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Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences

Escondido, CA · Grades 6-8 · 788 students · Escondido Union

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30% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 22% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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Math

22%

Grades 6 & 8 · Proficient or Advanced

English

30%

Grades 6 & 8 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

788

Total enrollment

Chronic absence

26%

Students absent 10% or more of school days

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grades 6 & 8 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

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0%25%50%75%100%2019: 27%2022: 22%2023: 17%2024: 15%2025: 22%2019: 43%2022: 37%2023: 26%2024: 31%2025: 30%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 27%2022: 22%2023: 17%2024: 15%2025: 22%2019: 43%2022: 37%2023: 26%2024: 31%2025: 30%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201927%43%
202222%37%
202317%26%
202415%31%
202522%30%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025

Has stayed near the 30th percentile since 2019.

Most rating sites would stop at “26% proficient” and call it done. Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences deserves a closer read. Four in five of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

769 tested · 3 of 3 grades published · cohort of 246 tracked

Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences scores 27 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 30th percentile of 2,177 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 26% meet the standard today, versus 34% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.

Percentile among 2,177 middle schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 34th percentile · Scope Score 29 of 1002022 · 29th percentile · Scope Score 24 of 1002023 · 18th percentile · Scope Score 19 of 1002024 · 8th percentile · Scope Score 18 of 1002025 · 30th percentile · Scope Score 27 of 100
ELAYellow(Increased)MathYellow(Increased)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 642%30%21%28%29%
Grade 744%34%33%29%30%
Grade 843%43%32%34%31%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 629%27%20%18%23%
Grade 721%18%20%15%24%
Grade 826%16%12%12%20%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

One in four of students here meet the standard. One in ten clear it by a lot.

ELA30% met or exceeded
Exceeded 8%Met 22%Nearly Met 24%Not Met 46%
Math22% met or exceeded
Exceeded 10%Met 12%Nearly Met 21%Not Met 57%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California middle schools · average17% exceeded · 40% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)AbsenceSuspension
This school279%26%Average · p5426.1%9.0%
CA average · Middle School3917%40%Average · p5018.1%3.6%
This schoolCA avg
Scope2739
% Exceeded9%17%
% Met+26%40%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)Average · p54Average · p50
Absence26.1%18.1%
Suspension9.0%3.6%
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25

California's own growth model splits here — the 26th percentile in reading against the 60th in math, among middle schools.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

California runs its own growth model, following individual children in grades 4 through 8 rather than comparing school-wide averages the way we do — and its two subjects part company here. It puts this school around the 26th percentile of California middle schools in reading and the 60th in math; ours, which blends the subjects, lands around the 54th. A gap that size between math and reading in one building is worth asking about directly — one year of data can't tell you whether it is the teaching, the cohort, or noise.

— pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California middle school lands at −1 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −8 and +6 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.

The returning cohort, two years on
ELA · 2023 · Grade 6
5%
exceeded standard · 21% met or exceeded
ELA · 2025 · Grade 8
9%
exceeded standard · 31% met or exceeded

Percent exceeded, ELA only. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different metric — mean scale-score change across ELA and Math; California's own matched-student model is below.

Both measures, each ranked in its own field
Our growth measurereturning cohort, G6→G8SchoolScope growth measure: 54th percentile among California middle schools.54th pctile
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: −6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 26th percentile of 7,519 reported schools.26th pctile · −6 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: +4 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 60th percentile of 7,518 reported schools.60th pctile · +4 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard behind the same group statewide.

At Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences in Escondido, 27.4% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 30.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences trails its district average for low-income students by 3.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (20.1% Math proficient); Hispanic students (26.5% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 27.2 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 698 students tested.

Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 11 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 26% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 26%, district —, state 40%26%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 24%, district 27%, state 32%24% · −3 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 23%, district 27%, state 32%23% · −4 vs school
MaleMale: this school 25%, district 32%, state 42%25% · −2 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 28%, district 35%, state 44%28% · +2 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 4%, district 9%, state 11%4% · −22 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 7%, district 11%, state 15%7% · −19 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 49%, district 59%, state 56%49% · +23 vs school
HomelessHomeless: this school 19%, district 21%, state 22%19% · −7 vs school
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: this school 31%, district 50%, state 56%31% · +5 vs school

5 of 15 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
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Student-group results by grade

Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 2.0pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school. District average: +5.7pp.

