William Jefferson Clinton and John Adams

Both are between the 50th and 74th percentile among California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). John Adams’s English (reading and writing) results are clearly higher; math is close between the two.

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All 2,529 California public middle schools we score, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests.
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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.

English: Proficient or Advanced

Grades 6–8, spring 2026

William Jefferson Clinton
34%Advanced: 8%
John Adams
Clearly ahead: 49%Clearly ahead: Advanced: 16%
California
49%Advanced: 19%

Math: Proficient or Advanced

Grades 6–8, spring 2026

William Jefferson Clinton
30%Advanced: 11%
John Adams
32%Advanced: 14%
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

William Jefferson Clinton
26 in 100154 of 587 students
John Adams
24 in 100176 of 738 students
Average school
18 in 100

Suspended at least once

2025–26 school year

William Jefferson Clinton
0.3%2 of 601 students enrolled at any point in the year
John Adams
2.0%15 of 748 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

William Jefferson Clinton
−15 pts English +13 pts mathThe state calls them Moderate in English and Accelerated in math · 539 students in English, 531 in math
John Adams
0 pts English −9 pts mathThe state calls them Average in English and Moderate in math · 612 students in English, 613 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

William Jefferson Clinton
51st percentileSolidScope Score 38
John Adams
50th percentileSolidScope Score 38

Who runs the school

William Jefferson Clinton
Los Angeles Unified
John Adams
Los Angeles Unified

Teachers in their first year

2024–25 school year

William Jefferson Clinton
8%
John Adams
5%

Average years of teaching experience

2024–25 school year

William Jefferson Clinton
14
John Adams
14

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

William Jefferson Clinton
17
John Adams
18

Grades offered

William Jefferson Clinton
6–8
John Adams
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: William Jefferson Clinton Middle 622; John Adams Middle 676. Teacher experience is the California Department of Education’s staffing file for the school year shown (teachers only).

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