Independent charter school · Riverside County Office of Education · Lake Elsinore, California

Vista Lago Global Academy — Rating & test scores

Lake Elsinore · TK–12

28200 Lake Street Building T1, 92530vistalagoglobalacademy.org ↗(951) 384-2056
49thpercentileDeveloping

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
35

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

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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

Near California in English and math: 42% and 31% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 4 and 5, spring 2026, against 47% and 40%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 4 and 5: 26
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 817,970 in English and 819,757 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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30 in 100 students (39 of 128) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That compares with 19 in 100 at the average Riverside County Office of Education elementary school.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 128. District and California figures are averages of school rates (9 Riverside County Office of Education schools; 5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Vista Lago Global Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. Evidence ↓

Is Vista Lago Global Academy a good school?

Vista Lago Global Academy scores higher than 49 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 49th percentile, Developing, spring 2026.

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 27 in 100 California middle schools we score (27th percentile, Developing, spring 2026)

Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 30 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 19 in 100 at the average Riverside County Office of Education elementary school. 0 of 145 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

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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?

42% of the 26 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English (reading and writing); 31% did in math.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 4 and 5, spring 2026, 42% of the 26 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 47% across California. In math, 31% did, against 40% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 4 and 5: 26
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 817,970 in English, 819,757 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 4 and 5 · spring 2026 · 26 tested

Advanced
19%
Proficient
23%
Below the standard
58%
This school42%
California47%
Riverside County Office of Education40%

42% Proficient or Advanced in grades 4 and 5.

Math

Grades 4 and 5 · spring 2026 · 26 tested

Advanced
15%
Proficient
16%
Below the standard
69%
This school31%
California40%
Riverside County Office of Education29%

31% Proficient or Advanced in grades 4 and 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
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advancedsuppressed43%42%
Advancedsuppressed21%17%
Proficientsuppressed22%25%
Developing levelsuppressed28%16%
Minimalsuppressed29%42%
Tested71412
California44%46%49%
Difference—−3−7
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced54%18%suppressed
Advanced23%0%suppressed
Proficient31%18%suppressed
Developing level15%46%suppressed
Minimal31%36%suppressed
Tested13116
California48%51%49%
Difference+6−33—

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 Advancedsuppressed36%25%
Advancedsuppressed7%25%
Proficientsuppressed29%0%
Developing levelsuppressed50%17%
Minimalsuppressed14%58%
Tested71412
California47%42%37%
Difference—−6−12
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced15%0%suppressed
Advanced8%0%suppressed
Proficient7%0%suppressed
Developing level31%9%suppressed
Minimal54%91%suppressed
Tested13116
California37%38%36%
Difference−22−38—

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?

In grades 6 and 7, spring 2026, 38% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 8% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years. The middle grades are placed separately: 27th percentile (Developing) among California’s middle schools.

English

Grades 6 and 7 · spring 2026 · 24 tested

Advanced
13%
Proficient
25%
Below the standard
62%
This school38%
California49%
Riverside County Office of Education42%

38% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6 and 7.

Math

Grades 6 and 7 · spring 2026 · 24 tested

Advanced
4%
Proficient
4%
Below the standard
92%
This school8%
California37%
Riverside County Office of Education24%

8% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6 and 7.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

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 4 and 5 · This school19%23%23%35%26
English, grades 4 and 5 · California24%23%20%33%817,970
English, grades 4 and 5 · Riverside County Office of Education17%23%23%37%2,377
Math, grades 4 and 5 · This school15%16%34%35%26
Math, grades 4 and 5 · California21%19%26%34%819,757
Math, grades 4 and 5 · Riverside County Office of Education10%19%28%43%2,379
English, grades 6 and 7 · This school13%25%29%33%24
English, grades 6 and 7 · California19%30%23%28%832,685
English, grades 6 and 7 · Riverside County Office of Education12%30%25%33%2,404
Math, grades 6 and 7 · This school4%4%21%71%24
Math, grades 6 and 7 · California21%16%24%39%833,328
Math, grades 6 and 7 · Riverside County Office of Education11%13%26%50%2,404

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 20261 tested year shown

In grades 4 and 5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English was 42% in 2026. In math, it was 31% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · Proficient or Advanced · grades 4 and 5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202642%
26 tested		47%
817,970 tested
Math · Proficient or Advanced · grades 4 and 5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202631%
26 tested		40%
819,757 tested

What you can do

Who can act on Vista Lago Global Academy’s results?

