Woodlake Elementary: Scores climb 3.0 points from grade 3 to grade 5. But suspensions run 6× the state rate.
Woodlake has real strengths and one number that complicates them. Most rating sites show you one or the other. Both belong on the same page.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42 | 9% | 27% | -3.0 | 39.7% | 9.9% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Woodlake Elementary scores 42 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 50th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “27% proficient” and call it done. Woodlake deserves a closer read. The school sits in Sacramento, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: +3.0pp separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 50th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 27% meet the standard today, versus 31% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 23% | 10% | 11% | 28% | 37% |
| Grade 4 | 45% | 27% | 6% | 19% | 24% |
| Grade 5 | 34% | 21% | 26% | 18% | 39% |
| Grade 6 | 26% | 29% | 27% | 32% | 7% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 19% | 13% | 15% | 31% | 26% |
| Grade 4 | 38% | 17% | 3% | 14% | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 29% | 6% | 9% | 9% | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 13% | 12% | 8% | 11% | 2% |
The story this school is actually telling
separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
of students were suspended, versus 1.6% statewide — a school visit will tell you more than this number.
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding holds steady across grades; the floor rises 1.9pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask about the discipline philosophy and what a typical suspension is for. Numbers can't tell you whether a campus feels strict or chaotic — a visit can.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask what typically leads to a suspension, and what happens before it gets there.
- Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
- 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.
How every group of students does here
At Woodlake Elementary in Sacramento, 26.3% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 34.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Woodlake Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 8.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (16.3% Math proficient); Hispanic students (24.1% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 14.9 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 183 students tested.
6 of 15 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 5.5pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +0.6pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$1,030 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 10% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 60
Nearby High Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 34
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 49 | 12% | 24% | 14% | 49% | 37% | −7 |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 14% | 10% | 22% | 53% | 24% | −20 |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 11% | 27% | 23% | 39% | 39% | −9 |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 0% | 7% | 36% | 58% | 7% | −40 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 50 | 12% | 14% | 14% | 60% | 26% | −20 |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 4% | 16% | 36% | 44% | 20% | −22 |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 2% | 16% | 23% | 59% | 18% | −17 |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 2% | 0% | 13% | 84% | 2% | −33 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 42 | 0% | 10% | 60% | 31% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 183 | 26.3% | −9 | −12 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 87 | 24.1% | −12 | −15 |
| English Learners | 57 | 21.1% | +7 | +11 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlake Elementary ← | — | 42 | 9.4% | 27.3% | −3.0 | 9.9% |
| Caleb Greenwood Elementary | 2.2 mi | 69 | 48.2% | 71.5% | +1.8 | 0.8% |
| David Lubin Elementary | 2.4 mi | 60 | 37.8% | 60.6% | −2.2 | 1.0% |
| Theodore Judah Elementary | 1.8 mi | 52 | 30.6% | 57.7% | −5.0 | 0.7% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 40 | 44 | #3071 | 13.2% | 31.3% | 25.4% | 12.8% | +10.2pp |
| 2022 | 23 | 14 | #4941 | 5.5% | 15.5% | 73.8% | 9.4% | +2.7pp |
| 2023 | 22 | 7 | #5317 | 4.2% | 11.6% | 53.6% | 9.5% | +4.9pp |
| 2024 | 29 | 15 | #4881 | 8.3% | 19.8% | 42.8% | 10.7% | -15.5pp |
| 2025 | 42 | 50 | #2874 | 9.4% | 27.3% | 39.7% | 9.9% | -3.0pp |
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 12 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 28.3% | 38.0% | +9.7pp |
| Male | 23.6% | 46.0% | +22.4pp |
| Black/African American | 30.6% | 50.5% | +19.9pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 22.7% | 42.5% | +19.8pp |
| Two or More Races | 33.3% | 63.6% | +30.3pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 19.7% | 54.8% | +35.1pp |
| English Learners | 10.4% | 27.1% | +16.7pp |
| Homeless | 63.2% | 59.1% | -4.1pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 26.7% | 42.3% | +15.6pp |
| All Students | 25.8% | 42.0% | +16.2pp |
| Asian | — | 23.8% | — |
| Filipino | — | 42.9% | — |
| Foster Youth | — | 45.5% | — |
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