Woodside K-8: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
Woodside K-8 posts low test scores — and grade 5 tests above grade 3 here this year, by 4.2pp. If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 28 | 11% | 33% | +4.2 | 27.3% | 6.1% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Woodside K-8 scores 28 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 13th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “33% proficient” and call it done. Woodside K-8 deserves a closer read. The school sits in Citrus Heights, where three in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 47th to the 13th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 33% meet the standard today, versus 39% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 39% | 39% | 44% | 40% | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 36% | 45% | 35% | 49% | 37% |
| Grade 5 | 52% | 51% | 49% | 44% | 47% |
| Grade 6 | 47% | 48% | 36% | 40% | 46% |
| Grade 7 | 47% | 50% | 32% | 26% | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 33% | 24% | 27% | 31% | 23% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 45% | 28% | 42% | 35% | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 30% | 31% | 31% | 39% | 34% |
| Grade 5 | 32% | 35% | 48% | 17% | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 52% | 40% | 17% | 25% | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 45% | 32% | 28% | 16% | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 34% | 17% | 23% | 20% | 13% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
- 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 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
At Woodside K-8 in Citrus Heights, 28.3% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 29.1% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Woodside K-8 trails its district average for low-income students by 0.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (17.7% Math proficient); White students (34.9% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 6.8 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 230 students tested.
9 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 24.3pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +4.5pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Grades 7–8 students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 4–6 students (40.0% vs 17.6%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the upper grades.
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
$901 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), 18% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 59
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 | 51 | 14% | 12% | 33% | 41% | 25% | −18 |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 16% | 21% | 26% | 37% | 37% | −8 |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 12% | 35% | 14% | 39% | 47% | −1 |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 16% | 30% | 25% | 30% | 46% | −1 |
| Grade 7 | 42 | 7% | 24% | 29% | 40% | 31% | −17 |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 4% | 20% | 36% | 41% | 23% | −23 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 52 | 8% | 27% | 23% | 42% | 35% | −11 |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 10% | 24% | 33% | 33% | 34% | −7 |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 9% | 12% | 33% | 46% | 21% | −14 |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 16% | 14% | 21% | 49% | 30% | −5 |
| Grade 7 | 42 | 7% | 19% | 36% | 38% | 26% | −8 |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 5% | 7% | 20% | 68% | 13% | −20 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 114 | 8% | 11% | 67% | 15% |
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 | 230 | 28.3% | −1 | −10 |
| White | 149 | 34.9% | −12 | −27 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 125 | 34.4% | −0 | −4 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodside K-8 ← | — | 28 | 11.4% | 33.3% | +4.2 | 6.1% |
| Oakview Community Elementary | 1.4 mi | 63 | 26.1% | 53.0% | +16.9 | 5.2% |
| Pershing Elementary | 3 mi | 60 | 38.9% | 61.4% | +8.4 | 1.5% |
| Green Oaks Fundamental Elementary | 2.2 mi | 55 | 28.1% | 61.9% | +3.9 | 1.8% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 41 | 47 | #2908 | 14.8% | 39.1% | 11.9% | 3.9% | -0.1pp |
| 2022 | 43 | 65 | #1995 | 14.8% | 38.2% | 35.9% | 5.4% | +10.0pp |
| 2023 | 41 | 56 | #2540 | 15.9% | 41.3% | 32.4% | 5.5% | +5.2pp |
| 2024 | 41 | 47 | #3025 | 16.0% | 37.2% | 24.5% | 6.8% | -6.7pp |
| 2025 | 28 | 13 | #4982 | 11.4% | 33.3% | 27.3% | 6.1% | +4.2pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 8.2% | 29.8% | +21.6pp |
| Male | 15.0% | 26.5% | +11.5pp |
| Black/African American | 16.7% | 44.4% | +27.7pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 15.8% | 28.6% | +12.8pp |
| Two or More Races | 4.8% | 31.1% | +26.3pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 18.5% | 31.4% | +12.9pp |
| English Learners | 9.3% | 27.8% | +18.5pp |
| Foster Youth | 54.5% | — | — |
| Homeless | 27.9% | 57.9% | +30.0pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 16.6% | 32.5% | +15.9pp |
| All Students | 11.9% | 28.1% | +16.2pp |
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