Public school with a magnet program · San Diego Unified

Creative Performing and Media Arts — Rating & test scores

5050 Conrad Avenue, San Diego · 614 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 69

Needs SupportScope Score · 16th percentile. Higher than 16 in 100 of the 2,529 California public middle schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 35% and 15% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 49% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 465 in English, 466 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).

Overview

Is this school a good middle school?

Needs Support. Creative Performing and Media Arts is lower than most California middle schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced2835%
Math, Proficient or Advanced1515%
English, Advanced3911%
Math, Advanced165%

Progress in a year, 2025

English12−13 pts
Math8−19 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance2922 in 100
Creative Performing and Media Arts’s place among California middle schools, out of 100San Diego Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

2.0% of students (11 of 544) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Each bar is Creative Performing and Media Arts’s place among 2,529 California public middle schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 6–8. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 544. District and California figures are averages of school rates (57 San Diego Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does this school say about itself?

These lines come from the school’s own website. They are the school’s description. They are not parent reviews or test results.

“At CPMA, every classroom will be alive with collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and communication in order to develop student skills as artists and scholars, and to foster high achievement in both the arts and academics, preparing them for opportunities in the arts and academics at the high school level.”
cpma.sandiegounified.org (opens in a new tab), read November 12, 2026

Every line here is from cpma.sandiegounified.org, read November 12, 2026.

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 13 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 19 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−13

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income406−16 points
Hispanic or Latino295−15 points
English learners114−18 points
Students with disabilities98−21 points
White73−1 points

Math

−19

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income406−19 points
Hispanic or Latino296−19 points
English learners114−19 points
Students with disabilities97−13 points
White71−19 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 507 students with scores in both years. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

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 13 points below that expected score, and in math 19 points below 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.

SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 27th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

7 of the 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Creative Performing and Media Arts. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 4.9 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Pacific BeachNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8485th
  2. StandleyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8282nd
  3. MarstonNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8073rd
  4. InnovationNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7446th
  5. TaftNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7441st
  6. FarbNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7338th
  7. MontgomeryNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7232nd
  8. Creative Performing and Media ArtsScope Score 6916th
San Diego Unified

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%75%0%25%50%75%100%

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does this school compare with schools like it?

Creative Performing and Media Arts’s Scope Score is 69. 472 California middle schools, counting Creative Performing and Media Arts, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 72. Creative Performing and Media Arts’s result is higher than 112 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 472

  1. Students from low-income families: 76%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 71%

    Scope Score 94Strong · 98th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 75%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

472 California public middle schools where 71% to 83% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public middle school we score where 71% to 83% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Creative Performing and Media Arts’s share. The count includes Creative Performing and Media Arts. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 38% to 35% and math from 19% to 15%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 6–8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202654%41%53%San Diego UnifiedDistrict49%CaliforniaCalifornia35%Creative Performing and Media ArtsThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202641%26%41%San Diego UnifiedDistrict37%CaliforniaCalifornia15%Creative Performing and Media ArtsThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. San Diego Unified’s line combines its 56 middle schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. San Diego Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringCreative Performing and Media ArtsSan Diego UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201741%54%48%928
201841%53%49%921
201945%55%50%849
202240%50%47%665
202337%50%46%636
202432%51%46%576
202538%54%49%539
202635%53%49%465
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringCreative Performing and Media ArtsSan Diego UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201726%41%37%922
201826%42%37%912
201932%44%38%840
202221%35%31%660
202318%38%32%644
202416%39%33%583
202519%40%36%539
202615%41%37%466

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

35%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

40252411
San Diego Unified52%California49%

Math

15%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

533210
San Diego Unified40%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 35% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 15% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Grade 7 stands apart in English: 46% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 35% across grades 6–8 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class.

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 20 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 12 points across California. The grades 6–8 cards above give each subject’s share.

Results for each grade, spring 2026

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 Advanced30%46%29%
Advanced9%15%8%
Proficient21%31%21%
Developing level31%17%28%
Minimal39%37%43%
Tested139157169
California48%51%49%
Difference−18−5−20

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 Advanced14%17%14%
Advanced5%4%6%
Proficient9%13%8%
Developing level32%39%25%
Minimal54%44%61%
Tested138158170
California37%38%36%
Difference−23−21−22

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.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school11%24%25%40%465
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · San Diego Unified21%31%22%26%23,703
Math, grades 6–8 · This school5%10%32%53%466
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · San Diego Unified23%17%24%36%23,742

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 465 tested in English, 466 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 57% of students. 118 of 537 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

22in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (118 of 537 students).

At the average San Diego Unified middle school: 16 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 2.0% of students were suspended at least once (11 of 544). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

614

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 57%White 18%Black or African American 9%Two or more races 8%Asian 6%

Family income

77%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 475 of 614. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

40

teachers, with 13 years of experience on average.

