Public school · Irvine Unified · Irvine, California

Alternative Education-San Joaquin High — Rating & test scores

Irvine · K–12 · 88 students (2024–25)

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Top: Irvine Unified’s other 11 scored middle schools. Bottom: California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools by Scope Score, spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
75

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of four of the six middle school measures.

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Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Well above California in English and math: 79% and 67% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, against 50% and 37%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 33
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English and 838,896 in math tested).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

This rating covers grades 7 and 8. Alternative Education-San Joaquin High teaches K–12: grade 11 results ↓

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In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 39% of students tested in English (reading and writing) and 39% in math scored Advanced, against 19% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources
The sentence above
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 7 and 8: 33. California: CDE’s grade 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English and 838,896 in math tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Irvine Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Alternative Education-San Joaquin a good middle school?

Alternative Education-San Joaquin High scores higher than 95 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 95th percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 0 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 7 in 100 at the average Irvine Unified middle school. 0 of 148 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. Evidence ↓

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What should I ask on a visit?

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Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 79% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 67% in math, against 50% and 37% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 33
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English, 838,896 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · 33 tested

Advanced
39%
Proficient
40%
Below the standard
21%
This school79%
California50%
Irvine Unified78%

79% Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8.

Math

Grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · 33 tested

Advanced
39%
Proficient
28%
Below the standard
33%
This school67%
California37%
Irvine Unified74%

67% Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 7, 8 and 11 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced91%73%
Advanced55%32%
Proficient36%41%
Developing level9%13%
Minimal0%14%
Tested1122
California51%49%
Difference+40+24
English, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 11
Proficient or Advanced67%
Advanced44%
Proficient23%
Developing level27%
Minimal6%
Tested18
California57%
Difference+10

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 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced91%55%
Advanced64%27%
Proficient27%28%
Developing level9%31%
Minimal0%14%
Tested1122
California38%36%
Difference+53+19
Math, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 11
Proficient or Advanced56%
Advanced39%
Proficient17%
Developing level16%
Minimal28%
Tested18
California32%
Difference+24

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.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

School pattern · grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · What patterns mean

Broad baseMost students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

How do the high school grades do?

In grade 11, spring 2026, 67% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 56% in math, against 57% and 32% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years.

English

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 18 tested

Advanced
44%
Proficient
23%
Below the standard
33%
This school67%
California57%
Irvine Unified72%

67% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 18 tested

Advanced
39%
Proficient
17%
Below the standard
44%
This school56%
California32%
Irvine Unified64%

56% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

How does math compare with English?

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, math trails English by 12 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 13 points across California. The grades 7 and 8 cards above give each subject’s share.

Ask: How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 7 and 8 · This school39%40%12%9%33
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · Irvine Unified42%36%11%11%6,130
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school39%28%24%9%33
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · Irvine Unified56%18%15%11%6,185
English, grade 11 · This school44%23%27%6%18
English, grade 11 · California27%30%21%22%414,559
English, grade 11 · Irvine Unified44%28%14%14%2,747
Math, grade 11 · This school39%17%16%28%18
Math, grade 11 · California16%16%20%48%413,523
Math, grade 11 · Irvine Unified40%24%18%18%2,738

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Read English and math separately, then look at progress and the courses students can take.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20223 tested years shown · Grades 7 and 8 are well above California. Grade 11 is also well above it

Chart and table: 2022–2026.

English top two levels, grades 7 and 8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20222024202679%50%
Math top two levels, grades 7 and 8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20222024202667%37%

The lines break across years without comparable results.

In grades 7 and 8, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 76% in 2022 to 79% in 2026. In math, it went from 64% in 2022 to 67% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 7 and 8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202276%
200 tested
48%
852,094 tested
202382%
56 tested
47%
842,173 tested
202679%
33 tested
50%
838,600 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 7 and 8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202264%
201 tested
31%
853,132 tested
202359%
56 tested
32%
844,737 tested
202667%
33 tested
37%
838,896 tested

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

No student was chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

86%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 19 of 22 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

73%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 16 of 22 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

74%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 14 of 19 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

85% enrolled in college within 12 months · 46 students who finished high school

  • University of California UC detail ↓8 · 18%
  • California State University CSU detail ↓2 · 4%
  • California community college24 · 52%
  • In-state private0 · 0%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year5 · 11%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year0 · 0%
  • Not enrolled7 · 15%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: each count divided by all high-school completers (graduates and other students who finished), rounded together so they total 100. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

What could my child study here?

