Public school · Elk Grove Unified · Elk Grove, California

Zehnder Ranch Elementary — Rating & test scores

Elk Grove · TK–6 · 1,019 students (2024–25)

9880 Denali Circle, 95757blogs.egusd.net ↗(916) 793-3300
95thpercentileStrong

The dots are California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
75

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 70% and 72% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 46% and 42%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 464
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

This rating covers grades 3–5. Zehnder Ranch Elementary teaches TK–6: grade 6 results ↓

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On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 4–6 scored above what the state expected in English (+14 pts) and math (+15 pts). The state bases that expectation on each student’s earlier scores.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 428. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Elk Grove Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Zehnder Ranch a good elementary school?

Zehnder Ranch Elementary scores higher than 95 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 95th percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 15 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 24 in 100 at the average Elk Grove Unified elementary school. 0.4% of students (5 of 1,114) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (4)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored +14 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +15 points, which it calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 428 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 59% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at Zehnder Ranch Elementary in Elk Grove scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2026 attendance boundaries, Zehnder Ranch Elementary is zoned to Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle: 93rd percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 Scope Score

Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 70% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 72% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 464
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 3–5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English, 1,211,701 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 464 tested

Advanced
48%
Proficient
22%
Below the standard
30%
This school70%
California46%
Elk Grove Unified52%

70% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 464 tested

Advanced
43%
Proficient
29%
Below the standard
28%
This school72%
California42%
Elk Grove Unified47%

72% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–6 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced65%74%71%
Advanced44%51%50%
Proficient21%23%21%
Developing level24%12%20%
Minimal11%14%9%
Tested156160148
California44%46%49%
Difference+21+28+22
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced73%
Advanced41%
Proficient32%
Developing level17%
Minimal10%
Tested148
California48%
Difference+25

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced74%75%66%
Advanced35%48%46%
Proficient39%27%20%
Developing level15%16%21%
Minimal11%9%13%
Tested155161148
California47%42%37%
Difference+27+33+29
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced64%
Advanced50%
Proficient14%
Developing level16%
Minimal20%
Tested147
California37%
Difference+27

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

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.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

School patterns · grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · What patterns mean

Broad baseMost students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.
Grade-to-grade gainsFrom grade 3 in spring 2024 to grade 5 in spring 2026, results here rose more than at the average California elementary school. Students move in and out, so these are partly different children. The Score factors record below gives the figure.

How does grade 6 do?

Well above California in both subjects. In grade 6, spring 2026, 73% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 64% in math, against 48% and 37% across California.

English

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 148 tested

Advanced
41%
Proficient
32%
Below the standard
27%
This school73%
California48%
Elk Grove Unified57%

73% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Math

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 147 tested

Advanced
50%
Proficient
14%
Below the standard
36%
This school64%
California37%
Elk Grove Unified43%

64% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 73% to 70% and math from 70% to 72%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202573%430 tested
→
202670%464 tested

This school

California, same grades46% → 46%2025 → 2026 · 1,232,086 → 1,208,894 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202570%432 tested
→
202672%464 tested

This school

California, same grades41% → 42%2025 → 2026 · 1,241,652 → 1,211,701 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Yes, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored +14 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +15 points, which it calls Accelerated.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4–6: 428
Comparison
Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 4–6 · 2025 · 428 students with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

+14 pts

English

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

+15 pts

Math

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

Ask: How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school48%22%19%11%464
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Elk Grove Unified28%24%20%28%13,799
Math, grades 3–5 · This school43%29%17%11%464
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Elk Grove Unified24%23%24%29%13,835
English, grade 6 · This school41%32%17%10%148
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Elk Grove Unified24%33%21%22%4,784
Math, grade 6 · This school50%14%16%20%147
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Elk Grove Unified25%18%26%31%4,775

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

English and math results for the tested grades. These do not measure the experience in kindergarten or the early grades.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20187 tested years shown · Grades 3–5 are well above California. Grade 6 is also well above it

Chart and table: 2018–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20182022202670%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20182022202672%42%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 3–5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 76% in 2018 to 70% in 2026. In math, it went from 67% in 2018 to 72% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201876%
376 tested		49%
1,346,907 tested
201975%
438 tested		50%
1,332,547 tested
202273%
548 tested		45%
1,260,830 tested
202376%
467 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202474%
435 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202573%
430 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
202670%
464 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201867%
378 tested		42%
1,352,321 tested
201966%
437 tested		44%
1,338,625 tested
202269%
546 tested		38%
1,265,943 tested
202374%
466 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202471%
435 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202570%
432 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
202672%
464 tested		42%
1,211,701 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 14 points above that expected score, and in math 15 points above it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

15 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average Elk Grove Unified elementary school, 24 in 100 were. 0.4% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 167 of 1,098 students counted for it; suspension: 5 of 1,114 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Elk Grove Unified elementary school 1.2%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

15 in 100This school
24 in 100At the average Elk Grove Unified elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

167 of 1,098 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.4%

of students were suspended at least once (5 of 1,114). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Zehnder Ranch

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Five student groups here scored well above the same groups across California in English.

