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El Dorado Middle — Rating & test scores

1750 West Street, Concord · 861 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 70

Needs SupportScope Score · 22nd percentile. Higher than 22 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

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 29% and 18% 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: 857 in English, 861 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 El Dorado a good middle school?

Needs Support. El Dorado is lower than most California middle schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced1729%
Math, Proficient or Advanced2218%
English, Advanced278%
Math, Advanced308%

Progress in a year, 2025

English29−5 pts
Math29−8 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance3420 in 100
El Dorado’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Mt. Diablo Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

186 of 908 students missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26, close to the average Mt. Diablo Unified middle school.

Each bar is El Dorado’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 chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 908. District and California figures are averages of school rates (11 Mt. Diablo Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does El Dorado say about itself?

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

Open eldorado.mdusd.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

In English, about the same. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 5 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 8 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−5

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income572−7 points
Hispanic or Latino431−6 points
English learners280−8 points
White121−6 points
Students with disabilities103−16 points

Math

−8

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-income573−9 points
Hispanic or Latino432−11 points
English learners282−12 points
White121+2 points
Students with disabilities105−16 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 743 students in English, 744 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 5 points below that expected score, and in math 8 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 40th 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 El Dorado. 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. Diablo ViewNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8893rd
  2. FoothillNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8588th
  3. Valley ViewNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7969th
  4. SequoiaNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7969th
  5. Pine HollowNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7444th
  6. El DoradoScope Score 7022nd
  7. Oak GroveNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 6913th
  8. RiverviewNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 675th
Mt. Diablo Unified

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%

6 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 El Dorado compare with schools like it?

El Dorado’s Scope Score is 70. 440 California middle schools, counting El Dorado, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 73. El Dorado’s result is higher than 136 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 440

  1. Students from low-income families: 76%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 71%

    Scope Score 94Strong · 98th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 75%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

440 California public middle schools where 69% to 81% 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 69% to 81% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of El Dorado’s share. The count includes El Dorado. 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 27% to 29% and math from 17% to 18%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202651%29%50%Mt. Diablo UnifiedDistrict49%CaliforniaCalifornia29%El DoradoEl Dorado

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202637%17%37%Mt. Diablo UnifiedDistrict37%CaliforniaCalifornia18%El DoradoEl Dorado

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Mt. Diablo Unified’s line combines its 11 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. Mt. Diablo Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringEl DoradoMt. Diablo UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201729%51%48%862
201825%51%49%839
201924%50%50%854
202224%43%47%731
202319%43%46%792
202423%44%46%771
202527%49%49%831
202629%50%49%857
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringEl DoradoMt. Diablo UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201717%37%37%866
201813%36%37%838
201912%36%38%859
202210%30%31%730
20239%32%32%790
202410%33%33%774
202517%37%36%829
202618%37%37%861

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

29%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

4229218
Mt. Diablo Unified50%California49%

Math

18%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

5824108
Mt. Diablo Unified37%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 29% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 18% 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 Advanced27%34%26%
Advanced8%10%6%
Proficient19%24%20%
Developing level29%23%35%
Minimal44%43%39%
Tested281322254
California48%51%49%
Difference−21−17−23

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 Advanced18%20%14%
Advanced10%10%5%
Proficient8%10%9%
Developing level25%24%25%
Minimal57%56%61%
Tested284322255
California37%38%36%
Difference−19−18−22

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 school8%21%29%42%857
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Mt. Diablo Unified19%31%23%27%6,822
Math, grades 6–8 · This school8%10%24%58%861
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Mt. Diablo Unified21%16%23%40%6,838

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 857 tested in English, 861 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 56% of students. 186 of 908 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

20in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (186 of 908 students).

At the average Mt. Diablo Unified middle school: 20 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 5.2% of students were suspended at least once (48 of 920). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

861

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 56%White 18%Two or more races 7%Asian 6%Filipino 4%Not reported 3%Black or African American 2%Pacific Islander 2%

Family income

75%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 649 of 861. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

36

teachers, with 12 years of experience on average.

8% were in their first year.

80% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

69%

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 (134 of 193 students).

