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Fred Newhart Middle

Q: Is Fred Newhart Middle a good middle school?

Fred Newhart Middle is in the 95th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 75 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Fred Newhart Middle was well above California in English and math: 77% and 68% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

Q: What are Fred Newhart Middle's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 77% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 68% the math standard; 42% and 46% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 1,058 students were tested in English and 1,059 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

Q: How does Fred Newhart Middle rank in California?

Fred Newhart Middle is in the 95th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Strong, 2025). Fred Newhart Middle ranks #97 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2023 G6 → 2025 G8), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

Q: Is Fred Newhart Middle getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Fred Newhart Middle's grade 6 results in 2023 with its grade 8 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 94th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.

Q: What do attendance and suspension records show for Fred Newhart Middle?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 8.0% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 90 chronically absent of 1,129 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 2.7%; 30 unduplicated suspended students of 1,130 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 8.2%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 2.7%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

Q: How does Fred Newhart Middle compare to other schools in Mission Viejo?

Fred Newhart Middle is in the 95th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 1,105 students. Use the schools in Mission Viejo page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

Q: What high school does Fred Newhart Middle feed into?

By attendance boundary, Fred Newhart Middle is zoned to Capistrano Valley High. Capistrano Valley High has a Scope Score of 72 out of 100. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education's School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.

Mission Viejo · 6–8 · 1,105 students (2024–25)

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75 / 100

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

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Well above California in English and math: 77% and 68% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. Source

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8: 1,058 in English, 1,059 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,266,619 in English and 1,272,526 in math tested).

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Academic achievement

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Learning

How strong are the foundations for high school?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 42%
Met standard: 35%
Below standard: 23%

77% met or exceeded · 1,058 tested

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Level	Here	California	Capistrano Unified
Exceeded	42%	19%	34%
Met	35%	30%	35%
Nearly met	14%	23%	17%
Not met	9%	28%	14%

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

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 46%
Met standard: 22%
Below standard: 32%

68% met or exceeded · 1,059 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Capistrano Unified
Exceeded	46%	20%	38%
Met	22%	16%	22%
Nearly met	19%	23%	20%
Not met	13%	41%	20%

What these tests tell you · what to ask

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

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

Things worth knowing

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In 2025, students in grades 6–8 scored above what the state expected from their own earlier scores. The state calls both results Accelerated.grades 6–8 · 2025

+7 ptsEnglish · above expected+11 ptsMath · above expected

Source: CDE growth model, 2025
Students: students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 1,006 in English, 1,004 in math
Comparison: 1,006 students in English and 1,004 in math in grades 6–8 with scores in both years. 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.

About 2 in 5 reached the top of the state’s four levels, against 19% and 20% across California in the same grades.grades 6–8 · spring 2025

42%English · exceeded the standard46%Math · exceeded the standard

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8: 1,058 in English, 1,059 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,266,619 in English and 1,272,526 in math tested).

Low-income students here (369 tested in English, 371 in math, grades 6–8, spring 2025) met or exceeded the standard far more often than low-income students across California in the same grades (38% and 24%).grades 6–8 · spring 2025

63%English · met or exceeded49%Math · met or exceeded

Source: CDE CAASPP research file, spring 2025
Students: low-income students (CDE: “socioeconomically disadvantaged”) in grades 6–8: 369 in English, 371 in math
Comparison: California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s statewide rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation). Both gaps are more than twice the margin of error for 369 students in English and 371 in math.

