Public school · Bennett Valley Union Elementary

Yulupa Elementary

2250 Mesquite Drive, Santa Rosa · 523 students · Grades TK

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Yulupa Elementary is a public school for grades K. Its latest state test results are from spring 2025, so it has no 2026 Scope Score.

Overview

Is Yulupa a good school?

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math. In grade 3, spring 2025, 65% met or exceeded the standard in English and 61% in math, against 44% and 46% across California.

Source for the sentence above
Source for the sentence
Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2025 Students: all students tested in grade 3: 124 in English, 126 in math Comparison: California: CDE’s grade 3 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 405,924 in English, 409,168 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.

In its own words

What does Yulupa say about itself?

We haven’t read Yulupa’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

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Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were lower than in 2024. English went from 70% to 65% and math from 73% to 61%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2016 to 2025

Grade 3. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2016201720182019202220232024202572%65%YulupaYulupa44%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2016201720182019202220232024202570%61%YulupaYulupa46%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now.

English, grade 3: share at the top two levels
SpringYulupaCaliforniaTested here
201672%42%144
201764%44%140
201867%48%135
201977%49%135
202270%42%125
202364%43%137
202470%43%131
202565%44%124
Math, grade 3: share at the top two levels
SpringYulupaCaliforniaTested here
201670%45%144
201764%47%140
201875%49%135
201977%50%135
202276%44%125
202361%45%137
202473%46%131
202561%46%126

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

English

65%

met or exceeded the standard.

13222342
California44%

Math

61%

met or exceeded the standard.

18213031
California46%
Not metNearly metMetExceeded

In grade 3, spring 2025, 65% met or exceeded the standard in English and 61% in math, against 44% and 46% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2025, grade 3 combined. These are the latest results in our records for these grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2025. The state’s test levels Exceeded, Met, Nearly met and Not met.
StudentsExceededMetNearly metNot metTested
English, grade 3 · This school42%23%22%13%124
English, grade 3 · California24%20%23%33%405,924
Math, grade 3 · This school31%30%21%18%126
Math, grade 3 · California21%25%22%32%409,168

Spring 2025, grade 3 combined: 124 tested in English, 126 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

White students are the largest group here, at 60% of students. 33 of 172 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

19in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (33 of 172 students).

Students, 2024–25

523

students in grades TK.

White 60%Hispanic or Latino 16%Two or more races 9%

Family income

32%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 166 of 523. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

24

teachers, with 16 years of experience on average.

12% were in their first year.

100% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.6%

of students were suspended at least once (1 of 175).

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White60%
Hispanic or Latino16%
Two or more races9%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 29 of 29 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Family and staff answers

What would staff tell you?

Staff in this district cannot yet answer a short set of questions about Yulupa. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  2. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

Staff

Staff can’t answer for this school yet

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Yulupa has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

74

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

The neighborhood

What is the area around Yulupa like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95405. They are not figures for the families at Yulupa.

Typical household income in a year

$118,299

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 95405.

Typical home value
$788,000
People who live in this ZIP code
22,744
Typical age
45.5 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
50%

What you can do

Who can act on Yulupa’s results?

Bennett Valley Union Elementary’s board decides Yulupa’s plan.

When the plan is set

Bennett Valley Union Elementary’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

Read the 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Yulupa in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 5 questions to Yulupa. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What is the school doing about chronic absence?19 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (33 of 172 students); 11 in 100 in 2024–25
  2. How does the school check what’s working in math?Math: 73% in 2024 to 61% in 2025 here; California: 46% to 46%
  3. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

How do I get in?

Ask Bennett Valley Union Elementary which school serves your address.

Where it is

Where is Yulupa?

Address
2250 Mesquite Drive, Santa Rosa 95405Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Rachel HankersonAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated July 14, 2025.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 3 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Bennett Valley Union Elementary which school serves your address. See the details ↓

How many students reached the top test level here?

In grade 3, spring 2025, 42% exceeded the standard in English and 31% in math. 35% scored below the standard in English and 39% in math. See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

19 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26 (33 of 172), meaning they missed 10% or more of school days. 0.6% of students (1 of 175) were suspended at least once in 2025–26. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 7 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
7
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2016–2025

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

CDE assessment recordsCDE CAASPP 2026 · every level, as published · raw grade–subject rows

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

All Grades is an aggregate, not another group of students. Same-year grade groups are not matched children. A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

The spring 2026 CAASPP records we hold have no English or math rows for this school. Its earlier results are under Every tested year.

Every tested year2016–2025 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresExceededMet or exceeded
2025 · English12442%65%
2025 · Math12631%61%
2024 · English13150%70%
2024 · Math13144%73%
2023 · English13739%64%
2023 · Math13731%61%
2022 · English12539%70%
2022 · Math12534%76%
2019 · English13544%77%
2019 · Math13533%77%
2018 · English13534%67%
2018 · Math13528%75%
2017 · English14034%64%
2017 · Math14030%64%
2016 · English14440%72%
2016 · Math14432%70%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English12465%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math12661%
2024 · Grade 3 · English13170%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math13173%
2023 · Grade 3 · English13764%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math13761%
2022 · Grade 3 · English12570%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math12576%
2019 · Grade 3 · English13577%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math13577%
2018 · Grade 3 · English13567%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math13575%
2017 · Grade 3 · English14064%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math14064%
2016 · Grade 3 · English14472%
2016 · Grade 3 · Math14470%

“Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 11 in 100 → 2025–26 · 19 in 100 · +8 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 535 → 2025–26 · 0.6% (1 of 175) · +0.6 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26
Female4 in 10016 of 82
Male6 in 10017 of 90
Asian1 of 29—
Black or African American1 of 13—
Hispanic or Latino7 in 1005 of 28
Two or more races3 of 455 of 16
White4 in 10014 in 100
Students with disabilities7 of 587 of 21
English learners2 of 90—
Homeless2 of 13—
Low-income10 in 10015 of 53
All students5 in 10019 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$10,800 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 989 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$574 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 523

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,023 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.

How the California mean was selected

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 72%Instruction support 7%Student services 3%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$10,462,29972.65%72%
Instruction support$979,0856.80%7%
Student services$414,7082.88%3%
Administration$1,121,3097.79%8%
Buildings & maintenance$1,299,8629.03%9%
Other$123,4570.86%1%
Total$14,400,720100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $14,400,720 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. 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.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$10,800 per pupil
2020$11,462 per pupil
2019$11,660 per pupil
2018$10,767 per pupil
2017$9,925 per pupil
Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

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.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 95405 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95405 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$118,299
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)50%
ZIP-area population22,744
Median age45.5 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-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. See all schools in ZIP code 95405 →

Downloads and methodologyCSV · sources · corrections

Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · staffing and finance name their own sources and years beside each figure · Data updated October 15, 2026.