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Sycamore Magnet Academy

Public Grades K-8

5323^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 9% of California elementary schools

Summary

Sycamore Magnet Academy is a large K-8 public school serving 1,085 students in the Tustin Unified district, but it faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 10% of California elementary schools.

The school's proficiency rates in English, math, and science are dramatically lower than the district average, and it serves a student population with a very high rate of economic need. While it receives substantial per-student funding, these resources have not translated into strong academic outcomes, particularly for English Learners and students from low-income households. Performance varies inconsistently across grade levels, and the school's magnet program status has not led to higher achievement compared to traditional schools in the area.

Within Tustin Unified, there is extreme variation in school performance. While Tustin Memorial Elementary and Heritage Elementary are top performers, Sycamore's results are similar to other struggling schools like Helen Estock Elementary and Robert Heideman Elementary, which also serve high-need populations. This suggests that while economic disadvantage is a challenge, it does not fully explain the performance gaps within the same district.

1,085

Students ?

25.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,495

Per pupil spending ?

87.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1402 Sycamore Ave.
Tustin, CA 92780-6233

(714) 730-7360

District: Tustin Unified

Students who attend Sycamore Magnet Academy usually attend:

High:

Tustin High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

92.3%

White:

3.4%

Asian:

1.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 7th percentile in 2022 → 9th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (15% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)

!Science scores 25 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school15%

District avg54%

California avg41%

Elementary school

5,323^rd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 9%▲ up 2 pts since 2022

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

2,384^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 14%▼ down 27 pts since 2015

From bottom 41% (2015) to bottom 14% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

17^th of 18Elementary Schools in the Tustin Unified

420^th of 1,543Tustin Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.3	5323 of 5857	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.6	5426 of 5869	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.3	5201 of 5859	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.9	5458 of 5883	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	28.2	1583 of 2227	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	23.9	2902 of 3162	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.8	2885 of 3245	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.8	2544 of 3311	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.2	5014 of 5597	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.8	5304 of 5612	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.0	5130 of 5609	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.3	5407 of 5635	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.5	4612 of 5107	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.2	4710 of 5107	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.2	4594 of 5087	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.6	4720 of 5084	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	15.4	344 of 356	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.1	5118 of 5460	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.2	5134 of 5517	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.2	4817 of 5363	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.1	4902 of 5264	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.2	5185 of 5628	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.9	5086 of 5643	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.9	4820 of 5638	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.7	4952 of 5663	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.1	2578 of 2847	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.5	2473 of 2635	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	29.4	1682 of 2420	30.5%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.4	2384 of 2761	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.5	2370 of 2783	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.6	2429 of 2781	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.7	2581 of 2740	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	19.8	2190 of 2715	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.2	1881 of 2480	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	28.6	1709 of 2508	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2016	27.9	1729 of 2497	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2015	34.9	1473 of 2477	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	55.3	1006 of 2379	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2012	48.5	1131 of 2259	49.9%	★★☆☆☆
2011	32.1	1579 of 2236	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	18.4	1887 of 2179	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	18.1	1778 of 2063	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	19.5	1688 of 2005	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	24.7	1540 of 1999	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	20.8	1463 of 1804	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	28.4	1271 of 1777	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	21.6	1407 of 1769	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	27.1	1171 of 1531	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.8	1008 of 1491	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	29.4	973 of 1369	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	34.9	954 of 1478	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.0	887 of 1521	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.7	1040 of 1540	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.6	887 of 1442	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.0	611 of 1364	55.2%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.1	2157 of 2533	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.2	2254 of 2551	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.9	2258 of 2531	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	10.9	2396 of 2509	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	19.8	1953 of 2380	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.8	1742 of 2262	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.7	1987 of 2395	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.0	1985 of 2388	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.6	2066 of 2374	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.5	2222 of 2359	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	22.9	1791 of 2213	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.3	1522 of 2072	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	17.2	315 of 336	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.6	2123 of 2542	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.0	2142 of 2579	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.8	2127 of 2531	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.4	2319 of 2458	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	27.3	1794 of 2369	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.1	1517 of 2230	32.0%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.2	2241 of 2534	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.0	2130 of 2552	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.4	2162 of 2538	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.5	2351 of 2527	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	19.3	2012 of 2407	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.8	1758 of 2273	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.9	1317 of 1566	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.7	1292 of 1552	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.2	1379 of 1531	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Disabled (2022)29th percentile+22 vs school

Female (2025)10th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)10th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)9th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2024)8th percentile~ school

Male (2025)8th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)6th percentile-3 vs school

Homeless (2022)3rd percentile-4 vs school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2024)35th percentile+21 vs school

Disabled (2022)24th percentile+18 vs school

Hispanic (2025)17th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)16th percentile+3 vs school

Special Education (2025)16th percentile~ school

Female (2025)15th percentile~ school

Male (2025)12th percentile~ school

Homeless (2022)6th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy26%-23 vs state

