Public school · Colton Joint Unified

Colton Middle

Colton · 7–8 · 870 students (2024–25)

Well below California in English and math: 26% and 12% met or exceeded the standard in grades 7 and 8, against 49% and 35% statewide. Source

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 845 in English, 852 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 848,364 in English and 851,806 in math tested).

We have reported test results for grades 7 and 8. Our middle-school score also needs grade 6, which this school does not serve, so we do not publish a Scope Score.

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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 7 and 8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 5%
Met standard: 21%
Below standard: 74%

26% met or exceeded · 845 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Colton Joint Unified
Exceeded	5%	18%	5%
Met	21%	31%	20%
Nearly met	30%	23%	28%
Not met	44%	28%	47%

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 7 and 8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 3%
Met standard: 9%
Below standard: 88%

12% met or exceeded · 852 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Colton Joint Unified
Exceeded	3%	20%	4%
Met	9%	15%	10%
Nearly met	28%	23%	25%
Not met	60%	42%	61%

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?

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 7 and 8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school26%

California49%

Tested: 845 here · 848,364 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school26%

Colton Joint Unified25%

Tested: 845 here · 2,920 in Colton Joint Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 5 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Colton Joint Unified
Exceeded	5%	18%	5%
Met	21%	31%	20%
Nearly met	30%	23%	28%
Not met	44%	28%	47%

Math

grades 7 and 8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school12%

California35%

Tested: 852 here · 851,806 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school12%

Colton Joint Unified14%

Tested: 852 here · 2,944 in Colton Joint Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 5 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Colton Joint Unified
Exceeded	3%	20%	4%
Met	9%	15%	10%
Nearly met	28%	23%	25%
Not met	60%	42%	61%

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8 · all students tested

201931%1,976 tested

→

202526%845 tested

Colton

California, same grades50% → 49%2019 → 2025 · 932,985 → 848,364 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8 · all students tested

201921%1,956 tested

→

202512%852 tested

Colton

California, same grades37% → 35%2019 → 2025 · 935,223 → 851,806 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 stayed well below California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grades 7 and 8

ColtonCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202526%49%

Math met or exceeded, grades 7 and 8

ColtonCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202512%35%

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

English went from 31% in 2019 to 26% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Math went from 21% in 2019 to 12% in 2025. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8
Year	Colton	California
2019	31% 1,976 tested	50% 932,985 tested
2022	23% 1,612 tested	48% 852,094 tested
2023	21% 805 tested	47% 842,173 tested
2024	26% 828 tested	47% 849,026 tested
2025	26% 845 tested	49% 848,364 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8
Year	Colton	California
2019	21% 1,956 tested	37% 935,223 tested
2022	11% 1,596 tested	31% 853,132 tested
2023	9% 809 tested	32% 844,737 tested
2024	14% 831 tested	33% 853,781 tested
2025	12% 852 tested	35% 851,806 tested

The state’s growth measure791 students · grades 7–8 · 2025

English−13ptsCDE category: Moderate

Math−14ptsCDE category: Moderate

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

Ask: Math is lower than in 2019 here (21% to 12%) and across California (37% to 35%). How does the school check what’s working in math?

Life at school

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What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

19 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

175 of 910 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school19 in 100

7.3%of students were suspended at least once (70 of 955), 2024–25

Reviews & community voices

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Parent voices

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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 7 and 8 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

794 English · 800 math tested

English26% / 38%

Math12% / 24%

Hispanic or Latino

807 English · 814 math tested

English26% / 38%

Math12% / 23%

English learners

112 English · 119 math tested

English3% / 6%

Math2% / 6%

Students with disabilities

109 tested per subject

English4% / 14%

Math1% / 9%

Homeless

66 English · 67 math tested

English11% / 27%

Math6% / 15%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Met or exceeded the standardgrades 7 and 8 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Colton Joint Unified	vs California
Low-income · 794 tested in English, 800 in math
English	26%	+224%	−1238%
Math	12%	−113%	−1224%
Hispanic or Latino · 807 tested in English, 814 in math
English	26%	+224%	−1238%
Math	12%	−113%	−1123%
English learners · 112 tested in English, 119 in math
English	3%	+21%	−36%
Math	2%	+11%	−46%
Students with disabilities · 109 tested
English	4%	+13%	−1014%
Math	1%	−12%	−89%
Homeless · 66 tested in English, 67 in math
English	11%	−314%	−1627%
Math	6%	06%	−915%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Colton Joint Unified, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family 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.

