Each level is scored on its own scale — elementary, middle, and high are never ranked against each other.
The elementary years
31 points separate Ocean View Hills (48) from Smythe Elementary (16) — at this level, which school matters more than which district.
31 points separate the strongest and weakest of these 5 elementary schools — the average hides more than it tells.
Ocean View Hills is the strongest option at 48/100 — 32.5% of its students exceed the state standard.
31.3% of students are chronically absent (state: 17.9%) — chronic means missing 10% or more of the school year. Whatever the scores say, ask each school what it is doing about attendance.
The middle years
One middle school: Vista Del Mar at 42/100 — the whole story at this level is one campus.
One dot, one school — there is no spread to read at this level.
The level averages 42.4/100 — 3.8 points above the state average.
One campus is the whole sample — a single year's cohort moves every number in this chapter.
What it means for your family
Compare schools at your child’s level before deciding on an address. The strongest attendance-zone candidate is Ocean View Hills at 48/100 — confirm the exact boundary with the district before the house.
No charters or magnets among the ranked schools here, so the main lever is an intra-district transfer — California districts run them on their own windows and criteria. If your zoned school sits low in the appendix below, ask the district office for this year's dates.
A band is a position, not a prophecy — 2 campuses here rank as On the Rise, their returning cohorts gaining more than most schools statewide. Ask your school two questions: what happens for a kid who arrives behind, and what the classroom looks like for one who arrives ahead.
The strongest-scoring run through the district:
Ocean View Hills 73rd percentile · SolidScope Score 48/100Vista Del Mar 64th percentile · SolidScope Score 42/100
Top scorers at each level — not necessarily one zoned sequence. Confirm feeder patterns and enrollment zones with the district, and visit before you decide.
What this page can't see: whether a campus feels safe and glad at 8 a.m. If a path above looks workable, the next step is a visit.