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Arellanes Junior High — Rating & test scores

1890 Sandalwood Drive, Santa Maria · 668 students · Grades 7–8

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Arellanes Junior High and Arellanes (Don Juan Bautista) Elementary share this address in the state’s school directory. OpenStreetMap maps the grounds as one campus. Which buildings each school uses here isn’t mapped.

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Scope Score 68

Needs SupportScope Score · 9th percentile. Higher than 9 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 and math: 26% and 14% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, against 50% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 612 in English, 611 in math
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).

Overview

Is Arellanes a good middle school?

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

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced1226%
Math, Proficient or Advanced1314%
English, Advanced146%
Math, Advanced134%

Progress in a year, 2025

English13−12 pts
Math2−27 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance3819 in 100
Arellanes’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Santa Maria-Bonita’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

11.6% of students (77 of 664) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, about three times the rate at the average California middle school.

Each bar is Arellanes’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 suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 664. District and California figures are averages of school rates (5 Santa Maria-Bonita schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Arellanes say about itself?

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

Open arellaneselem.smbsd.org (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 7 and 8 scored 12 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 27 points lower, which the state calls Minimal.

English

−12

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-income573−12 points
Hispanic or Latino567−13 points
English learners383−12 points
Long-term English learners123−9 points
Homeless Youth117−12 points

Math

−27

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income574−27 points
Hispanic or Latino568−26 points
English learners384−25 points
Long-term English learners123−30 points
Homeless Youth117−25 points

Grades 7 and 8, 2025, 597 students in English, 598 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 12 points below that expected score, and in math 27 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?

3 of the 4 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Arellanes. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

5 middle schools within 5.0 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. OrcuttOrcutt Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 7971st
  2. LakeviewOrcutt Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 7653rd
  3. Orcutt School for Independent StudySchool of choice · by applicationScope Score 7021st
  4. ArellanesScope Score 689th
  5. El CaminoNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 676th
Santa Maria-BonitaA neighborhood school in another districtMagnet or school of choice

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer. A magnet or other school of choice takes applications through its district.

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%0%25%50%75%100%

4 of 5 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 Arellanes compare with schools like it?

Arellanes’s Scope Score is 68. 607 California middle schools, counting Arellanes, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 71. Arellanes’s result is higher than 107 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 607

  1. Students from low-income families: 88%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 92%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 93rd percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 93%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 92nd percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 96%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 89%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

607 California public middle schools where 87% to 99% 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 87% to 99% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Arellanes’s share. The count includes Arellanes. 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 29% to 26% and math stayed at 14%.

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

Grades 7 and 8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202633%27%50%CaliforniaCalifornia29%Santa Maria-BonitaDistrict26%ArellanesArellanes

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%20172018201920222023202420252026Both 22%37%CaliforniaCalifornia14%Santa Maria-BonitaDistrict14%ArellanesArellanes

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Santa Maria-Bonita’s line combines its 5 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. Santa Maria-Bonita’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringArellanesSanta Maria-BonitaCaliforniaTested here
201727%33%49%539
201831%35%50%624
201936%37%50%664
202218%29%48%552
202314%25%47%575
202426%28%47%626
202529%28%49%633
202626%29%50%612
Math, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringArellanesSanta Maria-BonitaCaliforniaTested here
201722%22%37%551
201822%22%37%627
201928%25%37%665
20227%13%31%551
20238%12%32%578
202411%13%33%626
202514%14%35%644
202614%14%37%611

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

26%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

452920
Santa Maria-Bonita29%California50%

Math

14%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

671910
Santa Maria-Bonita14%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 26% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 14% in math, against 50% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 7 and 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 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.

