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Fern Bacon Middle — Rating & test scores

4140 Cuny Avenue, Sacramento · 679 students · Grades 7–8

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Scope Score 70

Needs SupportScope Score · 18th percentile. Higher than 18 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, grade 8, spring 2026: 32% and 23% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 49% and 36%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 8: 322 in English, 323 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 421,354 in English and 421,472 in math tested).

Overview

Is Fern Bacon a good middle school?

Needs Support. Fern Bacon is higher than most California middle schools on progress in both subjects. Fern Bacon is lower than most on test results and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced2132%
Math, Proficient or Advanced3323%
English, Advanced156%
Math, Advanced288%

Progress in a year, 2025

English61+4 pts
Math87+16 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance933 in 100
Fern Bacon’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Sacramento City Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

33 in 100 students (112 of 341) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That is about one and a third times the rate at the average Sacramento City Unified middle school.

Each bar is Fern Bacon’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): 341. District and California figures are averages of school rates (19 Sacramento City Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Fern Bacon say about itself?

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

Open fernbacon.scusd.edu (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, yes. In 2025, students here in grade 8 scored 4 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 16 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

English

+4

points higher 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-income525+4 points
Hispanic or Latino301+6 points
English learners258−2 points
Long-term English learners151−3 points
Asian135+2 points

Math

+16

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income523+15 points
Hispanic or Latino299+19 points
English learners259+14 points
Long-term English learners151+12 points
Asian134+15 points

Grade 8, 2025, 575 students in English, 573 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 4 points above that expected score, and in math 16 points above it.

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.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

3 of the 6 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Fern Bacon. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

7 middle schools within 4.9 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. MiwokNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8689th
  2. CaliforniaNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7552nd
  3. Sam BrannanNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7020th
  4. Fern BaconScope Score 7018th
  5. James RutterElk Grove Unified · by addressScope Score 6915th
  6. Will C. WoodNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 6810th
  7. Samuel JackmanElk Grove Unified · by addressScope Score 689th
Sacramento City UnifiedA neighborhood school in another district

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%75%0%25%50%75%100%

5 of 7 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 Fern Bacon compare with schools like it?

Fern Bacon’s Scope Score is 70. 621 California middle schools, counting Fern Bacon, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 71. Fern Bacon’s result is higher than 197 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 621

  1. Students from low-income families: 88%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 92%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 93rd percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 93%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 92nd percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 89%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 91%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 90th percentile

621 California public middle schools where 82% to 94% 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 82% to 94% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Fern Bacon’s share. The count includes Fern Bacon. 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 stayed at 32% and math went from 21% to 23%.

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

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

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202647%40%49%CaliforniaCalifornia44%Sacramento City UnifiedDistrict32%Fern BaconFern Bacon

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202635%22%36%CaliforniaCalifornia30%Sacramento City UnifiedDistrict23%Fern BaconFern Bacon

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Sacramento City Unified’s line combines its 19 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. Sacramento City Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grade 8: share at the top two levels
SpringFern BaconSacramento City UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201740%47%49%371
201838%45%49%366
201934%45%49%368
202225%41%47%313
202327%40%46%326
202428%40%46%318
202532%42%48%307
202632%44%49%322
Math, grade 8: share at the top two levels
SpringFern BaconSacramento City UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201722%35%36%371
201819%34%37%370
201920%31%37%375
202214%26%29%326
202316%25%30%334
202418%26%32%323
202521%28%34%315
202623%30%36%323

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

32%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

412726
Sacramento City Unified43%California49%

Math

23%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

5027158
Sacramento City Unified29%California36%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grade 8, spring 2026, 32% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 23% in math, against 49% and 36% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grade 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).

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, grade 8 · This school6%26%27%41%322
English, grade 8 · California19%30%24%27%421,354
English, grade 8 · Sacramento City Unified16%27%24%33%3,102
Math, grade 8 · This school8%15%27%50%323
Math, grade 8 · California22%14%22%42%421,472
Math, grade 8 · Sacramento City Unified16%13%22%49%3,107

Spring 2026, grade 8 combined: 322 tested in English, 323 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 55% of students. 112 of 341 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

33in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (112 of 341 students).

At the average Sacramento City Unified middle school: 26 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 6.0% of students were suspended at least once (21 of 349). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

679

students in grades 7–8.

Hispanic or Latino 55%Asian 21%Black or African American 12%White 6%

Family income

88%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 595 of 679. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

33

teachers, with 15 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

85% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

46%

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 (54 of 117 students).