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The state's growth model, by student group

California follows these children individually and predicts each one's score from their own prior year. Each row is read against the same group at a typical California middle school — not against zero, and not against this school's all-students figure, because the state's expectation already differs by group.

Reading
Low-income students651 studentsLow-income students, reading: −7 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 651 students.−7 pts · −4 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students623 studentsHispanic or Latino students, reading: −7 scale-score points versus expectation, against −2 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 623 students.−7 pts · −5 vs typical
English Learner373 studentsEnglish Learner, reading: −13 scale-score points versus expectation, against −5 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 373 students.−13 pts · −8 vs typical
English Only254 studentsEnglish Only, reading: +2 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 254 students.+2 pts · +2 vs typical
English learners only239 studentsEnglish learners only, reading: −16 scale-score points versus expectation, against −15 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 239 students.−16 pts · −1 vs typical
Math
Low-income students650 studentsLow-income students, math: +4 scale-score points versus expectation, against −5 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 650 students.+4 pts · +9 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students622 studentsHispanic or Latino students, math: +4 scale-score points versus expectation, against −6 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 622 students.+4 pts · +10 vs typical
English Learner373 studentsEnglish Learner, math: +4 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 373 students.+4 pts · +7 vs typical
English Only254 studentsEnglish Only, math: +4 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 254 students.+4 pts · +7 vs typical
English learners only239 studentsEnglish learners only, math: +1 scale-score points versus expectation, against −5 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 239 students.+1 pts · +6 vs typical
this school typical California middle school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— 1 more group is reported here with between 11 and 29 students. We hold those back on purpose: at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own, and a quarter of such groups land past the state's top or bottom cut point by chance alone. They are listed with their student counts in the data appendix. — A group not listed at all had fewer than 11 students with a growth score, so California published nothing for it here. That is a privacy protection, not a judgment about those students. — Context only. None of this enters the Scope Score.

The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 18 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher18 · district 20
Teaching staff45 teachers
Avg. experience14.6 years
Fully credentialed93%
First-year teachers2%
Intern / emergency permit1.6%
PrincipalMichael Reichle
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Teacher salary schedule$51,443 – $122,826
Principal salaryFrom $158,302
Superintendent salary$290,110

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here miss more school, and get suspended more, than the state average.

26.1% of students miss a month or more of school, versus 18.1% statewide. High absence often tracks community stress — worth asking about on a tour.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 26.1%, district 21.5%, state 18.1%26.1% · +8.0pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 9.0%, district —, state 3.6%9.0% · +5.4pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–621.7%
Grades 7–828.3%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

Explore school spending and the district budget
What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $19,008 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$984 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $19,008, CA average $14,491$19,008 · spent at this school
Federal share$984 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,826 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 64%Instruction support 11%Student services 10%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 10%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

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district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$16,125 per pupil
2019$14,185 per pupil
2018$13,957 per pupil
2017$10,895 per pupil
2016$10,666 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

Four in five of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 17% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino86.9% · district 70.7% · CA 56.1%
White6.2% · district 17.8% · CA 19.9%
Asian1.1% · district 2.7% · CA 10.2%
Black0.8% · district 1.0% · CA 4.8%
Other5.0% · district 7.8% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch91.1% · CA 64%
Median income$81K · CA $85K
Median home value$828K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+29% · CA 35%
ZIP population49,989
Median age36 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

What is the school’s approach?

School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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2025 · middle schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

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SchoolTypePerformance bandAdvancedProficient or AdvancedDistanceSelect
Del Dios Academy of Arts and SciencesPublicDeveloping9%26%School being viewed
Woodland Park MiddlePublicSolid20%46%3.0 mi
Mission MiddlePublicNeeds Support7%25%2.3 mi
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Is Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences a good middle school?
Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences has a Scope Score of 27 out of 100, placing it in the 30th percentile of California middle schools and ranked #1,523 statewide. 9.1% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 8.0 percentage points below the California average of 17.2%. The Scope Score weights 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard (42%), met or exceeded (proficient) (23%), grade 6-to-8 growth (20%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 26.2% of students at Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 9.1% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 17.1% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 9.1% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 1,549 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences rank in California?
Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences ranks #1,523 among California middle schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 30th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), same-cohort growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
Is Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences getting better or worse?
SchoolScope follows the same cohort of students across grades rather than comparing two different grades in the same year. At Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences that cohort is 2023 G6 → 2025 G8, measured in SBAC scale-score points. Its gain ranks average among California middle schools — roughly the 54th percentile, ahead of the typical school at this level. Read the ranking, not the raw point gain: scale scores rise with age, so nearly every school posts a positive number and only the relative position tells you anything. Growth is weighted at 20% in the middle Scope Score because it is the least demographically confounded signal available — it tracks change over time rather than the level students arrived at. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences?
26.1% of students at Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 18.1%. The suspension rate is 9.0%. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences compare to other schools in Escondido?
Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences scores 27/100 (30th percentile) among California middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 788 students. Use the schools in Escondido page or the map view to compare all middle schools nearby.
How does Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences in Escondido, 27.4% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 30.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences trails its district average for low-income students by 3.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (20.1% Math proficient); Hispanic students (26.5% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 27.2 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 698 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

