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East Avenue Middle: Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.

East Avenue posts 51% meeting the standard, and 26.4% going well past it. Most kids here keep up. Fewer get pushed further. Ask the school what it does for a child who already finds the work easy.

3951 East Avenue, 94550 (opens in new tab)·Livermore Valley Joint Unified·Livermore·Grades 6-8·581 students·26% low-income·2024–25 CAASPP·(925) 606-4711·Website
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
This schoolCA avg
Scope4239
% Exceeded26%17%
% Met+51%40%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)Weak · p33Average · p50
Absence11.3%18.1%
Suspension5.5%3.6%
Scope Score
42
🌱 Building Momentum · Developing
ranked #819 statewide · #4 of 5 in Livermore Valley Joint Unified

East Avenue Middle scores 42 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 63rd percentile of 2,177 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →

🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.

CDE CAASPP 2025

Most rating sites would stop at “51% proficient” and call it done. East Avenue deserves a closer read. The school sits in Livermore, where one in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

The seven-year arc

Percentile among 2,177 middle schools statewide

Slipped from the 74th to the 63rd percentile since 2019.

CA Dashboard
ELAGreen(Increased)MathYellow(Maintained)

Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 51% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.

ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 661%45%65%63%54%
Grade 764%47%58%65%67%
Grade 854%53%51%46%65%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 636%36%44%46%38%
Grade 739%35%40%51%45%
Grade 847%37%37%31%40%

The story this school is actually telling

The school, grade by grade

ELA · CAASPP 2024–25

Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.

22%
31%
47%
Grade 6 · 53% proficient
31%
36%
33%
Grade 7 · 67% proficient
27%
38%
35%
Grade 8 · 65% proficient

The honest read: the share exceeding rises 4.4pp across grades; the floor rises 11.1pp. The state average rises 0.1pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.

The 6 things our score weighs

Exceeded standard
26.4%
State 17.2%
9.2pp above state avg
Met or exceeded
51.4%
State 40.0%
11.4pp above state avg
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)
Weak
State average
The school's returning cohort — mostly, not exactly, the same kids two years on — gained 32 scale-score points across the span. Almost every school gains points, so we rank the gain against every other California school in this level.
Chronic absenteeism
11.3%
State 18.1%
6.8pp below state avg
Suspension rate
5.5%
State 3.6%
1.9pp above state avg
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
6.3%
State 18.0%
11.6pp below state avg

California's own answer to the same question

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. The two measures land in the same neighbourhood here — ours puts this school around the 33rd percentile of California middle schools, the state's around the 40th in reading and math together. Two different methods agreeing is the most you can ask of one year of test data.

Both measures, ranked against every California school
Our growth measuresame cohort, G6→G8SchoolScope growth measure: 33rd percentile among California middle schools.33rd pctile
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: +1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 49th percentile of 7,519 reported schools.49th pctile · +1 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: −6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 30th percentile of 7,518 reported schools.30th pctile · −6 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field

— 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.

Worth a school visit

Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.

  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
  • Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
  • Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
  • Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.

How every group of students does here

At East Avenue Middle in Livermore, 41.3% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 34.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. East Avenue Middle outperforms its district average for low-income students by 6.4 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (14.6% Math proficient); White students (75.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 53.4 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 172 students tested.

All students at this school: 51% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 51%, district —, state 40%51%
FemaleFemale: this school 55%, district 57%, state 44%55% · +4 vs school
MaleMale: this school 47%, district 55%, state 42%47% · −5 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 65%, district 63%, state 56%65% · +14 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 29%, district 34%, state 32%29% · −22 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 28%, district 28%, state 32%28% · −24 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 13%, district 23%, state 15%13% · −38 vs school
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: this school 52%, district 65%, state 56%52% · +0 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 6%, district 6%, state 11%6% · −45 vs school
AsianAsian: this school 57%, district 80%, state 72%57% · +6 vs school
FilipinoFilipino: this school 83%, district 71%, state 65%83% · +32 vs school

5 of 16 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
Subgroup growth by grade

Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 17.2pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school. District average: +7.7pp.

