Vinedale College Preparatory Academy: Scores climb 1.8 points from grade 3 to grade 5. But one in four miss a month of school or more.
Vinedale College Preparatory Academy's strongest signal is real. Attendance is the number to ask about — and both belong on the same page.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48 | 9% | 25% | +1.8 | 28.4% | 2.4% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Vinedale College Preparatory Academy scores 48 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 63rd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “25% proficient” and call it done. Vinedale College Preparatory Academy deserves a closer read. The school sits in Sun Valley, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: +1.8pp separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 24th to the 63rd percentile since 2019 — past roughly 2000 elementary schools.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 25% meet the standard today, versus 34% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 32% | 26% | 19% | 19% | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 41% | 26% | 9% | 12% | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 52% | 32% | 24% | 35% | 42% |
| Grade 6 | 46% | 22% | 19% | 35% | 26% |
| Grade 7 | — | 32% | 32% | 33% | 36% |
| Grade 8 | — | 39% | 56% | 15% | 12% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 27% | 24% | 6% | 12% | 28% |
| Grade 4 | 36% | 20% | 13% | 6% | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 14% | 10% | 5% | 20% | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 31% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 12% |
| Grade 7 | — | 5% | 8% | 12% | 19% |
| Grade 8 | — | 0% | 11% | 0% | 4% |
The story this school is actually telling
separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
of students miss a month or more of school, versus 17.9% statewide. High absence often tracks community stress — the data can't say why.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask how the school tracks and follows up on attendance. High absence often reflects community stress, not classroom quality — a visit will tell you which.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
- 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 Vinedale College Preparatory Academy in Sun Valley, 23.4% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Vinedale College Preparatory Academy trails its district average for low-income students by 17.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (14.7% Math proficient); Hispanic students (22.9% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 6.7 percentage points for hispanic students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 107 students tested.
7 of 12 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
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$2,101 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
At 207 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 23% 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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Private alternatives nearby
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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 | 18 | 22% | 11% | 28% | 39% | 33% | −10 |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 0% | 13% | 31% | 56% | 13% | −32 |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 17% | 25% | 17% | 42% | 42% | −6 |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 9% | 17% | 35% | 39% | 26% | −20 |
| Grade 7 | 36 | 0% | 36% | 28% | 36% | 36% | −12 |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 8% | 4% | 42% | 46% | 12% | −35 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 18 | 6% | 22% | 22% | 50% | 28% | −18 |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 0% | 13% | 19% | 69% | 13% | −29 |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 8% | 15% | 31% | 46% | 23% | −12 |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 4% | 8% | 16% | 72% | 12% | −23 |
| Grade 7 | 36 | 8% | 11% | 28% | 53% | 19% | −15 |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 0% | 4% | 23% | 73% | 4% | −28 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 39 | 3% | 21% | 54% | 23% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 107 | 23.4% | −18 | −15 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 96 | 22.9% | −18 | −16 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinedale College Preparatory Academy ← | — | 48 | 8.7% | 25.1% | +1.8 | 2.4% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary | 3 mi | 59 | 34.1% | 59.3% | +3.0 | 0.1% |
| Stonehurst Avenue Elementary | 1.4 mi | 55 | 24.9% | 56.8% | −12.0 | 0.2% |
| Fenton Charter Leadership Academy | 0.8 mi | 52 | 19.3% | 49.2% | −7.6 | 0.2% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 33 | 24 | #4161 | 8.0% | 33.7% | 26.5% | 1.6% | +3.5pp |
| 2022 | 21 | 10 | #5143 | 5.1% | 23.0% | 52.7% | 0.4% | -4.3pp |
| 2023 | 29 | 23 | #4409 | 0.0% | 12.5% | 43.8% | 3.0% | +1.7pp |
| 2024 | 22 | 5 | #5453 | 1.7% | 17.2% | 36.7% | 4.1% | +12.1pp |
| 2025 | 48 | 63 | #2151 | 8.7% | 25.1% | 28.4% | 2.4% | +1.8pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 15 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 25.0% | 30.3% | +5.3pp |
| Male | 29.1% | 33.1% | +4.0pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 23.7% | 29.3% | +5.6pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 42.9% | 33.3% | -9.6pp |
| English Learners | 29.4% | 29.3% | -0.1pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 26.2% | 32.9% | +6.7pp |
| All Students | 27.3% | 31.7% | +4.4pp |
| Black/African American | — | 45.5% | — |
| Homeless | — | 56.3% | — |
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