AP courses the school is approved to teach

The College Board approved this school to teach 19 AP courses in 6 subjects for 2025–26.

College Board AP Course Audit Ledger · 2025–26. Authorization doesn’t show which courses run or who can take them; ask the school.

  • Math & Computer Science5
  • Sciences4
  • English2
  • History & Social Science4
  • World Languages & Cultures3
  • Arts1
Every approved AP course19 courses in 6 subjects
Math & Computer Science 5
  • Calculus AB
  • Calculus BC
  • Computer Science Principles
  • Precalculus
  • Statistics
Sciences 4
  • Biology
  • Physics 1
  • Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
  • Physics C: Mechanics
English 2
  • English Language and Composition
  • English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science 4
  • Macroeconomics
  • Psychology
  • U.S. Government and Politics
  • United States History
World Languages & Cultures 3
  • Chinese Language and Culture
  • French Language and Culture
  • Spanish Language and Culture
Arts 1
  • Art History

Ask: Which of these courses will actually run in the years my child attends?

That means no student missed 10% or more of school days. At the average Irvine Unified middle school, 7 in 100 were. 0 of 148 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 0 of 136 students counted for it; suspension: 0 of 148 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Irvine Unified middle school 1.1%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

0 in 100This school
7 in 100At the average Irvine Unified middle school
18 in 100At the average California middle school

0 of 136 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0 of 148

students were suspended at least once. Average California middle school 3.7%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grades K–6: not in the records we hold
  • Grades 7–8: 0 in 100, 0 of 39
  • Grades 9–12: 0 in 100, 0 of 97
Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition
Graduated in four years
2024–25 · 19 of 22 students who started 9th grade together. California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.
Ready for college or career (state measure)
2024–25 · 16 of 22 students in the state’s measure. California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator (CCI), overall “Prepared” rate, among the students in the indicator’s group. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.
Finished the UC/CSU course list
2024–25 · 14 of 19 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment.
Where students who finished high school went
CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.
A closer look: UC and CSU admission recordsApplied, admitted and enrolled, from each university system’s own records

UC’s own records

University of California

Fall 2024 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied
14
Admitted
12
Enrolled
7

By campus · fall 2024

  • UC IrvineApplied 14 · Admitted 5 · Enrolled under 3
  • UCLAApplied 11 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC San DiegoApplied 11 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled 3
  • UC BerkeleyApplied 9 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC DavisApplied 8 · Admitted 5 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC RiversideApplied 8 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC Santa BarbaraApplied 6 · Admitted 5 · Enrolled under 3

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; a dash is unavailable. Source: UC admissions by source school.

Each fall since 2021

  • Fall 2024Applied 14 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled 7
  • Fall 2023Applied 21 · Admitted 16 · Enrolled 9
  • Fall 2022Applied 18 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled 9
  • Fall 2021Applied 16 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled 3

CSU’s own records

California State University

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied
under 6
Admitted
under 6
Enrolled
under 6

By campus · falls 2021–2025 added together

Five years in each number, not one. CSU publishes campus counts only as five-year totals, so these aren’t comparable to the fall 2025 figures above or to UC’s one-fall campus bars.

  • Cal State FullertonApplied 29 · Admitted 23 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State Long BeachApplied 21 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled —
  • Cal Poly PomonaApplied 19 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled —
  • San Diego StateApplied 18 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied 16 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • San José StateApplied 9 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State LAApplied 7 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State San MarcosApplied 7 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled under 6
  • CSU BakersfieldApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • CSU Channel IslandsApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Chico StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State Dominguez HillsApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State East BayApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Fresno StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal Poly HumboldtApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State Monterey BayApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State NorthridgeApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • Sacramento StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State San BernardinoApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • San Francisco StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • Sonoma StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Stanislaus StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. CSU withholds counts under 6; a dash is unavailable. Students who reach CSU from a community college aren’t counted here. Source: CSU High School Success dashboard.

Each fall since 2021

  • Fall 2025Applied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • Fall 2024Applied 8 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled under 6
  • Fall 2023Applied 10 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled under 6
  • Fall 2022Applied 8 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled under 6
  • Fall 2021Applied 7 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Alternative Education-San Joaquin

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Work here? Answer the staff questions.

