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Sundance Elementary

Beaumont, CA · Grades TK-5 · 735 students · Beaumont Unified

Scores climb 9.9 points from grade 3 to grade 5. But the zoned next school is Developing on its own scale.

57% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 43% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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Math

43%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

English

57%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

735

Total enrollment

Chronic absence

18%

Students absent 10% or more of school days

What are you trying to decide?

The overall score is a starting point.

Look at subject results, trends and student groups, then consider the opportunities your child would use.

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grades 3 & 5 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

Share at Proficient or Advanced

0%25%50%75%100%2019: 41%2022: 39%2023: 38%2024: 48%2025: 43%2019: 51%2022: 48%2023: 43%2024: 48%2025: 57%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 41%2022: 39%2023: 38%2024: 48%2025: 43%2019: 51%2022: 48%2023: 43%2024: 48%2025: 57%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201941%51%
202239%48%
202338%43%
202448%48%
202543%57%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025

Climbed from the 65th to the 75th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 500 elementary schools.

Most rating sites would stop at “50% proficient” and call it done. Sundance deserves a closer read. Two-thirds of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

Sundance's low-income kids hit 51.1% 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.

370 tested · 3 of 3 grades published · cohort of 124 tracked

Sundance Elementary scores 49 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 75th percentile of 5,721 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 50% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.

Percentile among 5,721 elementary schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 65th percentile · Scope Score 45 of 1002022 · 66th percentile · Scope Score 41 of 1002023 · 63rd percentile · Scope Score 40 of 1002024 · 72nd percentile · Scope Score 47 of 1002025 · 75th percentile · Scope Score 49 of 100
ELAGreen(Increased)MathYellow(Maintained)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 348%46%36%38%44%
Grade 459%45%55%47%51%
Grade 555%51%49%58%67%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 348%50%41%47%45%
Grade 453%48%58%46%50%
Grade 535%29%34%49%42%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

Two in five of students here meet the standard. One in five clear it by a lot.

ELA55% met or exceeded
Exceeded 22%Met 33%Nearly Met 24%Not Met 21%
Math46% met or exceeded
Exceeded 22%Met 24%Nearly Met 29%Not Met 25%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California elementary schools · average21% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)AbsenceSuspension
This school4922%50%Strong · p9418.3%1.5%
CA average · Elementary School3921%43%Average · p5017.9%1.6%
This schoolCA avg
Scope4939
% Exceeded22%21%
% Met+50%43%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Strong · p94Average · p50
Absence18.3%17.9%
Suspension1.5%1.6%
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25

Our growth read and California's own model agree — both land near the 87th percentile of elementary schools.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

California runs its own growth model, following individual children in grades 4 through 8 rather than comparing school-wide averages the way we do. The two measures land in the same neighbourhood here — ours puts this school around the 94th percentile of California elementary schools, the state's around the 87th in reading and math together. Two different methods agreeing is the most you can ask of one year of test data.

— pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California elementary school lands at +2 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −5 and +9 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.

The returning cohort, two years on
ELA · 2023 · Grade 3
16%
exceeded standard · 36% met or exceeded
ELA · 2025 · Grade 5
25%
exceeded standard · 67% met or exceeded

Percent exceeded, ELA only. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different metric — mean scale-score change across ELA and Math; California's own matched-student model is below.

Both measures, each ranked in its own field
Our growth measurereturning cohort, G3→G5SchoolScope growth measure: 94th percentile among California elementary schools.94th pctile
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: +15 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 89th percentile of 7,519 reported schools.89th pctile · +15 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: +15 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 86th percentile of 7,518 reported schools.86th pctile · +15 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard ahead of the same group statewide.

51.1% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. This comparison does not tell us what caused the difference.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 50% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 50%, district —, state 43%50%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 46%, district 38%, state 32%46% · −4 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 46%, district 39%, state 32%46% · −4 vs school
MaleMale: this school 53%, district 44%, state 42%53% · +2 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 48%, district 43%, state 44%48% · −3 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 60%, district 52%, state 56%60% · +10 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 29%, district 16%, state 15%29% · −21 vs school
Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: this school 49%, district 39%, state 26%49% · −1 vs school
Military-ConnectedMilitary-Connected: this school 54%, district 40%, state 46%54% · +4 vs school

8 of 17 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
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Student-group results by grade

Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 25.0pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +3.9pp.

ShowHide California's growth model by student group
The state's growth model, by student group

California follows these children individually and predicts each one's score from their own prior year. Each row is read against the same group at a typical California elementary school — not against zero, and not against this school's all-students figure, because the state's expectation already differs by group.

