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Tamalpais Valley Elementary — Rating & test scores

Mill Valley · TK–5 · 368 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score
78 / 100

Weighted composite · 2026
Not a grade or a test result.

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Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Well above California in English and math: 82% and 86% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 42% statewide. Source
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 175
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 3, 4 and 5 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).
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Academic achievement

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

Learning

Are children building strong foundations?

Advanced (exceeded)Proficient (met)Below Proficient

English

grades 3–5Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced
57%
Proficient
25%
Below Proficient
18%

82% proficient or advanced · 175 tested

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LevelHereCaliforniaMill Valley Elementary
Advanced57%24%53%
Proficient25%22%27%
Developing11%21%13%
Minimal7%33%7%

Below Proficient combines Developing and Minimal. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced
54%
Proficient
32%
Below Proficient
14%

86% proficient or advanced · 175 tested

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LevelHereCaliforniaMill Valley Elementary
Advanced54%21%52%
Proficient32%21%31%
Developing10%25%12%
Minimal4%33%5%

Below Proficient combines Developing and Minimal. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

What these tests tell you · what to ask

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

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

Things worth knowing

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In 2025, students in grades 4–5 scored above what the state expected from their own earlier scores. The state calls both results Accelerated.grades 4–5 · 2025
+15 ptsEnglish · above expected+19 ptsMath · above expected
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4–5: 90
Comparison
90 students in grades 4–5 with scores in both years. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.
About 3 in 5 reached the top of the state’s four levels, against 24% and 21% across California in the same grades.grades 3–5 · spring 2026
57%English · exceeded the standard54%Math · exceeded the standard
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 175
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 3, 4 and 5 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).
17 of 400 students missed 10% or more of school days, close to the average Mill Valley Elementary school.2025–26
4 in 100students chronically absent, 2025–26
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26
Students
all students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 400
Comparison
17 of 400. District and California figures are averages of school rates (5 Mill Valley Elementary schools; 5,728 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

Comparisons & progress

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

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 3–5Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school82%
California46%

Tested: 175 here · 1,208,894 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school82%
Mill Valley Elementary80%

Tested: 175 here · 702 in Mill Valley Elementary. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 5 schools.

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LevelHereCaliforniaMill Valley Elementary
Advanced57%24%53%
Proficient25%22%27%
Developing11%21%13%
Minimal7%33%7%

Below Proficient combines Developing and Minimal. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school86%
California42%

Tested: 175 here · 1,211,701 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school86%
Mill Valley Elementary83%

Tested: 175 here · 706 in Mill Valley Elementary. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 5 schools.

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LevelHereCaliforniaMill Valley Elementary
Advanced54%21%52%
Proficient32%21%31%
Developing10%25%12%
Minimal4%33%5%

Below Proficient combines Developing and Minimal. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Progress over time

How have test results changed?

English

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

Latest annual comparison

202586%170 tested
→
202682%175 tested

This school

California, same grades46% → 46%2025 → 2026 · 1,232,086 → 1,208,894 tested

Math

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

Latest annual comparison

202585%171 tested
→
202686%175 tested

This school

California, same grades41% → 42%2025 → 2026 · 1,241,652 → 1,211,701 tested

Each year tests a different group of students. These results do not track one child’s progress.

Explore the available years, charts & underlying data

English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2015.

Chart: 2017–2026. The table includes all available years.

English met or exceeded, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%201720222026No comparable state tests (COVID)82%46%
Math met or exceeded, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%201720222026No comparable state tests (COVID)86%42%

Dotted stretches cross years without comparable results.

English went from 81% in 2017 to 82% in 2026. Math went from 74% in 2017 to 86% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201582%
244 tested		41%
1,396,572 tested
201687%
241 tested		45%
1,395,534 tested
201781%
244 tested		45%
1,384,680 tested
201882%
236 tested		49%
1,346,907 tested
201983%
227 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202280%
212 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202384%
191 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202484%
171 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202586%
170 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
202682%
175 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201575%
245 tested		35%
1,401,446 tested
201681%
241 tested		39%
1,401,413 tested
201774%
243 tested		40%
1,392,040 tested
201883%
235 tested		42%
1,352,321 tested
201980%
227 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
202283%
212 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202382%
190 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202489%
152 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202585%
171 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
202686%
175 tested		42%
1,211,701 tested
The state’s growth measure90 students · grades 4–5 · 2025
English+15ptsCDE level: Accelerated (4 of 5)
Math+19ptsCDE level: Accelerated (4 of 5)

What the number means. California predicts each student’s score from that student’s own English and math scores the year before, based on how students with similar scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as predicted. In English they scored 15 points above that prediction, and in math 19 points above it.

