Public school · Spreckels Union Elementary

Buena Vista Middle

Salinas · 6–8 · 321 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score

43 / 100

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

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Buena Vistahigher than 66 of the 100 California dots

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Above California in English and math: 57% and 43% 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: 309
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: 18%
Met standard: 39%
Below standard: 43%

57% met or exceeded · 309 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California
Exceeded	18%	19%
Met	39%	30%
Nearly met	26%	23%
Not met	17%	28%

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: 17%
Met standard: 26%
Below standard: 57%

43% met or exceeded · 309 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California
Exceeded	17%	20%
Met	26%	16%
Nearly met	31%	23%
Not met	26%	41%

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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In 2025, students in grades 6–8 scored above what the state expected from their own earlier scores. The state calls both results Accelerated.grades 6–8 · 2025

+7 ptsEnglish · above expected+9 ptsMath · above expected

Source: CDE growth model, 2025
Students: students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 304
Comparison: 304 students in grades 6–8 with scores in both years. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

29 of 322 students missed 10% or more of school days: about half the rate at the average California middle 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): 322
Comparison: 29 of 322. The California figure is an average of school rates (2,175 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Hispanic or Latino students here (157 tested in English, 158 in math, grades 6–8, spring 2025) met or exceeded the standard far more often than Hispanic or Latino students across California in the same grades (38% and 24%).grades 6–8 · spring 2025

52%English · met or exceeded35%Math · met or exceeded

Source: CDE CAASPP research file, spring 2025
Students: Hispanic or Latino students in grades 6–8: 157 in English, 158 in math
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 157 students in English and 158 in math.

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 school57%

California49%

Tested: 309 here · 1,266,619 in California.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California
Exceeded	18%	19%
Met	39%	30%
Nearly met	26%	23%
Not met	17%	28%

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school43%

California36%

Tested: 309 here · 1,272,526 in California.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California
Exceeded	17%	20%
Met	26%	16%
Nearly met	31%	23%
Not met	26%	41%

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

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

201970%1,008 tested

→

202557%309 tested

Buena Vista

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

Math

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

201950%1,008 tested

→

202543%309 tested

Buena Vista

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 met or exceeded, grades 6–8

Buena VistaCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202557%49%

Math met or exceeded, grades 6–8

Buena VistaCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202543%36%

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

English went from 70% in 2019 to 57% in 2025. Math went from 50% in 2019 to 43% in 2025. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	Buena Vista	California
2019	70% 1,008 tested	50% 1,390,416 tested
2022	58% 930 tested	47% 1,277,584 tested
2023	58% 321 tested	46% 1,267,562 tested
2024	52% 320 tested	46% 1,269,432 tested
2025	57% 309 tested	49% 1,266,619 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	Buena Vista	California
2019	50% 1,008 tested	38% 1,394,239 tested
2022	34% 927 tested	31% 1,279,506 tested
2023	33% 318 tested	32% 1,272,024 tested
2024	32% 320 tested	33% 1,277,570 tested
2025	43% 309 tested	36% 1,272,526 tested

The state’s growth measure304 students · grades 6–8 · 2025

English+7ptsCDE category: Accelerated

Math+9ptsCDE category: Accelerated

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

Ask: English is lower than in 2019 here (70% to 57%) and across California (50% to 49%). How does the school check what’s working in English?

Life at school

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What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

9 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

18in 100 at the average California middle school

29 of 322 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school9 in 100

at the average California middle school18 in 100

0.6%of students were suspended at least once (2 of 324), 2024–25

3.5%at the average California middle school

Attendance by grade

Chronically absent, 2024–25	Per 100 students	Students
Grades 4–6	10	9 of 90
Grades 7–8	9	20 of 232

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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

62 English · 61 math tested

English47% / 38%

Math30% / 24%

Hispanic or Latino

157 English · 158 math tested

English52% / 38%

Math35% / 24%

White

115 tested per subject

English60% / 61%

Math50% / 49%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Met or exceeded the standardgrades 6–8 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Spreckels Union Elementary	vs California
Low-income · 62 tested in English, 61 in math
English	47%	047%	+938%
Math	30%	030%	+624%
Hispanic or Latino · 157 tested in English, 158 in math
English	52%	052%	+1438%
Math	35%	035%	+1124%
White · 115 tested
English	60%	060%	−161%
Math	50%	050%	+149%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Spreckels Union Elementary, 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.

