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Barstow Junior High — Rating & test scores

1000 Armory Road, Barstow · 646 students · Grades 5–8

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Barstow Junior High and Barstow Intermediate 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 62

Needs SupportScope Score · bottom 1%. In the lowest 1 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: 7% and 2% 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: 520 in English, 516 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 Barstow Junior High a good middle school?

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

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced17%
Math, Proficient or Advanced12%
English, Advanced11%
Math, Advanced21%

Progress in a year, 2025

English1−38 pts
Math6−21 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance165 in 100
Barstow Junior High’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Barstow Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

65 in 100 students (445 of 687) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That is about one and a third times the rate at the average Barstow Unified middle school.

Each bar is Barstow 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 chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 687. District and California figures are averages of school rates (3 Barstow Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Barstow Junior High say about itself?

We haven’t read Barstow 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 bjhs.busdk12.com (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 38 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Minimal. In math, they scored 21 points lower, which the state calls Minimal.

English

−38

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-income401−36 points
Hispanic or Latino287−33 points
Students with disabilities113−33 points
Black or African American87−49 points
English learners74−24 points

Math

−21

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-income399−19 points
Hispanic or Latino285−22 points
Students with disabilities113−5 points
Black or African American87−24 points
English learners75−11 points

Grades 7 and 8, 2025, 481 students in English, 479 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 38 points below that expected score, and in math 21 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?

2 of the 2 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Barstow Junior High. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

3 middle schools within 1.5 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Barstow STEM AcademyMagnet · by applicationScope Score 689th
  2. Independent Study ProgramSchool of choice · by applicationScope Score 64bottom 1%
  3. BarstowScope Score 62bottom 1%
Barstow UnifiedMagnet or school of choice

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

Schools like it

How does Barstow Junior High compare with schools like it?

Barstow Junior High’s Scope Score is 62. 497 California middle schools, counting Barstow Junior High, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 72. No school in that group has a lower result than Barstow Junior High.

The five schools with the highest results of the 497

  1. Students from low-income families: 76%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 75%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 74%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 92nd percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 85%

    Scope Score 86Strong · 90th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 86%

    Scope Score 86Strong · 90th percentile

497 California public middle schools where 74% to 86% 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 74% to 86% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Barstow Junior High’s share. The count includes Barstow 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?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 6% to 7% and math from 3% to 2%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202631%19%50%CaliforniaCalifornia13%Barstow UnifiedDistrict7%Barstow Junior HighThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202623%14%37%CaliforniaCalifornia6%Barstow UnifiedDistrict2%Barstow Junior HighThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Barstow Unified’s line combines its 3 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. Barstow Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringBarstow Junior HighBarstow UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201719%31%49%631
201822%31%50%657
201923%31%50%685
202212%23%48%573
202314%21%47%646
20247%16%47%594
20256%13%49%587
20267%13%50%520
Math, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringBarstow Junior HighBarstow UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201714%23%37%614
201810%20%37%655
201910%15%37%679
20222%10%31%559
20234%8%32%642
20242%6%33%599
20253%6%35%589
20262%6%37%516

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

7%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

8211
Barstow Unified13%California50%

Math

2%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

8810
Barstow Unified6%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 7% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 2% 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).

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 Advancednone tested8%6%
Advancednone tested1%1%
Proficientnone tested7%5%
Developing levelnone tested11%12%
Minimalnone tested81%82%
Tested0237283
California48%51%49%
Difference—−43−43

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 Advancednone tested2%2%
Advancednone tested0%1%
Proficientnone tested2%1%
Developing levelnone tested12%8%
Minimalnone tested86%90%
Tested0234282
California37%38%36%
Difference—−36−34

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 school1%6%11%82%520
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · Barstow Unified3%10%16%71%743
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school1%1%10%88%516
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · Barstow Unified2%4%14%80%740

Spring 2026, grades 7 and 8 combined: 520 tested in English, 516 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 55% of students. 445 of 687 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

65in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (445 of 687 students).

At the average Barstow Unified middle school: 50 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 35.7% of students were suspended at least once (258 of 723). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

646

students in grades 5–8.

Hispanic or Latino 55%Black or African American 25%White 11%Two or more races 7%

Family income

80%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 517 of 646. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

33

teachers, with 8 years of experience on average.

24% were in their first year.

68% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

52%

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 (38 of 73 students).

