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Bell Mountain Middle — Rating & test scores

28525 La Piedra Drive, Menifee · 1,066 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 71

Needs SupportScope Score · 23rd percentile. Higher than 23 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

Below California in English (reading and writing) and math: 42% and 28% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8, spring 2026, against 49% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 1,098 in English, 1,095 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

Overview

Is Bell Mountain a good middle school?

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

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced4342%
Math, Proficient or Advanced4328%
English, Advanced4512%
Math, Advanced4011%

Progress in a year, 2025

English17−10 pts
Math29−8 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance4916 in 100
Bell Mountain’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Menifee Union’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

7.4% of students (92 of 1,237) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, twice the rate at the average California middle school.

Each bar is Bell Mountain’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 suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 1,237. District and California figures are averages of school rates (7 Menifee Union schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Bell Mountain say about itself?

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

Open menifeeusd.org (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 6–8 scored 10 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 8 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−10

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income575−9 points
Hispanic or Latino432−12 points
White184−13 points
Students with disabilities128−12 points
English learners75−2 points

Math

−8

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income574−10 points
Hispanic or Latino432−6 points
White183−13 points
Students with disabilities127−6 points
English learners75+1 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 930 students in English, 929 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 10 points below that expected score, and in math 8 points below it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 8 scores here with the school’s grade 6 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 24th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

3 of the 5 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Bell Mountain. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

6 middle schools within 4.9 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Dorothy McElhinneyMurrieta Valley Unified · by addressScope Score 8282nd
  2. Menifee ValleyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7866th
  3. Kathryn NewportNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7548th
  4. Bell MountainScope Score 7123rd
  5. Hans ChristensenNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7022nd
  6. Ethan A ChaseRomoland Elementary · by addressScope Score 7019th
Menifee UnionA neighborhood school in another district

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer.

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

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%75%0%25%50%75%100%

4 of 6 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Bell Mountain compare with schools like it?

Bell Mountain’s Scope Score is 71. 330 California middle schools, counting Bell Mountain, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 75. Bell Mountain’s result is higher than 75 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 330

  1. Students from low-income families: 64%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 65%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 95th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 61%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 94th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 56%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 94th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 58%

    Lawton Alternative

    San Francisco

    Scope Score 88Strong · 92nd percentile

330 California public middle schools where 56% to 68% 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 56% to 68% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Bell Mountain’s share. The count includes Bell Mountain. 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 43% to 42% and math from 32% to 28%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 6–8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202652%60%49%CaliforniaCalifornia47%Menifee UnionDistrict42%Bell MountainThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202638%52%37%CaliforniaCalifornia32%Menifee UnionDistrict28%Bell MountainThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Menifee Union’s line combines its 7 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. Menifee Union’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringBell MountainMenifee UnionCaliforniaTested here
201760%52%48%1,170
201859%55%49%1,217
201962%59%50%1,184
202250%48%47%989
202343%47%46%1,049
202443%47%46%1,017
202543%49%49%1,003
202642%47%49%1,098
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringBell MountainMenifee UnionCaliforniaTested here
201752%38%37%1,168
201849%38%37%1,214
201948%42%38%1,188
202233%30%31%983
202332%32%32%1,043
202430%30%33%1,015
202532%34%36%1,006
202628%32%37%1,095

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Below California in both subjects.

English

42%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

33253012
Menifee Union47%California49%

Math

28%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

46261711
Menifee Union32%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 42% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 28% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 6–8 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).

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 14 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 12 points across California. The grades 6–8 cards above give each subject’s share.

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 Advanced38%46%42%
Advanced12%12%13%
Proficient26%34%29%
Developing level26%21%30%
Minimal36%33%28%
Tested384369345
California48%51%49%
Difference−10−5−7

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 Advanced30%30%22%
Advanced11%12%11%
Proficient19%18%11%
Developing level26%27%25%
Minimal44%43%53%
Tested383369343
California37%38%36%
Difference−7−8−14

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 6–8 · This school12%30%25%33%1,098
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Menifee Union14%33%27%26%4,557
Math, grades 6–8 · This school11%17%26%46%1,095
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Menifee Union14%18%28%40%4,568

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 1,098 tested in English, 1,095 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 48% of students. 191 of 1,202 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

16in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (191 of 1,202 students).

At the average Menifee Union middle school: 12 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 7.4% of students were suspended at least once (92 of 1,237). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

1,066

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 48%White 21%Not reported 9%Two or more races 7%Black or African American 6%Filipino 5%Asian 3%

Family income

62%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 657 of 1,066. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

43

teachers, with 16 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

82% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

55%

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 (36 of 65 students).