Every learner

Who goes here?

White students are the largest group here: 37%.

Students, families and teachers

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 37%2. Asian: 28%3. Hispanic or Latino: 18%4. Two or more races: 13%Unallocated share: 4%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White37%
  2. Asian28%
  3. Hispanic or Latino18%
  4. Two or more races13%
  5. Black or African American—
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share4%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Who are the families and teachers?

36%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 32 of 88. California: 63%.

21teachers, 2024–25

14 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

5%in their first year, 2024–25

82%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
White37%
Asian28%
Hispanic or Latino18%
Two or more races13%
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 82% of teaching positions, 25.9 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 31.7 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask Irvine Unified which school serves your address.

Office: (949) 936-7440Administrator: Rebecca Roberts
3387 Barranca Parkway, Irvine 92606

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Irvine Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. How many K–2 students did screening find at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help?
  2. How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?
  3. Which of these courses will actually run in the years my child attends?
  4. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  5. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  6. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (949) 936-74403387 Barranca Parkway, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby middle schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest middle schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby middle schoolsPercentile among California middle schools, 2026

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #104 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #6 of 12 in Irvine Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math44%7742%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math77%7823%
Chronically absent0 in 100675%
Suspension rate0 of 148615%

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. The weights above add to 75%: the remaining 25%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

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
2025–267595#104California 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 absenceSuspension
2018–199 in 1000 of 48
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–241 in 1000 of 149
2024–250 in 1000 of 132
2025–260 in 1000 of 148

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

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 · English5141%75%
2026 · Math5139%63%
2025 · English4933%63%
2025 · Math4916%43%
2024 · English5235%81%
2024 · Math5219%42%
2023 · English9047%81%
2023 · Math9040%56%
2022 · English32036%72%
2022 · Math31141%64%
2019 · English2133%76%
2019 · Math2055%70%
2018 · English3037%87%
2018 · Math2938%79%
2017 · English3132%81%
2017 · Math3132%71%

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 7 · English1765%
2025 · Grade 8 · English7—
2025 · Grade 11 · English2564%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math1753%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math7—
2025 · Grade 11 · Math2536%
2024 · Grade 7 · English5—
2024 · Grade 8 · English2282%
2024 · Grade 11 · English2584%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math5—
2024 · Grade 8 · Math2245%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math2536%
2023 · Grade 7 · English2588%
2023 · Grade 8 · English3177%
2023 · Grade 11 · English3479%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math2564%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math3155%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math3450%
2022 · Grade 7 · English9275%
2022 · Grade 8 · English10877%
2022 · Grade 11 · English12065%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math9264%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math10963%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math11064%
2019 · Grade 7 · English5—
2019 · Grade 8 · English1173%
2019 · Grade 11 · English5—
2019 · Grade 7 · Math5—
2019 · Grade 8 · Math1182%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math4—
2018 · Grade 3 · English——
2018 · Grade 4 · English——
2018 · Grade 5 · English——
2018 · Grade 6 · English——
2018 · Grade 7 · English1182%
2018 · Grade 8 · English——
2018 · Grade 11 · English——
2018 · Grade 3 · Math——
2018 · Grade 4 · Math——
2018 · Grade 5 · Math——
2018 · Grade 6 · Math——
2018 · Grade 7 · Math1191%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math——
2018 · Grade 11 · Math——
2017 · Grade 3 · English——
2017 · Grade 4 · English——
2017 · Grade 5 · English——
2017 · Grade 6 · English——
2017 · Grade 7 · English——
2017 · Grade 8 · English——
2017 · Grade 11 · English——
2017 · Grade 3 · Math——
2017 · Grade 4 · Math——
2017 · Grade 5 · Math——
2017 · Grade 6 · Math——
2017 · Grade 7 · Math——
2017 · Grade 8 · Math——
2017 · Grade 11 · Math——

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
Schoolwide4233%24%40%2%

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: 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−613Moderate−2713Minimal

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. 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 7 and 8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−6 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 7 and 8

13 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−27 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 7 and 8

