Public school · Vallecitos Elementary · Rainbow, California

Vallecitos Elementary — Rating & test scores

Rainbow · TK–8 · 195 students (2024–25)

5211 Fifth Street, 92028vallecitossd.net ↗(760) 728-7092

40thpercentileDeveloping

The dots are California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of five of the six elementary school measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓

Vallecitos Elementaryhigher than 40 of the 100 California dots

California’s public elementary schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Vallecitos Elementaryhigher than 40 of the 100 California dots

California’s public elementary schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Vallecitos Elementaryhigher than 40 of the 100 California dots

California’s public elementary schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Near California in English, well below in math: 41% and 23% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, 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: 44
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”).

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

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11 of 186 students missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26, against 17 in 100 at the average California elementary school.

Sources

The sentence above: CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 186. The California figure is an average of school rates (5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Vallecitos Elementary runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Vallecitos Elementary which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Vallecitos Elementary a good school?

Vallecitos Elementary scores higher than 40 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 40th percentile, Developing, spring 2026.

Grades 6–8: higher than 65 in 100 California middle schools we score (65th percentile, Solid, spring 2026)

Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 6 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 17 in 100 at the average California elementary school. 0.5% of students (1 of 189) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, yes; in math, about as expected. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored +17 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored −1 point, which it calls Average.

Included in this measure: 115 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 41% of low-income students in grades 4–8 at Vallecitos Elementary in Rainbow scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 38% for the same group across California. 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?

Below California in English; well below it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 41% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 23% 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: 44
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 · 44 tested

Advanced: 16%
Proficient: 25%
Below the standard: 59%

This school41%

California46%

41% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 44 tested

Advanced: 7%
Proficient: 16%
Below the standard: 77%

This school23%

California42%

23% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–8 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced	67%	46%	21%
Advanced	33%	8%	11%
Proficient	34%	38%	10%
Developing level	25%	31%	21%
Minimal	8%	23%	58%
Tested	12	13	19
California	44%	46%	49%
Difference	+23	0	−28

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced	36%	57%	69%
Advanced	16%	26%	31%
Proficient	20%	31%	38%
Developing level	24%	26%	12%
Minimal	40%	17%	19%
Tested	25	23	16
California	48%	51%	49%
Difference	−12	+6	+20

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
Measure	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced	33%	38%	5%
Advanced	0%	15%	5%
Proficient	33%	23%	0%
Developing level	34%	24%	32%
Minimal	33%	38%	63%
Tested	12	13	19
California	47%	42%	37%
Difference	−14	−4	−32

Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced	24%	52%	44%
Advanced	0%	13%	25%
Proficient	24%	39%	19%
Developing level	28%	13%	6%
Minimal	48%	35%	50%
Tested	25	23	16
California	37%	38%	36%
Difference	−13	+14	+8

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 →

How do the middle grades do?

Near California in both subjects. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 52% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 39% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 65th percentile (Solid) among California’s middle schools.

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 64 tested

Advanced: 23%
Proficient: 29%
Below the standard: 48%

This school52%

California49%

52% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 64 tested

Advanced: 11%
Proficient: 28%
Below the standard: 61%

This school39%

California37%

39% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

How does math compare with English?

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, math trails English by 18 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 4 points across California. The grades 3–5 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

English results were similar to 2025; math results were lower. English went from 42% to 41% and math from 37% to 23%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202542%60 tested

→

202641%44 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202537%63 tested

→

202623%44 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, yes; 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 4–8 scored +17 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored −1 point, which it calls Average.

Source

Source: CDE growth model, 2025
Students: students with scores in both years in grades 4–8: 115
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 4–8 · 2025 · 115 students with scores in both years

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

+17 pts

English

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

−1 pts

Math

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

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in math?

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
Students	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Tested
English, grades 3–5 · This school	16%	25%	25%	34%	44
English, grades 3–5 · California	24%	22%	21%	33%	1,208,894
Math, grades 3–5 · This school	7%	16%	29%	48%	44
Math, grades 3–5 · California	21%	21%	25%	33%	1,211,701
English, grades 6–8 · This school	23%	29%	21%	27%	64
English, grades 6–8 · California	19%	30%	23%	28%	1,254,039
Math, grades 6–8 · This school	11%	28%	17%	44%	64
Math, grades 6–8 · California	21%	16%	23%	40%	1,254,800

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).

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

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202641%46%

Math top two levels, grades 3–5

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202623%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 51% in 2017 to 41% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. In math, it went from 39% in 2017 to 23% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
Year	This school	California
2017	51% 57 tested	45% 1,384,680 tested
2018	52% 60 tested	49% 1,346,907 tested
2019	47% 62 tested	50% 1,332,547 tested
2022	45% 56 tested	45% 1,260,830 tested
2023	44% 63 tested	44% 1,247,801 tested
2024	41% 70 tested	45% 1,235,509 tested
2025	42% 60 tested	46% 1,232,086 tested
2026	41% 44 tested	46% 1,208,894 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
Year	This school	California
2017	39% 57 tested	40% 1,392,040 tested
2018	35% 62 tested	42% 1,352,321 tested
2019	35% 63 tested	44% 1,338,625 tested
2022	36% 58 tested	38% 1,265,943 tested
2023	42% 64 tested	40% 1,256,519 tested
2024	33% 70 tested	41% 1,249,262 tested
2025	37% 63 tested	41% 1,241,652 tested
2026	23% 44 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 17 points above that expected score, and in math 1 point below it.