2% were in their first year.

93% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

69%

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 (29 of 42 students).

San Diego Unified: 44%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grade 6
21 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (34 of 164).
Grades 7–8
23 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (84 of 373).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino57%
White18%
Black or African American9%
Two or more races8%
Asian6%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 42.6 of 45.8 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Five student groups scored well below the same groups across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • White74 tested30%California 50%
  • Low-income377 tested12%California 26%
  • Black or African American39 tested10%California 20%
  • Two or more races30 tested10%California 50%
  • Hispanic or Latino271 tested10%California 25%
  • Students with disabilities106 tested6%California 10%
  • Homeless52 tested4%California 17%

12% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 26% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino, White and homeless students and students of two or more races also scored well below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 math, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs San Diego Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 376 tested in English, 377 in math
English30%−939%−939%
Math12%−1527%−1426%
Hispanic or Latino · 271 tested
English28%−1038%−1139%
Math10%−1525%−1525%
White · 73 tested in English, 74 in math
English56%−1672%−662%
Math30%−3262%−2050%
Black or African American · 39 tested · grades 7 and 8 only
English24%−630%−1034%
Math10%−717%−1020%
Two or more races · 30 tested · grades 7 and 8 only
English37%−2865%−2663%
Math10%−4454%−4050%
Students with disabilities · 106 tested
English13%−619%−114%
Math6%−713%−410%
Homeless · 52 tested
English16%−824%−1127%
Math4%−1014%−1317%

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

Asian students: fewer than 30 tested here. English learners, 39 tested: no rate for grade 8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families and staff can answer a short set of questions about Creative Performing and Media Arts. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Staff answers show once 5 people have answered.Until then this page shows no staff answers.
  2. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  3. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  4. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.
  5. Staff confirm a work email.Staff answers come only from people who confirmed an email address at San Diego Unified.

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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  • Would you send your own child to this school?Yes · Maybe · No
  • Do you plan to work at this school next year?Yes · Not sure · No
  • Do you have the materials and supplies you need to teach?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • And 5 more questions.

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Money

Where does the money go?

$25,284 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. San Diego Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $505 million.

$25,284

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$18,281
The school’s share of district office costs
$7,003
Of the total, from federal funds
$3,608
  • Creative Performing and Media Arts$25,284
  • San Diego Unified middle schools$20,087
  • California middle schools$19,269

The district and California figures combine their middle schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 1,241 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

San Diego Unified’s yearly plan

$505million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$186million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 5 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $505 million of $2.0 billion in total budgeted spending. Source: San Diego Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around this school like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 92117. They are not figures for the families at Creative Performing and Media Arts.

Typical household income in a year

$103,661

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 92117.

Typical home value
$981,200
People who live in this ZIP code
52,275
Typical age
39.5 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
52%

What you can do

Who can act on this school’s results?

The state took Creative Performing and Media Arts out of extra targeted support; San Diego Unified’s board decides its plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

What has the state flagged?

The state took the school off the list for 2025–26. The school was on the list in 2024–25.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving San Diego Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for San Diego Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 8 questions to Creative Performing and Media Arts. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?22 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (118 of 537 students); average San Diego Unified middle school: 16 in 100
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?19 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (507 students)
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?
  5. How does this approach show up in an ordinary lesson?From its own words, on how it teaches.
  6. Which grades take part in these programs, and how often?From its own words, on programs.

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after this school, and how do I get in?

Ask San Diego Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Hawthorne Elementary
    Scope Score 82Strong · 78th percentile · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  2. Middle · this school
    Creative Performing and Media Arts
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 69Needs Support · 16th percentile
  3. High
    Madison High
    Scope Score 74Developing · 42nd percentile · 2025Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school 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

  • Hawthorne Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 82 · Strong · 78th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Sequoia Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 77 · Solid · 59th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Lafayette Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 72 · Developing · 31st percentile · elementary · 2026

High-school links

  • Madison High

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 74 · Developing · 42nd percentile · high · 2025

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.

Where the path ends: Madison High
Madison HighScope Score 74 · Developing · 42nd percentile · 2025estimated path

The road from this school ends at Madison High. UC records 12 enrollees from Madison High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 8 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Madison High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 76% of the students who finished high school at Madison High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

12 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 8 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Madison High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is this school?

Address
5050 Conrad Avenue, San Diego 92117Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Andrea Pino AntlAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 8, 2024.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask San Diego Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Creative Performing and Media Arts a good middle school?

Creative Performing and Media Arts has a Scope Score of 69. It scored higher than 16 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 16th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 22 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 16 in 100 at the average San Diego Unified middle school. 2.0% of students (11 of 544) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 13 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 19 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 507 students

See the details ↓

How does grade 7 do in English?

