By the district’s published 2026 attendance boundaries, D. Russell Parks Junior High’s attendance zone is split: 77% of its children are assigned to Sunny Hills High, 12% to Buena Park High and 11% to Sonora High. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district. Sunny Hills High: 94th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 Scope Score Buena Park High: 27th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 Scope Score Sonora High: 69th percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 Scope Score

Public school · Fullerton Elementary · Fullerton, California

D. Russell Parks Junior High — Rating & test scores

Fullerton · 7–8 · 854 students (2024–25)

1710 Rosecrans Avenue, 92833parks.fullertonsd.org ↗(714) 447-7785

88thpercentileStrong

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

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

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D. Russell Parkshigher than 88 of the 100 California dots

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D. Russell Parkshigher than 88 of the 100 California dots

California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

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D. Russell Parkshigher than 88 of the 100 California dots

California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

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Well above California in English and math: 69% and 57% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, against 50% and 37%.

Source

Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 785 in English, 791 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s grade 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English and 838,896 in math tested).

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

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In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 34% of students tested in English (reading and writing) and 37% in math scored Advanced, against 19% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources

The sentence above: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 7 and 8: 785 in English, 791 in math. California: CDE’s grade 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English and 838,896 in math tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Fullerton Elementary which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is D. Russell Parks a good middle school?

D. Russell Parks Junior High scores higher than 88 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 88th percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 10 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 9 in 100 at the average middle school in the Fullerton Elementary district. 3.8% of students (31 of 812) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. Evidence ↓

Did students here score above what the state expected?

About as expected, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored +3 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored +3 points, which it calls Average.

Included in this measure: 790 students in English, 788 in math

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 55% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at D. Russell Parks Junior High in Fullerton scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2026 attendance boundaries, D. Russell Parks Junior High’s attendance zone is split: 77% of its children are assigned to Sunny Hills High, 12% to Buena Park High and 11% to Sonora High. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

Sunny Hills High: 94th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 Scope Score
Buena Park High: 27th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 Scope Score
Sonora High: 69th percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 Scope Score

Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 69% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 57% in math, against 50% and 37% across California.

Source

Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 785 in English, 791 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s grades 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English, 838,896 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.

AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · 785 tested

Advanced: 34%
Proficient: 35%
Below the standard: 31%

This school69%

California50%

Fullerton Elementary61%

69% Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8.

Math

Grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · 791 tested

Advanced: 37%
Proficient: 20%
Below the standard: 43%

This school57%

California37%

Fullerton Elementary48%

57% Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8.

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
Measure	Grade 7	Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced	70%	68%
Advanced	37%	31%
Proficient	33%	37%
Developing level	19%	20%
Minimal	11%	12%
Tested	362	423
California	51%	49%
Difference	+19	+19

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
Measure	Grade 7	Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced	60%	54%
Advanced	37%	36%
Proficient	23%	18%
Developing level	23%	22%
Minimal	17%	24%
Tested	366	425
California	38%	36%
Difference	+22	+18

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 →

How does math compare with English?

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, math trails English by 12 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 13 points across California. The grades 7 and 8 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

English results were similar to 2025; math results were lower. English went from 73% to 69% and math from 62% to 57%.

English · top two levels · grades 7 and 8

202573%827 tested

→

202669%785 tested

This school

California, same grades49% → 50%2025 → 2026 · 848,364 → 838,600 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 7 and 8

202562%823 tested

→

202657%791 tested

This school

California, same grades35% → 37%2025 → 2026 · 851,806 → 838,896 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

About as expected, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored +3 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored +3 points, which it calls Average.

Source

Source: CDE growth model, 2025
Students: students with scores in both years in grades 7 and 8: 790 in English, 788 in math
Comparison: Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 7 and 8 · 2025 · 790 students in English, 788 in math, with scores in both years

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

+3 pts

English

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

+3 pts

Math

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in math?

