Independent charter school · Tulare County Office of Education

Sycamore Valley Academy — Rating & test scores

6832 Avenue 280, Visalia · 419 students · Grades TK–8

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Scope Score 75

SolidScope Score · 50th percentile. Higher than 50 in 100 of the 5,726 California public elementary schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Near California in English (reading and writing) and math: 50% and 36% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, against 46% and 42%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 128
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

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

Overview

Is Sycamore Valley Academy a good elementary school?

Solid. Sycamore Valley Academy is higher than most California elementary schools on English test results and progress in English. Sycamore Valley Academy is lower than most on math test results and progress in math. Sycamore Valley Academy is in the middle on attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced6250%
Math, Proficient or Advanced4736%
English, Advanced5521%
Math, Advanced3611%

Progress in a year, 2025

English63+6 pts
Math22−7 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance5015 in 100
Sycamore Valley Academy’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Tulare County Office of Education’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 11% of students tested in math scored Advanced, about half California’s rate (21%). Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Sycamore Valley Academy’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 3–5. California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,211,701 in math tested).

In its own words

What does Sycamore Valley Academy say about itself?

We haven’t read Sycamore Valley Academy’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open sycamorevalleyacademy.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, yes. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 6 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 7 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

+6

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino108+4 points
Low-income72+9 points
White70+9 points
Students with disabilities45−5 points

Math

−7

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino106−7 points
Low-income71−8 points
White70−2 points
Students with disabilities45−5 points

Grades 4–8, 2025, 196 students in English, 194 in math with scores in both years. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 6 points above that expected score, and in math 7 points below it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

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

SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 60th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

6 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Sycamore Valley Academy. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 4.8 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. DentonVisalia Unified · by addressScope Score 8688th
  2. HurleyVisalia Unified · by addressScope Score 8072nd
  3. Martin Luther King Jr.Hanford Elementary · by addressScope Score 7968th
  4. LinwoodVisalia Unified · by addressScope Score 7759th
  5. GoshenVisalia Unified · by addressScope Score 7656th
  6. Oak ValleyOak Valley Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 7653rd
  7. Sycamore Valley AcademyScope Score 7550th
  8. Willow GlenVisalia Unified · by addressScope Score 7017th
Tulare County Office of EducationA neighborhood school in another district

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%75%0%25%50%75%100%

7 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Sycamore Valley Academy compare with schools like it?

Sycamore Valley Academy’s Scope Score is 75. 585 California elementary schools, counting Sycamore Valley Academy, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 80. Sycamore Valley Academy’s result is higher than 88 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 585

  1. Students from low-income families: 41%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 41%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 38%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

585 California public elementary schools where 32% to 44% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public elementary school we score where 32% to 44% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Sycamore Valley Academy’s share. The count includes Sycamore Valley Academy. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

English results were higher than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 38% to 50% and math from 34% to 36%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2018 to 2026

Grades 3–5. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%201820192022202320242025202647%51%50%Sycamore Valley AcademyThis school46%CaliforniaCalifornia41%Tulare County Office of EducationDistrict

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%201820192022202320242025202640%48%42%CaliforniaCalifornia36%Sycamore Valley AcademyThis school31%Tulare County Office of EducationDistrict

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Tulare County Office of Education’s line combines its 4 elementary schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. Tulare County Office of Education’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringSycamore Valley AcademyTulare County Office of EducationCaliforniaTested here
201851%47%49%125
201950%49%50%123
202236%35%45%126
202333%36%44%131
202438%36%45%128
202538%39%46%133
202650%41%46%128
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringSycamore Valley AcademyTulare County Office of EducationCaliforniaTested here
201848%40%42%124
201947%42%44%124
202226%27%38%126
202324%27%40%131
202433%29%41%130
202534%30%41%131
202636%31%42%128

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in English; below it in math.

English

50%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

28222921
Tulare County Office of Education41%California46%

Math

36%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

36282511
Tulare County Office of Education31%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 50% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 36% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

How does math compare with English?

