English: Proficient or Advanced
Grades 6–8, spring 2026
- Katherine Johnson STEM Academy
- 35%Advanced: 7%
- El Segundo Middle
- Clearly ahead: 75%Clearly ahead: Advanced: 39%
- California
- 49%Advanced: 19%
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Katherine Johnson STEM Academy and El Segundo Middle
El Segundo Middle is at the 95th percentile and Katherine Johnson STEM Academy the 31st among California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). El Segundo Middle’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.
Katherine Johnson STEM Academy 31st
El Segundo Middle 95th
California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Katherine Johnson STEM Academy 31st
El Segundo Middle 95th
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
- Katherine Johnson STEM Academy
- 23%Advanced: 11%
- El Segundo Middle
- Clearly ahead: 69%Clearly ahead: Advanced: 49%
- 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
- Katherine Johnson STEM Academy
- 33 in 10051 of 156 students
- El Segundo Middle
- Clearly ahead: 3 in 10027 of 802 students
- Average school
- 18 in 100
Suspended at least once
2025–26 school year
- Katherine Johnson STEM Academy
- 1.8%3 of 170 students enrolled at any point in the year
- El Segundo Middle
- 0.2%2 of 804 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
Grades 6–8, spring 2025 · students with scores in both years
- Katherine Johnson STEM Academy
- +1 pts English +26 pts mathThe state calls them Average in English and Exceptional in math · 116 students
- El Segundo Middle
- 0 pts English +12 pts mathThe state calls them Average in English and Accelerated in math · 763 students
How are they scored, who runs them, and how big are they?
Percentile among California middle schools, with the Scope Score
Spring 2026 tests
- Katherine Johnson STEM Academy
- 31st percentileDevelopingScope Score 31
- El Segundo Middle
- 95th percentileStrongScope Score 74
Who runs the school
- Katherine Johnson STEM Academy
- Los Angeles Unified
- El Segundo Middle
- El Segundo Unified
Teachers in their first year
2024–25 school year
- Katherine Johnson STEM Academy
- 0%
- El Segundo Middle
- 14%
Average years of teaching experience
2024–25 school year
- Katherine Johnson STEM Academy
- 10
- El Segundo Middle
- 11
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
- Katherine Johnson STEM Academy
- 15
- El Segundo Middle
- 23
Grades offered
- Katherine Johnson STEM Academy
- 6–8
- El Segundo Middle
- 6–8
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: Katherine Johnson STEM Academy 133; El Segundo Middle 804. Teacher experience is the California Department of Education’s staffing file for the school year shown (teachers only).