Reading
English Only216 studentsEnglish Only, reading: +14 scale-score points versus expectation, against +3 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 216 students.+14 pts · +11 vs typical
Low-income students181 studentsLow-income students, reading: +18 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 181 students.+18 pts · +18 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students136 studentsHispanic or Latino students, reading: +16 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 136 students.+16 pts · +15 vs typical
White48 studentsWhite, reading: +10 scale-score points versus expectation, against +5 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 48 students.+10 pts · +5 vs typical
Students with disabilities34 studentsStudents with disabilities, reading: +2 scale-score points versus expectation, against −8 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 34 students.+2 pts · +10 vs typical
Math
English Only215 studentsEnglish Only, math: +16 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 215 students.+16 pts · +15 vs typical
Low-income students180 studentsLow-income students, math: +15 scale-score points versus expectation, against −1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 180 students.+15 pts · +16 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students136 studentsHispanic or Latino students, math: +16 scale-score points versus expectation, against −1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 136 students.+16 pts · +17 vs typical
White48 studentsWhite, math: +13 scale-score points versus expectation, against +5 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 48 students.+13 pts · +8 vs typical
Students with disabilities34 studentsStudents with disabilities, math: 0 scale-score points versus expectation, against −5 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 34 students.0 pts · +5 vs typical
this school typical California elementary school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— 3 more groups are reported here with between 11 and 29 students. We hold those back on purpose: at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own, and a quarter of such groups land past the state's top or bottom cut point by chance alone. They are listed with their student counts in the data appendix. — A group not listed at all had fewer than 11 students with a growth score, so California published nothing for it here. That is a privacy protection, not a judgment about those students. — Context only. None of this enters the Scope Score.

The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 25 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher25 · district 27
Teaching staff29 teachers
Avg. experience15.7 years
Fully credentialed100%
PrincipalAnn-Marie Farias
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Teacher salary schedule$64,259 – $133,015
Principal salary$155,323 – $220,794
Superintendent salary$331,018

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here miss more school, and get suspended less, than the state average.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 18.3%, district 18.7%, state 17.9%18.3% · +0.4pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 1.5%, district —, state 1.6%1.5% · −0.1pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–615.1%
TK/K19.4%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

Explore school spending and the district budget
What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $17,953 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$622 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.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $17,953, CA average $14,491$17,953 · spent at this school
Federal share$622 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,835 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 59%Instruction support 11%Student services 12%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 1%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$11,849 per pupil
2019$11,596 per pupil
2018$11,807 per pupil
2017$10,693 per pupil
2016$9,680 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

Two-thirds of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 735 students, this school is well above the typical California elementary school (≈480).

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

On the state's science test (CAST), 46% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino59.0% · district 54.8% · CA 56.1%
White15.9% · district 27.7% · CA 19.9%
Asian3.4% · district 2.5% · CA 10.2%
Black10.1% · district 5.7% · CA 4.8%
Other11.6% · district 9.3% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch74.3% · CA 64%
Median income$103K · CA $85K
Median home value$495K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+26% · CA 35%
ZIP population63,833
Median age37 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

What is the school’s approach?

School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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A source-reviewed culture summary is not available for this profile yet. Ask how teaching, student support and family communication work day to day.

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Family voices

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What are the alternatives?

Compare schools serving the same grade stage. Private schools have no comparable state-test score.

2025 · elementary schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

Private options →
SchoolTypePerformance bandAdvancedProficient or AdvancedDistanceSelect
Sundance ElementaryPublicSolid22%50%School being viewed
Brookside ElementaryPublicStrong27%55%2.7 mi
Starlight ElementaryPublicSolid25%52%1.6 mi
Palm Innovation AcademyPublicSolid20%43%1.0 mi
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Your other options

Nearby public schools across grade levels, plus private options within 10 miles.

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Private schools do not receive a Scope Score or statewide ranking on SchoolScope.

3 private schools within 10 miles
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Moving & enrollment

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School location and nearby schools do not establish attendance eligibility. Confirm boundaries and permit requirements with Beaumont Unified.

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Schools across the K–12 journey

Beaumont Senior HighScope 57direct feeder

The road from this school ends at Beaumont Senior High, which sent 54 graduates to UC campuses last fall and teaches 20 AP subjects. Those numbers describe past cohorts — a child starting here today would reach Beaumont Senior High around 2035, and 10 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 63% of Beaumont Senior High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

54 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 20 AP subjects taught → full record on Beaumont Senior High's page
Source: UC & College Board

Source: sabs_2016. Schools are grouped by grade stage. Nearby schools are not confirmed feeder links or address assignments. Verify the current path and eligibility with the district.

Plan your next step

What should I do next?

