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23825 Avenue 92, Terra Bella · 262 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 74

DevelopingScope Score · 45th percentile. Higher than 45 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: 39% and 24% 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: 242 in English, 245 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 Carl Smith a good middle school?

Developing. Carl Smith is higher than most California middle schools on progress in English. Carl Smith is lower than most on test results, progress in math and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced3839%
Math, Proficient or Advanced3524%
English, Advanced4011%
Math, Advanced3610%

Progress in a year, 2025

English75+8 pts
Math32−7 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance3620 in 100
Carl Smith’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 10% of students tested in math scored Advanced, about half California’s rate (21%). Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Carl Smith’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
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 6–8. California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,800 in math tested).

Progress

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

In English, yes. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 8 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 7 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

+8

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

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino229+8 points
Low-income220+7 points
English learners182+6 points
Long-term English learners120+6 points
Students with disabilities26−3 points

Math

−7

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

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino229−7 points
Low-income220−5 points
English learners182−9 points
Long-term English learners120−5 points
Students with disabilities26−11 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 233 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. 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 8 points above that expected score, and in math 7 points below it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

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

SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 79th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Schools like it

How does Carl Smith compare with schools like it?

Carl Smith’s Scope Score is 74. 607 California middle schools, counting Carl Smith, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 71. Carl Smith’s result is higher than 435 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 607

  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

607 California public middle schools where 87% to 99% 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 87% to 99% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Carl Smith’s share. The count includes Carl Smith. 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 41% to 39% and math from 21% to 24%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202622%49%CaliforniaCalifornia39%Carl SmithCarl Smith

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202614%37%CaliforniaCalifornia24%Carl SmithCarl Smith

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. 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.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringCarl SmithCaliforniaTested here
201722%48%292
201831%49%296
201929%50%286
202242%47%265
202344%46%264
202439%46%250
202541%49%259
202639%49%242
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringCarl SmithCaliforniaTested here
201714%37%292
201827%37%294
201920%38%289
202220%31%268
202323%32%267
202422%33%256
202521%36%261
202624%37%245

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

39%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

38232811
California49%

Math

24%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

52241410
California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 39% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 24% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 15 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 12 points across California. The grades 6–8 cards above give each subject’s share.

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced39%34%44%
Advanced11%10%11%
Proficient28%24%33%
Developing level20%22%28%
Minimal41%44%28%
Tested619388
California48%51%49%
Difference−9−17−5

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 Advanced18%20%31%
Advanced3%11%14%
Proficient15%9%17%
Developing level21%30%21%
Minimal61%50%48%
Tested619490
California37%38%36%
Difference−19−18−5

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 school11%28%23%38%242
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
Math, grades 6–8 · This school10%14%24%52%245
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 242 tested in English, 245 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 96% of students. 50 of 254 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

20in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (50 of 254 students).

At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

No district average: Carl Smith is the only regular middle school we rank in the Terra Bella Union Elementary district with an attendance record.

Suspensions: 4.7% of students were suspended at least once (12 of 257). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

262

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 96%

Family income

93%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 244 of 262. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

14

teachers, with 12 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

92% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

50%

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 (63 of 126 students).

Terra Bella Union Elementary: 42%. 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
12 of 65 students in grade 6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
20 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (38 of 189).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino96%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
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: 11.9 of 12.9 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups at Carl Smith have test results. Each bar compares one group with the same group across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 235 tested38%California 39%
  • Low-incomeMath · 237 tested24%California 26%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 235 tested40%California 39%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 237 tested24%California 25%
  • English learnersEnglish · 126 tested13%California 7%
  • English learnersMath · 129 tested7%California 7%

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8, 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 Terra Bella Union Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 235 tested in English, 237 in math
English38%038%−139%
Math24%024%−226%
Hispanic or Latino · 235 tested in English, 237 in math
English40%040%+139%
Math24%024%−125%
English learners · 126 tested in English, 129 in math
English13%013%+67%
Math7%07%07%

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

No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, students with disabilities 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 Carl Smith. 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.

Families

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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?

$19,084 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Terra Bella Union Elementary’s plan for 2026–27 covers $11 million.

$19,084

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$11,868
The school’s share of district office costs
$7,216
Of the total, from federal funds
$699
  • Carl Smith$19,084
  • 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 ↓

Terra Bella Union Elementary’s yearly plan

$11million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$4million

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 3 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $11 million of $15 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Terra Bella Union Elementary Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27.

The neighborhood

What is the area around Carl Smith like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93270. They are not figures for the families at Carl Smith.

Typical household income in a year

$67,136

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 93270.

Typical home value
$308,100
People who live in this ZIP code
5,482
Typical age
37.5 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
7%

What you can do

Who can act on Carl Smith’s results?

Terra Bella Union Elementary’s board decides Carl Smith’s plan.

When the plan is set

Terra Bella Union Elementary’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

Read the 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

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 Carl Smith 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 Terra Bella Union Elementary extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Terra Bella Union Elementary: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Carl Smith. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?7 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (233 students)
  2. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?7% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (129 students tested); the same group across California: 7%
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. 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 Carl Smith, and how do I get in?