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
Students	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Tested
English, grades 7 and 8 · This school	34%	35%	19%	12%	785
English, grades 7 and 8 · California	19%	31%	23%	27%	838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · Fullerton Elementary	28%	33%	21%	18%	2,345
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school	37%	20%	22%	21%	791
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California	21%	16%	23%	40%	838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · Fullerton Elementary	31%	17%	22%	30%	2,351

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown · English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 7 and 8

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202669%50%

Math top two levels, grades 7 and 8

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202657%37%

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

In grades 7 and 8, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 71% in 2017 to 69% in 2026. In math, it went from 60% in 2017 to 57% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 7 and 8
Year	This school	California
2017	71% 986 tested	49% 915,271 tested
2018	67% 994 tested	50% 919,277 tested
2019	67% 974 tested	50% 932,985 tested
2022	74% 837 tested	48% 852,094 tested
2023	74% 769 tested	47% 842,173 tested
2024	73% 762 tested	47% 849,026 tested
2025	73% 827 tested	49% 848,364 tested
2026	69% 785 tested	50% 838,600 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 7 and 8
Year	This school	California
2017	60% 988 tested	37% 918,964 tested
2018	56% 999 tested	37% 921,089 tested
2019	59% 975 tested	37% 935,223 tested
2022	56% 839 tested	31% 853,132 tested
2023	60% 769 tested	32% 844,737 tested
2024	60% 763 tested	33% 853,781 tested
2025	62% 823 tested	35% 851,806 tested
2026	57% 791 tested	37% 838,896 tested

How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 3 points above that expected score, and in math 3 points above it.

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.

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

10 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. 3.8% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Context Close to the 9 in 100 at the average middle school in the Fullerton Elementary district: a pattern across the district.

Source

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students: chronic absence: 79 of 809 students counted for it; suspension: 31 of 812 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 middle school in the Fullerton Elementary district 2.6%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

10 in 100This school

9 in 100At the average middle school in the Fullerton Elementary district

18 in 100At the average California middle school

79 of 809 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

3.8%

of students were suspended at least once (31 of 812). 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 D. Russell Parks

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students here scored well above the same groups across California in English.

Student groups, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 55% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 7 and 8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students: 53% in English, against 40% for the same group across California. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Source

Source: California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students: grades 7 and 8; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison: California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).

D. Russell ParksSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students

Asian281 tested87%Same group, California 76%
Two or more races51 tested67%Same group, California 63%
White115 tested62%Same group, California 62%
Low-income379 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 55%Same group, California 39%
Hispanic or Latino297 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 53%Same group, California 40%
Students with disabilities47 tested23%Same group, California 14%
English learners31 tested6%Same group, California 7%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 8 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 9% to 84%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted

Hispanic or Latino38%
Asian36%
White15%
Two or more races7%
Filipino3%
Black or African American—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share1%

A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

57% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 21 of 37 English learners57%

Fullerton Elementary · 584 of 1,23247%

California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

48%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 407 of 854. California: 63%.

40teachers, 2024–25

18 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

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

Ask: How does the school keep low-income and Hispanic or Latino students on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Proficient or Advancedgrades 7 and 8 · spring 2026

Group and subject	Here	vs Fullerton Elementary	vs California
Low-income · 379 tested in English, 381 in math
English	55%	+748%	+1639%
Math	39%	+732%	+1326%
Hispanic or Latino · 297 tested
English	53%	+944%	+1340%
Math	30%	+426%	+525%
Asian · 281 tested in English, 288 in math
English	87%	−188%	+1176%
Math	84%	−185%	+1371%
White · 115 tested in English, 114 in math
English	62%	−365%	062%
Math	54%	−256%	+450%
Two or more races · 51 tested
English	67%	−572%	+463%
Math	55%	−257%	+550%
English learners · 31 tested in English, 38 in math
English	6%	+24%	−17%
Math	18%	+126%	+117%
Students with disabilities · 47 tested
English	23%	+815%	+914%
Math	9%	−110%	09%

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

Filipino students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26

Students, 2025–26	Here
Hispanic or Latino	38%
Asian	36%
White	15%
Two or more races	7%
Filipino	3%
Black or African American	—
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.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 90% of teaching positions, 34.6 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 38.6 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after D. Russell Parks, and how do I get in?

Sunny Hills High.

