Public school · Hemet Unified

Whittier Elementary

Hemet · TK–5 · 816 students (2024–25)

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The dots are California’s 5,721 scored public elementary schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. How it’s built ›

Scope Score
22 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
Not a grade or a test result.

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Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
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Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Well below California in English and math: 27% and 14% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 41% statewide. Source
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 396 in English, 395 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 3, 4 and 5 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,232,086 in English and 1,241,652 in math tested).
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Academic achievement

Beyond a single score: who exceeds, meets or is still approaching the standard.

Learning

Are children building strong foundations?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
9%
Met standard
18%
Below standard
73%

27% met or exceeded · 396 tested

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LevelHereCaliforniaHemet Unified
Exceeded9%24%13%
Met18%22%20%
Nearly met19%21%22%
Not met54%33%45%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
4%
Met standard
10%
Below standard
86%

14% met or exceeded · 395 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaHemet Unified
Exceeded4%21%7%
Met10%20%13%
Nearly met28%25%28%
Not met58%34%52%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

What these tests tell you · what to ask

Reading and math results for the tested grades. These do not measure the experience in kindergarten or the early grades.

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

Things worth knowing

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About 2 in 5 students (333 of 890) missed 10% or more of school days, against 30 in 100 at the average Hemet Unified school.2024–25
37 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

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

Source
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2024–25
Students
all students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 890
Comparison
333 of 890. District and California figures are averages of school rates (17 Hemet Unified schools; 5,721 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.
3.3% of students (31 of 926) were suspended at least once in 2024–25, about twice the rate at the average California elementary school.2024–25
3.3%of students were suspended at least once, 2024–25

Ask: When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?

Source
CDE suspension file, 2024–25
Students
all students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 926
Comparison
31 of 926. District and California figures are averages of school rates (17 Hemet Unified schools; 5,721 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school27%
California46%

Tested: 396 here · 1,232,086 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school27%
Hemet Unified33%

Tested: 396 here · 5,084 in Hemet Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 17 schools.

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LevelHereCaliforniaHemet Unified
Exceeded9%24%13%
Met18%22%20%
Nearly met19%21%22%
Not met54%33%45%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 3–5Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school14%
California41%

Tested: 395 here · 1,241,652 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school14%
Hemet Unified20%

Tested: 395 here · 5,091 in Hemet Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 17 schools.

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LevelHereCaliforniaHemet Unified
Exceeded4%21%7%
Met10%20%13%
Nearly met28%25%28%
Not met58%34%52%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Progress over time

Are students making progress?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · all students tested

201925%1,167 tested
→
202527%396 tested

Whittier

California, same grades50% → 46%2019 → 2025 · 1,332,547 → 1,232,086 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · all students tested

201914%1,167 tested
→
202514%395 tested

Whittier

California, same grades44% → 41%2019 → 2025 · 1,338,625 → 1,241,652 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

Explore every year, the trend charts & underlying data

English and math have stayed well below California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grades 3–5
WhittierCalifornia
Math met or exceeded, grades 3–5
WhittierCalifornia

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

English went from 25% in 2019 to 27% in 2025. Math was 14% in both 2019 and 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
YearWhittierCalifornia
201925%
1,167 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202216%
1,170 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202318%
426 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202419%
357 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202527%
396 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
Math · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
YearWhittierCalifornia
201914%
1,167 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
20227%
1,164 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202311%
425 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202415%
356 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202514%
395 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
The state’s growth measure243 students in English, 241 in math · grades 4–5 · 2025
English−1ptsCDE category: Average
Math−13ptsCDE category: Moderate

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

Ask: Most students in grades 3–5 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?

Life at school

Explore the available evidence about the school day and opportunities.

