Public school · Sunnyvale · Sunnyvale, California

Columbia Middle — Rating & test scores

Sunnyvale · 6–8 · 697 students (2024–25)

739 Morse Avenue, 94085columbia.sesd.org ↗(408) 522-8247
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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
44

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
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, near it in math: 39% and 36% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8, spring 2026, against 49% and 37%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 664 in English, 661 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).

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

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In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 14% of students tested in English (reading and writing) scored Advanced, against 19% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources
The sentence above
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; 1,254,039 in English tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Sunnyvale which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Columbia a good middle school?

Columbia Middle scores higher than 64 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 64th percentile, Solid, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 9 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 10 in 100 at the average Sunnyvale middle school. 4.2% of students (30 of 708) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. Evidence ↓

More questions (3)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, below what the state expected; in math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored −6 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Moderate. In math, they scored +16 points, which it calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 616 students in English, 617 in math

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 27% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Columbia Middle in Sunnyvale scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. 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 English; near it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 39% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 36% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 664 in English, 661 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 6–8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English, 1,254,800 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 664 tested

Advanced
14%
Proficient
25%
Below the standard
61%
This school39%
California49%
Sunnyvale54%

39% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 661 tested

Advanced
22%
Proficient
14%
Below the standard
64%
This school36%
California37%
Sunnyvale51%

36% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 6–8 · every level, with tested counts

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 Advanced40%39%39%
Advanced16%12%15%
Proficient24%27%24%
Developing level25%27%25%
Minimal35%34%36%
Tested217217230
California48%51%49%
Difference−8−12−10

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 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced34%35%38%
Advanced20%21%24%
Proficient14%14%14%
Developing level27%24%25%
Minimal39%41%37%
Tested215216230
California37%38%36%
Difference−3−3+2

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 →

School pattern · grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · What patterns mean

Grade-to-grade gainsFrom grade 6 in spring 2024 to grade 8 in spring 2026, results here rose more than at the average California middle school. Students move in and out, so these are partly different children. The Score factors record below gives the figure.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English stayed at 39% and math went from 32% to 36%.

English · top two levels · grades 6–8

202539%661 tested
→
202639%664 tested

This school

California, same grades49% → 49%2025 → 2026 · 1,266,619 → 1,254,039 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 6–8

202532%676 tested
→
202636%661 tested

This school

California, same grades36% → 37%2025 → 2026 · 1,272,526 → 1,254,800 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, below what the state expected; in math, yes. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored −6 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Moderate. In math, they scored +16 points, which it calls Accelerated.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 616 in English, 617 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 6–8 · 2025 · 616 students in English, 617 in math, with scores in both years

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

−6 pts

English

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

+16 pts

Math

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth 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 6–8 · This school14%25%26%35%664
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Sunnyvale27%27%19%27%1,703
Math, grades 6–8 · This school22%14%25%39%661
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Sunnyvale38%13%18%31%1,712

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 been below California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 6–8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202639%49%
Math top two levels, grades 6–8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202636%37%

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

In grades 6–8, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 35% in 2017 to 39% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. In math, it went from 27% in 2017 to 36% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201735%
725 tested		48%
1,377,836 tested
201842%
738 tested		49%
1,391,379 tested
201940%
769 tested		50%
1,390,416 tested
202238%
564 tested		47%
1,277,584 tested
202338%
557 tested		46%
1,267,562 tested
202439%
636 tested		46%
1,269,432 tested
202539%
661 tested		49%
1,266,619 tested
202639%
664 tested		49%
1,254,039 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201727%
734 tested		37%
1,383,609 tested
201827%
742 tested		37%
1,394,516 tested
201925%
774 tested		38%
1,394,239 tested
202228%
572 tested		31%
1,279,506 tested
202325%
583 tested		32%
1,272,024 tested
202426%
647 tested		33%
1,277,570 tested
202532%
676 tested		36%
1,272,526 tested
202636%
661 tested		37%
1,254,800 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 6 points below that expected score, and in math 16 points above 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.

What you can do

Who can act on Columbia’s results?

Sunnyvale’s board decides Columbia’s plan.

The state hasn’t placed Columbia 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?

