Public school · Carlsbad Unified

Calavera Hills Middle

Carlsbad · 6–8 · 655 students (2024–25)

77thpercentileStrong

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Scope Score

50 / 100

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

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Calavera Hillshigher than 77 of the 100 California dots

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Calavera Hillshigher than 77 of the 100 California dots

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Calavera Hillshigher than 77 of the 100 California dots

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

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Well above California in English, above in math: 62% and 44% 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: 638 in English, 640 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,266,619 in English and 1,272,526 in math tested).

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Academic achievement

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

Learning

How strong are the foundations for high school?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 24%
Met standard: 38%
Below standard: 38%

62% met or exceeded · 638 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Carlsbad Unified
Exceeded	24%	19%	28%
Met	38%	30%	36%
Nearly met	21%	23%	19%
Not met	17%	28%	17%

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: 20%
Met standard: 24%
Below standard: 56%

44% met or exceeded · 640 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Carlsbad Unified
Exceeded	20%	20%	29%
Met	24%	16%	24%
Nearly met	30%	23%	26%
Not met	26%	41%	21%

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?

Closest to standing out

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24% of students tested in English reached the top of the state’s four levels, against 19% across California in the same grades.grades 6–8 · spring 2025

24%English · exceeded the standard

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

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 school62%

California49%

Tested: 638 here · 1,266,619 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school62%

Carlsbad Unified64%

Tested: 638 here · 2,344 in Carlsbad Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 3 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Carlsbad Unified
Exceeded	24%	19%	28%
Met	38%	30%	36%
Nearly met	21%	23%	19%
Not met	17%	28%	17%

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school44%

California36%

Tested: 640 here · 1,272,526 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school44%

Carlsbad Unified53%

Tested: 640 here · 2,364 in Carlsbad Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 3 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Carlsbad Unified
Exceeded	20%	20%	29%
Met	24%	16%	24%
Nearly met	30%	23%	26%
Not met	26%	41%	21%

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

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

201966%1,716 tested

→

202562%638 tested

Calavera Hills

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

Math

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

201945%1,707 tested

→

202544%640 tested

Calavera Hills

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

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

Explore every year, the trend charts & underlying data

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

English met or exceeded, grades 6–8

Calavera HillsCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202562%49%

Math met or exceeded, grades 6–8

Calavera HillsCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202544%36%

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

2025 was the lowest year in this series in both subjects. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	Calavera Hills	California
2019	66% 1,716 tested	50% 1,390,416 tested
2022	65% 1,758 tested	47% 1,277,584 tested
2023	65% 618 tested	46% 1,267,562 tested
2024	63% 617 tested	46% 1,269,432 tested
2025	62% 638 tested	49% 1,266,619 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	Calavera Hills	California
2019	45% 1,707 tested	38% 1,394,239 tested
2022	45% 1,749 tested	31% 1,279,506 tested
2023	46% 620 tested	32% 1,272,024 tested
2024	48% 619 tested	33% 1,277,570 tested
2025	44% 640 tested	36% 1,272,526 tested

The state’s growth measure607 students in English, 608 in math · grades 6–8 · 2025

English−5ptsCDE category: Average

Math−10ptsCDE category: Moderate

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

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

Life at school

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What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

14 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

14in 100 at the average Carlsbad Unified school18in 100 at the average California middle school

90 of 668 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school14 in 100

at the average Carlsbad Unified school14 in 100

at the average California middle school18 in 100

4.2%of students were suspended at least once (28 of 671), 2024–25

4.2%at the average Carlsbad Unified school3.5%at the average California middle school

Attendance by grade

Chronically absent, 2024–25	Per 100 students	Students
Grades 4–6	15	36 of 239
Grades 7–8	13	54 of 429

Reviews & community voices

Parents’ experience · the school as a workplace

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

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

214 tested per subject

English44% / 38%

Math25% / 24%

White

347 English · 348 math tested

English66% / 61%

Math47% / 49%

Hispanic or Latino

164 tested per subject

English45% / 38%

Math28% / 24%

Two or more races

79 English · 80 math tested

English76% / 62%

Math58% / 49%

Students with disabilities

78 tested per subject

English27% / 14%

Math14% / 10%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Met or exceeded the standardgrades 6–8 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Carlsbad Unified	vs California
Low-income · 214 tested
English	44%	+143%	+638%
Math	25%	−732%	+124%
White · 347 tested in English, 348 in math
English	66%	−369%	+561%
Math	47%	−1057%	−249%
Hispanic or Latino · 164 tested
English	45%	−247%	+738%
Math	28%	−836%	+424%
Two or more races · 79 tested in English, 80 in math
English	76%	+571%	+1462%
Math	58%	−563%	+949%
Students with disabilities · 78 tested
English	27%	+522%	+1314%
Math	14%	−216%	+410%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Carlsbad Unified, 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.