Comparisons & progress

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

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school77%

California49%

Tested: 1,058 here · 1,266,619 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school77%

Capistrano Unified69%

Tested: 1,058 here · 9,993 in Capistrano Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 18 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Capistrano Unified
Exceeded	42%	19%	34%
Met	35%	30%	35%
Nearly met	14%	23%	17%
Not met	9%	28%	14%

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school68%

California36%

Tested: 1,059 here · 1,272,526 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school68%

Capistrano Unified60%

Tested: 1,059 here · 10,021 in Capistrano Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 18 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Capistrano Unified
Exceeded	46%	20%	38%
Met	22%	16%	22%
Nearly met	19%	23%	20%
Not met	13%	41%	20%

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

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

201974%3,618 tested

→

202577%1,058 tested

Fred Newhart

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

Math

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

201967%3,615 tested

→

202568%1,059 tested

Fred Newhart

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

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

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English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grades 6–8

Fred NewhartCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202577%49%

Math met or exceeded, grades 6–8

Fred NewhartCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202568%36%

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

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

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	Fred Newhart	California
2019	74% 3,618 tested	50% 1,390,416 tested
2022	70% 3,072 tested	47% 1,277,584 tested
2023	71% 978 tested	46% 1,267,562 tested
2024	75% 1,023 tested	46% 1,269,432 tested
2025	77% 1,058 tested	49% 1,266,619 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	Fred Newhart	California
2019	67% 3,615 tested	38% 1,394,239 tested
2022	56% 3,069 tested	31% 1,279,506 tested
2023	58% 981 tested	32% 1,272,024 tested
2024	65% 1,023 tested	33% 1,277,570 tested
2025	68% 1,059 tested	36% 1,272,526 tested

The state’s growth measure1,006 students in English, 1,004 in math · grades 6–8 · 2025

English+7ptsCDE category: Accelerated

Math+11ptsCDE category: Accelerated

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

School pattern, spring 2025Growth EngineThe school’s aggregate cohort-change index clears our stronger-gains threshold. This is a school-level comparison across years, not tracking of individual children.

School pattern, spring 2025Strong All-AroundAt least half of students met or exceeded the standard in every tested grade, in both subjects, and the state’s growth measure was Average or above in both.

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

Life at school

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What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

8 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

13in 100 at the average Capistrano Unified school18in 100 at the average California middle school

90 of 1,129 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school8 in 100

at the average Capistrano Unified school13 in 100

at the average California middle school18 in 100

2.7%of students were suspended at least once (30 of 1,130), 2024–25

2.9%at the average Capistrano Unified school3.5%at the average California middle school

Attendance by grade

Chronically absent, 2024–25	Per 100 students	Students
Grades 4–6	5	18 of 382
Grades 7–8	10	72 of 747

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Every learner

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How each student group did

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

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

369 English · 371 math tested

English63% / 38%

Math49% / 24%

White

452 English · 451 math tested

English79% / 61%

Math71% / 49%

Hispanic or Latino

278 English · 279 math tested

English62% / 38%

Math47% / 24%

Two or more races

161 English · 162 math tested

English86% / 62%

Math79% / 49%

Asian

134 tested per subject

English89% / 76%

Math87% / 70%

English learners

60 English · 63 math tested

English15% / 7%

Math17% / 6%

Students with disabilities

119 English · 118 math tested

English21% / 14%

Math17% / 10%

Homeless

59 English · 61 math tested

English44% / 27%

Math26% / 16%

Military families

91 tested per subject

English62% / 52%

Math46% / 38%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Met or exceeded the standardgrades 6–8 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Capistrano Unified	vs California
Low-income · 369 tested in English, 371 in math
English	63%	+756%	+2538%
Math	49%	+643%	+2524%
White · 452 tested in English, 451 in math
English	79%	+178%	+1861%
Math	71%	+269%	+2249%
Hispanic or Latino · 278 tested in English, 279 in math
English	62%	+953%	+2438%
Math	47%	+740%	+2324%
Two or more races · 161 tested in English, 162 in math
English	86%	+581%	+2462%
Math	79%	+673%	+3049%
Asian · 134 tested
English	89%	+386%	+1376%
Math	87%	+186%	+1770%
English learners · 60 tested in English, 63 in math
English	15%	+312%	+87%
Math	17%	+314%	+116%
Students with disabilities · 119 tested in English, 118 in math
English	21%	−829%	+714%
Math	17%	−522%	+710%
Homeless · 59 tested in English, 61 in math
English	44%	+737%	+1727%
Math	26%	+125%	+1016%
Military families · 91 tested
English	62%	−466%	+1052%
Math	46%	−1056%	+838%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Capistrano Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind statewide does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native and Pacific Islander students and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students here did far better than the same groups statewide.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Fred Newhart Middle in Mission Viejo, 63.4% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 6, 7 and 8, compared to 55.9% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. Fred Newhart Middle’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 7.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (48.5% met or exceeded the Math standard); White students (79.4% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 61.5 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 369 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

