Independent charter school · Glenn County Office of Education

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1149 West Wood Street, Willows · 167 students · Grades TK–8

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Scope Score 70

Needs SupportScope Score · 19th percentile. Higher than 19 in 100 of the 5,726 California public elementary schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Near California in English (reading and writing) and math: 36% and 31% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, against 46% and 42%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 61
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Tests ↓

Overview

Is Walden Academy a good elementary school?

Needs Support. Walden Academy is higher than most California elementary schools on attendance. Walden Academy is lower than most on test results and progress in both subjects.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced3636%
Math, Proficient or Advanced3731%
English, Advanced1910%
Math, Advanced197%

Progress in a year, 2025

English21−6 pts
Math420 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance5514 in 100
Walden Academy’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

5.8% of students (11 of 189) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Each bar is Walden Academy’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 189. The California figure is an average of school rates (5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Walden Academy say about itself?

These lines come from the school’s own website. They are the school’s description. They are not parent reviews or test results.

Every line here is from waldenacademy.org, read October 23, 2026.

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, lower. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored 6 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored the same, which the state calls Average.

English

−6

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income30−6 points
White26−7 points
Hispanic or Latino24−8 points
English learners13−14 points

Math

0

The same as California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income31−2 points
White26+4 points
Hispanic or Latino25−9 points
English learners14−9 points

Grades 4–6, 2025, 65 students in English, 66 in math with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 6 points below that expected score, and in math right at that expected score.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Schools like it

How does Walden Academy compare with schools like it?

Walden Academy’s Scope Score is 70. 614 California elementary schools, counting Walden Academy, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 79. Walden Academy’s result is higher than 20 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 614

  1. Students from low-income families: 41%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 41%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 38%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 39%

    Scope Score 94Strong · 98th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 38%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

614 California public elementary schools where 38% to 50% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public elementary school we score where 38% to 50% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Walden Academy’s share. The count includes Walden Academy. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were higher than in 2025. English went from 29% to 36% and math from 16% to 31%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 3–5. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202640%46%CaliforniaCalifornia36%Walden AcademyThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202633%42%CaliforniaCalifornia31%Walden AcademyThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringWalden AcademyCaliforniaTested here
201740%45%60
201838%49%63
201923%50%70
202245%45%65
202332%44%57
202424%45%58
202529%46%62
202636%46%61
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringWalden AcademyCaliforniaTested here
201733%40%60
201835%42%63
201920%44%70
202234%38%64
202319%40%58
202414%41%58
202516%41%62
202631%42%61

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

36%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

39252610
California46%

Math

31%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

3930247
California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 36% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 31% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

How does grade 6 do?

In grade 6, spring 2026, 31% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 12% in math, against 48% and 37% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year’s result can change a lot. Ask how results looked in other years. The middle grades are placed separately: 17th percentile (Needs Support) among California’s middle schools.

English

31%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

442531
Glenn County Office of Education26%California48%

Math

12%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

3850
Glenn County Office of Education7%California37%
Results for each grade, spring 2026

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 Advanced28%43%35%
Advanced17%9%5%
Proficient11%34%30%
Developing level39%18%20%
Minimal33%39%45%
Tested182320
California44%46%49%
Difference−16−3−14
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced31%suppressedsuppressed
Advanced0%suppressedsuppressed
Proficient31%suppressedsuppressed
Developing level25%suppressedsuppressed
Minimal44%suppressedsuppressed
Tested16710
California48%51%49%
Difference−17——

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 Advanced50%17%30%
Advanced11%0%10%
Proficient39%17%20%
Developing level22%44%20%
Minimal28%39%50%
Tested182320
California47%42%37%
Difference+3−25−7
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced12%suppressedsuppressed
Advanced6%suppressedsuppressed
Proficient6%suppressedsuppressed
Developing level50%suppressedsuppressed
Minimal38%suppressedsuppressed
Tested16710
California37%38%36%
Difference−25——

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.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school10%26%25%39%61
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
Math, grades 3–5 · This school7%24%30%39%61
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
English, grade 6 · This school0%31%25%44%16
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Glenn County Office of Education0%26%22%52%27
Math, grade 6 · This school6%6%50%38%16
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Glenn County Office of Education4%3%41%52%27

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 61 tested in English, 61 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

White students are the largest group here, at 43% of students. 25 of 183 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

14in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (25 of 183 students).