Sunnyvale’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 Sunnyvale’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

9 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. 4.2% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Context Close to the 10 in 100 at the average Sunnyvale middle school: a pattern across the district.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 64 of 701 students counted for it; suspension: 30 of 708 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 Sunnyvale middle school 4.5%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

9 in 100This school
10 in 100At the average Sunnyvale middle school
18 in 100At the average California middle school

64 of 701 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

4.2%

of students were suspended at least once (30 of 708). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grade 6: 7 in 100, 16 of 227
  • Grades 7–8: 10 in 100, 48 of 474
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Columbia

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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Teach here? Tell us Sunnyvale’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

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

Student groups, grades 6–8, spring 2026

24% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. Low-income and Filipino students and English learners also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 6–8; 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).
ColumbiaSame group, California
  • Two or more races32 tested69%Same group, California 63%
  • Asian57 tested68%Same group, California 75%
  • Filipino66 tested56%Same group, California 74%
  • White91 tested54%Same group, California 62%
  • Low-income322 tested27%Same group, California 39%
  • Hispanic or Latino374 tested24%Same group, California 39%
  • Students with disabilities101 tested8%Same group, California 14%
  • English learners171 tested2%Same group, California 7%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 4% to 70%; every value is in the table below. Students of two or more races: grades 7 and 8 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 56%2. White: 13%3. Filipino: 9%4. Asian: 9%5. Two or more races: 7%6. American Indian or Alaska Native: 2%7. Pacific Islander: 2%Unallocated share: 2%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino56%
  2. White13%
  3. Filipino9%
  4. Asian9%
  5. Two or more races7%
  6. American Indian or Alaska Native2%
  7. Pacific Islander2%
  8. Black or African American—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share2%
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?

51% 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 · 85 of 168 English learners51%
Sunnyvale · 608 of 1,18851%
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?

30%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 211 of 697. California: 63%.

42teachers, 2024–25

12 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

10%in their first year, 2024–25

89%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there in English for Hispanic or Latino students and other student groups, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Sunnyvalevs California
Low-income · 322 tested in English, 320 in math
English27%−633%−1239%
Math21%−526%−526%
Hispanic or Latino · 374 tested in English, 371 in math
English24%024%−1539%
Math19%+118%−625%
White · 91 tested
English54%−1771%−862%
Math56%−1773%+650%
Filipino · 66 tested
English56%−460%−1874%
Math52%052%−860%
Asian · 57 tested
English68%−1583%−775%
Math70%−1282%−171%
Two or more races · 32 tested · grades 7 and 8 only
English69%−1180%+663%
Math66%−975%+1650%
English learners · 171 tested in English, 169 in math
English2%−24%−57%
Math4%−37%−37%
Students with disabilities · 101 tested in English, 100 in math
English8%−19%−614%
Math7%−29%−310%

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

No published rate here for Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students 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 Latino56%
White13%
Filipino9%
Asian9%
Two or more races7%
American Indian or Alaska Native2%
Pacific Islander2%
Black or African American—
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: 89% of teaching positions, 33.4 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 37.8 total position FTE (FTEs as rounded by the source; the share is CDE’s own). This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Columbia, and how do I get in?

  1. Elementary
    San Miguel Elementary
    48th · Developing · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Columbia Middle
    Grades 6–8
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

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

  • San Miguel Elementary

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

    48th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

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

  • Bishop Elementary

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

    71st percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

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

  • Lakewood Elementary

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

    58th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

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

  • Fairwood Elementary

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

    84th percentile · Strong · 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).

How do I get in?

Ask Sunnyvale which school serves your address.

School website: columbia.sesd.org ↗Office: (408) 522-8247Administrator: Daniel Poo

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
739 Morse Avenue, Sunnyvale 94085

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

Questions for your visit

  1. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 61% in English and 64% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (664 tested in English, 661 in math); California: 51% and 63%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  3. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working? 2% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (171 students tested); the same group across California: 7%
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  5. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (408) 522-8247739 Morse Avenue, 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 #904 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math18%5042%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math38%4823%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+61 scale-score pts6720%
Chronically absent9 in 100625%
Suspension rate4.2% (30 of 708)485%
English learners: top level11%365%

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
2025–264464#904California 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 1005.3% (44 of 835)0
2021–22not on filenot on file+12
2022–23not on filenot on file+8
2023–245 in 1004.5% (32 of 704)−2
2024–257 in 1006.8% (49 of 720)−3
2025–269 in 1004.2% (30 of 708)+1

