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Bowditch Middle

Q: Is Bowditch Middle a good middle school?

Bowditch Middle is in the 93rd percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 68 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Bowditch Middle was well above California in English and math: 75% and 73% 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 Bowditch Middle's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 75% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 73% the math standard; 39% and 56% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 887 students were tested in English and 889 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

Q: How does Bowditch Middle rank in California?

Bowditch Middle is in the 93rd percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Strong, 2025). Bowditch Middle ranks #150 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 Bowditch Middle getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Bowditch Middle'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 47th 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 Bowditch Middle?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 9.1% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 85 chronically absent of 937 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 2.6%; 25 unduplicated suspended students of 946 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 9.3%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 2.6%. 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 Bowditch Middle compare to other schools in Foster City?

Bowditch Middle is in the 93rd percentile (Strong) 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 929 students. Use the schools in Foster City page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

Foster City · 6–8 · 929 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score

68 / 100

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

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Well above California in English and math: 75% and 73% 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: 887 in English, 889 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

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Learning

How strong are the foundations for high school?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 39%
Met standard: 36%
Below standard: 25%

75% met or exceeded · 887 tested

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Level	Here	California	San Mateo-Foster City
Exceeded	39%	19%	28%
Met	36%	30%	29%
Nearly met	14%	23%	18%
Not met	11%	28%	25%

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: 56%
Met standard: 17%
Below standard: 27%

73% met or exceeded · 889 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	San Mateo-Foster City
Exceeded	56%	20%	34%
Met	17%	16%	14%
Nearly met	13%	23%	17%
Not met	14%	41%	35%

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39% in English and 56% in math reached the top of the state’s four levels, against 19% and 20% across California in the same grades.grades 6–8 · spring 2025

39%English · exceeded the standard56%Math · exceeded the standard

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8: 887 in English, 889 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).

85 of 937 students missed 10% or more of school days: about two thirds of the rate at the average San Mateo-Foster City school.2024–25

9 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2024–25
Students: all students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 937
Comparison: 85 of 937. District and California figures are averages of school rates (6 San Mateo-Foster City schools; 2,175 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Students with disabilities here (62 tested, grades 6–8, spring 2025) met or exceeded the standard far more often than students with disabilities across California in the same grades (14% and 10%).grades 6–8 · spring 2025

29%English · met or exceeded26%Math · met or exceeded

Source: CDE CAASPP research file, spring 2025
Students: students with disabilities in grades 6–8: 62
Comparison: California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s statewide rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation). Both gaps are more than twice the margin of error for 62 students.

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 school75%

California49%

Tested: 887 here · 1,266,619 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school75%

San Mateo-Foster City57%

Tested: 887 here · 3,159 in San Mateo-Foster City. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 6 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	San Mateo-Foster City
Exceeded	39%	19%	28%
Met	36%	30%	29%
Nearly met	14%	23%	18%
Not met	11%	28%	25%

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school73%

California36%

Tested: 889 here · 1,272,526 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school73%

San Mateo-Foster City48%

Tested: 889 here · 3,198 in San Mateo-Foster City. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 6 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	San Mateo-Foster City
Exceeded	56%	20%	34%
Met	17%	16%	14%
Nearly met	13%	23%	17%
Not met	14%	41%	35%

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

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

201979%3,048 tested

→

202575%887 tested

Bowditch

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

Math

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

201975%3,072 tested

→

202573%889 tested

Bowditch

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.

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English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grades 6–8

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0%50%100%20192022202575%49%

Math met or exceeded, grades 6–8

BowditchCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202573%36%

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

English went from 79% in 2019 to 75% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Math went from 75% in 2019 to 73% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	Bowditch	California
2019	79% 3,048 tested	50% 1,390,416 tested
2022	77% 2,661 tested	47% 1,277,584 tested
2023	77% 882 tested	46% 1,267,562 tested
2024	75% 872 tested	46% 1,269,432 tested
2025	75% 887 tested	49% 1,266,619 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	Bowditch	California
2019	75% 3,072 tested	38% 1,394,239 tested
2022	73% 2,700 tested	31% 1,279,506 tested
2023	74% 900 tested	32% 1,272,024 tested
2024	72% 885 tested	33% 1,277,570 tested
2025	73% 889 tested	36% 1,272,526 tested

The state’s growth measure833 students in English, 830 in math · grades 6–8 · 2025

English−3ptsCDE category: Average

Math+25ptsCDE category: Exceptional

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

School pattern, spring 2025Strong All-AroundAt least half of students met or exceeded the standard in every tested grade, in both subjects, and the state’s growth measure was Average or above in both.