At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

No district average: Walden Academy is the only regular elementary school we rank in the Glenn County Office of Education district with an attendance record.

Suspensions: 5.8% of students were suspended at least once (11 of 189). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

167

students in grades TK–8.

White 43%Hispanic or Latino 39%Not reported 9%

Family income

44%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 74 of 167. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

12

teachers, with 7 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

81% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

26%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (5 of 19 students).

California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grades 4–6
11 of 72 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
2 of 20 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.

Our records hold no figure for Grades TK–3.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White43%
Hispanic or Latino39%
Not reported9%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 8.3 of 10.3 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Family and staff answers

What would families tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Walden Academy. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

Families

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

Answer the family questionsResponder en españolHow family answers work

The school day

What is the school day like?

Walden Academy has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

19

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

The neighborhood

What is the area around Walden Academy like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95988. They are not figures for the families at Walden Academy.

Typical household income in a year

$66,339

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 95988.

Typical home value
$297,200
People who live in this ZIP code
8,808
Typical age
37.7 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
16%

What you can do

Who can act on Walden Academy’s results?

Walden Academy’s own board decides its plan.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Walden Academy in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

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 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 7 questions to Walden Academy. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?5.8% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (11 of 189 students); average California elementary school: 1.6%
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?6 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4–6, 2025 (65 students)
  3. Which grades take part in these programs, and how often?From its own words, on programs.

Before you apply

  1. Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
  2. What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

Getting in

How do I get in?

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

Where it is

Where is Walden Academy?

Address
1149 West Wood Street, Willows 95988Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Amber CalonicoAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 8, 2023.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Walden Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓

Is Walden Academy a good school?

Walden Academy has a Scope Score of 70. It scored higher than 19 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Needs Support, 19th percentile, spring 2026).

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 17 in 100 California middle schools we score (17th percentile, Needs Support, spring 2026)

See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 14 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 17 in 100 at the average California elementary school. 5.8% of students (11 of 189) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, lower. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored 6 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored the same, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 65 students in English, 66 in math

See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $814,820 is planned for 20 funded actions in 3 goals. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

Its own plan

What does Walden Academy’s own plan commit to?

$814,820 is planned for 20 funded actions in 3 goals. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

$814,820

planned in the school’s own plan for 2026–27

The three largest actions in the plan

  • Academic Achievement$150,520
  • Class Size Reduction$125,000
  • Broad course of study-Supplemental Courses$104,000

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 147 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

The whole plan: every goal, what it measures and what it pays for

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 147 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 47% of the money. The plan itself puts 87% of it toward staff.

  • Academic Achievement $150,520
  • Class Size Reduction $125,000
  • Broad course of study-Supplemental Courses $104,000
  • 17 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

4 of the plan’s 20 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

  • Catch-up help $29,000
  • English learners $101,400

Largest of these

  • English Learner support$61,000
  • Intervention$29,000
  • Bilingual parent support$28,000
What changed

The total is $25,000 (3%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Broad course of study-Supplemental Courses, which went from $79,000 to $104,000.

Largest increases

  • Broad course of study-Supplemental Courses+⁠$25,000
What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grades 3–5 only: 36% in English and 31% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
Chronically absentGoal 310 in 10014 in 1004 more in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 38.9%5.8%down 3.1 pts

Goals 1 and 2 aren’t shown because they track other measures.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Academic Achievement · $150,520
  • Class Size Reduction · $125,000
  • Broad course of study-Supplemental Courses · $104,000
The full plan3 goals, 20 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($814,820).

Where does the money go?

53% to Goal 2. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2
G3

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Walden Academy will provide learners with engaging and challenging learning opportunities in a broad course…$178,90022% of action budgets

“Walden Academy will provide learners with engaging and challenging learning opportunities in a broad course of study through the implementation of state academic content, performance, and ELD standards. Learners will be instructed by highly qualified professionals with sufficient instructional material and technology, on a well maintained campus set up to meet the needs of all learners” p. 37 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $153,900 (+⁠$25,000)

Largest funded actions

  1. Broad course of study-Supplemental Courses$104,000action 1.2 · p. 108 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $79,000 is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Maintenance$53,000action 1.4 · p. 108 ↗
  3. Teacher credentialing$15,900action 1.1 · p. 108 ↗
  4. Instructional materials$6,000action 1.3 · p. 108 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Broad course of study-Supplemental Courses+⁠$25,000$79,000 → $104,000 · p. 108 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Maintenance · $53,000 → $53,000 · p. 108 ↗unchanged
  • Teacher credentialing · $15,900 → $15,900 · p. 108 ↗unchanged
  • Instructional materials · $6,000 → $6,000 · p. 108 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 7 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 37 ↗.

