Public school · Davis Joint Unified · Davis, California

Davis School for Independent Study — Rating & test scores

Davis · K–12 · 124 students (2024–25)

526 B Street, 95616dsis.djusd.net ↗(530) 757-5333
64thpercentileSolid

The dots are California’s 1,498 scored public high schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. Why not spring 2026? High school scores include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
61

Weighted composite · 2024–25
A weighted mix of six of the seven high school measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
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

In 2024–25, 86% of the class graduated in four years (31 of 36); across California, 89%.

Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students who started 9th grade together: 36
Comparison
California: graduates divided by students who started 9th grade together, across 2,281 public schools’ rows (our combination, not CDE’s published state rate; 432,702 of 487,177).

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Common questions ↓

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75% of the 12 students tested met or exceeded the standard in English (reading and writing); 58% did in math. In grade 11, spring 2025, 75% of the 12 students tested met or exceeded the standard in English, against 57% across California. In math, 58% did, against 30% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years. 36 in 100 students (73 of 201) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That is about one and a half times the rate at the average Davis Joint Unified high school.

Sources
Sentence 1
Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2025 Students: all students tested in grade 11: 12 Comparison: California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 432,651 in English, 431,903 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
Sentence 2
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 201. District and California figures are averages of school rates (3 Davis Joint Unified schools; 1,492 scored California high schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

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

Is Davis School for Independent Study a good school?

Davis School for Independent Study scores higher than 64 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 64th percentile, Solid, spring 2025.

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 68 in 100 California middle schools we score (68th percentile, Solid, spring 2026)

Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 36 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 25 in 100 at the average Davis Joint Unified high school. 1.4% of students (3 of 212) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

More questions (2)

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

72% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months, by CDE’s college-going records. 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?

75% of the 12 students tested met or exceeded the standard in English; 58% did in math.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2025

In grade 11, spring 2025, 75% of the 12 students tested met or exceeded the standard in English, against 57% across California. In math, 58% did, against 30% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years.

These are the school’s spring 2025 results, the latest in our records for these grades. Grades 4 and 6–8 results are in the source records: Every tested year ↓

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grade 11: 12
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 432,651 in English, 431,903 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
Exceeded standardMet standardBelow the standard

English

Grade 11 · spring 2025 · 12 tested

Exceeded
58%
Met
17%
Below the standard
25%
This school75%
California57%

75% met or exceeded in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2025 · 12 tested

Exceeded
42%
Met
16%
Below the standard
42%
This school58%
California30%

58% met or exceeded in grade 11.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

School patterns · grade 11 · spring 2025 · What patterns mean

High ceilingA high share of students here exceeded the standard, the state’s top level. The English and math cards above give each figure.
Broad baseMost students here met or exceeded the standard. The English and math cards above give each figure.

Ask: How do you help students strengthen their skills while keeping graduation and post-school plans on track?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Exceeded, Met, Nearly met and Not met, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2025
StudentsExceededMetNearly metNot metTested
English, grade 11 · This school58%17%8%17%12
English, grade 11 · California27%30%20%23%432,651
Math, grade 11 · This school42%16%9%33%12
Math, grade 11 · California14%16%21%49%431,903

Below the standard combines the state’s two lowest test levels, Nearly met and Not met. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Grade 11 tests are one part of the picture. Graduation, readiness and college destinations answer different questions below.

What you can do

Who can act on Davis School for Independent Study’s results?

Davis Joint Unified’s board decides Davis School for Independent Study’s plan.

The state hasn’t placed Davis School for Independent Study in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Davis Joint 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 Davis Joint Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

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

Davis 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 Davis Joint Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 
Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2What the law requires, and what to ask

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Life at school

How many students here graduate, and where do they go next?

86% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

State graduation, readiness, college-going, attendance and suspension records

That compares with 89% across California. 28% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 72% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

86%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 31 of 36 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

28%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 10 of 36 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

39%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 12 of 31 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

72% enrolled in college within 12 months · 40 students who finished high school

  • University of California UC detail ↓2 · 5%
  • California State University CSU detail ↓4 · 10%
  • California community college15 · 38%
  • In-state private1 · 3%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year6 · 15%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year1 · 2%
  • Not enrolled11 · 27%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: each count divided by all high-school completers (graduates and other students who finished), rounded together so they total 100. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

Ask: How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition
Graduated in four years
2024–25 · 31 of 36 students who started 9th grade together. California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.
Ready for college or career (state measure)
2024–25 · 10 of 36 students in the state’s measure. California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator (CCI), overall “Prepared” rate, among the students in the indicator’s group. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.
Finished the UC/CSU course list
2024–25 · 12 of 31 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment.
Where students who finished high school went
CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.
A closer look: UC and CSU admission recordsApplied, admitted and enrolled, from each university system’s own records

UC’s own records

University of California

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied
6
Admitted
6
Enrolled
under 3

By campus · fall 2025

  • UC BerkeleyApplied 5 · Admitted 3 · Enrolled under 3

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; a dash is unavailable. Source: UC admissions by source school.

