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David A. Brown Middle

Middle School
📍 21861 Grand Avenue
Scope Score
out of 100
State Rank
of 1,714 California middle schools
📈
On the Rise

On an upward trajectory — scores are improving faster than average. Worth a closer look.

Scope Scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment
1,062 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
25:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
75%
Teachers
42 full-time

Dashboard indicators

How this school's scores changed from last year to this year

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased
+4.1 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased
+6.4 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
21.9%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 105 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic68.1%
White18.6%
Asian1.4%
Black4.7%
Other7.2%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for David A. Brown Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard7.9%
Met Standard19.4%
Below Standard72.7%

Score Factors

Helping
Growth (G6→G8): +5.5pp
Scores improve across grades (state avg +0.8pp)
15% weight
Holding Back
Exceeded standard: 7.9%
9.4pp below state avg (state avg 17.3%)
30% weight
Met or exceeded: 27.3%
12.2pp below state avg (state avg 39.5%)
20% weight
Chronic absenteeism: 23.8%
4.5pp above state avg (state avg 19.3%)
15% weight
Baseline proficiency: 27.3%
Below state baseline (state avg 39.5%)
10% weight
Suspension rate: 6.7%
2.6pp above state avg (state avg 4.1%)
10% weight
Unlike traditional school ratings, we show our work. Every factor, its weight, and how this school compares to the state average — so you can decide what matters most to your family. The middle school Scope Score is weighted across 6 dimensions. See full methodology →

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "27% proficient" for David A. Brown Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

7.9% of students exceeded standard while 19.4% met it. That exceeded rate is 9.4 points below the state average of 17.3%. That's 4.2 points below the Lake Elsinore Unified district average of 12.1%. The 1 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 21.5% exceeded — 13.6 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Students here improve by 5.5 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased and Math increased year-over-year. 21.9% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 23.8%, above the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
7.9%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
27.3%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
+5.5pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
23.8%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
6.7%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,969
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

How proficiency compares across grade levels this year (different students, same test year)

ELA Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8
Math Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th3138.3%23.6%29.4%38.7%31.9%
7th3147.6%29.6%24.2%38.5%37.3%
8th35413.0%29.7%29.7%27.7%42.7%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th3165.4%12.3%29.1%53.2%17.7%
7th3165.7%10.4%32.3%51.6%16.1%
8th3567.3%10.7%24.4%57.6%18.0%
K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.

Data source: California Department of Education (2025 test year) · How we score · Explore all schools · Blog