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Dolores Huerta Middle — Rating & test scores

3556 Zanker Road, San Jose · 571 students · Grades 6–8

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The California School Campus Database records Abram Agnew Elementary and Kathleen MacDonald High on this campus too; it gives each school the whole campus, so this drawing doesn’t show which buildings each uses.

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Scope Score 72

DevelopingScope Score · 34th percentile. Higher than 34 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

Near California in English (reading and writing), below in math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 50% and 31% 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: 542 in English, 539 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 Dolores Huerta a good middle school?

Developing. Dolores Huerta is higher than most California middle schools on test results and attendance. Dolores Huerta is lower than most on progress in both subjects.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced5850%
Math, Proficient or Advanced5131%
English, Advanced5515%
Math, Advanced5416%

Progress in a year, 2025

English20−9 pts
Math15−14 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance6313 in 100
Dolores Huerta’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Santa Clara Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 6–8 scored lower than California students who had the same scores the year before, in English (−9 pts) and math (−14 pts). The state calls both results Moderate.

Each bar is Dolores Huerta’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
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 513 in English, 511 in math. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

In its own words

What does Dolores Huerta say about itself?

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

Open huerta.santaclarausd.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 9 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 14 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−9

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

Hispanic or Latino260−15 points
Low-income222−15 points
English learners184−15 points
Asian106+6 points
Students with disabilities64−31 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

Hispanic or Latino261−18 points
Low-income221−17 points
English learners184−14 points
Asian105+5 points
Students with disabilities64−22 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 513 students in English, 511 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 9 points 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 20th 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?

6 of the 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Dolores Huerta. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 4.4 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Thomas RussellMilpitas Unified · by addressScope Score 9195th
  2. Rancho MilpitasMilpitas Unified · by addressScope Score 8993rd
  3. SierramontBerryessa Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 8892nd
  4. MorrillBerryessa Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 8076th
  5. Juan CabrilloNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8074th
  6. BuchserNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7970th
  7. Dolores HuertaScope Score 7234th
  8. Muwekma OhloneSan Jose Unified · by addressScope Score 7019th
Santa Clara 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.

25%50%75%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 Dolores Huerta compare with schools like it?

Dolores Huerta’s Scope Score is 72. 295 California middle schools, counting Dolores Huerta, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 79. Dolores Huerta’s result is higher than 24 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 295

  1. Students from low-income families: 34%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 43%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 37%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 39%

    Creekside Middle

    Castro Valley

    Scope Score 92Strong · 97th percentile

295 California public middle schools where 31% to 43% 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 31% to 43% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Dolores Huerta’s share. The count includes Dolores Huerta. 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 49% to 50% and math from 32% to 31%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2024 to 2026

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

English

25%50%75%20242025202657%47%58%Santa Clara UnifiedDistrict50%Dolores HuertaThis school49%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

25%50%75%20242025202643%30%46%Santa Clara UnifiedDistrict37%CaliforniaCalifornia31%Dolores HuertaThis school

Each spring tests a different group of students. Santa Clara Unified’s line combines its 5 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. Santa Clara Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringDolores HuertaSanta Clara UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
202447%57%46%592
202549%58%49%549
202650%58%49%542
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringDolores HuertaSanta Clara UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
202430%43%33%598
202532%46%36%556
202631%46%37%539

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in English; below it in math.

English

50%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

27233515
Santa Clara Unified58%California49%

Math

31%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

42271516
Santa Clara Unified46%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 50% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 31% 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 19 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 Advanced50%61%40%
Advanced17%16%12%
Proficient33%45%28%
Developing level28%20%22%
Minimal22%19%38%
Tested173176193
California48%51%49%
Difference+2+10−9

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 Advanced27%40%27%
Advanced9%22%16%
Proficient18%18%11%
Developing level32%27%23%
Minimal41%33%50%
Tested172176191
California37%38%36%
Difference−10+2−9

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 school15%35%23%27%542
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Santa Clara Unified28%30%19%23%2,895
Math, grades 6–8 · This school16%15%27%42%539
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Santa Clara Unified31%15%20%34%2,916

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 542 tested in English, 539 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 49% of students. 71 of 564 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

13in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (71 of 564 students).

At the average Santa Clara Unified middle school: 11 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 7.1% of students were suspended at least once (40 of 567). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

571

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 49%Asian 22%White 10%Filipino 10%Two or more races 6%Black or African American 3%

Family income

37%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 211 of 571. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

29

teachers, with 10 years of experience on average.

3% were in their first year.

96% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

73%

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 (58 of 79 students).

Santa Clara Unified: 51%. 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
9 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (16 of 181).
Grades 7–8
14 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (55 of 383).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino49%
Asian22%
White10%
Filipino10%
Two or more races6%
Black or African American3%
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: 9.6 of 10 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

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

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Asian116 tested66%California 71%
  • White54 tested39%California 50%
  • Two or more races36 tested39%California 50%
  • Filipino52 tested37%California 60%
  • Low-income223 tested20%California 26%
  • Hispanic or Latino261 tested14%California 25%
  • Students with disabilities59 tested10%California 10%
  • English learners85 tested6%California 7%

14% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 25% for the same group across California. Filipino and low-income students 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 Santa Clara Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 225 tested in English, 223 in math
English39%+336%039%
Math20%−121%−626%
Hispanic or Latino · 262 tested in English, 261 in math
English39%+237%039%
Math14%−519%−1125%
Asian · 118 tested in English, 116 in math
English75%−277%075%
Math66%−773%−571%
White · 55 tested in English, 54 in math
English44%−2771%−1862%
Math39%−2362%−1150%
Filipino · 52 tested
English52%−1264%−2274%
Math37%−1249%−2360%
Two or more races · 36 tested
English58%−1876%−462%
Math39%−2160%−1150%
English learners · 86 tested in English, 85 in math
English12%+210%+57%
Math6%−17%−17%
Students with disabilities · 61 tested in English, 59 in math
English10%−1222%−414%
Math10%−414%010%

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

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

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Dolores Huerta. 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.

