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Sycamore Elementary

Claremont, CA · Grades TK-6 · 350 students · Claremont Unified

High scores, healthy climate, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.

78% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 70% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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What this means for your family

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PrincipalAmy Stanger
GradesTK-6
Enrollment350 students

Math

70%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

English

78%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

350

Total enrollment

Chronic absence

9%

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: 64%2022: 58%2023: 70%2024: 75%2025: 70%2019: 71%2022: 71%2023: 74%2024: 80%2025: 78%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 64%2022: 58%2023: 70%2024: 75%2025: 70%2019: 71%2022: 71%2023: 74%2024: 80%2025: 78%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201964%71%
202258%71%
202370%74%
202475%80%
202570%78%

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 86th to the 94th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 500 elementary schools.

Most rating sites would stop at “79% proficient” and call it done. Sycamore deserves a closer read. It sits at the 94th percentile of 5,721 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.

Sycamore's low-income kids hit 66.7% 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.

212 tested · 3 of 3 grades published · cohort of 56 tracked

Sycamore Elementary scores 71 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 94th percentile of 5,721 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

The pandemic drop is behind this school: 79% of students meet the standard today, above the 68% who did in 2019.

Percentile among 5,721 elementary schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 86th percentile · Scope Score 63 of 1002022 · 86th percentile · Scope Score 62 of 1002023 · 87th percentile · Scope Score 63 of 1002024 · 92nd percentile · Scope Score 68 of 1002025 · 94th percentile · Scope Score 71 of 100
ELABlue(Increased)MathBlue(Maintained)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 365%64%71%85%78%
Grade 474%69%68%67%86%
Grade 577%78%77%75%78%
Grade 675%66%73%84%83%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 373%66%71%79%78%
Grade 461%62%60%75%90%
Grade 556%51%68%71%63%
Grade 664%58%57%78%72%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

Three in four of students here meet the standard. More than half clear it by a lot.

ELA81% met or exceeded
Exceeded 51%Met 30%Nearly Met 13%Not Met 6%
Math75% met or exceeded
Exceeded 46%Met 29%Nearly Met 14%Not Met 11%
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 school7152%79%Above avg · p768.8%0.1%
CA average · Elementary School3921%43%Average · p5017.9%1.6%
This schoolCA avg
Scope7139
% Exceeded52%21%
% Met+79%43%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Above avg · p76Average · p50
Absence8.8%17.9%
Suspension0.1%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 76th 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
36%
exceeded standard · 71% met or exceeded
ELA · 2025 · Grade 5
46%
exceeded standard · 78% 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: 76th percentile among California elementary schools.76th 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.

66.7% 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: 78% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 78%, district —, state 43%78%
MaleMale: this school 79%, district 59%, state 42%79% · +1 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 78%, district 59%, state 44%78% · −1 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 81%, district 69%, state 56%81% · +3 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 71%, district 48%, state 32%71% · −7 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 63%, district 48%, state 32%63% · −15 vs school

8 of 14 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 falls by 4.5pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: -1.9pp.

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 Only132 studentsEnglish Only, reading: +15 scale-score points versus expectation, against +3 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 132 students.+15 pts · +12 vs typical
White72 studentsWhite, reading: +14 scale-score points versus expectation, against +5 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 72 students.+14 pts · +9 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students40 studentsHispanic or Latino students, reading: +17 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 40 students.+17 pts · +16 vs typical
Math
English Only132 studentsEnglish Only, math: +14 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 132 students.+14 pts · +13 vs typical
White72 studentsWhite, math: +8 scale-score points versus expectation, against +5 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 72 students.+8 pts · +3 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students40 studentsHispanic or Latino students, math: +15 scale-score points versus expectation, against −1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 40 students.+15 pts · +16 vs typical
this school typical California elementary school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— 4 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 27 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher27 · district 24
Teaching staff17 teachers
Avg. experience15.0 years
Fully credentialed100%
First-year teachers6%
PrincipalAmy Stanger
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Teacher salary schedule$61,214 – $124,240
Principal salary$145,585 – $171,840
Superintendent salary$350,075

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here show up more, and get suspended less, than the state average.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 8.8%, district 11.2%, state 17.9%8.8% · −9.1pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 0.1%, district —, state 1.6%0.1% · −1.5pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–67.5%
TK/K8.3%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

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What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $17,583 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

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: $17,583, CA average $14,491$17,583 · spent at this school
District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,396 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 58%Instruction support 9%Student services 15%Administration 9%Buildings & maintenance 8%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$12,706 per pupil
2019$12,482 per pupil
2018$12,213 per pupil
2017$11,543 per pupil
2016$11,247 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

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

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

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

On the state's science test (CAST), 63% 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 Latino28.9% · district 47.0% · CA 56.1%
White44.3% · district 26.4% · CA 19.9%
Asian11.4% · district 11.3% · CA 10.2%
Black2.0% · district 4.2% · CA 4.8%
Other13.4% · district 11.1% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch22.0% · CA 64%
Median income$126K · CA $85K
Median home value$894K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+60% · CA 35%
ZIP population37,529
Median age39 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

What would you want another family to know about the daily experience here?

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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
Sycamore ElementaryPublicStrong52%79%School being viewed
Monte Vista ElementaryPublicStrong33%58%2.4 mi
Chaparral ElementaryPublicStrong41%65%1.1 mi
Buena Vista Arts-IntegratedPublicStrong30%57%2.6 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.

