Public school · Rialto Unified

Ethel Kucera Middle

Rialto · 6–8 · 978 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score
30 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
Not a grade or a test result.

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Below California in English, well below in math: 44% and 22% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. Source
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 947 in English, 948 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,266,619 in English and 1,272,526 in math tested).
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Academic achievement

Beyond a single score: who exceeds, meets or is still approaching the standard.

Learning

How strong are the foundations for high school?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
13%
Met standard
31%
Below standard
56%

44% met or exceeded · 947 tested

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LevelHereCaliforniaRialto Unified
Exceeded13%19%12%
Met31%30%29%
Nearly met26%23%27%
Not met30%28%32%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
9%
Met standard
13%
Below standard
78%

22% met or exceeded · 948 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaRialto Unified
Exceeded9%20%9%
Met13%16%11%
Nearly met25%23%25%
Not met53%41%55%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

What these tests tell you · what to ask

Read English and math separately, then look at progress and the courses students can take.

Ask: How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?

Things worth knowing

Open a finding for the evidence
9% of students tested in math reached the top of the state’s four levels, about half California’s rate in the same grades (20%).grades 6–8 · spring 2025
9%Math · exceeded the standard
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,272,526 in math tested).
7.8% of students (82 of 1,046) were suspended at least once in 2024–25, about twice the rate at the average California middle school.2024–25
7.8%of students were suspended at least once, 2024–25

Ask: When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?

Source
CDE suspension file, 2024–25
Students
all students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 1,046
Comparison
82 of 1,046. District and California figures are averages of school rates (5 Rialto Unified schools; 2,177 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school44%
California49%

Tested: 947 here · 1,266,619 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school44%
Rialto Unified41%

Tested: 947 here · 5,152 in Rialto Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 5 schools.

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LevelHereCaliforniaRialto Unified
Exceeded13%19%12%
Met31%30%29%
Nearly met26%23%27%
Not met30%28%32%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school22%
California36%

Tested: 948 here · 1,272,526 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school22%
Rialto Unified20%

Tested: 948 here · 5,195 in Rialto Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 5 schools.

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LevelHereCaliforniaRialto Unified
Exceeded9%20%9%
Met13%16%11%
Nearly met25%23%25%
Not met53%41%55%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

201935%3,261 tested
→
202544%947 tested

Ethel Kucera

California, same grades50% → 49%2019 → 2025 · 1,390,416 → 1,266,619 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

201918%3,249 tested
→
202522%948 tested

Ethel Kucera

California, same grades38% → 36%2019 → 2025 · 1,394,239 → 1,272,526 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

Explore every year, the trend charts & underlying data

English and math have been below California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grades 6–8
Ethel KuceraCalifornia
Math met or exceeded, grades 6–8
Ethel KuceraCalifornia

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

2025 was the highest year in this series in both subjects. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
YearEthel KuceraCalifornia
201935%
3,261 tested		50%
1,390,416 tested
202233%
2,655 tested		47%
1,277,584 tested
202331%
932 tested		46%
1,267,562 tested
202437%
920 tested		46%
1,269,432 tested
202544%
947 tested		49%
1,266,619 tested
Math · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
YearEthel KuceraCalifornia
201918%
3,249 tested		38%
1,394,239 tested
202215%
2,637 tested		31%
1,279,506 tested
202315%
931 tested		32%
1,272,024 tested
202418%
905 tested		33%
1,277,570 tested
202522%
948 tested		36%
1,272,526 tested
The state’s growth measure883 students in English, 882 in math · grades 6–8 · 2025
English+13ptsCDE category: Accelerated
Math−2ptsCDE category: Average

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

School pattern, spring 2025On the RiseReading and math results have improved across three reporting years. This describes a recent record, not a prediction or proof of what caused it.

Ask: Most students in grades 6–8 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?

Life at school

Explore the available evidence about the school day and opportunities.