D. Russell Parks’s attendance zone is split: 77% of its children are assigned to Sunny Hills High, 12% to Buena Park High and 11% to Sonora High. In the district’s boundaries, D. Russell Parks Junior High draws from 4 elementary schools. Boundaries split some neighborhoods. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Elementary · fed by

Fern Drive Elementary59th · Solid · 2026
Laguna Road Elementary92nd · Strong · 2026
Sunset Lane Elementary85th · Strong · 2026
Valencia Park ElementarySplit: some of its area goes to another middle school27th · Developing · 2026

Middle · this school

D. Russell Parks Junior High

High · next

Sunny Hills High 94th · Strong · 2025

Assigned for part of the zone

From Fullerton Elementary’s and Fullerton Joint Union High’s 2026 attendance boundaries. Shares are our estimate of where the zone’s children live, from 2020 Census child counts, or land area where few children were counted; they describe children living in the zone, not a school’s enrolled students. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement: transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with Fullerton Elementary, and with Fullerton Joint Union High, a separate district, for high school. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

Fern Drive Elementary
Assigned
59th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026
Laguna Road Elementary
Assigned
92nd percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026
Sunset Lane Elementary
Assigned
85th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026
Valencia Park Elementary
Assigned for part of the zone
27th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026
34% of the zone’s children

High-school links

Sunny Hills High
Assigned for part of the zone
94th percentile · Strong · high · 2025
77% of the zone’s children
Buena Park High
Assigned for part of the zone
27th percentile · Developing · high · 2025
12% of the zone’s children
Sonora High
Assigned for part of the zone
69th percentile · Solid · high · 2025
11% of the zone’s children

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: Sunny Hills High

Sunny Hills High94th · Strong · 2025 · Scope Score 80district-published assignment for part of the zone

The road from this school ends at Sunny Hills High. UC records 122 enrollees from Sunny Hills High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 25 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Sunny Hills High around 2028, and a school can change a lot in 2 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 89% of the students who finished high school at Sunny Hills High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

122 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 25 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Sunny Hills High's page

Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Fullerton Elementary which school serves your address.

School website: parks.fullertonsd.org ↗Office: (714) 447-7785Administrator: Robin Mundschau

Location and visiting

Get directions

1710 Rosecrans Avenue, Fullerton 92833

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

Questions for your visit

How does the school check what’s working in math? Math: 62% in 2025 to 57% in 2026 here; California: 35% to 37%
When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (714) 447-77851710 Rosecrans Avenue, directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby middle schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest middle schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby middle schoolsPercentile among California middle schools, 2026

Imperial MiddleLa Habra City Elementary · 1.5 mi
29thDevelopingScope Score 30
Nicolas Junior High2.1 mi
30thDevelopingScope Score 30
Gordon H. Beatty MiddleBuena Park Elementary · 2.2 mi
68thSolidScope Score 46
Rancho-Starbuck IntermediateLowell Joint · 2.5 mi
76thStrongScope Score 51
Washington MiddleLa Habra City Elementary · 2.8 mi
51stSolidScope Score 39

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

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #295 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #3 of 5 in Fullerton Elementary

Score factors, 2025–26
Factor	School	Index	Weight
Advancedaverage of English and math	35%	70	42%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math	63%	68	23%
Chronically absent	10 in 100	61	5%
Suspension rate	3.8% (31 of 812)	50	5%
English learners: top level	21%	49	5%

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 80%: the remaining 20%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2025–26	62	88	#295	California 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 year	Chronic absence	Suspension
2018–19	4 in 100	2.7% (27 of 1,011)
2021–22	not on file	not on file
2022–23	not on file	not on file
2023–24	10 in 100	3.9% (31 of 792)
2024–25	10 in 100	3.1% (27 of 874)
2025–26	10 in 100	3.8% (31 of 812)

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

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 · subject	Students with scores	Top level	Top two levels
2026 · English	785	34%	69%
2026 · Math	791	37%	57%
2025 · English	827	37%	73%
2025 · Math	823	42%	62%
2024 · English	762	41%	73%
2024 · Math	763	42%	60%
2023 · English	769	40%	74%
2023 · Math	769	43%	60%
2022 · English	837	36%	74%
2022 · Math	839	36%	56%
2019 · English	974	32%	67%
2019 · Math	975	40%	59%
2018 · English	994	31%	67%
2018 · Math	999	37%	56%
2017 · English	986	30%	71%
2017 · Math	988	39%	60%