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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?

$32,694 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Santa Clara Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $30 million.

$32,694

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$19,227
The school’s share of district office costs
$13,467
Of the total, from federal funds
$136
  • Dolores Huerta$32,694
  • Santa Clara Unified middle schools$31,491
  • 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 ↓

Santa Clara Unified’s yearly plan

$30million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$12million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 4 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $30 million of $447 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Santa Clara Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Dolores Huerta like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95134. They are not figures for the families at Dolores Huerta.

Typical household income in a year

$203,649

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 95134.

People who live in this ZIP code
30,471
Typical age
31.3 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
76%

What you can do

Who can act on Dolores Huerta’s results?

Santa Clara Unified’s board decides Dolores Huerta’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 Dolores Huerta 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 Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Dolores Huerta. 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?7.1% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (40 of 567 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. 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 (511 students)
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. 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 Dolores Huerta, and how do I get in?

Ask Santa Clara Unified which school serves your address.

In the district’s boundaries, Dolores Huerta 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
Dolores Huerta Middle
High · next
Kathleen MacDonald High

Assigned

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. 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

High-school links

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: Kathleen MacDonald High
Kathleen MacDonald Highdistrict-published assignment

The road from this school ends at Kathleen MacDonald High. The AP Course Audit lists 13 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. That figure comes from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Kathleen MacDonald High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years.

13 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Kathleen MacDonald High's page

SchoolScope has no verified UC admissions record for this school. SchoolScope has no verified CEEB identity mapping for this school. Source: UC admissions by source school.

Source: College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Dolores Huerta?

Address
3556 Zanker Road, San Jose 95134Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Dawnel SonntagAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 15, 2023.

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 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Santa Clara Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Dolores Huerta a good middle school?

Dolores Huerta Middle has a Scope Score of 72. It scored higher than 34 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Developing, 34th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 13 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 11 in 100 at the average Santa Clara Unified middle school. 7.1% of students (40 of 567) 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?

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 9 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 14 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 513 students in English, 511 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 39% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Dolores Huerta Middle in San Jose scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. 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
2022–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,654 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #5 of 5 in Santa Clara Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math15%4842%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math41%5123%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+24 scale-score pts2020%
Chronically absent13 in 100575%
Suspension rate7.1% (40 of 567)375%
English learners: top level35%675%

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 year2023–24 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267234#1654California middle schools · 2,529 schools · current formula

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)
2023–2415 in 1004.5% (29 of 641)−1
2024–2514 in 1006.6% (39 of 595)−12
2025–2613 in 1007.1% (40 of 567)−4

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).
Every tested year2022–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English54215%50%
2026 · Math53916%31%
2025 · English54917%49%
2025 · Math55615%32%
2024 · English59215%47%
2024 · Math59812%30%
2023 · English36616%50%
2023 · Math37113%29%
2022 · English19516%47%
2022 · Math19414%31%

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 · English17660%
2025 · Grade 7 · English19242%
2025 · Grade 8 · English18144%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math17736%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math19432%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math18529%
2024 · Grade 6 · English19348%
2024 · Grade 7 · English17549%
2024 · Grade 8 · English22445%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math19629%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math17531%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math22729%
2023 · Grade 6 · English17050%
2023 · Grade 7 · English19651%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math17324%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math19832%
2022 · Grade 6 · English19547%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math19431%

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
Schoolwide19311%18%47%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.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income22539%+30
Hispanic or Latino26239%+20
Asian11875%−20
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−9513Moderate−14511Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−15260Moderate−18261Moderate
English-only students−5241not categorized−15239not categorized
Low-income−15222Moderate−17221Moderate
English learners−15184Moderate−14184Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−4136not categorized−12135not categorized
Asian+6106Accelerated+5105Accelerated
Students with disabilities−3164Minimal−2264Minimal
Filipino055Average−1855Moderate
English learners only−3548not categorized−1649not categorized
White−247Average+145Average
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−4337Minimal−1138Moderate
Two or more races−728Moderate−2728Minimal
Black or African American−411Average−2711Minimal

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
17%
exceeded standard · 48% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 193 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
12%
Advanced · 40% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 193 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 192 (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−9 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

513 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −9 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, 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

511 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 · 14 in 100 → 2025–26 · 13 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 6.6% (39 of 595) → 2025–26 · 7.1% (40 of 567) · +0.5 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—15 in 100—
Male—11 in 100—
Asian—4 in 100—
Black or African American—2 of 17—
Filipino—3 of 54—
Hispanic or Latino—16 in 100—
Two or more races—4 of 34—
White—12 of 56—
Students with disabilities—14 of 69—
English learners—8 of 94—
Low-income—16 in 100—
All students—13 in 100—

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$20,344 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 14,808 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$136 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 571

District current expense · FY 2024–25$32,023 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 63%Instruction support 14%Student services 7%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 9%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$272,369,52262.41%63%
Instruction support$60,929,06713.96%14%
Student services$32,316,1107.40%7%
Administration$29,680,7016.80%7%
Buildings & maintenance$40,920,1869.38%9%
Total$436,452,510100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $436,452,510 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$20,344 per pupil
2020$18,925 per pupil
2019$19,279 per pupil
2018$17,223 per pupil
2017$15,125 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 95134 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95134 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$203,649
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)76%
ZIP-area population30,471
Median age31.3 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 95134 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 2,529 middle 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 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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