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Freshwater Charter Middle — Rating & test scores

75 Greenwood Heights Drive, Eureka · 51 students · Grades 7–8

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Freshwater Charter Middle and Freshwater Elementary share this address in the state’s school directory. OpenStreetMap maps the grounds as one campus. Which buildings each school uses here isn’t mapped.

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Scope Score 81

StrongScope Score · 78th percentile. Higher than 78 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

Near California in English, well above in math, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026: 64% and 53% scored Proficient or Advanced, 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: 47
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 Freshwater Charter a good middle school?

Strong. Freshwater Charter is higher than most California middle schools on test results, progress in math and attendance. Freshwater Charter is lower than most on progress in English.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced8064%
Math, Proficient or Advanced8253%
English, Advanced6117%
Math, Advanced7728%

Progress in a year, 2025

English10−14 pts
Math64+4 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance6510 in 100
Freshwater Charter’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 28% of students tested in math scored Advanced, against 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Freshwater Charter’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
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 7 and 8. California: CDE’s grade 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,896 in math tested).

In its own words

What does Freshwater Charter say about itself?

These lines come from the school’s own website. They are the school’s description. They are not parent reviews or test results.

“Freshwater School, in partnership with district families, will provide a positive, safe, and caring environment which nurtures the intellectual, physical, emotional, and moral capacities of each child, so that each child can lead a fulfilling life as a productive worker, citizen, and individual.”
freshwatersd.org · link not verified, read November 12, 2026
  • How it teaches

    Restorative Practices are processes that proactively build healthy relationships and a sense of community to prevent and address conflict and wrongdoing.

    See the page · link not verified

Every line here is from freshwatersd.org, read November 12, 2026.

Progress

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

In English (reading and writing), lower. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored 14 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 4 points higher, which the state calls Average.

English

−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

White32−18 points
Low-income25−11 points
Hispanic or Latino13−9 points

Math

+4

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

By student group · students counted

White32+14 points
Low-income25+7 points
Hispanic or Latino13−9 points

Grades 7 and 8, 2025, 50 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. 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 14 points below that expected score, and in math 4 points above it.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

0 of the 3 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Freshwater Charter. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

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

  1. Freshwater CharterScope Score 8178th
  2. Sunny BraeArcata Elementary · by addressScope Score 7551st
  3. WinshipEureka City Schools · by addressScope Score 7442nd
  4. Catherine L. ZaneEureka City Schools · by addressScope Score 7233rd
Freshwater ElementaryA neighborhood school in another district

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

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

Scores and family income

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

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

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 Freshwater Charter compare with schools like it?

Freshwater Charter’s Scope Score is 81. 326 California middle schools, counting Freshwater Charter, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 78. Freshwater Charter’s result is higher than 234 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 326

  1. Students from low-income families: 44%

    Elkhorn

    Stockton

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 43%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 48%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 97th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 47%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 96th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 42%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

326 California public middle schools where 41% to 53% 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 41% to 53% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Freshwater Charter’s share. The count includes Freshwater Charter. 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 similar to 2025; math results were higher. English went from 62% to 64% and math from 40% to 53%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202676%64%Freshwater CharterThis school50%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202671%53%Freshwater CharterThis school37%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. 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.

English, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringFreshwater CharterCaliforniaTested here
201776%49%50
201872%50%53
201971%50%51
202279%48%43
202360%47%45
202451%47%45
202562%49%50
202664%50%47
Math, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringFreshwater CharterCaliforniaTested here
201771%37%49
201872%37%53
201963%37%51
202265%31%43
202353%32%45
202451%33%45
202540%35%50
202653%37%47

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

English

64%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

11254717
California50%

Math

53%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

17302528
California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 64% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 53% 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 11 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 Advanced77%52%
Advanced32%4%
Proficient45%48%
Developing level14%36%
Minimal9%12%
Tested2225
California51%49%
Difference+26+3

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 Advanced59%48%
Advanced27%28%
Proficient32%20%
Developing level36%24%
Minimal5%28%
Tested2225
California38%36%
Difference+21+12

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 school17%47%25%11%47
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school28%25%30%17%47
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896

Spring 2026, grades 7 and 8 combined: 47 tested in English, 47 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?

