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Aviara Oaks Middle

Q: Is Aviara Oaks Middle a good middle school?

Aviara Oaks Middle is in the 85th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 57 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Aviara Oaks Middle was well above California in English and math: 72% and 64% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

Q: What are Aviara Oaks Middle's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 72% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 64% the math standard; 36% and 41% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 931 students were tested in English and 946 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

Q: How does Aviara Oaks Middle rank in California?

Aviara Oaks Middle is in the 85th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Strong, 2025). Aviara Oaks Middle ranks #310 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2023 G6 → 2025 G8), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

Q: Is Aviara Oaks Middle getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Aviara Oaks Middle's grade 6 results in 2023 with its grade 8 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 29th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.

Q: What do attendance and suspension records show for Aviara Oaks Middle?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 10.0% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 101 chronically absent of 1,005 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 2.9%; 30 unduplicated suspended students of 1,017 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 10.1%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 2.9%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

Q: How does Aviara Oaks Middle compare to other schools in Carlsbad?

Aviara Oaks Middle is in the 85th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 991 students. Use the schools in Carlsbad page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

Q: What high school does Aviara Oaks Middle feed into?

By attendance boundary, Aviara Oaks Middle is zoned to Carlsbad High and Sage Creek High. Scope Scores: Carlsbad High 72, Sage Creek High 77 out of 100. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education's School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.

Carlsbad · 6–8 · 991 students (2024–25)

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Well above California in English and math: 72% and 64% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. Source

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8: 931 in English, 946 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,266,619 in English and 1,272,526 in math tested).

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Academic achievement

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Learning

How strong are the foundations for high school?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 36%
Met standard: 36%
Below standard: 28%

72% met or exceeded · 931 tested

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Level	Here	California	Carlsbad Unified
Exceeded	36%	19%	28%
Met	36%	30%	36%
Nearly met	15%	23%	19%
Not met	13%	28%	17%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 41%
Met standard: 23%
Below standard: 36%

64% met or exceeded · 946 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Carlsbad Unified
Exceeded	41%	20%	29%
Met	23%	16%	24%
Nearly met	20%	23%	26%
Not met	16%	41%	21%

What these tests tell you · what to ask

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

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

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About 2 in 5 reached the top of the state’s four levels, about twice California’s rate in the same grades (19% and 20%).grades 6–8 · spring 2025

36%English · exceeded the standard41%Math · exceeded the standard

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8: 931 in English, 946 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,266,619 in English and 1,272,526 in math tested).

Low-income students here (209 tested in English, 212 in math, grades 6–8, spring 2025) met or exceeded the standard far more often than low-income students across California in the same grades (38% and 24%).grades 6–8 · spring 2025

53%English · met or exceeded43%Math · met or exceeded

Source: CDE CAASPP research file, spring 2025
Students: low-income students (CDE: “socioeconomically disadvantaged”) in grades 6–8: 209 in English, 212 in math
Comparison: California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s statewide rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation). Both gaps are more than twice the margin of error for 209 students in English and 212 in math.

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school72%

California49%

Tested: 931 here · 1,266,619 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school72%

Carlsbad Unified64%

Tested: 931 here · 2,344 in Carlsbad Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 3 schools.

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Level	Here	California	Carlsbad Unified
Exceeded	36%	19%	28%
Met	36%	30%	36%
Nearly met	15%	23%	19%
Not met	13%	28%	17%

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school64%

California36%

Tested: 946 here · 1,272,526 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school64%

Carlsbad Unified53%

Tested: 946 here · 2,364 in Carlsbad Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 3 schools.

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Level	Here	California	Carlsbad Unified
Exceeded	41%	20%	29%
Met	23%	16%	24%
Nearly met	20%	23%	26%
Not met	16%	41%	21%

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

201981%3,123 tested

→

202572%931 tested

Aviara Oaks

California, same grades50% → 49%2019 → 2025 · 1,390,416 → 1,266,619 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

201976%3,138 tested

→

202564%946 tested

Aviara Oaks

California, same grades38% → 36%2019 → 2025 · 1,394,239 → 1,272,526 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

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English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grades 6–8

Aviara OaksCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202572%49%

Math met or exceeded, grades 6–8

Aviara OaksCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202564%36%

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

English went from 81% in 2019 to 72% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Math went from 76% in 2019 to 64% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	Aviara Oaks	California
2019	81% 3,123 tested	50% 1,390,416 tested
2022	78% 2,853 tested	47% 1,277,584 tested
2023	78% 978 tested	46% 1,267,562 tested
2024	73% 905 tested	46% 1,269,432 tested
2025	72% 931 tested	49% 1,266,619 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	Aviara Oaks	California
2019	76% 3,138 tested	38% 1,394,239 tested
2022	68% 2,847 tested	31% 1,279,506 tested
2023	67% 968 tested	32% 1,272,024 tested
2024	64% 901 tested	33% 1,277,570 tested
2025	64% 946 tested	36% 1,272,526 tested

The state’s growth measure876 students in English, 887 in math · grades 6–8 · 2025

English−10ptsCDE category: Moderate

Math−1ptsCDE category: Average

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

School pattern, spring 2025Solid BaseThe average Met + Exceeded rate across the reported grades and subjects is at least 65%.