Goal 2All Walden Academy learners will make annual growth towards meeting or exceeding standards in English…$432,02053% of action budgets

“All Walden Academy learners will make annual growth towards meeting or exceeding standards in English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics demonstrated by CAASPP/​SBAC, other benchmark assessments such as iReady and report cards” p. 46 ↗

9 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $432,020 (unchanged)

Largest funded actions

  1. Academic Achievement$150,520action 2.1 · p. 108 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Class Size Reduction$125,000action 2.3 · p. 108 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. English Learner support$61,000action 2.6 · p. 108 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $44,900 is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Professional Development$43,000action 2.2 · p. 108 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Intervention$29,000action 2.7 · p. 109 ↗

4 more funded actions in this goal

  • After School Support · action 2.5 · p. 108 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$10,000
  • Leadership Team · action 2.9 · p. 109 ↗$6,000
  • CAASPP Coordination · action 2.4 · p. 108 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$4,000
  • Additional Support ELPAC · action 2.8 · p. 109 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$3,500

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Academic Achievement · $150,520 → $150,520 · p. 108 ↗unchanged
  • Class Size Reduction · $125,000 → $125,000 · p. 108 ↗unchanged
  • English Learner support · $61,000 → $61,000 · p. 108 ↗unchanged
  • Professional Development · $43,000 → $43,000 · p. 108 ↗unchanged
  • Intervention · $29,000 → $29,000 · p. 109 ↗unchanged
  • After School Support · $10,000 → $10,000 · p. 108 ↗unchanged
  • Leadership Team · $6,000 → $6,000 · p. 109 ↗unchanged
  • CAASPP Coordination · $4,000 → $4,000 · p. 108 ↗unchanged
  • Additional Support ELPAC · $3,500 → $3,500 · p. 109 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 5 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 46 ↗.

Goal 3A positive school climate for all stakeholders participating in activities that increase student engagement…$203,90025% of action budgets

“A positive school climate for all stakeholders participating in activities that increase student engagement, attendance and parental involvement. Particular focus and attention will be given in the areas of attendance and positive student behavior to address low attendance rates and increased number of suspensions. An expansion of the food program to include second chance breakfast” p. 56 ↗

7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $203,900 (unchanged)

Largest funded actions

  1. Dean of students and Behavioral Data Tracking$79,000action 3.7 · p. 109 ↗
  2. Student engagement and well-rounded educational experience$55,000action 3.1 · p. 109 ↗
  3. Bilingual parent support$28,000action 3.6 · p. 109 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $21,000 is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Student support and Behavioral Intervention$26,000action 3.3 · p. 109 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Bilingual attendance clerk$12,400action 3.8 · p. 109 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

2 more funded actions in this goal

  • Responsive Classroom and CARES · action 3.5 · p. 109 ↗$2,000
  • Parent support and engagement · action 3.2 · p. 109 ↗$1,500

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Dean of students and Behavioral Data Tracking · $79,000 → $79,000 · p. 109 ↗unchanged
  • Student engagement and well-rounded educational experience · $55,000 → $55,000 · p. 109 ↗unchanged
  • Bilingual parent support · $28,000 → $28,000 · p. 109 ↗unchanged
  • Student support and Behavioral Intervention · $26,000 → $26,000 · p. 109 ↗unchanged
  • Bilingual attendance clerk · $12,400 → $12,400 · p. 109 ↗unchanged
  • Responsive Classroom and CARES · $2,000 → $2,000 · p. 109 ↗unchanged
  • Parent support and engagement · $1,500 → $1,500 · p. 109 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 8 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 56 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 11 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
11
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #4,597 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math9%3842%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math34%4323%
Chronically absent14 in 100545%
Suspension rate5.8% (11 of 189)225%
English learners: top level9%405%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)-6.4pp—not scored

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 year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267019#4597California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–19not on filenot on file−3
2021–22not on filenot on file−3
2022–23not on filenot on file+12
2023–2410 in 1009.6% (18 of 188)+15
2024–2510 in 1008.9% (16 of 179)−14
2025–2614 in 1005.8% (11 of 189)−6

