Public school with a magnet program · Saddleback Valley Unified · Rancho Santa Margarita, California

Trabuco Mesa Elementary — Rating & test scores

Rancho Santa Margarita · K–6 · 640 students (2024–25)

21301 Avenida de los Flores, 92688svusd.org ↗(949) 858-3339
80thpercentileStrong

Top: Saddleback Valley Unified’s other 20 scored elementary schools. Bottom: California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools by Scope Score, spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
54

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
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 (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 72% and 69% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 46% and 42%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 239 in English, 236 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

This rating covers grades 3–5. Trabuco Mesa Elementary teaches K–6: grade 6 results ↓

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In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 48% of students tested in English and 50% in math scored Advanced, against 24% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources
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California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 3–5: 239 in English, 236 in math. California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Saddleback Valley Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Trabuco Mesa a good elementary school?

Trabuco Mesa Elementary scores higher than 80 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 80th percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 7 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 11 in 100 at the average Saddleback Valley Unified elementary school. 0.8% of students (5 of 634) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (4)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, below what the state expected; in math, about as expected. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored −8 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Moderate. In math, they scored +3 points, which it calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 268 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 63% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at Trabuco Mesa Elementary in Rancho Santa Margarita scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2026 attendance boundaries, Trabuco Mesa Elementary is zoned to Rancho Santa Margarita Intermediate. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Rancho Santa Margarita Intermediate: 86th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 Scope Score

Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 72% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 69% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 239 in English, 236 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 3–5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English, 1,211,701 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 239 tested

Advanced
48%
Proficient
24%
Below the standard
28%
This school72%
California46%
Saddleback Valley Unified56%

72% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 236 tested

Advanced
50%
Proficient
19%
Below the standard
31%
This school69%
California42%
Saddleback Valley Unified56%

69% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–6 · every level, with tested counts

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 Advanced83%73%60%
Advanced65%44%38%
Proficient18%29%22%
Developing level11%16%14%
Minimal6%11%26%
Tested699080
California44%46%49%
Difference+39+27+11
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced70%
Advanced34%
Proficient36%
Developing level13%
Minimal17%
Tested107
California48%
Difference+22

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 Advanced79%75%55%
Advanced63%51%39%
Proficient16%24%16%
Developing level14%17%27%
Minimal7%8%18%
Tested688880
California47%42%37%
Difference+32+33+18
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced60%
Advanced41%
Proficient19%
Developing level23%
Minimal17%
Tested106
California37%
Difference+23

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.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

School patterns · grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · What patterns mean

High ceilingA high share of students here scored Advanced, the state’s top level. The English and math cards above give each figure.
Broad baseMost students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

How does grade 6 do?

Well above California in both subjects. In grade 6, spring 2026, 70% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 60% in math, against 48% and 37% across California.

English

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 107 tested

Advanced
34%
Proficient
36%
Below the standard
30%
This school70%
California48%
Saddleback Valley Unified62%

70% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Math

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 106 tested

Advanced
41%
Proficient
19%
Below the standard
40%
This school60%
California37%
Saddleback Valley Unified54%

60% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English stayed at 72% and math went from 71% to 69%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202572%283 tested
→
202672%239 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202571%283 tested
→
202669%236 tested

This school

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

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, below what the state expected; in math, about as expected. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored −8 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Moderate. In math, they scored +3 points, which it calls Average.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 268
Comparison
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.

Grades 4–6 · 2025 · 268 students with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

−8 pts

English

The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

+3 pts

Math

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

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

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school48%24%13%15%239
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Saddleback Valley Unified32%24%20%24%4,699
Math, grades 3–5 · This school50%19%20%11%236
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Saddleback Valley Unified32%24%23%21%4,700
English, grade 6 · This school34%36%13%17%107
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Saddleback Valley Unified28%34%19%19%1,616
Math, grade 6 · This school41%19%23%17%106
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Saddleback Valley Unified34%20%23%23%1,619

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown · Grades 3–5 are well above California. Grade 6 is also well above it

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202672%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202669%42%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 3–5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 69% in 2017 to 72% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. In math, it went from 57% in 2017 to 69% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201769%
265 tested		45%
1,384,680 tested
201882%
257 tested		49%
1,346,907 tested
201971%
247 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202274%
268 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202376%
298 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202472%
278 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202572%
283 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
202672%
239 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201757%
265 tested		40%
1,392,040 tested
201865%
257 tested		42%
1,352,321 tested
201966%
247 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
202271%
267 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202369%
297 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202472%
278 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202571%
283 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
202669%
236 tested		42%
1,211,701 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