Ask: Math is lower than in 2019 here (76% to 64%) and across California (38% to 36%). How does the school check what’s working in math?

Life at school

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What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

10 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

14in 100 at the average Carlsbad Unified school18in 100 at the average California middle school

101 of 1,005 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school10 in 100

at the average Carlsbad Unified school14 in 100

at the average California middle school18 in 100

2.9%of students were suspended at least once (30 of 1,017), 2024–25

4.2%at the average Carlsbad Unified school3.5%at the average California middle school

Attendance by grade

Chronically absent, 2024–25	Per 100 students	Students
Grades 4–6	8	25 of 324
Grades 7–8	11	76 of 681

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

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How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

209 English · 212 math tested

English53% / 38%

Math43% / 24%

White

527 English · 536 math tested

English74% / 61%

Math66% / 49%

Hispanic or Latino

196 English · 199 math tested

English57% / 38%

Math47% / 24%

Two or more races

102 English · 106 math tested

English74% / 62%

Math72% / 49%

Asian

84 tested per subject

English90% / 76%

Math85% / 70%

Students with disabilities

111 English · 116 math tested

English22% / 14%

Math18% / 10%

Military families

45 English · 47 math tested · grades 7 and 8

English58% / 51%

Math57% / 37%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Met or exceeded the standardgrades 6–8 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Carlsbad Unified	vs California
Low-income · 209 tested in English, 212 in math
English	53%	+1043%	+1538%
Math	43%	+1132%	+1924%
White · 527 tested in English, 536 in math
English	74%	+569%	+1361%
Math	66%	+957%	+1749%
Hispanic or Latino · 196 tested in English, 199 in math
English	57%	+1047%	+1938%
Math	47%	+1136%	+2324%
Two or more races · 102 tested in English, 106 in math
English	74%	+371%	+1262%
Math	72%	+963%	+2349%
Asian · 84 tested
English	90%	+684%	+1476%
Math	85%	+679%	+1570%
Students with disabilities · 111 tested in English, 116 in math
English	22%	022%	+814%
Math	18%	+216%	+810%
Military families · 45 tested in English, 47 in math · grades 7 and 8 only
English	58%	+652%	+751%
Math	57%	+1641%	+2037%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Carlsbad Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind statewide does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

English learners: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and homeless 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.

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students here did far better than the same groups statewide.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Aviara Oaks Middle in Carlsbad, 52.6% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 6, 7 and 8, compared to 43.4% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. Aviara Oaks Middle’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 9.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (42.9% met or exceeded the Math standard); White students (74.4% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 50.3 percentage points: students with disabilities in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 210 ELA grade test records.

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Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

White57%
Hispanic or Latino21%
Two or more races11%
Asian8%
Black or African American1%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share<1%

Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.

Full student mix, comparisons & sources

Eligible enrollment, 2024–25	Here
White	57%
Hispanic or Latino	21%
Two or more races	11%
Asian	8%
Black or African American	1%
Filipino	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—
Not reported	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About 1 in 5 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (22%, 217 of 991). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers45

Average experience15 years

First-year teachers2%

95% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 94.99%: 42.8 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 45.1 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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ElementaryPacific Rim ElementaryHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
MiddleAviara Oaks MiddleThis campus · grades 6-8
High schoolCarlsbad HighHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

Pacific Rim Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
97th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Aviara Oaks Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
95th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Poinsettia Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
90th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

Carlsbad High
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
86th percentile · Strong · high · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Sage Creek High
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
91st percentile · Strong · high · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

High-school endpoint evidence · Carlsbad High

Carlsbad HighScope 72historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Carlsbad High. UC records 50 enrollees from Carlsbad High for fall 2025. Its AP Course Audit lists 25 authorized AP subjects for 2025 - 2026. Those figures come from dated records — a child starting here today would reach Carlsbad High around 2031, and 6 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 63% of Carlsbad High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

50 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 25 authorized AP subjects (AP Course Audit 2025 - 2026) → full record on Carlsbad High's page

Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

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Math is lower than in 2019 here (76% to 64%) and across California (38% to 36%). How does the school check what’s working in math?
Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
How do students get academic help and connect with a trusted adult?
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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar middle schools2025 statewide percentile

Benicia MiddleBenicia Unified · 947 enrolled · 22% meal eligibility84thStrong
Marian A. Peterson MiddleSanta Clara Unified · 759 enrolled · 22% meal eligibility85thStrong
Marshall MiddleSan Diego Unified · 1,390 enrolled · 21.7% meal eligibility95thStrong
Las Flores MiddleCapistrano Unified · 593 enrolled · 22.3% meal eligibility94thStrong
Sharon Christa McAuliffe MiddleLos Alamitos Unified · 1,018 enrolled · 22.3% meal eligibility79thStrong
Sutter MiddleFolsom-Cordova Unified · 1,628 enrolled · 21.4% meal eligibility90thStrong

How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 13.9–29.9% meal eligibility and 496–1,982 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Aviara Oaks Middle a good middle school?

Aviara Oaks Middle is in the 85th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 57 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Aviara Oaks Middle was well above California in English and math: 72% and 64% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Aviara Oaks Middle's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 72% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 64% the math standard; 36% and 41% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 931 students were tested in English and 946 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Aviara Oaks Middle rank in California?

Aviara Oaks Middle is in the 85th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Strong, 2025). Aviara Oaks Middle ranks #310 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2023 G6 → 2025 G8), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

Is Aviara Oaks Middle getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Aviara Oaks Middle's grade 6 results in 2023 with its grade 8 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 29th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.

What do attendance and suspension records show for Aviara Oaks Middle?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 10.0% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 101 chronically absent of 1,005 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 2.9%; 30 unduplicated suspended students of 1,017 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 10.1%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 2.9%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

How does Aviara Oaks Middle compare to other schools in Carlsbad?

Aviara Oaks Middle is in the 85th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 991 students. Use the schools in Carlsbad page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Aviara Oaks Middle?

What high school does Aviara Oaks Middle feed into?

By attendance boundary, Aviara Oaks Middle is zoned to Carlsbad High and Sage Creek High. Scope Scores: Carlsbad High 72, Sage Creek High 77 out of 100. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education's School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.

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Aviara Oaks Middle is ranked #310 statewide · #1 of 3 in Carlsbad Unified.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	38.3%	17.2%	42%
Met or exceeded	68.0%	40.0%	23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)	Weak	average	20%
Chronic absenteeism	10.1%	18.1%	5%
Suspension rate	2.9%	3.6%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	37.5%	17.8%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↑ vs CA 17.2% · index 74 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↑ vs CA 40.0% · index 73 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8): ↓ vs CA average · ≈29th calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 62 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 1.5pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate: ↑ vs CA 3.6% · index 53 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▲ 0.5pp higher vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 73 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 6	301	40%	35%	16%	9%	74%	+28
Grade 7	304	39%	35%	12%	14%	74%	+26
Grade 8	326	29%	39%	17%	15%	67%	+21

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 6 ELA equal-school mean: 46.1%; n=4084 reporting schools

State grade 7 ELA equal-school mean: 47.6%; n=2631 reporting schools

State grade 8 ELA equal-school mean: 46.2%; n=2658 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
Math	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 6	305	43%	25%	19%	13%	68%	+33
Grade 7	310	37%	24%	23%	16%	61%	+28
Grade 8	331	43%	21%	18%	18%	63%	+31

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 6 Math equal-school mean: 34.5%; n=4086 reporting schools

State grade 7 Math equal-school mean: 33.7%; n=2630 reporting schools

State grade 8 Math equal-school mean: 32.1%; n=2658 reporting schools

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met+
2024 · Grade 6 · ELA	299	74.9%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA	333	70.9%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA	273	73.6%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	298	66.4%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	331	61.3%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	272	65.1%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA	334	75.5%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA	312	80.5%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA	332	77.1%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	330	67.3%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	308	65.3%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	330	67.6%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA	951	74.5%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA	951	80.7%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA	951	79.5%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	949	65.8%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	949	66.7%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	949	72.6%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA	1,041	81.1%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA	1,041	82.8%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA	1,041	78.1%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	1,046	83.8%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	1,046	76.7%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	1,046	67.7%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT
Schoolwide	339	32%	30%	33%	5%

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.