White42%
Hispanic or Latino27%
Asian12%
Two or more races11%
Not reported4%
Black or African American2%
Filipino2%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Unallocated share<1%

Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.

Full student mix, comparisons & sources

Eligible enrollment, 2024–25	Here
White	42%
Hispanic or Latino	27%
Asian	12%
Two or more races	11%
Not reported	4%
Black or African American	2%
Filipino	2%
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—

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

1 in 3 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (34%, 371 of 1,105). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers51

Average experience16 years

First-year teachers0%

83% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 83.46%: 46.2 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 55.4 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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ElementaryCastille ElementaryHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
MiddleFred Newhart MiddleThis campus · grades 6-8
High schoolCapistrano Valley HighHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

Castille Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
94th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Viejo Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
76th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Bathgate Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
88th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Philip J. Reilly Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
97th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

Capistrano Valley High
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
86th 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 its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

High-school endpoint evidence · Capistrano Valley High

Capistrano Valley HighScope 72historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Capistrano Valley High. UC records 63 enrollees from Capistrano Valley High for fall 2025. Its AP Course Audit lists 21 authorized AP subjects for 2025 - 2026. Those figures come from dated records — a child starting here today would reach Capistrano Valley High around 2031, and 6 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 86% of Capistrano Valley High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

63 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 21 authorized AP subjects (AP Course Audit 2025 - 2026) → full record on Capistrano Valley High's page

Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

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Nearby middle schoolsStatewide percentile

Las Flores Middle1.5 mi94thStrong
Carl Hankey Middle2.1 mi87thStrong
Arroyo Vista Middle2.6 mi96thStrong

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Similar student populations

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

Similar middle schools2025 statewide percentile

Silverado MiddleDry Creek Joint Elementary · 1,010 enrolled · 33.5% meal eligibility65thSolid
Alta Loma Junior HighAlta Loma Elementary · 831 enrolled · 33.2% meal eligibility80thStrong
Piedmont MiddleBerryessa Union Elementary · 591 enrolled · 34% meal eligibility82ndStrong
Calavera Hills MiddleCarlsbad Unified · 655 enrolled · 33.1% meal eligibility77thStrong
Yorba Linda MiddlePlacentia-Yorba Linda Unified · 818 enrolled · 34.1% meal eligibility90thStrong
Bert M. Lynn MiddleTorrance Unified · 612 enrolled · 33% meal eligibility90thStrong

How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 25.6–41.6% meal eligibility and 553–2,210 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Fred Newhart Middle a good middle school?

Fred Newhart Middle is in the 95th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 75 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Fred Newhart Middle was well above California in English and math: 77% and 68% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Fred Newhart Middle's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 77% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 68% the math standard; 42% and 46% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 1,058 students were tested in English and 1,059 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Fred Newhart Middle rank in California?

Fred Newhart Middle is in the 95th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Strong, 2025). Fred Newhart Middle ranks #97 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2023 G6 → 2025 G8), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

Is Fred Newhart Middle getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Fred Newhart Middle's grade 6 results in 2023 with its grade 8 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 94th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.

