Clover Avenue Elementary: Three in five kids exceed the standard. But this year's 5th graders test below its 3rd graders.

Yes — Clover Avenue is in the Strong band, at the 97.91 state percentile, with 86.3% of students meeting or exceeding standard on CAASPP (CDE CAASPP, 2024-25). That's a genuinely high mark. But it sits on top of real variation underneath: Hispanic/Latino students score 12.2 points below the school average, and grade 4 ELA (81.7% met or exceeded) lags grade 3 ELA (89.7%) by 8 points. A strong overall number doesn't erase those gaps — it just means they're worth asking about directly rather than assuming they don't exist.

Mostly, yes. The school's mission talks about building students who demonstrate proficiency to state standards, and 86.3% met or exceeded standard with 65.6% exceeding it (CDE CAASPP, 2024-25) backs that up. The school also describes itself as a uniquely global community — it's the main home school for UCLA graduate student family housing, with families speaking 23 home languages — and 62.8% of its English Learners reach ELPAC Level 4 (CDE ELPAC, 2024-25), a strong result for a school built around that kind of linguistic diversity. One claim we can't check: the school says its Booster program funds a computer teacher, art teacher, PE coaches, and instructional aides in every classroom. We don't have staffing data that confirms those positions are currently active in every room, so that's a fair thing to ask about on a tour.

It depends which group you're asking about. Hispanic/Latino students score 12.2 points below the school average, the largest subgroup gap on record (CDE CAASPP, 2024-25). That's a fact about outcomes, not a statement about the students themselves — and we only have one year of data, so we can't tell whether that gap is narrowing, widening, or has been steady for years. On the other side, English Learners at this school post a solid 62.8% ELPAC Level 4 rate, which suggests the school is doing something right for a large and specific part of its population. Both things are true here.

We can't say that from this data — Scope Scores aren't comparable across years, so we can't call a trend on the overall rating. What we can say: grade 5 testers scored 3.9 points lower than grade 3 testers this year. That's a gap between two grades tested at the same time, not a change over time for the same kids. The clearest gap by subject is grade 4 ELA at 81.7% versus grade 3 ELA at 89.7% — an 8-point spread worth asking the school about, since the data alone doesn't say whether it's a cohort effect, a curriculum shift, or something else (CDE CAASPP, 2024-25).

62.8% of English Learners reach ELPAC Level 4, the top tier (CDE ELPAC, 2024-25). Given that Clover Avenue is the district's main home school for UCLA graduate student family housing and serves families speaking 23 home languages, that's a meaningful number — it suggests the school's approach to a linguistically diverse population is actually working, not just present.

A veteran staff: teachers average 23.0 years of experience, 0% are in their first year, and 95% are fully credentialed (staffing data, 2024-25). That's a stable, experienced teaching corps — it doesn't tell you about any one teacher, but as a staffing profile it's a strong one.

Yes. Grade 3 ELA is the strongest tested grade-subject at 89.7% met or exceeded, and grade 4 ELA is the weakest at 81.7% — an 8-point spread within the same school (CDE CAASPP, 2024-25). If your child is entering a specific grade, it's worth asking the school what's different about how grade 4 ELA is taught compared to grade 3.

$20,324 per pupil, about $3,194 below the state average of $23,518 (finance data, 2024-25). That's context on resources, not a quality score — spending less than average doesn't mean the school is doing less with what it has, and Clover Avenue's CAASPP results suggest the opposite may be true here.

Chronic absenteeism is 8.9% and the suspension rate is 0.5% (attendance and suspension data, 2024-25) — both signs of a campus where most kids are showing up and staying in class. One note: Students with Disabilities are suspended at a rate 1.7 points above the school's overall rate. The data doesn't tell us how students with disabilities experience daily school life beyond that one number, which is worth a direct question on a visit.

Clover Avenue has served the Palms neighborhood for over 60 years — the school describes itself as "a jewel of Palms." It's also the district's main home school for UCLA graduate student family housing, which shapes the 23-language community it serves today.

Clover Avenue has 9 feeder schools on record. That tells you where students go next, not how good those schools are — worth researching separately if you're planning multiple years ahead.