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 · subject	Students with scores	Met or exceeded
2025 · Grade 7 · English	419	73%
2025 · Grade 8 · English	408	73%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math	419	63%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math	404	61%
2024 · Grade 7 · English	410	75%
2024 · Grade 8 · English	352	70%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	410	62%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	353	58%
2023 · Grade 7 · English	361	76%
2023 · Grade 8 · English	408	72%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	361	62%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	408	59%
2022 · Grade 7 · English	416	77%
2022 · Grade 8 · English	421	71%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	416	59%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	423	53%
2019 · Grade 7 · English	506	73%
2019 · Grade 8 · English	468	61%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	507	61%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	468	57%
2018 · Grade 7 · English	477	66%
2018 · Grade 8 · English	517	67%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math	479	54%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math	520	57%
2017 · Grade 7 · English	510	73%
2017 · Grade 8 · English	476	69%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math	511	61%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math	477	58%

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)	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal
Schoolwide	425	20%	27%	46%	7%

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 · English	Tested	Proficient or Advanced	vs district	vs California
Low-income	379	55%	+7	+16
Hispanic or Latino	297	53%	+9	+13
Asian	281	87%	−1	+11

Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score

Group	English	n	CDE category	Math	n	CDE category
All students	+3	790	Average	+3	788	Average
English-only students	+5	508	not categorized	0	506	not categorized
Low-income	+1	388	Average	−3	387	Average
Hispanic or Latino	+3	301	Average	−9	300	Moderate
Asian	+6	292	Accelerated	+19	292	Accelerated
English learners	0	155	Average	+10	155	Accelerated
Recently reclassified as fluent in English	+2	131	not categorized	+8	131	not categorized
White	−2	115	Average	−9	114	Moderate
Students with disabilities	+2	62	Average	−9	62	Moderate
Two or more races	+7	50	Accelerated	+8	50	Accelerated
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)	0	36	Average	−4	35	Average
English learners only	−4	24	not categorized	+23	24	not categorized
Filipino	+11	21	Accelerated	+4	21	Average

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 7 and 8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+3 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 7 and 8

790 students

CDE growth category: Average

State model · math+3 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 7 and 8

788 students

CDE growth category: Average

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 7 and 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 · 10 in 100 → 2025–26 · 10 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 3.1% (27 of 874) → 2025–26 · 3.8% (31 of 812) · +0.7 percentage points

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Change
Female	4 in 100	10 in 100	+6 in 100
Male	4 in 100	9 in 100	+5 in 100
Asian	0 in 100	3 in 100	+3 in 100
Filipino	0 in 100	0 in 100	0 in 100
Hispanic or Latino	7 in 100	17 in 100	+10 in 100
Two or more races	2 in 100	6 in 100	+4 in 100
White	8 in 100	13 in 100	+5 in 100
Students with disabilities	17 in 100	18 in 100	+1 in 100
English learners	4 in 100	6 in 100	+2 in 100
Low-income	7 in 100	16 in 100	+9 in 100
All students	4 in 100	10 in 100	+6 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$14,771 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 12,141 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

Central federal expenditures attributed here$304 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 854

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,654 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 16%Student services 7%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 9%

The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
Group	Dollars	Share, to two decimals	Printed
Instruction	$121,610,176	63.11%	63%
Instruction support	$30,585,287	15.87%	16%
Student services	$13,139,780	6.82%	7%
Administration	$10,457,963	5.43%	5%
Buildings & maintenance	$16,894,026	8.77%	9%
Total	$192,699,686	100.00%	100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $192,699,686 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$14,771 per pupil

2020$12,402 per pupil

2019$12,242 per pupil

2018$11,503 per pupil

2017$10,902 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 92833 · not the school’s students

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92833 area
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$114,176
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	43%
ZIP-area population	51,842
Median age	38.0 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 92833 →

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