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, math trails English by 14 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 4 points across California. The grades 3–5 cards above give each subject’s share.

How do the middle grades do?

Near California in English; below it in math. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 53% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 28% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 52nd percentile (Solid) among California’s middle schools.

English

53%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

27203815
Tulare County Office of Education45%California49%

Math

28%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

40321414
Tulare County Office of Education25%California37%
Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced51%42%58%
Advanced19%24%20%
Proficient32%18%38%
Developing level26%22%17%
Minimal23%36%25%
Tested434540
California44%46%49%
Difference+7−4+9
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced47%57%55%
Advanced14%11%20%
Proficient33%46%35%
Developing level18%16%25%
Minimal35%27%20%
Tested433740
California48%51%49%
Difference−1+6+6

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced37%38%32%
Advanced9%11%12%
Proficient28%27%20%
Developing level30%24%30%
Minimal33%38%38%
Tested434540
California47%42%37%
Difference−10−4−5
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced21%32%32%
Advanced14%5%22%
Proficient7%27%10%
Developing level42%29%23%
Minimal37%39%45%
Tested433840
California37%38%36%
Difference−16−6−4

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school21%29%22%28%128
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Tulare County Office of Education18%23%27%32%610
Math, grades 3–5 · This school11%25%28%36%128
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Tulare County Office of Education10%21%29%40%610
English, grades 6–8 · This school15%38%20%27%120
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Tulare County Office of Education13%32%28%27%626
Math, grades 6–8 · This school14%14%32%40%121
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Tulare County Office of Education11%14%29%46%626

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 128 tested in English, 128 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 55% of students. 65 of 422 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

15in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (65 of 422 students).

At the average Tulare County Office of Education elementary school: 9 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Suspensions: 3.3% of students were suspended at least once (14 of 427). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

419

students in grades TK–8.

Hispanic or Latino 55%White 32%Not reported 8%Two or more races 4%

Family income

38%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 160 of 419. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

23

teachers, with 6 years of experience on average.

17% were in their first year.

72% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

36%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (8 of 22 students).

Tulare County Office of Education: 36%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grades 4–6
9 in 100 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent (13 of 138).
Grades 7–8
16 of 86 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.

Our records hold no figure for Grades TK–3.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino55%
White32%
Not reported8%
Two or more races4%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 15 of 21.1 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income and White students scored below the same groups across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 118 tested46%California 37%
  • Low-incomeMath · 118 tested19%California 28%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 146 tested47%California 38%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 147 tested29%California 28%
  • WhiteEnglish · 69 tested61%California 61%
  • WhiteMath · 69 tested39%California 52%

19% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 3–8, spring 2026), against 28% for the same group across California. White students: 39% in math, against 52% for the same group across California.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–8, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Tulare County Office of Educationvs California
Low-income · 118 tested
English46%—+937%
Math19%—−928%
Hispanic or Latino · 146 tested in English, 147 in math
English47%—+938%
Math29%—+128%
White · 69 tested · grades 3 and 5–8 only
English61%—061%
Math39%—−1352%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Tulare County Office of Education, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Students with disabilities, 49 tested: no rate for grades 3 and 5–8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Sycamore Valley Academy. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Sycamore Valley Academy has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

24

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

The neighborhood

What is the area around Sycamore Valley Academy like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93277. They are not figures for the families at Sycamore Valley Academy.

Typical household income in a year

$80,548

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 93277.

Typical home value
$350,400
People who live in this ZIP code
53,985
Typical age
35.6 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
25%

What you can do

Who can act on Sycamore Valley Academy’s results?

Sycamore Valley Academy’s own board decides its plan.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Sycamore Valley Academy in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 7 questions to Sycamore Valley Academy. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?3.3% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (14 of 427 students); average California elementary school: 1.6%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?15 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (65 of 422 students); average Tulare County Office of Education elementary school: 9 in 100
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?7 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4–8, 2025 (194 students)

Before you apply

  1. Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
  2. What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

Getting in

How do I get in?