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Charter
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Private
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Moving & enrollment

Which schools could serve my child?

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

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Schools across the K–12 journey

Claremont HighScope 73direct feeder

The road from this school ends at Claremont High, which sent 68 graduates to UC campuses last fall and teaches 21 AP subjects. Those numbers describe past cohorts — a child starting here today would reach Claremont High around 2035, and 10 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 82% of Claremont High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

68 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 21 AP subjects taught → full record on Claremont 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.

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Worth a school visit

Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.

  • Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
  • Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
  • Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
  • Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
  • Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is Sycamore Elementary a good elementary school?
Sycamore Elementary has a Scope Score of 71 out of 100, placing it in the 94th percentile of California elementary schools and ranked #322 statewide. 52.1% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 30.7 percentage points above 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 Sycamore Elementary's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 78.9% of students at Sycamore Elementary met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 52.1% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 26.8% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 52.1% 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. 320 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Sycamore Elementary rank in California?
Sycamore Elementary ranks #322 among California elementary schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 94th 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 Sycamore 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 Sycamore Elementary that cohort is 2023 G3 → 2025 G5, measured in SBAC scale-score points. Its gain ranks above avg among California elementary schools — roughly the 76th 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 Sycamore Elementary?
8.8% of students at Sycamore Elementary are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 17.9%. The suspension rate is 0.1%, 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 Sycamore Elementary compare to other schools in Claremont?
Sycamore Elementary scores 71/100 (94th 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 350 students. Use the schools in Claremont page or the map view to compare all elementary schools nearby.
How does Sycamore Elementary serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Sycamore Elementary in Claremont, 66.7% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 52.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Sycamore Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 13.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (60.0% Math proficient); White students (83.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 12.4 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 30 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 Sycamore Elementary feed into?
By attendance boundary, Sycamore Elementary is zoned to El Roble Intermediate. 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.

Use the published evidence to prepare questions, then verify fit and access with the school.

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

How far the top scorers get carries this score.

52.1% of students scored in the top band on the state test. The California average is 21.4%.

The school's returning cohort — mostly, not exactly, the same kids two years on — gained 81 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 standard52.1%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded78.9%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Above avgaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism8.8%17.9%5%
Suspension rate0.1%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)27.3%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

Sycamore Elementary: reading the evidence

Sycamore posts 52.1% exceeding the standard — versus 21.4% statewide — with climate numbers better than most. That doesn't make it perfect. It makes it worth a visit to find what numbers can't measure.

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

Ask what happens for a kid who shows up behind — a high ceiling for the top can sit right next to thin support at the bottom, and the score alone won't show you which.

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.

Sycamore Elementary is ranked #322 statewide · #1 of 7 in Claremont Unified.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard52.1%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded78.9%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Above avgaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism8.8%17.9%5%
Suspension rate0.1%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)27.3%18.0%5%
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 21.4% · index 80 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 42.7% · index 78 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)
↑ vs CA average · 76th pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 17.9% · index 65 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 3.6pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 1.6% · index 62 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 0.7pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 18.0% · index 63 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 34955%22%16%6%78%+34
Grade 45167%20%8%6%86%+42
Grade 55946%32%17%5%78%+30
Grade 65338%45%9%8%83%+37
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 35143%35%8%14%78%+33
Grade 45062%28%4%6%90%+49
Grade 56040%23%20%17%63%+28
Grade 65340%32%21%8%72%+37

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
Schoolwide5931%32%32%5%

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 Disadvantaged3066.7%+14+28
White10083.0%+9+21
Hispanic/Latino5974.6%+21+36
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
Sycamore Elementary ←—7152.1%78.9%−7.3pp+81 pts0.1%
Monte Vista Elementary2.4 mi6133.3%57.8%−2.0pp—0.1%
Chaparral Elementary1.1 mi6041.3%65.2%−4.9pp—0.4%
Buena Vista Arts-Integrated2.6 mi5330.2%57.3%−1.9pp—0.2%
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
20196386#78541.4%67.7%4.4%0.3%-2.7pp
20226286#79139.5%65.0%20.1%0.3%-0.9pp
20236387#75939.9%69.2%15.1%0.6%+1.3pp
20246892#43446.3%75.2%12.4%0.9%-8.7pp
20257194#32252.1%78.9%8.8%0.1%-7.3pp
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
Female2.7%7.6%+4.9pp
Male5.1%8.2%+3.1pp
Asian5.9%6.3%+0.4pp
Hispanic/Latino7.5%9.6%+2.1pp
Two or More Races2.3%2.9%+0.6pp
White2.1%8.2%+6.1pp
Students with Disabilities6.3%13.8%+7.5pp
English Learners11.8%0.0%-11.8pp
Homeless4.5%——
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged11.1%10.8%-0.3pp
All Students3.8%7.9%+4.1pp
Black/African American—9.1%—
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+15150Accelerated+15150Accelerated
English Only+15132not categorised+14132not categorised
White+1472Accelerated+872Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+1740Accelerated+1540Accelerated
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged+2928Exceptional+1728Accelerated
Students with Disabilities+725Accelerated+1425Accelerated
Asian+115Average+2615Exceptional
Two or More Races+3012Exceptional+2812Exceptional

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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