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

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

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

School pattern, spring 2026High CeilingThe average Exceeded rate across the reported grades and subjects is at least 50%.
School pattern, spring 2026Solid BaseThe average Met + Exceeded rate across the reported grades and subjects is at least 65%.
School pattern, spring 2026Growth EngineThe school’s aggregate cohort-change index clears our stronger-gains threshold. This is a school-level comparison across years, not tracking of individual children.

Life at school

Explore the available evidence about the school day and opportunities.

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

4 in 100students chronically absent, 2025–26
4in 100 at the average Mill Valley Elementary school17in 100 at the average California elementary school

17 of 400 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school4 in 100
at the average Mill Valley Elementary school4 in 100
at the average California elementary school17 in 100
0.5%of students were suspended at least once (2 of 402), 2025–26
0.9%at the average Mill Valley Elementary school1.6%at the average California elementary school

Reviews & community voices

Parents’ experience · the school as a workplace

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Proficient or Advanced · grades 3–5 · spring 2026. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

White

126 tested per subject

English87% / 60%
Math87% / 56%
All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–5 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Mill Valley Elementaryvs California
White · 126 tested
English87%+483%+2760%
Math87%+186%+3156%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Mill Valley 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.

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

How each student group did

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Tamalpais Valley Elementary in Mill Valley, 86.5% of White students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2026 for reported grades 3, 4 and 5, compared to 83.5% district-wide for those same grades and 59.6% statewide for those same grades. Tamalpais Valley Elementary’s rate for White students exceeds its district average by 3.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: White students (86.5% met or exceeded the Math standard); Two or More Races students (65.2% met or exceeded the ELA standard). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2025-26. 126 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2025–26 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

1. White: 70%2. Two or more races: 12%3. Hispanic or Latino: 9%4. Asian: 4%5. Not reported: 4%Unallocated share: 1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White70%
  2. Two or more races12%
  3. Hispanic or Latino9%
  4. Asian4%
  5. Not reported4%
  6. Black or African American—
  7. Filipino—
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Pacific Islander—
  10. Unallocated share1%
Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.
Full student mix, comparisons & sources
Eligible enrollment, 2025–26Here
White70%
Two or more races12%
Hispanic or Latino9%
Asian4%
Not reported4%
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

5 in 100 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (5%, 20 of 368). California: 63%.

96% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 95.80%: 22.8 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 23.8 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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  1. ElementaryTamalpais Valley ElementaryThis campus · grades K-5
  2. MiddleMill Valley MiddleHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
  3. High schoolLink not recordedAsk the district about this stage.
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Middle-school links

  • Mill Valley Middle

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    95th percentile · Strong · middle · 2026

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

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Location and visiting

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350 Bell Lane, Mill Valley 94941

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Questions

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  1. How do you support kids who arrive ahead, and kids who arrive behind?
  2. How do you teach early reading and check each child’s progress?
  3. What does extra support or enrichment look like during the school day?
  4. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

