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Cupertino Middle

Q: Is Cupertino Middle a good middle school?

Cupertino Middle is in the 98th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 85 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Cupertino Middle was well above California in English and math: 80% and 77% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

Q: What are Cupertino Middle's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 80% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 77% the math standard; 48% and 65% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 1,050 students were tested in English and 1,061 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

Q: How does Cupertino Middle rank in California?

Cupertino Middle is in the 98th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Strong, 2025). Cupertino Middle ranks #32 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2023 G6 → 2025 G8), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

Q: Is Cupertino Middle getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Cupertino Middle's grade 6 results in 2023 with its grade 8 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 91st percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.

Q: What do attendance and suspension records show for Cupertino Middle?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 6.7% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 74 chronically absent of 1,104 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 1.0%; 11 unduplicated suspended students of 1,120 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 6.9%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 1.0%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

Q: How does Cupertino Middle compare to other schools in Sunnyvale?

Cupertino Middle is in the 98th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 1,067 students. Use the schools in Sunnyvale page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

Sunnyvale · 6–8 · 1,067 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score

85 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
Not a grade or a test result.

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Well above California in English and math: 80% and 77% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. Source

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8: 1,050 in English, 1,061 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,266,619 in English and 1,272,526 in math tested).

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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 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 48%
Met standard: 32%
Below standard: 20%

80% met or exceeded · 1,050 tested

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Level	Here	California	Cupertino Union
Exceeded	48%	19%	56%
Met	32%	30%	30%
Nearly met	11%	23%	8%
Not met	9%	28%	6%

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 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 65%
Met standard: 12%
Below standard: 23%

77% met or exceeded · 1,061 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Cupertino Union
Exceeded	65%	20%	74%
Met	12%	16%	11%
Nearly met	12%	23%	9%
Not met	11%	41%	6%

What these tests tell you · what to ask

Read English and math separately, then look at progress and the courses students can take.

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Things worth knowing

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48% in English and 65% in math reached the top of the state’s four levels, against 19% and 20% across California in the same grades.grades 6–8 · spring 2025

48%English · exceeded the standard65%Math · exceeded the standard

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8: 1,050 in English, 1,061 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,266,619 in English and 1,272,526 in math tested).

74 of 1,104 students missed 10% or more of school days, close to the average Cupertino Union school.2024–25

7 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2024–25
Students: all students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 1,104
Comparison: 74 of 1,104. District and California figures are averages of school rates (6 Cupertino Union schools; 2,175 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Low-income students here (226 tested in English, 228 in math, grades 6–8, spring 2025) met or exceeded the standard far more often than low-income students across California in the same grades (38% and 24%).grades 6–8 · spring 2025

56%English · met or exceeded47%Math · met or exceeded

Source: CDE CAASPP research file, spring 2025
Students: low-income students (CDE: “socioeconomically disadvantaged”) in grades 6–8: 226 in English, 228 in math
Comparison: California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s statewide rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation). Both gaps are more than twice the margin of error for 226 students in English and 228 in math.

Comparisons & progress

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

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school80%

California49%

Tested: 1,050 here · 1,266,619 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school80%

Cupertino Union86%

Tested: 1,050 here · 4,595 in Cupertino Union. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 6 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Cupertino Union
Exceeded	48%	19%	56%
Met	32%	30%	30%
Nearly met	11%	23%	8%
Not met	9%	28%	6%

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school77%

California36%

Tested: 1,061 here · 1,272,526 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school77%

Cupertino Union85%

Tested: 1,061 here · 4,667 in Cupertino Union. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 6 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Cupertino Union
Exceeded	65%	20%	74%
Met	12%	16%	11%
Nearly met	12%	23%	9%
Not met	11%	41%	6%

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

201981%1,323 tested

→

202580%1,050 tested

Cupertino

California, same grades50% → 49%2019 → 2025 · 1,390,416 → 1,266,619 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

201982%1,332 tested

→

202577%1,061 tested

Cupertino

California, same grades38% → 36%2019 → 2025 · 1,394,239 → 1,272,526 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

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English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grades 6–8

CupertinoCalifornia

0%50%100%201920222025No comparable state tests (COVID)80%49%

Math met or exceeded, grades 6–8

CupertinoCalifornia

0%50%100%201920222025No comparable state tests (COVID)77%36%

Dotted stretches cross years without comparable results; in 2020 and 2021 that was COVID.

