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David A. Brown Middle — Rating & test scores

21861 Grand Avenue, Wildomar · 1,030 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 71

DevelopingScope Score · 25th percentile. Higher than 25 in 100 of the 2,529 California public middle schools we score.

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

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 39% and 16% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 49% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 988 in English, 992 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

Overview

Is David A. Brown a good middle school?

Developing. David A. Brown is lower than most California middle schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced3639%
Math, Proficient or Advanced1716%
English, Advanced3510%
Math, Advanced145%

Progress in a year, 2025

English43−1 pts
Math15−14 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance2723 in 100
David A. Brown’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Lake Elsinore Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 5% of students tested in math scored Advanced, about a quarter of California’s rate (21%). Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is David A. Brown’s place among 2,529 California public middle schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

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

Source for the sentence
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 6–8. California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,800 in math tested).

In its own words

What does David A. Brown say about itself?

We haven’t read David A. Brown’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open dbm.leusd.k12.ca.us (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

In English, about the same. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 1 point lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 14 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−1

point lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income717−2 points
Hispanic or Latino612−4 points
English learners172−5 points
White171+2 points
Students with disabilities139+1 points

Math

−14

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income719−15 points
Hispanic or Latino614−17 points
English learners172−5 points
White171−9 points
Students with disabilities140−8 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 908 students in English, 910 in math with scores in both years. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

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

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 1 point below that expected score, and in math 14 points below it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 8 scores here with the school’s grade 6 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 48th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

3 of the 3 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than David A. Brown. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

4 middle schools within 4.7 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. ShivelaMurrieta Valley Unified · by addressScope Score 8072nd
  2. ThompsonMurrieta Valley Unified · by addressScope Score 7868th
  3. Canyon LakeNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7336th
  4. David A. BrownScope Score 7125th
Lake Elsinore UnifiedA neighborhood school in another district

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer.

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

Scores and family income

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

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

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

Schools like it

How does David A. Brown compare with schools like it?

David A. Brown’s Scope Score is 71. 489 California middle schools, counting David A. Brown, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 72. David A. Brown’s result is higher than 194 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 489

  1. Students from low-income families: 76%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 75%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 74%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 92nd percentile

489 California public middle schools where 73% to 85% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public middle school we score where 73% to 85% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of David A. Brown’s share. The count includes David A. Brown. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 38% to 39% and math from 17% to 16%.

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

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

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%20172018201920222023202420252026Both 41%49%CaliforniaCalifornia39%David A. BrownThis school39%Lake Elsinore UnifiedDistrict

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202627%23%37%CaliforniaCalifornia20%Lake Elsinore UnifiedDistrict16%David A. BrownThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Lake Elsinore Unified’s line combines its 8 middle schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

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

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringDavid A. BrownLake Elsinore UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201741%41%48%993
201843%41%49%960
201939%40%50%927
202234%36%47%969
202337%35%46%956
202439%37%46%1,005
202538%37%49%981
202639%39%49%988
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringDavid A. BrownLake Elsinore UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201723%27%37%983
201822%25%37%959
201920%25%38%936
202217%20%31%972
202317%20%32%954
202416%20%33%1,003
202517%21%36%988
202616%20%37%992

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

39%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

34272910
Lake Elsinore Unified39%California49%

Math

16%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

552911
Lake Elsinore Unified20%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 39% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 16% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

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

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 23 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 12 points across California. The grades 6–8 cards above give each subject’s share.

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced35%43%39%
Advanced8%9%12%
Proficient27%34%27%
Developing level28%23%31%
Minimal37%34%30%
Tested353311324
California48%51%49%
Difference−13−8−10

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced14%20%14%
Advanced3%7%4%
Proficient11%13%10%
Developing level29%29%30%
Minimal57%51%56%
Tested355311326
California37%38%36%
Difference−23−18−22

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school10%29%27%34%988
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Lake Elsinore Unified10%29%25%36%4,546
Math, grades 6–8 · This school5%11%29%55%992
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Lake Elsinore Unified8%12%27%53%4,551

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 988 tested in English, 992 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 67% of students. 252 of 1,105 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

23in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (252 of 1,105 students).

At the average Lake Elsinore Unified middle school: 17 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 6.3% of students were suspended at least once (71 of 1,127). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

1,030

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 67%White 18%Black or African American 5%Two or more races 5%Asian 2%Filipino 2%

Family income

79%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 813 of 1,030. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

45

teachers, with 19 years of experience on average.

2% were in their first year.

90% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

42%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (40 of 96 students).

Lake Elsinore Unified: 47%. California: 47%.

