025 · Grade 7 · English8518%
2025 · Grade 8 · English9010%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math8816%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math999%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math996%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math873%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math995%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math965%
2024 · Grade 3 · English707%
2024 · Grade 4 · English8610%
2024 · Grade 5 · English9111%
2024 · Grade 6 · English7718%
2024 · Grade 7 · English8917%
2024 · Grade 8 · English8318%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math779%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math10012%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math973%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math836%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math975%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math963%
2023 · Grade 3 · English8814%
2023 · Grade 4 · English9310%
2023 · Grade 5 · English7813%
2023 · Grade 6 · English7031%
2023 · Grade 7 · English825%
2023 · Grade 8 · English6917%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math9515%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math996%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math831%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math8112%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math944%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math7914%
2022 · Grade 3 · English8912%
2022 · Grade 4 · English788%
2022 · Grade 5 · English7314%
2022 · Grade 6 · English8715%
2022 · Grade 7 · English7214%
2022 · Grade 8 · English8111%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math9714%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math814%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math780%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math928%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math768%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math876%
2019 · Grade 3 · English8131%
2019 · Grade 4 · English5120%
2019 · Grade 5 · English8121%
2019 · Grade 6 · English8622%
2019 · Grade 7 · English6231%
2019 · Grade 8 · English6319%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math8920%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math6018%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math8915%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math9516%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math6518%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math673%
2018 · Grade 3 · English4715%
2018 · Grade 4 · English7511%
2018 · Grade 5 · English6311%
2018 · Grade 6 · English5516%
2018 · Grade 7 · English5623%
2018 · Grade 8 · English5730%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math6020%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math8711%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math694%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math6615%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math653%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math6514%
2017 · Grade 3 · English7120%
2017 · Grade 4 · English6017%
2017 · Grade 5 · English4323%
2017 · Grade 6 · English5712%
2017 · Grade 7 · English5925%
2017 · Grade 8 · English6427%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math7719%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math6710%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math488%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math635%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math679%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math6822%

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
Schoolwide1951%5%53%42%

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
Low-income48115%−13−22
English learners3235%−1−6
Asian26111%−16−62
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−5343Average−11342Moderate
Low-income−6307Moderate−10305Moderate
English learners−7214Moderate−4215Average
Asian−9149Moderate−2150Average
English learners only−14149not categorized+1150not categorized
English-only students+3119not categorized−22117not categorized
White+278Average−1178Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+765not categorized−1065not categorized
Hispanic or Latino−658Moderate−1857Moderate
Students with disabilities+744Accelerated−2243Minimal
Black or African American032Average−2232Minimal
Homeless−222Average−1821Moderate
Two or more races+1522Accelerated−1321Moderate
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−413Average−2313Minimal

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. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. 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, and grade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3
0%
exceeded standard · 7% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 70 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
3%
Advanced · 14% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 107 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 74 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−5 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

343 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −5 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−11 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

342 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −11 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

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

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

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

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 29 in 100 → 2025–26 · 26 in 100 · −3 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 3.4% (35 of 1,044) → 2025–26 · 2.7% (26 of 959) · −0.7 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female20 in 10025 in 100+5 in 100
Male28 in 10026 in 100−2 in 100
Asian12 in 10016 in 100+4 in 100
Black or African American34 in 10041 in 100+7 in 100
Hispanic or Latino30 in 10044 in 100+14 in 100
Two or more races38 in 10048 in 100+10 in 100
White20 in 10026 in 100+6 in 100
Students with disabilities30 in 10037 in 100+7 in 100
English learners12 in 10018 in 100+6 in 100
Homeless50 in 10043 in 100−7 in 100
Low-income24 in 10025 in 100+1 in 100
All students24 in 10026 in 100+2 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. 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$12,962 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 39,218 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

School-level federal expenditures$1,236 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 885

Central federal expenditures attributed here$791 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 885

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,542 per ADA

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

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

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 59%Instruction support 16%Student services 8%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 8%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$418,433,91958.99%59%
Instruction support$110,639,40115.60%16%
Student services$59,626,3368.41%8%
Administration$58,357,0868.23%8%
Buildings & maintenance$55,928,3197.88%8%
Other$6,400,2890.90%1%
Total$709,385,351100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $709,385,351 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$12,962 per pupil
2020$12,705 per pupil
2019$13,148 per pupil
2018$11,096 per pupil
2017$10,446 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 95608 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95608 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$86,563
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)38%
ZIP-area population61,440
Median age42.9 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 95608 →

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