Mt. Diablo Unified: 52%. 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
22 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (65 of 299).
Grades 7–8
20 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (121 of 609).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino56%
White18%
Two or more races7%
Asian6%
Filipino4%
Not reported3%
Black or African American2%
Pacific Islander2%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
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: 27.5 of 34.3 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Eight student groups scored below the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • White157 tested48%California 62%
  • Filipino31 tested48%California 74%
  • Two or more races87 tested44%California 62%
  • Asian56 tested37%California 75%
  • Low-income643 tested23%California 39%
  • Hispanic or Latino484 tested20%California 39%
  • Students with disabilities127 tested6%California 14%
  • English learners194 tested3%California 7%

20% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. Low-income, Asian, White and Filipino students, students of two or more races, students with disabilities and English learners also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

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 Mt. Diablo Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 643 tested
English23%−1235%−1639%
Math14%−822%−1226%
Hispanic or Latino · 484 tested in English, 486 in math
English20%−1434%−1939%
Math11%−920%−1425%
White · 157 tested
English48%−1967%−1462%
Math31%−2253%−1950%
Two or more races · 87 tested in English, 90 in math
English44%−1660%−1862%
Math22%−2547%−2850%
Asian · 56 tested
English37%−2562%−3875%
Math21%−3354%−5071%
Filipino · 31 tested · grades 6 and 7 only
English48%−1967%−2674%
Math35%−2257%−2560%
English learners · 194 tested in English, 201 in math
English3%03%−47%
Math2%−13%−57%
Students with disabilities · 127 tested in English, 126 in math
English6%−915%−814%
Math5%−510%−510%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Mt. Diablo 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 and staff can answer a short set of questions about El Dorado. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Staff answers show once 5 people have answered.Until then this page shows no staff answers.
  2. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  3. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  4. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.
  5. Staff confirm a work email.Staff answers come only from people who confirmed an email address at Mt. Diablo Unified.

Families

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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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  • Would you send your own child to this school?Yes · Maybe · No
  • Do you plan to work at this school next year?Yes · Not sure · No
  • Do you have the materials and supplies you need to teach?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • And 5 more questions.

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Money

Where does the money go?

$407 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Mt. Diablo Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $65 million.

$407

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$407
The school’s share of district office costs
$0
Of the total, from federal funds
$407
  • El Dorado$407
  • Mt. Diablo Unified middle schools$320
  • 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 ↓

Mt. Diablo Unified’s yearly plan

$65million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$43million

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 5 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $65 million of $545 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Mt. Diablo Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around El Dorado like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 94521. They are not figures for the families at El Dorado.

Typical household income in a year

$125,899

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 94521.

Typical home value
$853,200
People who live in this ZIP code
41,909
Typical age
42.9 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
45%

What you can do

Who can act on El Dorado’s results?

Mt. Diablo Unified’s board decides El Dorado’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 El Dorado 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 Mt. Diablo 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 Mt. Diablo 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 El Dorado. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?8 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (744 students)
  2. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?2% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (201 students tested); the same group across California: 7%
  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 El Dorado, and how do I get in?

Ask Mt. Diablo Unified which school serves your address. Next comes Concord High.

The district splits El Dorado’s attendance zone. 57% of its children are assigned to Concord High and the other 43% to Mt. Diablo High. In the district’s boundaries, El Dorado Middle draws from 6 elementary schools. Boundaries split some neighborhoods. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Elementary · fed by
Middle · this school
El Dorado Middle
High · next
Concord High Scope Score 70Developing · 25th percentile · 2025

Assigned for part of the zone

From the district’s 2024 attendance boundaries. Shares are our estimate of where the zone’s children live. We use 2020 Census child counts, or land area where few children were counted. A share counts children living in the zone, not a school’s enrolled students. 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

  • Monte Gardens Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 80 · Solid · 74th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Mountain View Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 75 · Developing · 47th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Westwood Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 71 · Developing · 27th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Wren Avenue Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 68 · Needs Support · 9th percentile · elementary · 2026

    98% of the zone’s children

  • El Monte Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 76 · Solid · 56th percentile · elementary · 2026

    94% of the zone’s children

  • Sun Terrace Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 67 · Needs Support · 5th percentile · elementary · 2026

    94% of the zone’s children

Middle-school links

High-school links

  • Concord High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 70 · Developing · 25th percentile · high · 2025

    57% of the zone’s children

  • Mt. Diablo High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 65 · Needs Support · 8th percentile · high · 2025

    43% of the zone’s children

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: Concord High
Concord HighScope Score 70 · Developing · 25th percentile · 2025district-published assignment for part of the zone

The road from this school ends at Concord High. UC records 16 enrollees from Concord High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 16 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Concord High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 65% of the students who finished high school at Concord High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

16 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 16 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Concord High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is El Dorado?

Address
1750 West Street, Concord 94521Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Jeanne JohnsonAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 25, 2025.

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 Mt. Diablo Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is El Dorado a good middle school?

El Dorado Middle has a Scope Score of 70. It scored higher than 22 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 22nd percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 20 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 20 in 100 at the average Mt. Diablo Unified middle school. 5.2% of students (48 of 920) 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?

