Woodsboro Elementary: Two in five kids exceed the standard. But the zoned next school scores lower.
Woodsboro holds its own. Scores drop at the schools it feeds into. Ask where its graduates actually enrol, and whether families stay on the zoned path.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 74 | 50% | 68% | -4.4 | 10.0% | 0.1% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Woodsboro Elementary scores 74 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 94th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “68% proficient” and call it done. Woodsboro deserves a closer read. The school sits in Anaheim, where one in three students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Woodsboro's low-income kids hit 56.6% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Has held the 94th-percentile line every tested year since 2019.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 68% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 68% | 62% | 59% | 56% | 70% |
| Grade 4 | 79% | 76% | 86% | 69% | 65% |
| Grade 5 | 83% | 71% | 78% | 79% | 71% |
| Grade 6 | 84% | 80% | 77% | 85% | 88% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 60% | 68% | 54% | 53% | 73% |
| Grade 4 | 70% | 79% | 85% | 65% | 67% |
| Grade 5 | 66% | 56% | 68% | 74% | 64% |
| Grade 6 | 79% | 76% | 74% | 75% | 86% |
The story this school is actually telling
of students scored in the top band on the state test. The California average is 21.3%.
the zoned path continues to Bernardo Yorba Middle, which scores 26 points lower — 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 falls 2.0pp across grades; the proficiency floor barely moves. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Woodsboro's most underrated number
56.6% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask which schools families here actually choose next — the zoned path is only the default.
- Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask which schools families here actually choose next — the zoned path is only the default.
- 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 Woodsboro Elementary in Anaheim, 56.6% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 52.2% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Woodsboro Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 4.4 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (55.5% Math proficient); Hispanic students (49.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 23.1 percentage points for hispanic students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 136 students tested.
5 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 falls by 7.3pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +0.7pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly three times the rate of Grades 4–6 students (20.3% vs 7.1%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
The zoned path continues to Bernardo Yorba Middle, which scores 26 points lower than this school — worth weighing alongside everything above. Families here often look at charter or magnet options for middle school.
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
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), 55% 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 76
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
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 | 70 | 51% | 19% | 13% | 17% | 70% | +27 |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 56% | 9% | 10% | 26% | 65% | +20 |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 49% | 21% | 9% | 20% | 71% | +23 |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 59% | 28% | 7% | 5% | 88% | +41 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 70 | 49% | 24% | 13% | 14% | 73% | +27 |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 48% | 19% | 18% | 15% | 67% | +25 |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 46% | 18% | 13% | 24% | 64% | +28 |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 72% | 15% | 9% | 5% | 86% | +51 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 85 | 33% | 22% | 28% | 16% |
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 | 136 | 56.6% | +4 | +18 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 102 | 49.0% | −2 | +10 |
| Asian | 98 | 91.8% | +3 | +17 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodsboro Elementary ← | — | 74 | 49.9% | 68.1% | −4.4 | 0.1% |
| Anaheim Hills Elementary | 2.7 mi | 82 | 50.0% | 80.3% | +6.0 | 0.1% |
| Crescent Elementary | 2.4 mi | 77 | 57.5% | 82.7% | +5.2 | 0.6% |
| Fairmont Elementary | 1.7 mi | 70 | 49.0% | 78.3% | −3.7 | 0.1% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 80 | 97 | #163 | 52.8% | 71.0% | 5.3% | 0.4% | +10.4pp |
| 2022 | 69 | 94 | #369 | 47.1% | 68.5% | 25.1% | 0.9% | -1.7pp |
| 2023 | 80 | 97 | #150 | 50.8% | 71.5% | 18.3% | 1.1% | +16.7pp |
| 2024 | 76 | 96 | #238 | 46.2% | 66.1% | 11.7% | 0.1% | +21.6pp |
| 2025 | 74 | 94 | #320 | 49.9% | 68.1% | 10.0% | 0.1% | -4.4pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 5.2% | 8.3% | +3.1pp |
| Male | 5.2% | 10.6% | +5.4pp |
| Asian | 0.0% | 2.9% | +2.9pp |
| White | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 10.2% | 18.7% | +8.5pp |
| Two or More Races | 4.8% | 3.5% | -1.3pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 4.5% | 17.3% | +12.8pp |
| English Learners | 13.0% | 18.9% | +5.9pp |
| Homeless | 24.4% | 19.1% | -5.3pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 14.0% | 18.4% | +4.4pp |
| All Students | 5.2% | 9.5% | +4.3pp |
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