Public school · Alum Rock Union Elementary
Sylvia Cassell Elementary
· 282 students (2024–25)
Well below California in English and math: 23% and 15% 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: 117 in English, 118 in math
- 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).
We have reported test results for grades 3 through 5, but no confirmed grade span for this school in our school record. We cannot place it in a scoring level, so we do not publish a Scope Score.
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English and math have stayed well below California in every tested year since 2019.
Share of students tested.
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| Exceeded | Met | Nearly met | Not met | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English, grades 3–5 · Sylvia Cassell | 12% | 11% | 28% | 49% |
| English, grades 3–5 · California | 24% | 22% | 21% | 33% |
| Math, grades 3–5 · Sylvia Cassell | 3% | 12% | 29% | 56% |
| Math, grades 3–5 · California | 21% | 20% | 25% | 34% |
tests0%20%40%60%20192022202530%50%23%Sylvia Cassell46%California
tests0%20%40%60%20192022202526%44%15%Sylvia Cassell41%California
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| Met or exceeded | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English · Sylvia Cassell | 30% | 19% | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| English · California | 50% | 45% | 44% | 45% | 46% |
| Math · Sylvia Cassell | 26% | 14% | 16% | 11% | 15% |
| Math · California | 44% | 38% | 40% | 41% | 41% |
English went from 30% in 2019 to 23% in 2025. Math went from 26% in 2019 to 15% in 2025. Each year is a different group of students.
Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.
Ask: Math is lower than in 2019 here (26% to 15%) and across California (44% to 41%). How does the school check what’s working in math?
Kids like mine
Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students did worse than the same groups statewide. English learners did worse than the same group statewide in math.
| Group and subject | Here | vs Alum Rock Union Elementary | vs California |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-income · 99 tested in English, 100 in math | |||
| English | 17% | −421% | −1835% |
| Math | 7% | −1219% | −2330% |
| Hispanic or Latino · 98 tested in English, 99 in math | |||
| English | 17% | −421% | −1936% |
| Math | 11% | −718% | −1930% |
| English learners · 41 tested in English, 42 in math · grades 3 and 4 only | |||
| English | 12% | +66% | −214% |
| Math | 5% | −611% | −1318% |
Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Alum Rock Union Elementary, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.
No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, students with disabilities 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.
Read the student-group results as sentences
At Sylvia Cassell Elementary in California, 17.2% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 3, 4 and 5, compared to 21.5% district-wide for those same grades and 35.2% statewide for those same grades. Sylvia Cassell Elementary’s rate for low-income students trails its district average by 4.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (7.0% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (17.3% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 11.1 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 99 ELA grade test records.
What’s it like
About 1 in 4 of TK and kindergarten students were chronically absent.
45 of 294 students missed 10% or more of school days.
| Chronically absent, 2024–25 | Per 100 students | Students |
|---|---|---|
| TK and kindergarten | 24 | 19 of 81 |
| Grades 1–3 | 17 | 21 of 125 |
| Grades 4–6 | 6 | 5 of 88 |
Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
Who goes here
Students and staff
| Students, 2024–25 | Here |
|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 81% |
| Asian | 10% |
| Filipino | 4% |
About 9 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (88%, 247 of 282). California: 63%.
Teachers, 2024–25
Getting in
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Questions
Questions to ask
The questions from this page, in one place.
Math is lower than in 2019 here (26% to 15%) and across California (44% to 41%). How does the school check what’s working in math?
When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
Common questions
Why does SchoolScope show no score for Sylvia Cassell Elementary?
We have reported test results for grades 3 through 5, but no confirmed grade span for this school in our school record. We cannot place it in a scoring level, so we do not publish a Scope Score.
See the dated CDE rows in the source record. Reported results do not by themselves supply a SchoolScope score or rank.
Explore the data
Available school measures and source details, shown without a score or rank.
Dated CDE assessment records appear below when available. SchoolScope displays this profile without a combined score, band, or rank for 2025.
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.