Asian and military-family students and English learners: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, 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.

How each student group did

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Calavera Hills Middle in Carlsbad, 43.9% 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 43.4% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. Calavera Hills Middle’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 0.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (24.8% met or exceeded the Math standard); White students (65.7% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 38.8 percentage points: Military-Connected students in Math. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 214 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

White53%
Hispanic or Latino27%
Two or more races12%
Asian4%
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share4%

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
White	53%
Hispanic or Latino	27%
Two or more races	12%
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.

1 in 3 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (33%, 217 of 655). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers31

Average experience12 years

First-year teachers6%

95% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 95.18%: 26.4 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 27.8 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district.

ElementaryHope ElementaryHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
MiddleCalavera Hills MiddleThis campus · grades 6-8
High schoolCarlsbad HighHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

Hope Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
79th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Calavera Hills Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
84th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

Carlsbad High
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
86th percentile · Strong · high · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Sage Creek High
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
91st percentile · Strong · high · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

High-school endpoint evidence · Carlsbad High

Carlsbad HighScope 72historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Carlsbad High. UC records 50 enrollees from Carlsbad High for fall 2025. Its AP Course Audit lists 25 authorized AP subjects for 2025 - 2026. Those figures come from dated records — a child starting here today would reach Carlsbad High around 2031, and 6 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 63% of Carlsbad High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

50 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 25 authorized AP subjects (AP Course Audit 2025 - 2026) → full record on Carlsbad High's page

Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Getting in

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Location and visiting

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4104 Tamarack Avenue, Carlsbad 92008

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Questions

Questions to ask

A short list for your school visit.

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

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Other options

Schools to explore

Nearby means close to this campus. It does not establish an attendance boundary or a similar student population.

Nearby middle schoolsStatewide percentile

Madison Middle1.9 mi9thNeeds Support
Valley Middle2.4 mi51stSolid

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

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Similar student populations

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

Similar middle schools2025 statewide percentile

Excelsior MiddleByron Union Elementary · 377 enrolled · 33.2% meal eligibility32ndDeveloping
Alta Loma Junior HighAlta Loma Elementary · 831 enrolled · 33.2% meal eligibility80thStrong
Bert M. Lynn MiddleTorrance Unified · 612 enrolled · 33% meal eligibility90thStrong
Etiwanda IntermediateEtiwanda Elementary · 1,181 enrolled · 32.9% meal eligibility83rdStrong
Heritage IntermediateEtiwanda Elementary · 1,175 enrolled · 32.9% meal eligibility85thStrong
Silverado MiddleDry Creek Joint Elementary · 1,010 enrolled · 33.5% meal eligibility65thSolid

How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 25.1–41.1% meal eligibility and 328–1,310 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 Calavera Hills Middle a good middle school?

Calavera Hills Middle is in the 77th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 50 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Calavera Hills Middle was well above California in English, above in math: 62% and 44% 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 Calavera Hills Middle's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 62% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 44% the math standard; 24% and 20% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 638 students were tested in English and 640 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Calavera Hills Middle rank in California?

Calavera Hills Middle is in the 77th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Strong, 2025). Calavera Hills Middle ranks #495 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 Calavera Hills Middle getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Calavera Hills 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 73rd 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 Calavera Hills Middle?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 13.5% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 90 chronically absent of 668 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 4.2%; 28 unduplicated suspended students of 671 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 13.6%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 4.2%. 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 Calavera Hills Middle compare to other schools in Carlsbad?

Calavera Hills Middle is in the 77th 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 655 students. Use the schools in Carlsbad page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Calavera Hills Middle?

What high school does Calavera Hills Middle feed into?

By attendance boundary, Calavera Hills Middle is zoned to Carlsbad High and Sage Creek High. Scope Scores: Carlsbad High 72, Sage Creek High 77 out of 100. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education's School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.

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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Calavera Hills Middle is ranked #495 statewide · #2 of 3 in Carlsbad Unified.

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

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	22.5%	17.2%	42%
Met or exceeded	53.4%	40.0%	23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)	Above avg	average	20%
Chronic absenteeism	13.6%	18.1%	5%
Suspension rate	4.2%	3.6%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	33.3%	17.8%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↑ vs CA 17.2% · index 56 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↑ vs CA 40.0% · index 61 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8): ↑ vs CA average · ≈73rd calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 57 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▲ 0.8pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate: ↓ vs CA 3.6% · index 48 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▲ 1.0pp higher vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 67 · 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	225	21%	34%	21%	24%	55%	+9
Grade 7	210	25%	39%	19%	18%	63%	+16
Grade 8	203	27%	42%	23%	8%	69%	+23

