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Alder Creek Middle — Rating & test scores

10931 Alder Drive, Truckee · 535 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 84

StrongScope Score · 86th percentile. Higher than 86 in 100 of the 2,529 California public middle schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 67% and 54% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 49% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 533 in English, 532 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

Overview

Is Alder Creek a good middle school?

Strong. Alder Creek is higher than most California middle schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced8467%
Math, Proficient or Advanced8354%
English, Advanced8429%
Math, Advanced8333%

Progress in a year, 2025

English77+9 pts
Math89+17 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance6213 in 100
Alder Creek’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Tahoe-Truckee Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 6–8 scored higher than California students who had the same scores the year before, in English (+9 pts) and math (+17 pts). The state calls both results Accelerated.

Each bar is Alder Creek’s place among 2,529 California public middle schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 6–8. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 470 in English, 471 in math. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

In its own words

What does Alder Creek say about itself?

We haven’t read Alder Creek’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

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Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 9 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 17 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

English

+9

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White302+11 points
Low-income147+6 points
Hispanic or Latino133+4 points
English learners84+4 points
Students with disabilities79+3 points

Math

+17

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White303+22 points
Low-income147+5 points
Hispanic or Latino133+3 points
English learners84+2 points
Students with disabilities79+18 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 470 students in English, 471 in math with scores in both years. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 9 points above that expected score, and in math 17 points above it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 8 scores here with the school’s grade 6 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 80th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Schools like it

How does Alder Creek compare with schools like it?

Alder Creek’s Scope Score is 84. 228 California middle schools, counting Alder Creek, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 81. Alder Creek’s result is higher than 153 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 228

  1. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 99Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 34%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

228 California public middle schools where 24% to 36% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public middle school we score where 24% to 36% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Alder Creek’s share. The count includes Alder Creek. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 66% to 67% and math stayed at 54%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 6–8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202667%70%67%Alder CreekAlder Creek63%Tahoe-Truckee UnifiedDistrict49%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202659%60%54%Alder CreekAlder Creek52%Tahoe-Truckee UnifiedDistrict37%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Tahoe-Truckee Unified’s line combines its 3 middle schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. Tahoe-Truckee Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringAlder CreekTahoe-Truckee UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201770%67%48%521
201863%62%49%506
201962%63%50%526
202256%58%47%551
202362%61%46%515
202464%62%46%485
202566%61%49%512
202667%63%49%533
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringAlder CreekTahoe-Truckee UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201760%59%37%524
201857%56%37%507
201952%52%38%527
202247%48%31%549
202346%47%32%517
202449%49%33%496
202554%51%36%518
202654%52%37%532

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

English

67%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

10233829
Tahoe-Truckee Unified63%California49%

Math

54%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

21252133
Tahoe-Truckee Unified52%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 67% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 54% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 13 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 12 points across California. The grades 6–8 cards above give each subject’s share.

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced65%67%68%
Advanced28%29%30%
Proficient37%38%38%
Developing level25%23%22%
Minimal10%10%10%
Tested176168189
California48%51%49%
Difference+17+16+19

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced49%55%56%
Advanced30%32%36%
Proficient19%23%20%
Developing level27%24%25%
Minimal24%21%19%
Tested177167188
California37%38%36%
Difference+12+17+20

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school29%38%23%10%533
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Tahoe-Truckee Unified27%36%22%15%891
Math, grades 6–8 · This school33%21%25%21%532
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Tahoe-Truckee Unified33%19%24%24%890

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 533 tested in English, 532 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

White students are the largest group here, at 61% of students. 73 of 570 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

13in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (73 of 570 students).

At the average Tahoe-Truckee Unified middle school: 8 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 1.6% of students were suspended at least once (9 of 570). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

535

students in grades 6–8.

White 61%Hispanic or Latino 31%Two or more races 6%

Family income

30%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 159 of 535. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

31

teachers, with 10 years of experience on average.

3% were in their first year.

81% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

62%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (20 of 32 students).