What do attendance and suspension records show for Fred Newhart Middle?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 8.0% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 90 chronically absent of 1,129 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 2.7%; 30 unduplicated suspended students of 1,130 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 8.2%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 2.7%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

How does Fred Newhart Middle compare to other schools in Mission Viejo?

Fred Newhart Middle is in the 95th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 1,105 students. Use the schools in Mission Viejo page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Fred Newhart Middle?

What high school does Fred Newhart Middle feed into?

By attendance boundary, Fred Newhart Middle is zoned to Capistrano Valley High. Capistrano Valley High has a Scope Score of 72 out of 100. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education's School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.

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Fred Newhart Middle is ranked #97 statewide · #4 of 18 in Capistrano Unified.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	43.9%	17.2%	42%
Met or exceeded	72.7%	40.0%	23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)	Strong	average	20%
Chronic absenteeism	8.2%	18.1%	5%
Suspension rate	2.7%	3.6%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	32.3%	17.8%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↑ vs CA 17.2% · index 80 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↑ vs CA 40.0% · index 77 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8): ↑ vs CA average · ≈94th calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 65 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 0.6pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate: ↑ vs CA 3.6% · index 54 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 1.4pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 66 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint

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

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

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

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 6	360	43%	32%	14%	11%	75%	+29
Grade 7	373	40%	38%	13%	9%	78%	+30
Grade 8	325	42%	37%	14%	7%	79%	+33

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

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

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

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

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
Math	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 6	360	49%	21%	18%	13%	69%	+35
Grade 7	374	39%	25%	21%	15%	64%	+30
Grade 8	325	50%	21%	18%	11%	71%	+39

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

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

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

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

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

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met+
2024 · Grade 6 · ELA	356	71.9%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA	324	79.0%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA	343	74.9%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	358	67.6%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	324	67.0%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	341	61.3%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA	328	68.3%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA	351	76.1%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA	299	69.6%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	329	60.2%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	351	59.8%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	301	54.1%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA	1,024	66.2%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA	1,024	72.5%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA	1,024	71.8%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	1,023	57.4%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	1,023	55.8%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	1,023	56.2%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA	1,206	75.6%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA	1,206	73.9%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA	1,206	72.8%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	1,205	69.0%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	1,205	61.6%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	1,205	69.6%

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

Science (CAST)	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT
Schoolwide	327	31%	28%	36%	4%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Subgroup · ELA	Tested	MET+	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	369	63.4%	+8	+26
White	452	79.4%	+1	+18
Hispanic/Latino	278	62.2%	+9	+24

Nearest middle schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

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

School	Dist	Scope · percentile · band	EXC	MET+	Grade gap	Cohort growth	Susp
Fred Newhart Middle ←	—	7595th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	43.9%	72.7%	+2.5pp	+67 pts	2.7%
Las Flores Middle	1.5 mi	7394th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	45.0%	73.2%	+3.0pp	—	6.0%
Carl Hankey Middle	2.1 mi	5987th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	35.8%	64.0%	−9.4pp	—	3.2%
Arroyo Vista Middle	2.6 mi	7996th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	52.2%	78.5%	+8.3pp	—	3.0%
California average	—	39School average · no percentile	17.2%	40.0%	+1.5pp	—	3.6%

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

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

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders1.5%

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

District salary records

Teacher salary schedule$65,219 – $130,638

Average elementary principal salary$185,421

Average middle school principal salary$197,661

Average high school principal salary$206,216

Superintendent salary$348,333

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

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2019	68/100	91	#174	California comprehensive middle schools · 1,953 schools
2022	65/100	90	#196	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,113 schools
2023	63/100	89	#217	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,125 schools
2024	71/100	93	#132	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,152 schools

