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Vista Norte Public Charter

Rialto, CA · Grades TK-12 · 667 students · Helendale Elementary

No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.

27% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 36% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

Math

36%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

English

27%

Grades 3 & 5 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

667

Total enrollment

Chronic absence

33%

Students absent 10% or more of school days

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grades 3 & 5 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

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0%25%50%75%100%2022: 0%2023: 7%2024: 20%2025: 36%2022: 15%2023: 21%2024: 23%2025: 27%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2022: 0%2023: 7%2024: 20%2025: 36%2022: 15%2023: 21%2024: 23%2025: 27%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
2019
20220%15%
20237%21%
202420%23%
202536%27%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

One in four of students here meet the standard. One in five clear it by a lot.

ELA22% met or exceeded
Exceeded 5%Met 18%Nearly Met 26%Not Met 52%
Math11% met or exceeded
Exceeded 4%Met 7%Nearly Met 13%Not Met 75%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California elementary schools · average21% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2022–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+GrowthAbsenceSuspension
This school3218%32%32.8%0.9%
CA average · Elementary School3921%43%17.9%1.6%
This schoolCA avg
Scope3239
% Exceeded18%21%
% Met+32%43%
Growth
Absence32.8%17.9%
Suspension0.9%1.6%
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25

California's own growth model splits here — the 41st percentile in reading against the 21st in math, among elementary schools.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

California runs its own growth model — it follows individual children in grades 4 through 8 and compares each one against a prediction from their own prior scores. On that measure this school sits a little below the middle of California elementary schools in reading, and the 21st in math. We show it; we don't score it.

pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California elementary school lands at +2 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −5 and +9 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.

California's growth model, ranked against the schools it scores
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: −1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 41st percentile of 7,519 reported schools.41st pctile · −1 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: −10 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 21st percentile of 7,518 reported schools.21st pctile · −10 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard behind the same group statewide.

At Vista Norte Public Charter in Rialto, 22.3% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 29.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Vista Norte Public Charter trails its district average for low-income students by 7.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (9.3% Math proficient); White students (32.1% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 14.8 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 206 students tested.

Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 16 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 17% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 17%, district —, state 43%17%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 16%, district 26%, state 32%16% · −1 vs school
MaleMale: this school 15%, district 32%, state 42%15% · −2 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 17%, district 33%, state 44%17% · +1 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 22%, district 38%, state 56%22% · +5 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 10%, district 29%, state 32%10% · −7 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 3%, district 20%, state 15%3% · −13 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 7%, district —, state 11%7% · −9 vs school

6 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
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Student-group results by grade

Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

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The state's growth model, by student group

California follows these children individually and predicts each one's score from their own prior year. Each row is read against the same group at a typical California elementary school — not against zero, and not against this school's all-students figure, because the state's expectation already differs by group.

Reading
Low-income students70 studentsLow-income students, reading: −2 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 70 students.−2 pts · −2 vs typical
English Only66 studentsEnglish Only, reading: −3 scale-score points versus expectation, against +3 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 66 students.−3 pts · −6 vs typical
White55 studentsWhite, reading: −3 scale-score points versus expectation, against +5 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 55 students.−3 pts · −8 vs typical
Math
Low-income students70 studentsLow-income students, math: −7 scale-score points versus expectation, against −1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 70 students.−7 pts · −6 vs typical
English Only66 studentsEnglish Only, math: −7 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 66 students.−7 pts · −8 vs typical
White55 studentsWhite, math: −16 scale-score points versus expectation, against +5 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 55 students.−16 pts · −21 vs typical
this school typical California elementary school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— 1 more group is reported here with between 11 and 29 students. We hold those back on purpose: at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own, and a quarter of such groups land past the state's top or bottom cut point by chance alone. They are listed with their student counts in the data appendix. — A group not listed at all had fewer than 11 students with a growth score, so California published nothing for it here. That is a privacy protection, not a judgment about those students. — Context only. None of this enters the Scope Score.

The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 30 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher30 · district 24
Teaching staff24 teachers
Avg. experience13.5 years
Fully credentialed31%
PrincipalRachel Taggart
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Teacher salary schedule$52,126 – $135,696
Principal salary$159,982 – $167,869
Superintendent salary$231,276

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here miss more school, and get suspended less, than the state average.

32.8% of students miss a month or more of school, versus 17.9% statewide. High absence often tracks community stress — worth asking about on a tour.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 32.8%, district 13.2%, state 17.9%32.8% · +14.9pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 0.9%, district —, state 1.6%0.9% · −0.7pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

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What gets spent · FY 2024–25

Its district spends $11,199 per student, less than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $11,199, CA average $14,491$11,199 · district average
District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,003 per student
District averageCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 60%Instruction support 10%Student services 7%Administration 14%Buildings & maintenance 8%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

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district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$11,199 per pupil
2019$11,312 per pupil
2018$11,793 per pupil
2017$10,508 per pupil
2016$11,851 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

Four in five of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

On the state's science test (CAST), 17% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino20.7% · district 49.5% · CA 56.1%
White63.4% · district 35.0% · CA 19.9%
Asian0.1% · district 2.7% · CA 10.2%
Black5.3% · district 4.4% · CA 4.8%
Other10.5% · district 8.4% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch87.6% · CA 64%
Median income$80K · CA $85K
Median home value$463K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+10% · CA 35%
ZIP population84,394
Median age32 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

What is the school’s approach?