Each fall since 2021

  • Fall 2025Applied 6 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled under 3
  • Fall 2021Applied 7 · Admitted 3 · Enrolled under 3

CSU’s own records

California State University

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied
6
Admitted
6
Enrolled
under 6

By campus · falls 2021–2025 added together

Five years in each number, not one. CSU publishes campus counts only as five-year totals, so these aren’t comparable to the fall 2025 figures above or to UC’s one-fall campus bars.

  • Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied 15 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • Sacramento StateApplied 13 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State Monterey BayApplied 12 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled under 6
  • San Francisco StateApplied 11 · Admitted 11 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal Poly HumboldtApplied 10 · Admitted 9 · Enrolled under 6
  • Sonoma StateApplied 10 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled —
  • San Diego StateApplied 9 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State Long BeachApplied 7 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Chico StateApplied 6 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State FullertonApplied 6 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • CSU Channel IslandsApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State East BayApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Fresno StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State LAApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal Poly Maritime AcademyApplied under 6 · Admitted — · Enrolled —
  • Cal State NorthridgeApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal Poly PomonaApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State San BernardinoApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • San José StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State San MarcosApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. CSU withholds counts under 6; a dash is unavailable. Students who reach CSU from a community college aren’t counted here. Source: CSU High School Success dashboard.

Each fall since 2021

  • Fall 2025Applied 6 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • Fall 2024Applied 9 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled 6
  • Fall 2023Applied 10 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled under 6
  • Fall 2022Applied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • Fall 2021Applied 6 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled under 6

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

36 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average Davis Joint Unified high school, 25 in 100 were. 1.4% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 73 of 201 students counted for it; suspension: 3 of 212 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 Davis Joint Unified high school 2.3%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

36 in 100This school
25 in 100At the average Davis Joint Unified high school
22 in 100At the average California high school

73 of 201 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

1.4%

of students were suspended at least once (3 of 212). Average California high school 2.9%.

Ask: When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grades K–3: not in the records we hold
  • Grades 4–6: 9 in 100, 2 of 23
  • Grades 7–8: 24 in 100, 8 of 34
  • Grades 9–12: 51 in 100, 63 of 124
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Davis School for Independent Study

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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Work here? Answer the staff questions.

Every learner

Who goes here?

White students are the largest group here: 46%.

Students, families and teachers

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 46%2. Hispanic or Latino: 23%3. Two or more races: 15%4. Asian: 6%Unallocated share: 10%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White46%
  2. Hispanic or Latino23%
  3. Two or more races15%
  4. Asian6%
  5. Black or African American—
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share10%
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.

Who are the families and teachers?

25%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 31 of 124. California: 63%.

15teachers, 2024–25

14 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

49%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

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
White46%
Hispanic or Latino23%
Two or more races15%
Asian6%
Black or African American—
Filipino—
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: 49% of teaching positions, 7.8 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 15.9 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask Davis Joint Unified which school serves your address.

School website: dsis.djusd.net ↗Office: (530) 757-5333Administrator: Siobhan Truesdale

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
526 B Street, Davis 95616

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

Questions for your visit

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school? 36 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (73 of 201 students); average California high school: 22 in 100
  2. How do you help students strengthen their skills while keeping graduation and post-school plans on track?
  3. How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
  4. When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?
  5. Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
  6. What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (530) 757-5333526 B Street, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby high schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

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

Nearby high schoolsPercentile among California high schools, 2025

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

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Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2024–25 · ranked #539 of 1,498 California high schools we score · #3 of 3 in Davis Joint Unified
Score factors, 2024–25
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Graduation rate86%4925%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math50%8022%
Ready for college or career (state measure)28%4020%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math67%6918%
Chronically absent33 in 100485%
Suspension rate0 of 203575%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California high schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2024–25. 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 95%: English learners reaching the top level of the state’s English test has no value for this school, so its 5% weight is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2021–22 to 2024–25 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

The 2024–25 Scope Score, in the current-formula row below, uses the state’s college-or-career readiness measure, 2024–25. No verified earlier Scope Scores are available here.

