Public school with a magnet program · Davis Joint Unified · Davis, California

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High — Rating & test scores

Davis · 7–9 · 533 students (2024–25)

4000 East Covell Boulevard, 95618harper.djusd.net ↗(530) 757-5330
72ndpercentileSolid

The dots are California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
48

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of five of the six middle school measures.

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Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Near California in English, well above in math, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026: 53% and 47% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 50% and 37%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 334
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).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

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In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 25% of students tested in English (reading and writing) and 29% in math scored Advanced, about one and a third times California’s rate (19% and 21%). Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources
The sentence above
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 7 and 8: 334. 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).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Davis Joint Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Frances Ellen Watkins Harper a good middle school?

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High scores higher than 72 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 72nd percentile, Solid, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 18 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 20 in 100 at the average Davis Joint Unified middle school. 3.9% of students (22 of 561) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. Evidence ↓

More questions (4)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, below what the state expected; in math, about as expected. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored −11 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Moderate. In math, they scored +1 point, which it calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 290 students in English, 289 in math

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 22% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High in Davis scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Davis Senior High. 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 doesn’t guarantee placement; confirm your address with the district.

  • Davis Senior High: 93rd percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 Scope Score

Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in English; well above it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 53% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 47% in math, against 50% and 37% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 334
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English, 838,896 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · 334 tested

Advanced
25%
Proficient
28%
Below the standard
47%
This school53%
California50%
Davis Joint Unified66%

53% Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8.

Math

Grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · 334 tested

Advanced
29%
Proficient
18%
Below the standard
53%
This school47%
California37%
Davis Joint Unified62%

47% Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 7 and 8 · every level, with tested counts

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 Advanced57%47%
Advanced29%20%
Proficient28%27%
Developing level19%20%
Minimal24%33%
Tested181153
California51%49%
Difference+6−2

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 Advanced51%42%
Advanced31%26%
Proficient20%16%
Developing level18%19%
Minimal31%39%
Tested181153
California38%36%
Difference+13+6

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.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

Have results changed?

English results were lower than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 58% to 53% and math from 48% to 47%.

English · top two levels · grades 7 and 8

202558%309 tested
→
202653%334 tested

This school

California, same grades49% → 50%2025 → 2026 · 848,364 → 838,600 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 7 and 8

202548%311 tested
→
202647%334 tested

This school

California, same grades35% → 37%2025 → 2026 · 851,806 → 838,896 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, below what the state expected; in math, about as expected. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored −11 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Moderate. In math, they scored +1 point, which it calls Average.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 7 and 8: 290 in English, 289 in math
Comparison
Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 7 and 8 · 2025 · 290 students in English, 289 in math, with scores in both years

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

−11 pts

English

The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

+1 pts

Math

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in English?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 7 and 8 · This school25%28%19%28%334
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · Davis Joint Unified28%38%17%17%1,229
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school29%18%18%35%334
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · Davis Joint Unified41%21%18%20%1,238

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown · English and math have been above California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 7 and 8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202653%50%
Math top two levels, grades 7 and 8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202647%37%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 7 and 8, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 63% in 2017 to 53% in 2026. In math, it went from 58% in 2017 to 47% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 7 and 8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201763%
413 tested		49%
915,271 tested
201864%
398 tested		50%
919,277 tested
201961%
402 tested		50%
932,985 tested
202263%
350 tested		48%
852,094 tested
202354%
336 tested		47%
842,173 tested
202456%
312 tested		47%
849,026 tested
202558%
309 tested		49%
848,364 tested
202653%
334 tested		50%
838,600 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 7 and 8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201758%
424 tested		37%
918,964 tested
201859%
402 tested		37%
921,089 tested
201955%
407 tested		37%
935,223 tested
202248%
353 tested		31%
853,132 tested
202347%
345 tested		32%
844,737 tested
202445%
315 tested		33%
853,781 tested
202548%
311 tested		35%
851,806 tested
202647%
334 tested		37%
838,896 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

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 11 points below that expected score, and in math 1 point 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.

