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Dolores Huerta Middle — Rating & test scores

420 South Mariposa Street, Burbank · 931 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 77

SolidScope Score · 63rd percentile. Higher than 63 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) and math: 52% and 41% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8, spring 2026, 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: 862
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?

Solid. 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 Advanced6252%
Math, Proficient or Advanced6741%
English, Advanced6920%
Math, Advanced6521%

Progress in a year, 2025

English15−11 pts
Math26−9 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance5914 in 100
Dolores Huerta’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Burbank 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 (−11 pts) and math (−9 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: 854 in English, 852 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 dhms.burbankusd.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 11 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 9 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−11

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income355−22 points
Hispanic or Latino349−15 points
White305−11 points
English learners125−24 points
Students with disabilities121−21 points

Math

−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

Low-income355−12 points
Hispanic or Latino348−16 points
White304−5 points
English learners125−10 points
Students with disabilities121−15 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 854 students in English, 852 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 11 points below that expected score, and in math 9 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 42nd 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?

5 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 4.9 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. John MuirNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8384th
  2. Walter ReedLos Angeles Unified · by addressScope Score 8282nd
  3. Woodrow WilsonGlendale Unified · by addressScope Score 8177th
  4. Eleanor J. TollGlendale Unified · by addressScope Score 7867th
  5. Luther BurbankNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7864th
  6. Dolores HuertaScope Score 7763rd
  7. Theodore RooseveltGlendale Unified · by addressScope Score 7762nd
  8. Roy RomerLos Angeles Unified · by addressScope Score 7655th
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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%

5 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

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 77. 241 California middle schools, counting Dolores Huerta, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 81. Dolores Huerta’s result is higher than 59 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 241

  1. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 99Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 34%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

241 California public middle schools where 25% to 37% 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 25% to 37% 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?

English results were similar to 2025; math results were higher. English went from 50% to 52% and math from 36% to 41%.

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

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

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202657%54%58%Burbank UnifiedDistrict52%Dolores HuertaThis school49%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202645%41%47%Burbank UnifiedDistrict41%Dolores HuertaThis school37%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Burbank Unified’s line combines its 3 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. Burbank Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringDolores HuertaBurbank UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201754%57%48%1,054
201857%60%49%1,039
201956%62%50%1,030
202248%54%47%928
202346%54%46%875
202446%53%46%933
202550%57%49%886
202652%58%49%862
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringDolores HuertaBurbank UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201741%45%37%1,055
201844%48%37%1,045
201941%49%38%1,032
202236%40%31%940
202337%40%32%897
202434%39%33%932
202536%43%36%884
202641%47%37%862

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in both subjects.

English

52%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

23253220
Burbank Unified58%California49%

Math

41%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

33262021
Burbank Unified47%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 52% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 41% 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 11 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 Advanced54%55%48%
Advanced23%20%17%
Proficient31%35%31%
Developing level26%23%25%
Minimal20%22%27%
Tested312282268
California48%51%49%
Difference+6+4−1

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 Advanced42%41%40%
Advanced22%20%20%
Proficient20%21%20%
Developing level28%28%20%
Minimal30%31%40%
Tested313281268
California37%38%36%
Difference+5+3+4

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 school20%32%25%23%862
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Burbank Unified22%36%23%19%3,146
Math, grades 6–8 · This school21%20%26%33%862
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Burbank Unified25%22%25%28%3,147

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 862 tested in English, 862 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 40% of students. 123 of 898 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

14in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (123 of 898 students).

At the average Burbank Unified middle school: 12 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 6.0% of students were suspended at least once (54 of 904). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

931

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 40%White 38%Two or more races 8%Asian 4%Not reported 4%Black or African American 3%Filipino 3%

Family income

31%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 285 of 931. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

38

teachers, with 14 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

88% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

77%

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 (30 of 39 students).