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2024–256164#539California high schools · 1,498 schools · current formula

2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24 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 absenceSuspension
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2447 in 1000.9% (2 of 227)
2024–2533 in 1000 of 203

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

Results by gradeEnglish and math · grades 3–8 and 11 · spring 2026 · % of tested students

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
EnglishTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 35suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed44%—
Grade 4not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file46%—
Grade 58suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed49%—
Grade 6not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file48%—
Grade 710suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed51%—
Grade 89suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed49%—
Grade 1110suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed57%—

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 · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
MathTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 35suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed47%—
Grade 4not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file42%—
Grade 58suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed37%—
Grade 6not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file37%—
Grade 71127%18%28%27%45%38%+7
Grade 88suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed36%—
Grade 1110suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed32%—

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.

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 · English4827%54%
2026 · Math4827%50%
2025 · English5133%57%
2025 · Math5328%53%
2024 · English4134%66%
2024 · Math4229%55%
2023 · English3426%74%
2023 · Math3327%55%
2022 · English7838%68%
2022 · Math7730%53%
2019 · English3743%86%
2019 · Math3529%57%
2018 · English3746%78%
2018 · Math3333%61%
2017 · English5237%85%
2017 · Math5022%54%

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 3 · English——
2025 · Grade 4 · English7—
2025 · Grade 5 · English——
2025 · Grade 6 · English7—
2025 · Grade 7 · English10—
2025 · Grade 8 · English10—
2025 · Grade 11 · English1275%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math——
2025 · Grade 4 · Math8—
2025 · Grade 5 · Math——
2025 · Grade 6 · Math8—
2025 · Grade 7 · Math10—
2025 · Grade 8 · Math10—
2025 · Grade 11 · Math1258%
2024 · Grade 3 · English4—
2024 · Grade 4 · English——
2024 · Grade 5 · English4—
2024 · Grade 6 · English4—
2024 · Grade 7 · English7—
2024 · Grade 8 · English8—
2024 · Grade 11 · English1385%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math4—
2024 · Grade 4 · Math——
2024 · Grade 5 · Math4—
2024 · Grade 6 · Math5—
2024 · Grade 7 · Math7—
2024 · Grade 8 · Math8—
2024 · Grade 11 · Math1242%
2023 · Grade 3 · English4—
2023 · Grade 4 · English——
2023 · Grade 5 · English——
2023 · Grade 6 · English——
2023 · Grade 7 · English4—
2023 · Grade 8 · English6—
2023 · Grade 11 · English1392%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math——
2023 · Grade 4 · Math——
2023 · Grade 5 · Math——
2023 · Grade 6 · Math——
2023 · Grade 7 · Math4—
2023 · Grade 8 · Math6—
2023 · Grade 11 · Math1369%
2022 · Grade 3 · English1650%
2022 · Grade 4 · English1191%
2022 · Grade 5 · English9—
2022 · Grade 6 · English9—
2022 · Grade 7 · English4—
2022 · Grade 8 · English1464%
2022 · Grade 11 · English1567%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math1644%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math1173%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math9—
2022 · Grade 6 · Math9—
2022 · Grade 7 · Math6—
2022 · Grade 8 · Math1443%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math1242%
2019 · Grade 3 · English——
2019 · Grade 4 · English——
2019 · Grade 5 · English4—
2019 · Grade 6 · English——
2019 · Grade 7 · English10—
2019 · Grade 8 · English7—
2019 · Grade 11 · English8—
2019 · Grade 3 · Math——
2019 · Grade 4 · Math——
2019 · Grade 5 · Math——
2019 · Grade 6 · Math——
2019 · Grade 7 · Math10—
2019 · Grade 8 · Math8—
2019 · Grade 11 · Math7—
2018 · Grade 3 · English——
2018 · Grade 4 · English——
2018 · Grade 5 · English——
2018 · Grade 6 · English——
2018 · Grade 7 · English——
2018 · Grade 8 · English——
2018 · Grade 11 · English1392%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math——
2018 · Grade 4 · Math——
2018 · Grade 5 · Math——
2018 · Grade 6 · Math——
2018 · Grade 7 · Math——
2018 · Grade 8 · Math——
2018 · Grade 11 · Math1369%
2017 · Grade 3 · English——
2017 · Grade 4 · English——
2017 · Grade 5 · English——
2017 · Grade 6 · English——
2017 · Grade 7 · English——
2017 · Grade 8 · English1377%
2017 · Grade 11 · English2789%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math——
2017 · Grade 4 · Math——
2017 · Grade 5 · Math——
2017 · Grade 6 · Math——
2017 · Grade 7 · Math——
2017 · Grade 8 · Math1267%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math2646%

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. “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
Schoolwide2524%36%40%0%

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: 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+1313Accelerated+2215Exceptional
English-only students+1811not categorized+2413not categorized

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. 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 grade 7. 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+13 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 7

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 7

13 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +13 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math+22 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 7

