Wheatland Charter Academy: High scores, healthy climate, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.
Wheatland Charter Academy posts 31.4% exceeding the standard — versus 21.3% statewide — with climate numbers better than most. That doesn't make it perfect. It makes it worth a visit to find what numbers can't measure.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65 | 31% | 76% | — | 11.4% | 0.6% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Wheatland Charter Academy scores 65 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 87th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
💪 Strong All-Around — Ask about what we don't score — class size, electives, the feel of a classroom — strong numbers everywhere on paper don't mean every classroom feels the same.
Most rating sites would stop at “76% proficient” and call it done. Wheatland Charter Academy deserves a closer read. The school sits in Beale AFB, where one in three students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 76.0% of students met or exceeded the standard, versus 42.7% statewide.
As a charter, Wheatland Charter Academy enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 63rd to the 87th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 1300 elementary schools.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 76% of students meet the standard today, above the 57% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 70% | 47% | 78% | 70% | 85% |
| Grade 4 | 58% | — | 42% | 54% | 75% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 55% | 53% | 72% | 65% | 69% |
| Grade 4 | 50% | — | 50% | 62% | 75% |
The 4 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- 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
9 of 11 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.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below is estimated from nearby schools in the same district — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated K-12 path based on district and proximity. Actual attendance zones may differ. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
What gets spent here
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
At 89 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
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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 | 13 | 54% | 31% | 8% | 8% | 85% | +41 |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 25% | 50% | 8% | 17% | 75% | +30 |
| Grade 5 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 13 | 38% | 31% | 15% | 15% | 69% | +24 |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 8% | 67% | 25% | 0% | 75% | +33 |
| Grade 5 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatland Charter Academy ← | — | 65 | 31.4% | 76.0% | — | 0.6% |
| Lone Tree Elementary | 0.2 mi | 50 | 23.8% | 52.7% | −2.3 | 0.7% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 48 | 63 | #2030 | 19.7% | 57.3% | 3.4% | 1.0% | -7.2pp |
| 2023 | 56 | 80 | #1130 | 27.1% | 60.4% | 15.6% | 0.3% | — |
| 2024 | 58 | 79 | #1179 | 27.8% | 62.6% | 16.2% | 0.5% | — |
| 2025 | 65 | 87 | #736 | 31.4% | 76.0% | 11.4% | 0.6% | — |
- — Growth data isn't available — the state needs matched grades across years to compute it.
- — Subgroup results are suppressed for small student counts (fewer than 15 tested), following CDE privacy rules.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 3.5% | 9.5% | +6.0pp |
| Male | 1.9% | 5.7% | +3.8pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 3.0% | 16.0% | +13.0pp |
| Two or More Races | 0.0% | 6.7% | +6.7pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 0.0% | 5.9% | +5.9pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 6.3% | 2.8% | -3.5pp |
| All Students | 2.7% | 7.4% | +4.7pp |
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