Student groups, grades 3–6, spring 2026

Low-income, Hispanic or Latino and Black or African American students, English learners and students with disabilities all score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 59% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 36% for the same group across California. The chart gives each group’s figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 3–6; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Zehnder RanchSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • Two or more races50 tested88%Same group, California 60%
  • Filipino67 tested82%Same group, California 69%
  • Asian278 tested73%Same group, California 71%
  • White53 tested72%Same group, California 60%
  • Hispanic or Latino91 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 64%Same group, California 37%
  • Low-income235 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 59%Same group, California 36%
  • Black or African American57 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 49%Same group, California 31%
  • Students with disabilities74 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 34%Same group, California 18%
  • English learners66 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 30%Same group, California 13%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 36% to 84%; every value is in the table below. White students: grades 3–5 only. English learners: grades 3–5 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Asian: 46%2. Hispanic or Latino: 14%3. White: 10%4. Black or African American: 10%5. Two or more races: 9%6. Filipino: 9%7. Pacific Islander: 1%Reported shares2025–26
  1. Asian46%
  2. Hispanic or Latino14%
  3. White10%
  4. Black or African American10%
  5. Two or more races9%
  6. Filipino9%
  7. Pacific Islander1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Not reported—
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

66% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 83 of 125 English learners66%
Elk Grove Unified · 4,126 of 8,58848%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

36%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 366 of 1,019. California: 63%.

48teachers, 2024–25

18 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

4%in their first year, 2024–25

97%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep low-income students and other student groups on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–6 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Elk Grove Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 235 tested in English, 233 in math
English59%+1544%+2336%
Math62%+2636%+3230%
Asian · 278 tested in English, 277 in math
English73%+1459%+271%
Math76%+2155%+571%
Hispanic or Latino · 91 tested in English, 92 in math
English64%+2143%+2737%
Math60%+2733%+3030%
Filipino · 67 tested
English82%+1072%+1369%
Math78%+1266%+1662%
Black or African American · 57 tested
English49%+1336%+1831%
Math39%+1524%+1623%
White · 53 tested · grades 3–5 only
English72%+1062%+1260%
Math68%+1157%+1256%
Two or more races · 50 tested in English, 49 in math
English88%+3058%+2860%
Math84%+3450%+3054%
English learners · 66 tested in English, 65 in math · grades 3–5 only
English30%+723%+1713%
Math45%+2124%+2916%
Students with disabilities · 74 tested
English34%+1321%+1618%
Math36%+1719%+2016%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Elk Grove Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

No published rate here for American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Asian46%
Hispanic or Latino14%
White10%
Black or African American10%
Two or more races9%
Filipino9%
Pacific Islander1%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 97% of teaching positions, 53.7 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 55.2 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Zehnder Ranch, and how do I get in?

Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle, then Cosumnes Oaks High.

Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Zehnder Ranch Elementary
    Grades TK–6
  2. Middle · assigned
    Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle
    93rd · Strong · 2026
  3. High · assigned
    Cosumnes Oaks High
    73rd · Solid · 2025

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement: transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

High-school links

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

Where the path ends: Cosumnes Oaks High
Cosumnes Oaks High73rd · Solid · 2025 · Scope Score 65district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at Cosumnes Oaks High. UC records 91 enrollees from Cosumnes Oaks High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 23 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Cosumnes Oaks High around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 82% of the students who finished high school at Cosumnes Oaks High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

91 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 23 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Cosumnes Oaks High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Elk Grove Unified which school serves your address.