Barstow Unified: 44%. 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.

Missing school, by grade
Grades 5–6
7 of 12 students in grades 5–6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
65 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (438 of 675).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino55%
Black or African American25%
White11%
Two or more races7%
Asian—
Filipino—
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: 19.6 of 29 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Six student groups scored well below the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Hispanic or Latino297 tested8%California 40%
  • White55 tested7%California 62%
  • Low-income434 tested7%California 39%
  • Black or African American122 tested7%California 34%
  • Two or more races38 tested5%California 63%
  • English learners68 tested1%California 7%
  • Students with disabilities119 tested1%California 14%

7% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 7 and 8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino, White and Black or African American students, students of two or more races and students with disabilities also scored well below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 8 English, 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 Barstow Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 434 tested in English, 430 in math
English7%−411%−3239%
Math2%−24%−2426%
Hispanic or Latino · 297 tested in English, 294 in math
English8%−513%−3240%
Math3%−36%−2225%
Black or African American · 122 tested in English, 120 in math
English7%−29%−2734%
Math1%−12%−1920%
White · 55 tested
English7%−1320%−5562%
Math2%−1113%−4850%
Two or more races · 38 tested
English5%−1015%−5863%
Math3%−36%−4750%
English learners · 68 tested in English, 67 in math
English1%01%−67%
Math1%01%−67%
Students with disabilities · 119 tested
English1%−23%−1314%
Math1%01%−89%

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

Homeless students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Barstow 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.

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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?

$16,409 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Barstow Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $45 million.

$16,409

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$10,222
The school’s share of district office costs
$6,187
Of the total, from federal funds
$2,835
  • Barstow Junior High$16,409
  • Barstow Unified middle schools$14,935
  • 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 ↓

Barstow Unified’s yearly plan

$45million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$24million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 8 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $45 million of $133 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Barstow Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Barstow Junior High like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 92311. They are not figures for the families at Barstow Junior High.

Typical household income in a year

$61,862

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 92311.

Typical home value
$246,400
People who live in this ZIP code
33,954
Typical age
33.5 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
13%

What you can do

Who can act on Barstow Junior High’s results?

The state has Barstow Junior High in extra targeted support; Barstow Unified’s board decides its 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.

What has the state flagged?

2025–26 is its 3rd year in a row in this support. The state named it because results were low for Black or African American students, homeless students and White students. This support comes with a school improvement plan, which must use approaches with evidence behind them and look at how money and staff are divided among schools. Ask the principal to see the school improvement plan.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving Barstow Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. The 2026 Dashboard flagged results for homeless students on three measures: English, graduation and suspensions; and for low-income students on two measures: math, and suspensions. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Barstow Unified: CDE’s assistance status files for the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 7 questions to Barstow Junior High. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school?65 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (445 of 687 students); average California middle school: 18 in 100
  2. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?35.7% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (258 of 723 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?38 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 7 and 8, 2025 (481 students)
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  5. 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 Barstow Junior High, and how do I get in?

Barstow Junior High runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Barstow Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Cameron Elementary
    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Barstow Junior High
    Grades 5–8Scope Score 62Needs Support · bottom 1%
  3. High
    Barstow High
    Scope Score 71Developing · 28th percentile · 2025Its 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 school sharing this address. Barstow Intermediate has the same street address in the state’s school directory.

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Cameron Elementary

    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

  • Crestline Elementary

    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

  • Henderson Elementary

    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

  • Lenwood Elementary

    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

  • Montara Elementary

    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

  • Skyline North Elementary

    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

  • Barstow Intermediate

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

High-school links

  • Barstow High

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

    Scope Score 71 · Developing · 28th percentile · 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 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 the path ends: Barstow High
Barstow HighScope Score 71 · Developing · 28th percentile · 2025historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Barstow High. UC records 5 enrollees from Barstow High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 10 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Barstow High around 2030, and a school can change a lot in 4 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 62% of the students who finished high school at Barstow High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

5 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 10 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Barstow High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Barstow Junior High?

Address
1000 Armory Road, Barstow 92311Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Amy McDonaldAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 19, 2025.

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 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Barstow Junior High runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Barstow Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Barstow Junior High a good middle school?

Barstow Junior High has a Scope Score of 62. It is in the bottom 1% of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 65 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 50 in 100 at the average Barstow Unified middle school. 35.7% of students (258 of 723) 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 38 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Minimal. In math, they scored 21 points lower, which the state calls Minimal.