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

Missing school, by grade
Grade 6
20 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (79 of 396).
Grades 7–8
24 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (173 of 709).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino67%
White18%
Black or African American5%
Two or more races5%
Asian2%
Filipino2%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

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

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 38.2 of 42.3 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Six student groups scored below the same groups across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Two or more races53 tested23%California 50%
  • White173 tested20%California 50%
  • Low-income815 tested13%California 26%
  • Hispanic or Latino668 tested13%California 25%
  • Black or African American53 tested9%California 20%
  • English learners96 tested2%California 7%
  • Students with disabilities152 tested2%California 10%

13% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 26% for the same group across California. White, Hispanic or Latino and Black or African American students, students of two or more races and students with disabilities also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

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

Every group’s results, with the district

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

Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Lake Elsinore Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 813 tested in English, 815 in math
English35%+233%−439%
Math13%−215%−1326%
Hispanic or Latino · 665 tested in English, 668 in math
English36%+333%−339%
Math13%−316%−1225%
White · 172 tested in English, 173 in math
English47%−249%−1562%
Math20%−929%−3050%
Black or African American · 53 tested
English28%−634%−533%
Math9%−413%−1120%
Two or more races · 53 tested
English47%−249%−1562%
Math23%−528%−2750%
English learners · 94 tested in English, 96 in math
English5%+32%−27%
Math2%+11%−57%
Students with disabilities · 151 tested in English, 152 in math
English7%07%−714%
Math2%02%−810%

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

No published rate here for Asian, 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about David A. Brown. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

Families

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

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Money

Where does the money go?

$17,103 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Lake Elsinore Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $85 million.

$17,103

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$9,527
The school’s share of district office costs
$7,576
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,442
  • David A. Brown$17,103
  • Lake Elsinore Unified middle schools$16,641
  • California middle schools$19,269

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

Lake Elsinore Unified’s yearly plan

$85million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$69million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth
  • ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE$43 million
  • STUDENT, FAMILY & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT$20 million
  • EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT$20 million
  • EXTENDED OPPORTUNITIES$1 million

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. Each part of the bar is one goal in the plan, with the money for its actions added up (our calculation). The plan covers $85 million of $397 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Lake Elsinore Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around David A. Brown like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 92595. They are not figures for the families at David A. Brown.

Typical household income in a year

$106,047

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 92595.

Typical home value
$562,000
People who live in this ZIP code
34,438
Typical age
37.2 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
22%

What you can do

Who can act on David A. Brown’s results?

Lake Elsinore Unified’s board decides David A. Brown’s plan.

How to take part

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

State support

The state hasn’t placed David A. Brown in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Extra state help for the district

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

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

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 7 questions to David A. Brown. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?6.3% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (71 of 1,127 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?23 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (252 of 1,105 students); average Lake Elsinore Unified middle school: 17 in 100
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?14 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (910 students)
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  5. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

At the office

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

Getting in

What comes after David A. Brown, and how do I get in?

Ask Lake Elsinore Unified which school serves your address. Next comes Elsinore High.

In the district’s boundaries, David A. Brown Middle draws from 4 elementary schools. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Elementary · fed by
Middle · this school
David A. Brown Middle
High · next
Elsinore High Scope Score 71Developing · 31st percentile · 2025

Assigned

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries, plus nearby estimates. A boundary doesn’t guarantee a place. Transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

Middle-school links

High-school links

  • Elsinore High

    Assigned

    Scope Score 71 · Developing · 31st percentile · high · 2025

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

Where the path ends: Elsinore High
Elsinore HighScope Score 71 · Developing · 31st percentile · 2025district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at Elsinore High. UC records 29 enrollees from Elsinore High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 19 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Elsinore High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 56% of the students who finished high school at Elsinore High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

29 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 19 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Elsinore High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is David A. Brown?

Address
21861 Grand Avenue, Wildomar 92595Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Jeremy CassaraAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 8, 2024.

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

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Lake Elsinore Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is David A. Brown a good middle school?