School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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2025 · elementary schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

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Vista Norte Public Charteralternative comparison groupCharterSolid18%32%School being viewed
W.J.C. Trapp ElementaryPublicSolid21%53%2.2 mi
Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts ElementaryPublicSolid15%33%2.4 mi
Dr. Ernest Garcia ElementaryPublicDeveloping13%36%2.8 mi
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Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is Vista Norte Public Charter a good elementary school?
Vista Norte Public Charter has a Scope Score of 32 out of 100, placing it in the 64th percentile of California alternative elementary schools and ranked #4 in that group. This is a rank inside that group, not a statewide one: SchoolScope compares alternative schools with one another rather than with California's comprehensive campuses, so it cannot be read against a statewide figure. Why these schools are ranked separately. 18.2% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 3.2 percentage points below the California average of 21.4%. The Scope Score weights 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard (42%), met or exceeded (proficient) (23%), grade 3-to-5 growth (20%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Vista Norte Public Charter's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 31.8% of students at Vista Norte Public Charter met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 18.2% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 13.6% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 18.2% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 22 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Vista Norte Public Charter rank among California alternative schools?
Vista Norte Public Charter ranks #4 among California alternative elementary schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 64th percentile. This is a rank inside that group, not a statewide one: SchoolScope compares alternative schools with one another rather than with California's comprehensive campuses, so it cannot be read against a statewide figure. Why these schools are ranked separately. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), grade-level growth (Grade 3 to grade 5 growth), 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.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Vista Norte Public Charter?
32.8% of students at Vista Norte Public Charter are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 17.9%. The suspension rate is 0.9%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Vista Norte Public Charter compare to other schools in Rialto?
Vista Norte Public Charter scores 32/100 (64th percentile) among California alternative elementary schools. This is a rank inside that group, not a statewide one: SchoolScope compares alternative schools with one another rather than with California's comprehensive campuses, so it cannot be read against a statewide figure. Why these schools are ranked separately. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 667 students. Use the schools in Rialto page or the map view to compare all elementary schools nearby.
How does Vista Norte Public Charter serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Vista Norte Public Charter in Rialto, 22.3% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 29.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Vista Norte Public Charter trails its district average for low-income students by 7.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (9.3% Math proficient); White students (32.1% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 14.8 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 206 students tested. 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.

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Public sources, visible methods and the underlying school record. Source years and limitations stay attached to the evidence.

How the Scope Score is calculated

On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

The 4 things our score weighs

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Exceeded standard18.2%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded31.8%42.7%23%
Chronic absenteeism32.8%17.9%5%
Suspension rate0.9%1.6%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

Vista Norte Public Charter: reading the evidence

Vista Norte Public Charter posts 32% meeting the standard and 18.2% exceeding it, against 43% and 21.4% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

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Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

Vista Norte Public Charter is ranked #4 of California alternative elementary schools.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard18.2%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded31.8%42.7%23%
Chronic absenteeism32.8%17.9%5%
Suspension rate0.9%1.6%5%
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 21.4% · index 48 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 42.7% · index 43 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 17.9% · index 26 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 4.3pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 1.6% · index 56 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▲ 0.4pp higher vs 2024
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 31118%9%18%55%27%−16
Grade 410
Grade 58
Grade 6230%9%22%70%9%−37
Grade 7336%12%30%52%18%−29
Grade 8761%18%18%62%20%−26
Grade 111166%22%34%39%28%−21
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 31118%18%18%45%36%−9
Grade 410
Grade 58
Grade 6234%0%17%78%4%−30
Grade 7339%3%15%73%12%−22
Grade 8765%9%13%72%14%−18
Grade 111151%6%13%80%7%−17

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.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide1104%14%52%31%

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
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged20622.3%−7−16
White10932.1%−12−30
Hispanic/Latino9112.1%−22−27
03Nearest elementary schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Vista Norte Public Charter ←3218.2%31.8%0.9%
W.J.C. Trapp Elementary2.2 mi3720.5%53.1%−26.4pp1.4%
Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts Elementary2.4 mi3715.2%33.4%+5.8pp0.1%
Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary2.8 mi3513.0%36.1%+4.9pp0.4%
California average3921.4%42.7%−2.9pp1.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
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YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20221629#102.7%10.9%43.3%0.3%+6.0pp
20231733#83.6%9.1%37.1%0.6%
20242645#611.5%21.5%37.0%0.5%-0.8pp
20253264#418.2%31.8%32.8%0.9%
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.
What we can't show
  • — This school's rank and percentile are computed against California alternative elementary schools, not California's comprehensive campuses — see the Enrollment Axiom at /methodology#peer-class.
  • — Growth data isn't available — the state needs matched grades across years to compute it.
  • — 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 16 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
05California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
ShowHide table 05 — California growth model, by student group
GroupReadingnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students−181Average−1081Moderate
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−270Average−770Moderate
English Only−366not categorised−766not categorised
White−355Average−1655Moderate
Students with Disabilities−811Moderate+211Average

Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a growth score — published by CDE, held back from the narrative sections above because at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=5,721 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-09-18

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