Tahoe-Truckee Unified: 57%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grade 6
11 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (21 of 191).
Grades 7–8
14 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (52 of 379).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White61%
Hispanic or Latino31%
Two or more races6%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 27.5 of 34.1 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Four student groups at Alder Creek have test results. Each bar compares one group with the same group across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • White323 tested78%California 62%
  • Low-income216 tested48%California 39%
  • Hispanic or Latino167 tested42%California 39%
  • Students with disabilities81 tested23%California 14%

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 English, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Tahoe-Truckee Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 216 tested in English, 215 in math
English48%+345%+939%
Math34%+232%+826%
White · 323 tested
English78%−179%+1662%
Math64%−266%+1450%
Hispanic or Latino · 167 tested in English, 165 in math
English42%+240%+339%
Math30%+327%+525%
Students with disabilities · 81 tested
English23%+518%+914%
Math19%+415%+910%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Tahoe-Truckee Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Students of two or more races, 39 tested: no rate for grade 7 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. English learners, 31 tested in English and 30 in math: no rate for grade 7 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Alder Creek. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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Money

Where does the money go?

$22,960 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Tahoe-Truckee Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $16 million.

$22,960

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$11,920
The school’s share of district office costs
$11,040
Of the total, from federal funds
$306
  • Alder Creek$22,960
  • Tahoe-Truckee Unified middle schools$24,573
  • California middle schools$19,269

The district and California figures combine their middle schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 1,241 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

Tahoe-Truckee Unified’s yearly plan

$16million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$5million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 3 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $16 million of $107 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Tahoe-Truckee Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Alder Creek like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 96161. They are not figures for the families at Alder Creek.

Typical household income in a year

$131,702

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 96161.

Typical home value
$991,400
People who live in this ZIP code
19,634
Typical age
43.2 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
62%

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Alder Creek. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?13 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (73 of 570 students); average Tahoe-Truckee Unified middle school: 8 in 100
  2. What extra help do Hispanic students get, and how do you know it’s working?30% of Hispanic students scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (165 students tested); the same group across California: 25%
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Alder Creek, and how do I get in?

Ask Tahoe-Truckee Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Glenshire Elementary
    Scope Score 86Strong · 87th percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Alder Creek Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 84Strong · 86th percentile
  3. High
    Tahoe Truckee High
    Scope Score 81Strong · 75th percentile · 2025Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Glenshire Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 86 · Strong · 87th percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Donner Trail Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 97 · Strong · 99th percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Truckee Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 76 · Solid · 55th percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • Tahoe Truckee High

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 81 · Strong · 75th percentile · high · 2025

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where the path ends: Tahoe Truckee High
Tahoe Truckee HighScope Score 81 · Strong · 75th percentile · 2025historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Tahoe Truckee High. The AP Course Audit lists 16 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. That figure comes from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Tahoe Truckee High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 76% of the students who finished high school at Tahoe Truckee High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

16 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Tahoe Truckee High's page

SchoolScope has no verified UC admissions record for this school. SchoolScope has no verified CEEB identity mapping for this school. Source: UC admissions by source school.

Source: College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Alder Creek?

Address
10931 Alder Drive, Truckee 96161Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Hein LarsonAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 8, 2024.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Tahoe-Truckee Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Alder Creek a good middle school?

Alder Creek Middle has a Scope Score of 84. It scored higher than 86 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Strong, 86th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 13 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 8 in 100 at the average Tahoe-Truckee Unified middle school. 1.6% of students (9 of 570) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 9 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 17 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 470 students in English, 471 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 48% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Alder Creek Middle in Truckee scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Alder Creek Middle's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Tahoe Truckee High. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education’s School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement; confirm your address with the district.

