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Bell Gardens Intermediate

Q: Is Bell Gardens Intermediate a good middle school?

Bell Gardens Intermediate is in the 48th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 36 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Bell Gardens Intermediate was well below California in English and math: 37% and 23% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

Q: What are Bell Gardens Intermediate's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 37% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 23% the math standard; 11% and 10% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 764 students were tested in English and 770 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

Q: How does Bell Gardens Intermediate rank in California?

Bell Gardens Intermediate is in the 48th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Developing, 2025). Bell Gardens Intermediate ranks #1,115 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2023 G6 → 2025 G8), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

Q: Is Bell Gardens Intermediate getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Bell Gardens Intermediate's grade 6 results in 2023 with its grade 8 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 85th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.

Q: What do attendance and suspension records show for Bell Gardens Intermediate?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 10.9% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 91 chronically absent of 838 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 1.4%; 12 unduplicated suspended students of 862 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 11.1%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 1.4%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

Q: How does Bell Gardens Intermediate compare to other schools in Bell Gardens?

Bell Gardens Intermediate is in the 48th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 790 students. Use the schools in Bell Gardens page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

Bell Gardens · 6–8 · 790 students (2024–25)

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The dots are California’s 2,177 scored public middle schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. How it’s built ›

Scope Score

36 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
Not a grade or a test result.

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Bell Gardens Intermediatehigher than 48 of the 100 California dots

California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Bell Gardens Intermediatehigher than 48 of the 100 California dots

California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Bell Gardens Intermediatehigher than 48 of the 100 California dots

California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

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Well below California in English and math: 37% and 23% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. Source

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8: 764 in English, 770 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,266,619 in English and 1,272,526 in math tested).

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Academic achievement

Beyond a single score: who exceeds, meets or is still approaching the standard.

Learning

How strong are the foundations for high school?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 11%
Met standard: 26%
Below standard: 63%

37% met or exceeded · 764 tested

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Level	Here	California	Montebello Unified
Exceeded	11%	19%	11%
Met	26%	30%	27%
Nearly met	23%	23%	24%
Not met	40%	28%	38%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 10%
Met standard: 13%
Below standard: 77%

23% met or exceeded · 770 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Montebello Unified
Exceeded	10%	20%	12%
Met	13%	16%	12%
Nearly met	21%	23%	24%
Not met	56%	41%	52%

What these tests tell you · what to ask

Read English and math separately, then look at progress and the courses students can take.

Ask: How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?

Things worth knowing

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10% of students tested in math reached the top of the state’s four levels, about half California’s rate in the same grades (20%).grades 6–8 · spring 2025

10%Math · exceeded the standard

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,272,526 in math tested).

1.4% of students (12 of 862) were suspended at least once in 2024–25, against 3.5% at the average California middle school.2024–25

1.4%of students were suspended at least once, 2024–25

Source: CDE suspension file, 2024–25
Students: all students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 862
Comparison: 12 of 862. District and California figures are averages of school rates (8 Montebello Unified schools; 2,177 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school37%

California49%

Tested: 764 here · 1,266,619 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school37%

Montebello Unified38%

Tested: 764 here · 4,235 in Montebello Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 8 schools.

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Level	Here	California	Montebello Unified
Exceeded	11%	19%	11%
Met	26%	30%	27%
Nearly met	23%	23%	24%
Not met	40%	28%	38%

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school23%

California36%

Tested: 770 here · 1,272,526 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school23%

Montebello Unified24%

Tested: 770 here · 4,255 in Montebello Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 8 schools.

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Level	Here	California	Montebello Unified
Exceeded	10%	20%	12%
Met	13%	16%	12%
Nearly met	21%	23%	24%
Not met	56%	41%	52%

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

201931%3,252 tested

→

202537%764 tested

This school

California, same grades50% → 49%2019 → 2025 · 1,390,416 → 1,266,619 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

201921%3,240 tested

→

202523%770 tested

This school

California, same grades38% → 36%2019 → 2025 · 1,394,239 → 1,272,526 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

Explore every year, the trend charts & underlying data

English and math have been below California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grades 6–8

