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Sundance Elementary

San Diego · TK–5 · 428 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score
68 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
Not a grade or a test result.

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Well above California in English and math: 75% and 69% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 41% statewide. Source
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 205
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 3, 4 and 5 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,232,086 in English and 1,241,652 in math tested).
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Academic achievement

Beyond a single score: who exceeds, meets or is still approaching the standard.

Learning

Are children building strong foundations?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
44%
Met standard
31%
Below standard
25%

75% met or exceeded · 205 tested

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LevelHereCaliforniaPoway Unified
Exceeded44%24%49%
Met31%22%26%
Nearly met16%21%14%
Not met9%33%11%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
39%
Met standard
30%
Below standard
31%

69% met or exceeded · 205 tested

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LevelHereCaliforniaPoway Unified
Exceeded39%21%47%
Met30%20%25%
Nearly met20%25%17%
Not met11%34%11%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

What these tests tell you · what to ask

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

Ask: How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?

Things worth knowing

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In 2025, students in grades 4–5 scored above what the state expected from their own earlier scores. The state calls both results Accelerated.grades 4–5 · 2025
+12 ptsEnglish · above expected+12 ptsMath · above expected
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4–5: 131
Comparison
131 students in grades 4–5 with scores in both years. 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.
About 2 in 5 reached the top of the state’s four levels, about twice California’s rate in the same grades (24% and 21%).grades 3–5 · spring 2025
44%English · exceeded the standard39%Math · exceeded the standard
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 205
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 3, 4 and 5 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,232,086 in English and 1,241,652 in math tested).
26 of 446 students missed 10% or more of school days, close to the average Poway Unified school.2024–25
6 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2024–25
Students
all students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 446
Comparison
26 of 446. District and California figures are averages of school rates (26 Poway Unified schools; 5,721 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school75%
California46%

Tested: 205 here · 1,232,086 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school75%
Poway Unified75%

Tested: 205 here · 7,519 in Poway Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 26 schools.

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LevelHereCaliforniaPoway Unified
Exceeded44%24%49%
Met31%22%26%
Nearly met16%21%14%
Not met9%33%11%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school69%
California41%

Tested: 205 here · 1,241,652 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school69%
Poway Unified72%

Tested: 205 here · 7,538 in Poway Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 26 schools.

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaPoway Unified
Exceeded39%21%47%
Met30%20%25%
Nearly met20%25%17%
Not met11%34%11%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Progress over time

Are students making progress?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · all students tested

201981%206 tested
→
202575%205 tested

Sundance

California, same grades50% → 46%2019 → 2025 · 1,332,547 → 1,232,086 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · all students tested

201975%205 tested
→
202569%205 tested

Sundance

California, same grades44% → 41%2019 → 2025 · 1,338,625 → 1,241,652 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

Explore every year, the trend charts & underlying data

English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grades 3–5
SundanceCalifornia
Math met or exceeded, grades 3–5
SundanceCalifornia

Dotted stretches cross years without comparable results; in 2020 and 2021 that was COVID.

English went from 81% in 2019 to 75% in 2025. Math went from 75% in 2019 to 69% in 2025. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
YearSundanceCalifornia
201981%
206 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202274%
182 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202370%
184 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202477%
201 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202575%
205 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
Math · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
YearSundanceCalifornia
201975%
205 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
202271%
181 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202372%
186 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202471%
201 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202569%
205 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
The state’s growth measure131 students · grades 4–5 · 2025
English+12ptsCDE level: Accelerated (4 of 5)
Math+12ptsCDE level: Accelerated (4 of 5)

What the number means. California predicts each student’s score from that student’s own English and math scores the year before, based on how students with similar scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as predicted. In English they scored 12 points above that prediction, and in math 12 points above it.

The levels. CDE sorts every school’s result into five levels, from Minimal to Exceptional. The bar under each number shows where this school landed.

Two years at once. For most schools, this one included, CDE’s figure blends the two most recent years of growth, so it moves more slowly than a single year’s scores.

