Wagner-Holt Elementary: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
Wagner-Holt posts low test scores — and test scores are one lens among several. If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 30 | 7% | 17% | -9.8 | 28.7% | 3.0% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Wagner-Holt Elementary scores 30 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 17th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “17% proficient” and call it done. Wagner-Holt deserves a closer read. The school sits in Stockton, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 26th to the 17th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 17% meet the standard today, versus 26% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 28% | 23% | 12% | 25% | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 20% | 30% | 16% | 20% | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 39% | 34% | 33% | 29% | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 20% | 28% | 43% | 33% | 30% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 30% | 20% | 14% | 18% | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 13% | 14% | 18% | 26% | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 26% | 13% | 10% | 13% | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 12% | 15% | 22% | 13% | 11% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- 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 Wagner-Holt Elementary in Stockton, 18.2% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 33.2% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Wagner-Holt Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 15.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (13.0% Math proficient); Hispanic students (18.1% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 4.0 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 187 students tested.
9 of 17 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.
Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 9.8pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +5.3pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly one and a half times the rate of Grades 4–6 students (45.0% vs 26.3%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
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
$958 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
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 13% 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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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 40
Nearby High Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 56
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
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 | 65 | 9% | 15% | 34% | 42% | 25% | −19 |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 6% | 6% | 18% | 69% | 12% | −33 |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 4% | 15% | 21% | 60% | 19% | −29 |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 2% | 28% | 30% | 40% | 30% | −17 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 65 | 12% | 11% | 29% | 48% | 23% | −23 |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 4% | 8% | 38% | 50% | 13% | −29 |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 7% | 2% | 24% | 67% | 9% | −26 |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 2% | 9% | 25% | 65% | 11% | −24 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 45 | 2% | 11% | 60% | 27% |
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 | 187 | 18.2% | −15 | −20 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 105 | 18.1% | −14 | −21 |
| Asian | 27 | 48.1% | +4 | −26 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wagner-Holt Elementary ← | — | 30 | 7.1% | 16.8% | −9.8 | 3.0% |
| John Muir Elementary | 1.4 mi | 46 | 27.5% | 50.3% | +14.0 | 1.5% |
| Julia Morgan Elementary | 1.5 mi | 39 | 16.2% | 40.7% | −4.2 | 3.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary | 2 mi | 37 | 14.9% | 37.6% | −15.1 | 4.7% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 33 | 26 | #4071 | 10.8% | 26.0% | 21.8% | 5.3% | +3.7pp |
| 2022 | 30 | 32 | #3889 | 4.9% | 22.3% | 48.3% | 4.6% | +1.8pp |
| 2023 | 28 | 21 | #4527 | 4.2% | 17.2% | 44.1% | 4.5% | +8.9pp |
| 2024 | 27 | 12 | #5057 | 5.9% | 21.8% | 36.8% | 5.3% | -0.2pp |
| 2025 | 30 | 17 | #4765 | 7.1% | 16.8% | 28.7% | 3.0% | -9.8pp |
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 20 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 22.8% | 32.1% | +9.3pp |
| Male | 21.2% | 27.7% | +6.5pp |
| Asian | 9.0% | 12.3% | +3.3pp |
| Black/African American | 33.9% | 50.0% | +16.1pp |
| Filipino | 38.9% | — | — |
| White | 0.0% | 11.8% | +11.8pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 21.5% | 31.4% | +9.9pp |
| Two or More Races | 20.0% | 26.9% | +6.9pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 29.2% | 36.0% | +6.8pp |
| English Learners | 10.1% | 22.9% | +12.8pp |
| Homeless | 63.6% | 69.2% | +5.6pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 22.2% | 31.6% | +9.4pp |
| All Students | 22.0% | 29.7% | +7.7pp |
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