Worth a school visit

  • Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
  • Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
  • Ask which schools families here actually choose next — the zoned path is only the default.
  • 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.
Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is Sundance Elementary a good elementary school?
Sundance Elementary has a Scope Score of 49 out of 100, placing it in the 75th percentile of California elementary schools and ranked #1,436 statewide. 21.6% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is near the California average of 21.4%. The Scope Score weights 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard (42%), met or exceeded (proficient) (23%), grade 3-to-5 growth (20%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Sundance Elementary's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 49.9% of students at Sundance Elementary met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 21.6% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 28.3% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 21.6% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 739 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Sundance Elementary rank in California?
Sundance Elementary ranks #1,436 among California elementary schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 75th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), same-cohort growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
Is Sundance Elementary getting better or worse?
SchoolScope follows the same cohort of students across grades rather than comparing two different grades in the same year. At Sundance Elementary that cohort is 2023 G3 → 2025 G5, measured in SBAC scale-score points. Its gain ranks strong among California elementary schools — roughly the 94th percentile, ahead of the typical school at this level. Read the ranking, not the raw point gain: scale scores rise with age, so nearly every school posts a positive number and only the relative position tells you anything. Growth is weighted at 20% in the elementary Scope Score because it is the least demographically confounded signal available — it tracks change over time rather than the level students arrived at. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Sundance Elementary?
18.3% of students at Sundance Elementary are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 17.9%. The suspension rate is 1.5%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Sundance Elementary compare to other schools in Beaumont?
Sundance Elementary scores 49/100 (75th percentile) among California elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 735 students. Use the schools in Beaumont page or the map view to compare all elementary schools nearby.
How does Sundance Elementary serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Sundance Elementary in Beaumont, 51.1% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 45.2% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Sundance Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 5.9 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (41.5% Math proficient); Hispanic students (49.5% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 21.2 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 276 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
What middle school does Sundance Elementary feed into?
By attendance boundary, Sundance Elementary is zoned to San Gorgonio Middle. San Gorgonio Middle has a Scope Score of 33 out of 100. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education's School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.

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Behind the evidence

Inspect the full record

Public sources, visible methods and the underlying school record. Source years and limitations stay attached to the evidence.

How the Scope Score is calculated

On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

Growth carries this score — its returning cohort's growth from grade 3 to grade 5. The test levels clear the state's too.

The school's returning cohort — mostly, not exactly, the same kids two years on — gained 92 scale-score points across the span. Almost every school gains points, so we rank the gain against every other California school in this level.

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Exceeded standard21.6%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded49.9%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Strongaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism18.3%17.9%5%
Suspension rate1.5%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)19.1%18.0%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

Sundance Elementary: reading the evidence

Sundance holds its own. The zoned next stop, San Gorgonio Middle, sits at the 42nd percentile among California middle schools. Ask where its graduates actually enrol, and whether families stay on the zoned path.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

Ask how the school tracks each kid's growth year to year, and what happens when a kid stalls instead of gaining.

Explore the underlying data →
Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

Sundance Elementary is ranked #1,436 statewide · #2 of 11 in Beaumont Unified.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard21.6%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded49.9%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Strongaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism18.3%17.9%5%
Suspension rate1.5%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)19.1%18.0%5%
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 21.4% · index 50 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 42.7% · index 56 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)
↑ vs CA average · 94th pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 17.9% · index 49 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▲ 1.1pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 1.6% · index 51 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 0.2pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 18.0% · index 52 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 311319%25%29%27%44%+1
Grade 412320%31%26%23%51%+7
Grade 513425%42%19%14%67%+19
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 311317%28%25%30%45%−0
Grade 412320%29%33%18%50%+8
Grade 513327%15%30%28%42%+7

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide13415%31%50%4%

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

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged27651.1%+6+13
Hispanic/Latino21449.5%+4+11
White6465.6%+6+4
03Nearest elementary schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Sundance Elementary ←—4921.6%49.9%+9.9pp+92 pts1.5%
Brookside Elementary2.7 mi4926.6%54.9%+3.1pp—1.5%
Starlight Elementary1.6 mi4824.8%51.9%−7.1pp—0.8%
Palm Innovation Academy1 mi4620.3%42.8%−5.5pp—0.9%
California average—3921.4%42.7%−2.9pp—1.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
ShowHide table 04 — More measures
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20194565#191525.8%49.5%8.5%1.0%-3.0pp
20224166#195522.9%44.8%32.4%1.7%-7.6pp
20234063#212021.0%45.5%26.8%1.7%+2.5pp
20244772#161322.5%47.4%17.2%1.7%+11.1pp
20254975#143621.6%49.9%18.3%1.5%+9.9pp
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
Group20192025Δ
Female8.5%17.2%+8.7pp
Male8.3%19.3%+11.0pp
Asian3.7%15.4%+11.7pp
Black/African American7.0%19.8%+12.8pp
Filipino0.0%4.8%+4.8pp
Hispanic/Latino11.1%21.3%+10.2pp
Two or More Races20.0%13.3%-6.7pp
White4.2%6.7%+2.5pp
Students with Disabilities10.1%26.5%+16.4pp
English Learners9.9%13.7%+3.8pp
Foster Youth8.3%——
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged12.4%22.8%+10.4pp
All Students8.4%18.3%+9.9pp
Homeless—29.4%—
06California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
ShowHide table 06 — California growth model, by student group
GroupReadingnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students+15244Accelerated+15243Accelerated
English Only+14216not categorised+16215not categorised
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged+18181Accelerated+15180Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+16136Accelerated+16136Accelerated
White+1048Accelerated+1348Accelerated
Students with Disabilities+234Average034Average
Black or African American+2531Exceptional+1830Accelerated
English Learner+922Accelerated+1122Accelerated
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only+416not categorised+1016not categorised
Two or More Races−715Moderate+515Accelerated

Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a growth score — published by CDE, held back from the narrative sections above because at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=5,721 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-09-18

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