Why our growth can differ. The growth in our Scope Score asks a different question. It doesn’t follow individual students: it compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier, and places that change among California schools at the same level. Children who joined or left the school in between count in ours; the state’s counts only students who took California’s test the year before. So the two can point different ways.

School pattern, spring 2025Growth EngineThe school’s aggregate cohort-change index clears our stronger-gains threshold. This is a school-level comparison across years, not tracking of individual children.
School pattern, spring 2025Strong All-AroundAt least half of students met or exceeded the standard in every tested grade, in both subjects, and the state’s growth measure was Average or above in both.

Ask: English is lower than in 2019 here (81% to 75%) and across California (50% to 46%). How does the school check what’s working in English?

Life at school

Explore the available evidence about the school day and opportunities.

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

6 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25
8in 100 at the average Poway Unified school18in 100 at the average California elementary school

26 of 446 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school6 in 100
at the average Poway Unified school8 in 100
at the average California elementary school18 in 100
0.2%of students were suspended at least once (1 of 453), 2024–25
0.8%at the average Poway Unified school1.6%at the average California elementary school
Attendance by grade
Chronically absent, 2024–25Per 100 studentsStudents
TK and kindergarten88 of 94
Grades 1–3713 of 194
Grades 4–535 of 158

Reviews & community voices

Parents’ experience · the school as a workplace

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

White

70 tested per subject

English70% / 60%
Math69% / 56%

Asian

54 tested per subject

English89% / 71%
Math87% / 71%
All group results, district comparisons and sources
Met or exceeded the standardgrades 3–5 · spring 2025
Group and subjectHerevs Poway Unifiedvs California
White · 70 tested
English70%−575%+1060%
Math69%−271%+1356%
Asian · 54 tested
English89%+287%+1871%
Math87%−289%+1671%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Poway Unified, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students, students of two or more races and students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, English learners 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.

How each student group did

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Sundance Elementary in San Diego, 53.3% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grade 4, compared to 51.3% district-wide for those same grades and 34.5% statewide for those same grades. Sundance Elementary’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 2.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (60.0% met or exceeded the Math standard); White students (70.0% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 21.5 percentage points: low-income students in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 15 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

1. White: 34%2. Asian: 28%3. Hispanic or Latino: 15%4. Two or more races: 13%5. Filipino: 8%Unallocated share: 2%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2024–25
  1. White34%
  2. Asian28%
  3. Hispanic or Latino15%
  4. Two or more races13%
  5. Filipino8%
  6. Black or African American—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share2%
Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.
Full student mix, comparisons & sources
Eligible enrollment, 2024–25Here
White34%
Asian28%
Hispanic or Latino15%
Two or more races13%
Filipino8%
Black or African American—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About 1 in 8 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (14%, 62 of 428). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers21
Average experience14 years
First-year teachers5%
79% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 78.95%: 15 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 19 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Questions & evidence

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The school path beyond this campus

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Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district.

  1. ElementarySundance ElementaryThis campus · grades K-5
  2. MiddleMesa Verde MiddleHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
  3. High schoolWestview HighInferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder
All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Mesa Verde Middle

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    96th percentile · Strong · middle · 2025

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • Westview High

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    97th percentile · Strong · high · 2025

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

High-school endpoint evidence · Westview High
Westview HighScope 86estimated path

An inferred path through a middle-school overlap points to Westview High. UC records 132 enrollees from Westview High for fall 2025. Its AP Course Audit lists 27 authorized AP subjects for 2025 - 2026. Those figures come from dated records — if a child starting here today later attended Westview High, that would be around 2035, and 10 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 93% of Westview High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

132 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 27 authorized AP subjects (AP Course Audit 2025 - 2026) → full record on Westview High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Getting in

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Location and visiting

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8944 Twin Trails Drive, San Diego 92129

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Questions

Questions to ask

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  1. English is lower than in 2019 here (81% to 75%) and across California (50% to 46%). How does the school check what’s working in English?
  2. How do you teach early reading and check each child’s progress?
  3. What does extra support or enrichment look like during the school day?
  4. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

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Nearby elementary schoolsStatewide percentile