All Grades is an aggregate, not another group of students. Same-year grade groups are not matched children. An unavailable or suppressed result is marked as missing; it does not establish a reported zero.
| Grade · subject | Students tested with scores | Met or exceeded | Exceeded | Met | Nearly met | Not met | Mean scale score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 · ELA · 2025 | 42 tested with scores | Met or exceeded 19.05% | Exceeded 9.52% | Met 9.52% | Nearly met 33.33% | Not met 47.62% | Mean scale score 2373.5 |
| Grade 4 · ELA · 2025 | 38 tested with scores | Met or exceeded 23.68% | Exceeded 13.16% | Met 10.53% | Nearly met 23.68% | Not met 52.63% | Mean scale score 2411.3 |
| Grade 5 · ELA · 2025 | 37 tested with scores | Met or exceeded 27.03% | Exceeded 13.51% | Met 13.51% | Nearly met 27.03% | Not met 45.95% | Mean scale score 2463 |
| All Grades · ELA · 2025 | 117 tested with scores | Met or exceeded 23.08% | Exceeded 11.97% | Met 11.11% | Nearly met 28.21% | Not met 48.72% | Mean scale score unavailable |
| Grade 3 · Math · 2025 | 43 tested with scores | Met or exceeded 20.93% | Exceeded 2.33% | Met 18.6% | Nearly met 23.26% | Not met 55.81% | Mean scale score 2379 |
| Grade 4 · Math · 2025 | 38 tested with scores | Met or exceeded 10.53% | Exceeded 5.26% | Met 5.26% | Nearly met 34.21% | Not met 55.26% | Mean scale score 2413.6 |
| Grade 5 · Math · 2025 | 37 tested with scores | Met or exceeded 13.51% | Exceeded 2.7% | Met 10.81% | Nearly met 29.73% | Not met 56.76% | Mean scale score 2452.3 |
| All Grades · Math · 2025 | 118 tested with scores | Met or exceeded 15.25% | Exceeded 3.39% | Met 11.86% | Nearly met 28.81% | Not met 55.93% | Mean scale score unavailable |
ShowHide table 02 — By grade & subgroup
ELA · 2024–25 results by grade
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 42 | 10% | 10% | 33% | 48% | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 13% | 11% | 24% | 53% | 24% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 14% | 14% | 27% | 46% | 27% |
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
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 43 | 2% | 19% | 23% | 56% | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 5% | 5% | 34% | 55% | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 3% | 11% | 30% | 57% | 14% |
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 · subject | Students with scores | Met+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 · Grade 3 · ELA | 39 | 20.5% |
| 2024 · Grade 4 · ELA | 39 | 20.5% |
| 2024 · Grade 5 · ELA | 39 | 20.5% |
| 2024 · Grade 3 · Math | 39 | 12.8% |
| 2024 · Grade 4 · Math | 40 | 15.0% |
| 2024 · Grade 5 · Math | 41 | 4.9% |
| 2023 · Grade 3 · ELA | 41 | 14.6% |
| 2023 · Grade 4 · ELA | 44 | 18.2% |
| 2023 · Grade 5 · ELA | 48 | 18.8% |
| 2023 · Grade 3 · Math | 41 | 24.4% |
| 2023 · Grade 4 · Math | 45 | 17.8% |
| 2023 · Grade 5 · Math | 48 | 6.3% |
| 2022 · Grade 3 · ELA | 149 | 15.0% |
| 2022 · Grade 4 · ELA | 149 | 18.4% |
| 2022 · Grade 5 · ELA | 149 | 23.3% |
| 2022 · Grade 3 · Math | 150 | 20.0% |
| 2022 · Grade 4 · Math | 150 | 14.3% |
| 2022 · Grade 5 · Math | 150 | 8.2% |
| 2019 · Grade 3 · ELA | 164 | 37.5% |
| 2019 · Grade 4 · ELA | 164 | 29.6% |
| 2019 · Grade 5 · ELA | 164 | 24.1% |
| 2019 · Grade 3 · Math | 168 | 42.4% |
| 2019 · Grade 4 · Math | 168 | 20.4% |
| 2019 · Grade 5 · Math | 168 | 16.4% |
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) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schoolwide | 37 | 0% | 19% | 65% | 16% |
CAST is an independent assessment. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 99 | 17.2% | — | — |
| Hispanic/Latino | 98 | 17.3% | — | — |
| English Learners | 41 | 12.2% | — | — |
Additional workforce records
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.