Subgroup · ELA	Tested	MET+	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	210	52.6%	+9	+15
White	527	74.4%	+6	+13
Hispanic/Latino	197	56.6%	+10	+18

Nearest middle schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 6 vs grade 8, this year, different students; Cohort growth = school-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights

School	Dist	Scope · percentile · band	EXC	MET+	Grade gap	Cohort growth	Susp
Aviara Oaks Middle ←	—	5785th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	38.3%	68.0%	−5.7pp	+29 pts	2.9%
California average	—	39School average · no percentile	17.2%	40.0%	+1.5pp	—	3.6%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

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.

District salary records

Teacher salary schedule$57,513 – $130,671

Average elementary principal salary$161,132

Average middle school principal salary$172,023

Average high school principal salary$181,110

Superintendent salary$286,801

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2019	79/100	96	#68	California comprehensive middle schools · 1,953 schools
2022	75/100	95	#93	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,113 schools
2023	74/100	95	#100	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,125 schools
2024	67/100	92	#167	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,152 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 11.5% → 2025 · 10.0% · −1.5pp
Suspension rate2024 · 2.4% → 2025 · 2.9% · +0.5pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	931	35.5%	71.8%
2025 · Math	946	40.8%	64.2%
2024 · ELA	905	37.4%	73.0%
2024 · Math	901	38.5%	64.2%
2023 · ELA	978	39.4%	77.6%
2023 · Math	968	44.3%	66.7%
2022 · ELA	951	39.9%	78.2%
2022 · Math	949	44.4%	68.3%
2019 · ELA	1,041	44.3%	80.8%
2019 · Math	1,046	55.3%	76.3%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

Year	Scope	Pctile	Rank	Exc	Met+	Absent	Susp	Grade gap
2019	—	—	—	49.5%	78.4%	5.4%	4.1%	-9.5pp
2022	—	—	—	42.1%	73.3%	15.3%	3.3%	+5.8pp
2023	—	—	—	41.8%	72.2%	14.0%	2.2%	+1.0pp
2024	—	—	—	38.3%	68.7%	11.6%	2.4%	-1.3pp
2025	57	85	#310	38.3%	68.0%	10.1%	2.9%	-5.7pp

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

Grade gap = this year's grade 6 vs grade 8 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.

NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD

Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years

Group	2018–19	2024–25	Δ
Female	5.6%	8.8%	+3.2pp
Male	5.0%	11.3%	+6.3pp
Asian	2.1%	1.2%	-0.9pp
Hispanic/Latino	8.1%	12.3%	+4.2pp
Two or More Races	2.4%	9.1%	+6.7pp
White	5.2%	10.7%	+5.5pp
Students with Disabilities	11.7%	20.3%	+8.6pp
English Learners	9.5%	29.4%	+19.9pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	13.2%	16.2%	+3.0pp
All Students	5.3%	10.0%	+4.7pp
Black/African American	—	13.3%	—

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored

Group	ELA	n	CDE band	Math	n	CDE band
All Students	−10	876	Moderate	−1	887	Average
English Only	−9	728	not categorised	−1	739	not categorised
White	−9	499	Moderate	−1	506	Average
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	−17	198	Moderate	−11	200	Moderate
Hispanic or Latino	−16	180	Moderate	−7	182	Moderate
Students with Disabilities	−21	112	Minimal	−6	115	Moderate
Two or More Races	−13	96	Moderate	0	99	Average
Asian	+1	81	Average	+11	81	Accelerated
English Learner	−23	75	Minimal	−3	75	Average
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	−14	54	not categorised	−7	54	not categorised
English Learners Only	−35	21	not categorised	+7	21	not categorised
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)	−29	16	Minimal	+11	16	Accelerated
Black or African American	−16	13	Moderate	+4	12	Average

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-Term English Learner counts cover grades 6-8 only (CDE), so that row is not comparable to the All Students row. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2023 · Grade 6

39%

exceeded standard · 75% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2023 · 334 ELA test records with scores

ELA · 2025 · Grade 8

29%

exceeded standard · 67% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2025 · 326 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 329 (school-grade cohort proxy).

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

California growth model · reported-school field

State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

876 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,519 reported ELA ALL school records in its retained school inventory

16th pctile · −10 pts

State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

887 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,518 reported MATH ALL school records in its retained school inventory

45th pctile · −1 pts

this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median ELA estimate is −1 and the middle half fall between −8 and +6 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. 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 and is not part of the Scope Score.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$12,544 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 10,863 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$115 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 991

Central federal expenditures attributed here$324 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 991

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,482 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.

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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 62%Instruction support 10%Student services 10%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%

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.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021

2021$12,544 per pupil

2020$11,073 per pupil

2019$11,270 per pupil

2018$10,420 per pupil

2017$9,856 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 92011

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 92011
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$159,235
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	68.36%
ZCTA population	23,190
Median age	43.3 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/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,177 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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