13 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, math: −27 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Minimal, 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 7 and 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 · 0 in 100 → 2025–26 · 0 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 132 → 2025–26 · 0 of 148 · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female12 in 1000 in 100−12 in 100
Male0 in 1000 in 1000 in 100
Asian8 in 1000 in 100−8 in 100
White12 in 1000 in 100−12 in 100
All students9 in 1000 in 100−9 in 100
Hispanic or Latino—0 in 100—
Two or more races—0 in 100—
Low-income—0 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

UC admissions, universitywidefall 2021–2024 · applied, admitted, enrolled, mean GPA · summed across CEEB codes
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledMean GPA (applied)Mean GPA (admitted)Mean GPA (enrolled)
2024141274.114.104.08
2023211693.884.064.11
2022181393.783.833.90
2021161033.913.97—

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. GPA is each group's mean weighted, capped high-school GPA for 10th/11th-grade college-preparatory courses. SchoolScope leaves GPA unavailable when several CEEB codes contribute rather than combining their means. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here. Complete, matching counts can support a historical descriptive rate, but do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances. Series shown from 2021.

UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file · each campus counted separately
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley20249under 3under 3
Berkeley2023143under 3
Berkeley20221543
Berkeley202112under 3under 3
Davis202485under 3
Davis2023108under 3
Davis2022146under 3
Davis2021114under 3
Irvine2024145under 3
Irvine202320105
Irvine2022174under 3
Irvine2021163under 3
Los Angeles202411under 3under 3
Los Angeles202318under 3under 3
Los Angeles202216under 3under 3
Los Angeles202113under 3under 3
Merced202355under 3
Merced202277under 3
Merced202154under 3
Riverside202487under 3
Riverside20231411under 3
Riverside20221410under 3
Riverside2021106under 3
San Diego20241173
San Diego2023167under 3
San Diego202216under 3under 3
San Diego202113under 3under 3
Santa Barbara202465under 3
Santa Barbara20231412under 3
Santa Barbara2022164under 3
Santa Barbara2021114under 3
Santa Cruz2023107under 3
Santa Cruz2022103under 3
Santa Cruz202195under 3
Universitywide202414127
Universitywide202321169
Universitywide202218139
Universitywide202116103

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. Campus totals are not interchangeable with Universitywide; students can apply to several campuses. Universitywide is separately reported; never derive it by adding campus rows. Universitywide applicant and admit counts are unduplicated. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here; these records do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances.

AP course catalog2025–26 · College Board course authorizations
SubjectAuthorization recorded for
Art Historythis school
Biologythis school
Calculus ABthis school
Calculus BCthis school
Chinese Language and Culturethis school
Computer Science Principlesthis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
French Language and Culturethis school
Macroeconomicsthis school
Physics 1this school
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetismthis school
Physics C: Mechanicsthis school
Precalculusthis school
Psychologythis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
Statisticsthis school
U.S. Government and Politicsthis school
United States Historythis school

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count15
AP enrollment (male/female)41
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8offered
Calculus sections2
Physics sections2
Chemistry sections3
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)112

These counts aren’t part of the Scope Score. “Not reported” means the federal record has no value for that item; it isn’t a zero. Enrollment counts add the male and female students the survey reports.

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California818%
California State University24%
California community college2452%
In-state private00%
Out-of-state, 4-year511%
Out-of-state, 2-year00%
Not enrolled715%

46 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 85% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ all who finished high school; CDE calls them completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2024 UC admissions rows above.

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$13,060 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 35,660 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$216 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 88

District current expense · FY 2024–25$16,178 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 60%Instruction support 13%Student services 12%Administration 3%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$355,704,00060.16%60%
Instruction support$77,554,08513.12%13%
Student services$68,909,51211.65%12%
Administration$19,122,4273.23%3%
Buildings & maintenance$57,930,9189.80%10%
Other$12,067,4342.04%2%
Total$591,288,377100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $591,288,377 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$13,060 per pupil
2020$14,414 per pupil
2019$11,451 per pupil
2018$10,962 per pupil
2017$10,874 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 92606 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92606 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$135,598
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)66%
ZIP-area population23,990
Median age34.3 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 92606 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 2,529 middle schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · UC fall first-year source records — UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; the all-campus total is reported separately · AP courses the College Board approved, 2025–26 (approved to teach, not enrollment) · federal civil rights data (CRDC) 2023–24, a past snapshot · state college-going records, class of 2023, matched to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment · Data updated October 15, 2026

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