  • Included in this measure: 481 students in English, 479 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 7% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at Barstow Junior High scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Barstow Junior High's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Barstow 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.

  • Barstow High: Scope Score 71, Developing, 28th percentile among California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 results

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 #2,528 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #3 of 3 in Barstow Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math1%3242%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math5%2123%
Chronically absent65 in 10005%
Suspension rate35.7% (258 of 723)05%
English learners: top level17%445%

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
2025–26620#2528California 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
2018–1926 in 10015.7% (134 of 854)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2462 in 10016.9% (140 of 830)
2024–2566 in 10025.7% (200 of 779)
2025–2665 in 10035.7% (258 of 723)

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 · English5201%7%
2026 · Math5161%2%
2025 · English5871%6%
2025 · Math5891%3%
2024 · English5941%7%
2024 · Math5990%2%
2023 · English6462%14%
2023 · Math6421%4%
2022 · English5732%12%
2022 · Math5590%2%
2019 · English6862%23%
2019 · Math6802%10%
2018 · English6572%22%
2018 · Math6555%10%
2017 · English6312%19%
2017 · Math6146%14%

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 · English0—
2025 · Grade 7 · English3146%
2025 · Grade 8 · English2735%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math0—
2025 · Grade 7 · Math3163%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math2732%
2024 · Grade 7 · English2936%
2024 · Grade 8 · English3018%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math2942%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math3052%
2023 · Grade 7 · English33316%
2023 · Grade 8 · English31312%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math3336%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math3092%
2022 · Grade 7 · English3068%
2022 · Grade 8 · English26716%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math3022%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math2573%
2019 · Grade 6 · English——
2019 · Grade 7 · English36122%
2019 · Grade 8 · English32423%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math——
2019 · Grade 7 · Math35911%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math3208%
2018 · Grade 7 · English32922%
2018 · Grade 8 · English32822%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math32811%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math3279%
2017 · Grade 7 · English33015%
2017 · Grade 8 · English30124%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math32311%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math29117%

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
Schoolwide2841%4%49%45%

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-income4347%−4−32
Hispanic or Latino2978%−5−32
Black or African American1227%−2−27
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−38481Minimal−21479Minimal
Low-income−36401Minimal−19399Moderate
English-only students−40392not categorized−24389not categorized
Hispanic or Latino−33287Minimal−22285Minimal
Students with disabilities−33113Minimal−5113Average
Black or African American−4987Minimal−2487Minimal
English learners−2474Minimal−1175Moderate
English learners only−2864not categorized−765not categorized
White−5163Minimal−3464Minimal
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−2759Minimal−1160Moderate
Two or more races−3933Minimal−1732Moderate
Homeless−6613Minimal−4613Minimal

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−38 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

481 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, English: −38 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Minimal, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−21 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

479 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, math: −21 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 · 66 in 100 → 2025–26 · 65 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 25.7% (200 of 779) → 2025–26 · 35.7% (258 of 723) · +10.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female26 in 10067 in 100+41 in 100
Male25 in 10063 in 100+38 in 100
Black or African American36 in 10069 in 100+33 in 100
Hispanic or Latino22 in 10062 in 100+40 in 100
Two or more races8 of 3232 of 48—
White28 in 10051 of 74—
Students with disabilities29 in 10062 in 100+33 in 100
English learners15 in 10045 of 84—
Foster youth5 of 16——
Homeless41 in 10025 of 29—
Low-income29 in 10067 in 100+38 in 100
All students26 in 10065 in 100+39 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$12,633 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 6,129 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$1,455 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 646

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,380 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 646

District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,973 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 62%Instruction support 11%Student services 10%Administration 10%Buildings & maintenance 7%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$71,383,57662.21%62%
Instruction support$12,970,71011.30%11%
Student services$11,193,7259.75%10%
Administration$10,792,2579.40%10%
Buildings & maintenance$8,412,4637.33%7%
Total$114,753,290100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $114,753,290 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$12,633 per pupil
2020$12,662 per pupil
2019$12,804 per pupil
2018$11,482 per pupil
2017$10,964 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 holders10.0%

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 92311 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92311 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$61,862
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)13%
ZIP-area population33,954
Median age33.5 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 92311 →

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