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Similar student populations

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

Similar elementary schools2026 statewide percentile
How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 0–13.4% meal eligibility and 184–736 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Tamalpais Valley Elementary a good elementary school?
Tamalpais Valley Elementary is in the 97th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. Its Scope Score is 78 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2026, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Tamalpais Valley Elementary was well above California in English and math: 82% and 86% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 42% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 3-to-5 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2026, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Tamalpais Valley Elementary's CAASPP test scores?
In spring 2026, 82% of students tested in grades 3–5 met or exceeded the English standard and 86% the math standard; 57% and 54% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 46% and 42% met or exceeded, 24% and 21% exceeded. 175 students were tested in English and 175 in math (CDE CAASPP 2025–26; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).
How does Tamalpais Valley Elementary rank in California?
Tamalpais Valley Elementary is in the 97th percentile of 5,728 California comprehensive elementary schools (Strong, 2026). Tamalpais Valley Elementary ranks #163 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2026 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2024 G3 → 2026 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 Tamalpais Valley Elementary getting better or worse?
SchoolScope compares Tamalpais Valley Elementary's grade 3 results in 2024 with its grade 5 results in 2026, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 83rd percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.
What do attendance and suspension records show for Tamalpais Valley Elementary?
CDE chronic absence 2025–26: 4.3% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 17 chronically absent of 400 eligible students. CDE suspension 2025–26: 0.5%; 2 unduplicated suspended students of 402 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 5.3%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 0.6%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.
How does Tamalpais Valley Elementary compare to other schools in Mill Valley?
Tamalpais Valley Elementary is in the 97th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 368 students. Use the schools in Mill Valley page or the map view to compare nearby elementary schools.
What do reported student-group results show at Tamalpais Valley Elementary?
At Tamalpais Valley Elementary in Mill Valley, 86.5% of White students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2026 for reported grades 3, 4 and 5, compared to 83.5% district-wide for those same grades and 59.6% statewide for those same grades. Tamalpais Valley Elementary’s rate for White students exceeds its district average by 3.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: White students (86.5% met or exceeded the Math standard); Two or More Races students (65.2% met or exceeded the ELA standard). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2025-26. 126 ELA grade test records. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
What middle school does Tamalpais Valley Elementary feed into?
By attendance boundary, Tamalpais Valley Elementary is zoned to Mill Valley Middle. Mill Valley Middle has a Scope Score of 76 out of 100. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education's School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.
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Tamalpais Valley Elementary is ranked #163 statewide · #1 of 5 in Mill Valley Elementary.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2025–26
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard56.0%21.5%42%
Met or exceeded83.9%43.0%23%
Growth (2024 G3 → 2026 G5)Strongaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism5.3%16.9%5%
Suspension rate0.6%1.6%5%
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 21.5% · index 84 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 43.0% · index 82 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Growth (2024 G3 → 2026 G5)
↑ vs CA average · ≈83rd calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 16.9% · index 69 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 3.6pp lower vs 2025
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 1.6% · index 59 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 0.6pp lower vs 2025

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

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2025–26 · % of tested students

From 2025–26 reporting, California calls Level 3 Proficient and Level 4 Advanced (formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded). “Proficient or Advanced” combines both levels in the 2025–26 results shown here. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2025–26 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2026
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 36148%26%20%7%74%+31
Grade 45859%22%9%10%81%+36
Grade 55666%25%4%5%91%+43

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=5685 reporting schools

State grade 4 ELA equal-school mean: 44.6%; n=5706 reporting schools

State grade 5 ELA equal-school mean: 48.1%; n=5715 reporting schools

Math · 2025–26 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2026
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 36146%36%13%5%82%+36
Grade 45850%40%7%3%90%+48
Grade 55668%18%11%4%86%+50

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: 46.0%; n=5687 reporting schools

State grade 4 Math equal-school mean: 41.4%; n=5704 reporting schools

State grade 5 Math equal-school mean: 35.6%; n=5717 reporting schools

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet+
2025 · Grade 3 · ELA5784.2%
2025 · Grade 4 · ELA5683.9%
2025 · Grade 5 · ELA5789.5%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math5884.5%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math5687.5%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math5784.2%
2024 · Grade 3 · ELA5881.0%
2024 · Grade 4 · ELA5881.0%
2024 · Grade 5 · ELA5590.9%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math5887.9%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math3989.7%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math5589.1%
2023 · Grade 3 · ELA6182.0%
2023 · Grade 4 · ELA5882.8%
2023 · Grade 5 · ELA7287.5%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math6183.6%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math5877.6%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math7183.1%
2022 · Grade 3 · ELA6482.8%
2022 · Grade 4 · ELA7479.7%
2022 · Grade 5 · ELA7478.4%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math6489.1%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math7479.7%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math7479.7%
2019 · Grade 3 · ELA7483.8%
2019 · Grade 4 · ELA7880.8%
2019 · Grade 5 · ELA7585.3%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math7481.1%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math7880.8%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math7577.3%
2018 · Grade 3 · ELA7977.2%
2018 · Grade 4 · ELA7876.9%
2018 · Grade 5 · ELA7992.4%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math7982.3%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math7682.9%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math8083.8%
2017 · Grade 3 · ELA8273.2%
2017 · Grade 4 · ELA8380.7%
2017 · Grade 5 · ELA7989.9%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math8272.0%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math8379.5%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math7870.5%
2016 · Grade 3 · ELA8287%
2016 · Grade 4 · ELA8080%
2016 · Grade 5 · ELA7995%
2016 · Grade 3 · Math8287%
2016 · Grade 4 · Math8071%
2016 · Grade 5 · Math7984%
2015 · Grade 3 · ELA8180%
2015 · Grade 4 · ELA8084%
2015 · Grade 5 · ELA8381%
2015 · Grade 3 · Math8274%
2015 · Grade 4 · Math7981%
2015 · Grade 5 · Math8469%