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
English Only388 studentsEnglish Only, reading: +3 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 388 students.+3 pts · +3 vs typical
White225 studentsWhite, reading: +4 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 225 students.+4 pts · +4 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students162 studentsHispanic or Latino students, reading: −7 scale-score points versus expectation, against −2 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 162 students.−7 pts · −5 vs typical
Low-income students153 studentsLow-income students, reading: −5 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 153 students.−5 pts · −2 vs typical
Students with disabilities86 studentsStudents with disabilities, reading: −8 scale-score points versus expectation, against −13 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 86 students.−8 pts · +5 vs typical
Math
English Only388 studentsEnglish Only, math: −4 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 388 students.−4 pts · −1 vs typical
White225 studentsWhite, math: +3 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 225 students.+3 pts · +2 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students162 studentsHispanic or Latino students, math: −18 scale-score points versus expectation, against −6 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 162 students.−18 pts · −12 vs typical
Low-income students153 studentsLow-income students, math: −21 scale-score points versus expectation, against −5 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 153 students.−21 pts · −16 vs typical
Students with disabilities86 studentsStudents with disabilities, math: −13 scale-score points versus expectation, against −8 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 86 students.−13 pts · −5 vs typical
this school typical California middle school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— 2 more groups are 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.

Showing up, and staying in class

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 11.3%, district 14.4%, state 18.1%11.3% · −6.8pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 5.5%, district —, state 3.6%5.5% · +1.9pp vs state

Grades 7–8 students miss school at roughly one and a half times the rate of Grades 4–6 students (12.7% vs 8.0%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the upper grades.

Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–68.0%
Grades 7–812.7%

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path
▼
Middle
East Avenue Middle
42/100
This school

Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.

Granada HighScope 65direct feeder

The road from this school ends at Granada High, which sent 69 graduates to UC campuses last fall and teaches 22 AP subjects. Those numbers describe past cohorts — a child starting here today would reach Granada High around 2031, and 6 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 81% of Granada High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

69 UC ENROLLEES (FALL 2025) · 22 AP SUBJECTS TAUGHT → full record on Granada High's page
Source: UC & College Board

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 23:1, district 22:123:1
PrincipalMark Neal
Teaching staff28 teachers
Avg. experience14.4 years
Fully credentialed85%
First-year teachers4%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$58,717 – $131,624
Principal salary$178,222 – $198,882
Superintendent salary$353,000

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $16,502, CA average $14,491$16,502 · spent at this school
Federal share$13 per student

$13 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$16,839 per student

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

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction62%
Instruction support14%
Student services10%
Administration5%
Buildings & maintenance9%
Other1%

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

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$12,689 per pupil
2019$11,923 per pupil
2018$12,373 per pupil
2017$11,323 per pupil
2016$10,183 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Context — never part of the Scope Score
White41.8%
District 38.5% · CA 19.9%
Hispanic32.5%
District 32.4% · CA 56.1%
Other15.3%
District 11.9% · CA 9.0%
Asian7.9%
District 15.7% · CA 10.2%
Black2.4%
District 1.5% · CA 4.8%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 25.8% (38pp below CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$180K · CA $85K
Median home value$1.20M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+56% · CA 35%
ZIP population49,873
Median age42 years

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

Worth Knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 45% 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.

Frequently asked questions

Is East Avenue Middle a good middle school?

East Avenue Middle has a Scope Score of 42 out of 100, placing it in the 63rd percentile of California middle schools and ranked #819 statewide. 26.4% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 9.2 percentage points above 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 East Avenue Middle's CAASPP test scores?

On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 51.4% of students at East Avenue Middle met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 26.4% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 25.1% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 26.4% pushed past it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it reveals whether a school's curriculum challenges students beyond minimum proficiency or paces toward it. 1,142 student-subject combinations were assessed.

