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Cajon Valley Middle — Rating & test scores

550 Park Avenue, El Cajon · 942 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 65

Needs SupportScope Score · 1st percentile. Higher than 1 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

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 18% and 12% scored Proficient or Advanced, 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: 1,052 in English, 1,048 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 Cajon Valley Middle a good middle school?

Needs Support. Cajon Valley Middle is higher than most California middle schools on progress in math. Cajon Valley Middle is lower than most on test results, progress in English and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced318%
Math, Proficient or Advanced1012%
English, Advanced63%
Math, Advanced94%

Progress in a year, 2025

English32−4 pts
Math64+4 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance1826 in 100
Cajon Valley Middle’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Cajon Valley Union’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

26 in 100 students (310 of 1,179) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That compares with 14 in 100 at the average Cajon Valley Union middle school.

Each bar is Cajon Valley Middle’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 chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 1,179. District and California figures are averages of school rates (11 Cajon Valley Union schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Cajon Valley Middle say about itself?

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

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Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 4 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 4 points higher, which the state calls Average.

English

−4

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income654−4 points
English learners422−4 points
Hispanic or Latino275−4 points
White237−4 points
Students with disabilities140−10 points

Math

+4

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income641+4 points
English learners412+6 points
Hispanic or Latino269−2 points
White233+9 points
Students with disabilities136−7 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 693 students in English, 680 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 4 points below that expected score, and in math 4 points above it.

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.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

6 of the 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Cajon Valley Middle. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 3.9 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. College PreparatoryCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 9397th
  2. PershingSan Diego Unified · by addressScope Score 8076th
  3. HillsdaleNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7868th
  4. Parkway Sports and Health Science AcademyLa Mesa-Spring Valley · by addressScope Score 7867th
  5. Spring Valley AcademyLa Mesa-Spring Valley · by addressScope Score 7019th
  6. GreenfieldNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 674th
  7. Cajon ValleyScope Score 651st
  8. MontgomeryNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 65bottom 1%
Cajon Valley UnionA neighborhood school in another districtCharter

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer. A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

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%

5 of 8 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 Cajon Valley Middle compare with schools like it?

Cajon Valley Middle’s Scope Score is 65. 561 California middle schools, counting Cajon Valley Middle, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 71. Cajon Valley Middle’s result is higher than 18 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 561

  1. Students from low-income families: 88%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 92%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 93rd percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 93%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 92nd percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 96%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 89%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

561 California public middle schools where 88% to 100% 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 88% to 100% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Cajon Valley Middle’s share. The count includes Cajon Valley Middle. 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 17% to 18% and math from 13% to 12%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202648%31%49%CaliforniaCalifornia34%Cajon Valley UnionDistrict18%Cajon Valley MiddleThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202633%20%37%CaliforniaCalifornia22%Cajon Valley UnionDistrict12%Cajon Valley MiddleThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Cajon Valley Union’s line combines its 10 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. Cajon Valley Union’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringCajon Valley MiddleCajon Valley UnionCaliforniaTested here
201731%48%48%843
201828%47%49%874
201927%45%50%904
202223%39%47%805
202324%36%46%884
202422%35%46%863
202517%34%49%949
202618%34%49%1,052
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringCajon Valley MiddleCajon Valley UnionCaliforniaTested here
201720%33%37%888
201819%32%37%911
201920%31%38%916
202211%22%31%811
202313%22%32%900
202412%21%33%941
202513%22%36%936
202612%22%37%1,048

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

18%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

602215
Cajon Valley Union33%California49%

Math

12%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

67218
Cajon Valley Union22%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 18% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 12% 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).

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 Advanced13%16%23%
Advanced3%2%5%
Proficient10%14%18%
Developing level21%23%22%
Minimal66%61%55%
Tested295365392
California48%51%49%
Difference−35−35−26

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 Advanced7%9%19%
Advanced1%2%7%
Proficient6%7%12%
Developing level16%21%23%
Minimal77%70%58%
Tested295361392
California37%38%36%
Difference−30−29−17

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 school3%15%22%60%1,052
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Cajon Valley Union10%23%23%44%5,792
Math, grades 6–8 · This school4%8%21%67%1,048
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Cajon Valley Union10%12%20%58%5,780

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 1,052 tested in English, 1,048 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?

White students are the largest group here, at 34% of students. 310 of 1,179 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

26in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (310 of 1,179 students).

At the average Cajon Valley Union middle school: 14 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 15.4% of students were suspended at least once (187 of 1,214). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

942

students in grades 6–8.

