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Baker Junior High — Rating & test scores

72100 School House Lane, Baker · 35 students · Grades 6–8

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Baker Junior High, Baker High and Baker 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 · 11th percentile. Higher than 11 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

Near California in English, well below in math, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026: 37% and 8% scored Proficient or Advanced, 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: 24
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 Baker Junior High a good middle school?

Needs Support. Baker Junior High is higher than most California middle schools on attendance. Baker Junior High is lower than most on test results and progress in both subjects.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced3337%
Math, Proficient or Advanced48%
English, Advanced10%
Math, Advanced10%

Progress in a year, 2025

English9−15 pts
Math17−13 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance5313 in 100
Baker Junior High’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

Only 24 students were tested here in grades 7 and 8 in spring 2026, so one student’s result moves each rate by about 4 points.

Each bar is Baker Junior High’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 CAASPP research file (school rows), spring 2026 (students tested (points per student: 100 ÷ students tested, our arithmetic)).

In its own words

What does Baker Junior High say about itself?

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

Open baker.k12.ca.us (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 15 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 13 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−15

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

Hispanic or Latino25−18 points
Low-income25−17 points
English learners16−21 points
Homeless Youth15−33 points

Math

−13

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

Hispanic or Latino25−14 points
Low-income25−6 points
English learners16−14 points
Homeless Youth15−17 points

Grades 7 and 8, 2025, 33 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. 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 15 points below that expected score, and in math 13 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.

Schools like it

How does Baker Junior High compare with schools like it?

Baker Junior High’s Scope Score is 68. 367 California middle schools, counting Baker Junior High, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 74. Baker Junior High’s result is higher than 40 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 367

  1. Students from low-income families: 64%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 71%

    Scope Score 94Strong · 98th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 75%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

367 California public middle schools where 63% to 75% 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 63% to 75% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Baker Junior High’s share. The count includes Baker Junior High. 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?

Each line shows the share of students who scored Proficient or Advanced each spring.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2018 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%20182019202632%50%CaliforniaCalifornia37%Baker Junior HighThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%20182019202623%37%CaliforniaCalifornia8%Baker Junior HighThis school

The hatched block marks years with no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Between 22 and 27 students were tested here each year in each subject. With 22 students, one student is 5 points, so each year is a dot and no line joins them. 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.

English, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringBaker Junior HighCaliforniaTested here
201832%50%22
201911%50%27
202637%50%24
Math, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringBaker Junior HighCaliforniaTested here
201823%37%22
201922%37%27
20268%37%24

A year is missing where fewer than the state’s minimum number of students tested and the state withheld the result.

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

37% of the 24 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English (reading and writing); 8% did in math.

English

37%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

422137
California50%

Math

8%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

71218
California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 37% of the 24 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 50% across California. In math, 8% did, against 37% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year’s result can change a lot. Ask how results looked in other years.

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).

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 Advancedsuppressed36%38%
Advancedsuppressed0%0%
Proficientsuppressed36%38%
Developing levelsuppressed28%16%
Minimalsuppressed36%46%
Tested61113
California48%51%49%
Difference—−15−11

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 Advancedsuppressed18%0%
Advancedsuppressed0%0%
Proficientsuppressed18%0%
Developing levelsuppressed18%23%
Minimalsuppressed64%77%
Tested61113
California37%38%36%
Difference—−20−36

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 school0%37%21%42%24
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school0%8%21%71%24
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896

Spring 2026, grades 7 and 8 combined: 24 tested in English, 24 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 77% of students. 4 of 31 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

4of 31

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. That is 13 in 100.

At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

No district average: Baker Junior High is the only regular middle school we rank in the Baker Valley Unified district with an attendance record.

Suspensions: 6.5% of students were suspended at least once (2 of 31). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

35

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 77%

Family income

69%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 24 of 35. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

4

teachers, with 8 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

64% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

38%

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 (6 of 16 students).

Baker Valley Unified: 32%. 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 Latino77%
White—
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: 2.2 of 3.4 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Baker Junior High. 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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Money

Where does the money go?

$45,214 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Baker Valley Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $863,713.

$45,214

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$38,622
The school’s share of district office costs
$6,592
Of the total, from federal funds
$4,815
  • Baker Junior High$45,214
  • 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 ↓

Baker Valley Unified’s yearly plan

$863,713

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 4 goals. The district’s page lists each one. Source: Baker Valley Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27.

What you can do

Who can act on Baker Junior High’s results?

Baker Valley Unified’s board decides Baker Junior High’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 Baker Junior High 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 Baker Valley Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Baker Valley Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Baker Junior High. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What is the school doing about chronic absence?4 of 31 students chronically absent, 2025–26; 8 in 100 in 2024–25
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?15 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 7 and 8, 2025 (33 students)
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. 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 Baker Junior High, and how do I get in?