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Public sources, visible methods and the underlying school record. Source years and limitations stay attached to the evidence.

How the Scope Score is calculated

On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

The 6 things our score weighs

The school's returning cohort — mostly, not exactly, the same kids two years on — gained 46 scale-score points across the span. Almost every school gains points, so we rank the gain against every other California school in this level.

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Exceeded standard9.1%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded26.2%40.0%23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)Averageaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism26.1%18.1%5%
Suspension rate9.0%3.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)16.3%18.0%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences: reading the evidence

Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences posts 26% meeting the standard and 9.1% exceeding it, against 40% and 17.2% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

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Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences is ranked #1,523 statewide · #6 of 8 in Escondido Union.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard9.1%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded26.2%40.0%23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)Averageaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism26.1%18.1%5%
Suspension rate9.0%3.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)16.3%18.0%5%
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 17.2% · index 41 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 40.0% · index 39 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)
↑ vs CA average · 54th pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 18.1% · index 39 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 3.9pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↓ vs CA 3.6% · index 28 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 1.9pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↓ vs CA 18.0% · index 43 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 62507%22%24%46%29%−17
Grade 72769%22%21%49%30%−17
Grade 82439%22%28%42%31%−15
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 625212%12%17%60%23%−11
Grade 727911%13%20%56%24%−10
Grade 82498%12%25%55%20%−12

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide2494%13%59%24%

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.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged69827.4%−3−11
Hispanic/Latino67026.5%−4−12
English Learners2643.0%−5−7
03Nearest middle schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences ←—279.1%26.2%−0.6pp+46 pts9.0%
Woodland Park Middle3 mi3619.7%46.3%−7.0pp—5.5%
Mission Middle2.3 mi246.8%24.8%+5.3pp—6.1%
California average—3917.2%40.0%+1.5pp—3.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
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YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20192934#12959.5%34.1%11.7%6.9%-1.0pp
20222429#14958.6%28.2%45.4%8.8%+1.3pp
20231918#17406.3%23.1%36.5%12.0%+1.3pp
2024188#19817.0%22.7%30.0%10.9%-0.1pp
20252730#15239.1%26.2%26.1%9.0%-0.6pp
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
What we can't show
  • — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 11 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
Group20192025Δ
Female9.8%24.1%+14.3pp
Male13.6%27.9%+14.3pp
Asian0.0%——
Black/African American15.4%——
Filipino8.3%——
Hispanic/Latino10.8%27.0%+16.2pp
White27.3%26.0%-1.3pp
Students with Disabilities19.2%33.7%+14.5pp
English Learners12.1%28.0%+15.9pp
Homeless24.2%42.2%+18.0pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged11.6%27.7%+16.1pp
All Students11.7%26.2%+14.5pp
Two or More Races—30.0%—
Military-Connected—25.0%—
06California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
ShowHide table 06 — California growth model, by student group
GroupReadingnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students−6721Moderate+4720Average
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−7651Moderate+4650Average
Hispanic or Latino−7623Moderate+4622Average
English Learner−13373Moderate+4373Average
English Only+2254not categorised+4254not categorised
English Learners Only−16239not categorised+1239not categorised
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)−18175Moderate+4175Average
Students with Disabilities−11145Moderate−3145Average
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only−2134not categorised+7134not categorised
White+246Average046Average
Homeless Youth−831Moderate−232Average
Two or More Races+527Accelerated+927Accelerated

Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a growth score — published by CDE, held back from the narrative sections above because at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Long-Term English Learner counts cover grades 6-8 only (CDE), so that row is not comparable to the All Students row. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,177 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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