White 34%Hispanic or Latino 29%Asian 22%Black or African American 8%Not reported 3%Two or more races 2%Pacific Islander 1%

Family income

94%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 889 of 942. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

47

teachers, with 9 years of experience on average.

17% were in their first year.

91% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

47%

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 (239 of 507 students).

Cajon Valley Union: 48%. 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
24 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (77 of 325).
Grades 7–8
27 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (233 of 854).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White34%
Hispanic or Latino29%
Asian22%
Black or African American8%
Not reported3%
Two or more races2%
Pacific Islander1%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
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: 37.2 of 41 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
  • Black or African American87 tested26%California 33%
  • Hispanic or Latino307 tested21%California 39%
  • Low-income962 tested17%California 39%
  • White364 tested17%California 62%
  • Asian228 tested12%California 75%
  • Students with disabilities168 tested11%California 14%
  • Two or more races50 tested10%California 62%
  • English learners560 tested2%California 7%

12% of Asian students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 75% for the same group across California. White, low-income and Hispanic or Latino students, students of two or more races and English learners 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 Cajon Valley Unionvs California
Low-income · 962 tested in English, 957 in math
English17%−1128%−2239%
Math12%−618%−1426%
White · 364 tested in English, 363 in math
English17%−2138%−4562%
Math10%−1727%−4050%
Hispanic or Latino · 307 tested in English, 309 in math
English21%−930%−1839%
Math16%−117%−925%
Asian · 228 tested in English, 225 in math
English12%−719%−6375%
Math8%−614%−6371%
Black or African American · 87 tested in English, 86 in math
English26%+224%−733%
Math16%+412%−420%
Two or more races · 50 tested in English, 48 in math
English10%−2636%−5262%
Math15%−1227%−3550%
English learners · 560 tested in English, 559 in math
English2%02%−57%
Math3%03%−47%
Students with disabilities · 168 tested in English, 165 in math
English11%−112%−314%
Math8%+17%−210%

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

No published rate here for Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family 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 Cajon Valley Middle. 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?

$21,573 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Cajon Valley Union’s plan for 2026–27 covers $88 million.

$21,573

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$11,416
The school’s share of district office costs
$10,157
Of the total, from federal funds
$2,057
  • Cajon Valley Middle$21,573
  • Cajon Valley Union middle schools$20,915
  • 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 ↓

Cajon Valley Union’s yearly plan

$88million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$61million

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 5 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $88 million of $346 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Cajon Valley Union Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Cajon Valley Middle like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 92020. They are not figures for the families at Cajon Valley Middle.

Typical household income in a year

$76,032

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 92020.

Typical home value
$813,100
People who live in this ZIP code
57,842
Typical age
37.0 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
27%

What you can do

Who can act on Cajon Valley Middle’s results?

Cajon Valley Union’s board decides Cajon Valley Middle’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 Cajon Valley Middle in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving Cajon Valley Union extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. The 2026 Dashboard flagged results for Black or African American students on two measures: English, and suspensions; and for English learners on two measures: English, and math. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Cajon Valley Union: CDE’s assistance status files for the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 8 questions to Cajon Valley Middle. 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?15.4% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (187 of 1,214 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?26 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (310 of 1,179 students); average Cajon Valley Union middle school: 14 in 100
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?4 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (693 students)
  4. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?2% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (560 students tested); the same group across California: 7%
  5. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  6. 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 Cajon Valley Middle, and how do I get in?

Ask Cajon Valley Union which school serves your address.

In the district’s boundaries, Cajon Valley Middle draws from 4 elementary schools. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Elementary · fed by
Middle · this school
Cajon Valley Middle
High · next
Bostonia Global Scope Score 62Needs Support · 4th percentile · 2025

Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

From the district’s 2022 attendance boundaries, plus nearby estimates. A boundary doesn’t guarantee a place. Transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Anza Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 67 · Needs Support · 5th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Chase Avenue Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 67 · Needs Support · 5th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Johnson Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 70 · Needs Support · 21st percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Naranca Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 65 · Needs Support · 2nd percentile · elementary · 2026

High-school links

  • Bostonia Global

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    Scope Score 62 · Needs Support · 4th percentile · high · 2025

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.

Where it is

Where is Cajon Valley Middle?

Address
550 Park Avenue, El Cajon 92020Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Peter ChodzkoAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated November 13, 2025.

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 Cajon Valley Union which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Cajon Valley Middle a good middle school?

Cajon Valley Middle has a Scope Score of 65. It scored higher than 1 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 1st percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 26 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 14 in 100 at the average Cajon Valley Union middle school. 15.4% of students (187 of 1,214) 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?

