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Vista Grande Elementary

Rancho Palos Verdes · TK–5 · 355 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score
74 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
Not a grade or a test result.

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Well above California in English and math: 80% and 82% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 41% statewide. Source
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 194 in English, 197 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 3, 4 and 5 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,232,086 in English and 1,241,652 in math tested).
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Academic achievement

Beyond a single score: who exceeds, meets or is still approaching the standard.

Learning

Are children building strong foundations?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
59%
Met standard
21%
Below standard
20%

80% met or exceeded · 194 tested

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LevelHereCaliforniaPalos Verdes Peninsula Unified
Exceeded59%24%57%
Met21%22%25%
Nearly met11%21%11%
Not met9%33%7%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
58%
Met standard
24%
Below standard
18%

82% met or exceeded · 197 tested

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LevelHereCaliforniaPalos Verdes Peninsula Unified
Exceeded58%21%54%
Met24%20%26%
Nearly met14%25%14%
Not met4%34%6%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

What these tests tell you · what to ask

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

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

Things worth knowing

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In 2025, students in grades 4–5 scored above what the state expected from their own earlier scores. The state calls both results Exceptional.grades 4–5 · 2025
+26 ptsEnglish · above expected+28 ptsMath · above expected
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4–5: 111
Comparison
111 students in grades 4–5 with scores in both years. 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.
About 3 in 5 reached the top of the state’s four levels, against 24% and 21% across California in the same grades.grades 3–5 · spring 2025
59%English · exceeded the standard58%Math · exceeded the standard
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 194 in English, 197 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 3, 4 and 5 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,232,086 in English and 1,241,652 in math tested).
18 of 372 students missed 10% or more of school days, close to the average Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified school.2024–25
5 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2024–25
Students
all students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 372
Comparison
18 of 372. District and California figures are averages of school rates (10 Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified schools; 5,721 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school80%
California46%

Tested: 194 here · 1,232,086 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school80%
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified82%

Tested: 194 here · 2,063 in Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 10 schools.

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LevelHereCaliforniaPalos Verdes Peninsula Unified
Exceeded59%24%57%
Met21%22%25%
Nearly met11%21%11%
Not met9%33%7%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school82%
California41%

Tested: 197 here · 1,241,652 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school82%
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified80%

Tested: 197 here · 2,071 in Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 10 schools.

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LevelHereCaliforniaPalos Verdes Peninsula Unified
Exceeded58%21%54%
Met24%20%26%
Nearly met14%25%14%
Not met4%34%6%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Progress over time

Are students making progress?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · all students tested

201984%213 tested
→
202580%194 tested

Vista Grande

California, same grades50% → 46%2019 → 2025 · 1,332,547 → 1,232,086 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · all students tested

201981%218 tested
→
202582%197 tested

Vista Grande

California, same grades44% → 41%2019 → 2025 · 1,338,625 → 1,241,652 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

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English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grades 3–5
Vista GrandeCalifornia
Math met or exceeded, grades 3–5
Vista GrandeCalifornia

Dotted stretches cross years without comparable results; in 2020 and 2021 that was COVID.

English went from 84% in 2019 to 80% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Math went from 81% in 2019 to 82% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
YearVista GrandeCalifornia
201984%
213 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202276%
200 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202385%
192 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202481%
200 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202580%
194 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
Math · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
YearVista GrandeCalifornia
201981%
218 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
202279%
204 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202382%
194 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202481%
201 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202582%
197 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
The state’s growth measure111 students · grades 4–5 · 2025
English+26ptsCDE level: Exceptional (5 of 5)
Math+28ptsCDE level: Exceptional (5 of 5)

What the number means. California predicts each student’s score from that student’s own English and math scores the year before, based on how students with similar scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as predicted. In English they scored 26 points above that prediction, and in math 28 points above it.

The levels. CDE sorts every school’s result into five levels, from Minimal to Exceptional. The bar under each number shows where this school landed.

Two years at once. For most schools, this one included, CDE’s figure blends the two most recent years of growth, so it moves more slowly than a single year’s scores.

