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Fesler (Isaac) Junior High — Rating & test scores

1100 East Fesler Street, Santa Maria · 974 students · Grades 7–8

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Scope Score 67

Needs SupportScope Score · 7th percentile. Higher than 7 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 and math: 25% and 12% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, against 50% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 895 in English, 900 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English and 838,896 in math tested).

Overview

Is Fesler (Isaac) a good middle school?

Needs Support. Fesler (Isaac) is lower than most California middle schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced1025%
Math, Proficient or Advanced912%
English, Advanced104%
Math, Advanced73%

Progress in a year, 2025

English2−25 pts
Math15−14 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance3919 in 100
Fesler (Isaac)’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Santa Maria-Bonita’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

10.2% of students (100 of 977) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Each bar is Fesler (Isaac)’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 suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 977. District and California figures are averages of school rates (5 Santa Maria-Bonita schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Fesler (Isaac) say about itself?

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

Open feslerjh.smbsd.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored 25 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Minimal. In math, they scored 14 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−25

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

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino873−25 points
Low-income870−25 points
English learners602−29 points
Long-term English learners272−31 points
Homeless Youth184−21 points

Math

−14

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

Hispanic or Latino867−14 points
Low-income863−14 points
English learners597−14 points
Long-term English learners267−13 points
Homeless Youth183−10 points

Grades 7 and 8, 2025, 888 students in English, 881 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 25 points below that expected score, and in math 14 points below 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?

2 of the 3 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Fesler (Isaac). Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

4 middle schools within 4.6 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. LakeviewOrcutt Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 7653rd
  2. Kunst (Tommie)Neighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7019th
  3. Fesler (Isaac)Scope Score 677th
  4. El CaminoNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 676th
Santa Maria-BonitaA 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%0%25%50%75%100%

3 of 4 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 Fesler (Isaac) compare with schools like it?

Fesler (Isaac)’s Scope Score is 67. 561 California middle schools, counting Fesler (Isaac), have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 71. Fesler (Isaac)’s result is higher than 74 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 561

  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: 96%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 89%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

561 California public middle schools where 88% to 100% 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 88% to 100% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Fesler (Isaac)’s share. The count includes Fesler (Isaac). Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

English results were higher than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 20% to 25% and math from 11% to 12%.

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

Grades 7 and 8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%20172018201920222023202420252026Both 33%50%CaliforniaCalifornia29%Santa Maria-BonitaDistrict25%Fesler (Isaac)This school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202622%20%37%CaliforniaCalifornia14%Santa Maria-BonitaDistrict12%Fesler (Isaac)This school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Santa Maria-Bonita’s line combines its 5 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. Santa Maria-Bonita’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringFesler (Isaac)Santa Maria-BonitaCaliforniaTested here
201733%33%49%908
201833%35%50%905
201936%37%50%946
202228%29%48%926
202326%25%47%937
202421%28%47%948
202520%28%49%943
202625%29%50%895
Math, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringFesler (Isaac)Santa Maria-BonitaCaliforniaTested here
201720%22%37%919
201816%22%37%915
201919%25%37%957
202213%13%31%920
202310%12%32%946
20247%13%33%965
202511%14%35%950
202612%14%37%900

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

25%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

492621
Santa Maria-Bonita29%California50%

Math

12%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

64249
Santa Maria-Bonita14%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 25% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 12% in math, against 50% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 7 and 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 7 and 8, spring 2026, math trails English by 13 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 13 points across California. The grades 7 and 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 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced26%25%
Advanced5%4%
Proficient21%21%
Developing level22%29%
Minimal52%46%
Tested430465
California51%49%
Difference−25−24

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 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced11%13%
Advanced2%4%
Proficient9%9%
Developing level24%24%
Minimal65%63%
Tested434466
California38%36%
Difference−27−23

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 7 and 8 · This school4%21%26%49%895
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · Santa Maria-Bonita6%23%27%44%3,413
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school3%9%24%64%900
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · Santa Maria-Bonita4%10%24%62%3,416

Spring 2026, grades 7 and 8 combined: 895 tested in English, 900 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 97% of students. 180 of 964 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

19in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (180 of 964 students).

At the average Santa Maria-Bonita middle school: 15 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 10.2% of students were suspended at least once (100 of 977). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

974

students in grades 7–8.

Hispanic or Latino 97%White 1%

Family income

94%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 920 of 974. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

50

teachers, with 11 years of experience on average.

8% were in their first year.

77% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

52%

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 (180 of 349 students).

Santa Maria-Bonita: 53%. 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 Latino97%
White1%
Asian—
Black or African American—
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: 36.9 of 48.2 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

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

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-income862 tested25%California 39%
  • Hispanic or Latino872 tested25%California 40%
  • Homeless165 tested24%California 28%
  • English learners340 tested4%California 7%
  • Students with disabilities103 tested2%California 14%

25% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 7 and 8, spring 2026), against 40% for the same group across California. Low-income students, 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 7 and 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 7 and 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Santa Maria-Bonitavs California
Low-income · 862 tested in English, 865 in math
English25%−227%−1439%
Math12%−113%−1426%
Hispanic or Latino · 872 tested in English, 876 in math
English25%−328%−1540%
Math12%−113%−1325%
English learners · 340 tested in English, 348 in math
English4%−15%−37%
Math3%+12%−47%
Students with disabilities · 103 tested
English2%−24%−1214%
Math0%−22%−99%
Homeless · 165 tested
English24%−125%−428%
Math12%−113%−517%

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

No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, 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 can answer a short set of questions about Fesler (Isaac). These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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Money

How much is spent on each student here?

$21,282 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student.