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 4 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 4 points higher, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 693 students in English, 680 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 17% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Cajon Valley Middle in El Cajon 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 #2,485 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #10 of 11 in Cajon Valley Union
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math3%3442%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math14%2923%
Chronically absent26 in 100395%
Suspension rate15.4% (187 of 1,214)45%
English learners: top level9%345%
Grade gap (G6→G8, different students)+11.3pp—not scored

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. The weights above add to 80%: the remaining 20%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

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
2025–26651#2485California 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)
2018–1912 in 1008.8% (94 of 1,070)+7
2021–22not on filenot on file+1
2022–23not on filenot on file+6
2023–2436 in 10011.5% (128 of 1,110)+5
2024–2530 in 1007.2% (79 of 1,100)+4
2025–2626 in 10015.4% (187 of 1,214)+11

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 · English1,0523%18%
2026 · Math1,0484%12%
2025 · English9493%17%
2025 · Math9364%13%
2024 · English8634%22%
2024 · Math9414%12%
2023 · English8844%24%
2023 · Math9004%13%
2022 · English8054%23%
2022 · Math8112%11%
2019 · English9045%27%
2019 · Math9167%20%
2018 · English8745%28%
2018 · Math9116%19%
2017 · English8435%31%
2017 · Math8886%20%

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 · English18416%
2025 · Grade 7 · English36818%
2025 · Grade 8 · English39718%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math18310%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math36312%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math39016%
2024 · Grade 6 · English16620%
2024 · Grade 7 · English33823%
2024 · Grade 8 · English35923%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math1858%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math37412%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math38215%
2023 · Grade 6 · English17816%
2023 · Grade 7 · English34928%
2023 · Grade 8 · English35725%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math18011%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math35714%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math36314%
2022 · Grade 6 · English26719%
2022 · Grade 7 · English26828%
2022 · Grade 8 · English27021%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math27010%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math27212%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math2699%
2019 · Grade 6 · English30020%
2019 · Grade 7 · English29032%
2019 · Grade 8 · English31428%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math30315%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math29823%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math31522%
2018 · Grade 6 · English27718%
2018 · Grade 7 · English28732%
2018 · Grade 8 · English31032%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math29017%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math30320%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math31819%
2017 · Grade 6 · English26626%
2017 · Grade 7 · English28235%
2017 · Grade 8 · English29531%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math28215%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math29621%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math31024%

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
Schoolwide3885%12%47%35%

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-income96217%−11−22
English learners5602%0−5
White36417%−21−45
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−4693Average+4680Average
Low-income−4654Average+4641Average
English learners−4422Average+6412Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino−4275Average−2269Average
English learners only−7261not categorized+4256not categorized
White−4237Average+9233Accelerated
English-only students−8229not categorized0226not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+2161not categorized+10156not categorized
Students with disabilities−10140Moderate−7136Moderate
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)+2129Average+6127Accelerated
Asian+273Average+1573Accelerated
Black or African American−663Moderate+763Accelerated
Homeless−2420Minimal+120Average

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
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−4 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

693 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −4 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math+4 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

680 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: +4 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, 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 · 30 in 100 → 2025–26 · 26 in 100 · −4 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 7.2% (79 of 1,100) → 2025–26 · 15.4% (187 of 1,214) · +8.2 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female9 in 10029 in 100+20 in 100
Male15 in 10024 in 100+9 in 100
Asian1 of 3019 in 100—
Black or African American24 in 10022 of 99—
Filipino1 of 14——
Hispanic or Latino14 in 10030 in 100+16 in 100
Two or more races2 of 127 of 21—
White8 in 10029 in 100+21 in 100
Students with disabilities24 in 10035 in 100+11 in 100
English learners9 in 10025 in 100+16 in 100
Homeless10 of 2213 of 33—
Low-income12 in 10026 in 100+14 in 100
All students12 in 10026 in 100+14 in 100
Pacific Islander—2 of 12—

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$14,459 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 15,776 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$934 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 942

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,123 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 942

District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,752 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 63%Instruction support 13%Student services 11%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 6%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$195,554,97463.04%63%
Instruction support$40,443,43613.04%13%
Student services$33,826,08710.90%11%
Administration$20,714,5426.68%7%
Buildings & maintenance$19,679,0806.34%6%
Total$310,218,119100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $310,218,119 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$14,459 per pupil
2020$13,065 per pupil
2019$13,136 per pupil
2018$11,300 per pupil
2017$10,898 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 92020 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92020 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$76,032
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)27%
ZIP-area population57,842
Median age37.0 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-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 92020 →

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