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

37 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25
30in 100 at the average Hemet Unified school18in 100 at the average California elementary school

333 of 890 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school37 in 100
at the average Hemet Unified school30 in 100
at the average California elementary school18 in 100
3.3%of students were suspended at least once (31 of 926), 2024–25
2.3%at the average Hemet Unified school1.6%at the average California elementary school
Attendance by grade
Chronically absent, 2024–25Per 100 studentsStudents
TK and kindergarten4991 of 185
Grades 1–334142 of 413
Grades 4–534100 of 292

Reviews & community voices

Parents’ experience · the school as a workplace

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grades 3–5 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

369 English · 368 math tested

English26% / 35%
Math14% / 30%

Hispanic or Latino

289 English · 288 math tested

English28% / 36%
Math16% / 30%

Black or African American

43 tested per subject

English19% / 31%
Math7% / 23%

English learners

70 tested per subject

English1% / 13%
Math0% / 15%

Students with disabilities

81 English · 80 math tested

English9% / 19%
Math6% / 18%
All group results, district comparisons and sources
Met or exceeded the standardgrades 3–5 · spring 2025
Group and subjectHerevs Hemet Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 369 tested in English, 368 in math
English26%−531%−935%
Math14%−418%−1630%
Hispanic or Latino · 289 tested in English, 288 in math
English28%−331%−836%
Math16%−218%−1430%
Black or African American · 43 tested
English19%−625%−1231%
Math7%−714%−1623%
English learners · 70 tested
English1%−78%−1213%
Math0%−55%−1515%
Students with disabilities · 81 tested in English, 80 in math
English9%+27%−1019%
Math6%06%−1218%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Hemet Unified, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

White students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races 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.

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students, English learners and students with disabilities did worse than the same groups statewide. Black or African American students did worse than the same group statewide in math.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Whittier Elementary in Hemet, 26.3% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 3, 4 and 5, compared to 30.6% district-wide for those same grades and 35.2% statewide for those same grades. Whittier Elementary’s rate for low-income students trails its district average by 4.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (13.6% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (28.0% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 25.4 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 370 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

1. Hispanic or Latino: 71%2. Black or African American: 13%3. White: 10%4. Two or more races: 5%Unallocated share: 2%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino71%
  2. Black or African American13%
  3. White10%
  4. Two or more races5%
  5. Asian—
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share2%
Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.
Full student mix, comparisons & sources
Eligible enrollment, 2024–25Here
Hispanic or Latino71%
Black or African American13%
White10%
Two or more races5%
Asian—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About 9 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (93%, 755 of 816). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers34
Average experience13 years
First-year teachers9%
86% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 85.71%: 30 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 35 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Questions & evidence

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The school path beyond this campus

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Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district.

  1. ElementaryWhittier ElementaryThis campus · grades P-5
  2. MiddleDiamond Valley MiddleHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
  3. High schoolWest Valley HighInferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder
All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Diamond Valley Middle

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    20th percentile · Needs Support · middle · 2025

    82% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Acacia Middle

    Historical partial-area overlap · NCES SABS 2015–16

    10th percentile · Needs Support · middle · 2025

    18% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • West Valley High

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    44th percentile · Developing · high · 2025

  • Hemet High

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    46th percentile · Developing · high · 2025

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

High-school endpoint evidence · West Valley High
West Valley HighScope 54estimated path

An inferred path through a middle-school overlap points to West Valley High. UC records 16 enrollees from West Valley High for fall 2025. Its AP Course Audit lists 4 authorized AP subjects for 2025 - 2026. Those figures come from dated records — if a child starting here today later attended West Valley High, that would be around 2035, and 10 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 56% of West Valley High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

16 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 4 authorized AP subjects (AP Course Audit 2025 - 2026) → full record on West Valley High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Getting in

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whittier.hemetusd.org

Location and visiting

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400 West Whittier Avenue, Hemet 92543

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Questions

Questions to ask

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  1. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  2. When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?
  3. Most students in grades 3–5 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?
  4. How do you teach early reading and check each child’s progress?