What you can do

Who can act on Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s results?

The state took Frances Ellen Watkins Harper out of extra targeted support; Davis Joint Unified’s board decides its plan.

What has the state flagged?

It came off the list for 2025–26; it was on it in 2024–25.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

The state is giving Davis Joint 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 Davis Joint Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

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

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Davis Joint Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

18 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 3.9% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Context Close to the 20 in 100 at the average Davis Joint Unified middle school: a pattern across the district.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 99 of 554 students counted for it; suspension: 22 of 561 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Davis Joint Unified middle school 3.3%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

18 in 100This school
20 in 100At the average Davis Joint Unified middle school
18 in 100At the average California middle school

99 of 554 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

3.9%

of students were suspended at least once (22 of 561). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grades 7–8: 19 in 100, 73 of 377
  • Grade 9: 15 in 100, 26 of 177
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Work here? Answer the staff questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students scored well below the same groups across California in English.

Student groups, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026

22% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 7 and 8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students: 23% in English, against 40% for the same group across California. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 7 and 8; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Frances Ellen Watkins HarperSame group, California
  • Asian60 tested78%Same group, California 76%
  • White129 tested66%Same group, California 62%
  • Hispanic or Latino97 tested23%Same group, California 40%
  • Low-income134 tested22%Same group, California 39%
  • Students with disabilities38 tested13%Same group, California 14%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 8 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 11% to 74%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 38%2. Hispanic or Latino: 29%3. Asian: 17%4. Two or more races: 7%5. Black or African American: 4%6. Not reported: 2%Unallocated share: 3%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White38%
  2. Hispanic or Latino29%
  3. Asian17%
  4. Two or more races7%
  5. Black or African American4%
  6. Not reported2%
  7. Filipino—
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Pacific Islander—
  10. Unallocated share3%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. “Not reported” is different: it is a category in the state’s own count of students. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

55% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 11 of 20 English learners55%
Davis Joint Unified · 225 of 36462%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

44%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 232 of 533. California: 63%.

33teachers, 2024–25

14 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

3%in their first year, 2024–25

78%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there in English for low-income and Hispanic or Latino students, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 7 and 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Davis Joint Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 134 tested in English, 135 in math
English22%−1739%−1739%
Math18%−1836%−826%
White · 129 tested
English66%−672%+462%
Math61%−768%+1150%
Hispanic or Latino · 97 tested in English, 96 in math
English23%−2144%−1740%
Math16%−2238%−925%
Asian · 60 tested in English, 61 in math
English78%−684%+276%
Math74%−882%+371%
Students with disabilities · 38 tested
English13%−922%−114%
Math11%−718%+29%

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

Students of two or more races: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, English learners 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
White38%
Hispanic or Latino29%
Asian17%
Two or more races7%
Black or African American4%
Not reported2%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 78% of teaching positions, 21.6 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 27.7 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, and how do I get in?

  1. Elementary
    Pioneer Elementary
    97th · Strong · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High
    Grades 7–9
  3. High
    Davis Senior High
    93rd · Strong · 2025Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment 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

  • Pioneer Elementary

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

    97th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

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

  • Marguerite Montgomery Elementary

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

    68th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

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

  • Fred T. Korematsu Elementary at Mace Ranch

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

    65th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

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

High-school links

  • Davis Senior High

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

    93rd percentile · Strong · high · 2025

    100% 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 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 the path ends: Davis Senior High
Davis Senior High93rd · Strong · 2025 · Scope Score 80historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Davis Senior High. UC records 119 enrollees from Davis Senior High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 19 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Davis Senior High around 2028, and a school can change a lot in 2 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 83% of the students who finished high school at Davis Senior High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

119 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 19 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Davis Senior High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Davis Joint Unified which school serves your address.