White students are the largest group here, at 75% of students. 5 of 48 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

5of 48

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. That is 10 in 100.

At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

No district average: Freshwater Charter is the only regular middle school we rank in the Freshwater Elementary district with an attendance record.

Students, 2024–25

51

students in grades 7–8.

White 75%

Family income

47%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 24 of 51. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

6

teachers, with 15 years of experience on average.

17% were in their first year.

100% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0

students were suspended at least once. Average California middle school 3.7%.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White75%
Hispanic or Latino—
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. 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: 2.2 of 2.2 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

One student group at Freshwater Charter has test results. Each bar compares one group with the same group across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • WhiteEnglish · 36 tested64%California 62%
  • WhiteMath · 36 tested56%California 50%

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 8, 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 Freshwater Elementaryvs California
White · 36 tested
English64%064%+262%
Math56%056%+650%

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

Low-income students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners, students with disabilities 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 Freshwater Charter. 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.

Families

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

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Staff

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Money

How much is spent on each student here?

$14,917 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student.

$14,917

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$14,917
The school’s share of district office costs
$0
Of the total, from federal funds
$0
  • Freshwater Charter$14,917
  • 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 Freshwater Charter like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95503. They are not figures for the families at Freshwater Charter.

Typical household income in a year

$71,855

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 95503.

Typical home value
$444,700
People who live in this ZIP code
25,054
Typical age
41.4 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
29%

What you can do

Who can act on Freshwater Charter’s results?

Freshwater Charter’s own board decides its plan.

Where is its yearly plan?

Freshwater Charter is a charter school that CDE lists as locally funded, through its district. Freshwater Elementary authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2027.

What its plan pays for ↓

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source 

State support

The state hasn’t placed Freshwater Charter 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 Freshwater Charter. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?14 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 7 and 8, 2025 (50 students)
  2. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  3. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?
  4. How does this approach show up in an ordinary lesson?From its own words, on how it teaches.

Before you apply

  1. Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
  2. What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

Getting in

What comes after Freshwater Charter, and how do I get in?

Ask Freshwater Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. No assigned next school.

Freshwater Charter is a charter, so a student’s later schools follow the family’s home address, not this campus, unless the family applies elsewhere. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary
    Scope Score 78Solid · 64th percentile · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  2. Middle · this school
    Freshwater Charter Middle
    Grades 7–8Scope Score 81Strong · 78th 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. Explore schools on the map

Not a next step: the school sharing this address. Freshwater Elementary (64th percentile, Solid, among elementary schools, 2026) has the same street address in the state’s school directory.

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Freshwater Elementary

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

    Scope Score 78 · Solid · 64th 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.

Where it is

Where is Freshwater Charter?

Address
75 Greenwood Heights Drive, Eureka 95503Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Si TaltyAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated May 23, 2025.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Freshwater Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓

Is Freshwater Charter a good middle school?

Freshwater Charter Middle has a Scope Score of 81. It scored higher than 78 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Strong, 78th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 5 of 48 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 18 in 100 at the average California middle school. 0 of 49 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. See the details ↓

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

In English, lower. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored 14 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 4 points higher, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 50 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 64% of White students in grades 7 and 8 at Freshwater Charter Middle in Eureka scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 62% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $783,997 is planned for 18 funded actions in 2 goals. That’s 89% of its $885,838 general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

Its own plan

What does Freshwater Charter’s own plan commit to?

$783,997 is planned for 18 funded actions in 2 goals. That’s 89% of its $885,838 general fund budget.

$783,997

planned in the school’s own plan for 2026–27

The three largest actions in the plan

  • Certificated Staff$268,976
  • Special Education Program and Services$91,313
  • Facilities Maintenance and operations$67,832

These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 76 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

The whole plan: every goal, what it measures and what it pays for

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 76 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 55% of the money. The plan itself puts 85% of it toward staff.

  • Certificated Staff $268,976
  • Special Education Program and Services $91,313
  • Facilities Maintenance and operations $67,832
  • 15 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

2 of the plan’s 18 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

  • Catch-up help $7,378
  • English learners $244

Largest of these

  • After school intervention/​Homework Help$7,378
  • ELD and EL Support$244
For high-need students

It plans $100,125 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $71,920 and estimates it spent $139,012, $67,092 (93%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $43,490 (6%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Facilities Maintenance and operations, which went from $43,663 to $67,832.

