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Gateway Community

Grades 6-12County Community School2024–25 data
Needs Support
29/100
Needs Support — 20th percentile statewide
#1,393 of 1,739 CA high schools
↑ 9.6 pts since 2019
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School Climate
46% of students attend consistently
Chronic absenteeism: 54.0% (state avg: 32.1%)
"Attend consistently" means missing ≤10% of school days (the chronic absenteeism threshold).
Moderate suspension rate
4.2% suspension rate (state avg: 4.0%)
Share of students who received at least one suspension during the year.
Source: California Dept. of Education, 2024–25See breakdown by student group →

What the numbers actually mean

Most rating sites report "0% proficient" and stop there. We think that number deserves more context — here's what we found when we looked deeper:

0.0% of students exceeded standard? Level 4 on California's CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment — the state defines four levels: Not Met, Nearly Met, Met, and Exceeded. while 0.0% met it. That exceeded rate is 15.5 points below the state average of 15.5%. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Gateway Community
California average
15%
19%
ExceededMet onlyBelow

The graduation rate is 91.7% — above the state target. 40.0% of graduates go on to college within a year.

Chronic absenteeism? Missing 10%+ of enrolled school days. This is an official California Dashboard accountability indicator. is 54.0%, above the state average of 32.1%.

Data you won't find on other sites: School-level per-pupil spending (not just district averages) · Current-year 2025 data direct from CDE · The exceeded vs. met split that most rating sites collapse into one number

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters → · Scope Score is SchoolScope's analysis of CDE data — not an official CDE rating. How we built this score (and what it misses) →

No single score captures a school. This is a starting point — visit, ask questions, trust your instincts.

What this score doesn't capture
  • — Teaching quality, classroom culture, and how teachers connect with students
  • — Arts, athletics, extracurriculars, and enrichment programs
  • — How well the school serves students with IEPs or gifted learners
  • — Parent community engagement and satisfaction
  • — Whether the curriculum aligns with your family's values
  • — Growth data unavailable for this school — the score overweights proficiency, which tends to correlate with household income

Most of our data is updated once per year and may reflect the prior school year.


Before you visit
Questions worth asking and signals worth checking
What to verify
Chronic absenteeism at 54.0% — 21.9 points above state average. High absenteeism often reflects community stress or disengagement, not just individual behavior.
Who this school is great for
Families who value a smaller school community — 82 students
Worth checking: Families sensitive to attendance culture — absenteeism is 21.9pp above state average
These reflect data patterns, not guarantees. Your child's experience will depend on their teacher, grade, and classroom — things no score captures.

Score Factors
Academic Performance
Graduation rate: 91.7%
4.1pp above state avg (state avg 87.6%)
25% weight

Graduation rate is the most fundamental high school outcome measure.

Limitation: Adjusted cohort method may not capture students who transfer or complete via alternative paths.

CDE Graduation 2025
Holding back
Exceeded standard: 0.0%
15.5pp below state avg (state avg 15.5%)
22% weight

Exceeded rate gets the highest weight because it separates schools that clear the bar from those that raise it.

Limitation: Reflects tested students only — opt-out rates are not published by CDE.

CDE CAASPP 2025
College readiness: 0.0%
AP exam pass rate below state avg (state avg 35.5%)
20% weight

College readiness shows how well a school prepares students for post-secondary success.

Limitation: Uses AP pass rate or A-G completion as proxy — doesn’t capture trade or vocational readiness.

CDE College/Career 2025
Met or exceeded: 0.0%
34.6pp below state avg (state avg 34.6%)
18% weight

Overall proficiency provides the broadest measure of academic achievement.

Limitation: Combines ‘met’ and ‘exceeded’ — the gap between them matters more than either alone.

CDE CAASPP 2025
School Climate
Holding back
Chronic absenteeism: 54.0%
21.9pp above state avg (state avg 32.1%)
5% weight

Absenteeism reflects school culture and family engagement — an official CA Dashboard accountability indicator.

Limitation: 10% threshold is the same for all schools regardless of demographics or geography.

CDE Attendance 2025
Suspension rate: 4.2%
0.2pp above state avg (state avg 4.0%)
5% weight

Low suspension rates correlate with positive school culture and restorative practices.

Limitation: Schools may differ in reporting practices — some underreport to improve metrics.

CDE Discipline 2025
EL proficiency (ELPAC): 2.8%
14.0pp below state avg (state avg 16.8%)
5% weight

ELPAC Level 4 measures how well a school develops English proficiency — a school-quality signal for its EL population.

Limitation: Only available for schools with English Learner students. Weight redistributes to other dimensions when not applicable.

CDE ELPAC 2025
We make judgment calls about what matters. We believe exceeded scores reveal more than proficiency alone, and that growth matters more than raw test results. Reasonable people could weight these differently — and that's fine. The factors above show exactly what we weighted and why, so you can decide where you agree and where you'd adjust. The high school Scope Score uses 7 dimensions. How we built this score (and what it misses) →

The Scope Score emphasizes academic performance. It weights test proficiency, the exceeded-vs-met gap, and growth trajectory most heavily. If your family prioritizes arts, athletics, school culture, or teaching philosophy, this score captures some of that indirectly (through absenteeism and suspension) but not all of it. Different families should weight these dimensions differently — the score factors above let you see exactly what drives this number.

