Public school · Cuyama Joint Unified · New Cuyama, California

Cuyama Valley Junior High — Rating & test scores

New Cuyama · 7–8

2300 Highway 166, 93254(661) 766-4104
13thpercentileNeeds Support

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
23

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of four of the six middle school measures.

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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

Near California in English, well below in math: 39% and 0% scored Proficient or Advanced in grade 7, spring 2026, against 51% and 38%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 7: 18
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 7 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 417,246 in English and 417,424 in math tested).

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

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Cuyama Valley Junior High and Cuyama Elementary share this address in the state’s school directory. The California School Campus Database maps the grounds as one campus. Which buildings each school uses here isn’t mapped.

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Only 18 students were tested here in grade 7 in spring 2026, so one student’s result moves each rate by about 6 points.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE CAASPP research file (school rows), spring 2026 (students tested (points per student: 100 ÷ students tested, our arithmetic)).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Cuyama Joint Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Cuyama Valley a good middle school?

Cuyama Valley Junior High scores higher than 13 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 13th percentile, Needs Support, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 4 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 9 in 100 at the average Cuyama Joint Unified middle school. 0 of 28 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. Evidence ↓

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What should I ask on a visit?

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Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

39% of the 18 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English (reading and writing); none did in math.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 7, spring 2026

In grade 7, spring 2026, 39% of the 18 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 51% across California. In math, none did, against 38% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 7: 18
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 7 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 417,246 in English, 417,424 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 7 · spring 2026 · 18 tested

Advanced
0%
Proficient
39%
Below the standard
61%
This school39%
California51%
Cuyama Joint Unified34%

39% Proficient or Advanced in grade 7.

Math

Grade 7 · spring 2026 · 18 tested

Advanced
0%
Proficient
0%
Below the standard
100%
This school0%
California38%
Cuyama Joint Unified9%

0% Proficient or Advanced in grade 7.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 7 and 8 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced39%suppressed
Advanced0%suppressed
Proficient39%suppressed
Developing level22%suppressed
Minimal39%suppressed
Tested1810
California51%49%
Difference−12—

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 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced0%suppressed
Advanced0%suppressed
Proficient0%suppressed
Developing level33%suppressed
Minimal67%suppressed
Tested1810
California38%36%
Difference−38—

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 →

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, grade 7 · This school0%39%22%39%18
English, grade 7 · California19%32%21%28%417,246
English, grade 7 · Cuyama Joint Unified3%31%23%43%35
Math, grade 7 · This school0%0%33%67%18
Math, grade 7 · California21%17%23%39%417,424
Math, grade 7 · Cuyama Joint Unified3%6%25%66%35

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.

Results since 20261 tested year shown

In grade 7, the share at the state’s top two levels in English was 39% in 2026. In math, it was 0% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · Proficient or Advanced · grade 7
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202639%
18 tested		51%
417,246 tested
Math · Proficient or Advanced · grade 7
YearThis schoolCalifornia
20260%
18 tested		38%
417,424 tested

What you can do

Who can act on Cuyama Valley’s results?

Cuyama Joint Unified’s board decides Cuyama Valley’s plan.

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Cuyama Joint Unified’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 Cuyama Joint Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

4 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. At the average Cuyama Joint Unified middle school, 9 in 100 were. 0 of 28 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 1 of 28 students counted for it; suspension: 0 of 28 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 Cuyama Joint Unified middle school 0.0%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

4 in 100This school
9 in 100At the average Cuyama Joint Unified middle school
18 in 100At the average California middle school

1 of 28 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0 of 28

students were suspended at least once. Average California middle school 3.7%.

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

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Cuyama Valley

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.

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Every learner

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here: 75%.

Students, families and teachers

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 75%Unallocated share: 25%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino75%
  2. White—
  3. Asian—
  4. Black or African American—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share25%
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.

Ask: Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino75%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
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.

Next steps

What comes after Cuyama Valley, and how do I get in?

  1. Elementary
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.
  2. Middle · this school
    Cuyama Valley Junior High
    Grades 7–8
  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. Explore schools on the map

Not a next step: the school sharing this address. Cuyama Elementary (16th percentile, Needs Support, among elementary schools, 2026) has the same street address in the state’s school directory.

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

High-school links

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.

How do I get in?

Ask Cuyama Joint Unified which school serves your address.

Office: (661) 766-4104Administrator: Alfonso Gamino

Location and visiting

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2300 Highway 166, New Cuyama 93254

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

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 100% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grade 7, spring 2026 (18 students tested in each); California: 49% and 62%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (661) 766-41042300 Highway 166, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,192 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math0%3342%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math19%3523%
Chronically absent4 in 100615%
Suspension rate0 of 28585%

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. The weights above add to 75%: the remaining 25%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–262313#2192California middle schools · 2,529 schools · current formula
School yearChronic absenceSuspension
2025–264 in 1000 of 28

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Every tested year2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresAdvancedProficient or Advanced
2026 · English280%36%
2026 · Math284%4%

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.

Chronic absence by student groupState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—0 in 100—
Male—7 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—5 in 100—
Low-income—0 in 100—
All students—4 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$16,634 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 183 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

District current expense · FY 2024–25$23,960 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

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 50%Instruction support 8%Student services 12%Administration 16%Buildings & maintenance 13%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$1,853,96450.16%50%
Instruction support$287,7477.79%8%
Student services$462,22012.51%12%
Administration$592,63516.04%16%
Buildings & maintenance$467,62312.65%13%
Other$31,5720.85%1%
Total$3,695,761100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $3,695,761 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$16,634 per pupil
2020$15,676 per pupil
2019$19,155 per pupil
2017$14,094 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 93254 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93254 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$60,938
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)21%
ZIP-area population707
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 93254 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 2,529 middle schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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