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Arcade Fundamental Middle — Rating & test scores

3500 Edison Avenue, Sacramento · 595 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 68

Needs SupportScope Score · 7th percentile. Higher than 7 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 below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 23% and 14% 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: 586 in English, 601 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 Arcade Fundamental a good middle school?

Needs Support. Arcade Fundamental is lower than most California middle schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced823%
Math, Proficient or Advanced1414%
English, Advanced156%
Math, Advanced155%

Progress in a year, 2025

English17−10 pts
Math22−11 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance1329 in 100
Arcade Fundamental’s place among California middle schools, out of 100San Juan Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

29 in 100 students (199 of 681) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That is about one and a third times the rate at the average San Juan Unified middle school.

Each bar is Arcade Fundamental’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 chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 681. District and California figures are averages of school rates (24 San Juan Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Arcade Fundamental say about itself?

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

Open sanjuan.edu (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 10 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 11 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−10

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income342−13 points
English learners211−15 points
Asian130−11 points
White1290 points
Hispanic or Latino90−16 points

Math

−11

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income343−13 points
English learners212−7 points
Asian130−6 points
White129−1 points
Hispanic or Latino91−27 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 409 students in English, 410 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 10 points below that expected score, and in math 11 points below it.

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.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

5 of the 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Arcade Fundamental. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 4.2 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Winston ChurchillNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8073rd
  2. John BarrettNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7445th
  3. ArdenNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7338th
  4. Will RogersNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 6911th
  5. Foothill RanchTwin Rivers Unified · by addressScope Score 688th
  6. Arcade FundamentalScope Score 687th
  7. Katherine JohnsonNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 662nd
  8. Martin Luther King Jr. Technology AcademyTwin Rivers Unified · by addressScope Score 63bottom 1%
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Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%75%0%25%50%75%100%

6 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Arcade Fundamental compare with schools like it?

Arcade Fundamental’s Scope Score is 68. 556 California middle schools, counting Arcade Fundamental, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 72. Arcade Fundamental’s result is higher than 77 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 556

  1. Students from low-income families: 88%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 89%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 85%

    Scope Score 86Strong · 90th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 86%

    Scope Score 86Strong · 90th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 77%

    Scope Score 85Strong · 88th percentile

556 California public middle schools where 77% to 89% 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 77% to 89% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Arcade Fundamental’s share. The count includes Arcade Fundamental. 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 26% to 23% and math stayed at 14%.

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%20172018201920222023202420252026Both 47%49%CaliforniaCalifornia42%San Juan UnifiedDistrict23%Arcade FundamentalThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202637%32%37%CaliforniaCalifornia29%San Juan UnifiedDistrict14%Arcade FundamentalThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. San Juan Unified’s line combines its 24 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. San Juan Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringArcade FundamentalSan Juan UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201747%47%48%424
201842%47%49%424
201943%48%50%423
202238%44%47%421
202330%41%46%362
202426%40%46%336
202526%41%49%486
202623%42%49%586
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringArcade FundamentalSan Juan UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201732%37%37%423
201827%37%37%422
201929%36%38%423
202220%29%31%428
202319%28%32%364
202417%28%33%340
202514%28%36%550
202614%29%37%601

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

23%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

532417
San Juan Unified42%California49%

Math

14%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

66209
San Juan Unified29%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 23% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 14% 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).

Grade 6 stands apart in English: 13% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 23% across grades 6–8 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class.

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 Advanced13%25%28%
Advanced3%8%5%
Proficient10%17%23%
Developing level19%27%26%
Minimal68%48%46%
Tested157210219
California48%51%49%
Difference−35−26−21

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 Advanced6%18%17%
Advanced1%6%6%
Proficient5%12%11%
Developing level19%23%16%
Minimal75%59%67%
Tested165215221
California37%38%36%
Difference−31−20−19

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 school6%17%24%53%586
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · San Juan Unified14%28%23%35%10,549
Math, grades 6–8 · This school5%9%20%66%601
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · San Juan Unified15%14%24%47%10,594

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 586 tested in English, 601 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?

Asian students are the largest group here, at 35% of students. 199 of 681 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

29in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (199 of 681 students).

At the average San Juan Unified middle school: 22 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 7.3% of students were suspended at least once (52 of 708). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

595

students in grades 6–8.

Asian 35%White 29%Hispanic or Latino 19%Black or African American 8%Two or more races 8%

Family income

83%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 496 of 595. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

25

teachers, with 10 years of experience on average.

32% were in their first year.

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

English learners

51%

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 (128 of 249 students).