Grade 7 stands apart in English: 46% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 35% across grades 6–8 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class. See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 30% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Creative Performing and Media Arts in San Diego scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,100 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #49 of 57 in San Diego Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math8%3942%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math25%3823%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+30 scale-score pts2720%
Chronically absent22 in 100455%
Suspension rate2.0% (11 of 544)575%
English learners: top level28%595%

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
2025–266916#2100California 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)
2018–1914 in 1005.9% (57 of 958)−7
2021–22not on filenot on file−8
2022–23not on filenot on file+4
2023–2427 in 10015.3% (109 of 714)−5
2024–2528 in 1001.7% (11 of 629)−6
2025–2622 in 1002.0% (11 of 544)−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 · English46511%35%
2026 · Math4665%15%
2025 · English53910%38%
2025 · Math5396%19%
2024 · English5768%32%
2024 · Math5835%16%
2023 · English6369%37%
2023 · Math6446%18%
2022 · English66511%40%
2022 · Math6608%21%
2019 · English84912%45%
2019 · Math84012%32%
2018 · English92112%41%
2018 · Math9129%26%
2017 · English92810%41%
2017 · Math9228%26%

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 · English15839%
2025 · Grade 7 · English18442%
2025 · Grade 8 · English19734%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math15722%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math18520%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math19715%
2024 · Grade 6 · English19632%
2024 · Grade 7 · English20632%
2024 · Grade 8 · English17432%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math19620%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math20818%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math17910%
2023 · Grade 6 · English25435%
2023 · Grade 7 · English18833%
2023 · Grade 8 · English19443%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math26018%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math18921%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math19517%
2022 · Grade 6 · English21541%
2022 · Grade 7 · English21846%
2022 · Grade 8 · English23234%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math21126%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math22021%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math22916%
2019 · Grade 6 · English27342%
2019 · Grade 7 · English31849%
2019 · Grade 8 · English25843%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math27238%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math31535%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math25323%
2018 · Grade 6 · English34143%
2018 · Grade 7 · English28341%
2018 · Grade 8 · English29739%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math33632%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math28230%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math29415%
2017 · Grade 6 · English29644%
2017 · Grade 7 · English31141%
2017 · Grade 8 · English32137%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math29434%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math30725%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math32119%

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
Schoolwide1705%14%61%21%

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-income37630%−9−9
Hispanic or Latino27128%−10−11
Students with disabilities10613%−6−1
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−13507Moderate−19507Moderate
Low-income−16406Moderate−19406Moderate
English-only students−13319not categorized−21319not categorized
Hispanic or Latino−15295Moderate−19296Moderate
English learners−18114Moderate−19114Moderate
Students with disabilities−2198Minimal−1397Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−1376not categorized−1976not categorized
White−173Average−1971Moderate
Black or African American−2960Minimal−2260Minimal
Homeless−2243Minimal−1743Moderate
English learners only−2838not categorized−2238not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−1136Moderate−1336Moderate
Two or more races−1634Moderate−2234Minimal
Asian−631Moderate−731Moderate
Filipino−2713Minimal−3214Minimal

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
11%
exceeded standard · 32% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 196 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
8%
Advanced · 29% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 169 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 170 (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−13 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

507 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −13 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−19 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

507 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −19 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, 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 · 28 in 100 → 2025–26 · 22 in 100 · −6 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.7% (11 of 629) → 2025–26 · 2.0% (11 of 544) · +0.3 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female13 in 10024 in 100+11 in 100
Male16 in 10019 in 100+3 in 100
Asian4 of 486 of 34—
Black or African American22 in 10012 of 51—
Hispanic or Latino12 in 10025 in 100+13 in 100
Two or more races10 of 5511 of 43—
White15 in 10014 of 94—
Students with disabilities23 in 10026 in 100+3 in 100
English learners16 of 9813 of 51—
Homeless9 of 4822 of 60—
Low-income15 in 10025 in 100+10 in 100
All students14 in 10022 in 100+8 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. 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$15,976 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 97,968 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$3,078 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 614

Central federal expenditures attributed here$530 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 614

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,967 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 63%Instruction support 12%Student services 12%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 7%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$1,223,482,46063.42%63%
Instruction support$225,845,21211.71%12%
Student services$233,097,57212.08%12%
Administration$95,033,7834.93%5%
Buildings & maintenance$141,086,5867.31%7%
Other$10,769,2860.56%1%
Total$1,929,314,899100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $1,929,314,899 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$15,976 per pupil
2020$14,540 per pupil
2019$14,457 per pupil
2018$11,416 per pupil
2017$11,708 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 holders2.2%

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 92117 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92117 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$103,661
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)52%
ZIP-area population52,275
Median age39.5 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 92117 →

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