Students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners 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.

Hispanic or Latino students here did far better than the same group statewide.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Buena Vista Middle in Salinas, 46.8% 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 46.8% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. Buena Vista Middle’s rate for low-income students matches its district average in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (29.5% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (52.2% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 12.1 percentage points: low-income students in Math. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 62 ELA grade test records.

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Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

Hispanic or Latino51%
White38%
Two or more races6%
Asian4%
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share2%

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	51%
White	38%
Two or more races	6%
Asian	4%
Black or African American	—
Filipino	—
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 1 in 6 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (17%, 56 of 321). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers18

Average experience10 years

First-year teachers11%

67% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 66.70%: 12.7 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 19 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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ElementarySpreckels ElementaryHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
MiddleBuena Vista MiddleThis campus · grades 6-8
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Elementary links

Spreckels Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
65th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

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18250 Tara Drive, Salinas 93908

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Questions

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English is lower than in 2019 here (70% to 57%) and across California (50% to 49%). How does the school check what’s working in English?
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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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

Carmel MiddleCarmel Unified · 468 enrolled · 17.3% meal eligibility83rdStrong
Thurston MiddleLaguna Beach Unified · 524 enrolled · 17.7% meal eligibility92ndStrong
Andrew N. Christensen MiddleLivermore Valley Joint Unified · 592 enrolled · 18.1% meal eligibility71stSolid
Templeton MiddleTempleton Unified · 478 enrolled · 18.2% meal eligibility54thSolid
Oxford Preparatory Academy - MiddleOrange County Department of Education · 495 enrolled · 18.4% meal eligibility96thStrong
Lipman MiddleBrisbane Elementary · 161 enrolled · 18.6% meal eligibility80thStrong

How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 9.4–25.4% meal eligibility and 161–642 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 Buena Vista Middle a good middle school?

Buena Vista Middle is in the 66th percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 43 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Buena Vista Middle was above California in English and math: 57% and 43% 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 Buena Vista Middle's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 57% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 43% the math standard; 18% and 17% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 309 students were tested in English and 309 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Buena Vista Middle rank in California?

Buena Vista Middle is in the 66th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Solid, 2025). Buena Vista Middle ranks #736 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 Buena Vista Middle getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Buena Vista 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 49th 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 Buena Vista Middle?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 9.0% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 29 chronically absent of 322 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 0.6%; 2 unduplicated suspended students of 324 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 9.5%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 0.7%. 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 Buena Vista Middle compare to other schools in Salinas?

Buena Vista Middle is in the 66th percentile (Solid) 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 321 students. Use the schools in Salinas page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Buena Vista Middle?

Source records

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Available score factors, grade-level results, student-group measures, and nearby-school context, with source details.

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Buena Vista Middle is ranked #736 statewide.

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

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	17.2%	17.2%	42%
Met or exceeded	49.8%	40.0%	23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)	Average	average	20%
Chronic absenteeism	9.5%	18.1%	5%
Suspension rate	0.7%	3.6%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↑ vs CA 17.2% · index 50 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↑ vs CA 40.0% · index 58 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8): ↓ vs CA average · ≈49th calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 63 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 3.8pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate: ↑ vs CA 3.6% · index 62 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 1.9pp lower vs 2024

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	89	18%	34%	29%	19%	52%	+6
Grade 7	109	17%	38%	30%	16%	54%	+7
Grade 8	111	19%	45%	20%	16%	64%	+18