How to use this
  • Use for long-term academic patterns, not this week's classroom experience
  • Verify with a recent visit — scores can't capture a school mid-transformation
  • Combine with local context — talk to parents, attend a school board meeting, trust your gut

Community Profile
Context — not part of the Scope Score

Student demographics

Hispanic91.5%
White6.1%
Black2.4%
GenderFemale 23.2%Male 76.8%
Resources & Access
Enrollment
82
1,368 below CA avg (~1,450)
Free/Reduced Lunch
80%
17pp above CA avg (64%)
Student-Teacher Ratio
12:1
9 fewer students per teacher than CA avg
Per-Pupil Spending
$64,948
District avg: $46,311 · CA avg: $14,815 · School-level · CDE ESSA
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
2.8% Level 4
Share of English Learners reaching full proficiency
Teacher Salary Range
$61,578 – $114,273
District schedule · CA median ~$98K
At Gateway Community in Camarillo, 0.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 0.0% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Gateway Community outperforms its district average for low-income students by 0.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (0.0% Math proficient); Hispanic students (0.0% ELA proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 29 students tested.
Equity Gaps
Absenteeism · Hispanic+18.3pp
72.3% vs 54.0% overall · n=119

Subgroups with fewer than 15 students are excluded for privacy. Gaps of less than 3 percentage points are not shown.

Subgroup Proficiency
Low-Income29 tested
ELA 0.0%·Math 0.0%· +0.0pp vs district
Hispanic31 tested
ELA 0.0%·Math 0.0%· -4.1pp vs district

Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.

Funding Breakdown
Instruction 47%Support 53%Other 0%

Source: NCES F-33 (2016–2017) · Full district breakdown →

Neighborhood Context
Median Income
$105K
$20K above CA median
Median Home Value
$748K
$89K above CA median
Bachelor's+
40%
5pp above CA avg
Whole Child
Teacher experience, college/career readiness, and more. Context only — never part of the Scope Score.
Teacher Experience
18.1 years avg experience
9 teachers
Teacher Credentials
31% fully credentialed

Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25

Community Profile provides context about who attends this school and the resources available. These factors are never part of the Scope Score. Learn why →

5-year trend

2029'19'22'23'24'25
↑ 9.6 points since 2019
Rank: #1411 → #1522 → #1510 → #1504 → #1393Exceeded: 0% → 0% → 0% → 0% → 0%
2019 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · No testing 2020–21 (COVID) · Scope Score based on CAASPP, absenteeism & suspension data

College & career readiness

Graduation Rate
91.7%
AP Exam Prepared
Not offered
This school may not offer AP courses
A-G Completion? A-G refers to 15 courses across 7 subject areas (History, English, Math, Science, Language, Visual/Performing Arts, and College Prep Electives) required for UC and CSU admission eligibility.
0.0%
This school may not offer A-G courses
College-Going Rate
40.0%

Data source: California Department of Education — ACGR, CCI, CGR reports

How Gateway Community compares

Gateway Community vs. California averages — 2025 CAASPP data
MetricThis schoolCA avg
Exceeded Standard0.0%15.5%
Met or Exceeded0.0%34.6%
Chronic Absenteeism54.0%32.1%
Suspension Rate4.2%4.0%

Source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025 · Analyzed by SchoolScope

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th
7th7
8th110.0%0.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%
11th200.0%0.0%5.0%95.0%0.0%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th
7th7
8th110.0%0.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%
11th200.0%0.0%5.0%95.0%0.0%

Science scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
11th120.0%0.0%33.3%66.7%0.0%

12 students tested · CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually like ELA/Math. Not included in the Scope Score. · Data source: CDE CAST 2025

Estimated K-12 Path
Elementary
Phoenix
No score
High
Gateway Community
29
This school

Estimated K-12 path based on district and proximity. Actual attendance zones may differ. Contact your school district for official feeder information.

Schools nearby

Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.


Frequently asked questions

Is Gateway Community a good high school?
Gateway Community has a Scope Score of 29 out of 100, placing it in the 20th percentile of California high schools and ranked #1,393 statewide. 0.0% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 15.5 percentage points below the California average of 15.5%. The Scope Score weights five dimensions: the exceeded-vs-met split (45%), proficiency (25%), grade-level growth (15%), chronic absenteeism (10%), and suspension rate (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Gateway Community's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 0.0% of students at Gateway Community met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 0.0% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 0.0% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 0.0% pushed past it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it reveals whether a school's curriculum challenges students beyond minimum proficiency or paces toward it. 40 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Gateway Community rank in California?
Gateway Community ranks #1,393 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 20th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Gateway Community?
54.0% of students at Gateway Community are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 32.1%. The suspension rate is 4.2%. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Gateway Community compare to other schools in Camarillo?
Gateway Community scores 29/100 (20th percentile) among California high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 82 students. Use the schools in Camarillo page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.
How does Gateway Community serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Gateway Community in Camarillo, 0.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 0.0% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Gateway Community outperforms its district average for low-income students by 0.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (0.0% Math proficient); Hispanic students (0.0% ELA proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 29 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

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