Results for each grade, spring 2026

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 Advanced31%23%
Advanced6%5%
Proficient25%18%
Developing level28%29%
Minimal41%48%
Tested298314
California51%49%
Difference−20−26

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 Advanced14%13%
Advanced5%4%
Proficient9%9%
Developing level22%18%
Minimal64%69%
Tested299312
California38%36%
Difference−24−23

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 7 and 8 · This school6%20%29%45%612
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · Santa Maria-Bonita6%23%27%44%3,413
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school4%10%19%67%611
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · Santa Maria-Bonita4%10%24%62%3,416

Spring 2026, grades 7 and 8 combined: 612 tested in English, 611 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?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 94% of students. 123 of 654 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

19in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (123 of 654 students).

At the average Santa Maria-Bonita middle school: 15 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 11.6% of students were suspended at least once (77 of 664). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

668

students in grades 7–8.

Hispanic or Latino 94%White 3%

Family income

93%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 622 of 668. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

38

teachers, with 11 years of experience on average.

3% were in their first year.

82% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

53%

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 (89 of 167 students).

Santa Maria-Bonita: 53%. 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.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino94%
White3%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
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 of 32.8 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Five student groups scored below the same groups across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-income572 tested13%California 26%
  • Hispanic or Latino581 tested13%California 25%
  • Homeless128 tested9%California 17%
  • Students with disabilities77 tested1%California 9%
  • English learners172 tested1%California 7%

13% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 7 and 8, spring 2026), against 26% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino and homeless students, English learners and students with disabilities also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 8 math, 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 7 and 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Santa Maria-Bonitavs California
Low-income · 572 tested
English25%−227%−1439%
Math13%013%−1326%
Hispanic or Latino · 580 tested in English, 581 in math
English24%−428%−1640%
Math13%013%−1225%
English learners · 170 tested in English, 172 in math
English6%+15%−17%
Math1%−12%−67%
Students with disabilities · 77 tested
English3%−14%−1114%
Math1%−12%−89%
Homeless · 126 tested in English, 128 in math
English25%025%−328%
Math9%−413%−817%

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

No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students, students of two or more races 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 Arellanes. 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.

Families

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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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Staff

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Money

How much is spent on each student here?

$22,751 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student.

$22,751

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$11,709
The school’s share of district office costs
$11,042
Of the total, from federal funds
$2,065
  • Arellanes$22,751
  • Santa Maria-Bonita middle schools$22,111
  • 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 ↓

The neighborhood

What is the area around Arellanes like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93455. They are not figures for the families at Arellanes.

Typical household income in a year

$110,661

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 93455.

Typical home value
$610,300
People who live in this ZIP code
44,611
Typical age
38.6 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
32%

What you can do

Who can act on Arellanes’ results?

Santa Maria-Bonita’s board decides Arellanes’ 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 Arellanes in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

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

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?11.6% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (77 of 664 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?19 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (123 of 654 students); average Santa Maria-Bonita middle school: 15 in 100
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?27 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 7 and 8, 2025 (598 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 7 and 8, spring 2026 (172 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 Arellanes, and how do I get in?

Ask Santa Maria-Bonita which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Arellanes (Don Juan Bautista) Elementary
    Scope Score 67Needs Support · 7th percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Arellanes Junior High
    Grades 7–8Scope Score 68Needs Support · 9th percentile
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

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

Not a next step: the school sharing this address. Arellanes (Don Juan Bautista) Elementary (7th percentile, Needs Support, among elementary schools, 2026) has the same street address in the state’s school directory.

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Arellanes (Don Juan Bautista) Elementary

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

    Scope Score 67 · Needs Support · 7th percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Sanchez (David J.) Elementary

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

    Scope Score 69 · Needs Support · 15th percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Liberty Elementary

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

    Scope Score 71 · Developing · 26th percentile · elementary · 2026

    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 it is

Where is Arellanes?

Address
1890 Sandalwood Drive, Santa Maria 93455Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Genevieve BeairdAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated February 9, 2023.

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 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Santa Maria-Bonita which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Arellanes a good middle school?

Arellanes Junior High has a Scope Score of 68. It scored higher than 9 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 9th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 19 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 15 in 100 at the average Santa Maria-Bonita middle school. 11.6% of students (77 of 664) 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 7 and 8 scored 12 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 27 points lower, which the state calls Minimal.

