In California, 18.8% of Black students meet the standard in math at the typical school — against 43.0% of White students. Within Fresno Unified alone, the gap between the best and worst schools for Black children is 60 points. This tool helps you find the right one.
Search California schools ›Share of students meeting standard met or exceeded at the typical California school. Groups are shown wherever California reports them; a group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
These figures come from CAASPP 2025, measuring standard met or exceeded in ELA & Math · Grades 3–8. Across 298 districts, 1,331 California schools report enough results to be included.
At the typical California school the picture is black students at 24.4%, hispanic students at 31.1%, white students at 48.6% and asian students at 56.8%. That is a 32.4-point spread between the highest and lowest group, inside the same schools, the same districts and the same state — which is what this tool exists to make visible.
Across 330 Black student results — the strongest in the state at real scale. Its second campus reaches 64.9% across 342. One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary in Los Angeles Unified reaches 61.1%.
Manchester Gate reaches 63.6%. Heaton Elementary, in the same district, sits at 3.8%. San Diego Unified shows a 56-point spread across 30 schools. A child's address decides which end they land on.
20.7% of Black students meet the standard, against 52.6% of White students. Reading is 29.4 points. No California school has 80% of its Black students meeting the standard.
These are the schools where Black students most often meet standard met or exceeded, among those with at least 25 Black student results reported. Every group's result is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willowbrook MiddleCompton Unified | 77.8% | 75.9% | 78.1% | — | — |
| Lemon Grove Academy ElementaryLemon Grove | 37% | 71.4% | 32% | — | — |
| Wilder's Preparatory Academy CharterWilder's Preparatory Academy Charter Charter | 69.8% | 71.2% | 62.5% | — | — |
| Day Creek IntermediateEtiwanda Elementary | 77.5% | 67.7% | 67.2% | 76.6% | 85.1% |
| ElevateElevate Charter | 72.3% | 67.3% | 65.4% | 76.6% | — |
| Alta Sierra IntermediateClovis Unified | 69.6% | 66.7% | 59.6% | 77.3% | 80.6% |
| Cottonwood ElementaryWestside Union Elementary | 61% | 66.1% | 59.1% | 58.2% | — |
| Nye ElementarySan Diego Unified | 69.5% | 65.7% | 58.6% | — | — |
| Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter MiddleWilder's Preparatory Academy Charter Mid Charter | 65.3% | 64.9% | — | — | — |
| Angier ElementarySan Diego Unified | 54.4% | 63.9% | 42.8% | — | — |
Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.
The same measure at the other end of the range. In many of these schools every group is falling short, which points at the school rather than at the students in it.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Dorado ElementaryStockton Unified | 12.8% | 0% | 13.7% | — | — |
| Sankofa United ElementaryOakland Unified | 16.1% | 0% | — | — | — |
| RISELancaster Elementary Alt | 0% | 0% | — | — | — |
| Mojave ElementaryMojave Unified | 10.4% | 1% | 11.1% | — | — |
| Barstow Junior HighBarstow Unified | 4.2% | 1.3% | 4.6% | 5.2% | — |
| Mojave Jr./Sr. HighMojave Unified | 5% | 1.4% | 6.3% | — | — |
| Betty Reid Soskin MiddleWest Contra Costa Unified | 15.5% | 1.7% | 8.7% | 50% | 26.7% |
| Adams ElementaryStockton Unified | 13% | 1.7% | 12.3% | — | — |
| North Area CommunitySacramento County Office of Education Alt | 3.8% | 2% | 4.1% | 2.3% | — |
| American LakesNatomas Unified | 7.4% | 2% | 7.4% | — | — |
In Fresno Unified, Manchester Gate reports 63.6% of Black students meeting the standard. Heaton Elementary, in the same district, reports 3.8%. That is a 59.8-point spread across 23 schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base — the clearest illustration of why address matters more than it should.
Districts with at least ten schools reporting Black student results, by school count. The percentage shown is the average across that district's schools for Black students.