Burbank Unified: 62%. 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
12 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (40 of 326).
Grades 7–8
15 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (83 of 572).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino40%
White38%
Two or more races8%
Asian4%
Not reported4%
Black or African American3%
Filipino3%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
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: 39.5 of 44.9 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Seven student groups at Dolores Huerta have test results. Each bar compares one group with the same group across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Two or more races104 tested65%California 62%
  • Asian38 tested63%California 75%
  • White327 tested59%California 62%
  • Hispanic or Latino342 tested40%California 39%
  • Low-income381 tested38%California 39%
  • Students with disabilities137 tested20%California 14%
  • English learners31 tested6%California 7%

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 English, 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 Burbank Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 381 tested
English38%−947%−139%
Math29%−534%+326%
Hispanic or Latino · 342 tested in English, 343 in math
English40%−444%+139%
Math26%−228%+125%
White · 327 tested in English, 326 in math
English59%−261%−362%
Math51%051%+150%
Two or more races · 104 tested
English65%−671%+362%
Math54%−963%+450%
Asian · 38 tested
English63%−1073%−1275%
Math63%−1073%−871%
English learners · 31 tested · grades 7 and 8 only
English6%−2127%−17%
Math6%−1723%−17%
Students with disabilities · 137 tested
English20%+119%+614%
Math15%+114%+510%

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

Black or African American and Filipino students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for 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.
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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?

$8,776 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Burbank Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $179 million.

$8,776

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$8,389
The school’s share of district office costs
$387
Of the total, from federal funds
$460
  • Dolores Huerta$8,776
  • Burbank Unified middle schools$8,452
  • 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 ↓

Burbank Unified’s yearly plan

$179million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$13million

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 $179 million of $233 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Burbank 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 91506. They are not figures for the families at Dolores Huerta.

Typical household income in a year

$105,955

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 91506.

Typical home value
$1,096,000
People who live in this ZIP code
18,612
Typical age
44.7 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
48%

What you can do

Who can act on Dolores Huerta’s results?

Burbank 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 

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?6.0% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (54 of 904 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?11 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (854 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 Burbank Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Walt Disney Elementary
    Scope Score 84Strong · 82nd percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Dolores Huerta Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 77Solid · 63rd percentile
  3. High
    Burroughs High
    Scope Score 82Strong · 77th percentile · 2025Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Walt Disney Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 84 · Strong · 82nd percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • William McKinley Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 81 · Solid · 74th percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • R. L. Stevenson Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 82 · Strong · 79th percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Theodore Roosevelt Elementary

    Its zone partly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 81 · Strong · 76th percentile · elementary · 2026

    53% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Thomas Edison Elementary

    Its zone partly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 82 · Strong · 78th percentile · elementary · 2026

    43% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • Burroughs High

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 82 · Strong · 77th percentile · high · 2025

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

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. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where the path ends: Burroughs High
Burroughs HighScope Score 82 · Strong · 77th percentile · 2025historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Burroughs High. UC records 48 enrollees from Burroughs High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 17 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Burroughs High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 74% of the students who finished high school at Burroughs High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

48 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 17 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Burroughs High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Dolores Huerta?

Address
420 South Mariposa Street, Burbank 91506Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Robin HatchAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated June 20, 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 7 common questions

How do I get in?

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

Is Dolores Huerta a good middle school?

Dolores Huerta Middle has a Scope Score of 77. It scored higher than 63 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Solid, 63rd percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 14 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 12 in 100 at the average Burbank Unified middle school. 6.0% of students (54 of 904) 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 11 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 9 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 854 students in English, 852 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 38% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Dolores Huerta Middle in Burbank scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Dolores Huerta Middle's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Burroughs High. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education’s School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement; confirm your address with the district.