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar elementary schools2025 statewide percentile
How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 84.5–100% meal eligibility and 408–1,632 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Whittier Elementary a good elementary school?
Whittier Elementary is in the 13th percentile (Needs Support) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. Its Scope Score is 22 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Whittier Elementary was well below California in English and math: 27% and 14% met or exceeded the standard in grades 3–5, against 46% and 41% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for elementary schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 3-to-5 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Whittier Elementary's CAASPP test scores?
In spring 2025, 27% of students tested in grades 3–5 met or exceeded the English standard and 14% the math standard; 9% and 4% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 46% and 41% met or exceeded, 24% and 21% exceeded. 396 students were tested in English and 395 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).
How does Whittier Elementary rank in California?
Whittier Elementary is in the 13th percentile of 5,721 California comprehensive elementary schools (Needs Support, 2025). Whittier Elementary ranks #4,956 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2023 G3 → 2025 G5), 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.
Is Whittier Elementary getting better or worse?
SchoolScope compares Whittier Elementary's grade 3 results in 2023 with its grade 5 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 60th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.
What do attendance and suspension records show for Whittier Elementary?
CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 37.4% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 333 chronically absent of 890 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 3.3%; 31 unduplicated suspended students of 926 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 36.7%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 3.2%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.
How does Whittier Elementary compare to other schools in Hemet?
Whittier Elementary is in the 13th percentile (Needs Support) of California’s regular public and charter elementary schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 816 students. Use the schools in Hemet page or the map view to compare nearby elementary schools.
What do reported student-group results show at Whittier Elementary?
At Whittier Elementary in Hemet, 26.3% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 3, 4 and 5, compared to 30.6% district-wide for those same grades and 35.2% statewide for those same grades. Whittier Elementary’s rate for low-income students trails its district average by 4.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (13.6% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (28.0% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 25.4 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 370 ELA grade test records. 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.
What middle school does Whittier Elementary feed into?
By attendance boundary, Whittier Elementary is zoned to Diamond Valley Middle. Diamond Valley Middle has a Scope Score of 24 out of 100. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education's School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.
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Whittier Elementary is ranked #4,956 statewide · #14 of 17 in Hemet Unified.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard6.5%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded20.2%42.7%23%
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)Above avgaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism36.7%17.9%5%
Suspension rate3.2%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)5.4%17.8%5%
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 21.4% · index 35 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 42.7% · index 33 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G3 → 2025 G5)
↑ vs CA average · ≈60th calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 17.9% · index 19 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▲ 0.9pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate
↓ vs CA 1.6% · index 37 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint · ▼ 2.7pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↓ vs CA 17.8% · index 33 · 50 = CA elementary-school midpoint

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 312912%12%23%52%25%−18
Grade 41305%18%25%52%23%−22
Grade 51378%23%10%58%31%−16

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 3 ELA equal-school mean: 43.1%; n=5714 reporting schools

State grade 4 ELA equal-school mean: 44.6%; n=5721 reporting schools

State grade 5 ELA equal-school mean: 47.7%; n=5721 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 31298%15%28%50%22%−23
Grade 41291%7%34%58%8%−34
Grade 51374%7%22%66%12%−23

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 3 Math equal-school mean: 45.4%; n=5714 reporting schools

State grade 4 Math equal-school mean: 41.3%; n=5721 reporting schools

State grade 5 Math equal-school mean: 35.0%; n=5724 reporting schools

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.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet+
2024 · Grade 3 · ELA12018.3%
2024 · Grade 4 · ELA13222.0%
2024 · Grade 5 · ELA10517.1%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math12020.8%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math13214.4%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math1047.7%
2023 · Grade 3 · ELA16220.4%
2023 · Grade 4 · ELA13211.4%
2023 · Grade 5 · ELA13221.2%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math16116.1%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math1328.3%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math1327.6%
2022 · Grade 3 · ELA39013.9%
2022 · Grade 4 · ELA39013.3%
2022 · Grade 5 · ELA39021.3%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math3886.3%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math38810.8%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math3885.0%
2019 · Grade 3 · ELA38929.7%
2019 · Grade 4 · ELA38924.6%
2019 · Grade 5 · ELA38920.1%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math38919.5%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math38914.1%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math3898.6%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide1371%8%53%38%

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 Disadvantaged37026.3%−4−9
Hispanic/Latino29028.0%−3−8
Students with Disabilities818.6%+1−11
Nearest elementary schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = school-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights

SchoolDistScope · percentile · bandEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Whittier Elementary ←—2213th percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 20256.5%20.2%−2.1pp+77 pts3.2%
Hemet Elementary0.8 mi2315th percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 20256.3%18.9%+2.7pp—2.6%
Academy of Innovation1 mi2830th percentile · Developing · statewide · 202510.3%31.2%−17.4pp—0.2%
McSweeny Elementary1 mi2316th percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 202510.5%28.1%−8.4pp—3.2%
California average—39School average · no percentile21.4%42.7%−2.9pp—1.6%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

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.

