Hearthstone, Oroville CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Hearthstone

Hearthstone is a charter school serving kindergarten through twelfth grade in Oroville, a county-seat city in the Sacramento Valley anchored by a historic Gold Rush-era downtown and surrounded by foothill terrain and regional recreation. The school enrolls a small population, with enrollment concentrated in the upper grades; the high school has substantially more students than the elementary grades, which serve a handful of children at each level.

The student body is predominantly white, with a strong majority qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting economically constrained households in the area. The school draws from a community where median home values sit modestly below the state average, and rents remain affordable relative to California benchmarks, though housing costs have been rising.

On the most recent state assessments, Hearthstone's academic performance is below the median among Butte County school entities. In English language arts, the school's overall proficiency rate positions it above the county midpoint, though results vary by grade. Sixth and seventh graders show the strongest performance in ELA. In mathematics, proficiency is substantially lower, with eighth-grade math showing particularly weak results. Science proficiency in eighth grade sits near the county median. For grades three through five, state assessment results were suppressed, typically because enrollment in those grades is too small to report publicly. The school's overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it above the midpoint in the county comparison set, which accounts for the stronger showing in ELA offsetting the weaker math results.

The school's small size in elementary grades and larger population in high school suggest an enrollment pattern distinct from a traditional K-12 pipeline. Parents may want to look into how this grade distribution aligns with their child's current and future placement, and whether the school's approach to elementary instruction and transition through the middle grades serves the school's actual enrollment pattern. No state graduation rate data was available, so parents considering the high school should ask the school directly about completion outcomes.

Hearthstone operates as a charter school within the Butte County Office of Education district. Oroville itself offers a walkable historic downtown with riverfront access, regional transit via B-Line service, and proximity to Lake Oroville State Recreation Area, though much of the city is car-dependent. The community has absorbed housing demand since the 2018 Camp Fire displaced residents from nearby Paradise, and active residential development is underway to address ongoing affordability challenges.

See more original research from School Decision →

Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

60-79%Cohort of 23 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

2,394 schools plotted. 142 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 629%

School 29% · District 24% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 727%

School 27% · District 22% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 812%

School 12% · District 8% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 636%

School 36% · District 29% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 740%

School 40% · District 33% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 17% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Science

Grade 835%

School 35% · District 30% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 844%

School 44% · District 41% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

This schoolButte County Office of Education, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.