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	89	18%	28%	27%	27%	46%	+12
Grade 7	109	15%	30%	34%	21%	45%	+11
Grade 8	111	17%	21%	32%	30%	38%	+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	95	42.1%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA	113	54.0%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA	112	58.0%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	96	32.3%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	112	33.9%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	112	29.5%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA	102	54.9%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA	118	68.6%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA	101	47.5%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	101	33.7%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	117	40.2%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	100	23.0%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA	310	48.4%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA	310	66.7%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA	310	58.9%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	309	30.1%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	309	43.8%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	309	27.9%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA	336	66.1%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA	336	71.5%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA	336	72.1%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	336	38.5%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	336	69.8%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	336	40.5%

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	111	17%	24%	52%	6%

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	62	46.8%	+0	+9
Hispanic/Latino	157	52.2%	+0	+14
White	115	60.0%	+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
Buena Vista Middle ←	—	4366th percentile · Solid · statewide · 2025	17.2%	49.8%	+2.0pp	+45 pts	0.7%
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 holders5.3%

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$52,517 – $106,035

Average elementary principal salary$112,223

Average middle school principal salary$123,213

Superintendent salary$123,213

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	51/100	76	#460	California comprehensive middle schools · 1,953 schools
2022	43/100	71	#611	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,113 schools
2023	40/100	67	#692	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,125 schools
2024	38/100	57	#915	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 · 13.0% → 2025 · 9.0% · −4.0pp
Suspension rate2024 · 2.6% → 2025 · 0.6% · −2.0pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	309	17.8%	57.0%
2025 · Math	309	16.5%	42.7%
2024 · ELA	320	17.2%	51.9%
2024 · Math	320	13.4%	31.9%
2023 · ELA	321	17.8%	57.6%
2023 · Math	318	11.9%	32.7%
2022 · ELA	310	20.3%	58.4%
2022 · Math	309	13.9%	34.0%
2019 · ELA	336	21.1%	69.9%
2019 · Math	336	24.4%	50.0%

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	—	—	—	22.6%	59.8%	6.2%	1.2%	+4.0pp
2022	—	—	—	17.2%	46.0%	11.4%	3.1%	+4.2pp
2023	—	—	—	14.7%	44.6%	12.0%	1.1%	-9.0pp
2024	—	—	—	15.3%	41.6%	13.3%	2.7%	+6.5pp
2025	43	66	#736	17.2%	49.8%	9.5%	0.7%	+2.0pp

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	6.9%	10.0%	+3.1pp
Male	5.0%	7.7%	+2.7pp
Filipino	0.0%	—	—
Hispanic/Latino	8.2%	8.5%	+0.3pp
Two or More Races	3.8%	10.5%	+6.7pp
White	5.6%	9.9%	+4.3pp
Students with Disabilities	8.8%	14.3%	+5.5pp
English Learners	0.0%	16.7%	+16.7pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	13.2%	12.7%	-0.5pp
All Students	6.0%	9.0%	+3.0pp
Asian	—	8.3%	—

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	+7	304	Accelerated	+9	304	Accelerated
English Only	+8	239	not categorised	+9	239	not categorised
Hispanic or Latino	+6	154	Accelerated	+3	155	Average
White	+5	114	Accelerated	+11	114	Accelerated
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	+7	62	Accelerated	−5	61	Average
English Learner	−3	34	Average	+5	34	Accelerated
Students with Disabilities	−2	33	Average	0	33	Average
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	−5	29	not categorised	+6	29	not categorised
Two or More Races	+2	18	Average	+5	17	Accelerated
Asian	+7	12	Accelerated	+7	12	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. 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

20%

exceeded standard · 55% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2023 · 102 ELA test records with scores

ELA · 2025 · Grade 8

19%

exceeded standard · 64% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2025 · 111 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 102 (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

304 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

70th pctile · +7 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

304 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

73rd pctile · +9 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$10,217 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 955 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$451 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 321

Central federal expenditures attributed here$8 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 321

District current expense · FY 2024–25$12,941 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 58%Instruction support 6%Student services 13%Administration 12%Buildings & maintenance 10%

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$10,217 per pupil

2020$9,398 per pupil

2019$9,622 per pupil

2018$8,916 per pupil

2017$8,968 per pupil

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 93908

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 93908
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$156,394
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	55.31%
ZCTA population	12,450
Median age	42.0 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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