Largest cuts

  • Student Extracurricular Opportunities−⁠$23,557
  • School Climate−⁠$5,156
  • Classroom Aides−⁠$4,188

Largest increases

  • Facilities Maintenance and operations+⁠$24,169
  • Certificated Staff+⁠$19,031
  • Office Staff+⁠$10,681

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • Positive Behavior Programs$19,149

Ask: What did Student Extracurricular Opportunities pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $23,557 less?

What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grades 7 and 8 only: 64% in English and 53% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 162%64%up 2 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 140%53%up 13 pts
Chronically absentGoal 212 in 10010 in 1002 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 20 of 510 of 49no change

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Certificated Staff · $268,976
  • Special Education Program and Services · $91,313
  • Facilities Maintenance and operations · $67,832
The full plan2 goals, 25 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($783,997).

Where does the money go?

71% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G2

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Provide high quality learning experiences for all students including additional supports for socio…$559,48171% of action budgets

“Provide high quality learning experiences for all students including additional supports for socio- economically disadvantaged students (SED), foster youth, and English Learners and other students in need of additional academic support” p. 11 ↗

10 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $527,875 (+⁠$31,606)

Largest funded actions

  1. Certificated Staff$268,976action 1.7 · p. 38 ↗
  2. Special Education Program and Services$91,313action 1.6 · p. 38 ↗
  3. Administrative Leadership$64,669action 1.8 · p. 38 ↗
  4. Visual/​Performing arts$57,951action 1.9 · p. 38 ↗
  5. Classroom Aides$56,048action 1.2 · p. 38 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

5 more funded actions in this goal

  • After school intervention/​Homework Help · action 1.1 · p. 38 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$7,378
  • Library services · action 1.10 · p. 38 ↗$7,305
  • Technology (devices and software) · action 1.3 · p. 38 ↗$5,304
  • Curriculum/​Assessment CAASPP Coordinator · action 1.5 · p. 38 ↗$293
  • ELD and EL Support · action 1.4 · p. 38 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$244

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Certificated Staff+⁠$19,031$249,945 → $268,976 · p. 38 ↗
  2. Administrative Leadership+⁠$10,333$54,336 → $64,669 · p. 38 ↗
  3. After school intervention/​Homework Help+⁠$4,647$2,731 → $7,378 · p. 38 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Special Education Program and Services · $86,916 → $91,313 · p. 38 ↗+⁠$4,397
  • Visual/​Performing arts · $56,843 → $57,951 · p. 38 ↗+⁠$1,108
  • Classroom Aides · $60,236 → $56,048 · p. 38 ↗−⁠$4,188
  • Library services · $7,198 → $7,305 · p. 38 ↗+⁠$107
  • Technology (devices and software) · $6,671 → $5,304 · p. 38 ↗−⁠$1,367
  • Curriculum/​Assessment CAASPP Coordinator · $641 → $293 · p. 38 ↗−⁠$348
  • ELD and EL Support · $2,359 → $244 · p. 38 ↗−⁠$2,115

How the plan measures it · 13 measures · 1 quoted

  • Personnel records, SARC p. 13 ↗
    Baseline
    100% of teachers are properly credentialed and assigned
    Target for year 3
    100%

12 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Maintain and/​or improve high level of student, parent, and community involvement to keep Freshwater Charter…$224,51629% of action budgets

“Maintain and/​or improve high level of student, parent, and community involvement to keep Freshwater Charter Middle School a safe and welcoming learning environment, where students attend and are connected to their school” p. 18 ↗

8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $212,632 (+⁠$11,884)

Largest funded actions

  1. Facilities Maintenance and operations$67,832action 2.8 · p. 39 ↗
  2. Office Staff$65,009action 2.10 · p. 39 ↗
  3. Student Extracurricular Opportunities$44,330action 2.7 · p. 39 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $13,727 is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Positive Behavior Programs$19,149action 2.5 · p. 39 ↗
  5. School Climate$15,443action 2.6 · p. 39 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

