Each level is scored on its own scale — elementary, middle, and high are never ranked against each other.
The elementary years
One elementary school: Hawking S.T.E.A.M. Charter at 39/100 — the whole story at this level is one campus.
One dot, one school — there is no spread to read at this level.
Students are showing up: chronic absenteeism runs 9.7% against a state average of 17.9%.
One campus is the whole sample — a single year's cohort moves every number in this chapter.
The high school years
58 points separate Eastlake High (75) from Palomar High (17) — at this level, which school matters more than which district.
58 points separate the strongest and weakest of these 16 high schools — the average hides more than it tells.
2 continuation/alternative schools not plotted — they rank within their own class, not on this statewide axis.
Eastlake High (75/100) holds the Strong band — 37.6% of its students exceed the state standard, against a level average of 15.6%.
28.4% of students are chronically absent (state: 23.1%) — chronic means missing 10% or more of the school year. Whatever the scores say, ask each school what it is doing about attendance.
What it means for your family
Compare schools at your child’s level before deciding on an address. Every ranked elementary school here is a charter or magnet, so the application matters more than the address — see the next card.
2 of the 17 ranked schools are charters — enrollment paths that don't depend on your address. If your zoned school sits low in the appendix below, those lotteries and applications are the levers worth the paperwork.
A band is a position, not a prophecy — a school's number can move without your kid's experience moving with it. 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:
Hawking S.T.E.A.M. Charter 57th percentile · SolidScope Score 39/100Eastlake High 92nd percentile · StrongScope Score 75/100
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.