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar elementary schools2025 statewide percentile
How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 6.5–22.5% meal eligibility and 214–856 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Sundance Elementary a good elementary school?
Sundance Elementary is in the 92nd percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. Its Scope Score is 68 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Sundance Elementary was well above California in English and math: 75% and 69% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 41% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 3-to-5 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Sundance Elementary's CAASPP test scores?
In spring 2025, 75% of students tested in grades 3–5 met or exceeded the English standard and 69% the math standard; 44% and 39% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 46% and 41% met or exceeded, 24% and 21% exceeded. 205 students were tested in English and 205 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).
How does Sundance Elementary rank in California?
Sundance Elementary is in the 92nd percentile of 5,721 California comprehensive elementary schools (Strong, 2025). Sundance Elementary ranks #423 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (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 compares Sundance Elementary's grade 3 results in 2023 with its grade 5 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 91st percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.
What do attendance and suspension records show for Sundance Elementary?
CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 5.8% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 26 chronically absent of 446 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 0.2%; 1 unduplicated suspended students of 453 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 6.6%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 0.3%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.
How does Sundance Elementary compare to other schools in San Diego?
Sundance Elementary is in the 92nd percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 428 students. Use the schools in San Diego page or the map view to compare nearby elementary schools.
What do reported student-group results show at Sundance Elementary?
At Sundance Elementary in San Diego, 53.3% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grade 4, compared to 51.3% district-wide for those same grades and 34.5% statewide for those same grades. Sundance Elementary’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 2.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (60.0% met or exceeded the Math standard); White students (70.0% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 21.5 percentage points: low-income students in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 15 ELA grade test records. 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 Mesa Verde Middle. Mesa Verde Middle has a Scope Score of 78 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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Sundance Elementary is ranked #423 statewide · #9 of 26 in Poway Unified.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard41.4%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded72.1%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Strongaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism6.6%17.9%5%
Suspension rate0.3%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)48.5%17.8%5%
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 21.4% · index 69 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 42.7% · index 73 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)
↑ vs CA average · ≈91st calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 17.9% · index 68 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 6.6pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 1.6% · index 61 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 0.7pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 93 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 35843%26%21%10%69%+26
Grade 47146%31%14%8%77%+33
Grade 57643%34%14%8%78%+30

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 3 ELA equal-school mean: 43.1%; n=5714 reporting schools

State grade 4 ELA equal-school mean: 44.6%; n=5721 reporting schools

State grade 5 ELA equal-school mean: 47.7%; n=5721 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 35836%34%21%9%71%+25
Grade 47139%39%13%8%79%+38
Grade 57639%20%25%16%59%+24

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 3 Math equal-school mean: 45.4%; n=5714 reporting schools

State grade 4 Math equal-school mean: 41.3%; n=5721 reporting schools

State grade 5 Math equal-school mean: 35.0%; n=5724 reporting schools

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.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet+
2024 · Grade 3 · ELA6671.2%
2024 · Grade 4 · ELA7080.0%
2024 · Grade 5 · ELA6578.5%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math6666.7%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math7072.9%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math6572.3%
2023 · Grade 3 · ELA6564.6%
2023 · Grade 4 · ELA6071.7%
2023 · Grade 5 · ELA5974.6%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math6767.2%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math6083.3%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math5964.4%
2022 · Grade 3 · ELA6073.3%
2022 · Grade 4 · ELA6272.6%
2022 · Grade 5 · ELA6076.7%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math5972.9%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math6170.5%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math6170.5%
2019 · Grade 3 · ELA7685.5%
2019 · Grade 4 · ELA5673.2%
2019 · Grade 5 · ELA7481.1%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math7675.0%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math5675.0%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math7375.3%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide7632%29%36%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 Disadvantaged1553.3%+2+19
White7070.0%−5+10
Asian5488.9%+2+18
Nearest elementary schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = school-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights

SchoolDistScope · percentile · bandEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Sundance Elementary ←—6892nd percentile · Strong · statewide · 202541.4%72.1%−1.4pp+86 pts0.3%
Deer Canyon Elementary0.7 mi7496th percentile · Strong · statewide · 202561.1%81.7%+4.6pp—2.7%
Sunset Hills Elementary0.7 mi6389th percentile · Strong · statewide · 202541.7%75.0%+5.1pp—0.1%
Canyon View Elementary0.9 mi6490th percentile · Strong · statewide · 202549.0%74.7%−8.6pp—0.3%
California average—39School average · no percentile21.4%42.7%−2.9pp—1.6%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

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.