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

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English949%36%
2026 · Math9411%32%
2025 · English966%31%
2025 · Math967%20%
2024 · English9811%24%
2024 · Math985%16%
2023 · English1018%36%
2023 · Math1035%19%
2022 · English10213%43%
2022 · Math10010%30%
2019 · English1015%23%
2019 · Math1014%19%
2018 · English8912%40%
2018 · Math8910%34%
2017 · English8518%40%
2017 · Math8412%33%

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.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English2330%
2025 · Grade 4 · English1839%
2025 · Grade 5 · English2119%
2025 · Grade 6 · English1315%
2025 · Grade 7 · English1127%
2025 · Grade 8 · English10—
2025 · Grade 3 · Math2322%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math1822%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math215%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math1315%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math1127%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math10—
2024 · Grade 3 · English1911%
2024 · Grade 4 · English2124%
2024 · Grade 5 · English1839%
2024 · Grade 6 · English1527%
2024 · Grade 7 · English1436%
2024 · Grade 8 · English119%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math1916%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math2110%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math1817%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math1520%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math1429%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math119%
2023 · Grade 3 · English1625%
2023 · Grade 4 · English1926%
2023 · Grade 5 · English2241%
2023 · Grade 6 · English2045%
2023 · Grade 7 · English1136%
2023 · Grade 8 · English1338%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math1619%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math2010%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math2227%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math2025%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math128%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math1323%
2022 · Grade 3 · English2138%
2022 · Grade 4 · English2148%
2022 · Grade 5 · English2348%
2022 · Grade 6 · English1225%
2022 · Grade 7 · English1250%
2022 · Grade 8 · English1346%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math2152%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math2114%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math2236%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math128%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math1136%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math1323%
2019 · Grade 3 · English2421%
2019 · Grade 4 · English2322%
2019 · Grade 5 · English2326%
2019 · Grade 6 · English10—
2019 · Grade 7 · English119%
2019 · Grade 8 · English10—
2019 · Grade 3 · Math2425%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math2322%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math2313%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math10—
2019 · Grade 7 · Math1118%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math10—
2018 · Grade 3 · English2339%
2018 · Grade 4 · English2030%
2018 · Grade 5 · English2045%
2018 · Grade 6 · English——
2018 · Grade 7 · English1155%
2018 · Grade 8 · English——
2018 · Grade 3 · Math2330%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math2030%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math2045%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math——
2018 · Grade 7 · Math1136%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math——
2017 · Grade 3 · English2232%
2017 · Grade 4 · English1741%
2017 · Grade 5 · English2148%
2017 · Grade 6 · English1735%
2017 · Grade 7 · English——
2017 · Grade 8 · English——
2017 · Grade 3 · Math2223%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math1735%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math2143%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math1735%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math——
2017 · Grade 8 · Math——

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide307%27%50%17%

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.

Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students−665Moderate066Average
English-only students−649not categorized+249not categorized
Low-income−630Moderate−231Average
White−726Moderate+426Average
Hispanic or Latino−824Moderate−925Moderate
English learners−1413Moderate−914Moderate
English learners only———−1411not categorized

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — 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 categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, 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; here that is grades 4–6. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−6 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–6

65 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math0 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–6

66 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: 0 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. 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; here that is grades 4–6, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 10 in 100 → 2025–26 · 14 in 100 · +4 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 8.9% (16 of 179) → 2025–26 · 5.8% (11 of 189) · −3.1 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—11 of 90—
Male—14 of 93—
Hispanic or Latino—9 of 71—
White—15 of 78—
Students with disabilities—4 of 30—
English learners—4 of 30—
Low-income—11 in 100—
All students—14 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. 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$60,133 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 347 pupils

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 40%Instruction support 20%Student services 18%Administration 22%Buildings & maintenance 0%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$11,247,97540.43%40%
Instruction support$5,409,83519.45%20%
Student services$5,093,40118.31%18%
Administration$5,992,18521.54%22%
Buildings & maintenance$35,5750.13%0%
Total$27,819,097100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $27,819,097 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, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$60,133 per pupil
2020$68,202 per pupil
2019$67,913 per pupil
2018$43,961 per pupil
2017$35,013 per pupil
Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders9.6%

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.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 95988 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95988 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$66,339
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)16%
ZIP-area population8,808
Median age37.7 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 95988 →

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