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Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy — Rating & test scores

126 South Snyder Avenue, Tehachapi · 108 students · Grades TK–8

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Scope Score 68

Needs SupportScope Score · 10th percentile. Higher than 10 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: 17% and 38% scored Proficient or Advanced in grade 3, spring 2026, against 44% and 47%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 3: 12 in English, 13 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 390,924 in English and 391,944 in math tested).

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

Overview

Is this school a good elementary school?

Needs Support. Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy is higher than most California elementary schools on math test results. Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy is lower than most on English test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced317%
Math, Proficient or Advanced5238%
English, Advanced10%
Math, Advanced10%

Progress in a year, 2025

English390 pts
Math420 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance1338 in 100
Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Tehachapi Unified’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

38 in 100 students (67 of 175) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That compares with 24 in 100 at the average Tehachapi Unified elementary school.

Each bar is Tehachapi Independent Learning 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
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 175. District and California figures are averages of school rates (4 Tehachapi Unified schools; 5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does this school say about itself?

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

Open tila.tehachapiusd.com (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored the same in English as California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored the same, which the state calls Average.

English

0

The same as California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White21+6 points
Hispanic or Latino11−17 points

Math

0

The same as California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White210 points
Hispanic or Latino11−9 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 35 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. 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 right at that expected score, and in math right at that expected score.

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.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

2 of the 2 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

3 elementary schools within 2.9 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Golden HillsNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7123rd
  2. TompkinsNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 6911th
  3. Tehachapi Independent Learning AcademyScope Score 6810th
Tehachapi Unified

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%0%25%50%75%100%

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 this school compare with schools like it?

Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy’s Scope Score is 68. 585 California elementary schools, counting Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 80. Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy’s result is higher than 4 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 Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy’s share. The count includes Tehachapi Independent Learning 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?

There’s no spring 2025 result to compare with spring 2026: fewer than 11 students tested here that year, so CDE withheld it.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2023 to 2026

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

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2023202635%20%44%CaliforniaCalifornia31%Tehachapi UnifiedDistrict17%Tehachapi Independent Learning AcademyThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2023202641%12%47%CaliforniaCalifornia38%Tehachapi Independent Learning AcademyThis school35%Tehachapi UnifiedDistrict

The hatched block marks years with no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Between 12 and 16 students were tested here each year in each subject. With 12 students, one student is 8 points, so each year is a dot and no line joins them. Tehachapi Unified’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. Tehachapi Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grade 3: share at the top two levels
SpringTehachapi Independent Learning AcademyTehachapi UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
202320%35%43%15
202617%31%44%12
Math, grade 3: share at the top two levels
SpringTehachapi Independent Learning AcademyTehachapi UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
202312%41%45%16
202638%35%47%13

A year is missing where fewer than the state’s minimum number of students tested and the state withheld the result.

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

17% of the students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English; 38% did in math.

English

17%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

671617
Tehachapi Unified31%California44%

Math

38%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

233938
Tehachapi Unified35%California47%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grade 3, spring 2026, 17% of the 12 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 44% across California. In math, 38% of 13 did, against 47% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year’s result can change a lot. Ask how results looked in other years.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grade 3 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 do the middle grades do?

Well below California in both subjects. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 31% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 17% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 15th percentile (Needs Support) among California’s middle schools.

English

31%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

3534238
Tehachapi Unified27%California49%

Math

17%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

592415
Tehachapi Unified20%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 Advanced17%suppressedsuppressed
Advanced0%suppressedsuppressed
Proficient17%suppressedsuppressed
Developing level16%suppressedsuppressed
Minimal67%suppressedsuppressed
Tested12810
California44%46%49%
Difference−27——
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced29%15%44%
Advanced6%8%11%
Proficient23%7%33%
Developing level24%31%45%
Minimal47%54%11%
Tested171318
California48%51%49%
Difference−19−36−5

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 Advanced38%suppressedsuppressed
Advanced0%suppressedsuppressed
Proficient38%suppressedsuppressed
Developing level39%suppressedsuppressed
Minimal23%suppressedsuppressed
Tested13810
California47%42%37%
Difference−9——
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced25%15%12%
Advanced0%0%6%
Proficient25%15%6%
Developing level19%23%29%
Minimal56%62%59%
Tested161317
California37%38%36%
Difference−12−23−24

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, grade 3 · This school0%17%16%67%12
English, grade 3 · California24%20%23%33%390,924
English, grade 3 · Tehachapi Unified12%19%25%44%302
Math, grade 3 · This school0%38%39%23%13
Math, grade 3 · California22%25%22%31%391,944
Math, grade 3 · Tehachapi Unified9%26%26%39%304
English, grades 6–8 · This school8%23%34%35%48
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Tehachapi Unified6%21%25%48%868
Math, grades 6–8 · This school2%15%24%59%46
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Tehachapi Unified7%13%26%54%867

Spring 2026, grade 3 combined: 12 tested in English, 13 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?

White students are the largest group here, at 55% of students. 67 of 175 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

38in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (67 of 175 students).

At the average Tehachapi Unified elementary school: 24 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Students, 2024–25

108

students in grades TK–8.

White 55%Hispanic or Latino 33%

Family income

38%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 41 of 108. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

9

teachers, with 19 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0

students were suspended at least once. Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grades 4–6
20 of 46 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
27 of 48 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.

Our records hold no figure for Grades TK–3.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White55%
Hispanic or Latino33%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
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. Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Tehachapi Independent Learning 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.

Families

No family answers yet

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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.

Answer the family questionsResponder en españolHow family answers work

Staff

Staff can’t answer for this school yet

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Tehachapi Independent Learning 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

12

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

Money

Where does the money go?

$18,189 for each student in 2023–24. California’s elementary schools spent $19,564 for each student. Tehachapi Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $45 million.

