Public school · Lynwood Unified · Lynwood, California

Cesar Chavez Middle — Rating & test scores

Lynwood · 7–8 · 882 students (2024–25)

3898 Abbott Road, 90262cms.mylusd.org ↗(310) 886-7300
16thpercentileNeeds Support

The dots are California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
25

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of five of the six middle school measures.

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Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Well below California in English and math: 37% and 18% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, against 50% and 37%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 820 in English, 810 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English and 838,896 in math tested).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

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28 in 100 students (232 of 818) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. 7.0% of students (60 of 860) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Sources
Sentence 1
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 818. District and California figures are averages of school rates (2 Lynwood Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.
Sentence 2
CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 860. District and California figures are averages of school rates (2 Lynwood Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Lynwood Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Cesar Chavez a good middle school?

Cesar Chavez Middle scores higher than 16 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 16th percentile, Needs Support, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Below what the state expected, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored −10 points against the state’s expected score in English (reading and writing), which the state calls Moderate. In math, they scored −23 points, which it calls Minimal.

  • Included in this measure: 817 students in English, 814 in math

Evidence ↓

More questions (3)

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 37% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at Cesar Chavez Middle in Lynwood scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Cesar Chavez Middle's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Lynwood High. 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 doesn’t guarantee placement; confirm your address with the district.

  • Lynwood High: 24th percentile (Needs Support) of California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 Scope Score

Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 37% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 18% in math, against 50% and 37% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 820 in English, 810 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English, 838,896 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · 820 tested

Advanced
9%
Proficient
28%
Below the standard
63%
This school37%
California50%
Lynwood Unified32%

37% Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8.

Math

Grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · 810 tested

Advanced
6%
Proficient
12%
Below the standard
82%
This school18%
California37%
Lynwood Unified20%

18% Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 7 and 8 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced34%39%
Advanced9%8%
Proficient25%31%
Developing level27%23%
Minimal39%38%
Tested387433
California51%49%
Difference−17−10

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 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced23%14%
Advanced6%6%
Proficient17%8%
Developing level23%19%
Minimal54%67%
Tested385425
California38%36%
Difference−15−22

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.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How does math compare with English?

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, math trails English by 19 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 13 points across California. The grades 7 and 8 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

English results were higher than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 30% to 37% and math from 15% to 18%.

English · top two levels · grades 7 and 8

202530%859 tested
→
202637%820 tested

This school

California, same grades49% → 50%2025 → 2026 · 848,364 → 838,600 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 7 and 8

202515%857 tested
→
202618%810 tested

This school

California, same grades35% → 37%2025 → 2026 · 851,806 → 838,896 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Below what the state expected, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored −10 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Moderate. In math, they scored −23 points, which it calls Minimal.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 7 and 8: 817 in English, 814 in math
Comparison
Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 7 and 8 · 2025 · 817 students in English, 814 in math, with scores in both years

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

−10 pts

English

The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

−23 pts

Math

The state calls it Minimal, the lowest of its five growth levels.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 7 and 8 · This school9%28%25%38%820
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · Lynwood Unified8%24%24%44%1,489
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school6%12%22%60%810
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · Lynwood Unified7%13%22%58%1,479

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Read English and math separately, then look at progress and the courses students can take.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown · English and math have stayed well below California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 7 and 8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202637%50%
Math top two levels, grades 7 and 8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202618%37%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 7 and 8, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 21% in 2017 to 37% in 2026. In math, it went from 17% in 2017 to 18% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 7 and 8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201721%
495 tested		49%
915,271 tested
201824%
535 tested		50%
919,277 tested
201925%
549 tested		50%
932,985 tested
202232%
675 tested		48%
852,094 tested
202327%
847 tested		47%
842,173 tested
202429%
830 tested		47%
849,026 tested
202530%
859 tested		49%
848,364 tested
202637%
820 tested		50%
838,600 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 7 and 8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201717%
463 tested		37%
918,964 tested
201819%
535 tested		37%
921,089 tested
201915%
546 tested		37%
935,223 tested
202212%
666 tested		31%
853,132 tested
202313%
848 tested		32%
844,737 tested
202413%
823 tested		33%
853,781 tested
202515%
857 tested		35%
851,806 tested
202618%
810 tested		37%
838,896 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

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 10 points below that expected score, and in math 23 points below 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.