Why our growth can differ. The growth in our Scope Score asks a different question. It doesn’t follow individual students: it compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier, and places that change among California schools at the same level. Children who joined or left the school in between count in ours; the state’s counts only students who took California’s test the year before. So the two can point different ways.

School pattern, spring 2025High CeilingThe average Exceeded rate across the reported grades and subjects is at least 50%.
School pattern, spring 2025Strong All-AroundAt least half of students met or exceeded the standard in every tested grade, in both subjects, and the state’s growth measure was Average or above in both.

Life at school

Explore the available evidence about the school day and opportunities.

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

5 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25
8in 100 at the average Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified school18in 100 at the average California elementary school

18 of 372 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school5 in 100
at the average Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified school8 in 100
at the average California elementary school18 in 100
0.3%of students were suspended at least once (1 of 375), 2024–25
0.4%at the average Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified school1.6%at the average California elementary school
Attendance by grade
Chronically absent, 2024–25Per 100 studentsStudents
TK and kindergarten117 of 64
Grades 1–335 of 179
Grades 4–556 of 129

Reviews & community voices

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Asian

119 English · 122 math tested

English77% / 71%
Math89% / 71%
All group results, district comparisons and sources
Met or exceeded the standardgrades 3–5 · spring 2025
Group and subjectHerevs Palos Verdes Peninsula Unifiedvs California
Asian · 119 tested in English, 122 in math
English77%−986%+671%
Math89%−291%+1871%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

Low-income students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Hispanic or Latino, 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.

How each student group did

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Vista Grande Elementary in Rancho Palos Verdes, 77.3% of Asian students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 3, 4 and 5, compared to 86.4% district-wide for those same grades and 70.6% statewide for those same grades. Vista Grande Elementary’s rate for Asian students trails its district average by 9.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Asian students (88.5% met or exceeded the Math standard). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 119 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

1. Asian: 55%2. White: 20%3. Two or more races: 12%4. Hispanic or Latino: 11%Unallocated share: 3%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2024–25
  1. Asian55%
  2. White20%
  3. Two or more races12%
  4. Hispanic or Latino11%
  5. Black or African American—
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share3%
Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.
Full student mix, comparisons & sources
Eligible enrollment, 2024–25Here
Asian55%
White20%
Two or more races12%
Hispanic or Latino11%
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About 1 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (11%, 39 of 355). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers21
Average experience20 years
First-year teachers0%
94% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 93.75%: 15 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 16 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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  1. ElementaryVista Grande ElementaryThis campus · grades K-5
  2. MiddleRidgecrest IntermediateHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
  3. High schoolPalos Verdes Peninsula HighInferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder
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Middle-school links

  • Ridgecrest Intermediate

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    97th percentile · Strong · middle · 2025

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • Palos Verdes Peninsula High

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

    97th percentile · Strong · high · 2025

  • Palos Verdes High

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

    95th percentile · Strong · high · 2025

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

High-school endpoint evidence · Palos Verdes Peninsula High
Palos Verdes Peninsula HighScope 87estimated path

An inferred path through a middle-school overlap points to Palos Verdes Peninsula High. UC records 132 enrollees from Palos Verdes Peninsula High for fall 2025. Its AP Course Audit lists 33 authorized AP subjects for 2025 - 2026. Those figures come from dated records — if a child starting here today later attended Palos Verdes Peninsula High, that would be around 2035, and 10 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 89% of Palos Verdes Peninsula High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

132 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 33 authorized AP subjects (AP Course Audit 2025 - 2026) → full record on Palos Verdes Peninsula High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

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Location and visiting

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7032 Purpleridge Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes 90275