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202537%49%

Math met or exceeded, grades 6–8

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202523%36%

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

English went from 31% in 2019 to 37% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Math went from 21% in 2019 to 23% in 2025. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	This school	California
2019	31% 3,252 tested	50% 1,390,416 tested
2022	35% 2,694 tested	47% 1,277,584 tested
2023	33% 826 tested	46% 1,267,562 tested
2024	37% 806 tested	46% 1,269,432 tested
2025	37% 764 tested	49% 1,266,619 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	This school	California
2019	21% 3,240 tested	38% 1,394,239 tested
2022	16% 2,691 tested	31% 1,279,506 tested
2023	19% 825 tested	32% 1,272,024 tested
2024	18% 814 tested	33% 1,277,570 tested
2025	23% 770 tested	36% 1,272,526 tested

The state’s growth measure719 students in English, 718 in math · grades 6–8 · 2025

English+4ptsCDE category: Average

Math+6ptsCDE category: Accelerated

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

School pattern, spring 2025Growth EngineThe school’s aggregate cohort-change index clears our stronger-gains threshold. This is a school-level comparison across years, not tracking of individual children.

Ask: Most students in grades 6–8 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?

Life at school

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What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

11 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

13in 100 at the average Montebello Unified school18in 100 at the average California middle school

91 of 838 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school11 in 100

at the average Montebello Unified school13 in 100

at the average California middle school18 in 100

1.4%of students were suspended at least once (12 of 862), 2024–25

1.7%at the average Montebello Unified school3.5%at the average California middle school

Attendance by grade

Chronically absent, 2024–25	Per 100 students	Students
Grades 4–6	8	21 of 248
Grades 7–8	12	70 of 590

Reviews & community voices

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

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How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

717 English · 718 math tested

English37% / 38%

Math22% / 24%

Hispanic or Latino

759 English · 765 math tested

English37% / 38%

Math23% / 24%

English learners

232 English · 240 math tested

English6% / 7%

Math4% / 6%

Students with disabilities

137 tested per subject

English8% / 14%

Math2% / 10%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Met or exceeded the standardgrades 6–8 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Montebello Unified	vs California
Low-income · 717 tested in English, 718 in math
English	37%	037%	−138%
Math	22%	−123%	−224%
Hispanic or Latino · 759 tested in English, 765 in math
English	37%	037%	−138%
Math	23%	023%	−124%
English learners · 232 tested in English, 240 in math
English	6%	06%	−17%
Math	4%	04%	−26%
Students with disabilities · 137 tested
English	8%	−19%	−614%
Math	2%	−35%	−810%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Montebello Unified, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races 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.

Students with disabilities did worse than the same group statewide.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Bell Gardens Intermediate in Bell Gardens, 37.2% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 6, 7 and 8, compared to 36.8% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. Bell Gardens Intermediate’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 0.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (22.4% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (37.4% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 30.9 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 717 ELA grade test records.

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Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

Hispanic or Latino99%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share<1%

Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.

Full student mix, comparisons & sources

Eligible enrollment, 2024–25	Here
Hispanic or Latino	99%
White	—
Asian	—
Black or African American	—
Filipino	—
Two or more races	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—
Not reported	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About 9 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (93%, 738 of 790). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers43

Average experience19 years

First-year teachers0%

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The school path beyond this campus

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ElementaryBell Gardens ElementaryNearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
MiddleBell Gardens IntermediateThis campus · grades 6-8
High schoolBell Gardens HighNearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

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Elementary links

Bell Gardens Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
53rd percentile · Solid · elementary · 2025
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
34th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2025

High-school links

Bell Gardens High
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
16th percentile · Needs Support · high · 2025

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High-school endpoint evidence · Bell Gardens High

Bell Gardens HighScope 44estimated path

The road from this school ends at Bell Gardens High. UC records 24 enrollees from Bell Gardens High for fall 2025. Its AP Course Audit lists 16 authorized AP subjects for 2025 - 2026. Those figures come from dated records — a child starting here today would reach Bell Gardens High around 2031, and 6 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 46% of Bell Gardens High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

24 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 16 authorized AP subjects (AP Course Audit 2025 - 2026) → full record on Bell Gardens High's page

Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

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5841 Live Oak Street, Bell Gardens 90201

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Questions

Questions to ask

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Most students in grades 6–8 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?
Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
How do students get academic help and connect with a trusted adult?
Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

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Nearby middle schoolsStatewide percentile

Suva Intermediate1.1 mi36thDeveloping
Stauffer (Mary R.) Middle1.9 mi53rdSolid
Griffiths (Gordon) Middle2.0 mi77thStrong

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar middle schools2025 statewide percentile

South Gate MiddleLos Angeles Unified · 1,192 enrolled · 93.4% meal eligibility56thSolid
William Mulholland MiddleLos Angeles Unified · 1,098 enrolled · 93.5% meal eligibility51stSolid
Antioch MiddleAntioch Unified · 665 enrolled · 93.5% meal eligibility2ndNeeds Support
Suva IntermediateMontebello Unified · 650 enrolled · 93.5% meal eligibility36thDeveloping
Dr. Manuel M. Lopez Academy of Arts & SciencesOxnard · 696 enrolled · 93.2% meal eligibility40thDeveloping
Equitas Academy #2Los Angeles Unified · 437 enrolled · 93.6% meal eligibility54thSolid

How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 85.4–100% meal eligibility and 395–1,580 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Bell Gardens Intermediate a good middle school?

