Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy: Three in four kids clear the bar. But math slips between grade 6 and grade 8.
Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy has real strengths and one number that complicates them. Most rating sites show you one or the other. Both belong on the same page.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 66 | 36% | 76% | -4.4 | 9.1% | 1.7% |
| CA average · Middle School | 43 | 17% | 39% | +1.5 | 18.5% | 3.7% |
Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy scores 66 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 91st percentile of 2,238 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “76% proficient” and call it done. Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy deserves a closer read. The school sits in San Bernardino, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy's low-income kids hit 83.0% 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.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 91st percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 76% meet the standard today, versus 79% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 73% | 69% | 78% | 79% | 84% |
| Grade 7 | 88% | 73% | 70% | 84% | 82% |
| Grade 8 | 80% | 67% | 70% | 74% | 85% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 81% | 61% | 69% | 72% | 72% |
| Grade 7 | 80% | 42% | 52% | 65% | 67% |
| Grade 8 | 73% | 33% | 36% | 50% | 63% |
The story this school is actually telling
of students met or exceeded the standard, versus 39.3% statewide.
math proficiency runs 72% in grade 6 against 63% in grade 8, while reading holds (84% to 85%). The state average falls by −0.5pp over the same span.
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 falls 4.2pp across grades; the proficiency floor barely moves. The state average falls 0.5pp over the same span. The school's 8th graders aren't posting a wider lead than its 6th graders. One question worth asking on a tour: are the strongest students being pushed, or coasting? A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy's most underrated number
83.0% 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 6 things our score weighs
Ask the principal what changes between grade 6 and grade 8. Ask who teaches the older grades, and what the school does when a child starts falling behind.
- Ask what changes between grade 6 and grade 8 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- 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 Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy in San Bernardino, 83.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 34.5% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy outperforms its district average for low-income students by 48.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (65.9% Math proficient); Hispanic students (82.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 10.2 percentage points for homeless students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 558 students tested.
6 of 15 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 falls by 0.2pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school. District average: +1.5pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$516 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
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
On the state's science test (CAST), 50% 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 27
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 55
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 6 | 159 | 40% | 44% | 13% | 3% | 84% | +38 |
| Grade 7 | 232 | 38% | 44% | 16% | 2% | 82% | +34 |
| Grade 8 | 233 | 36% | 49% | 13% | 3% | 85% | +38 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 158 | 39% | 34% | 21% | 7% | 72% | +37 |
| Grade 7 | 231 | 29% | 38% | 30% | 3% | 67% | +33 |
| Grade 8 | 233 | 31% | 32% | 27% | 10% | 63% | +31 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 233 | 16% | 34% | 47% | 3% |
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 | 558 | 83.0% | +49 | +45 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 530 | 82.8% | +47 | +44 |
| White | 16 | 81.3% | +32 | +19 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy ← | — | 66 | 35.6% | 75.5% | −4.4 | 1.7% |
| Golden Valley Middle | 2.9 mi | 29 | 11.5% | 33.8% | −15.5 | 12.4% |
| Del Vallejo Middle | 1 mi | 29 | 2.9% | 15.2% | −1.4 | 5.7% |
| New Vision Middle | 1 mi | 25 | 4.9% | 20.0% | −6.7 | 14.8% |
| California average | — | 43 | 16.8% | 39.3% | +1.5 | 3.7% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 65 | 91 | #178 | 38.3% | 79.2% | 8.5% | 0.8% | -0.5pp |
| 2022 | 42 | 63 | #803 | 21.6% | 57.4% | 23.4% | 2.4% | -15.3pp |
| 2023 | 48 | 68 | #699 | 24.0% | 62.5% | 19.4% | 3.5% | -20.2pp |
| 2024 | 60 | 86 | #299 | 31.3% | 70.6% | 12.2% | 2.0% | -13.6pp |
| 2025 | 66 | 91 | #203 | 35.6% | 75.5% | 9.1% | 1.7% | -4.4pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 8.1% | 7.9% | -0.2pp |
| Male | 9.0% | 9.8% | +0.8pp |
| Asian | 0.0% | 7.7% | +7.7pp |
| Black/African American | 29.3% | 11.1% | -18.2pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 6.7% | 9.4% | +2.7pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 20.9% | 0.0% | -20.9pp |
| English Learners | 9.9% | 11.8% | +1.9pp |
| Homeless | 20.6% | 11.1% | -9.5pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 8.9% | 9.2% | +0.3pp |
| All Students | 8.5% | 8.9% | +0.4pp |
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