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.

What you can do

Who can act on Vallecitos Elementary’s results?

Vallecitos Elementary’s board decides its plan.

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

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Vallecitos Elementary’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
Read Vallecitos Elementary’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2What the law requires, and what to ask

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

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

6 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 California elementary school, 17 in 100 were. 0.5% 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: 11 of 186 students counted for it; suspension: 1 of 189 students enrolled during the year
Comparison: Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

6 in 100This school

17 in 100At the average California elementary school

11 of 186 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

No district average: Vallecitos Elementary is the only regular elementary school we rank in the Vallecitos Elementary district with an attendance record.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.5%

of students were suspended at least once (1 of 189). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

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

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts

Grades TK–3: not in the records we hold
Grades 4–6: 5 in 100, 3 of 58
Grades 7–8: 10 in 100, 4 of 40

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Vallecitos Elementary

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 ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questions Responder en español

Teach here? Tell us Vallecitos Elementary’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Student groups, grades 3–8, spring 2026

Source

Source: California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students: grades 3–8; 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).

Vallecitos ElementarySame group, California

Low-incomeEnglish · 86 tested41%Same group, California 38%
Low-incomeMath · 86 tested30%Same group, California 27%
Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 80 tested41%Same group, California 39%
Hispanic or LatinoMath · 80 tested30%Same group, California 26%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–8, spring 2026. Low-income students: grades 4–8 only. Hispanic or Latino students: grades 4–8 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted

Hispanic or Latino84%
White13%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share3%

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?

64% 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 · 39 of 61 English learners64%

Vallecitos Elementary · 39 of 6164%

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?

81%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 158 of 195. California: 63%.

10teachers, 2024–25

12 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

20%in their first year, 2024–25

100%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–8 · spring 2026

Group and subject	Here	vs Vallecitos Elementary	vs California
Low-income · 86 tested · grades 4–8 only
English	41%	041%	+338%
Math	30%	030%	+327%
Hispanic or Latino · 80 tested · grades 4–8 only
English	41%	041%	+239%
Math	30%	030%	+426%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Vallecitos Elementary, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26

Students, 2025–26	Here
Hispanic or Latino	84%
White	13%
Asian	—
Black or African American	—
Filipino	—
Two or more races	—
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: 100% of teaching positions, 9 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 9 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Vallecitos Elementary runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Vallecitos Elementary which school serves your address.

School website: vallecitossd.net ↗Office: (760) 728-7092Administrator: Michelle Peace

Location and visiting

Get directions

5211 Fifth Street, Rainbow 92028

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Vallecitos Elementary.

Questions for your visit

How does the school check what’s working in math? Math: 37% in 2025 to 23% in 2026 here; California: 41% to 42%
When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (760) 728-70925211 Fifth Street, directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #3,424 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score

Score factors, 2025–26
Factor	School	Index	Weight
Advancedaverage of English and math	12%	41	42%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math	35%	44	23%
Chronically absent	6 in 100	63	5%
Suspension rate	0.5% (1 of 189)	57	5%
English learners: top level	18%	52	5%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)	-36.8pp	—	not scored

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 80%: the remaining 20%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

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

Scope Score

School year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2025–26	31	40	#3424	California 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 year	Chronic absence	Suspension	Grade gap (points)
2018–19	7 in 100	0.9% (2 of 224)	−17
2021–22	not on file	not on file	−16
2022–23	not on file	not on file	−6
2023–24	8 in 100	1.0% (2 of 203)	+13
2024–25	9 in 100	0.9% (2 of 218)	−15
2025–26	6 in 100	0.5% (1 of 189)	−37

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 · subject	Students with scores	Top level	Top two levels
2026 · English	108	20%	47%
2026 · Math	108	9%	32%
2025 · English	133	20%	45%
2025 · Math	136	15%	31%
2024 · English	135	22%	45%
2024 · Math	136	14%	30%
2023 · English	125	23%	44%
2023 · Math	127	18%	35%
2022 · English	115	23%	46%
2022 · Math	117	16%	34%
2019 · English	129	18%	54%
2019 · Math	130	15%	39%
2018 · English	140	19%	59%
2018 · Math	142	10%	38%
2017 · English	124	17%	60%
2017 · Math	124	11%	44%