Ask Sycamore Valley Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Where it is

Where is Sycamore Valley Academy?

Address
6832 Avenue 280, Visalia 93277Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Corey MorseAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 27, 2025.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Sycamore Valley Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓

Is Sycamore Valley Academy a good school?

Sycamore Valley Academy has a Scope Score of 75. It scored higher than 50 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Solid, 50th percentile, spring 2026).

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 52 in 100 California middle schools we score (52nd percentile, Solid, spring 2026)

See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 15 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 9 in 100 at the average Tulare County Office of Education elementary school. 3.3% of students (14 of 427) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, yes. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 6 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 7 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 196 students in English, 194 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 46% of low-income students in grades 3–8 at Sycamore Valley Academy in Visalia scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 37% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $1.1 million is planned for 8 funded actions in 2 goals. That’s 18% of its $6.1 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

Its own plan

What does Sycamore Valley Academy’s own plan commit to?

$1.1 million is planned for 8 funded actions in 2 goals. That’s 18% of its $6.1 million general fund budget.

$1.1million

planned in the school’s own plan for 2026–27

The three largest actions in the plan

  • Coordination of Services Team (COST)$397,582
  • Integrate TK-8 gifted education strategies into differentiated classroom instruction$176,664
  • Align behavior management approaches$156,364

These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 73 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

The whole plan: every goal, what it measures and what it pays for

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 73 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 68% of the money. The plan itself puts 92% of it toward staff.

  • Coordination of Services Team (COST) $397,582
  • Integrate TK-8 gifted education strategies into differentiated classroom instruction $176,664
  • Align behavior management approaches $156,364
  • 5 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

1 of the plan’s 8 funded actions names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in its title.

  • Reading $65,235

Largest of these

  • Common Literacy Instruction$65,235
For high-need students

It plans $1.0 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $1.0 million and estimates it spent $1.3 million, $0.3 million (29%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is the same as in the 2025–26 plan.

What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grades 3–5 only: 50% in English and 36% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1 · Provide Quality Education for All41%51%up 10 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1 · Provide Quality Education for All32%32%no change
Chronically absentGoal 2 · Invest in People15 in 10015 in 100no change
Suspended at least onceGoal 2 · Invest in People2.8%3.3%up 0.5 pts

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Coordination of Services Team (COST) · $397,582
  • Integrate TK-8 gifted education strategies into differentiated classroom instruction · $176,664
  • Align behavior management approaches · $156,364
The full plan2 goals, 25 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($1.1 million).

Where does the money go?

74% to Goal 1, Provide Quality Education for All. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

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Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Provide Quality Education for All$795,84574% of action budgets

“The goal of providing quality education is paramount for the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) because it ensures that all students have equitable access to high-standard academic opportunities that foster their intellectual, social, and emotional development. Quality education supports diverse learning needs, prepares students for future success, and helps close achievement gaps among different student groups. By focusing on rigorous instruction, effective behavior management, and comprehensive support systems, the LCAP aims to create a nurturing and inclusive environment where every student can thrive and reach their full potential. This foundational goal drives all other initiatives within the LCAP, ensuring a holistic approach to student success and well-being” p. 14 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $795,845 (unchanged)

Largest funded actions

  1. Coordination of Services Team (COST)$397,582action 1.4 · p. 37 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $346,981 is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Integrate TK-8 gifted education strategies into differentiated classroom instruction$176,664action 1.1 · p. 37 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Align behavior management approaches$156,364action 1.3 · p. 37 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Common Literacy Instruction$65,235action 1.2 · p. 37 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Coordination of Services Team (COST) · $397,582 → $397,582 · p. 37 ↗unchanged
  • Integrate TK-8 gifted education strategies into differentiated classroom instruction · $176,664 → $176,664 · p. 37 ↗unchanged
  • Align behavior management approaches · $156,364 → $156,364 · p. 37 ↗unchanged
  • Common Literacy Instruction · $65,235 → $65,235 · p. 37 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 13 measures · 3 quoted