School website: harper.djusd.net ↗Office: (530) 757-5330Administrator: Katie Sluis

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
4000 East Covell Boulevard, Davis 95618

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Davis Joint Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. How does the school check what’s working in English? English: 58% in 2025 to 53% in 2026 here; California: 49% to 50%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (530) 757-53304000 East Covell Boulevard, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby middle schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest middle schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby middle schoolsPercentile among California middle schools, 2026

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #703 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #3 of 4 in Davis Joint Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math26%6042%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math49%5723%
Chronically absent18 in 100505%
Suspension rate3.9% (22 of 561)505%
English learners: top level7%315%

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
2025–264872#703California 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
2018–199 in 1005.1% (34 of 665)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2418 in 1009.2% (53 of 578)
2024–2518 in 10011.7% (65 of 554)
2025–2618 in 1003.9% (22 of 561)

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 · English33425%53%
2026 · Math33429%47%
2025 · English30927%58%
2025 · Math31131%48%
2024 · English31221%56%
2024 · Math31526%45%
2023 · English33622%54%
2023 · Math34524%47%
2022 · English35028%63%
2022 · Math35327%48%
2019 · English40223%61%
2019 · Math40734%55%
2018 · English39825%64%
2018 · Math40238%59%
2017 · English41324%63%
2017 · Math42436%58%

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 · English14960%
2025 · Grade 8 · English16056%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math15151%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math16046%
2024 · Grade 7 · English16361%
2024 · Grade 8 · English14950%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math16348%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math15241%
2023 · Grade 7 · English17046%
2023 · Grade 8 · English16662%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math17346%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math17248%
2022 · Grade 7 · English16867%
2022 · Grade 8 · English18259%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math17050%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math18346%
2019 · Grade 7 · English20360%
2019 · Grade 8 · English19962%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math20555%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math20254%
2018 · Grade 7 · English19567%
2018 · Grade 8 · English20362%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math19763%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math20556%
2017 · Grade 7 · English20967%
2017 · Grade 8 · English20459%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math21860%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math20657%

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
Schoolwide15419%22%39%19%

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-income13422%−17−17
White12966%−6+4
Hispanic or Latino9723%−21−17
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−11290Moderate+1289Average
English-only students−6205not categorized+1205not categorized
White−3123Average+5122Accelerated
Low-income−20111Moderate−4111Average
Hispanic or Latino−2881Minimal−1181Moderate
English learners−3056Minimal+356Average
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−3447not categorized+147not categorized
Asian−1143Moderate+1543Accelerated
Students with disabilities−2335Minimal+235Average
Two or more races023Average+123Average

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. 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−11 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

290 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −11 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math+1 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

289 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: +1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, 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 · 18 in 100 → 2025–26 · 18 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 11.7% (65 of 554) → 2025–26 · 3.9% (22 of 561) · −7.8 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female8 in 10018 in 100+10 in 100
Male9 in 10018 in 100+9 in 100
Asian0 in 1008 in 100+8 in 100
Black or African American16 in 10052 in 100+36 in 100
Hispanic or Latino15 in 10029 in 100+14 in 100
Two or more races4 in 10016 in 100+12 in 100
White8 in 10010 in 100+2 in 100
Students with disabilities23 in 10053 in 100+30 in 100
English learners6 in 10036 in 100+30 in 100
Military families12 in 10036 in 100+24 in 100
Low-income18 in 10033 in 100+15 in 100
All students9 in 10018 in 100+9 in 100
Homeless—30 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. 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$14,513 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 8,229 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$189 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 533

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,016 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 533

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,563 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 58%Instruction support 12%Student services 11%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$73,379,88158.11%58%
Instruction support$15,030,57911.90%12%
Student services$13,388,71310.60%11%
Administration$10,377,4218.22%8%
Buildings & maintenance$11,911,9279.43%9%
Other$2,188,7751.73%2%
Total$126,277,295100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $126,277,295 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$14,513 per pupil
2020$12,722 per pupil
2019$12,987 per pupil
2018$12,299 per pupil
2017$11,369 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 95618 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95618 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$115,591
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)73%
ZIP-area population26,267
Median age31.9 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 95618 →

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