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

23 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25
25in 100 at the average Rialto Unified school18in 100 at the average California middle school

237 of 1,026 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school23 in 100
at the average Rialto Unified school25 in 100
at the average California middle school18 in 100
7.8%of students were suspended at least once (82 of 1,046), 2024–25
7.8%at the average Rialto Unified school3.5%at the average California middle school
Attendance by grade
Chronically absent, 2024–25Per 100 studentsStudents
Grades 4–62384 of 360
Grades 7–823153 of 666

Reviews & community voices

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

723 tested per subject

English39% / 38%
Math19% / 24%

Hispanic or Latino

784 English · 786 math tested

English44% / 38%
Math22% / 24%

Black or African American

83 English · 82 math tested

English39% / 32%
Math10% / 18%

White

34 tested per subject · grades 6 and 8

English44% / 61%
Math35% / 49%

English learners

101 English · 103 math tested

English6% / 7%
Math3% / 6%

Students with disabilities

107 tested per subject

English11% / 14%
Math3% / 10%

Homeless

52 tested per subject

English37% / 27%
Math12% / 16%
All group results, district comparisons and sources
Met or exceeded the standardgrades 6–8 · spring 2025
Group and subjectHerevs Rialto Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 723 tested
English39%+237%+138%
Math19%+118%−524%
Hispanic or Latino · 784 tested in English, 786 in math
English44%+341%+638%
Math22%+121%−224%
Black or African American · 83 tested in English, 82 in math
English39%+831%+732%
Math10%−111%−818%
White · 34 tested · grades 6 and 8 only
English44%+143%−1761%
Math35%+728%−1449%
English learners · 101 tested in English, 103 in math
English6%−28%−17%
Math3%−25%−36%
Students with disabilities · 107 tested
English11%+110%−314%
Math3%−14%−710%
Homeless · 52 tested
English37%+631%+1027%
Math12%−113%−416%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Rialto Unified, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

No published rate here for Asian, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students, students of two or more races 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.

Low-income students and students with disabilities did worse than the same groups statewide in math.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Ethel Kucera Middle in Rialto, 39.1% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 6, 7 and 8, compared to 37.4% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. Ethel Kucera Middle’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 1.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (18.7% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (44.3% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 37.9 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 723 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

1. Hispanic or Latino: 83%2. Black or African American: 8%3. White: 5%4. Two or more races: 1%Unallocated share: 3%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino83%
  2. Black or African American8%
  3. White5%
  4. Two or more races1%
  5. Asian—
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share3%
Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.
Full student mix, comparisons & sources
Eligible enrollment, 2024–25Here
Hispanic or Latino83%
Black or African American8%
White5%
Two or more races1%
Asian—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About 3 in 4 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (76%, 739 of 978). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers47
Average experience15 years
First-year teachers2%
88% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 88.01%: 34.2 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 38.9 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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  1. ElementaryDr. Edward Fitzgerald ElementaryHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
  2. MiddleEthel Kucera MiddleThis campus · grades 6-8
  3. High schoolWilmer Amina Carter HighHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    42nd percentile · Developing · elementary · 2025

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

  • Helen L. Dollahan Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    28th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2025

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

  • Nancy R. Kordyak Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    47th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2025

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

  • George H. Dunn Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    27th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2025

    95% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Lena M. Preston Elementary

    Historical partial-area overlap · NCES SABS 2015–16

    19th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025

    35% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • Wilmer Amina Carter High

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    56th percentile · Solid · high · 2025

    99% 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 its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

High-school endpoint evidence · Wilmer Amina Carter High
Wilmer Amina Carter HighScope 58historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Wilmer Amina Carter High. UC records 51 enrollees from Wilmer Amina Carter High for fall 2025. Its AP Course Audit lists 25 authorized AP subjects for 2025 - 2026. Those figures come from dated records — a child starting here today would reach Wilmer Amina Carter High around 2031, and 6 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 63% of Wilmer Amina Carter High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

51 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 25 authorized AP subjects (AP Course Audit 2025 - 2026) → full record on Wilmer Amina Carter High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

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2140 West Buena Vista Drive, Rialto 92377

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Questions

Questions to ask

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  1. When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?
  2. Most students in grades 6–8 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. How do students get academic help and connect with a trusted adult?