David A. Brown Middle has a Scope Score of 71. It scored higher than 25 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Developing, 25th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 23 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 17 in 100 at the average Lake Elsinore Unified middle school. 6.3% of students (71 of 1,127) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. See the details ↓

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

In English, about the same. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 1 point lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 14 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 908 students in English, 910 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 35% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at David A. Brown Middle in Wildomar scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2026 attendance boundaries, David A. Brown Middle is zoned to Elsinore High. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Elsinore High: Scope Score 71, Developing, 31st percentile among California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 results

See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

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

The full record

Source records

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

Data updated

October 15, 2026

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

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,886 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #6 of 8 in Lake Elsinore Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math7%3842%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math27%4023%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+46 scale-score pts4820%
Chronically absent23 in 100445%
Suspension rate6.3% (71 of 1,127)405%
English learners: top level13%385%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California middle schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

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

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267125#1886California middle schools · 2,529 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–1911 in 1005.5% (57 of 1,042)+6
2021–22not on filenot on file+7
2022–23not on filenot on file+5
2023–2425 in 1005.9% (68 of 1,149)+7
2024–2524 in 1006.7% (74 of 1,103)+5
2025–2623 in 1006.3% (71 of 1,127)+2

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

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 6 and grade 8 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English98810%39%
2026 · Math9925%16%
2025 · English98110%38%
2025 · Math9886%17%
2024 · English1,0057%39%
2024 · Math1,0035%16%
2023 · English9568%37%
2023 · Math9546%17%
2022 · English9698%34%
2022 · Math9725%17%
2019 · English9279%39%
2019 · Math9367%20%
2018 · English96011%43%
2018 · Math9598%22%
2017 · English9939%41%
2017 · Math9838%23%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 6 · English31332%
2025 · Grade 7 · English31437%
2025 · Grade 8 · English35443%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math31618%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math31616%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math35618%
2024 · Grade 6 · English33132%
2024 · Grade 7 · English34539%
2024 · Grade 8 · English32945%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math33113%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math34520%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math32715%
2023 · Grade 6 · English33133%
2023 · Grade 7 · English31336%
2023 · Grade 8 · English31242%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math33016%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math31318%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math31116%
2022 · Grade 6 · English31023%
2022 · Grade 7 · English30339%
2022 · Grade 8 · English35638%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math31016%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math30521%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math35715%
2019 · Grade 6 · English21830%
2019 · Grade 7 · English36443%
2019 · Grade 8 · English34539%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math21916%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math36924%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math34820%
2018 · Grade 6 · English23839%
2018 · Grade 7 · English33943%
2018 · Grade 8 · English38346%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math23822%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math33824%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math38319%
2017 · Grade 6 · English24936%
2017 · Grade 7 · English38043%
2017 · Grade 8 · English36441%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math24826%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math37524%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math36020%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide3223%18%57%22%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income81335%+2−4
Hispanic or Latino66536%+3−3
White17247%−2−15
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students−1908Average−14910Moderate
Low-income−2717Average−15719Moderate
English-only students−2616not categorized−16618not categorized
Hispanic or Latino−4612Average−17614Moderate
English learners−5172Average−5172Average
White+2171Average−9171Moderate
Students with disabilities+1139Average−8140Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English0104not categorized−3104not categorized
English learners only−1568not categorized−968not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−1254Moderate+154Average
Homeless−551Average−1751Moderate
Two or more races+649Accelerated−749Moderate
Black or African American+1735Accelerated−635Moderate
Filipino+1619Accelerated019Average
Asian+914Accelerated−214Average

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 8 against the same school’s grade 6 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 8 in 2026 against grade 6 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 6
7%
exceeded standard · 32% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 331 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
12%
Advanced · 39% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 324 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 325 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−1 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

908 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−14 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

910 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −14 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for California middle school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median English estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 24 in 100 → 2025–26 · 23 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 6.7% (74 of 1,103) → 2025–26 · 6.3% (71 of 1,127) · −0.4 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female10 in 10021 in 100+11 in 100
Male13 in 10024 in 100+11 in 100
Asian2 of 163 of 22—
Black or African American5 of 3016 of 57—
Filipino1 of 131 of 20—
Hispanic or Latino11 in 10022 in 100+11 in 100
Two or more races4 of 5112 of 57—
White12 in 10027 in 100+15 in 100
Students with disabilities15 in 10033 in 100+18 in 100
English learners5 of 5718 in 100—
Homeless11 of 6411 of 40—
Low-income13 in 10024 in 100+11 in 100
All students11 in 10023 in 100+12 in 100
Foster youth—6 of 14—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$13,540 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 20,427 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$368 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,030

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,074 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,030

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,018 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 61%Instruction support 13%Student services 8%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$220,945,08061.14%61%
Instruction support$47,313,01813.09%13%
Student services$29,846,8778.26%8%
Administration$20,818,8345.76%6%
Buildings & maintenance$38,980,89010.79%11%
Other$3,453,0360.96%1%
Total$361,357,735100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $361,357,735 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$13,540 per pupil
2020$12,614 per pupil
2019$13,176 per pupil
2018$11,718 per pupil
2017$11,112 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 92595 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92595 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$106,047
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)22%
ZIP-area population34,438
Median age37.2 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 92595 →

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