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 · subject	Students with scores	Met or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English	13	62%
2025 · Grade 4 · English	23	43%
2025 · Grade 5 · English	24	29%
2025 · Grade 6 · English	26	42%
2025 · Grade 7 · English	19	58%
2025 · Grade 8 · English	28	46%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math	15	33%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math	23	39%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math	25	36%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math	26	46%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math	19	21%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math	28	11%
2024 · Grade 3 · English	23	30%
2024 · Grade 4 · English	23	43%
2024 · Grade 5 · English	24	50%
2024 · Grade 6 · English	19	47%
2024 · Grade 7 · English	28	46%
2024 · Grade 8 · English	18	56%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math	23	26%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math	23	39%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math	24	33%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	19	21%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	29	21%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	18	44%
2023 · Grade 3 · English	21	33%
2023 · Grade 4 · English	24	50%
2023 · Grade 5 · English	18	50%
2023 · Grade 6 · English	23	22%
2023 · Grade 7 · English	20	40%
2023 · Grade 8 · English	19	74%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math	22	50%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math	24	50%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math	18	22%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	23	22%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	20	30%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	20	35%
2022 · Grade 3 · English	23	52%
2022 · Grade 4 · English	15	40%
2022 · Grade 5 · English	18	39%
2022 · Grade 6 · English	17	47%
2022 · Grade 7 · English	20	50%
2022 · Grade 8 · English	22	45%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math	24	46%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math	15	33%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math	19	26%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	17	35%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	20	30%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	22	32%
2019 · Grade 3 · English	17	65%
2019 · Grade 4 · English	24	38%
2019 · Grade 5 · English	21	43%
2019 · Grade 6 · English	19	37%
2019 · Grade 7 · English	25	64%
2019 · Grade 8 · English	23	78%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math	18	50%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math	24	21%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math	21	38%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	20	20%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	24	54%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	23	52%
2018 · Grade 3 · English	23	57%
2018 · Grade 4 · English	21	52%
2018 · Grade 5 · English	16	44%
2018 · Grade 6 · English	26	54%
2018 · Grade 7 · English	25	76%
2018 · Grade 8 · English	29	62%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math	23	43%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math	22	36%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math	17	24%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math	26	42%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math	25	36%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math	29	41%
2017 · Grade 3 · English	19	68%
2017 · Grade 4 · English	15	27%
2017 · Grade 5 · English	23	52%
2017 · Grade 6 · English	23	61%
2017 · Grade 7 · English	28	61%
2017 · Grade 8 · English	16	88%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math	19	74%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math	15	20%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math	23	22%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math	23	39%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math	28	43%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math	16	69%

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)	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal
Schoolwide	35	6%	20%	54%	20%

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 · English	Tested	Proficient or Advanced	vs district	vs California
Low-income	86	41%	0	+3
Hispanic or Latino	80	41%	0	+2

Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score

Group	English	n	CDE category	Math	n	CDE category
All students	+17	115	Accelerated	−1	115	Average
Hispanic or Latino	+16	98	Accelerated	−1	98	Average
Low-income	+15	97	Accelerated	−3	97	Average
English learners	+15	65	Accelerated	−5	65	Average
English-only students	+28	43	not categorized	−1	43	not categorized
English learners only	+1	38	not categorized	−4	38	not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English	+34	27	not categorized	−3	27	not categorized
Students with disabilities	+19	19	Accelerated	−6	19	Moderate
White	+21	16	Exceptional	−5	16	Average
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)	+14	12	Accelerated	−3	12	Average

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. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. 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. 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 · English+17 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–8

115 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

State model · math−1 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–8

115 students

CDE growth category: Average

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, 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 · 9 in 100 → 2025–26 · 6 in 100 · −3 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.9% (2 of 218) → 2025–26 · 0.5% (1 of 189) · −0.4 percentage points

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Change
Female	8 in 100	8 in 100	0 in 100
Male	7 in 100	4 in 100	−3 in 100
Hispanic or Latino	5 in 100	6 in 100	+1 in 100
White	16 in 100	8 in 100	−8 in 100
Students with disabilities	10 in 100	8 in 100	−2 in 100
English learners	5 in 100	8 in 100	+3 in 100
Military families	4 in 100	6 in 100	+2 in 100
Low-income	7 in 100	6 in 100	−1 in 100
All students	7 in 100	6 in 100	−1 in 100
Homeless	—	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$19,316 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 187 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$542 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 195

Central federal expenditures attributed here$96 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 195

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,538 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 58%Instruction support 9%Student services 9%Administration 14%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%

The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
Group	Dollars	Share, to two decimals	Printed
Instruction	$2,113,472	58.40%	58%
Instruction support	$327,297	9.04%	9%
Student services	$317,246	8.77%	9%
Administration	$490,875	13.56%	14%
Buildings & maintenance	$335,333	9.27%	9%
Other	$35,018	0.97%	1%
Total	$3,619,241	100.00%	100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $3,619,241 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$19,316 per pupil

2020$15,677 per pupil

2019$13,634 per pupil

2018$7,157 per pupil

2017$8,208 per pupil

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 92028 · not the school’s students

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92028 area
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$111,290
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	36%
ZIP-area population	52,227
Median age	38.7 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 92028 →

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