$21,282

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$10,240
The school’s share of district office costs
$11,042
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,779
  • Fesler (Isaac)$21,282
  • Santa Maria-Bonita middle schools$22,111
  • 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 ↓

The neighborhood

What is the area around Fesler (Isaac) like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93454. They are not figures for the families at Fesler (Isaac).

Typical household income in a year

$81,522

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 93454.

Typical home value
$525,000
People who live in this ZIP code
41,896
Typical age
30.9 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
18%

What you can do

Who can act on Fesler (Isaac)’s results?

Santa Maria-Bonita’s board decides Fesler’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 Fesler in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 8 questions to Fesler (Isaac). Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?10.2% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (100 of 977 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?19 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (180 of 964 students); average Santa Maria-Bonita middle school: 15 in 100
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?25 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 7 and 8, 2025 (888 students)
  4. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?3% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026 (348 students tested); the same group across California: 7%
  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 Fesler (Isaac), and how do I get in?

Ask Santa Maria-Bonita which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Adam (William Laird) Elementary
    Scope Score 64Needs Support · bottom 1% · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Fesler (Isaac) Junior High
    Grades 7–8Scope Score 67Needs Support · 7th percentile
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

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

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Adam (William Laird) Elementary

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

    Scope Score 64 · Needs Support · bottom 1% · elementary · 2026

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

  • Alvin Elementary

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

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

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

  • Miller (Isaac) Elementary

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

    Scope Score 69 · Needs Support · 14th percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Battles (Washington) Elementary

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

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

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

  • Bill Libbon Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 72 · Developing · 30th percentile · elementary · 2026

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where it is

Where is Fesler (Isaac)?

Address
1100 East Fesler Street, Santa Maria 93454Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Heather PaigeAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 21, 2024.

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 Santa Maria-Bonita which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Fesler (Isaac) a good middle school?

Fesler (Isaac) Junior High has a Scope Score of 67. It scored higher than 7 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 7th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 19 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 15 in 100 at the average Santa Maria-Bonita middle school. 10.2% of students (100 of 977) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. See the details ↓

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

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored 25 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Minimal. In math, they scored 14 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 888 students in English, 881 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 25% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at Fesler (Isaac) Junior High in Santa Maria 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 #2,348 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #4 of 5 in Santa Maria-Bonita
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math4%3542%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math18%3223%
Chronically absent19 in 100495%
Suspension rate10.2% (100 of 977)255%
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
2025–26677#2348California 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
2018–198 in 10011.0% (114 of 1,038)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2418 in 10012.2% (125 of 1,027)
2024–2517 in 10011.3% (116 of 1,023)
2025–2619 in 10010.2% (100 of 977)

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
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 · English8954%25%
2026 · Math9003%12%
2025 · English9435%20%
2025 · Math9503%11%
2024 · English9483%21%
2024 · Math9651%7%
2023 · English9375%26%
2023 · Math9462%10%
2022 · English9266%28%
2022 · Math9203%13%
2019 · English9467%36%
2019 · Math9579%19%
2018 · English9055%33%
2018 · Math9155%16%
2017 · English9087%33%
2017 · Math9195%20%

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 · English47122%
2025 · Grade 8 · English47218%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math47612%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math4749%
2024 · Grade 7 · English47520%
2024 · Grade 8 · English47322%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math4857%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math4807%
2023 · Grade 7 · English48526%
2023 · Grade 8 · English45227%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math4948%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math45212%
2022 · Grade 7 · English45426%
2022 · Grade 8 · English47231%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math45513%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math46513%
2019 · Grade 7 · English51940%
2019 · Grade 8 · English42732%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math52218%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math43521%
2018 · Grade 7 · English43232%
2018 · Grade 8 · English47334%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math44413%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math47120%
2017 · Grade 7 · English47232%
2017 · Grade 8 · English43635%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math47718%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math44222%

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
Schoolwide4713%14%61%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-income86225%−2−14
Hispanic or Latino87225%−3−15
English learners3404%−1−3
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−25888Minimal−14881Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−25873Minimal−14867Moderate
Low-income−25870Minimal−14863Moderate
English learners−29602Minimal−14597Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−25339not categorized−16338not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−31272Minimal−13267Moderate
English learners only−33263not categorized−11259not categorized
Homeless−21184Minimal−10183Moderate
English-only students−28103not categorized−18101not categorized
Students with disabilities−3894Minimal−1193Moderate

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. “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 7 and 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−25 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 7 and 8

888 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, English: −25 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Minimal, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−14 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 7 and 8

881 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −14 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 7 and 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 · 17 in 100 → 2025–26 · 19 in 100 · +2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 11.3% (116 of 1,023) → 2025–26 · 10.2% (100 of 977) · −1.1 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female9 in 10018 in 100+9 in 100
Male7 in 10019 in 100+12 in 100
Filipino1 of 12——
Hispanic or Latino8 in 10019 in 100+11 in 100
White4 of 314 of 12—
Students with disabilities20 in 10025 in 100+5 in 100
English learners9 in 10020 in 100+11 in 100
Homeless8 in 10018 in 100+10 in 100
Military families4 in 10020 in 100+16 in 100
Low-income8 in 10019 in 100+11 in 100
All students8 in 10019 in 100+11 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$13,224 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 16,665 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$364 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 974

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,415 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 974

District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,317 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 66%Instruction support 13%Student services 10%Administration 4%Buildings & maintenance 7%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$217,626,08565.74%66%
Instruction support$43,429,57013.12%13%
Student services$35,190,01410.63%10%
Administration$12,146,8013.67%4%
Buildings & maintenance$22,091,5906.67%7%
Total$331,055,027100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $331,055,027 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$13,224 per pupil
2020$13,010 per pupil
2019$13,843 per pupil
2018$12,298 per pupil
2017$12,093 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 93454 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93454 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$81,522
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)18%
ZIP-area population41,896
Median age30.9 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 93454 →

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