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 7

15 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

California growth model, math: +22 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Exceptional, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary 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 elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 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 grade 7, 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 · 33 in 100 → 2025–26 · 36 in 100 · +3 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 203 → 2025–26 · 1.4% (3 of 212) · +1.4 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female28 in 10036 in 100+8 in 100
Male29 in 10036 in 100+7 in 100
Hispanic or Latino40 in 10048 in 100+8 in 100
Two or more races30 in 10023 in 100−7 in 100
White23 in 10029 in 100+6 in 100
Students with disabilities42 in 10042 in 1000 in 100
Low-income40 in 10051 in 100+11 in 100
All students28 in 10036 in 100+8 in 100
Asian—23 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Graduation and readinessstate records · each rate for its own year and class of students
MeasureSource record
This school · CCI overall PreparedCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · all students in the current four-year graduation cohort, plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Overall CCI Prepared rate 28% · numerator 10 students classified Prepared · denominator 36 CCI students.
California · CCI overall PreparedCDE statewide CCI cohort · CCI source year 2025 · all students · overall Prepared rate 52% · numerator 257,567 students classified Prepared · denominator 497,814 CCI students.
AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · AP pathway rate 40% · AP-pathway numerator 4 · denominator 10 (CCI Prepared students). This measure uses Prepared students as its denominator, not the whole CCI cohort; it is not an AP exam-taking rate or a count of AP courses offered. That cohort includes all students in the current four-year graduation cohort plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. In 2025 the pathway accepts two qualifying AP exams, two qualifying AP courses, or a combination of one of each in different subjects.

CDE's overall Prepared rate is the college-readiness factor in the Scope Score (20% of the high school score). The school rate is 10 of 36 CCI students, not the AP-only pathway or A–G completion rate. The California figure is CDE's statewide CCI student cohort, not an average of SchoolScope's comparable high schools or the SchoolScope school-rank pool.

Graduation rate
86%
AP route, among those ready for college or career
40%
2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students ready for college or career (CDE’s “Prepared”), not course offerings
Finished the UC/CSU course list (A–G)
39%
A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-going rate
72%

These source periods and populations differ: graduation uses an adjusted cohort, while A–G completion and college-going use separately reported groups. The rates are shown individually, without a shared performance tier.

UC admissions, universitywidefall 2021–2025 · applied, admitted, enrolled, mean GPA · summed across CEEB codes
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledMean GPA (applied)Mean GPA (admitted)Mean GPA (enrolled)
202566under 34.114.11—
202173under 33.81——

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. GPA is each group's mean weighted, capped high-school GPA for 10th/11th-grade college-preparatory courses. SchoolScope leaves GPA unavailable when several CEEB codes contribute rather than combining their means. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here. Complete, matching counts can support a historical descriptive rate, but do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances. Series shown from 2021.

UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file · each campus counted separately
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley202553under 3
Davis200773under 3
Irvine20215under 3under 3
Irvine20075under 3under 3
Santa Cruz201564under 3
Santa Cruz200764under 3
Universitywide202566under 3
Universitywide202173under 3
Universitywide2015753
Universitywide200776under 3

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. Campus totals are not interchangeable with Universitywide; students can apply to several campuses. Universitywide is separately reported; never derive it by adding campus rows. Universitywide applicant and admit counts are unduplicated. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here; these records do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offerednot reported
AP course countnot reported
AP enrollment (male/female)not reported
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections0
Physics sections0
Chemistry sections0
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)138

These counts aren’t part of the Scope Score. “Not reported” means the federal record has no value for that item; it isn’t a zero. Enrollment counts add the male and female students the survey reports.

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California25%
California State University410%
California community college1538%
In-state private13%
Out-of-state, 4-year615%
Out-of-state, 2-year12%
Not enrolled1127%

40 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 73% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ all who finished high school; CDE calls them completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows above.

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$14,513 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 8,229 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$930 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 124

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,563 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 58%Instruction support 12%Student services 11%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$73,379,88158.11%58%
Instruction support$15,030,57911.90%12%
Student services$13,388,71310.60%11%
Administration$10,377,4218.22%8%
Buildings & maintenance$11,911,9279.43%9%
Other$2,188,7751.73%2%
Total$126,277,295100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $126,277,295 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$14,513 per pupil
2020$12,722 per pupil
2019$12,987 per pupil
2018$12,299 per pupil
2017$11,369 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 95616 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95616 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$74,359
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)78%
ZIP-area population53,630
Median age23.0 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 95616 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2024–25 results, compared across 1,498 high 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 · UC fall first-year source records — UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; the all-campus total is reported separately · federal civil rights data (CRDC) 2023–24, a past snapshot · state college-going records, class of 2023, matched to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment · Data updated October 15, 2026

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