Vista Lago Global Academy’s own board decides its plan.

Where is its yearly plan?

Its 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

Riverside County Office of Education authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2029.

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source 

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?

30 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 Riverside County Office of Education elementary school, 19 in 100 were. 0 of 145 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: 39 of 128 students counted for it; suspension: 0 of 145 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 Riverside County Office of Education elementary school 1.2%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

30 in 100This school
19 in 100At the average Riverside County Office of Education elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

39 of 128 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0 of 145

students were suspended at least once. Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Ask: When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grades TK–3: not in the records we hold
  • Grades 4–6: 22 in 100, 10 of 46
  • Grades 7–8: 43 in 100, 9 of 21
  • Grades 9–12: not in the records we hold
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Vista Lago Global Academy

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

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here: 78%.

Students, families and teachers

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 78%2. Black or African American: 14%Unallocated share: 8%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino78%
  2. Black or African American14%
  3. White—
  4. Asian—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share8%
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?

57% 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 · 8 of 14 English learners57%
Riverside County Office of Education · 23 of 7033%
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 ↗.

Ask: How does the school help English learners reach the top level of the state’s English test?

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino78%
Black or African American14%
White—
Asian—
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.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask Vista Lago Global Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

Eligibility and entry grades
Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery
What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics
What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?
School website: vistalagoglobalacademy.org ↗Office: (951) 384-2056Administrator: Daniela Carrillo

Location and visiting

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28200 Lake Street Building T1, Lake Elsinore 92530

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm enrollment with the school.

Questions for your visit

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school? 30 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (39 of 128 students); average California elementary school: 17 in 100
  2. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 58% in English and 69% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 4 and 5, spring 2026 (26 students tested in each); California: 53% and 60%
  3. When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?
  4. How does the school help English learners reach the top level of the state’s English test?

Office (951) 384-205628200 Lake Street Building T1, 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.

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Source records

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

2025 CDE CCI overall Prepared: no exact school row in the verified 2025 source.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,873 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #4 of 9 in Riverside County Office of Education
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math18%4642%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math36%4523%
Chronically absent30 in 100365%
Suspension rate0 of 145595%
English learners: top level36%695%

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 year2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–263549#2873California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula
School yearChronic absenceSuspension
2025–2630 in 1000 of 145

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

Every tested year2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresAdvancedProficient or Advanced
2026 · English6314%41%
2026 · Math638%19%

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.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide186%22%61%11%

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.

Chronic absence by student groupState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—33 in 100—
Male—29 in 100—
Black or African American—6 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—33 in 100—
Students with disabilities—24 in 100—
English learners—20 in 100—
Low-income—29 in 100—
All students—30 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$26,905 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2017–18 (2018) · fall district membership: 9,384 pupils

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 27%Instruction support 29%Student services 14%Administration 25%Buildings & maintenance 5%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$62,881,57726.36%27%
Instruction support$69,929,92629.31%29%
Student services$32,714,82513.71%14%
Administration$59,508,23124.94%25%
Buildings & maintenance$12,776,4075.36%5%
Total$238,571,114100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $238,571,114 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, 2017–⁠2018; latest district record shown: 2018
2018$26,905 per pupil
2017$25,759 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 92530 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92530 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$86,862
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)17%
ZIP-area population61,768
Median age33.1 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 92530 →

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  • No student group comparison is shown for this school this year: either no group had 30 or more students tested in each subject, or no same-grade district or state rate was available for its groups.
  • Its Scope Score is an elementary school score; results for its other grades are in these records.

Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 5,726 elementary schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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