$18,189

for each student at this school, 2023–24
Spent at the school
$12,429
The school’s share of district office costs
$5,760
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,176
  • Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy$18,189
  • Tehachapi Unified elementary schools$14,841
  • California elementary schools$19,564

The district and California figures combine their elementary schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 4,938 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2023–24. Funding records ↓

Tehachapi Unified’s yearly plan

$45million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$4million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 3 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $45 million of $69 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Tehachapi Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around this school like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93561. They are not figures for the families at Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy.

Typical household income in a year

$87,357

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 93561.

Typical home value
$408,800
People who live in this ZIP code
31,175
Typical age
41.8 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
29%

What you can do

Who can act on this school’s results?

Tehachapi Unified’s board decides Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy’s plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

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

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving Tehachapi Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. The 2026 Dashboard flagged results for English learners on two measures: English, and progress in learning English. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Tehachapi Unified: CDE’s assistance status files for the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. 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 5 questions to Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school?38 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (67 of 175 students); average California elementary school: 17 in 100
  2. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?83% in English and 62% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grade 3, spring 2026 (12 tested in English, 13 in math); California: 56% and 53%
  3. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after this school, and how do I get in?

Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Tehachapi Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Grades TK–8 · this school
    Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy
    Scope Score 68Needs Support · 10th percentile
  2. High
    Tehachapi High
    Scope Score 74Developing · 43rd percentile · 2025Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Jacobsen Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 67 · Needs Support · 4th percentile · middle · 2026

High-school links

  • Tehachapi High

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    Scope Score 74 · Developing · 43rd percentile · high · 2025

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

Where the path ends: Tehachapi High
Tehachapi HighScope Score 74 · Developing · 43rd percentile · 2025estimated path

The road from this school ends at Tehachapi High. UC records 10 enrollees from Tehachapi High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 10 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Tehachapi High around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 46% of the students who finished high school at Tehachapi High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

10 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 10 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Tehachapi High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is this school?

Address
126 South Snyder Avenue, Tehachapi 93561Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Bonny PorterAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 8, 2024.

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 5 common questions

How do I get in?

Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Tehachapi Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy a good school?

Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy has a Scope Score of 68. It scored higher than 10 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Needs Support, 10th percentile, spring 2026).

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 15 in 100 California middle schools we score (15th percentile, Needs Support, spring 2026)

See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 38 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 24 in 100 at the average Tehachapi Unified elementary school. 0 of 199 students 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?

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored the same in English as California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored the same, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 35 students

See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

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

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 10 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
10
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2023–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #5,114 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #4 of 4 in Tehachapi Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math0%3342%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math28%4023%
Chronically absent38 in 100345%
Suspension rate0 of 199565%

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. The weights above add to 75%: the remaining 25%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2022–23 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–266810#5114California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

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)
2022–23not on filenot on file−6
2023–2436 in 1000 of 168—
2024–2533 in 1000 of 201—
2025–2638 in 1000 of 199—

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).
Every tested year2023–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English789%33%
2026 · Math773%19%
2025 · English799%29%
2025 · Math799%19%
2024 · English5810%41%
2024 · Math577%19%
2023 · English783%31%
2023 · Math815%11%

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 · English9—
2025 · Grade 4 · English1217%
2025 · Grade 5 · English1527%
2025 · Grade 6 · English9—
2025 · Grade 7 · English1937%
2025 · Grade 8 · English1540%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math8—
2025 · Grade 4 · Math128%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math1520%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math10—
2025 · Grade 7 · Math1916%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math1520%
2024 · Grade 3 · English7—
2024 · Grade 4 · English1533%
2024 · Grade 5 · English4—
2024 · Grade 6 · English10—
2024 · Grade 7 · English7—
2024 · Grade 8 · English1553%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math7—
2024 · Grade 4 · Math1421%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math4—
2024 · Grade 6 · Math1136%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math6—
2024 · Grade 8 · Math1520%
2023 · Grade 3 · English1520%
2023 · Grade 4 · English7—
2023 · Grade 5 · English1421%
2023 · Grade 6 · English1233%
2023 · Grade 7 · English8—
2023 · Grade 8 · English2245%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math1612%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math7—
2023 · Grade 5 · Math140%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math1217%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math10—
2023 · Grade 8 · Math2214%

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
Schoolwide277%15%70%7%

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: 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 students035Average035Average
English-only students+232not categorized−332not categorized
White+621Accelerated021Average
Hispanic or Latino−1711Moderate−911Moderate

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. 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 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; here that is grades 6–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English0 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

35 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: 0 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math0 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

35 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: 0 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, 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; here that is grades 6–8, 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 · 33 in 100 → 2025–26 · 38 in 100 · +5 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 201 → 2025–26 · 0 of 199 · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—37 of 88—
Male—30 of 87—
Hispanic or Latino—24 of 58—
White—35 of 96—
English learners—6 of 11—
Low-income—41 of 79—
All students—38 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$11,615 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 3,971 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$189 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2023–24 (2024) · source denominator: 103

Central federal expenditures attributed here$987 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2023–24 (2024) · source denominator: 103

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,433 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.

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.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 55%Instruction support 10%Student services 13%Administration 10%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$35,708,27054.67%55%
Instruction support$6,679,27410.23%10%
Student services$8,269,34812.66%13%
Administration$6,373,6089.76%10%
Buildings & maintenance$7,451,30311.41%11%
Other$839,6841.29%1%
Total$65,321,486100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $65,321,486 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$11,615 per pupil
2020$11,071 per pupil
2019$10,710 per pupil
2018$10,066 per pupil
2017$9,793 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 93561 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93561 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$87,357
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)29%
ZIP-area population31,175
Median age41.8 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 93561 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 5,726 elementary schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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