Yu Ming Charter: High scores, real growth, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.
Yu Ming Charter posts 62.2% 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.
Yu Ming Charter scores 81 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 98th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “83% proficient” and call it done. Yu Ming Charter deserves a closer read. The school sits in Oakland, where one in three students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 62.2% of students scored in the top band on the state test. The California average is 21.3%.
As a charter, Yu Ming Charter enrolls by application, not address — the score reads the same, the enrollment path doesn't.
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 honest read: the share exceeding falls 3.9pp across grades; the floor rises 4.1pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Yu Ming Charter's most underrated number
68.8% 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 5 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.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — 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.
Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 74
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
The community around it
Student demographics
3 more gaps by subject
Subgroups with fewer than 15 students are excluded for privacy. Gaps of less than 3 percentage points are not shown.
Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.
Subgroup Growth by Grade
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 7.6pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school.
Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Funding Breakdown
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
For the data nerdsEvery number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
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 | 137 | 62% | 19% | 11% | 8% | 81% | +38 |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 52% | 23% | 16% | 9% | 75% | +30 |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 58% | 27% | 5% | 9% | 85% | +37 |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 49% | 38% | 9% | 3% | 88% | +41 |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 52% | 42% | 7% | 0% | 93% | +46 |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 51% | 43% | 6% | 0% | 94% | +48 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 137 | 63% | 20% | 9% | 8% | 82% | +37 |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 67% | 20% | 9% | 4% | 87% | +45 |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 72% | 15% | 9% | 4% | 86% | +51 |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 78% | 14% | 6% | 2% | 92% | +57 |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 77% | 20% | 2% | 2% | 97% | +63 |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 83% | 11% | 6% | 0% | 94% | +62 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 109 | 36% | 35% | 28% | 1% |
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 | 125 | 68.8% | +61 | +31 |
| Asian | 224 | 86.2% | — | +12 |
| Two or More Races | 98 | 89.8% | — | +28 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yu Ming Charter ← | — | 81 | 62.2% | 82.8% | +4.1 | 0.3% |
| Beach Elementary | 2 mi | 81 | 63.1% | 89.7% | +2.2 | 2.1% |
| John Muir Elementary | 3.3 mi | 70 | 45.5% | 72.2% | −3.2 | 0.1% |
| Chabot Elementary | 3.1 mi | 69 | 47.6% | 71.2% | −7.1 | 0.4% |
| California average | — | 43 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.