  • SBAC English Language Arts Average Distance from Standard CA School Dashboard p. 15 ↗
    Baseline
    All Students- 27.2 Points Below …
    Target for year 3
    All Students- 10 Points Below …
  • SBAC Results English Language Arts Met or exceeded standards https://caaspp- elpac.ets.org/caaspp/Def ault p. 16 ↗
    Baseline
    All Students- 40.17% …
    Target for year 3
    All Students- 55% …
  • SBAC Mathematics Average Distance from Standard CA School Dashboard p. 16 ↗
    Baseline
    All Students- 52.9 Points Below …
    Target for year 3
    All Students- 30 Points Below …

10 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Invest in People$281,02826% of action budgets

“The goal of Investing in People is critical to the development of the LCAP because it directly impacts both staff and student recruitment and retention. For staff, this investment ensures the attraction and retention of highly qualified and motivated educators, leading to quality education and professional development opportunities that keep teachers updated with the latest educational practices. This, in turn, enhances job satisfaction, reduces turnover rates, and fosters a positive school culture, creating a stable and effective learning environment. For students, high-quality staff leads to better academic outcomes and engagement, contributing to the school's reputation and attracting more families to enroll their children. Additionally, a safe and supportive environment, bolstered by counselors and support staff, addresses students' social and emotional needs, aiding retention. Investment in staff also extends to extracurricular programs, which engage students and cater to diverse interests, making the school more attractive to prospective students. Overall, focusing on investing in people through the LCAP creates a sustainable, high-quality educational environment that supports both staff and students, leading to improved educational outcomes, a stronger school community, and long-term organization success” p. 24 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $281,028 (unchanged)

Largest funded actions

  1. Retain Existing Students$98,986action 2.3 · p. 37 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Student Recruitment$73,981action 2.4 · p. 37 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Comprehensive new staff hiring structure$61,193action 2.1 · p. 37 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Retain High Quality Staff$46,868action 2.2 · p. 37 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $39,102 is state funding counted toward those services

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Retain Existing Students · $98,986 → $98,986 · p. 37 ↗unchanged
  • Student Recruitment · $73,981 → $73,981 · p. 37 ↗unchanged
  • Comprehensive new staff hiring structure · $61,193 → $61,193 · p. 37 ↗unchanged
  • Retain High Quality Staff · $46,868 → $46,868 · p. 37 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 12 measures · 3 quoted

  • Teachers Appropriately Assigned SAAS Report p. 25 ↗
    Baseline
    100% Appropriately Assigned 2023 SAAS Report
    Target for year 3
    Maintain 100% compliance with
  • Teacher Fully Credentialed in the subject area for the pupils they are teaching. SAAS Report p. 25 ↗
    Baseline
    71% Fully Credentialed 2023 SAAS Report
    Target for year 3
    77% Fully Credentialed
  • Chronic Absenteeism Rate CA School Dashboard p. 25 ↗
    Baseline
    All Students- 19.6% …
    Target for year 3
    All Students- 12% …

9 more measures in the plan’s table.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2018–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,844 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #1 of 4 in Tulare County Office of Education
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math16%4542%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math43%5023%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+78 scale-score pts5420%
Chronically absent15 in 100525%
Suspension rate3.3% (14 of 427)385%
English learners: top level14%465%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California elementary schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267550#2844California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–19not on filenot on file−35
2021–22not on filenot on file+19
2022–23not on filenot on file+3
2023–2417 in 1003.6% (15 of 422)0
2024–2515 in 1002.8% (12 of 434)−13
2025–2615 in 1003.3% (14 of 427)+1