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.
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 · 22.5% → 2025 · 15.3% · −7.2pp |
| Suspension rate2024 · 0.7% → 2025 · 0.0% · −0.7pp |
ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades
| Year · subject | Students with scores | Exc | Met+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · ELA | 117 | 12.0% | 23.1% |
| 2025 · Math | 118 | 3.4% | 15.3% |
| 2024 · ELA | 117 | 5.1% | 20.5% |
| 2024 · Math | 120 | 4.2% | 10.8% |
| 2023 · ELA | 133 | 5.3% | 17.3% |
| 2023 · Math | 134 | 3.0% | 15.7% |
| 2022 · ELA | 149 | 7.4% | 19.5% |
| 2022 · Math | 150 | 4.0% | 13.3% |
| 2019 · ELA | 164 | 10.4% | 30.5% |
| 2019 · Math | 168 | 11.9% | 26.8% |
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.
CDE CAASPP 2025: 6 individual grade–subject records; 6 records with a positive known tested count.
0 grade–subject counts unavailable; 0 grade–subject attainment rates unavailable. SchoolScope does not publish a Scope Score, band, or rank for this peer class in 2025.
ShowHide table 04 — Climate by student group
| Group | 2018–19 | 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 17.7% | 14.7% |
| Male | 18.3% | 16.0% |
| Asian | 8.1% | 6.7% |
| Filipino | 4.5% | 0.0% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 19.4% | 17.2% |
| Students with Disabilities | 26.0% | 21.1% |
| English Learners | 16.7% | 13.0% |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 19.3% | 16.0% |
| All Students | 18.0% | 15.3% |
Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.
ShowHide table 05 — California growth model, by student group
| Group | ELA | n | CDE band | Math | n | CDE band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Students | +9 | 73 | Accelerated | +1 | 73 | Average |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | +6 | 61 | Accelerated | −1 | 61 | Average |
| Hispanic or Latino | +6 | 60 | Accelerated | −2 | 60 | Average |
| English Learner | +12 | 38 | Accelerated | +7 | 38 | Accelerated |
| English Only | +5 | 30 | not categorised | −7 | 30 | not categorised |
| English Learners Only | +12 | 26 | not categorised | +12 | 26 | not categorised |
| Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only | +8 | 12 | not categorised | −12 | 12 | not categorised |
CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction, not a percentage or percentile. All imported groups remain visible; a missing group has no imported record shown here. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.
ShowHide table 06 — Growth source detail
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
73 students
estimate WEIGHTED
SchoolScope midrank among 7,519 reported ELA ALL school records in its retained school inventory
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
73 students
estimate WEIGHTED
SchoolScope midrank among 7,518 reported MATH ALL school records in its retained school inventory
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.
ShowHide table 07 — Funding source detail
Per-pupil spending
NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 8,652 pupils
NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records
CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 282
CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 282
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.
ShowHide how the California mean was selected
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.
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.
ShowHide the district's spending year by year
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
ShowHide table 08 — ZIP-area community record
| Measure | Estimate |
|---|---|
| Median household income | $103,549 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) | 18.96% |
| ZCTA population | 50,775 |
| Median age | 37.0 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.
- — No Scope Score: the composite a score is built from isn't on file for this school this year, so no score, band or rank publishes.
- — Our own growth index and the comparisons to nearby schools are built from that same composite, so they don't publish either — California's separate matched-student growth model is not, and still appears below wherever CDE reports it.
Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · Data updated 2026-09-27. An unavailable or suppressed result is marked as missing; it does not establish a reported zero.
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