Public school · Santa Cruz City Elementary · Santa Cruz, California

Westlake Elementary — Rating & test scores

Santa Cruz · TK–5 · 453 students (2024–25)

1000 High Street, 95060westlake.sccs.net ↗(831) 429-3878
85thpercentileStrong

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
59

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six 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

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 68% and 63% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 46% and 42%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 231
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).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

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On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 4 and 5 scored above what the state expected in English (+12 pts) and math (+12 pts). The state bases that expectation on each student’s earlier scores.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 4 and 5: 153 in English, 152 in math. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Santa Cruz City Elementary which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Westlake a good elementary school?

Westlake Elementary scores higher than 85 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 85th percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 15 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 13 in 100 at the average elementary school in the Santa Cruz City Elementary district. 0.2% of students (1 of 470) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (3)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored +12 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +12 points, which it calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 153 students in English, 152 in math

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 46% of low-income students in grades 3–5 at Westlake Elementary in Santa Cruz scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

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?

Well above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 68% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 63% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 231
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 3–5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English, 1,211,701 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 231 tested

Advanced
44%
Proficient
24%
Below the standard
32%
This school68%
California46%
Santa Cruz City Elementary55%

68% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 231 tested

Advanced
37%
Proficient
26%
Below the standard
37%
This school63%
California42%
Santa Cruz City Elementary51%

63% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–5 · 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 Advanced69%59%73%
Advanced41%32%57%
Proficient28%27%16%
Developing level21%23%9%
Minimal10%18%18%
Tested687390
California44%46%49%
Difference+25+13+24

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 Advanced66%55%68%
Advanced29%23%54%
Proficient37%32%14%
Developing level13%29%18%
Minimal21%16%14%
Tested687390
California47%42%37%
Difference+19+13+31

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 →

School pattern · grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · What patterns mean

Broad baseMost students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 67% to 68% and math from 65% to 63%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202567%235 tested
→
202668%231 tested

This school

California, same grades46% → 46%2025 → 2026 · 1,232,086 → 1,208,894 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202565%234 tested
→
202663%231 tested

This school

California, same grades41% → 42%2025 → 2026 · 1,241,652 → 1,211,701 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Yes, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored +12 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +12 points, which it calls Accelerated.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4 and 5: 153 in English, 152 in math
Comparison
Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 4 and 5 · 2025 · 153 students in English, 152 in math, with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

+12 pts

English

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

+12 pts

Math

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

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

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 3–5 · This school44%24%16%16%231
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Santa Cruz City Elementary33%22%20%25%838
Math, grades 3–5 · This school37%26%20%17%231
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Santa Cruz City Elementary27%24%24%25%842

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 20178 tested years shown · English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202668%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202663%42%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 3–5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 71% in 2017 to 68% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. In math, it went from 62% in 2017 to 63% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201771%
279 tested		45%
1,384,680 tested
201871%
275 tested		49%
1,346,907 tested
201976%
254 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202269%
248 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202369%
240 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202472%
231 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202567%
235 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
202668%
231 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201762%
280 tested		40%
1,392,040 tested
201860%
279 tested		42%
1,352,321 tested
201969%
259 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
202261%
248 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202364%
240 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202466%
233 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202565%
234 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
202663%
231 tested		42%
1,211,701 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

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 12 points above that expected score, and in math 12 points above it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

15 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. 0.2% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Context Close to the 13 in 100 at the average elementary school in the Santa Cruz City Elementary district: a pattern across the district.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 69 of 468 students counted for it; suspension: 1 of 470 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 elementary school in the Santa Cruz City Elementary district 0.8%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

15 in 100This school
13 in 100At the average elementary school in the Santa Cruz City Elementary district
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

69 of 468 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.2%

of students were suspended at least once (1 of 470). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Westlake

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 ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questionsResponder en español

Teach here? Tell us Santa Cruz City Elementary’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Student groups, grades 3–5, spring 2026

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 3–5; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
WestlakeSame group, California
  • White147 tested73%Same group, California 56%
  • Low-income52 tested35%Same group, California 31%
  • Hispanic or Latino43 tested28%Same group, California 31%
  • Students with disabilities49 tested20%Same group, California 18%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–5 math, spring 2026. In English the same groups run from 24% to 77%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 55%2. Hispanic or Latino: 24%3. Two or more races: 11%4. Asian: 6%Unallocated share: 4%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White55%
  2. Hispanic or Latino24%
  3. Two or more races11%
  4. Asian6%
  5. Black or African American—
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share4%
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?

32% 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 25 English learners32%
Santa Cruz City Elementary · 114 of 20655%
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 ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

25%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 111 of 453. California: 63%.