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 8 points below that expected score, and in math 3 points above it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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

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

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

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

7 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average Saddleback Valley Unified elementary school, 11 in 100 were. 0.8% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 47 of 631 students counted for it; suspension: 5 of 634 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Saddleback Valley Unified elementary school 1.3%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

7 in 100This school
11 in 100At the average Saddleback Valley Unified elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

47 of 631 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.8%

of students were suspended at least once (5 of 634). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Trabuco Mesa

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups here scored well above the same groups across California in English.

Student groups, grades 3–6, spring 2026

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students and students with disabilities all score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 63% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 36% for the same group across California. The chart gives each group’s figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 3–6; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Trabuco MesaSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • White159 tested76%Same group, California 60%
  • Low-income113 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 63%Same group, California 36%
  • Hispanic or Latino101 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 53%Same group, California 37%
  • Students with disabilities47 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 40%Same group, California 18%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 39% to 69%; every value is in the table below. Students with disabilities: grades 3, 4 and 6 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 43%2. Hispanic or Latino: 30%3. Two or more races: 12%4. Asian: 10%5. Filipino: 3%Unallocated share: 2%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White43%
  2. Hispanic or Latino30%
  3. Two or more races12%
  4. Asian10%
  5. Filipino3%
  6. Black or African American—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share2%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

58% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 19 of 33 English learners58%
Saddleback Valley Unified · 983 of 2,03448%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

37%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 238 of 640. California: 63%.

33teachers, 2024–25

13 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

3%in their first year, 2024–25

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

Ask: How does the school keep low-income students and other student groups on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–6 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Saddleback Valley Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 113 tested in English, 111 in math
English63%+2241%+2736%
Math50%+1238%+2030%
White · 159 tested in English, 158 in math
English76%+967%+1660%
Math69%+465%+1554%
Hispanic or Latino · 101 tested in English, 100 in math
English53%+1538%+1637%
Math51%+1635%+2130%
Students with disabilities · 47 tested in English, 46 in math · grades 3, 4 and 6 only
English40%+1426%+2218%
Math39%+1029%+2217%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Saddleback Valley Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

Asian students: fewer than 30 tested here. Students of two or more races, 39 tested: no rate for grades 3 and 5 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, English learners and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
White43%
Hispanic or Latino30%
Two or more races12%
Asian10%
Filipino3%
Black or African American—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 96% of teaching positions, 28.9 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 29.9 total position FTE (FTEs as rounded by the source; the share is CDE’s own). This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Trabuco Mesa, and how do I get in?

Rancho Santa Margarita Intermediate, then Trabuco Hills High.

Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Trabuco Mesa Elementary
    Grades K–6
  2. Middle · assigned
    Rancho Santa Margarita Intermediate
    86th · Strong · 2026
  3. High · assigned
    Trabuco Hills High
    83rd · Strong · 2025

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement: transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

High-school links

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: Trabuco Hills High
Trabuco Hills High83rd · Strong · 2025 · Scope Score 70district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at Trabuco Hills High. UC records 55 enrollees from Trabuco Hills High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 26 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Trabuco Hills High around 2035, and a school can change a lot in 9 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 87% of the students who finished high school at Trabuco Hills High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

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

How do I get in?

Ask Saddleback Valley Unified which school serves your address.

School website: svusd.org ↗Office: (949) 858-3339Administrator: Kristan Bruce

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
21301 Avenida de los Flores, Rancho Santa Margarita 92688

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Saddleback Valley Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. How many K–2 students did screening find at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help?
  2. How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. How does the school keep low-income students and other student groups on track as they move up through the grades?
  5. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (949) 858-333921301 Avenida de los Flores, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby elementary schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest elementary schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby elementary schoolsPercentile among California elementary schools, 2026

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,098 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #10 of 21 in Saddleback Valley Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math50%7842%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math71%7223%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+54 scale-score pts1220%
Chronically absent7 in 100645%
Suspension rate0.8% (5 of 634)575%
English learners: top level22%595%

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

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

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–265480#1098California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

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

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–193 in 1000.2% (1 of 650)−21
2021–22not on filenot on file−10
2022–23not on filenot on file−17
2023–249 in 1000.7% (5 of 670)−23
2024–258 in 1000.8% (5 of 655)−23
2025–267 in 1000.8% (5 of 634)−24