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar middle schools2025 statewide percentile
How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 67.6–83.6% meal eligibility and 489–1,956 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Ethel Kucera Middle a good middle school?
Ethel Kucera Middle is in the 35th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 30 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Ethel Kucera Middle was below California in English, well below in math: 44% and 22% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Ethel Kucera Middle's CAASPP test scores?
In spring 2025, 44% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 22% the math standard; 13% and 9% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 947 students were tested in English and 948 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).
How does Ethel Kucera Middle rank in California?
Ethel Kucera Middle is in the 35th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Developing, 2025). Ethel Kucera Middle ranks #1,408 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (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 Ethel Kucera Middle getting better or worse?
SchoolScope compares Ethel Kucera Middle's grade 6 results in 2023 with its grade 8 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 49th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.
What do attendance and suspension records show for Ethel Kucera Middle?
CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 23.1% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 237 chronically absent of 1,026 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 7.8%; 82 unduplicated suspended students of 1,046 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 23.0%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 7.7%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.
How does Ethel Kucera Middle compare to other schools in Rialto?
Ethel Kucera Middle is in the 35th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 978 students. Use the schools in Rialto page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.
What do reported student-group results show at Ethel Kucera Middle?
At Ethel Kucera Middle in Rialto, 39.1% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 6, 7 and 8, compared to 37.4% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. Ethel Kucera Middle’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 1.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (18.7% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (44.3% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 37.9 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 723 ELA grade test records. 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 Ethel Kucera Middle feed into?
By attendance boundary, Ethel Kucera Middle is zoned to Wilmer Amina Carter High. Wilmer Amina Carter High has a Scope Score of 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.
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Ethel Kucera Middle is ranked #1,408 statewide · #3 of 5 in Rialto Unified.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard11.0%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded32.9%40.0%23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)Averageaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism23.0%18.1%5%
Suspension rate7.7%3.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)12.6%17.8%5%
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 17.2% · index 43 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 40.0% · index 45 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)
↓ vs CA average · ≈49th calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 18.1% · index 44 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 3.8pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↓ vs CA 3.6% · index 34 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 1.4pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↓ vs CA 17.8% · index 38 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 633315%32%25%29%47%+0
Grade 729013%29%25%33%42%−6
Grade 832411%32%27%29%44%−2

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 6 ELA equal-school mean: 46.1%; n=4084 reporting schools

State grade 7 ELA equal-school mean: 47.6%; n=2631 reporting schools

State grade 8 ELA equal-school mean: 46.2%; n=2658 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 633310%15%27%48%26%−9
Grade 72908%12%27%52%20%−13
Grade 83259%10%22%59%19%−13

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 6 Math equal-school mean: 34.5%; n=4086 reporting schools

State grade 7 Math equal-school mean: 33.7%; n=2630 reporting schools

State grade 8 Math equal-school mean: 32.1%; n=2658 reporting schools

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

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet+
2024 · Grade 6 · ELA29938.8%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA33234.9%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA28936.0%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math29623.3%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math32514.8%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math28416.6%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA35031.4%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA28230.5%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA30032.0%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math34817.8%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math28216.7%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math3019.6%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA88533.2%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA88532.8%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA88531.8%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math87919.7%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math87914.3%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math87912.3%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA1,08739.4%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA1,08729.1%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA1,08735.7%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math1,08322.8%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math1,08311.7%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math1,08318.1%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide3264%17%69%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 Disadvantaged72339.1%+2+1
Hispanic/Latino78444.3%+3+6
Students with Disabilities10711.2%+1−3
Nearest middle schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 6 vs grade 8, this year, different students; Cohort growth = school-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights

SchoolDistScope · percentile · bandEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Ethel Kucera Middle ←—3035th percentile · Developing · statewide · 202511.0%32.9%−4.6pp+45 pts7.7%
Ben F. Kolb Middle2 mi2934th percentile · Developing · statewide · 202513.6%36.3%−7.5pp—7.0%
Wayne Ruble Middle2.5 mi4365th percentile · Solid · statewide · 202519.8%43.9%+5.3pp—3.4%
California average—39School average · no percentile17.2%40.0%+1.5pp—3.6%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders3.0%

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.