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 · English66414%39%
2026 · Math66122%36%
2025 · English66111%39%
2025 · Math67617%32%
2024 · English63611%39%
2024 · Math64716%26%
2023 · English55710%38%
2023 · Math58316%25%
2022 · English56411%38%
2022 · Math57216%28%
2019 · English76911%40%
2019 · Math77410%25%
2018 · English73812%42%
2018 · Math74213%27%
2017 · English72511%35%
2017 · Math73414%27%

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 · English21040%
2025 · Grade 7 · English23241%
2025 · Grade 8 · English21937%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math21532%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math23834%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math22330%
2024 · Grade 6 · English22339%
2024 · Grade 7 · English21643%
2024 · Grade 8 · English19733%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math22824%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math22029%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math19926%
2023 · Grade 6 · English20034%
2023 · Grade 7 · English16838%
2023 · Grade 8 · English18942%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math20821%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math17725%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math19830%
2022 · Grade 6 · English17829%
2022 · Grade 7 · English18641%
2022 · Grade 8 · English20042%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math18120%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math18931%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math20231%
2019 · Grade 6 · English23835%
2019 · Grade 7 · English26545%
2019 · Grade 8 · English26641%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math23927%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math27027%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math26521%
2018 · Grade 6 · English26840%
2018 · Grade 7 · English27143%
2018 · Grade 8 · English19942%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math26928%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math27225%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math20127%
2017 · Grade 6 · English28229%
2017 · Grade 7 · English19537%
2017 · Grade 8 · English24840%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math28528%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math19726%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math25225%

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
Schoolwide23318%16%52%13%

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-income32227%−6−12
Hispanic or Latino37424%0−15
English learners1712%−2−5
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−6616Moderate+16617Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino−10329Moderate+12330Accelerated
Low-income−9267Moderate+7268Accelerated
English learners−16264Moderate+6265Accelerated
English-only students−1252not categorized+20252not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−10142not categorized+16142not categorized
English learners only−19122not categorized−5123not categorized
White−6103Moderate+17103Accelerated
Students with disabilities−1398Moderate+198Average
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−1182Moderate+582Accelerated
Filipino+458Average+2658Exceptional
Asian−148Average+2748Exceptional
Two or more races−143Average+1643Accelerated
American Indian or Alaska Native+120Average020Average
Pacific Islander−313Average−1413Moderate
Homeless−3812Minimal+1112Accelerated

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
14%
exceeded standard · 39% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 223 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
15%
Advanced · 39% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 230 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 226 (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−6 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

616 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −6 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+16 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

617 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +16 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, 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 · 7 in 100 → 2025–26 · 9 in 100 · +2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 6.8% (49 of 720) → 2025–26 · 4.2% (30 of 708) · −2.6 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female5 in 10010 in 100+5 in 100
Male8 in 1009 in 100+1 in 100
Asian3 in 1003 in 1000 in 100
Black or African American5 in 100——
Filipino3 in 1004 in 100+1 in 100
Hispanic or Latino9 in 10011 in 100+2 in 100
American Indian or Alaska Native0 in 1000 in 1000 in 100
Pacific Islander7 in 10014 in 100+7 in 100
Two or more races12 in 10011 in 100−1 in 100
White5 in 10010 in 100+5 in 100
Students with disabilities14 in 10012 in 100−2 in 100
English learners6 in 10011 in 100+5 in 100
Low-income8 in 10012 in 100+4 in 100
All students7 in 1009 in 100+2 in 100
Homeless—14 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$17,765 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 5,950 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$864 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 697

Central federal expenditures attributed here$695 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 697

District current expense · FY 2024–25$27,179 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 64%Instruction support 14%Student services 8%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 7%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$94,984,86863.56%64%
Instruction support$21,388,54014.31%14%
Student services$11,221,3737.51%8%
Administration$11,200,6717.50%7%
Buildings & maintenance$10,619,9127.11%7%
Total$149,435,313100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $149,435,313 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$17,765 per pupil
2020$16,562 per pupil
2019$15,758 per pupil
2018$14,530 per pupil
2017$13,572 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 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.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 94085 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94085 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$192,417
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)65%
ZIP-area population24,024
Median age33.0 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 94085 →

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