San Juan Unified: 51%. 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
29 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (55 of 187).
Grades 7–8
29 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (144 of 494).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Asian35%
White29%
Hispanic or Latino19%
Black or African American8%
Two or more races8%
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: 17.3 of 21.3 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Six student groups scored below the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • White176 tested30%California 62%
  • Hispanic or Latino111 tested30%California 39%
  • Two or more races32 tested25%California 62%
  • Low-income520 tested19%California 39%
  • Asian204 tested14%California 75%
  • Homeless56 tested13%California 27%
  • Students with disabilities38 tested3%California 14%
  • English learners262 tested2%California 7%

14% of Asian students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 75% for the same group across California. Low-income, White and homeless students, students of two or more races and English learners also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

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 San Juan Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 520 tested in English, 535 in math
English19%−1130%−2039%
Math11%−819%−1526%
Asian · 204 tested in English, 218 in math
English14%−1731%−6175%
Math8%−1624%−6371%
White · 176 tested in English, 178 in math
English30%−1848%−3262%
Math20%−1434%−3050%
Hispanic or Latino · 111 tested in English, 110 in math
English30%−636%−939%
Math17%−522%−825%
Two or more races · 32 tested · grades 6 and 7 only
English25%−2348%−3762%
Math13%−2134%−3750%
English learners · 262 tested in English, 278 in math
English2%−35%−57%
Math1%−34%−67%
Students with disabilities · 38 tested · grades 6 and 7 only
English3%−912%−1114%
Math3%−69%−710%
Homeless · 56 tested in English, 55 in math
English13%−518%−1427%
Math5%−49%−1217%

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

Black or African American students, 44 tested: no rate for grades 6 and 8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander 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 Arcade Fundamental. 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?

$18,774 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. San Juan Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $115 million.

$18,774

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$10,400
The school’s share of district office costs
$8,374
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,917
  • Arcade Fundamental$18,774
  • San Juan Unified middle schools$18,809
  • 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 ↓

San Juan Unified’s yearly plan

$115million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$92million

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 8 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $115 million of $780 million in total budgeted spending. Source: San Juan Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Arcade Fundamental like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95821. They are not figures for the families at Arcade Fundamental.

Typical household income in a year

$64,963

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 95821.

Typical home value
$496,500
People who live in this ZIP code
38,064
Typical age
38.2 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
31%

What you can do

Who can act on Arcade Fundamental’s results?

San Juan Unified’s board decides Arcade Fundamental’s plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Arcade Fundamental in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving San Juan Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. The 2026 Dashboard flagged results for foster youth on two measures: graduation, and chronic absence. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for San Juan Unified: CDE’s assistance status files for the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 8 questions to Arcade Fundamental. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school?29 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (199 of 681 students); average California middle school: 18 in 100
  2. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?7.3% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (52 of 708 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?11 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (410 students)
  4. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?1% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (278 students tested); the same group across California: 7%
  5. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  6. 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 Arcade Fundamental, and how do I get in?

Ask San Juan Unified which school serves your address. Next comes Mira Loma High.

The district splits Arcade Fundamental’s attendance zone. 63% of its children are assigned to Mira Loma High and the other 37% to Encina High. In the district’s boundaries, Arcade Fundamental Middle draws from 5 elementary schools. Boundaries split some neighborhoods. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Elementary · fed by
  • Whitney Avenue ElementarySome of its area goes to another middle schoolScope Score 66Needs Support · 3rd percentile · 2026
  • Dyer-Kelly ElementarySome of its area goes to another middle schoolScope Score 66Needs Support · 2nd percentile · 2026
  • Pasadena Avenue ElementarySome of its area goes to another middle schoolScope Score 72Developing · 30th percentile · 2026
  • Del Paso Manor ElementarySome of its area goes to another middle schoolScope Score 75Developing · 48th percentile · 2026
  • Howe Avenue ElementarySome of its area goes to another middle schoolScope Score 66Needs Support · 3rd percentile · 2026
Middle · this school
Arcade Fundamental Middle
High · next
Mira Loma High Scope Score 73Developing · 39th percentile · 2025

Assigned for part of the zone

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. Shares are our estimate of where the zone’s children live. We use 2020 Census child counts, or land area where few children were counted. A share counts children living in the zone, not a school’s enrolled students. A boundary doesn’t guarantee a place. Transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Whitney Avenue Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 66 · Needs Support · 3rd percentile · elementary · 2026

    85% of the zone’s children

  • Dyer-Kelly Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 66 · Needs Support · 2nd percentile · elementary · 2026

    63% of the zone’s children

  • Pasadena Avenue Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 72 · Developing · 30th percentile · elementary · 2026

    32% of the zone’s children

  • Del Paso Manor Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 75 · Developing · 48th percentile · elementary · 2026

    30% of the zone’s children

  • Howe Avenue Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 66 · Needs Support · 3rd percentile · elementary · 2026

    11% of the zone’s children

High-school links

  • Mira Loma High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 73 · Developing · 39th percentile · high · 2025

    63% of the zone’s children

  • Encina High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 54 · Needs Support · bottom 1% · high · 2025

    37% of the zone’s children

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.

Where the path ends: Mira Loma High
Mira Loma HighScope Score 73 · Developing · 39th percentile · 2025district-published assignment for part of the zone

The road from this school ends at Mira Loma High. UC records 62 enrollees from Mira Loma High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 3 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Mira Loma High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 77% of the students who finished high school at Mira Loma High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

62 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 3 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Mira Loma High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Arcade Fundamental?