English went from 81% in 2019 to 80% in 2025. Math went from 82% in 2019 to 77% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	Cupertino	California
2019	81% 1,323 tested	50% 1,390,416 tested
2022	78% 1,035 tested	47% 1,277,584 tested
2023	80% 1,053 tested	46% 1,267,562 tested
2024	82% 1,087 tested	46% 1,269,432 tested
2025	80% 1,050 tested	49% 1,266,619 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	Cupertino	California
2019	82% 1,332 tested	38% 1,394,239 tested
2022	74% 1,049 tested	31% 1,279,506 tested
2023	76% 1,075 tested	32% 1,272,024 tested
2024	78% 1,101 tested	33% 1,277,570 tested
2025	77% 1,061 tested	36% 1,272,526 tested

The state’s growth measure944 students in English, 945 in math · grades 6–8 · 2025

English+2ptsCDE level: Average (3 of 5)

Math+31ptsCDE level: Exceptional (5 of 5)

What the number means. California predicts each student’s score from that student’s own English and math scores the year before, based on how students with similar scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as predicted. In English they scored 2 points above that prediction, and in math 31 points above it.

The levels. CDE sorts every school’s result into five levels, from Minimal to Exceptional. The bar under each number shows where this school landed.

Two years at once. For most schools, this one included, CDE’s figure blends the two most recent years of growth, so it moves more slowly than a single year’s scores.

Why our growth can differ. The growth in our Scope Score asks a different question. It doesn’t follow individual students: it compares the latest grade 8 scores here with the school’s grade 6 scores two years earlier, and places that change among California schools at the same level. Children who joined or left the school in between count in ours; the state’s counts only students who took California’s test the year before. So the two can point different ways.

School pattern, spring 2025High CeilingThe average Exceeded rate across the reported grades and subjects is at least 50%.

School pattern, spring 2025Growth EngineThe school’s aggregate cohort-change index clears our stronger-gains threshold. This is a school-level comparison across years, not tracking of individual children.

School pattern, spring 2025Strong All-AroundAt least half of students met or exceeded the standard in every tested grade, in both subjects, and the state’s growth measure was Average or above in both.

Ask: Math is lower than in 2019 here (82% to 77%) and across California (38% to 36%). How does the school check what’s working in math?

Life at school

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What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

7 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

6in 100 at the average Cupertino Union school18in 100 at the average California middle school

74 of 1,104 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school7 in 100

at the average Cupertino Union school6 in 100

at the average California middle school18 in 100

1.0%of students were suspended at least once (11 of 1,120), 2024–25

1.1%at the average Cupertino Union school3.5%at the average California middle school

Attendance by grade

Chronically absent, 2024–25	Per 100 students	Students
Grades 4–6	7	25 of 343
Grades 7–8	6	49 of 761

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

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How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

226 English · 228 math tested

English56% / 38%

Math47% / 24%

Asian

560 English · 563 math tested

English88% / 76%

Math88% / 70%

White

256 English · 262 math tested

English82% / 61%

Math81% / 49%

Hispanic or Latino

122 English · 123 math tested

English43% / 38%

Math28% / 24%

Two or more races

83 tested per subject

English87% / 62%

Math80% / 49%

English learners

121 English · 131 math tested

English22% / 7%

Math27% / 6%

Students with disabilities

76 English · 77 math tested

English34% / 14%

Math26% / 10%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Met or exceeded the standardgrades 6–8 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Cupertino Union	vs California
Low-income · 226 tested in English, 228 in math
English	56%	−1066%	+1838%
Math	47%	−1663%	+2324%
Asian · 560 tested in English, 563 in math
English	88%	−391%	+1276%
Math	88%	−492%	+1870%
White · 256 tested in English, 262 in math
English	82%	+181%	+2161%
Math	81%	081%	+3249%
Hispanic or Latino · 122 tested in English, 123 in math
English	43%	−245%	+538%
Math	28%	−432%	+424%
Two or more races · 83 tested
English	87%	−390%	+2562%
Math	80%	−787%	+3149%
English learners · 121 tested in English, 131 in math
English	22%	−527%	+157%
Math	27%	−1946%	+216%
Students with disabilities · 76 tested in English, 77 in math
English	34%	−438%	+2014%
Math	26%	−1238%	+1610%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Cupertino Union, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind statewide does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, 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.

Low-income students, English learners and students with disabilities here did far better than the same groups statewide.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Cupertino Middle in Sunnyvale, 56.2% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 6, 7 and 8, compared to 66.1% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. Cupertino Middle’s rate for low-income students trails its district average by 9.9 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (46.9% met or exceeded the Math standard); Asian students (88.0% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 59.4 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 227 ELA grade test records.