Bell Gardens Intermediate is in the 48th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 36 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Bell Gardens Intermediate was well below California in English and math: 37% and 23% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Bell Gardens Intermediate's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 37% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 23% the math standard; 11% and 10% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 764 students were tested in English and 770 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Bell Gardens Intermediate rank in California?

Bell Gardens Intermediate is in the 48th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Developing, 2025). Bell Gardens Intermediate ranks #1,115 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2023 G6 → 2025 G8), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

Is Bell Gardens Intermediate getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Bell Gardens Intermediate's grade 6 results in 2023 with its grade 8 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 85th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.

What do attendance and suspension records show for Bell Gardens Intermediate?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 10.9% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 91 chronically absent of 838 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 1.4%; 12 unduplicated suspended students of 862 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 11.1%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 1.4%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

How does Bell Gardens Intermediate compare to other schools in Bell Gardens?

Bell Gardens Intermediate is in the 48th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 790 students. Use the schools in Bell Gardens page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Bell Gardens Intermediate?

Source records

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Bell Gardens Intermediate is ranked #1,115 statewide · #4 of 8 in Montebello Unified.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	10.2%	17.2%	42%
Met or exceeded	29.5%	40.0%	23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)	Strong	average	20%
Chronic absenteeism	11.1%	18.1%	5%
Suspension rate	1.4%	3.6%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	11.2%	17.8%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↓ vs CA 17.2% · index 42 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↓ vs CA 40.0% · index 42 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8): ↑ vs CA average · ≈85th calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 60 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 1.2pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate: ↑ vs CA 3.6% · index 59 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 0.6pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↓ vs CA 17.8% · index 36 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 6	222	8%	19%	27%	45%	27%	−19
Grade 7	261	12%	28%	21%	38%	41%	−7
Grade 8	281	13%	29%	22%	37%	42%	−5

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 6 ELA equal-school mean: 46.1%; n=4084 reporting schools

State grade 7 ELA equal-school mean: 47.6%; n=2631 reporting schools

State grade 8 ELA equal-school mean: 46.2%; n=2658 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
Math	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 6	225	6%	14%	19%	61%	20%	−14
Grade 7	262	11%	11%	23%	56%	21%	−12
Grade 8	283	12%	14%	22%	52%	26%	−6

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 6 Math equal-school mean: 34.5%; n=4086 reporting schools

State grade 7 Math equal-school mean: 33.7%; n=2630 reporting schools

State grade 8 Math equal-school mean: 32.1%; n=2658 reporting schools

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met+
2024 · Grade 6 · ELA	257	33.5%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA	267	38.6%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA	282	39.4%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	260	17.3%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	269	16.4%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	285	20.0%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA	269	26.0%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA	270	28.5%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA	287	43.9%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	268	17.5%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	271	21.0%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	286	19.6%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA	898	25.0%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA	898	41.4%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA	898	37.5%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	897	11.2%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	897	17.4%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	897	19.2%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA	1,084	31.1%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA	1,084	29.8%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA	1,084	31.0%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	1,080	16.8%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	1,080	24.3%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	1,080	21.9%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT
Schoolwide	283	2%	17%	59%	22%

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.

Subgroup · ELA	Tested	MET+	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	717	37.2%	+0	−0
Hispanic/Latino	759	37.4%	+0	−1
English Learners	232	6.0%	+0	−1

Nearest middle schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 6 vs grade 8, this year, different students; Cohort growth = school-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights

School	Dist	Scope · percentile · band	EXC	MET+	Grade gap	Cohort growth	Susp
Bell Gardens Intermediate ←	—	3648th percentile · Developing · statewide · 2025	10.2%	29.5%	+10.0pp	+56 pts	1.4%
Suva Intermediate	1.1 mi	3136th percentile · Developing · statewide · 2025	5.8%	22.8%	+2.7pp	—	2.6%
Stauffer (Mary R.) Middle	1.9 mi	3853rd percentile · Solid · statewide · 2025	18.8%	44.5%	−6.9pp	—	6.9%
Griffiths (Gordon) Middle	2 mi	5077th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	27.0%	54.9%	−4.0pp	—	6.0%
California average	—	39School average · no percentile	17.2%	40.0%	+1.5pp	—	3.6%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

Additional workforce records

District salary records

Teacher salary schedule$60,726 – $137,243

Average elementary principal salary$169,862

Average middle school principal salary$181,258

Average high school principal salary$185,072

Superintendent salary$343,200

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2019	27/100	27	#1408	California comprehensive middle schools · 1,953 schools
2022	27/100	37	#1323	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,113 schools
2023	26/100	38	#1300	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,125 schools
2024	38/100	55	#949	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,152 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 12.1% → 2025 · 10.9% · −1.2pp
Suspension rate2024 · 2.0% → 2025 · 1.4% · −0.6pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	764	11.3%	37.2%
2025 · Math	770	9.6%	22.6%
2024 · ELA	806	9.2%	37.2%
2024 · Math	814	7.6%	17.9%
2023 · ELA	826	8.2%	33.0%
2023 · Math	825	7.0%	19.4%
2022 · ELA	898	8.5%	34.6%
2022 · Math	897	6.0%	15.9%
2019 · ELA	1,084	6.5%	30.6%
2019 · Math	1,080	8.4%	21.0%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

Year	Scope	Pctile	Rank	Exc	Met+	Absent	Susp	Grade gap
2019	—	—	—	7.4%	25.8%	8.0%	0.9%	+2.5pp
2022	—	—	—	7.2%	25.3%	19.9%	0.6%	+10.3pp
2023	—	—	—	7.6%	26.1%	17.0%	2.7%	+10.0pp
2024	—	—	—	8.3%	27.5%	12.2%	2.0%	+4.3pp
2025	36	48	#1115	10.2%	29.5%	11.1%	1.4%	+10.0pp

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

Grade gap = this year's grade 6 vs grade 8 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.

NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD

Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years

Group	2018–19	2024–25	Δ
Female	9.1%	12.0%	+2.9pp
Male	6.8%	9.8%	+3.0pp
Hispanic/Latino	7.9%	10.8%	+2.9pp
Students with Disabilities	14.4%	20.6%	+6.2pp
English Learners	8.0%	10.5%	+2.5pp
Foster Youth	4.3%	—	—
Homeless	27.8%	25.0%	-2.8pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	7.7%	10.8%	+3.1pp
All Students	7.9%	10.9%	+3.0pp

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored

Group	ELA	n	CDE band	Math	n	CDE band
All Students	+4	719	Average	+6	718	Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino	+4	716	Average	+6	715	Accelerated
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	+3	686	Average	+6	685	Accelerated
English Learner	+4	411	Average	+7	410	Accelerated
English Only	+3	247	not categorised	−2	247	not categorised
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	+24	209	not categorised	+9	208	not categorised
English Learners Only	−11	202	not categorised	+3	202	not categorised
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)	−2	170	Average	+10	170	Accelerated
Students with Disabilities	−16	134	Moderate	−4	134	Average
Homeless Youth	−18	14	Moderate	−14	14	Moderate

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-Term English Learner counts cover grades 6-8 only (CDE), so that row is not comparable to the All Students row. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2023 · Grade 6

exceeded standard · 26% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2023 · 269 ELA test records with scores

ELA · 2025 · Grade 8

13%

exceeded standard · 42% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2025 · 281 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 269 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe ELA results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · reported-school field

State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

ALL students, grades 4–8

719 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,519 reported ELA ALL school records in its retained school inventory

60th pctile · +4 pts

State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

ALL students, grades 4–8

718 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,518 reported MATH ALL school records in its retained school inventory

65th pctile · +6 pts

this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median ELA estimate is −1 and the middle half fall between −8 and +6 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. 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 and is not part of the Scope Score.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$17,377 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 23,092 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$225 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 790

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,705 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 790

District current expense · FY 2024–25$24,535 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.

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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 59%Instruction support 12%Student services 13%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%

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.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021

2021$17,377 per pupil

2020$14,931 per pupil

2019$13,993 per pupil

2018$12,986 per pupil

2017$12,547 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 90201

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 90201
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$60,927
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	7.89%
ZCTA population	92,763
Median age	32.6 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/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,177 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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