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	227	21%	27%	30%	23%	48%	+13
Grade 7	210	15%	23%	30%	31%	38%	+4
Grade 8	203	26%	22%	30%	23%	47%	+15

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	210	57.6%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA	209	62.2%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA	198	70.7%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	211	44.5%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	209	40.7%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	199	58.3%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA	202	60.9%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA	207	67.6%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA	209	65.5%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	202	47.0%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	208	52.9%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	210	38.1%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA	586	60.7%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA	586	61.2%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA	586	74.4%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	583	52.7%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	583	39.4%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	583	44.3%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA	572	65.1%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA	572	65.2%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA	572	69.2%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	569	48.2%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	569	43.9%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	569	42.9%

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

Science (CAST)	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT
Schoolwide	203	31%	34%	34%	1%

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	214	43.9%	+0	+6
White	347	65.7%	−3	+4
Hispanic/Latino	164	45.1%	−2	+7

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
Calavera Hills Middle ←	—	5077th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	22.5%	53.4%	+6.8pp	+52 pts	4.2%
Madison Middle	1.9 mi	199th percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 2025	9.9%	29.8%	−6.8pp	—	11.5%
Valley Middle	2.4 mi	3751st percentile · Solid · statewide · 2025	21.8%	51.5%	−7.4pp	—	5.6%
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$57,513 – $130,671

Average elementary principal salary$161,132

Average middle school principal salary$172,023

Average high school principal salary$181,110

Superintendent salary$286,801

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	49/100	73	#517	California comprehensive middle schools · 1,953 schools
2022	50/100	79	#436	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,113 schools
2023	51/100	81	#398	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,125 schools
2024	56/100	85	#313	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,152 schools

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

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

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

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 12.7% → 2025 · 13.5% · +0.8pp
Suspension rate2024 · 3.2% → 2025 · 4.2% · +1.0pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	638	24.3%	62.2%
2025 · Math	640	20.5%	44.4%
2024 · ELA	617	27.7%	63.4%
2024 · Math	619	24.4%	47.7%
2023 · ELA	618	27.8%	64.7%
2023 · Math	620	22.6%	46.0%
2022 · ELA	586	25.6%	65.0%
2022 · Math	583	22.6%	45.5%
2019 · ELA	572	22.9%	66.4%
2019 · Math	569	23.0%	45.0%

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	—	—	—	23.0%	55.7%	6.9%	4.2%	-0.6pp
2022	—	—	—	24.2%	55.5%	24.1%	7.2%	+2.6pp
2023	—	—	—	25.2%	55.4%	17.3%	7.5%	-2.1pp
2024	—	—	—	26.2%	55.7%	12.9%	3.2%	+13.4pp
2025	50	77	#495	22.5%	53.4%	13.6%	4.2%	+6.8pp

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	6.8%	12.5%	+5.7pp
Male	6.8%	14.1%	+7.3pp
Asian	0.0%	8.0%	+8.0pp
Black/African American	18.2%	—	—
Hispanic/Latino	7.8%	21.3%	+13.5pp
Two or More Races	11.8%	14.6%	+2.8pp
White	6.3%	9.3%	+3.0pp
Students with Disabilities	9.8%	28.6%	+18.8pp
English Learners	16.3%	6.9%	-9.4pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	13.9%	20.9%	+7.0pp
All Students	6.8%	13.5%	+6.7pp

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	−5	607	Average	−10	608	Moderate
English Only	−5	520	not categorised	−11	521	not categorised
White	−7	331	Moderate	−11	331	Moderate
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	−11	207	Moderate	−10	207	Moderate
Hispanic or Latino	−4	161	Average	−9	161	Moderate
Students with Disabilities	−19	76	Moderate	−2	76	Average
Two or More Races	−11	72	Moderate	−15	73	Moderate
English Learner	−11	48	Moderate	−1	48	Average
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	−5	31	not categorised	0	31	not categorised
Asian	+7	23	Accelerated	+5	23	Accelerated
English Learners Only	−22	17	not categorised	−8	17	not categorised
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)	−4	12	Average	0	12	Average

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

23%

exceeded standard · 61% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2023 · 202 ELA test records with scores

ELA · 2025 · Grade 8

27%

exceeded standard · 69% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2025 · 203 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 202 (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

607 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

28th pctile · −5 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

608 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

20th pctile · −10 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$12,544 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 10,863 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$114 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 655

Central federal expenditures attributed here$324 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 655

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,482 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 62%Instruction support 10%Student services 10%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%

SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

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

2021$12,544 per pupil

2020$11,073 per pupil

2019$11,270 per pupil

2018$10,420 per pupil

2017$9,856 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 92008

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 92008
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$104,995
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	53.64%
ZCTA population	27,955
Median age	41.7 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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