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Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

Asian53%
White25%
Hispanic or Latino12%
Two or more races5%
Not reported3%
Filipino2%
Black or African American—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
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
Asian	53%
White	25%
Hispanic or Latino	12%
Two or more races	5%
Not reported	3%
Filipino	2%
Black or African American	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About 1 in 5 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (21%, 223 of 1,067). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers60

Average experience13 years

First-year teachers2%

90% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 90.14%: 49.2 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 54.6 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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ElementaryStevens Creek ElementaryNearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
MiddleCupertino MiddleThis campus · grades 6-8
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Elementary links

Stevens Creek Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
97th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
West Valley Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
98th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
Montclaire Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
98th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025

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Math is lower than in 2019 here (82% to 77%) and across California (38% to 36%). 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?

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Schools to explore

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Nearby middle schoolsStatewide percentile

Sunnyvale Middle1.4 mi89thStrong
John F. Kennedy Middle1.9 mi99thStrong
Sam H. Lawson Middle2.0 mi99thStrong

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar middle schools2025 statewide percentile

Black Mountain MiddlePoway Unified · 1,077 enrolled · 20.7% meal eligibility89thStrong
Muirlands MiddleSan Diego Unified · 742 enrolled · 20.6% meal eligibility94thStrong
Camerado Springs MiddleBuckeye Union Elementary · 536 enrolled · 20.5% meal eligibility79thStrong
Talbert (Samuel E.) MiddleFountain Valley Elementary · 690 enrolled · 21.3% meal eligibility88thStrong
Sutter MiddleFolsom-Cordova Unified · 1,628 enrolled · 21.4% meal eligibility90thStrong
Miller Creek MiddleMiller Creek Elementary · 620 enrolled · 20.3% meal eligibility86thStrong

How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 12.9–28.9% meal eligibility and 534–2,134 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Cupertino Middle a good middle school?

Cupertino Middle is in the 98th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 85 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Cupertino Middle was well above California in English and math: 80% and 77% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Cupertino Middle's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 80% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 77% the math standard; 48% and 65% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 1,050 students were tested in English and 1,061 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Cupertino Middle rank in California?

Cupertino Middle is in the 98th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Strong, 2025). Cupertino Middle ranks #32 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2023 G6 → 2025 G8), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

Is Cupertino Middle getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Cupertino Middle's grade 6 results in 2023 with its grade 8 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 91st percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.

What do attendance and suspension records show for Cupertino Middle?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 6.7% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 74 chronically absent of 1,104 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 1.0%; 11 unduplicated suspended students of 1,120 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 6.9%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 1.0%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

How does Cupertino Middle compare to other schools in Sunnyvale?

Cupertino Middle is in the 98th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 1,067 students. Use the schools in Sunnyvale page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Cupertino Middle?

Source records

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Available score factors, grade-level results, student-group measures, and nearby-school context, with source details.

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Cupertino Middle is ranked #32 statewide · #4 of 6 in Cupertino Union.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	56.3%	17.2%	42%
Met or exceeded	78.7%	40.0%	23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)	Strong	average	20%
Chronic absenteeism	6.9%	18.1%	5%
Suspension rate	1.0%	3.6%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	47.0%	17.8%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↑ vs CA 17.2% · index 94 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↑ vs CA 40.0% · index 82 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8): ↑ vs CA average · ≈91st calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 66 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 0.6pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate: ↑ vs CA 3.6% · index 61 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 0.9pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 86 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

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

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.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 6	322	45%	31%	11%	12%	76%	+30
Grade 7	362	49%	30%	13%	8%	79%	+31
Grade 8	366	51%	34%	7%	7%	86%	+39

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

State grade 6 ELA equal-school mean: 46.1%; n=4084 reporting schools

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+	+/CA
Grade 6	326	58%	14%	14%	14%	72%	+37
Grade 7	366	65%	14%	13%	8%	78%	+45
Grade 8	369	70%	11%	8%	10%	82%	+50

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

State grade 6 Math equal-school mean: 34.5%; n=4086 reporting schools

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 6 · ELA	355	79.2%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA	367	83.7%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA	365	83.3%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	357	75.3%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	370	84.0%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	374	75.1%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA	367	80.9%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA	374	81.5%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA	312	76.3%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	374	81.0%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	380	76.6%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	321	68.8%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA	373	75.9%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA	317	76.0%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA	345	81.2%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	380	75.8%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	320	71.3%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	349	75.4%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA	452	77.4%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA	457	82.1%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA	414	85.0%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	458	77.5%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	458	84.5%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	416	82.9%

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	370	50%	28%	20%	2%

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.

