College Preparatory Middle: High scores, healthy climate, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.
College Preparatory posts 58.1% exceeding the standard — versus 16.8% statewide — with climate numbers better than most. That doesn't make it perfect. It makes it worth a visit to find what numbers can't measure.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 90 | 58% | 84% | +0.8 | 3.0% | 0.8% |
| CA average · Middle School | 43 | 17% | 39% | +1.5 | 18.5% | 3.7% |
College Preparatory Middle scores 90 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 99th percentile of 2,238 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
⭐ High Ceiling — Ask what happens for a kid who shows up behind — a high ceiling for the top can sit right next to thin support at the bottom, and the score alone won't show you which.
Most rating sites would stop at “84% proficient” and call it done. College Preparatory deserves a closer read. The school sits in Spring Valley, where two in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
College Preparatory's low-income kids hit 80.8% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
As a charter, College Preparatory enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Has held the 99th-percentile line every tested year since 2019.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 84% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 68% | 83% | 80% | 87% | 81% |
| Grade 6 | 80% | 84% | 76% | 76% | 88% |
| Grade 7 | 90% | 82% | 92% | 93% | 84% |
| Grade 8 | 92% | 83% | 84% | 86% | 91% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 75% | 73% | 69% | 80% | 76% |
| Grade 6 | 73% | 78% | 74% | 73% | 82% |
| Grade 7 | 85% | 67% | 71% | 81% | 79% |
| Grade 8 | 67% | 43% | 62% | 72% | 80% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding rises 2.0pp across grades; the floor rises 3.6pp. The state average falls 0.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
College Preparatory's most underrated number
80.8% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At College Preparatory Middle in Spring Valley, 80.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 80.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. College Preparatory Middle outperforms its district average for low-income students by 0.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (74.0% Math proficient); White students (87.4% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 6.1 percentage points for hispanic students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 177 students tested.
5 of 13 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 4.5pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school. District average: +4.5pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
The people teaching here
What gets spent here
$1,405 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
64% of district spending reaches instruction — CA average is 56%.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 397 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California middle school (≈860).
On the state's science test (CAST), 78% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 42
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 50
Nearby High Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 46
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 99 | 51% | 30% | 13% | 6% | 81% | +33 |
| Grade 6 | 99 | 58% | 30% | 11% | 1% | 88% | +41 |
| Grade 7 | 100 | 49% | 35% | 13% | 3% | 84% | +36 |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 60% | 32% | 9% | 0% | 91% | +45 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 99 | 47% | 28% | 15% | 9% | 76% | +40 |
| Grade 6 | 99 | 64% | 18% | 15% | 3% | 82% | +47 |
| Grade 7 | 100 | 52% | 27% | 14% | 7% | 79% | +45 |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 67% | 13% | 17% | 3% | 80% | +48 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 191 | 50% | 28% | 22% | 0% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 177 | 80.8% | +0 | +43 |
| White | 231 | 87.4% | +0 | +26 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 97 | 79.4% | +0 | +41 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College Preparatory Middle ← | — | 90 | 58.1% | 84.0% | +0.8 | 0.8% |
| Hillsdale Middle | 2.3 mi | 46 | 23.0% | 49.4% | −2.0 | 8.2% |
| EJE Middle Academy | 2.7 mi | 41 | 9.8% | 28.3% | +4.2 | 0.6% |
| Spring Valley Academy | 1 mi | 38 | 9.2% | 26.7% | +2.8 | 5.9% |
| California average | — | 43 | 16.8% | 39.3% | +1.5 | 3.7% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 75 | 97 | #53 | 46.7% | 81.0% | 1.0% | 0.5% | +2.5pp |
| 2022 | 61 | 89 | #231 | 39.5% | 72.6% | 3.6% | 0.5% | -17.8pp |
| 2023 | 75 | 95 | #107 | 45.1% | 76.5% | 1.3% | 1.5% | -2.6pp |
| 2024 | 80 | 97 | #59 | 50.0% | 80.1% | 2.9% | 1.8% | +4.9pp |
| 2025 | 90 | 99 | #7 | 58.1% | 84.0% | 3.0% | 0.8% | +0.8pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 0.0% | 3.5% | +3.5pp |
| Male | 1.5% | 1.0% | -0.5pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 3.8% | 6.7% | +2.9pp |
| Two or More Races | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 0.9% | 4.4% | +3.5pp |
| All Students | 0.8% | 2.2% | +1.4pp |
| Asian | — | 6.3% | — |
| Black/African American | — | 0.0% | — |
| Students with Disabilities | — | 2.5% | — |
| English Learners | — | 3.4% | — |
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