What you can do

Who can act on Cesar Chavez’s results?

Lynwood Unified’s board decides Cesar Chavez’s plan.

The state hasn’t placed Cesar Chavez in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

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

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Lynwood Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

28 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 7.0% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Context Close to the 28 in 100 at the average Lynwood Unified middle school: a pattern across the district.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 232 of 818 students counted for it; suspension: 60 of 860 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Lynwood Unified middle school 6.7%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

28 in 100This school
28 in 100At the average Lynwood Unified middle school
18 in 100At the average California middle school

232 of 818 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

7.0%

of students were suspended at least once (60 of 860). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Ask: How do you support kids who arrive ahead, and kids who arrive behind?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Cesar Chavez

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Four student groups scored below the same groups across California in math.

Student groups, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026

18% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 7 and 8, spring 2026), against 26% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students, students with disabilities and English learners also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 7 and 8; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Cesar ChavezSame group, California
  • Low-income800 tested18%Same group, California 26%
  • Hispanic or Latino792 tested18%Same group, California 25%
  • Homeless33 tested12%Same group, California 17%
  • Students with disabilities146 tested3%Same group, California 9%
  • English learners158 tested3%Same group, California 7%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 8 math, spring 2026. In English the same groups run from 2% to 37%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 97%2. Black or African American: 2%Unallocated share: 1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino97%
  2. Black or African American2%
  3. White—
  4. Asian—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share1%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

37% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 66 of 179 English learners37%
Lynwood Unified · 909 of 2,11243%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

95%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 841 of 882. California: 63%.

35teachers, 2024–25

15 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

6%in their first year, 2024–25

92%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there in math for low-income students and other student groups, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 7 and 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Lynwood Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 813 tested in English, 800 in math
English37%+532%−239%
Math18%−119%−826%
Hispanic or Latino · 805 tested in English, 792 in math
English37%+532%−340%
Math18%−220%−725%
English learners · 165 tested in English, 158 in math
English2%02%−57%
Math3%03%−47%
Students with disabilities · 154 tested in English, 146 in math
English4%+13%−1014%
Math3%−25%−69%
Homeless · 33 tested
English30%+723%+228%
Math12%−113%−517%

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

Military-family students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native and Pacific Islander students, students of two or more races 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino97%
Black or African American2%
White—
Asian—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 92% of teaching positions, 32.1 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 35 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Cesar Chavez, and how do I get in?

  1. Elementary
    Lincoln Elementary
    17th · Needs Support · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Cesar Chavez Middle
    Grades 7–8
  3. High
    Lynwood High
    24th · Needs Support · 2025Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Lincoln Elementary

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

    17th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Thurgood Marshall Elementary

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

    31st percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Lindbergh Elementary

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

    31st percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

    11% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • Lynwood High

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

    24th percentile · Needs Support · 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 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 the path ends: Lynwood High
Lynwood High24th · Needs Support · 2025 · Scope Score 47historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Lynwood High. UC records 19 enrollees from Lynwood High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 17 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Lynwood High around 2028, and a school can change a lot in 2 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 58% of the students who finished high school at Lynwood High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

19 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 17 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Lynwood High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Lynwood Unified which school serves your address.