  • Burroughs High: Scope Score 82, Strong, 77th percentile among California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 results

See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

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

The full record

Source records

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

Data updated

October 15, 2026

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

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #935 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #3 of 3 in Burbank Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math20%5342%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math46%5523%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+42 scale-score pts4220%
Chronically absent14 in 100565%
Suspension rate6.0% (54 of 904)415%
English learners: top level45%815%

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

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

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267763#935California middle schools · 2,529 schools · current formula

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

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–195 in 1004.1% (44 of 1,078)−7
2021–22not on filenot on file−4
2022–23not on filenot on file−4
2023–2416 in 1007.0% (70 of 995)−1
2024–2516 in 1005.8% (56 of 968)−5
2025–2614 in 1006.0% (54 of 904)−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).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English86220%52%
2026 · Math86221%41%
2025 · English88617%50%
2025 · Math88418%36%
2024 · English93316%46%
2024 · Math93215%34%
2023 · English87514%46%
2023 · Math89719%37%
2022 · English92815%48%
2022 · Math94016%36%
2019 · English1,03019%56%
2019 · Math1,03220%41%
2018 · English1,03920%57%
2018 · Math1,04522%44%
2017 · English1,05418%54%
2017 · Math1,05520%41%

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 · English28052%
2025 · Grade 7 · English26854%
2025 · Grade 8 · English33846%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math28037%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math26738%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math33733%
2024 · Grade 6 · English29044%
2024 · Grade 7 · English34349%
2024 · Grade 8 · English30044%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math29034%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math34335%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math29933%
2023 · Grade 6 · English29348%
2023 · Grade 7 · English26343%
2023 · Grade 8 · English31947%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math29940%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math26939%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math32933%
2022 · Grade 6 · English27251%
2022 · Grade 7 · English32050%
2022 · Grade 8 · English33643%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math27434%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math32341%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math34334%
2019 · Grade 6 · English34758%
2019 · Grade 7 · English36559%
2019 · Grade 8 · English31850%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math35142%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math36546%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math31636%
2018 · Grade 6 · English36261%
2018 · Grade 7 · English32358%
2018 · Grade 8 · English35453%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math36445%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math32745%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math35441%
2017 · Grade 6 · English33055%
2017 · Grade 7 · English35249%
2017 · Grade 8 · English37258%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math32940%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math35243%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math37439%

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
Schoolwide26819%28%41%12%

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-income38138%−9−1
Hispanic or Latino34240%−4+1
White32759%−2−3
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−11854Moderate−9852Moderate
English-only students−9640not categorized−11638not categorized
Low-income−22355Minimal−12355Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−15349Moderate−16348Moderate
White−11305Moderate−5304Average
English learners−24125Minimal−10125Moderate
Students with disabilities−21121Minimal−15121Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−1170not categorized−1370not categorized
Two or more races−166Average+166Average
English learners only−4055not categorized−455not categorized
Asian+1140Accelerated+1340Accelerated
Filipino−527Average+327Average
Black or African American−125Average−1625Moderate

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 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
16%
exceeded standard · 44% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 290 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
17%
Advanced · 48% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 268 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 268 (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−11 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

854 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −11 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−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

852 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −9 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 · 16 in 100 → 2025–26 · 14 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 5.8% (56 of 968) → 2025–26 · 6.0% (54 of 904) · +0.2 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female4 in 10012 in 100+8 in 100
Male6 in 10015 in 100+9 in 100
Asian0 of 426 of 40—
Black or African American2 of 366 of 25—
Filipino1 of 400 of 23—
Hispanic or Latino6 in 10015 in 100+9 in 100
Two or more races3 of 615 of 70—
White6 in 10013 in 100+7 in 100
Students with disabilities9 in 10019 in 100+10 in 100
English learners2 of 5412 of 46—
Homeless1 of 125 of 14—
Low-income9 in 10018 in 100+9 in 100
All students5 in 10014 in 100+9 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$12,045 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 14,704 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$460 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 931

District current expense · FY 2024–25$16,445 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 10%Student services 9%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$139,654,71863.26%63%
Instruction support$22,520,06810.20%10%
Student services$19,606,2368.88%9%
Administration$17,292,9417.83%8%
Buildings & maintenance$20,343,6179.22%9%
Other$1,339,3950.61%1%
Total$220,756,974100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $220,756,974 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$12,045 per pupil
2020$11,768 per pupil
2019$12,056 per pupil
2018$11,331 per pupil
2017$10,459 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 91506 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 91506 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$105,955
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)48%
ZIP-area population18,612
Median age44.7 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 91506 →

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