2026 OCAP State of the Child Report

EDUCATION

Percent of Third Grade Achievement in ELA Focus Areas by Academic Year 2014-2015 and 2024-2025 Above Standard Near Standard Below Standard - Below Standard Includes Two Subsets of State Data: Standard Nearly Met and Standard Not Met

Percent of Third Grade Achievement in ELA Focus Areas 2014-2015 and 2024-2025 American Indian/Alaska Native Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander White Asian Black/African American Hispanic of Any Race Multiracial Filipino

80%

70 80%

75

71.0%

64.0%

70

63.0%

10 20 40 50 30 60

61.0%

54.0%

65

51.0%

46.0%

43.0%

43.0%

42.0%

60

34.0%

33.0%

55

25.0%

25.0%

24.0%

20.0%

15%

50

15.0%

14.0%

13.0%

13.0%

14.0%

11.0%

9.0%

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0

14-15 24-25 14-15 24-25 14-15 24-25 14-15 24-25

40

Research/ Inquiry

Reading

Writing

Listening

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Percent of Achievement Achievement in ELA Among Third Grade Students by Socioeconomic Status 2014-2015 and 2024-2025

30

Standard Not Met

Standard Nearly Met

Standard Met

Standard Exceeded

25

20

40 50 60% 30

15

10

47.0%

14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 21-22 22-23 23-24 24-25

40.0%

10 20

33.0%

15.0%

29.0%

27.0%

27.0%

25.0%

26.0%

8.0%

26.0%

19.0%

22.0%

20.0%

0

20.0%

16.0%

2014-15

2024-25

Not Socioecnomically Disadvantaged 2014-15 2024-25

Socioecnomically Disadvantaged

Source: California Department of Education (CDE), CAASPP Smarter Balanced ELA Results, DataQuest. https://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/

Third Grade Students ELA Proficiency by Percent by Riverside County Region 2024-2025

California Department of Education. (2025). CAASPP Smarter Balanced ELA results. DataQuest. https://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/ California Department of Education. (2025). CAASPP results, grade 3 ELA: Riverside County, 2024–25. DataQuest. https://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/ California Department of Education. (2025). CAASPP Smarter Balanced ELA results. DataQuest. https://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/ Riverside County O ce of Education, Data O ce. (2025).

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