How does Alta Loma Junior High compare to other middle schools in Alta Loma?

Alta Loma Junior High has a SchoolScope composite score of 52.9/100, placing it at the 78th percentile statewide. 26% of students exceed standard, with a total of 1,613 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Alta Loma Junior High?

25.7% of students at Alta Loma Junior High exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 53.8% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Alta Loma Junior High improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Alta Loma Junior High's proficiency rate increases by 5.8 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This suggests the school may be adding value over time.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Alta Loma Junior High?

14.3% of students at Alta Loma Junior High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Alta Loma Junior High

Middle School

Alta Loma Elementary Alta LomaSan Bernardino County91701

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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Growth Engine

A growth engine — students gain measurably more here than at peer schools.

Composite scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

643 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

24:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

32%

Teachers

27 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Maintained

0.0 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Increased

+5.8 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

7.1%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 14 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic53.0%

White30.9%

Asian6.1%

Black3.6%

Other6.4%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Alta Loma Junior High
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	25.7%
Met Standard	28.2%
Below Standard	46.2%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "54% proficient" for Alta Loma Junior High and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

25.7% of students exceeded standard while 28.2% met it. That exceeded rate is 8.3 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 6.9 points below the Alta Loma Elementary district average of 32.6%. Compared to the 3 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 4.1 points higher (vs 21.5% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Students here improve by 5.8 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance maintained and Math increased year-over-year. 7.1% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 14.3%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

25.7%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

53.8%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

+5.8pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

14.3%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

3.3%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

1,613

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	194	20.1%	36.6%	26.8%	16.5%	56.7%
7th	301	29.6%	37.2%	18.6%	14.6%	66.8%
8th	307	30.3%	37.1%	21.8%	10.8%	67.4%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	196	25.5%	16.3%	31.1%	27.0%	41.8%
7th	304	25.7%	21.7%	28.9%	23.7%	47.4%
8th	311	22.8%	19.9%	24.4%	32.8%	42.8%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Floyd M. Stork Elementary

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Middle

Alta Loma Junior High

52.978th pctile

This school

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High School

No feeder data available for this level

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.