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. The 2015–2018 rows were checked against original CDE files; independent re-verification of other stored historical years remains incomplete. The 2015 and 2016 percentages are rounded to whole numbers in the source. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide5639%36%23%2%

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
White12686.5%+3+27
Two or More Races2365.2%−18+7
Nearest elementary schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

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

SchoolDistScope · percentile · bandEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Tamalpais Valley Elementary ←—7897th percentile · Strong · statewide · 202656.0%83.9%+10.5pp+84 pts0.6%
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy0.8 mi5076th percentile · Strong · statewide · 202636.5%58.6%−19.0pp—3.8%
Strawberry Point Elementary2.1 mi7495th percentile · Strong · statewide · 202656.0%82.3%+0.2pp—1.3%
Edna Maguire Elementary2.3 mi7595th percentile · Strong · statewide · 202649.8%82.2%−7.8pp—1.1%
California average—39School average · no percentile21.5%43.0%−2.7pp—1.6%

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

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

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
201973/10092#398California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,484 schools

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

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

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2025 and 2026; the change is 2026 minus 2025 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2025 · 8.1% → 2026 · 4.3% · −3.8pp
Suspension rate2025 · 1.1% → 2026 · 0.5% · −0.6pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresExcMet+
2026 · ELA17557.1%81.7%
2026 · Math17554.3%85.7%
2025 · ELA17061.2%85.9%
2025 · Math17159.6%85.4%
2024 · ELA17156.1%84.2%
2024 · Math15261.2%88.8%
2023 · ELA19158.6%84.3%
2023 · Math19049.5%81.6%
2022 · ELA21252.8%80.2%
2022 · Math21244.8%82.5%
2019 · ELA22755.1%83.3%
2019 · Math22741.9%79.7%
2018 · ELA23658.5%82.2%
2018 · Math23547.7%83.0%
2017 · ELA24447.5%81.2%
2017 · Math24344.0%74.1%
2016 · ELA24158%87%
2016 · Math24148%80%
2015 · ELA24453%82%
2015 · Math24535%75%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. The 2015–2018 rows were checked against CDE’s original research files. The 2015 and 2016 files report whole percentages; later rows round to one decimal here. Older stored rows from other years still need independent original-file re-verification. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
2019———48.5%81.5%2.9%0.7%-1.1pp
2022———49.0%81.6%7.3%0.1%-6.9pp
2023———54.0%82.8%9.9%0.1%+2.5pp
2024———59.0%86.6%5.7%0.1%+5.5pp
2025———60.4%85.6%8.9%1.1%+2.5pp
20267897#16356.0%83.9%5.3%0.6%+10.5pp

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

Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2025–26 school years
Group2018–192025–26Δ
Female2.9%3.9%+1.0pp
Male2.0%4.6%+2.6pp
Asian0.0%0.0%+0.0pp
Hispanic/Latino2.5%8.1%+5.6pp
Two or More Races0.0%6.4%+6.4pp
White2.8%3.9%+1.1pp
Students with Disabilities5.4%4.3%-1.1pp
English Learners7.1%——
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged5.0%3.6%-1.4pp
All Students2.4%4.3%+1.9pp

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

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
GroupELAnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students+1590Accelerated+1990Accelerated
English Only+1681not categorised+1981not categorised
White+1769Accelerated+1969Accelerated
Students with Disabilities+218Average+1218Accelerated

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2024 · Grade 3
55%
exceeded standard · 81% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 58 ELA test records with scores
ELA · 2026 · Grade 5
66%
exceeded standard · 91% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 56 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 56 (school-grade cohort proxy).

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

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

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

90 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

California growth model, ELA: +15 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 89th percentile of 7,519 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.89th pctile · +15 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8
Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

90 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

California growth model, math: +19 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 91st percentile of 7,518 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.91st pctile · +19 pts
this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

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

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$18,120 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 2,640 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$614 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 368

Central federal expenditures attributed here$63 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 368

District current expense · FY 2024–25$27,608 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

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SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 61%Instruction support 11%Student services 5%Administration 11%Buildings & maintenance 12%

SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$18,120 per pupil
2020$16,255 per pupil
2019$16,270 per pupil
2018$14,946 per pupil
2017$14,472 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 94941
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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 94941
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$209,870
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)75.87%
ZCTA population32,706
Median age45.9 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 · n=5,728 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-10-15

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