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What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

9 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

14in 100 at the average San Mateo-Foster City school18in 100 at the average California middle school

85 of 937 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school9 in 100

at the average San Mateo-Foster City school14 in 100

at the average California middle school18 in 100

2.6%of students were suspended at least once (25 of 946), 2024–25

2.7%at the average San Mateo-Foster City school3.5%at the average California middle school

Attendance by grade

Chronically absent, 2024–25	Per 100 students	Students
Grades 4–6	7	25 of 338
Grades 7–8	10	60 of 599

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Every learner

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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

171 English · 172 math tested

English44% / 38%

Math47% / 24%

Asian

435 English · 437 math tested

English85% / 76%

Math91% / 70%

White

145 tested per subject

English74% / 61%

Math68% / 49%

Hispanic or Latino

144 tested per subject

English38% / 38%

Math27% / 24%

Two or more races

106 tested per subject

English85% / 62%

Math75% / 49%

Filipino

32 tested per subject · grades 6 and 8

English69% / 72%

Math59% / 57%

English learners

73 English · 77 math tested

English11% / 7%

Math32% / 6%

Students with disabilities

62 tested per subject

English29% / 14%

Math26% / 10%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Met or exceeded the standardgrades 6–8 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs San Mateo-Foster City	vs California
Low-income · 171 tested in English, 172 in math
English	44%	+1430%	+638%
Math	47%	+2621%	+2324%
Asian · 435 tested in English, 437 in math
English	85%	−186%	+976%
Math	91%	+388%	+2170%
White · 145 tested
English	74%	−478%	+1361%
Math	68%	+167%	+1949%
Hispanic or Latino · 144 tested
English	38%	+1127%	038%
Math	27%	+1017%	+324%
Two or more races · 106 tested
English	85%	+976%	+2362%
Math	75%	+1461%	+2649%
Filipino · 32 tested · grades 6 and 8 only
English	69%	+168%	−372%
Math	59%	059%	+257%
English learners · 73 tested in English, 77 in math
English	11%	+56%	+47%
Math	32%	+257%	+266%
Students with disabilities · 62 tested
English	29%	+1514%	+1514%
Math	26%	+1511%	+1610%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in San Mateo-Foster City, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind statewide does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

Military-family students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and homeless 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.

Students with disabilities here did far better than the same group statewide.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Bowditch Middle in Foster City, 44.4% 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 29.7% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. Bowditch Middle’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 14.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (47.1% met or exceeded the Math standard); Asian students (85.3% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 64.5 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 171 ELA grade test records.

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Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

Asian49%
Hispanic or Latino16%
White16%
Two or more races9%
Filipino5%
Not reported2%
Black or African American1%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
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
Asian	49%
Hispanic or Latino	16%
White	16%
Two or more races	9%
Filipino	5%
Not reported	2%
Black or African American	1%
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—

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

About 1 in 5 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (19%, 180 of 929). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers44

Average experience14 years

First-year teachers5%

86% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 85.93%: 39.1 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 45.5 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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ElementaryFoster City ElementaryNearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
MiddleBowditch MiddleThis campus · grades 6-8
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Elementary links

Foster City Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
93rd percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
Beach Park Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
92nd percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
Brewer Island Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
90th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
Audubon Elementary
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79th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025

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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

San Elijo MiddleSan Marcos Unified · 1,395 enrolled · 19.1% meal eligibility73rdSolid
Ingrid B. Lacy MiddlePacifica · 484 enrolled · 19% meal eligibility68thSolid
Day Creek IntermediateEtiwanda Elementary · 1,326 enrolled · 19.8% meal eligibility97thStrong
Ladera Ranch MiddleCapistrano Unified · 1,064 enrolled · 19% meal eligibility97thStrong
Rolling Hills MiddleCampbell Union · 778 enrolled · 18.9% meal eligibility94thStrong
Los Cerritos MiddleConejo Valley Unified · 725 enrolled · 20% meal eligibility90thStrong

How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 11.4–27.4% meal eligibility and 465–1,858 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 Bowditch Middle a good middle school?

Bowditch Middle is in the 93rd percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 68 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Bowditch Middle was well above California in English and math: 75% and 73% 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 Bowditch Middle's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 75% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 73% the math standard; 39% and 56% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 887 students were tested in English and 889 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Bowditch Middle rank in California?

Bowditch Middle is in the 93rd percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Strong, 2025). Bowditch Middle ranks #150 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 Bowditch Middle getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Bowditch Middle'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 47th 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 Bowditch Middle?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 9.1% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 85 chronically absent of 937 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 2.6%; 25 unduplicated suspended students of 946 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 9.3%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 2.6%. 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 Bowditch Middle compare to other schools in Foster City?

Bowditch Middle is in the 93rd percentile (Strong) 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 929 students. Use the schools in Foster City page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Bowditch Middle?

Source records

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Bowditch Middle is ranked #150 statewide · #3 of 6 in San Mateo-Foster City.