Menifee Union: 57%. 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
Grade 6
15 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (63 of 423).
Grades 7–8
16 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (128 of 779).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino48%
White21%
Not reported9%
Two or more races7%
Black or African American6%
Filipino5%
Asian3%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
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: 37.6 of 45.7 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

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

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Filipino53 tested53%California 74%
  • White231 tested49%California 62%
  • Two or more races172 tested45%California 62%
  • Military families111 tested41%California 51%
  • Hispanic or Latino535 tested37%California 39%
  • Low-income714 tested35%California 39%
  • Black or African American67 tested21%California 33%
  • Students with disabilities149 tested12%California 14%
  • English learners61 tested10%California 7%

45% of students of two or more races scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 62% for the same group across California. White, Filipino, low-income, military-family and Black or African American students also scored 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 6–8 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 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Menifee Unionvs California
Low-income · 714 tested in English, 713 in math
English35%−540%−439%
Math22%−426%−426%
Hispanic or Latino · 535 tested in English, 534 in math
English37%−441%−239%
Math24%−226%−125%
White · 231 tested
English49%−150%−1362%
Math34%−539%−1650%
Two or more races · 172 tested
English45%−651%−1762%
Math29%−433%−2150%
Black or African American · 67 tested
English21%−1435%−1233%
Math9%−1423%−1120%
Filipino · 53 tested
English53%−1669%−2174%
Math47%−956%−1360%
English learners · 61 tested
English10%+46%+37%
Math7%+34%07%
Students with disabilities · 149 tested
English12%+111%−214%
Math5%−49%−510%
Military families · 111 tested
English41%−748%−1051%
Math38%+137%−139%

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

Homeless students: fewer than 30 tested here. Asian students, 34 tested: no rate for grade 7 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for American Indian or Alaska Native and Pacific Islander 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 Bell Mountain. 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?

$17,404 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Menifee Union’s plan for 2026–27 covers $37 million.

$17,404

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$7,333
The school’s share of district office costs
$10,071
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,192
  • Bell Mountain$17,404
  • Menifee Union middle schools$17,826
  • 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 ↓

Menifee Union’s yearly plan

$37million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$28million

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 4 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $37 million of $223 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Menifee Union Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Bell Mountain like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 92584. They are not figures for the families at Bell Mountain.

Typical household income in a year

$113,767

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 92584.

Typical home value
$599,200
People who live in this ZIP code
61,366
Typical age
35.6 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
28%

What you can do

Who can act on Bell Mountain’s results?

Menifee Union’s board decides Bell Mountain’s plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Bell Mountain in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 7 questions to Bell Mountain. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?7.4% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (92 of 1,237 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?16 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (191 of 1,202 students); average Menifee Union middle school: 12 in 100
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?10 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (930 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 Bell Mountain, and how do I get in?

Ask Menifee Union which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Callie Kirkpatrick Elementary
    Scope Score 74Developing · 42nd percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Bell Mountain Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 71Needs Support · 23rd percentile
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

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

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Callie Kirkpatrick Elementary

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

    Scope Score 74 · Developing · 42nd percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Oak Meadows Elementary

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

    Scope Score 80 · Solid · 71st percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Southshore Elementary

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

    Scope Score 80 · Solid · 71st percentile · elementary · 2026

    96% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Sally Buselt Elementary

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

    Scope Score 80 · Solid · 72nd percentile · elementary · 2026

Middle-school links

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where it is

Where is Bell Mountain?

Address
28525 La Piedra Drive, Menifee 92584Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Patrice HarrisAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated February 9, 2023.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Menifee Union which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Bell Mountain a good middle school?

Bell Mountain Middle has a Scope Score of 71. It scored higher than 23 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 23rd percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 16 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 12 in 100 at the average Menifee Union middle school. 7.4% of students (92 of 1,237) 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 6–8 scored 10 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 8 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 930 students in English, 929 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 35% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Bell Mountain Middle in Menifee scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. 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 #1,929 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #6 of 7 in Menifee Union
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math12%4442%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math35%4623%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+27 scale-score pts2320%
Chronically absent16 in 100535%
Suspension rate7.4% (92 of 1,237)365%
English learners: top level24%535%

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. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