School website: cms.mylusd.org ↗Office: (310) 886-7300Administrator: Susan Riehle

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
3898 Abbott Road, Lynwood 90262

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Lynwood Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school? 28 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (232 of 818 students); average California middle school: 18 in 100
  2. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family? 7.0% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (60 of 860 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  3. How much of each day do English learners spend learning English, and how do families see their progress? 37% 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 (66 of 179 students); California: 47%
  4. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 63% in English and 82% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026 (820 tested in English, 810 in math); California: 50% and 63%
  5. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  6. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (310) 886-73003898 Abbott Road, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby middle schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest middle schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby middle schoolsPercentile among California middle schools, 2026

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

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,110 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math7%3942%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math28%4023%
Chronically absent28 in 100365%
Suspension rate7.0% (60 of 860)375%
English learners: top level9%335%

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
2025–262516#2110California 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 1005.1% (40 of 783)−8
2021–22not on filenot on file—
2022–23not on filenot on file—
2023–2430 in 1005.8% (53 of 910)—
2024–2528 in 1009.6% (88 of 913)—
2025–2628 in 1007.0% (60 of 860)—

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 · English8209%37%
2026 · Math8106%18%
2025 · English8596%30%
2025 · Math8575%15%
2024 · English8306%29%
2024 · Math8234%13%
2023 · English8475%27%
2023 · Math8485%13%
2022 · English6757%32%
2022 · Math6663%12%
2019 · English7214%27%
2019 · Math7172%15%
2018 · English7275%25%
2018 · Math7276%20%
2017 · English6953%22%
2017 · Math6613%16%

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 7 · English44735%
2025 · Grade 8 · English41224%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math44920%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math4089%
2024 · Grade 7 · English42524%
2024 · Grade 8 · English40533%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math41813%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math40514%
2023 · Grade 7 · English43428%
2023 · Grade 8 · English41325%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math43219%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math4167%
2022 · Grade 7 · English40832%
2022 · Grade 8 · English26731%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math40315%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math2638%
2019 · Grade 6 · English17233%
2019 · Grade 7 · English27629%
2019 · Grade 8 · English27321%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math17113%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math27422%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math2728%
2018 · Grade 6 · English19230%
2018 · Grade 7 · English28421%
2018 · Grade 8 · English25127%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math19225%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math28324%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math25213%
2017 · Grade 6 · English20025%
2017 · Grade 7 · English23416%
2017 · Grade 8 · English26125%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math19815%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math23626%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math2277%

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
Schoolwide4323%13%53%30%

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-income81337%+5−2
Hispanic or Latino80537%+5−3
English learners1652%0−5
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−10817Moderate−23814Minimal
Hispanic or Latino−10789Moderate−23787Minimal
Low-income−10784Moderate−24781Minimal
English learners−10318Moderate−23318Minimal
English-only students−11264not categorized−30262not categorized
English learners only−15159not categorized−20159not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−7159not categorized−24159not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−12156Moderate−25156Minimal
Students with disabilities−10154Moderate−31154Minimal
Homeless+634Accelerated−334Average
Black or African American−421Average−1820Moderate

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 7 and 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−10 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 7 and 8

817 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −10 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−23 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 7 and 8

814 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, math: −23 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Minimal, 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 7 and 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 · 28 in 100 → 2025–26 · 28 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 9.6% (88 of 913) → 2025–26 · 7.0% (60 of 860) · −2.6 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female13 in 10030 in 100+17 in 100
Male11 in 10027 in 100+16 in 100
Black or African American44 in 10044 in 1000 in 100
Hispanic or Latino12 in 10028 in 100+16 in 100
Students with disabilities17 in 10039 in 100+22 in 100
English learners15 in 10035 in 100+20 in 100
Homeless21 in 10039 in 100+18 in 100
Low-income12 in 10028 in 100+16 in 100
All students12 in 10028 in 100+16 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. 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$16,041 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 12,791 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$240 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 882

Central federal expenditures attributed here$2,633 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 882

District current expense · FY 2024–25$24,970 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 56%Instruction support 12%Student services 10%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 13%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$139,607,50456.38%56%
Instruction support$30,307,27912.24%12%
Student services$25,151,93210.16%10%
Administration$18,577,0897.50%8%
Buildings & maintenance$32,300,09313.04%13%
Other$1,670,0440.67%1%
Total$247,613,940100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $247,613,940 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$16,041 per pupil
2020$14,261 per pupil
2019$13,451 per pupil
2018$12,352 per pupil
2017$11,869 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 holders2.9%

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 90262 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 90262 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$75,194
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)10%
ZIP-area population64,235
Median age33.6 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 90262 →

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