Bay Area Technology: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
Bay Area Technology posts low test scores — and the same students gain more here than at most schools between grade 6 and grade 8. If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
Bay Area Technology scores 24 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 16th 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 →
Most rating sites would stop at “20% proficient” and call it done. Bay Area Technology deserves a closer read. The school sits in Oakland, 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, Bay Area Technology enrolls by application, not address — the score reads the same, the enrollment path doesn't.
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
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.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
K-12 Path
Bay Area Technology serves grades K-12 — students can complete their entire K-12 education here.
Your other options
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 30
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
The community around it
Student demographics
1 more gap by subject
Subgroups with fewer than 15 students are excluded for privacy. Gaps of less than 3 percentage points are not shown.
Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.
Subgroup Growth by Grade
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 4.3pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school. District average: +2.9pp.
Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Funding Breakdown
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
For the data nerdsEvery number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
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 | 17 | 18% | 6% | 35% | 41% | 24% | −23 |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 4% | 19% | 31% | 46% | 23% | −25 |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 5% | 24% | 36% | 36% | 29% | −18 |
| Grade 11 | 33 | 3% | 39% | 18% | 39% | 42% | −5 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 17 | 6% | 6% | 18% | 71% | 12% | −23 |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 4% | 15% | 27% | 54% | 19% | −15 |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 2% | 14% | 21% | 63% | 16% | −16 |
| Grade 11 | 33 | 3% | 9% | 21% | 67% | 12% | −11 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 79 | 0% | 8% | 71% | 22% |
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 | 101 | 29.7% | +6 | −9 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 65 | 32.3% | +10 | −7 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Area Technology ← | — | 24 | 6.4% | 20.4% | +4.8 | 10.7% |
| Oakland Unity Middle | 2.1 mi | 42 | 13.5% | 43.5% | +2.0 | 0.4% |
| Bancroft Middle | 2.6 mi | 32 | 11.3% | 28.5% | −13.1 | 8.3% |
| Elmhurst United Middle | 1.5 mi | 18 | 4.2% | 14.3% | +6.1 | 13.5% |
| California average | — | 40 | 16.8% | 39.3% | +1.5 | 3.7% |
- — Scored here as a middle school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means