School website: blogs.egusd.net ↗Office: (916) 793-3300Administrator: Cheryl Quilatan

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
9880 Denali Circle, Elk Grove 95757

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Elk Grove Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. How many K–2 students did screening find at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help?
  2. How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. How does the school keep low-income students and other student groups on track as they move up through the grades?
  5. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (916) 793-33009880 Denali Circle, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby elementary schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest elementary schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby elementary schoolsPercentile among California elementary schools, 2026

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #258 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #1 of 45 in Elk Grove Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math46%7442%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math71%7223%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+98 scale-score pts8820%
Chronically absent15 in 100535%
Suspension rate0.4% (5 of 1,114)605%
English learners: top level30%705%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California elementary schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267595#258California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–197 in 1002.9% (35 of 1,188)0
2021–22not on filenot on file0
2022–23not on filenot on file+7
2023–249 in 1000.6% (6 of 1,078)+14
2024–2510 in 1000.2% (2 of 1,076)−4
2025–2615 in 1000.4% (5 of 1,114)−1

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2018–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English61247%71%
2026 · Math61145%70%
2025 · English60149%76%
2025 · Math60549%71%
2024 · English61950%75%
2024 · Math61845%71%
2023 · English60748%75%
2023 · Math60641%70%
2022 · English71244%73%
2022 · Math71038%67%
2019 · English57148%75%
2019 · Math57037%66%
2018 · English48747%76%
2018 · Math48936%66%

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 · English14773%
2025 · Grade 4 · English13772%
2025 · Grade 5 · English14675%
2025 · Grade 6 · English17184%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math14975%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math13769%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math14666%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math17372%
2024 · Grade 3 · English14462%
2024 · Grade 4 · English13774%
2024 · Grade 5 · English15485%
2024 · Grade 6 · English18478%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math14468%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math13771%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math15473%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math18373%
2023 · Grade 3 · English14169%
2023 · Grade 4 · English14379%
2023 · Grade 5 · English18379%
2023 · Grade 6 · English14071%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math14168%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math14481%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math18172%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math14056%
2022 · Grade 3 · English20069%
2022 · Grade 4 · English18876%
2022 · Grade 5 · English16076%
2022 · Grade 6 · English16470%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math19969%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math18874%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math15963%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math16459%
2019 · Grade 3 · English15773%
2019 · Grade 4 · English14474%
2019 · Grade 5 · English13779%
2019 · Grade 6 · English13374%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math15666%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math14472%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math13761%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math13367%
2018 · Grade 3 · English13273%
2018 · Grade 4 · English12178%
2018 · Grade 5 · English12376%
2018 · Grade 6 · English11177%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math13170%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math12363%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math12466%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math11164%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “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.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide14833%28%35%3%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income23559%+15+23
Asian27873%+14+2
Hispanic or Latino9164%+21+27
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students+14428Accelerated+15428Accelerated
English-only students+16298not categorized+12298not categorized
Asian+15186Accelerated+23186Exceptional
Low-income+12145Accelerated+14145Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+1173Accelerated+1373Accelerated
English learners+1070Accelerated+2470Exceptional
Filipino+1468Accelerated+1268Accelerated
Students with disabilities+256Average+556Accelerated
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+1744not categorized+2744not categorized
White+1238Accelerated+1838Accelerated
Two or more races+2330Exceptional+730Accelerated
Black or African American+1728Accelerated−228Average
English learners only−826not categorized+1626not categorized

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4–6. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3
38%
exceeded standard · 63% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 144 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
50%
Advanced · 71% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 148 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 144 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+14 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–6

428 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +14 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+15 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–6

428 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +15 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4–6, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

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 · 10 in 100 → 2025–26 · 15 in 100 · +5 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.2% (2 of 1,076) → 2025–26 · 0.4% (5 of 1,114) · +0.2 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female6 in 10012 in 100+6 in 100
Male8 in 10018 in 100+10 in 100
Asian3 in 10012 in 100+9 in 100
Black or African American14 in 10029 in 100+15 in 100
Filipino6 in 1007 in 100+1 in 100
Hispanic or Latino13 in 10014 in 100+1 in 100
Pacific Islander15 in 10031 in 100+16 in 100
Two or more races10 in 10014 in 100+4 in 100
White4 in 10023 in 100+19 in 100
Students with disabilities24 in 10027 in 100+3 in 100
English learners6 in 10014 in 100+8 in 100
Low-income13 in 10023 in 100+10 in 100
All students7 in 10015 in 100+8 in 100
Homeless—12 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. 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$12,179 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 63,157 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$88 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,019

Central federal expenditures attributed here$211 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,019

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,202 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 65%Instruction support 11%Student services 11%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 7%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$701,017,85565.05%65%
Instruction support$115,484,79210.72%11%
Student services$120,268,80011.16%11%
Administration$60,643,4445.63%6%
Buildings & maintenance$80,304,8007.45%7%
Total$1,077,721,374100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $1,077,721,374 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$12,179 per pupil
2020$11,944 per pupil
2019$12,557 per pupil
2018$11,515 per pupil
2017$11,117 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

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 95757 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95757 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$138,198
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)43%
ZIP-area population56,764
Median age38.3 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. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 95757 →

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