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
2025–267123#1929California 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 absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–1910 in 1003.1% (41 of 1,313)+4
2021–22not on filenot on file+6
2022–23not on filenot on file−6
2023–2418 in 1005.7% (67 of 1,170)−1
2024–2518 in 1004.8% (56 of 1,160)−11
2025–2616 in 1007.4% (92 of 1,237)−2

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 6 and grade 8 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
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 · English1,09812%42%
2026 · Math1,09511%28%
2025 · English1,00312%43%
2025 · Math1,00612%32%
2024 · English1,01712%43%
2024 · Math1,01513%30%
2023 · English1,04911%43%
2023 · Math1,04312%32%
2022 · English98915%50%
2022 · Math98313%33%
2019 · English1,18420%62%
2019 · Math1,18822%48%
2018 · English1,21718%59%
2018 · Math1,21422%49%
2017 · English1,17018%60%
2017 · Math1,16822%52%

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 · English33851%
2025 · Grade 7 · English34338%
2025 · Grade 8 · English32242%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math34240%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math34229%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math32227%
2024 · Grade 6 · English34945%
2024 · Grade 7 · English33041%
2024 · Grade 8 · English33843%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math35128%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math32933%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math33529%
2023 · Grade 6 · English32941%
2023 · Grade 7 · English34741%
2023 · Grade 8 · English37345%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math32639%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math34535%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math37223%
2022 · Grade 6 · English32043%
2022 · Grade 7 · English35651%
2022 · Grade 8 · English31356%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math31831%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math35435%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math31132%
2019 · Grade 6 · English34360%
2019 · Grade 7 · English42564%
2019 · Grade 8 · English41662%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math34442%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math42652%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math41848%
2018 · Grade 6 · English41759%
2018 · Grade 7 · English40061%
2018 · Grade 8 · English40057%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math41853%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math39951%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math39743%
2017 · Grade 6 · English39459%
2017 · Grade 7 · English39661%
2017 · Grade 8 · English38061%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math39154%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math39647%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math38154%

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
Schoolwide34314%16%57%13%

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-income71435%−5−4
Hispanic or Latino53537%−4−2
White23149%−1−13
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−10930Moderate−8929Moderate
English-only students−12807not categorized−8806not categorized
Low-income−9575Moderate−10574Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−12432Moderate−6432Moderate
White−13184Moderate−13183Moderate
Students with disabilities−12128Moderate−6127Moderate
English learners−275Average+175Average
Two or more races−1156Moderate−1056Moderate
Black or African American−1441Moderate−1741Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+1038not categorized+638not categorized
English learners only−1537not categorized−437not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−634Moderate−134Average
Filipino+831Accelerated+131Average
Asian+1324Accelerated+424Average
Homeless−811Moderate−1011Moderate

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 6–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 8 against the same school’s grade 6 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 8 in 2026 against grade 6 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 6
13%
exceeded standard · 45% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 349 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
13%
Advanced · 42% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 345 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 344 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English 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 English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−10 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

930 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −10 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−8 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

929 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −8 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for California middle school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median English estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8, 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 · 18 in 100 → 2025–26 · 16 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 4.8% (56 of 1,160) → 2025–26 · 7.4% (92 of 1,237) · +2.6 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female10 in 10017 in 100+7 in 100
Male10 in 10015 in 100+5 in 100
Asian2 of 363 of 37—
Black or African American9 of 9313 of 76—
Filipino2 of 764 of 55—
Hispanic or Latino10 in 10017 in 100+7 in 100
Pacific Islander3 of 11——
Two or more races9 of 7620 of 82—
White12 in 10016 in 100+4 in 100
Students with disabilities18 in 10023 in 100+5 in 100
English learners9 of 5011 of 75—
Low-income14 in 10018 in 100+4 in 100
All students10 in 10016 in 100+6 in 100
Foster youth—4 of 17—
Homeless—8 of 21—

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$11,823 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 10,456 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$21 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,066

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,171 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,066

District current expense · FY 2024–25$16,556 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 65%Instruction support 12%Student services 9%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 9%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$126,265,10564.87%65%
Instruction support$23,183,02811.91%12%
Student services$18,073,5629.29%9%
Administration$9,130,0294.69%5%
Buildings & maintenance$17,980,5249.24%9%
Total$194,632,247100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $194,632,247 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$11,823 per pupil
2020$10,905 per pupil
2019$10,434 per pupil
2018$10,282 per pupil
2017$9,729 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 holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 92584 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92584 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$113,767
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)28%
ZIP-area population61,366
Median age35.6 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-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 92584 →

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