Sycamore Elementary: 55% of kids clear the bar — ahead of the state's 43%. But suspensions run 3× the state rate.
Sycamore posts 55% meeting the standard, against 43% across the state. The number below is the one to ask about on a visit.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50 | 28% | 55% | -19.4 | 13.4% | 4.3% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Sycamore Elementary scores 50 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 67th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “55% proficient” and call it done. Sycamore deserves a closer read. The school sits in Redding, where three in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Sycamore's low-income kids hit 55.7% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 14th to the 67th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 2800 elementary schools.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 55% of students meet the standard today, above the 25% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 17% | 49% | 50% | 48% | 61% |
| Grade 4 | 29% | 37% | 28% | 41% | 63% |
| Grade 5 | 29% | 30% | 47% | 38% | 48% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 33% | 46% | 50% | 59% | 58% |
| Grade 4 | 25% | 29% | 48% | 47% | 64% |
| Grade 5 | 16% | 15% | 27% | 29% | 32% |
The story this school is actually telling
of students met or exceeded the standard, versus 42.7% statewide.
of students were suspended, versus 1.6% statewide — a school visit will tell you more than this number.
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding rises 4.0pp across grades; the floor slips 12.7pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Sycamore's most underrated number
55.7% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask about the discipline philosophy and what a typical suspension is for. Numbers can't tell you whether a campus feels strict or chaotic — a visit can.
- Ask what typically leads to a suspension, and what happens before it gets there.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
How every group of students does here
At Sycamore Elementary in Redding, 55.7% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.2% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Sycamore Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 15.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (46.8% Math proficient); Hispanic students (48.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 13.7 percentage points for hispanic students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 79 students tested.
10 of 16 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 7.0pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: -6.4pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly one and a half times the rate of Grades 4–6 students (17.7% vs 10.4%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$1,016 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 235 students, this school is much smaller than 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), 19% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 52
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 36 | 25% | 36% | 25% | 14% | 61% | +18 |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 37% | 26% | 19% | 19% | 63% | +18 |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 29% | 19% | 32% | 19% | 48% | +1 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 36 | 28% | 31% | 22% | 19% | 58% | +13 |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 32% | 32% | 18% | 18% | 64% | +23 |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 16% | 16% | 32% | 35% | 32% | −3 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 31 | 3% | 16% | 58% | 23% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 79 | 55.7% | +16 | +17 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 41 | 48.8% | +7 | +10 |
| White | 28 | 57.1% | +11 | −5 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sycamore Elementary ← | — | 50 | 27.9% | 54.6% | −19.4 | 4.3% |
| Stellar Charter | 1 mi | 66 | 33.9% | 68.9% | +5.5 | 1.1% |
| Redding Collegiate Academy | 3.1 mi | 48 | 20.8% | 46.3% | −0.8 | 0.6% |
| Juniper | 2.8 mi | 40 | 15.3% | 41.7% | −17.0 | 4.6% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 29 | 14 | #4709 | 7.2% | 24.8% | 20.1% | 3.2% | -2.7pp |
| 2022 | 26 | 22 | #4483 | 14.5% | 34.3% | 37.9% | 1.5% | -25.1pp |
| 2023 | 35 | 41 | #3392 | 16.9% | 41.4% | 23.5% | 2.6% | -13.3pp |
| 2024 | 37 | 38 | #3552 | 20.4% | 43.7% | 17.9% | 3.2% | -20.1pp |
| 2025 | 50 | 67 | #1877 | 27.9% | 54.6% | 13.4% | 4.3% | -19.4pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 23.6% | 10.9% | -12.7pp |
| Male | 17.6% | 14.8% | -2.8pp |
| Asian | 14.3% | — | — |
| Black/African American | 31.3% | — | — |
| Hispanic/Latino | 25.0% | 11.2% | -13.8pp |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 29.4% | — | — |
| Students with Disabilities | 13.9% | 19.3% | +5.4pp |
| English Learners | 20.0% | 15.6% | -4.4pp |
| Homeless | 42.9% | 33.3% | -9.6pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 24.3% | 14.1% | -10.2pp |
| All Students | 20.6% | 12.7% | -7.9pp |
| Two or More Races | — | 27.3% | — |
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