District salary records
Teacher salary schedule$58,959 – $127,725
Average elementary principal salary$160,698
Average middle school principal salary$175,805
Average high school principal salary$181,289
Superintendent salary$362,500

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
201968/10089#567California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,484 schools
202267/10089#601California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,704 schools
202363/10086#748California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,696 schools
202464/10089#606California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,711 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 12.8% → 2025 · 5.8% · −7.0pp
Suspension rate2024 · 0.9% → 2025 · 0.2% · −0.7pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresExcMet+
2025 · ELA20544.4%75.1%
2025 · Math20538.5%69.3%
2024 · ELA20142.3%76.6%
2024 · Math20144.8%70.7%
2023 · ELA18438.0%70.1%
2023 · Math18640.3%71.5%
2022 · ELA18242.3%74.2%
2022 · Math18142.0%71.3%
2019 · ELA20648.5%80.6%
2019 · Math20541.0%75.1%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
2019———44.4%77.5%5.0%0.7%-2.0pp
2022———42.2%72.7%13.8%0.6%+0.5pp
2023———39.5%71.0%14.1%1.0%+3.6pp
2024———43.6%73.6%13.3%1.0%+6.4pp
20256892#42341.4%72.1%6.6%0.3%-1.4pp

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

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 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years
Group2018–192024–25Δ
Female4.7%3.9%-0.8pp
Male4.5%7.8%+3.3pp
Asian6.5%6.3%-0.2pp
Filipino0.0%0.0%+0.0pp
Hispanic/Latino3.8%10.6%+6.8pp
Two or More Races7.1%7.0%-0.1pp
White4.0%4.6%+0.6pp
Students with Disabilities7.4%14.8%+7.4pp
English Learners2.5%8.3%+5.8pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged7.5%13.0%+5.5pp
All Students4.6%5.8%+1.2pp

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
GroupELAnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students+12131Accelerated+12131Accelerated
English Only+1284not categorised+984not categorised
White+1344Accelerated+1344Accelerated
Asian+1332Accelerated+2632Exceptional
Hispanic or Latino+1522Accelerated+622Accelerated
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged+1422Accelerated+1222Accelerated
English Learner+2720Exceptional+1820Accelerated
Two or More Races+1120Accelerated+520Accelerated
Students with Disabilities−219Average−719Moderate
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only+2615not categorised+1315not categorised
Filipino+111Average−111Average

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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 source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2023 · Grade 3
38%
exceeded standard · 65% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2023 · 65 ELA test records with scores
ELA · 2025 · Grade 5
43%
exceeded standard · 78% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2025 · 76 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 66 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe ELA 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 ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · reported-school field
State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8
Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

131 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,519 reported ELA ALL school records in its retained school inventory

California growth model, ELA: +12 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 83rd percentile of 7,519 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.83rd pctile · +12 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8
Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

131 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,518 reported MATH ALL school records in its retained school inventory

California growth model, math: +12 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 80th percentile of 7,518 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.80th pctile · +12 pts
this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median ELA estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. 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 is not part of the Scope Score.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$12,246 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 35,663 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$147 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 428

Central federal expenditures attributed here$92 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 428

District current expense · FY 2024–25$15,880 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.

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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 65%Instruction support 12%Student services 8%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%

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.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$12,246 per pupil
2020$11,959 per pupil
2019$12,266 per pupil
2018$11,181 per pupil
2017$10,952 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 92129
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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 92129
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$156,321
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)66.27%
ZCTA population52,965
Median age41.6 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/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=5,721 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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