How does East Avenue Middle rank in California?

East Avenue Middle ranks #819 among California middle schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 63rd 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 East Avenue Middle getting better or worse?

SchoolScope follows the same cohort of students across grades rather than comparing two different grades in the same year. At East Avenue Middle that cohort is 2023 G6 → 2025 G8, measured in SBAC scale-score points. Its gain ranks weak among California middle schools — roughly the 33rd percentile, behind 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 East Avenue Middle?

11.3% of students at East Avenue Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 18.1%. The suspension rate is 5.5%. 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 East Avenue Middle compare to other schools in Livermore?

East Avenue Middle scores 42/100 (63rd 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 581 students. Use the schools in Livermore page or the map view to compare all middle schools nearby.

How does East Avenue Middle serve low-income and underrepresented students?

At East Avenue Middle in Livermore, 41.3% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 34.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. East Avenue Middle outperforms its district average for low-income students by 6.4 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (14.6% Math proficient); White students (75.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 53.4 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 172 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.

What high school does East Avenue Middle feed into?

By attendance boundary, East Avenue Middle is zoned to Granada High and Livermore High. Scope Scores: Granada High 65, Livermore High 58 out of 100. 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 is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.

Your other options

All schools in Livermore →

Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.

For the data nerds

Every number on this page

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

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Exceeded standard · 42%
26.4%
↑ vs CA 17.2% · 61th pctile
Met or exceeded · 23%
51.4%
↑ vs CA 40.0% · 60th pctile
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8) · 20%
Weak
↓ vs CA average · 33th pctile
Chronic absenteeism · 5%
11.3%
↑ vs CA 18.1% · 60th pctile
▼ 3.0pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate · 5%
5.5%
↓ vs CA 3.6% · 42th pctile
▼ 3.8pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC) · 5%
6.3%
↓ vs CA 18.0% · 30th pctile
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 619722%31%28%18%54%+8
Grade 718031%36%19%14%67%+19
Grade 819127%38%14%21%65%+19
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 619924%14%26%36%38%+4
Grade 718328%17%27%27%45%+12
Grade 819227%13%29%31%40%+8

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

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide19320%25%45%10%

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 Disadvantaged17241.3%+6+3
White24075.0%+6+13
Hispanic/Latino18138.1%−2−1
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
East Avenue Middle ←—4226.4%51.4%+6.3pp+32 pts5.5%
California average—3917.2%40.0%+1.5pp—3.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20194874#53323.1%50.0%0.3%4.0%+2.0pp
20223964#77017.9%42.1%26.6%9.5%+4.5pp
20234879#46025.3%49.1%21.0%7.2%-10.2pp
20244673#59424.1%50.3%14.3%9.4%-15.6pp
20254263#81926.4%51.4%11.3%5.5%+6.3pp
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
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
Group20192025Δ
Female0.0%10.9%+10.9pp
Male0.0%11.4%+11.4pp
Asian0.0%0.0%+0.0pp
Black/African American0.0%33.3%+33.3pp
White0.0%3.6%+3.6pp
Hispanic/Latino0.0%17.3%+17.3pp
Two or More Races0.0%13.1%+13.1pp
Students with Disabilities0.0%20.4%+20.4pp
English Learners0.0%16.3%+16.3pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged0.0%20.2%+20.2pp
All Students0.0%11.1%+11.1pp
Homeless—42.1%—
11California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
GroupReadingnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students+1520Average−6519Moderate
English Only+3388not categorised−4388not categorised
White+4225Average+3225Average
Hispanic or Latino−7162Moderate−18162Moderate
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−5153Average−21153Minimal
Students with Disabilities−886Moderate−1386Moderate
English Learner−1075Moderate−1474Moderate
Two or More Races+754Accelerated−354Average
Asian+1244Accelerated+744Accelerated
English Learners Only−2241not categorised−941not categorised
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only+534not categorised−1633not categorised
Filipino+926Accelerated025Average
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)+324Average−424Average

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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