Ask Terra Bella Union Elementary which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Terra Bella Elementary
    Scope Score 70Needs Support · 20th percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Carl Smith Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 74Developing · 45th percentile
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

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All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Terra Bella Elementary

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

    Scope Score 70 · Needs Support · 20th percentile · elementary · 2026

    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 it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where it is

Where is Carl Smith?

Address
23825 Avenue 92, Terra Bella 93270Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Alejandro RuizAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated February 9, 2023.

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

Short answers to 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Terra Bella Union Elementary which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Carl Smith a good middle school?

Carl Smith Middle has a Scope Score of 74. It scored higher than 45 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Developing, 45th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 20 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 18 in 100 at the average California middle school. 4.7% of students (12 of 257) 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?

In English, yes. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 8 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 7 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 233 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 38% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Carl Smith Middle in Terra Bella scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,387 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math10%4242%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math31%4323%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+56 scale-score pts6120%
Chronically absent20 in 100485%
Suspension rate4.7% (12 of 257)475%
English learners: top level20%475%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California middle schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267445#1387California 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)
2018–197 in 1002.6% (8 of 311)+11
2021–22not on filenot on file+8
2022–23not on filenot on file+14
2023–2422 in 1000 of 287+10
2024–2516 in 1005.9% (16 of 269)+14
2025–2620 in 1004.7% (12 of 257)+9

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 · English24211%39%
2026 · Math24510%24%
2025 · English25913%41%
2025 · Math26110%21%
2024 · English25014%39%
2024 · Math2565%22%
2023 · English26410%44%
2023 · Math2679%23%
2022 · English2657%42%
2022 · Math2684%20%
2019 · English2865%29%
2019 · Math2897%20%
2018 · English2965%31%
2018 · Math29411%27%
2017 · English2921%22%
2017 · Math2922%14%

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 · English8535%
2025 · Grade 7 · English9043%
2025 · Grade 8 · English8444%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math8614%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math9018%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math8533%
2024 · Grade 6 · English8927%
2024 · Grade 7 · English7850%
2024 · Grade 8 · English8342%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math9217%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math7928%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math8521%
2023 · Grade 6 · English8635%
2023 · Grade 7 · English9243%
2023 · Grade 8 · English8655%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math8723%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math9416%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math8631%
2022 · Grade 6 · English9123%
2022 · Grade 7 · English8864%
2022 · Grade 8 · English8638%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math9214%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math8832%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math8815%
2019 · Grade 6 · English9419%
2019 · Grade 7 · English9735%
2019 · Grade 8 · English9534%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math9513%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math9927%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math9521%
2018 · Grade 6 · English10525%
2018 · Grade 7 · English9633%
2018 · Grade 8 · English9535%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math10426%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math9526%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math9528%
2017 · Grade 6 · English10416%
2017 · Grade 7 · English9528%
2017 · Grade 8 · English9320%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math1048%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math9521%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math9313%

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
Schoolwide904%11%58%27%

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-income23538%0−1
Hispanic or Latino23540%0+1
English learners12613%0+6
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+8233Accelerated−7233Moderate
Hispanic or Latino+8229Accelerated−7229Moderate
Low-income+7220Accelerated−5220Average
English learners+6182Accelerated−9182Moderate
English learners only+3124not categorized−8124not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)+6120Accelerated−5120Average
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+958not categorized−758not categorized
English-only students+1046not categorized+246not categorized
Students with disabilities−326Average−1126Moderate

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

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

Grade 8 in 2026 against grade 6 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 6
10%
exceeded standard · 27% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 89 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
11%
Advanced · 44% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 88 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 89 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+8 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

233 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +8 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−7 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

233 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −7 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for California middle school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median English estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 16 in 100 → 2025–26 · 20 in 100 · +4 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 5.9% (16 of 269) → 2025–26 · 4.7% (12 of 257) · −1.2 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female6 in 10023 in 100+17 in 100
Male7 in 10016 in 100+9 in 100
Hispanic or Latino6 in 10020 in 100+14 in 100
Students with disabilities1 of 197 of 27—
English learners7 in 10020 in 100+13 in 100
Military families0 of 207 of 32—
Low-income7 in 10020 in 100+13 in 100
All students7 in 10020 in 100+13 in 100

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$15,302 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 814 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$156 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 262

Central federal expenditures attributed here$543 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 262

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,126 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 59%Instruction support 12%Student services 11%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$8,368,65358.90%59%
Instruction support$1,734,15012.20%12%
Student services$1,621,45311.41%11%
Administration$1,176,5168.28%8%
Buildings & maintenance$1,244,1258.76%9%
Other$63,6420.45%1%
Total$14,208,538100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $14,208,538 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$15,302 per pupil
2020$14,812 per pupil
2019$14,635 per pupil
2018$12,907 per pupil
2017$12,426 per pupil
Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders7.7%

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 93270 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93270 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$67,136
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)7%
ZIP-area population5,482
Median age37.5 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 93270 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 2,529 middle schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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