Ask Baker Valley Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Baker Elementary
    Scope Score 66Needs Support · 3rd percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Baker Junior High
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 68Needs Support · 11th percentile
  3. High
    Baker High
    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

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 schools sharing this address. Baker High and Baker Elementary (3rd percentile, Needs Support, among elementary schools, 2026) have the same street address in the state’s school directory.

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Baker Elementary

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

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

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

High-school links

  • Baker High

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

    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 Baker Junior High?

Address
72100 School House Lane, Baker 92309Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Michael EspositoAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated February 9, 2024.

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 Baker Valley Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Baker Junior High a good middle school?

Baker Junior High has a Scope Score of 68. It scored higher than 11 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 11th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 4 of 31 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 18 in 100 at the average California middle school. 6.5% of students (2 of 31) 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 15 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 13 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 33 students

See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Baker Junior High's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Baker High. 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 doesn’t guarantee placement; confirm your address with the district. 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 11 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
11
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 #2,246 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math0%3342%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math23%3823%
Chronically absent4 of 31545%
Suspension rate6.5% (2 of 31)435%
English learners: top level12%425%

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
2025–266811#2246California middle schools · 2,529 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 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
2018–191 of 370 of 38
2021–22not on filenot on file
2023–242 of 3321.2% (7 of 33)
2024–253 of 360 of 36
2025–264 of 316.5% (2 of 31)

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 · English300%37%
2026 · Math300%7%
2025 · English340%9%
2025 · Math340%3%
2024 · English313%16%
2024 · Math310%6%
2023 · English190%26%
2023 · Math1911%21%
2022 · English220%14%
2022 · Math220%18%
2019 · English343%15%
2019 · Math346%18%
2018 · English383%18%
2018 · Math383%13%
2017 · English320%12%
2017 · Math320%12%

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 · English128%
2025 · Grade 7 · English1513%
2025 · Grade 8 · English7—
2025 · Grade 6 · Math120%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math157%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math7—
2024 · Grade 6 · English1414%
2024 · Grade 7 · English7—
2024 · Grade 8 · English10—
2024 · Grade 6 · Math147%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math7—
2024 · Grade 8 · Math10—
2023 · Grade 6 · English6—
2023 · Grade 7 · English8—
2023 · Grade 8 · English5—
2023 · Grade 6 · Math6—
2023 · Grade 7 · Math8—
2023 · Grade 8 · Math5—
2022 · Grade 6 · English6—
2022 · Grade 7 · English5—
2022 · Grade 8 · English119%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math6—
2022 · Grade 7 · Math5—
2022 · Grade 8 · Math1118%
2019 · Grade 6 · English7—
2019 · Grade 7 · English157%
2019 · Grade 8 · English1217%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math7—
2019 · Grade 7 · Math157%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math1242%
2018 · Grade 6 · English160%
2018 · Grade 7 · English1127%
2018 · Grade 8 · English1136%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math160%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math1127%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math1118%
2017 · Grade 6 · English119%
2017 · Grade 7 · English138%
2017 · Grade 8 · English——
2017 · Grade 6 · Math119%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math130%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math——

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide130%8%54%38%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students−1533Moderate−1333Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−1825Moderate−1425Moderate
Low-income−1725Moderate−625Moderate
English learners−2116Minimal−1416Moderate
English learners only−1916not categorized−1216not categorized
Homeless−3315Minimal−1715Moderate
English-only students+213not categorized−913not categorized

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. 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−15 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

33 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −15 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−13 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

33 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −13 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 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 · 3 of 36 → 2025–26 · 4 of 31
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 36 → 2025–26 · 6.5% (2 of 31) · +6.5 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female1 of 202 of 18—
Male0 of 172 of 13—
Hispanic or Latino1 of 343 of 24—
English learners0 of 191 of 17—
Homeless1 of 264 of 17—
Low-income1 of 354 of 24—
All students1 of 374 of 31—

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$24,843 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 127 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$3,307 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 35

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,508 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 35

District current expense · FY 2024–25$35,606 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 56%Instruction support 11%Student services 4%Administration 16%Buildings & maintenance 13%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$2,279,51756.35%56%
Instruction support$435,98410.78%11%
Student services$155,2483.84%4%
Administration$652,43816.13%16%
Buildings & maintenance$522,05212.91%13%
Total$4,045,240100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $4,045,240 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$24,843 per pupil
2020$24,746 per pupil
2019$22,888 per pupil
2018$18,755 per pupil
2017$23,323 per pupil
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 92309 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92309 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income—
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)0%
ZIP-area population343
Median age28.5 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 92309 →

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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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