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

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	47.4%	17.2%	42%
Met or exceeded	74.1%	40.0%	23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)	Below avg	average	20%
Chronic absenteeism	9.3%	18.1%	5%
Suspension rate	2.6%	3.6%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	26.2%	17.8%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↑ vs CA 17.2% · index 84 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↑ vs CA 40.0% · index 78 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8): ↓ vs CA average · ≈47th calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 63 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 0.5pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate: ↑ vs CA 3.6% · index 54 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 0.4pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 57 · 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	320	37%	35%	17%	12%	72%	+25
Grade 7	282	44%	35%	11%	10%	79%	+31
Grade 8	285	36%	39%	15%	11%	74%	+28

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	322	55%	16%	13%	16%	71%	+36
Grade 7	283	56%	21%	13%	11%	77%	+43
Grade 8	284	58%	15%	13%	15%	73%	+40

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	299	73.6%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA	284	75.0%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA	289	77.8%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	305	66.6%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	289	73.0%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	291	76.3%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA	289	76.8%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA	293	79.2%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA	300	74.7%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	297	70.4%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	296	79.4%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	307	71.3%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA	887	73.2%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA	887	77.9%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA	887	80.4%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	900	72.9%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	900	74.9%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	900	70.1%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA	1,016	79.8%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA	1,016	81.7%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA	1,016	75.7%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	1,024	70.7%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	1,024	83.6%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	1,024	72.0%

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	285	33%	25%	36%	5%

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	171	44.4%	+15	+7
Asian	435	85.3%	−1	+9
White	145	74.5%	−3	+13

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
Bowditch Middle ←	—	6893rd percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	47.4%	74.1%	+2.3pp	+43 pts	2.6%
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

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.

District salary records

Teacher salary schedule$65,604 – $128,965

Average elementary principal salary$189,953

Average middle school principal salary$191,757

Superintendent salary$376,500

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	80/100	96	#60	California comprehensive middle schools · 1,953 schools
2022	80/100	97	#61	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,113 schools
2023	80/100	96	#70	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,125 schools
2024	77/100	96	#75	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 · 9.6% → 2025 · 9.1% · −0.5pp
Suspension rate2024 · 3.0% → 2025 · 2.6% · −0.4pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	887	38.7%	74.8%
2025 · Math	889	56.0%	73.2%
2024 · ELA	872	39.7%	75.5%
2024 · Math	885	55.4%	71.9%
2023 · ELA	882	40.5%	76.9%
2023 · Math	900	53.9%	73.7%
2022 · ELA	887	39.7%	77.1%
2022 · Math	900	52.9%	72.7%
2019 · ELA	1,016	44.2%	79.1%
2019 · Math	1,024	55.4%	75.4%

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	—	—	—	49.8%	77.3%	4.1%	1.3%	-1.4pp
2022	—	—	—	46.3%	74.9%	10.2%	2.2%	+2.2pp
2023	—	—	—	47.2%	75.3%	11.9%	4.2%	-0.6pp
2024	—	—	—	47.5%	73.7%	9.8%	3.0%	+7.0pp
2025	68	93	#150	47.4%	74.1%	9.3%	2.6%	+2.3pp

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	3.8%	9.7%	+5.9pp
Male	4.2%	8.5%	+4.3pp
Asian	1.6%	4.4%	+2.8pp
Filipino	0.0%	2.3%	+2.3pp
Hispanic/Latino	14.4%	24.8%	+10.4pp
Two or More Races	3.8%	9.0%	+5.2pp
White	5.9%	5.9%	+0.0pp
Students with Disabilities	15.1%	31.5%	+16.4pp
English Learners	11.0%	22.5%	+11.5pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	13.5%	20.4%	+6.9pp
All Students	4.0%	9.1%	+5.1pp
Black/African American	—	18.2%	—
Homeless	—	46.2%	—

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	−3	833	Average	+25	830	Exceptional
English Only	−1	423	not categorised	+16	423	not categorised
Asian	−5	407	Average	+39	404	Exceptional
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	−12	158	Moderate	+6	158	Accelerated
English Learner	−19	147	Moderate	+25	144	Exceptional
White	+1	139	Average	+17	139	Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino	−7	130	Moderate	+1	130	Average
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	−12	113	not categorised	+27	112	not categorised
Two or More Races	+10	81	Accelerated	+18	81	Accelerated
Students with Disabilities	−24	64	Minimal	+5	63	Accelerated
Filipino	−4	40	Average	+6	40	Accelerated
English Learners Only	−39	34	not categorised	+16	32	not categorised
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)	−19	14	Moderate	+15	14	Accelerated

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

42%

exceeded standard · 77% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2023 · 289 ELA test records with scores

ELA · 2025 · Grade 8

36%

exceeded standard · 74% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2025 · 285 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 285 (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

833 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

34th pctile · −3 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

830 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

96th pctile · +25 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$15,293 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 10,969 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$285 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 929

Central federal expenditures attributed here$703 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 929

District current expense · FY 2024–25$22,745 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 63%Instruction support 11%Student services 9%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 8%

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$15,293 per pupil

2020$13,645 per pupil

2019$12,968 per pupil

2018$12,491 per pupil

2017$11,067 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 94404

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 94404
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$192,332
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	74.28%
ZCTA population	35,881
Median age	39.8 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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