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What's the most underrated thing about Skyblue Mesa Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
569
Elementary
DISTRICT 624 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAUGUS UNION·NCES 063597006160
Skyblue Mesa Elementary
28040 Hardesty Ave., Canyon Country, CA 91351 · (661) 294-5350 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
278 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 41% larger than its 6th grade class (68).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
50.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.9pp since 2014
Math
46.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.2% | 28.7% | 19.4% | 29.6% |
| Math | 25.0% | 21.6% | 25.3% | 28.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 46.6% |
| 2023-24 | 38.3% | 45.1% |
| 2022-23 | 40.6% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.8% | 47.9% |
| 2018-19 | 53.0% | 41.5% |
| 2017-18 | 47.4% | 36.3% |
| 2016-17 | 52.3% | 44.4% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 38.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Skyblue Mesa Elementary
Skyblue Mesa Elementary's state test result (45.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skyblue Mesa Elementary this school | 569 | 48.9% | 45.2% |
| Sulphur Springs Community Elementary Canyon Country | 586 | 49.7% | 47.4% |
| Mayflower Elementary Monrovia | 524 | 45.4% | 61.1% |
| Judson & Brown Elementary Redlands | 484 | 50.6% | 50.6% |
| Deer Canyon Elementary Alta Loma | 496 | 45.8% | 58.7% |
| Mickey Cox Elementary Clovis | 639 | 51.8% | 59.8% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Skyblue Mesa Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #2,051 of 5,151 | #482 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #1,814 of 5,172 no change | #432 of 1,129 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #1,963 of 5,172 ▲ 920 | #449 of 1,129 ▲ 232 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #1,763 of 5,116 | #302 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #1,664 of 5,915 | #327 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.7:1 | #3,534 of 5,352 | #834 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #1,098 of 5,354 | #172 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.9% | #3,954 of 5,625 | #1,008 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.5% | #381 of 1,139 | #67 of 181 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
569
+153 (+37%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 556
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
was 24.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 569 | 24 | 23.7:1 | 49% (278) |
| 2023-24 | 586 | 23 | 25.5:1 | 41% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 22 | 26.4:1 | 41% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 17 | 24.5:1 | 37% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 21 | 23.7:1 | 36% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 516 | 22 | 23.4:1 | 32% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 482 | N/A | N/A | 22% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 26 | 21.6:1 | 9% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 556 | 22 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Skyblue Mesa Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (497 to 569); teachers up 14% (21 to 24).
About Skyblue Mesa Elementary
Among the schools in Canyon Country, California, is Skyblue Mesa Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. The school's 569 students are in kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 22% higher than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Enrollment across the 15 schools in Saugus Union totals 9,359 students.
A majority of students at Skyblue Mesa Elementary, 51%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 24% White, 11% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 5% Black. County-wide, about 48% of residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Skyblue Mesa Elementary comes in at 66%.
The count of teachers at Skyblue Mesa Elementary is 24 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 23.7:1. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. The school counts 278 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 49%. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
The allk12 Grade for Skyblue Mesa Elementary is C+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 41% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Skyblue Mesa Elementary is 5.7 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 45.2% actual, 50.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Within Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
Nearby, Canyon High is about 0.6 miles away. Skyblue Mesa Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 51.7% on proficiency, and Skyblue Mesa Elementary is below that at 45.2%.
NCES describes the area around Skyblue Mesa Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 37%, from 416 to 569.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Saugus Union
- West Creek AcademyElementary · 983 students
- Mountainview ElementaryElementary · 917 students
- Plum Canyon ElementaryElementary · 876 students
- Bridgeport ElementaryElementary · 866 students
- Emblem AcademyElementary · 810 students
- Highlands ElementaryElementary · 666 students
Other schools in Canyon Country
- Canyon HighHigh · 1,952 students
- Sierra Vista Junior HighMiddle · 946 students
- Pinetree Community ElementaryElementary · 650 students
- Sulphur Springs Community ElementaryElementary · 586 students
- Mitchell Community ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Canyon Springs Community ElementaryElementary · 496 students
Nearby schools
- Canyon High0.6 mi · 1,952
- Cedarcreek Elementary0.6 mi · 380
- Rio Vista Elementary0.8 mi · 486
- Plum Canyon Elementary1.0 mi · 876
- Sierra Vista Junior High1.1 mi · 946
- Canyon Springs Community Elementary1.2 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About Skyblue Mesa ElementaryHow many students attend Skyblue Mesa Elementary?
Skyblue Mesa Elementary enrolls approximately 569 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Skyblue Mesa Elementary serve?
Skyblue Mesa Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Skyblue Mesa Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Skyblue Mesa Elementary is approximately 23.7:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Skyblue Mesa Elementary?
Skyblue Mesa Elementary reports a student body of 24% White, 51% Hispanic, 5% Black, 11% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Skyblue Mesa Elementary?
Skyblue Mesa Elementary is overseen by Saugus Union in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.