Low-income, Hispanic or Latino and homeless students and students with disabilities did worse than the same groups statewide.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Colton Middle in Colton, 25.6% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 7 and 8, compared to 23.9% district-wide for those same grades and 38.0% statewide for those same grades. Colton Middle’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 1.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (11.8% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (26.1% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 23.8 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 795 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

Hispanic or Latino95%
White2%
Black or African American2%
Asian—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share<1%

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
Hispanic or Latino	95%
White	2%
Black or African American	2%
Asian	—
Filipino	—
Two or more races	—
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.

About 9 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (93%, 807 of 870). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers39

Average experience14 years

First-year teachers3%

97% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 97.44%: 42.5 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 43.7 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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ElementaryUlysses Grant ElementaryHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
MiddleColton MiddleThis campus · grades 7-8
High schoolColton HighHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

Ulysses Grant Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
45th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Abraham Lincoln Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
3rd percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
William McKinley Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
24th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Alice Birney Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
4th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Paul Rogers Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
24th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025
85% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

Colton High
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
30th percentile · Developing · high · 2025
85% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

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High-school endpoint evidence · Colton High

Colton HighScope 49historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Colton High. UC records 26 enrollees from Colton High for fall 2025. Its AP Course Audit lists 14 authorized AP subjects for 2025 - 2026. Those figures come from dated records — a child starting here today would reach Colton High around 2031, and 6 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 66% of Colton High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

26 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 14 authorized AP subjects (AP Course Audit 2025 - 2026) → full record on Colton High's page

Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Getting in

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coltonmiddleschool.cjusd.net

Location and visiting

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670 West Laurel Street, Colton 92324

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Questions

Questions to ask

A short list for your school visit.

Math is lower than in 2019 here (21% to 12%) and across California (37% to 35%). How does the school check what’s working in math?
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?

Call (909) 580-5009 to ask about a visit.

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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

William G. Jehue Middle1.5 mi49thDeveloping
Richardson PREP HI Middle1.6 mi98thStrong

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Similar student populations

A matched list is not available for this profile yet. It requires dated enrollment and meal-eligibility records for this school and its peers; nearby lists, when available, use distance.

Common questions

Why does SchoolScope show no score for Colton Middle?

We have reported test results for grades 7 and 8. Our middle-school score also needs grade 6, which this school does not serve, so we do not publish a Scope Score.

See the dated CDE rows in the source record. Reported results do not by themselves supply a SchoolScope score or rank.

Source records

Explore the data

Available school measures and source details, shown without a score or rank.

Downloads, sources & methodology

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Dated CDE assessment records appear below when available. SchoolScope displays this profile without a combined score, band, or rank for 2025.

01CDE assessment recordsCDE CAASPP 2025 · raw grade–subject rows

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.

All Grades is an aggregate, not another group of students. Same-year grade groups are not matched children. An unavailable or suppressed result is marked as missing; it does not establish a reported zero.

CDE CAASPP test year 2025 · all-students reporting group · publisher grade–subject records.
Grade · subject	Students tested with scores	Met or exceeded	Exceeded	Met	Nearly met	Not met	Mean scale score
Grade 7 · ELA · 2025	410 tested with scores	Met or exceeded 26.1%	Exceeded 5.12%	Met 20.98%	Nearly met 29.51%	Not met 44.39%	Mean scale score 2489.8
Grade 8 · ELA · 2025	435 tested with scores	Met or exceeded 26.67%	Exceeded 4.14%	Met 22.53%	Nearly met 30.11%	Not met 43.22%	Mean scale score 2505.4
All Grades · ELA · 2025	845 tested with scores	Met or exceeded 26.39%	Exceeded 4.62%	Met 21.78%	Nearly met 29.82%	Not met 43.79%	Mean scale score unavailable
Grade 7 · Math · 2025	416 tested with scores	Met or exceeded 11.3%	Exceeded 3.13%	Met 8.17%	Nearly met 31.01%	Not met 57.69%	Mean scale score 2457.9
Grade 8 · Math · 2025	436 tested with scores	Met or exceeded 12.84%	Exceeded 3.67%	Met 9.17%	Nearly met 24.31%	Not met 62.84%	Mean scale score 2473.4
All Grades · Math · 2025	852 tested with scores	Met or exceeded 12.09%	Exceeded 3.4%	Met 8.69%	Nearly met 27.58%	Not met 60.33%	Mean scale score unavailable