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

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English34644%71%
2026 · Math34247%67%
2025 · English38046%69%
2025 · Math38046%67%
2024 · English35949%74%
2024 · Math35945%71%
2023 · English38353%77%
2023 · Math38248%69%
2022 · English36543%72%
2022 · Math36443%68%
2019 · English34744%72%
2019 · Math34842%66%
2018 · English33951%79%
2018 · Math34041%66%
2017 · English34643%71%
2017 · Math34735%60%

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 · English9585%
2025 · Grade 4 · English8267%
2025 · Grade 5 · English10664%
2025 · Grade 6 · English9762%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math9584%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math8272%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math10658%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math9757%
2024 · Grade 3 · English7786%
2024 · Grade 4 · English10671%
2024 · Grade 5 · English9563%
2024 · Grade 6 · English8180%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math7783%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math10675%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math9559%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math8169%
2023 · Grade 3 · English10982%
2023 · Grade 4 · English9772%
2023 · Grade 5 · English9273%
2023 · Grade 6 · English8582%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math10881%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math9767%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math9257%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math8567%
2022 · Grade 3 · English8974%
2022 · Grade 4 · English9472%
2022 · Grade 5 · English8574%
2022 · Grade 6 · English9768%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math8979%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math9473%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math8460%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math9762%
2019 · Grade 3 · English8575%
2019 · Grade 4 · English8672%
2019 · Grade 5 · English7666%
2019 · Grade 6 · English10073%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math8581%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math8667%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math7649%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math10163%
2018 · Grade 3 · English8288%
2018 · Grade 4 · English7676%
2018 · Grade 5 · English9982%
2018 · Grade 6 · English8271%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math8280%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math7661%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math9955%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math8371%
2017 · Grade 3 · English8175%
2017 · Grade 4 · English9667%
2017 · Grade 5 · English8865%
2017 · Grade 6 · English8180%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math8259%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math9558%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math8853%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math8270%

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
Schoolwide8024%32%39%5%

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

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income11363%+22+27
White15976%+9+16
Hispanic or Latino10153%+15+16
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students−8268Moderate+3268Average
English-only students−7221not categorized+1221not categorized
White−5128Average0128Average
Low-income−11100Moderate−3100Average
Hispanic or Latino−1481Moderate−181Average
Students with disabilities−1534Moderate−134Average
English learners−929Moderate+1429Accelerated
Two or more races−625Moderate+1125Accelerated
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−923not categorized+1523not categorized
Asian+319Average+2719Exceptional
Filipino+1411Accelerated+411Average

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 4–6. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

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

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3
71%
exceeded standard · 86% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 77 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
38%
Advanced · 60% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 80 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 77 (school-grade cohort proxy).

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

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−8 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–6

268 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −8 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+3 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–6

268 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: +3 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 4–6, 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 · 8 in 100 → 2025–26 · 7 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.8% (5 of 655) → 2025–26 · 0.8% (5 of 634) · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female3 in 1006 in 100+3 in 100
Male4 in 1009 in 100+5 in 100
Asian2 in 1007 in 100+5 in 100
Filipino0 in 1000 in 1000 in 100
Hispanic or Latino4 in 1008 in 100+4 in 100
Two or more races6 in 1009 in 100+3 in 100
White3 in 1007 in 100+4 in 100
Students with disabilities7 in 10018 in 100+11 in 100
English learners2 in 10013 in 100+11 in 100
Homeless5 in 10024 in 100+19 in 100
Low-income6 in 10012 in 100+6 in 100
All students3 in 1007 in 100+4 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. 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$12,689 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 24,954 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$1 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 640

Central federal expenditures attributed here$926 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 640

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,633 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 65%Instruction support 12%Student services 9%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 8%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$244,982,21764.72%65%
Instruction support$45,116,16611.92%12%
Student services$32,399,7528.56%9%
Administration$20,529,6995.42%5%
Buildings & maintenance$31,582,0808.34%8%
Other$3,937,7721.04%1%
Total$378,547,687100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $378,547,687 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$12,689 per pupil
2020$11,164 per pupil
2019$11,797 per pupil
2018$10,660 per pupil
2017$10,377 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

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

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

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

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 92688 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92688 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$152,528
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)49%
ZIP-area population43,320
Median age39.1 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 92688 →

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