Baker Junior High: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
Baker posts low test scores — and suspensions run below the state rate (1.3% vs 3.7%). If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 21 | 0% | 7% | — | 12.0% | 1.3% |
| CA average · Middle School | 43 | 17% | 39% | +1.5 | 18.5% | 3.7% |
Baker Junior High scores 21 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 6th percentile of 2,238 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
🤝 Culture First — Ask whether the low absenteeism and suspension numbers come from what the school does or from the community it serves — both can produce the same numbers, and only a visit tells you which.
Most rating sites would stop at “7% proficient” and call it done. Baker deserves a closer read. The school sits in Baker, where two-thirds of 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.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 19th to the 6th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 7% meet the standard today, versus 18% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | — | — | 14% | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 7% | — | — | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 17% | 9% | — | — |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | — | — | 7% | 0% |
| Grade 7 | 7% | — | — | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 42% | 18% | — | — |
The 5 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 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
6 of 9 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$3,307 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
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 35 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California middle school (≈860).
Frequently asked questions
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Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 12 | 0% | 8% | 33% | 58% | 8% | −38 |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 0% | 13% | 20% | 67% | 13% | −34 |
| Grade 8 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 12 | 0% | 0% | 25% | 75% | 0% | −35 |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 0% | 7% | 27% | 67% | 7% | −27 |
| Grade 8 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Junior High ← | — | 21 | 0.0% | 7.1% | — | 1.3% |
| California average | — | 43 | 16.8% | 39.3% | +1.5 | 3.7% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 27 | 19 | #1634 | 6.3% | 17.9% | 4.3% | 0.8% | — |
| 2022 | 19 | 6 | #2026 | 0.0% | 13.6% | 22.4% | 1.5% | — |
| 2024 | 15 | 4 | #2118 | 0.0% | 10.7% | 13.1% | 12.3% | — |
| 2025 | 21 | 6 | #2112 | 0.0% | 7.1% | 12.0% | 1.3% | — |
- — Growth data isn't available — the state needs matched grades across years to compute it.
- — Subgroup results are suppressed for small student counts (fewer than 15 tested), following CDE privacy rules.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 5.0% | 0.0% | -5.0pp |
| Male | 0.0% | 18.8% | +18.8pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 2.9% | 10.7% | +7.8pp |
| English Learners | 0.0% | 5.6% | +5.6pp |
| Homeless | 3.8% | 11.8% | +8.0pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 2.9% | 7.1% | +4.2pp |
| All Students | 2.7% | 8.3% | +5.6pp |
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