  • Tahoe Truckee High: Scope Score 81, Strong, 75th percentile among California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 results

See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #349 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #1 of 3 in Tahoe-Truckee Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math31%6542%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math60%6623%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+57 scale-score pts6220%
Chronically absent13 in 100575%
Suspension rate1.6% (9 of 570)595%
English learners: top level36%685%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California middle schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–268486#349California middle schools · 2,529 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–197 in 1004.1% (23 of 561)+17
2021–22not on filenot on file+3
2022–23not on filenot on file−1
2023–2414 in 1002.3% (12 of 530)0
2024–2517 in 1004.7% (26 of 553)+5
2025–2613 in 1001.6% (9 of 570)+5

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 6 and grade 8 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English53329%67%
2026 · Math53233%54%
2025 · English51226%66%
2025 · Math51833%54%
2024 · English48522%64%
2024 · Math49626%49%
2023 · English51519%62%
2023 · Math51725%46%
2022 · English55118%56%
2022 · Math54924%47%
2019 · English52621%62%
2019 · Math52729%52%
2018 · English50622%63%
2018 · Math50730%57%
2017 · English52123%70%
2017 · Math52436%60%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 6 · English16963%
2025 · Grade 7 · English18568%
2025 · Grade 8 · English15866%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math16952%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math18753%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math16258%
2024 · Grade 6 · English17165%
2024 · Grade 7 · English16264%
2024 · Grade 8 · English15263%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math17747%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math16451%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math15550%
2023 · Grade 6 · English16761%
2023 · Grade 7 · English16366%
2023 · Grade 8 · English18559%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math16747%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math16645%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math18447%
2022 · Grade 6 · English16054%
2022 · Grade 7 · English19459%
2022 · Grade 8 · English19755%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math16145%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math19545%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math19351%
2019 · Grade 6 · English17554%
2019 · Grade 7 · English17961%
2019 · Grade 8 · English17272%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math17547%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math18046%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math17263%
2018 · Grade 6 · English16751%
2018 · Grade 7 · English17573%
2018 · Grade 8 · English16466%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math16746%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math17761%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math16366%
2017 · Grade 6 · English17370%
2017 · Grade 7 · English16572%
2017 · Grade 8 · English18367%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math17258%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math16859%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math18462%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide18932%26%37%4%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income21648%+3+9
White32378%−1+16
Hispanic or Latino16742%+2+3
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students+9470Accelerated+17471Accelerated
English-only students+10349not categorized+20350not categorized
White+11302Accelerated+22303Exceptional
Low-income+6147Accelerated+5147Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+4133Average+3133Average
English learners+484Average+284Average
Students with disabilities+379Average+1879Accelerated
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+266not categorized−366not categorized
Two or more races+826Accelerated+1726Accelerated
English learners only+718not categorized+1018not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)+814Accelerated+1014Accelerated

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 8 against the same school’s grade 6 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 8 in 2026 against grade 6 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 6
21%
exceeded standard · 65% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 171 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
30%
Advanced · 68% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 189 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 174 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+9 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 6–8

470 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +9 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math+17 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 6–8

471 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +17 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for California middle school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median English estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 17 in 100 → 2025–26 · 13 in 100 · −4 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 4.7% (26 of 553) → 2025–26 · 1.6% (9 of 570) · −3.1 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female6 in 10011 in 100+5 in 100
Male8 in 10015 in 100+7 in 100
Hispanic or Latino10 in 10019 in 100+9 in 100
Two or more races3 of 186 of 35—
White6 in 1009 in 100+3 in 100
Students with disabilities9 of 9014 of 95—
English learners6 of 4812 of 38—
Low-income9 in 10020 in 100+11 in 100
All students7 in 10013 in 100+6 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$18,885 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 3,945 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

Central federal expenditures attributed here$306 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 535

District current expense · FY 2024–25$27,067 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 56%Instruction support 11%Student services 13%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$55,247,30356.34%56%
Instruction support$11,380,47511.61%11%
Student services$12,661,27512.91%13%
Administration$6,553,4256.68%7%
Buildings & maintenance$10,514,55010.72%11%
Other$1,701,8891.74%2%
Total$98,058,917100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $98,058,917 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$18,885 per pupil
2020$18,129 per pupil
2019$18,822 per pupil
2018$16,401 per pupil
2017$15,681 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 96161 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 96161 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$131,702
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)62%
ZIP-area population19,634
Median age43.2 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 96161 →

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