29teachers, 2024–25

19 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

7%in their first year, 2024–25

90%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–5 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Santa Cruz City Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 52 tested
English46%+937%+1036%
Math35%+629%+431%
White · 147 tested
English77%+572%+1760%
Math73%+370%+1756%
Hispanic or Latino · 43 tested
English35%+233%−136%
Math28%028%−331%
Students with disabilities · 49 tested
English24%+321%+519%
Math20%+317%+218%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Santa Cruz City Elementary, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Students of two or more races: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, English learners and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
White55%
Hispanic or Latino24%
Two or more races11%
Asian6%
Black or African American—
Filipino—
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.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 90% of teaching positions, 23.8 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 26.4 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask Santa Cruz City Elementary which school serves your address.

School website: westlake.sccs.net ↗Office: (831) 429-3878Administrator: Katharine Norton

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
1000 High Street, Santa Cruz 95060

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Santa Cruz City Elementary.

Questions for your visit

  1. How many K–2 students did screening find at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help?
  2. How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?
  5. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (831) 429-38781000 High Street, 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.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #826 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #1 of 5 in Santa Cruz City Elementary
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math39%6742%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math65%6723%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+80 scale-score pts5720%
Chronically absent15 in 100535%
Suspension rate0.2% (1 of 470)615%
English learners: top level22%585%

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. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

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
2025–265985#826California 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)
2018–1910 in 1000.7% (4 of 554)−10
2021–22not on filenot on file0
2022–23not on filenot on file+6
2023–2419 in 1000.4% (2 of 491)−7
2024–2516 in 1000.4% (2 of 477)+7
2025–2615 in 1000.2% (1 of 470)+3

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 · English23144%68%
2026 · Math23137%63%
2025 · English23550%67%
2025 · Math23434%65%
2024 · English23151%72%
2024 · Math23337%66%
2023 · English24047%69%
2023 · Math24039%64%
2022 · English24843%69%
2022 · Math24834%61%
2019 · English25451%76%
2019 · Math25936%69%
2018 · English27547%71%
2018 · Math27933%60%
2017 · English27942%71%
2017 · Math28031%62%

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 · English7257%
2025 · Grade 4 · English8673%
2025 · Grade 5 · English7769%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math7262%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math8567%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math7764%
2024 · Grade 3 · English8079%
2024 · Grade 4 · English7565%
2024 · Grade 5 · English7671%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math8274%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math7553%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math7668%
2023 · Grade 3 · English7272%
2023 · Grade 4 · English8159%
2023 · Grade 5 · English8776%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math7260%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math8163%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math8768%
2022 · Grade 3 · English7760%
2022 · Grade 4 · English8876%
2022 · Grade 5 · English8371%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math7766%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math8864%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math8354%
2019 · Grade 3 · English7980%
2019 · Grade 4 · English9378%
2019 · Grade 5 · English8270%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math8273%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math9469%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math8364%
2018 · Grade 3 · English9175%
2018 · Grade 4 · English8167%
2018 · Grade 5 · English10371%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math9267%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math8445%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math10366%
2017 · Grade 3 · English8569%
2017 · Grade 4 · English10175%
2017 · Grade 5 · English9369%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math8768%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math10155%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math9265%

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
Schoolwide9041%31%20%8%

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: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income5246%+9+10
White14777%+5+17
Students with disabilities4924%+3+5
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+12153Accelerated+12152Accelerated
English-only students+11135not categorized+13134not categorized
White+19112Accelerated+12111Accelerated
Students with disabilities−1539Moderate−739Moderate
Low-income−1130Moderate030Average
Hispanic or Latino−1227Moderate−127Average

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 and 5. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3
63%
exceeded standard · 79% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 80 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
57%
Advanced · 73% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 90 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 81 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+12 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4 and 5

153 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +12 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+12 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4 and 5

152 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +12 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, 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 and 5, 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 · 16 in 100 → 2025–26 · 15 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.4% (2 of 477) → 2025–26 · 0.2% (1 of 470) · −0.2 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female10 in 10014 in 100+4 in 100
Male11 in 10016 in 100+5 in 100
Asian6 in 1007 in 100+1 in 100
Hispanic or Latino13 in 10032 in 100+19 in 100
Two or more races17 in 1004 in 100−13 in 100
White8 in 10010 in 100+2 in 100
Students with disabilities14 in 10025 in 100+11 in 100
English learners17 in 10038 in 100+21 in 100
Low-income23 in 10033 in 100+10 in 100
All students10 in 10015 in 100+5 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
School-level federal expenditures$1,770 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 453

Central federal expenditures attributed here$314 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 453

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 95060 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95060 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$108,591
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)55%
ZIP-area population46,268
Median age36.5 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 95060 →

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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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