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+
Grade 7	410	5%	21%	30%	44%	26%
Grade 8	435	4%	23%	30%	43%	27%

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

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+
Grade 7	416	3%	8%	31%	58%	11%
Grade 8	436	4%	9%	24%	63%	13%

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

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 7 · ELA	430	23.9%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA	398	27.6%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	431	15.6%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	400	12.3%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA	408	21.8%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA	397	20.1%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	411	10.7%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	398	7.8%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA	806	23.8%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA	806	21.4%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	798	15.2%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	798	7.6%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA	988	33.2%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA	988	28.5%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	978	18.0%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	978	23.8%

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	437	1%	10%	67%	22%

CAST is an independent assessment. Not part of the Scope Score.

Subgroup · ELA	Tested	MET+	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	795	25.6%	—	—
Hispanic/Latino	808	26.1%	—	—
English Learners	112	2.7%	—	—

03More measuressource records · no composite history

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$64,136 – $131,357

Average elementary principal salary$164,386

Average middle school principal salary$168,942

Average high school principal salary$183,426

Superintendent salary$309,476

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.

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 · 19.7% → 2025 · 19.2% · −0.5pp
Suspension rate2024 · 9.6% → 2025 · 7.3% · −2.3pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	845	4.6%	26.4%
2025 · Math	852	3.4%	12.1%
2024 · ELA	828	5.1%	25.7%
2024 · Math	831	3.7%	14.0%
2023 · ELA	805	4.3%	21.0%
2023 · Math	809	3.0%	9.3%
2022 · ELA	806	3.6%	22.6%
2022 · Math	798	2.6%	11.4%
2019 · ELA	988	5.7%	30.9%
2019 · Math	978	8.3%	20.9%

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.

CDE CAASPP 2025: 4 individual grade–subject records; 4 records with a positive known tested count.

0 grade–subject counts unavailable; 0 grade–subject attainment rates unavailable. SchoolScope does not publish a Scope Score, band, or rank for this peer class in 2025.

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
Female	6.2%	21.2%
Male	6.9%	17.3%
Black/African American	3.8%	42.1%
Hispanic/Latino	6.4%	18.4%
White	17.9%	36.8%
Students with Disabilities	13.4%	27.2%
English Learners	5.9%	17.0%
Foster Youth	0.0%	—
Homeless	7.6%	28.8%
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	6.7%	19.9%
All Students	6.5%	19.2%

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	−13	791	Moderate	−14	791	Moderate
Hispanic or Latino	−13	759	Moderate	−14	758	Moderate
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	−14	749	Moderate	−14	749	Moderate
English Only	−13	441	not categorised	−15	443	not categorised
English Learner	−14	228	Moderate	−12	226	Moderate
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	−14	129	not categorised	−18	127	not categorised
Long-Term English Learner	−14	111	Moderate	−7	111	Moderate
Students with Disabilities	−23	110	Minimal	−15	110	Moderate
English Learners Only	−17	99	not categorised	0	99	not categorised
Homeless Youth	−13	57	Moderate	−5	56	Average
White	−14	14	Moderate	−11	14	Moderate
Black or African American	−21	11	Minimal	−9	12	Moderate

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction, not a percentage or percentile. All imported groups remain visible; a missing group has no imported record shown here. 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

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

791 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

11th pctile · −13 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

791 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

12th pctile · −14 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$14,285 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 20,550 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$504 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 870

Central federal expenditures attributed here$2,352 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 870

District current expense · FY 2024–25$23,072 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.

ShowHide 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 10%Student services 11%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 12%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$14,285 per pupil

2020$13,655 per pupil

2019$12,720 per pupil

2018$12,254 per pupil

2017$12,087 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

08ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 92324

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 92324
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$71,078
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	16.32%
ZCTA population	57,365
Median age	34.4 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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— Our own growth index and the comparisons to nearby schools are built from that same composite, so they don't publish either — California's separate matched-student growth model is not, and still appears below wherever CDE reports it.

Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · Data updated 2026-09-27. An unavailable or suppressed result is marked as missing; it does not establish a reported zero.

Data source: California Department of Education for CAASPP 2024–25 assessments only. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, band or rank for this school for 2025. Neighborhood context: ACS 2024. The enrollment count has no verified year here; staffing and finance show their separate sources and periods beside those figures. Data updated 2026-09-27.methodology · data updates · report issue

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