Address
3500 Edison Avenue, Sacramento 95821Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Mark UhlerAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated June 25, 2025.

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 San Juan Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Arcade Fundamental a good middle school?

Arcade Fundamental Middle has a Scope Score of 68. It scored higher than 7 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 7th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 29 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 22 in 100 at the average San Juan Unified middle school. 7.3% of students (52 of 708) 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?

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 10 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 11 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 409 students in English, 410 in math

See the details ↓

How does grade 6 do in English?

Grade 6 stands apart in English: 13% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 23% across grades 6–8 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class. See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 19% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Arcade Fundamental Middle in Sacramento scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. 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 #2,345 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #20 of 24 in San Juan Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math5%3642%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math18%3223%
Chronically absent29 in 100355%
Suspension rate7.3% (52 of 708)365%
English learners: top level13%385%
Grade gap (G6→G8, different students)+12.8pp—not scored

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 80%: the remaining 20%, 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
2025–26687#2345California 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)
2018–1911 in 10010.6% (50 of 472)+1
2021–22not on filenot on file+10
2022–23not on filenot on file+13
2023–2425 in 1003.3% (14 of 422)+15
2024–2522 in 1003.0% (20 of 656)+3
2025–2629 in 1007.3% (52 of 708)+13

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 · English5866%23%
2026 · Math6015%14%
2025 · English4868%26%
2025 · Math5506%14%
2024 · English3366%26%
2024 · Math3406%17%
2023 · English3628%30%
2023 · Math3646%19%
2022 · English42110%38%
2022 · Math4288%20%
2019 · English42310%43%
2019 · Math42310%29%
2018 · English4249%42%
2018 · Math42210%27%
2017 · English42412%47%
2017 · Math42313%32%

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 · English14125%
2025 · Grade 7 · English18229%
2025 · Grade 8 · English16323%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math15911%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math21315%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math17817%
2024 · Grade 6 · English9019%
2024 · Grade 7 · English12129%
2024 · Grade 8 · English12528%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math896%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math12317%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math12826%
2023 · Grade 6 · English9413%
2023 · Grade 7 · English12542%
2023 · Grade 8 · English14330%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math958%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math12529%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math14418%
2022 · Grade 6 · English9529%
2022 · Grade 7 · English15243%
2022 · Grade 8 · English17438%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math9710%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math15623%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math17522%
2019 · Grade 6 · English11740%
2019 · Grade 7 · English18544%
2019 · Grade 8 · English12145%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math11728%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math18531%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math12126%
2018 · Grade 6 · English9833%
2018 · Grade 7 · English13144%
2018 · Grade 8 · English19547%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math9820%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math13028%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math19429%
2017 · Grade 6 · English6131%
2017 · Grade 7 · English18351%
2017 · Grade 8 · English18048%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math6115%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math18339%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math17930%

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
Schoolwide2187%16%50%27%

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-income52019%−11−20
English learners2622%−3−5
Asian20414%−17−61
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−10409Moderate−11410Moderate
Low-income−13342Moderate−13343Moderate
English learners−15211Moderate−7212Moderate
English-only students−7173not categorized−13173not categorized
English learners only−16136not categorized−5137not categorized
Asian−11130Moderate−6130Moderate
White0129Average−1129Average
Hispanic or Latino−1690Moderate−2791Minimal
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−675not categorized−1475not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−938Moderate−1237Moderate
Black or African American−2231Minimal−3132Minimal
Students with disabilities−1430Moderate−830Moderate
Two or more races−1023Moderate−122Average
Homeless−220Average+420Average

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
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−10 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

409 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −10 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−11 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

410 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −11 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, 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 · 22 in 100 → 2025–26 · 29 in 100 · +7 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 3.0% (20 of 656) → 2025–26 · 7.3% (52 of 708) · +4.3 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female10 in 10033 in 100+23 in 100
Male12 in 10025 in 100+13 in 100
Asian2 of 3921 in 100—
Black or African American13 of 4724 of 57—
Hispanic or Latino11 in 10036 in 100+25 in 100
Two or more races1 of 2215 of 52—
White10 in 10030 in 100+20 in 100
Students with disabilities14 of 5140 of 91—
English learners8 in 10026 in 100+18 in 100
Homeless9 of 2436 of 67—
Low-income14 in 10031 in 100+17 in 100
All students11 in 10029 in 100+18 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$12,962 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 39,218 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

School-level federal expenditures$1,126 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 595

Central federal expenditures attributed here$791 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 595

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,542 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 59%Instruction support 16%Student services 8%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 8%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$418,433,91958.99%59%
Instruction support$110,639,40115.60%16%
Student services$59,626,3368.41%8%
Administration$58,357,0868.23%8%
Buildings & maintenance$55,928,3197.88%8%
Other$6,400,2890.90%1%
Total$709,385,351100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $709,385,351 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$12,962 per pupil
2020$12,705 per pupil
2019$13,148 per pupil
2018$11,096 per pupil
2017$10,446 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 95821 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95821 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$64,963
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)31%
ZIP-area population38,064
Median age38.2 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 95821 →

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