Sacramento City Unified: 41%. 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.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino55%
Asian21%
Black or African American12%
White6%
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 27.7 of 32.5 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

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

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Asian68 tested49%California 76%
  • Low-income304 tested31%California 39%
  • Hispanic or Latino183 tested30%California 40%
  • Black or African American38 tested24%California 34%
  • Students with disabilities44 tested16%California 14%
  • Homeless32 tested16%California 28%
  • English learners115 tested8%California 5%

49% of Asian students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grade 8, spring 2026), against 76% for the same group across California. Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students 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, grade 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 Advancedgrade 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Sacramento City Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 304 tested in English, 306 in math
English31%−132%−839%
Math22%+220%−325%
Hispanic or Latino · 183 tested
English30%−333%−1040%
Math23%+320%−124%
Asian · 68 tested in English, 70 in math
English49%049%−2776%
Math31%−637%−4071%
Black or African American · 38 tested
English24%+420%−1034%
Math16%+79%−420%
English learners · 115 tested in English, 117 in math
English8%+44%+35%
Math9%+54%+36%
Students with disabilities · 44 tested
English16%+214%+214%
Math11%+110%+29%
Homeless · 32 tested
English16%−521%−1228%
Math12%+111%−517%

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

White students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families and staff can answer a short set of questions about Fern Bacon. 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 Sacramento City 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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Staff

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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?

$23,886 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Sacramento City Unified’s plan for 2025–26 covers $509 million.

$23,886

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$11,713
The school’s share of district office costs
$12,173
Of the total, from federal funds
$4,164
  • Fern Bacon$23,886
  • Sacramento City Unified middle schools$24,039
  • 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 ↓

Sacramento City Unified’s yearly plan

$509million

in the district’s plan for 2025–26

$320million

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 8 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $509 million of $791 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Sacramento City Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2025–26. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Fern Bacon like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95823. They are not figures for the families at Fern Bacon.

Typical household income in a year

$66,895

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 95823.

Typical home value
$401,500
People who live in this ZIP code
83,607
Typical age
33.3 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
17%

What you can do

Who can act on Fern Bacon’s results?

Sacramento City Unified’s board decides Fern Bacon’s plan.

When the plan is set

Sacramento City Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

Read the 2025–26 plan (LCAP, PDF)

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 Fern Bacon 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 Sacramento City 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 Sacramento City Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 8 questions to Fern Bacon. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school?33 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (112 of 341 students); average California middle school: 18 in 100
  2. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?6.0% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (21 of 349 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  3. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?8% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grade 8, spring 2026 (115 students tested); the same group across California: 5%
  4. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?68% in English and 77% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grade 8, spring 2026 (322 tested in English, 323 in math); California: 51% and 64%
  5. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  6. 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 Fern Bacon, and how do I get in?

Ask Sacramento City Unified which school serves your address. Next comes Luther Burbank High.

The district splits Fern Bacon’s attendance zone. 54% of its children are assigned to Luther Burbank High, 29% to Hiram W. Johnson High and 17% to C. K. McClatchy High. In the district’s boundaries, Fern Bacon Middle draws from 5 elementary schools. Boundaries split some neighborhoods. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Elementary · fed by
  • Pacific ElementaryScope Score 67Needs Support · 5th percentile · 2026
  • Parkway ElementaryScope Score 66Needs Support · 3rd percentile · 2026
  • Nicholas ElementarySome of its area goes to another middle schoolScope Score 66Needs Support · 2nd percentile · 2026
  • Woodbine ElementarySome of its area goes to another middle schoolScope Score 65Needs Support · 1st percentile · 2026
  • Ethel I. Baker ElementarySome of its area goes to another middle schoolScope Score 70Needs Support · 19th percentile · 2026
Middle · this school
Fern Bacon Middle
High · next
Luther Burbank High Scope Score 63Needs Support · 5th percentile · 2025

Assigned for part of the zone

From the district’s 2024 attendance boundaries, plus nearby estimates. 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

  • Pacific Elementary

    Assigned

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

  • Parkway Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 66 · Needs Support · 3rd percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Nicholas Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 66 · Needs Support · 2nd percentile · elementary · 2026

    88% of the zone’s children

  • Woodbine Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 65 · Needs Support · 1st percentile · elementary · 2026

    46% of the zone’s children

  • Ethel I. Baker Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 70 · Needs Support · 19th percentile · elementary · 2026

    23% of the zone’s children

  • Bowling Green Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    Scope Score 73 · Developing · 36th percentile · elementary · 2026

High-school links

  • Luther Burbank High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 63 · Needs Support · 5th percentile · high · 2025

    54% of the zone’s children

  • Hiram W. Johnson High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 61 · Needs Support · 3rd percentile · high · 2025

    29% of the zone’s children

  • C. K. McClatchy High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 70 · Needs Support · 23rd percentile · high · 2025

    17% 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: Luther Burbank High
Luther Burbank HighScope Score 63 · Needs Support · 5th percentile · 2025district-published assignment for part of the zone

The road from this school ends at Luther Burbank High. UC records 16 enrollees from Luther Burbank High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 1 AP course its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Luther Burbank High around 2028, and a school can change a lot in 2 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 64% of the students who finished high school at Luther Burbank High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

16 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 1 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Luther Burbank High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Fern Bacon?

