B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy posts low test scores — and suspensions run below the state rate (1.7% vs 3.6%). If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Grad rate | College readiness | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 26 | 3% | 8% | — | — | 37.4% | 1.7% |
| CA average · High School | 44 | 16% | 36% | 87.6% | 35.4% | 30.2% | 3.6% |
B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy scores 26 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 17th percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “8% proficient” and call it done. B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy deserves a closer read. The school sits in San Jose, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.
As a charter, B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 28th to the 17th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 8% meet the standard today, versus 20% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 30% | 15% | 26% | 29% | 15% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 10% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 2% |
The 4 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy in San Jose, 11.6% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 51.0% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy trails its district average for low-income students by 39.4 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (2.3% Math proficient); Hispanic students (14.9% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 14.6 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 43 students tested.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below is estimated from nearby schools in the same district — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated K-12 path based on district and proximity. Actual attendance zones may differ. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 261 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).
On the state's science test (CAST), 16% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby High Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 62
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 48 | 6% | 8% | 17% | 69% | 15% | −33 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 49 | 0% | 2% | 20% | 78% | 2% | −21 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 69 | 3% | 13% | 80% | 4% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 43 | 11.6% | −39 | −27 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 47 | 14.9% | −23 | −24 |
| English Learners | 24 | 0.0% | −11 | −10 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy ← | — | 26 | 3.1% | 8.3% | — | 1.7% |
| Evergreen Valley High | 3.1 mi | 72 | 50.5% | 74.9% | — | 1.4% |
| KIPP Navigate College Prep | 1 mi | 59 | 25.7% | 44.5% | — | 3.0% |
| Yerba Buena High | 3.2 mi | 56 | 18.6% | 42.3% | — | 3.2% |
| California average | — | 44 | 15.8% | 35.7% | — | 3.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 33 | 28 | #1469 | 2.7% | 19.9% | 24.3% | 1.2% | — |
| 2022 | 28 | 20 | #1668 | 2.1% | 8.9% | 31.9% | 1.6% | — |
| 2023 | 28 | 21 | #1697 | 4.4% | 14.7% | 32.3% | 7.4% | — |
| 2024 | 28 | 21 | #1690 | 2.8% | 16.7% | 28.2% | 6.3% | — |
| 2025 | 26 | 17 | #1787 | 3.1% | 8.3% | 37.4% | 1.7% | — |
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 27 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
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