In English, about the same. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 5 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 8 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 743 students in English, 744 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 23% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at El Dorado Middle in Concord 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
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,955 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #9 of 11 in Mt. Diablo Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math8%3942%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math23%3623%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+40 scale-score pts4020%
Chronically absent20 in 100475%
Suspension rate5.2% (48 of 920)445%
English learners: top level24%535%

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
2025–267022#1955California 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)
2018–1912 in 10013.5% (125 of 928)+6
2021–22not on filenot on file+7
2022–23not on filenot on file−2
2023–2417 in 1006.4% (55 of 863)−6
2024–2520 in 1007.0% (64 of 911)−4
2025–2620 in 1005.2% (48 of 920)−3

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 · English8578%29%
2026 · Math8618%18%
2025 · English8316%27%
2025 · Math8296%17%
2024 · English7714%23%
2024 · Math7743%10%
2023 · English7924%19%
2023 · Math7903%9%
2022 · English7314%24%
2022 · Math7302%10%
2019 · English8545%24%
2019 · Math8594%12%
2018 · English8394%25%
2018 · Math8385%13%
2017 · English8625%29%
2017 · Math8666%17%

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 · English30528%
2025 · Grade 7 · English25128%
2025 · Grade 8 · English27524%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math30520%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math24913%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math27515%
2024 · Grade 6 · English23527%
2024 · Grade 7 · English27420%
2024 · Grade 8 · English26222%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math23514%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math27710%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math2627%
2023 · Grade 6 · English27718%
2023 · Grade 7 · English25520%
2023 · Grade 8 · English26018%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math27711%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math25310%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math2607%
2022 · Grade 6 · English23920%
2022 · Grade 7 · English25524%
2022 · Grade 8 · English23729%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math2448%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math25210%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math23413%
2019 · Grade 6 · English29521%
2019 · Grade 7 · English27523%
2019 · Grade 8 · English28427%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math29610%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math27710%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math28616%
2018 · Grade 6 · English27417%
2018 · Grade 7 · English27728%
2018 · Grade 8 · English28830%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math2729%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math27618%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math29012%
2017 · Grade 6 · English27924%
2017 · Grade 7 · English28531%
2017 · Grade 8 · English29834%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math27815%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math28720%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math30115%

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
Schoolwide2552%16%60%22%

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-income64323%−12−16
Hispanic or Latino48420%−14−19
English learners1943%0−4
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−5743Average−8744Moderate
Low-income−7572Moderate−9573Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−6431Moderate−11432Moderate
English-only students−5370not categorized−8369not categorized
English learners−8280Moderate−12282Moderate
English learners only−12163not categorized−11165not categorized
White−6121Moderate+2121Average
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−3117not categorized−13117not categorized
Students with disabilities−16103Moderate−16105Moderate
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−186Average−988Moderate
Two or more races+449Average−449Average
Asian−848Moderate−448Average
Filipino−735Moderate−335Average
Black or African American−1621Moderate−3421Minimal
Pacific Islander−114Average−1314Moderate
Homeless−211Average−1811Moderate

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
6%
exceeded standard · 27% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 235 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
6%
Advanced · 26% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 254 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 235 (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−5 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

743 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −5 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−8 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

744 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −8 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 · 20 in 100 → 2025–26 · 20 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 7.0% (64 of 911) → 2025–26 · 5.2% (48 of 920) · −1.8 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female13 in 10018 in 100+5 in 100
Male11 in 10023 in 100+12 in 100
Asian1 of 254 of 58—
Black or African American10 of 4111 of 22—
Filipino1 of 466 of 40—
Hispanic or Latino11 in 10018 in 100+7 in 100
Pacific Islander3 of 137 of 15—
Two or more races7 of 5512 of 64—
White12 in 10026 in 100+14 in 100
Students with disabilities16 in 10034 in 100+18 in 100
English learners11 in 10017 in 100+6 in 100
Homeless9 of 266 of 13—
Low-income12 in 10023 in 100+11 in 100
All students12 in 10020 in 100+8 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$11,965 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 29,908 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$407 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 861

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,016 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 62%Instruction support 11%Student services 10%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$321,621,97362.35%62%
Instruction support$57,582,93311.16%11%
Student services$53,264,01510.33%10%
Administration$29,638,1765.75%6%
Buildings & maintenance$51,039,1599.89%10%
Other$2,702,6980.52%1%
Total$515,848,955100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $515,848,955 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$11,965 per pupil
2020$12,119 per pupil
2019$13,284 per pupil
2018$12,803 per pupil
2017$12,073 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 holders5.8%

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 94521 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94521 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$125,899
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)45%
ZIP-area population41,909
Median age42.9 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 94521 →

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