Listening16%-10 vs state

Mathematics15%-22 vs state

Writing9%-8 vs state

Science8%-25 vs state

Overall5%-4 vs state

Reading5%-3 vs state

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Thursday, July 8, 2021

Wonderful, caring teachers and administration. Conscientious, kind parents. The Dual Immersion program is fabulous. This school is "newer" and the low scoring does not reflect its development. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)						CSA Spanish Listening (2025)						CSA Spanish Writing (2025)						CSA Spanish Reading (2025)						CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sycamore Magnet Academy	Public	K-8	1402 Sycamore Ave.	Tustin	92780	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7360	1,085	43	25.1	87.2%	37 (3.4%)	8 (0.7%)	1,001 (92.3%)	18 (1.7%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (1.7%)	14.3	5323^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	9.1%		13.6	5426^th of 5869 public elementary schools	7.5%	103	5.2	11.5	3.1	0.0	0.0	5.5	20.8	15.4	14.1	7.7	10.5	15.8	5.2	16.7	1.6	7.7	10.5	8.6	3.1	10.3	3.1	3.9	0.0	4.8	9.4	7.3	8.1	21.9	15.8	27.1	25.2	29.6	29.6	25.7	29.2	13.7	15.0	11.0	13.2	14.0	15.3						$16,495	$2,174	$14,321
Benjamin F. Beswick Elementary	Public	K-5	1362 Mitchell Ave.	Tustin	92780	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7385	426	17	25.0	90.8%	16 (3.8%)	7 (1.6%)	366 (85.9%)	27 (6.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.6%)	31.3	3855^th of 5857 public elementary schools	34.2%		33.6	3638^th of 5869 public elementary schools	38.0%	217																									15.9		15.9	28.6	37.3	35.3				33.7	20.6	32.9	43.5				32.1						$16,347	$2,062	$14,285
Heritage Elementary	Public	K-5	15400 Lansdowne Rd.	Tustin	92782	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 430-2066	567	21	27.0	32.5%	112 (19.8%)	5 (0.9%)	115 (20.3%)	261 (46.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	70 (12.3%)	92	544^th of 5857 public elementary schools	90.7%		88.8	764^th of 5869 public elementary schools	87.0%	220																									67.5		67.5	75.6	69.8	80.7				75.3	74.4	62.7	68.7				68.7						$15,435	$1,711	$13,724
W. R. Nelson Elementary	Public	K-5	14392 Browning Ave.	Tustin	92780	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7536	460	18	25.5	87.2%	31 (6.7%)	2 (0.4%)	363 (78.9%)	37 (8.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.4%)	25.2	4380^th of 5857 public elementary schools	25.2%		23.7	4502^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	23.3%	122																									18.8		18.8	29.4	31.3	29.5				30.0	35.7	27.7	19.8				27.3						$15,849	$2,039	$13,810
Robert Heideman Elementary	Public	K-5	15571 Williams St.	Tustin	92780	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7521	502	19	26.4	97.0%	9 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	469 (93.4%)	8 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.8%)	23.5	4544^th of 5857 public elementary schools	22.4%		20.3	4832^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	17.7%	288																									7.2		7.2	28.8	30.3	24.4				27.9	46.3	24.4	20.5				29.2						$17,543	$1,972	$15,571
Helen Estock Elementary	Public	K-5	14741 North B St.	Tustin	92780	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7390	456	17	27.6	93.6%	21 (4.6%)	15 (3.3%)	376 (82.5%)	37 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.1%)	11.6	5533^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	5.5%		11.6	5579^th of 5869 public elementary schools	4.9%	46																									5.4		5.4	21.3	18.6	23.6				21.4	19.0	12.5	13.0				14.8						$16,867	$2,025	$14,842
John F. Kennedy Elementary	Public	K-5	1300 East McFadden	Santa Ana	92705	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 972-5700	380	18	21.0	96.3%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	375 (98.7%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22.5	4631^st of 5857 public elementary schools	20.9%		16.4	5183^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	11.7%	552																									9.4		9.4	31.9	33.8	26.4				31.2	35.7	21.8	11.3				23.9						$28,278	$898	$27,380
Madison Elementary	Public	K-6	1124 East Hobart St.	Santa Ana	92707	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 972-6400	749	33	22.6	94.1%	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	728 (97.2%)	8 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	6 (0.8%)	24.2	4477^th of 5857 public elementary schools	23.6%		24.1	4453^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	24.1%	24																									15.3		15.3	12.2	29.4	35.3	47.0			29.8	15.3	26.2	24.6	27.9			23.3	90.7	93.5	92.8	92.1	92.1	$25,889	$1,087	$24,802
Barbara Benson Elementary	Public	K-5	12712 Elizabeth Way	Tustin	92780	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7531	313	14	22.3	73.2%	43 (13.7%)	4 (1.3%)	222 (70.9%)	26 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	15 (4.8%)	49.6	2617^th of 5857 public elementary schools	55.3%		64	1877^th of 5869 public elementary schools	68.0%	740																									38.1		38.1	18.4	50.0	45.2				37.7	31.6	55.9	45.2				43.9	96.9				96.9	$16,610	$2,106	$14,504
Roosevelt Walker Academy	Public	K-5	501 South Halladay	Santa Ana	92701	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 564-1200	675	30	22.4	94.1%	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	645 (95.6%)	20 (3.0%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	14.4	5319^th of 5857 public elementary schools	9.2%		24.8	4384^th of 5869 public elementary schools	25.3%	935																									15.8		15.8	19.8	23.7	26.3				23.3	18.9	14.4	13.2				15.5	98.3					$28,044	$1,873	$26,171

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What schools do graduates of Sycamore Magnet Academy attend?

Students who attend Sycamore Magnet Academy usually go on to attend:

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Is Sycamore Magnet Academy a good school?

Sycamore Magnet Academy ranks in the bottom 9.1% of California elementary schools.

What district is Sycamore Magnet Academy in?

Tustin Unified

What is the racial makeup of Sycamore Magnet Academy?

Students at Sycamore Magnet Academy are 92% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

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In the 2024-25 school year, 1,085 students attended Sycamore Magnet Academy.

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