District salary records
Teacher salary schedule$49,867 – $136,225
Average elementary principal salary$159,200
Average middle school principal salary$162,602
Average high school principal salary$184,030
Superintendent salary$388,334

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
201915/1003#5312California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,484 schools
202212/1001#5609California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,704 schools
202312/1002#5560California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,696 schools
202423/10013#4951California comprehensive elementary schools · 5,711 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 36.5% → 2025 · 37.4% · +0.9pp
Suspension rate2024 · 6.1% → 2025 · 3.3% · −2.8pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresExcMet+
2025 · ELA3968.6%26.5%
2025 · Math3954.3%13.9%
2024 · ELA3577.3%19.3%
2024 · Math3562.8%14.6%
2023 · ELA4264.0%17.8%
2023 · Math4251.9%11.1%
2022 · ELA3903.9%16.4%
2022 · Math3880.8%7.2%
2019 · ELA3895.7%24.7%
2019 · Math3892.3%13.9%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
2019———4.0%19.4%21.5%3.3%-10.3pp
2022———2.3%11.8%54.5%3.6%+3.0pp
2023———2.9%14.2%48.4%3.9%-3.9pp
2024———5.1%16.7%35.8%5.9%-7.2pp
20252213#49566.5%20.2%36.7%3.2%-2.1pp

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

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.
NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years
Group2018–192024–25Δ
Female17.3%37.6%+20.3pp
Male26.3%37.2%+10.9pp
Black/African American30.1%52.7%+22.6pp
Hispanic/Latino18.8%35.4%+16.6pp
Two or More Races38.3%37.0%-1.3pp
White21.6%35.2%+13.6pp
Students with Disabilities34.1%37.8%+3.7pp
English Learners17.0%30.6%+13.6pp
Foster Youth21.4%31.6%+10.2pp
Homeless40.4%70.3%+29.9pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged22.1%38.4%+16.3pp
All Students21.9%37.4%+15.5pp

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
GroupELAnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students−1243Average−13241Moderate
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−1229Average−13227Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−2176Average−10174Moderate
English Only0160not categorised−13160not categorised
English Learner−662Moderate−961Moderate
Students with Disabilities054Average−1453Moderate
English Learners Only−1547not categorised−1846not categorised
Black or African American−526Average−1526Moderate
White+1021Accelerated−2321Minimal
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only+1715not categorised+1915not categorised
Two or More Races+813Accelerated−1413Moderate

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2023 · Grade 3
6%
exceeded standard · 20% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2023 · 162 ELA test records with scores
ELA · 2025 · Grade 5
8%
exceeded standard · 31% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2025 · 137 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 137 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe ELA 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 ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · reported-school field
State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8
Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

243 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,519 reported ELA ALL school records in its retained school inventory

California growth model, ELA: −1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 41st percentile of 7,519 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.41st pctile · −1 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8
Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

241 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,518 reported MATH ALL school records in its retained school inventory

California growth model, math: −13 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 14th percentile of 7,518 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.14th pctile · −13 pts
this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median ELA estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. 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 and is not part of the Scope Score.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,161 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 21,573 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$436 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 816

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,190 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 816

District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,822 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

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SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 56%Instruction support 13%Student services 12%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%

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.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$15,161 per pupil
2020$14,782 per pupil
2019$14,843 per pupil
2018$16,755 per pupil
2017$14,742 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 92543
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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 92543
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$49,396
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)12.63%
ZCTA population39,937
Median age40.2 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/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=5,721 elementary schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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