District salary records
Teacher salary schedule$64,211 – $132,726
Average elementary principal salary$153,570
Average middle school principal salary$165,694
Average high school principal salary$182,580
Superintendent salary$383,367

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
201922/10017#1617California comprehensive middle schools · 1,953 schools
202222/10024#1595California comprehensive middle schools · 2,113 schools
202318/10016#1779California comprehensive middle schools · 2,125 schools
202426/10026#1591California comprehensive middle schools · 2,152 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 26.9% → 2025 · 23.1% · −3.8pp
Suspension rate2024 · 9.2% → 2025 · 7.8% · −1.4pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresExcMet+
2025 · ELA94713.1%44.2%
2025 · Math9489.1%21.7%
2024 · ELA92010.8%36.5%
2024 · Math9057.8%18.1%
2023 · ELA9328.1%31.3%
2023 · Math9315.0%14.8%
2022 · ELA8859.3%32.5%
2022 · Math8795.6%15.2%
2019 · ELA1,0877.7%34.8%
2019 · Math1,0836.0%17.5%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
2019———6.9%26.1%10.4%12.1%-4.2pp
2022———7.5%24.0%21.8%13.8%-4.4pp
2023———6.5%23.0%33.9%16.0%-3.8pp
2024———9.4%27.4%26.8%9.1%-4.8pp
20253035#140811.0%32.9%23.0%7.7%-4.6pp

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

Grade gap = this year's grade 6 vs grade 8 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 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years
Group2018–192024–25Δ
Female10.4%25.0%+14.6pp
Male10.5%21.1%+10.6pp
Asian7.7%——
Black/African American8.5%25.3%+16.8pp
Hispanic/Latino10.7%23.4%+12.7pp
Two or More Races10.0%6.7%-3.3pp
White13.8%23.4%+9.6pp
Students with Disabilities17.9%26.0%+8.1pp
English Learners14.4%28.1%+13.7pp
Foster Youth9.1%33.3%+24.2pp
Homeless18.7%35.8%+17.1pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged11.1%26.4%+15.3pp
All Students10.4%23.1%+12.7pp

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
GroupELAnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students+13883Accelerated−2882Average
Hispanic or Latino+13739Accelerated−3739Average
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged+12675Accelerated−4674Average
English Only+13605not categorised−4604not categorised
English Learner+14197Accelerated0197Average
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only+15113not categorised+4113not categorised
Students with Disabilities−798Moderate−1298Moderate
English Learners Only+784not categorised−684not categorised
Homeless Youth+680Accelerated080Average
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)+572Accelerated−1472Moderate
Black or African American+1171Accelerated−1470Moderate
White+1341Accelerated+1441Accelerated
Two or More Races+812Accelerated+212Average

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-Term English Learner counts cover grades 6-8 only (CDE), so that row is not comparable to the All Students row. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2023 · Grade 6
8%
exceeded standard · 31% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2023 · 350 ELA test records with scores
ELA · 2025 · Grade 8
11%
exceeded standard · 44% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2025 · 324 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 325 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe ELA 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 ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · reported-school field
State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8
Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

ALL students, grades 4–8

883 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,519 reported ELA ALL school records in its retained school inventory

California growth model, ELA: +13 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 85th percentile of 7,519 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.85th pctile · +13 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8
Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

ALL students, grades 4–8

882 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,518 reported MATH ALL school records in its retained school inventory

California growth model, math: −2 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 42nd percentile of 7,518 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.42nd pctile · −2 pts
this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median ELA estimate is −1 and the middle half fall between −8 and +6 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. 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 and is not part of the Scope Score.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$14,341 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 24,461 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$1,932 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 978

Central federal expenditures attributed here$126 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 978

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,114 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.

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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 59%Instruction support 13%Student services 13%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 9%

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.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$14,341 per pupil
2020$13,235 per pupil
2019$14,090 per pupil
2018$12,504 per pupil
2017$12,182 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 92377
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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 92377
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$116,223
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)25.18%
ZCTA population20,814
Median age36.1 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/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score.

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

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