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Questions

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  1. How do you support kids who arrive ahead, and kids who arrive behind?
  2. How do you teach early reading and check each child’s progress?
  3. What does extra support or enrichment look like during the school day?
  4. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar elementary schools2025 statewide percentile
How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 3–19% meal eligibility and 178–710 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Vista Grande Elementary a good elementary school?
Vista Grande Elementary is in the 96th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. Its Scope Score is 74 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Vista Grande Elementary was well above California in English and math: 80% and 82% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 41% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 3-to-5 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Vista Grande Elementary's CAASPP test scores?
In spring 2025, 80% of students tested in grades 3–5 met or exceeded the English standard and 82% the math standard; 59% and 58% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 46% and 41% met or exceeded, 24% and 21% exceeded. 194 students were tested in English and 197 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).
How does Vista Grande Elementary rank in California?
Vista Grande Elementary is in the 96th percentile of 5,721 California comprehensive elementary schools (Strong, 2025). Vista Grande Elementary ranks #213 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2023 G3 → 2025 G5), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
Is Vista Grande Elementary getting better or worse?
SchoolScope compares Vista Grande Elementary's grade 3 results in 2023 with its grade 5 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 48th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.
What do attendance and suspension records show for Vista Grande Elementary?
CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 4.8% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 18 chronically absent of 372 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 0.3%; 1 unduplicated suspended students of 375 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 5.7%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 0.4%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.
How does Vista Grande Elementary compare to other schools in Rancho Palos Verdes?
Vista Grande Elementary is in the 96th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 355 students. Use the schools in Rancho Palos Verdes page or the map view to compare nearby elementary schools.
What do reported student-group results show at Vista Grande Elementary?
At Vista Grande Elementary in Rancho Palos Verdes, 77.3% of Asian students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 3, 4 and 5, compared to 86.4% district-wide for those same grades and 70.6% statewide for those same grades. Vista Grande Elementary’s rate for Asian students trails its district average by 9.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Asian students (88.5% met or exceeded the Math standard). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 119 ELA grade test records. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
What middle school does Vista Grande Elementary feed into?
By attendance boundary, Vista Grande Elementary is zoned to Ridgecrest Intermediate. Ridgecrest Intermediate has a Scope Score of 80 out of 100. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education's School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.
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Vista Grande Elementary is ranked #213 statewide · #4 of 10 in Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard59.2%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded81.3%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Averageaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism5.7%17.9%5%
Suspension rate0.4%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)47.1%17.8%5%
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 21.4% · index 87 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 42.7% · index 80 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)
↓ vs CA average · ≈48th calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 17.9% · index 70 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 4.0pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 1.6% · index 60 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 0.5pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 91 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 36951%23%14%12%74%+31
Grade 46073%15%7%5%88%+44
Grade 56555%25%11%9%80%+32

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 3 ELA equal-school mean: 43.1%; n=5714 reporting schools

State grade 4 ELA equal-school mean: 44.6%; n=5721 reporting schools

State grade 5 ELA equal-school mean: 47.7%; n=5721 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 37159%25%14%1%85%+39
Grade 46063%22%12%3%85%+44
Grade 56653%23%18%6%76%+41

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 3 Math equal-school mean: 45.4%; n=5714 reporting schools

State grade 4 Math equal-school mean: 41.3%; n=5721 reporting schools

State grade 5 Math equal-school mean: 35.0%; n=5724 reporting schools

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet+
2024 · Grade 3 · ELA6580.0%
2024 · Grade 4 · ELA6774.6%
2024 · Grade 5 · ELA6888.2%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math6584.6%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math6870.6%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math6888.2%
2023 · Grade 3 · ELA6283.9%
2023 · Grade 4 · ELA6689.4%
2023 · Grade 5 · ELA6482.8%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math6388.9%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math6684.8%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math6572.3%
2022 · Grade 3 · ELA6481.3%
2022 · Grade 4 · ELA6373.0%
2022 · Grade 5 · ELA7372.6%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math6592.3%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math6475.0%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math7570.7%
2019 · Grade 3 · ELA7485.1%
2019 · Grade 4 · ELA6979.7%
2019 · Grade 5 · ELA7085.7%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math7682.9%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math7084.3%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math7275.0%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide6638%27%30%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.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Asian11977.3%−9+7
Nearest elementary schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = school-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights

SchoolDistScope · percentile · bandEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Vista Grande Elementary ←—7496th percentile · Strong · statewide · 202559.2%81.3%−1.3pp+74 pts0.4%
Lunada Bay Elementary0.9 mi7093rd percentile · Strong · statewide · 202550.1%76.8%+1.6pp—1.5%
Point Vicente Elementary1.1 mi7496th percentile · Strong · statewide · 202554.6%80.7%−10.8pp—0.9%
Montemalaga Elementary1.4 mi7495th percentile · Strong · statewide · 202560.1%83.0%+6.4pp—0.6%
California average—39School average · no percentile21.4%42.7%−2.9pp—1.6%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

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.

District salary records
Teacher salary schedule$65,722 – $123,108
Average elementary principal salary$141,579
Average middle school principal salary$155,191
Average high school principal salary$192,613
Superintendent salary$300,000

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
201978/10095#228California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,484 schools
202276/10094#289California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,704 schools
202384/10098#114California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,696 schools
202475/10096#202California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,711 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 9.0% → 2025 · 4.8% · −4.2pp
Suspension rate2024 · 0.8% → 2025 · 0.3% · −0.5pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresExcMet+
2025 · ELA19459.3%80.4%
2025 · Math19758.4%81.7%
2024 · ELA20060.5%81.0%
2024 · Math20150.8%81.1%
2023 · ELA19266.7%85.4%
2023 · Math19458.8%82.0%
2022 · ELA20050.0%75.5%
2022 · Math20453.9%78.9%
2019 · ELA21356.8%83.6%
2019 · Math21854.1%80.7%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
2019———55.3%82.1%2.9%0.6%-3.7pp
2022———52.3%77.5%11.0%0.3%-15.2pp
2023———62.7%83.7%11.4%1.0%-8.8pp
2024———55.6%81.0%9.7%0.9%+5.9pp
20257496#21359.2%81.3%5.7%0.4%-1.3pp

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years
Group2018–192024–25Δ
Female2.3%4.8%+2.5pp
Male2.3%4.9%+2.6pp
Asian1.4%4.4%+3.0pp
Hispanic/Latino7.3%9.8%+2.5pp
Two or More Races2.3%2.3%+0.0pp
White2.4%5.4%+3.0pp
Students with Disabilities8.6%3.0%-5.6pp
English Learners0.0%5.7%+5.7pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged7.3%2.1%-5.2pp
All Students2.3%4.8%+2.5pp

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
GroupELAnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students+26111Exceptional+28111Exceptional
English Only+2865not categorised+1965not categorised
Asian+1963Accelerated+3763Exceptional
English Learner+1327Accelerated+4127Exceptional
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only+1515not categorised+3415not categorised
White+3915Exceptional+1615Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+3014Exceptional−314Average
Two or More Races+1813Accelerated+913Accelerated
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged+3613Exceptional+1613Accelerated
English Learners Only+112not categorised+4412not categorised

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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 source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2023 · Grade 3
66%
exceeded standard · 84% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2023 · 62 ELA test records with scores
ELA · 2025 · Grade 5
55%
exceeded standard · 80% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2025 · 65 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 63 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe ELA 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 ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · reported-school field
State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8
Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

111 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,519 reported ELA ALL school records in its retained school inventory

California growth model, ELA: +26 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 98th percentile of 7,519 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.98th pctile · +26 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8
Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

111 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,518 reported MATH ALL school records in its retained school inventory

California growth model, math: +28 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 97th percentile of 7,518 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.97th pctile · +28 pts
this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median ELA estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. 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 is not part of the Scope Score.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$12,873 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 10,503 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

Central federal expenditures attributed here$79 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 355

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,611 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.

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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 67%Instruction support 7%Student services 8%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%

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.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$12,873 per pupil
2020$12,030 per pupil
2019$12,484 per pupil
2018$11,907 per pupil
2017$11,441 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 90275
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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 90275
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$179,469
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)70.53%
ZCTA population40,945
Median age49.2 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/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=5,721 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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