English: Proficient or Advanced
Grades 6–8, spring 2026
- John Muir
- 28%Advanced: 7%
- KIPP Scholar Academy
- Clearly ahead: 35%Advanced: 9%
- California
- 49%Advanced: 19%
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John Muir and KIPP Scholar Academy
Both are between the 25th and 49th percentile among California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). KIPP Scholar Academy’s English (reading and writing) results are clearly higher; math is close between the two.
KIPP Scholar Academy 39th
John Muir 47th
California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
KIPP Scholar Academy 39th
John Muir 47th
California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
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How do their test results compare?
From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). marks a figure clearly ahead of the other school. California: the same grades statewide.
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Grades 6–8, spring 2026
- John Muir
- 19%Advanced: 8%
- KIPP Scholar Academy
- 23%Advanced: 11%
- California
- 37%Advanced: 21%
Do students show up and stay in class?
Average school: the average California middle school we score.
Chronically absent
Missed 10% or more of school days · 2025–26 school year
- John Muir
- 34 in 100211 of 624 students
- KIPP Scholar Academy
- 36 in 100161 of 446 students
- Average school
- 18 in 100
Suspended at least once
2025–26 school year
- John Muir
- 0 of 653 students enrolled at any point in the year
- KIPP Scholar Academy
- 3.7%17 of 459 students enrolled at any point in the year
- Average school
- 3.7%
How did results compare with what the state expected?
The state’s matched growth measure compares each student’s results with what the state expected from their earlier scores.
State growth measure, points vs expected
Spring 2025 · students with scores in both years
- John Muir
- +6 pts English +5 pts mathGrades 6–8 · The state calls both Accelerated · 525 students in English, 527 in math
- KIPP Scholar Academy
- +7 pts English +2 pts mathGrades 5–8 · The state calls them Accelerated in English and Average in math · 389 students in English, 387 in math
How are they scored, who runs them, and how big are they?
Percentile among California middle schools, with the Scope Score
Spring 2026 tests
- John Muir
- 47th percentileDevelopingScope Score 37
- KIPP Scholar Academy
- 39th percentileDevelopingScope Score 33
A charter’s authorizer decides whether its charter is renewed when the term ends.
Who runs the school
- John Muir
- Los Angeles Unified
- KIPP Scholar Academy
- A charter school
Charter approved by, and when the current term ends
- John Muir
- Not a charter
- KIPP Scholar Academy
- Los Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2030
Teachers in their first year
2024–25 school year
- John Muir
- 12%
- KIPP Scholar Academy
- 16%
Average years of teaching experience
2024–25 school year
- John Muir
- 13
- KIPP Scholar Academy
- 8
Size, grades and staffing help you picture the school. A staffing ratio is not class size.
Students per teacher
Public schools: federal school directory, 2024–25 · a staffing ratio, not class size
- John Muir
- 18
- KIPP Scholar Academy
- 24
Grades offered
- John Muir
- 6–8
- KIPP Scholar Academy
- 5–8
Sources and definitions
Test results are from California’s state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026: the share of students tested in the level’s grades who scored Proficient or Advanced, per subject. California’s figure is our combination of the state’s published rows for the same grades. A ✓ marks a figure ahead of the others by more than twice the margin of error (on chronic absence, ahead means lower). Chronic absence and suspensions are the California Department of Education’s 2025–26 counts; “chronically absent” means a student missed 10% or more of school days. The absence and suspension references are the average California school we score at these schools’ level, each school counted once. The state growth measure is points above or below what the state expected from these students’ earlier scores, for grades 4–8, from the state’s spring 2025 release. Students per teacher is from the federal school directory, 2024–25, which also lists enrollment: John Muir Middle 624; KIPP Scholar Academy 434. Teacher experience is the California Department of Education’s staffing file for the school year shown (teachers only). A charter’s authorizer is from CDE’s charter term file and its term end from CDE’s Charter School Database.