  • Included in this measure: 597 students in English, 598 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 25% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at Arellanes Junior High in Santa Maria 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 #2,288 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #3 of 5 in Santa Maria-Bonita
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math5%3642%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math20%3423%
Chronically absent19 in 100495%
Suspension rate11.6% (77 of 664)195%
English learners: top level20%485%

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
2025–26689#2288California 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
2018–198 in 1006.1% (44 of 719)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2419 in 10013.3% (92 of 690)
2024–2522 in 10012.0% (85 of 711)
2025–2619 in 10011.6% (77 of 664)

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 · English6126%26%
2026 · Math6114%14%
2025 · English6336%29%
2025 · Math6444%14%
2024 · English6264%26%
2024 · Math6264%11%
2023 · English5753%14%
2023 · Math5782%8%
2022 · English5522%18%
2022 · Math5511%7%
2019 · English6648%36%
2019 · Math6659%28%
2018 · English6244%31%
2018 · Math6279%22%
2017 · English5394%27%
2017 · Math5517%22%

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 · English32832%
2025 · Grade 8 · English30525%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math33314%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math31114%
2024 · Grade 7 · English32029%
2024 · Grade 8 · English30623%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math31912%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math3079%
2023 · Grade 7 · English30415%
2023 · Grade 8 · English27113%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math30410%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math2747%
2022 · Grade 7 · English26922%
2022 · Grade 8 · English28314%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math2709%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math2815%
2019 · Grade 7 · English34037%
2019 · Grade 8 · English32434%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math34128%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math32428%
2018 · Grade 7 · English33032%
2018 · Grade 8 · English29430%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math33220%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math29523%
2017 · Grade 7 · English31324%
2017 · Grade 8 · English22631%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math31820%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math23326%

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
Schoolwide3183%10%56%31%

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-income57225%−2−14
Hispanic or Latino58024%−4−16
English learners1706%+1−1
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−12597Moderate−27598Minimal
Low-income−12573Moderate−27574Minimal
Hispanic or Latino−13567Moderate−26568Minimal
English learners−12383Moderate−25384Minimal
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−9256not categorized−23256not categorized
English learners only−20127not categorized−26128not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−9123Moderate−30123Minimal
Homeless−12117Moderate−25117Minimal
English-only students−19114not categorized−37114not categorized
Students with disabilities−1771Moderate−1271Moderate
Filipino+1013Accelerated−2913Minimal
White−1512Moderate−3812Minimal

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 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−12 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

597 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −12 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

598 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 · 22 in 100 → 2025–26 · 19 in 100 · −3 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 12.0% (85 of 711) → 2025–26 · 11.6% (77 of 664) · −0.4 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female9 in 10017 in 100+8 in 100
Male8 in 10020 in 100+12 in 100
Filipino1 of 12——
Hispanic or Latino7 in 10019 in 100+12 in 100
White9 of 366 of 19—
Students with disabilities8 of 6717 of 90—
English learners7 in 10021 in 100+14 in 100
Homeless7 in 10024 in 100+17 in 100
Military families3 of 6212 of 49—
Low-income8 in 10019 in 100+11 in 100
All students8 in 10019 in 100+11 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$13,224 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 16,665 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$650 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 668

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,415 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 668

District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,317 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 66%Instruction support 13%Student services 10%Administration 4%Buildings & maintenance 7%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$217,626,08565.74%66%
Instruction support$43,429,57013.12%13%
Student services$35,190,01410.63%10%
Administration$12,146,8013.67%4%
Buildings & maintenance$22,091,5906.67%7%
Total$331,055,027100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $331,055,027 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$13,224 per pupil
2020$13,010 per pupil
2019$13,843 per pupil
2018$12,298 per pupil
2017$12,093 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 93455 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93455 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$110,661
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)32%
ZIP-area population44,611
Median age38.6 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 93455 →

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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 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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