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2018–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English24818%51%
2026 · Math24912%32%
2025 · English25817%41%
2025 · Math2569%32%
2024 · English24915%42%
2024 · Math25212%32%
2023 · English23916%40%
2023 · Math23912%28%
2022 · English24419%42%
2022 · Math24413%30%
2019 · English23924%59%
2019 · Math24020%44%
2018 · English24420%55%
2018 · Math23914%42%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English4630%
2025 · Grade 4 · English4457%
2025 · Grade 5 · English4328%
2025 · Grade 6 · English4050%
2025 · Grade 7 · English4743%
2025 · Grade 8 · English3839%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math4646%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math4335%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math4221%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math4025%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math4736%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math3826%
2024 · Grade 3 · English4139%
2024 · Grade 4 · English4624%
2024 · Grade 5 · English4154%
2024 · Grade 6 · English4236%
2024 · Grade 7 · English4243%
2024 · Grade 8 · English3759%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math4243%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math4628%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math4229%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math4231%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math4229%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math3834%
2023 · Grade 3 · English4326%
2023 · Grade 4 · English4536%
2023 · Grade 5 · English4337%
2023 · Grade 6 · English4144%
2023 · Grade 7 · English3650%
2023 · Grade 8 · English3155%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math4326%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math4527%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math4321%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math4137%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math3631%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math3132%
2022 · Grade 3 · English4226%
2022 · Grade 4 · English4132%
2022 · Grade 5 · English4349%
2022 · Grade 6 · English4146%
2022 · Grade 7 · English4356%
2022 · Grade 8 · English3444%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math4224%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math4115%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math4340%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math4127%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math4349%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math3424%
2019 · Grade 3 · English4161%
2019 · Grade 4 · English4151%
2019 · Grade 5 · English4139%
2019 · Grade 6 · English4367%
2019 · Grade 7 · English3256%
2019 · Grade 8 · English4178%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math4171%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math4248%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math4122%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math4356%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math3234%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math4132%
2018 · Grade 3 · English4146%
2018 · Grade 4 · English4250%
2018 · Grade 5 · English4257%
2018 · Grade 6 · English4151%
2018 · Grade 7 · English4379%
2018 · Grade 8 · English3546%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math4050%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math4245%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math4248%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math4132%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math4154%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math3318%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide8015%19%60%6%

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

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income11846%—+9
Hispanic or Latino14647%—+9
White (grades 3 and 5–8 only)6961%—0
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students+6196Accelerated−7194Moderate
English-only students+7183not categorized−6181not categorized
Hispanic or Latino+4108Average−7106Moderate
Low-income+972Accelerated−871Moderate
White+970Accelerated−270Average
Students with disabilities−545Average−545Average

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3
10%
exceeded standard · 39% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 41 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
20%
Advanced · 58% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 40 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 40 (school-grade cohort proxy).

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

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+6 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–8

196 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math−7 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–8

194 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −7 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

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

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

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

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 15 in 100 → 2025–26 · 15 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 2.8% (12 of 434) → 2025–26 · 3.3% (14 of 427) · +0.5 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—12 in 100—
Male—19 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—18 in 100—
Two or more races—0 of 15—
White—10 in 100—
Students with disabilities—13 of 91—
English learners—6 of 30—
Low-income—18 in 100—
All students—15 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$97,094 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 1,561 pupils

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 34%Instruction support 25%Student services 19%Administration 10%Buildings & maintenance 4%Other 8%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$69,245,73334.03%34%
Instruction support$50,669,22124.90%25%
Student services$38,103,80818.72%19%
Administration$20,270,6379.96%10%
Buildings & maintenance$9,433,8894.64%4%
Other$15,780,9817.75%8%
Total$203,504,268100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $203,504,268 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$97,094 per pupil
2020$93,270 per pupil
2019$82,128 per pupil
2018$44,912 per pupil
2017$52,208 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders9.5%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 93277 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93277 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$80,548
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)25%
ZIP-area population53,985
Median age35.6 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-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 93277 →

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