3 more funded actions in this goal

  • Transportation · action 2.2 · p. 39 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $7,285 is state funding counted toward those services$10,285
  • Prepare students for college and careers · action 2.11 · p. 39 ↗$1,651
  • Home/​School Communication Programs · action 2.1 · p. 39 ↗$817

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Facilities Maintenance and operations+⁠$24,169$43,663 → $67,832 · p. 39 ↗
  2. Student Extracurricular Opportunities−⁠$23,557$67,887 → $44,330 · p. 39 ↗
  3. Office Staff+⁠$10,681$54,328 → $65,009 · p. 39 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Positive Behavior Programs · $19,149 · p. 39 ↗new or renamed
  • School Climate · $20,599 → $15,443 · p. 39 ↗−⁠$5,156
  • Transportation · $7,595 → $10,285 · p. 39 ↗+⁠$2,690
  • Prepare students for college and careers · $1,652 → $1,651 · p. 39 ↗−⁠$1
  • Home/​School Communication Programs · $999 → $817 · p. 39 ↗−⁠$182

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 12 measures · 2 quoted

  • Participation at parent conferences p. 20 ↗
    Baseline
    100% of families attended parent conferences (recorded on conference attendance sheets)
    Target for year 3
    95%
  • IEP Records p. 21 ↗
    Baseline
    100% of families participated in IEP Meetings reported in IEP meeting records
    Target for year 3
    100%

10 more measures in the plan’s table.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

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 #549 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math23%5642%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math59%6523%
Chronically absent5 of 48585%
Suspension rate0 of 49625%

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 75%: the remaining 25%, 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
2025–268178#549California 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
2018–194 of 523.8% (2 of 53)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–246 of 490 of 49
2024–256 of 510 of 51
2025–265 of 480 of 49

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 · English4717%64%
2026 · Math4728%53%
2025 · English5010%62%
2025 · Math5016%40%
2024 · English4513%51%
2024 · Math4520%51%
2023 · English4516%60%
2023 · Math4524%53%
2022 · English4340%79%
2022 · Math4340%65%
2019 · English5131%71%
2019 · Math5127%63%
2018 · English5323%72%
2018 · Math5326%72%
2017 · English5024%76%
2017 · Math4941%71%

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 · English2564%
2025 · Grade 8 · English2560%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math2536%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math2544%
2024 · Grade 7 · English2759%
2024 · Grade 8 · English1839%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math2752%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math1850%
2023 · Grade 7 · English2763%
2023 · Grade 8 · English1856%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math2752%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math1856%
2022 · Grade 7 · English1958%
2022 · Grade 8 · English2496%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math1947%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math2479%
2019 · Grade 7 · English2875%
2019 · Grade 8 · English2365%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math2864%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math2361%
2018 · Grade 7 · English2665%
2018 · Grade 8 · English2778%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math2669%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math2774%
2017 · Grade 7 · English2781%
2017 · Grade 8 · English2370%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math2767%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math2277%

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
Schoolwide2516%36%40%8%

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
White3664%0+2
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−1450Moderate+450Average
English-only students−1446not categorized+446not categorized
White−1832Moderate+1432Accelerated
Low-income−1125Moderate+725Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino−913Moderate−913Moderate

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−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

50 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −14 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+4 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

50 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: +4 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 · 6 of 51 → 2025–26 · 5 of 48
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 51 → 2025–26 · 0 of 49 · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female2 of 304 of 28—
Male2 of 221 of 20—
White2 of 433 of 36—
Low-income3 of 144 of 21—
All students4 of 525 of 48—

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$11,362 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 323 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

District current expense · FY 2024–25$16,023 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 71%Instruction support 5%Student services 4%Administration 12%Buildings & maintenance 8%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$2,705,40771.12%71%
Instruction support$178,7344.70%5%
Student services$172,3764.53%4%
Administration$439,58811.56%12%
Buildings & maintenance$304,5388.01%8%
Total$3,803,807100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $3,803,807 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$11,362 per pupil
2020$13,537 per pupil
2019$13,343 per pupil
2018$10,525 per pupil
2017$9,921 per pupil
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 95503 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95503 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$71,855
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)29%
ZIP-area population25,054
Median age41.4 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 95503 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 2,529 middle schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026