Address
4140 Cuny Avenue, Sacramento 95823Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Daniel CrenshawAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated July 22, 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 Sacramento City Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Fern Bacon a good middle school?

Fern Bacon Middle has a Scope Score of 70. It scored higher than 18 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 18th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 33 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 26 in 100 at the average Sacramento City Unified middle school. 6.0% of students (21 of 349) 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, yes. In 2025, students here in grade 8 scored 4 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 16 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 575 students in English, 573 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 31% of low-income students in grade 8 at Fern Bacon Middle in Sacramento 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 13 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
13
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 #2,072 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #13 of 19 in Sacramento City Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math7%3842%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math27%4023%
Chronically absent33 in 100315%
Suspension rate6.0% (21 of 349)415%
English learners: top level18%465%

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. The weights above add to 80%: the remaining 20%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

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
2025–267018#2072California 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 absenceSuspension
2018–1921 in 1005.6% (50 of 885)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2430 in 1005.2% (37 of 716)
2024–2527 in 1003.3% (25 of 760)
2025–2633 in 1006.0% (21 of 349)

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Results by gradeEnglish and math · grade 8 · spring 2026 · % of tested students

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
EnglishTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 83226%26%27%41%32%49%−17

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 · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
MathTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 83238%15%27%50%23%36%−13

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.

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 · English3226%32%
2026 · Math3238%23%
2025 · English6447%30%
2025 · Math6628%22%
2024 · English6175%29%
2024 · Math6297%21%
2023 · English6415%29%
2023 · Math6587%19%
2022 · English6415%28%
2022 · Math6664%15%
2019 · English7536%35%
2019 · Math7646%26%
2018 · English7416%38%
2018 · Math7546%22%
2017 · English7547%38%
2017 · Math7557%24%

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 7 · English33728%
2025 · Grade 8 · English30732%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math34722%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math31521%
2024 · Grade 7 · English29929%
2024 · Grade 8 · English31828%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math30624%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math32318%
2023 · Grade 7 · English31530%
2023 · Grade 8 · English32627%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math32422%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math33416%
2022 · Grade 7 · English32831%
2022 · Grade 8 · English31325%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math34016%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math32614%
2019 · Grade 7 · English38536%
2019 · Grade 8 · English36834%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math38932%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math37520%
2018 · Grade 7 · English37537%
2018 · Grade 8 · English36638%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math38425%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math37019%
2017 · Grade 7 · English38336%
2017 · Grade 8 · English37140%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math38426%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math37122%

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. “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
Schoolwide3242%11%52%35%

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-income30431%−1−8
Hispanic or Latino18330%−3−10
English learners1158%+4+3
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students+4575Average+16573Accelerated
Low-income+4525Average+15523Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+6301Accelerated+19299Accelerated
English-only students+6276not categorized+15273not categorized
English learners−2258Average+14259Accelerated
English learners only−7188not categorized+16189not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−3151Average+12151Accelerated
Asian+2135Average+15134Accelerated
Students with disabilities−6107Moderate+13107Accelerated
Black or African American−282Average+782Accelerated
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+870not categorized+1170not categorized
Homeless−1538Moderate+938Accelerated
White−2021Moderate+422Average
Pacific Islander−418Average+2718Exceptional
Two or more races+615Accelerated+815Accelerated

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 grade 8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+4 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 8

575 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: +4 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+16 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 8

573 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +16 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, 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 grade 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 · 27 in 100 → 2025–26 · 33 in 100 · +6 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 3.3% (25 of 760) → 2025–26 · 6.0% (21 of 349) · +2.7 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female21 in 10039 in 100+18 in 100
Male20 in 10026 in 100+6 in 100
Asian12 in 10010 of 71—
Black or African American34 in 10023 of 40—
Hispanic or Latino16 in 10034 in 100+18 in 100
Pacific Islander10 of 15——
Two or more races12 of 34——
White11 of 336 of 22—
Students with disabilities29 in 10019 of 48—
English learners16 in 10026 in 100+10 in 100
Low-income20 in 10032 in 100+12 in 100
All students21 in 10033 in 100+12 in 100
Homeless—18 of 36—
Military families—1 of 11—

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$15,654 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 40,711 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$1,305 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 679

Central federal expenditures attributed here$2,859 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 679

District current expense · FY 2024–25$24,421 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 13%Student services 12%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 8%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$506,760,54162.13%62%
Instruction support$107,070,69713.13%13%
Student services$94,256,79211.56%12%
Administration$39,104,7294.79%5%
Buildings & maintenance$67,145,8158.23%8%
Total$815,598,118100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $815,598,118 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$15,654 per pupil
2020$13,792 per pupil
2019$14,667 per pupil
2018$12,722 per pupil
2017$11,601 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 holders3.1%

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 95823 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95823 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$66,895
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)17%
ZIP-area population83,607
Median age33.3 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 95823 →

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