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

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

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

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 8.6% → 2025 · 8.0% · −0.6pp
Suspension rate2024 · 4.1% → 2025 · 2.7% · −1.4pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	1,058	41.9%	77.2%
2025 · Math	1,059	45.7%	67.9%
2024 · ELA	1,023	40.3%	75.2%
2024 · Math	1,023	40.1%	65.3%
2023 · ELA	978	34.8%	71.5%
2023 · Math	981	34.3%	58.2%
2022 · ELA	1,024	34.3%	70.1%
2022 · Math	1,023	34.8%	56.5%
2019 · ELA	1,206	36.1%	74.0%
2019 · Math	1,205	43.8%	66.5%

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

Year	Scope	Pctile	Rank	Exc	Met+	Absent	Susp	Grade gap
2019	—	—	—	40.0%	70.4%	6.9%	5.1%	-1.1pp
2022	—	—	—	34.5%	63.3%	15.9%	3.2%	+2.2pp
2023	—	—	—	34.5%	64.7%	17.0%	6.5%	-2.4pp
2024	—	—	—	40.2%	70.3%	8.8%	4.1%	-1.6pp
2025	75	95	#97	43.9%	72.7%	8.2%	2.7%	+2.5pp

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

Grade gap = this year's grade 6 vs grade 8 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.

NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD

Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years

Group	2018–19	2024–25	Δ
Female	5.8%	8.3%	+2.5pp
Male	7.6%	7.7%	+0.1pp
Asian	0.9%	2.2%	+1.3pp
Black/African American	8.3%	0.0%	-8.3pp
Filipino	5.3%	0.0%	-5.3pp
Hispanic/Latino	9.2%	15.3%	+6.1pp
Two or More Races	7.5%	2.4%	-5.1pp
White	6.6%	7.5%	+0.9pp
Students with Disabilities	18.6%	16.3%	-2.3pp
English Learners	11.5%	18.6%	+7.1pp
Homeless	21.6%	22.1%	+0.5pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	13.0%	12.8%	-0.2pp
All Students	6.8%	8.0%	+1.2pp

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

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored

Group	ELA	n	CDE band	Math	n	CDE band
All Students	+7	1,006	Accelerated	+11	1,004	Accelerated
English Only	+8	715	not categorised	+12	714	not categorised
White	+4	431	Average	+12	430	Accelerated
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	+4	348	Average	+6	347	Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino	+6	265	Accelerated	0	264	Average
English Learner	+3	155	Average	+4	154	Average
Asian	+11	126	Accelerated	+25	126	Exceptional
Students with Disabilities	−7	123	Moderate	−2	122	Average
Two or More Races	+17	110	Accelerated	+17	110	Accelerated
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	+5	104	not categorised	−1	103	not categorised
Homeless Youth	+2	55	Average	−7	54	Moderate
English Learners Only	0	51	not categorised	+13	51	not categorised
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)	+1	29	Average	−2	29	Average
Black or African American	+26	14	Exceptional	−7	14	Moderate
Filipino	+20	14	Exceptional	+23	14	Exceptional

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-Term English Learner counts cover grades 6-8 only (CDE), so that row is not comparable to the All Students row. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

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

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2023 · Grade 6

38%

exceeded standard · 68% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2023 · 328 ELA test records with scores

ELA · 2025 · Grade 8

42%

exceeded standard · 79% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2025 · 325 ELA test records with scores

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

These paired percentages describe ELA results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · reported-school field

State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

1,006 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

70th pctile · +7 pts

State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

1,004 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

78th pctile · +11 pts

this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median ELA estimate is −1 and the middle half fall between −8 and +6 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8 and is not part of the Scope Score.

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$12,431 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 43,719 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$273 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,105

Central federal expenditures attributed here$787 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,105

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,166 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

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SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–25 · SchoolScope calculation

Instruction 64%Instruction support 10%Student services 10%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%

SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021

2021$12,431 per pupil

2020$11,341 per pupil

2019$10,665 per pupil

2018$9,388 per pupil

2017$8,875 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 92692

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 92692
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$131,175
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	55.73%
ZCTA population	47,022
Median age	46.2 years

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

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

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