Subgroup · ELA	Tested	MET+	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	227	56.2%	−10	+18
Asian	560	88.0%	−3	+12
White	256	81.6%	+1	+20

Nearest middle schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 6 vs grade 8, this year, different students; Cohort growth = school-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights

School	Dist	Scope · percentile · band	EXC	MET+	Grade gap	Cohort growth	Susp
Cupertino Middle ←	—	8598th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	56.3%	78.7%	+9.6pp	+60 pts	1.0%
Sunnyvale Middle	1.4 mi	6289th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	42.9%	63.6%	+2.0pp	—	4.2%
John F. Kennedy Middle	1.9 mi	8799th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	70.8%	90.9%	−1.1pp	—	0.2%
Sam H. Lawson Middle	2 mi	9599th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	64.4%	87.7%	+6.0pp	—	0.4%
California average	—	39School average · no percentile	17.2%	40.0%	+1.5pp	—	3.6%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.9%

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$79,336 – $150,441

Average elementary principal salary$204,549

Average middle school principal salary$215,473

Superintendent salary$385,579

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.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2019	86/100	98	#35	California comprehensive middle schools · 1,953 schools
2022	87/100	98	#34	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,113 schools
2023	88/100	98	#32	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,125 schools
2024	87/100	98	#22	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,152 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

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 · 7.3% → 2025 · 6.7% · −0.6pp
Suspension rate2024 · 1.9% → 2025 · 1.0% · −0.9pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	1,050	48.5%	80.4%
2025 · Math	1,061	64.6%	77.5%
2024 · ELA	1,087	51.3%	82.1%
2024 · Math	1,101	63.2%	78.2%
2023 · ELA	1,053	48.0%	79.8%
2023 · Math	1,075	60.4%	75.8%
2022 · ELA	1,035	45.2%	77.7%
2022 · Math	1,049	59.5%	74.3%
2019 · ELA	1,323	45.4%	81.4%
2019 · Math	1,332	64.3%	81.6%

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.

Year	Scope	Pctile	Rank	Exc	Met+	Absent	Susp	Grade gap
2019	—	—	—	54.9%	81.6%	3.5%	1.7%	+6.5pp
2022	—	—	—	52.2%	75.9%	6.7%	0.6%	+2.4pp
2023	—	—	—	54.0%	77.5%	7.7%	2.2%	-8.4pp
2024	—	—	—	57.2%	80.1%	7.5%	1.9%	+2.0pp
2025	85	98	#32	56.3%	78.7%	6.9%	1.0%	+9.6pp

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

Grade gap = this year's grade 6 vs grade 8 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.

NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD

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	Δ
Female	4.7%	7.1%	+2.4pp
Male	2.2%	6.3%	+4.1pp
Asian	1.7%	4.3%	+2.6pp
Black/African American	21.4%	—	—
Filipino	7.4%	19.0%	+11.6pp
Hispanic/Latino	9.8%	15.4%	+5.6pp
Two or More Races	2.7%	1.9%	-0.8pp
White	3.7%	5.5%	+1.8pp
Students with Disabilities	9.6%	20.6%	+11.0pp
English Learners	5.1%	9.9%	+4.8pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	7.4%	12.0%	+4.6pp
All Students	3.4%	6.7%	+3.3pp

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	+2	944	Average	+31	945	Exceptional
Asian	+2	498	Average	+40	498	Exceptional
English Only	+3	374	not categorised	+29	374	not categorised
White	+4	233	Average	+31	232	Exceptional
English Learner	+2	215	Average	+19	216	Accelerated
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	+1	196	Average	+12	198	Accelerated
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	−1	136	not categorised	+24	137	not categorised
Hispanic or Latino	−2	107	Average	+4	109	Average
English Learners Only	+4	79	not categorised	+12	79	not categorised
Students with Disabilities	−1	77	Average	+17	77	Accelerated
Two or More Races	+12	48	Accelerated	+33	48	Exceptional
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)	+7	43	Accelerated	−2	43	Average
Filipino	+1	18	Average	+18	18	Accelerated

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-Term English Learner counts cover grades 6-8 only (CDE), so that row is not comparable to the All Students row. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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. 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

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2023 · Grade 6

51%

exceeded standard · 81% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2023 · 367 ELA test records with scores

ELA · 2025 · Grade 8

51%

exceeded standard · 86% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2025 · 366 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 368 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe ELA 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 ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

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

944 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

52nd pctile · +2 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

945 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

98th pctile · +31 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$12,354 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 15,663 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 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,067

Central federal expenditures attributed here$250 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,067

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,567 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.

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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 65%Instruction support 12%Student services 7%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 9%

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$12,354 per pupil

2020$11,995 per pupil

2019$12,291 per pupil

2018$11,257 per pupil

2017$10,574 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 94087

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 94087
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$207,742
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	77.73%
ZCTA population	57,767
Median age	37.9 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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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,177 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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