Tice Creek: High scores, healthy climate, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.
Tice Creek posts 59.1% exceeding the standard — versus 21.3% statewide — with climate numbers better than most. That doesn't make it perfect. It makes it worth a visit to find what numbers can't measure.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 76 | 59% | 84% | -9.2 | 9.0% | 1.0% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Tice Creek scores 76 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 96th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
⭐ High Ceiling — Ask what happens for a kid who shows up behind — a high ceiling for the top can sit right next to thin support at the bottom, and the score alone won't show you which.
Most rating sites would stop at “84% proficient” and call it done. Tice Creek deserves a closer read. It sits at the 96th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
The headline number: 59.1% of students scored in the top band on the state test. The California average is 21.3%.
The seven-year arc
Has held the 96th-percentile line every tested year since 2019.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 84% of students meet the standard today, above the 76% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 77% | 98% | 82% | 74% | 86% |
| Grade 4 | 78% | 77% | 87% | 83% | 84% |
| Grade 5 | 76% | 76% | 83% | 93% | 83% |
| Grade 6 | 80% | 69% | 55% | 78% | 88% |
| Grade 7 | 77% | 80% | 75% | 78% | 78% |
| Grade 8 | 88% | 72% | 85% | 68% | 84% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 73% | 96% | 85% | 87% | 92% |
| Grade 4 | 78% | 72% | 90% | 79% | 82% |
| Grade 5 | 71% | 57% | 70% | 95% | 76% |
| Grade 6 | 73% | 63% | 57% | 69% | 87% |
| Grade 7 | 70% | 80% | 71% | 59% | 75% |
| Grade 8 | 87% | 72% | 64% | 60% | 63% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding falls 8.9pp across grades; the floor slips 2.7pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Tice Creek in Walnut Creek, 80.0% of white students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 73.4% district-wide and 61.8% statewide. Tice Creek outperforms its district average for white students by 6.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: White students (74.1% Math proficient); Asian students (91.3% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 3.6 percentage points for white students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 135 students tested.
8 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 7–8 students (15.8% vs 6.1%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
The path below is estimated from nearby schools in the same district — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated K-12 path based on district and proximity. Actual attendance zones may differ. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$44 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
On the state's science test (CAST), 60% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 75
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 50 | 66% | 20% | 10% | 4% | 86% | +43 |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 57% | 27% | 12% | 4% | 84% | +40 |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 57% | 26% | 14% | 2% | 83% | +35 |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 56% | 33% | 12% | 0% | 88% | +42 |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 36% | 42% | 19% | 3% | 78% | +30 |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 37% | 47% | 13% | 3% | 84% | +38 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 50 | 70% | 22% | 2% | 6% | 92% | +46 |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 55% | 27% | 14% | 4% | 82% | +41 |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 50% | 26% | 14% | 10% | 76% | +41 |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 73% | 13% | 8% | 6% | 87% | +52 |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 51% | 24% | 17% | 8% | 75% | +41 |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 37% | 26% | 18% | 18% | 63% | +31 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 80 | 31% | 29% | 40% | 0% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 135 | 80.0% | +7 | +18 |
| Asian | 23 | 91.3% | +14 | +17 |
| Two or More Races | 15 | 93.3% | +18 | +32 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tice Creek ← | — | 76 | 59.1% | 84.0% | −9.2 | 1.0% |
| Burton Valley Elementary | 2.2 mi | 79 | 54.8% | 82.1% | +7.8 | 0.5% |
| Alamo Elementary | 2.4 mi | 75 | 56.9% | 85.8% | −11.4 | 0.1% |
| Buena Vista Elementary | 1.7 mi | 70 | 51.4% | 73.7% | −1.3 | 0.5% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 68 | 89 | #592 | 50.0% | 75.6% | 2.1% | 0.7% | -1.3pp |
| 2022 | 50 | 77 | #1305 | 50.6% | 79.2% | 7.5% | 1.0% | -30.5pp |
| 2023 | 72 | 94 | #366 | 58.0% | 82.6% | 8.2% | 1.8% | -7.3pp |
| 2024 | 78 | 97 | #193 | 62.5% | 85.0% | 8.3% | 2.1% | +13.1pp |
| 2025 | 76 | 96 | #256 | 59.1% | 84.0% | 9.0% | 1.0% | -9.2pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 1.5% | 6.6% | +5.1pp |
| Male | 2.2% | 9.7% | +7.5pp |
| Asian | 0.0% | 13.4% | +13.4pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 2.0% | 7.7% | +5.7pp |
| Two or More Races | 0.0% | 1.3% | +1.3pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 2.8% | 21.7% | +18.9pp |
| English Learners | 0.0% | 14.7% | +14.7pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 0.0% | 26.2% | +26.2pp |
| All Students | 1.9% | 8.1% | +6.2pp |
| Filipino | — | 17.6% | — |
| White | — | 0.0% | — |
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