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Golden Valley Middle — Rating & test scores

3800 Waterman Avenue, San Bernardino · 742 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 69

Needs SupportScope Score · 15th percentile. Higher than 15 in 100 of the 2,529 California public middle schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 34% and 24% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 49% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 617 in English, 621 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

Overview

Is Golden Valley a good middle school?

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

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced2534%
Math, Proficient or Advanced3524%
English, Advanced176%
Math, Advanced237%

Progress in a year, 2025

English90+15 pts
Math80+11 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance244 in 100
Golden Valley’s place among California middle schools, out of 100San Bernardino City Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 6–8 scored higher than California students who had the same scores the year before, in English (+15 pts) and math (+11 pts). The state calls both results Accelerated. 44 in 100 students (319 of 732) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That is about one and a half times the rate at the average San Bernardino City Unified middle school.

Each bar is Golden Valley’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.

Sentence 1
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 634 in English, 635 in math. 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.
Sentence 2
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 732. District and California figures are averages of school rates (17 San Bernardino City Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Golden Valley say about itself?

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

Open goldenvalley.sbcusd.com (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 15 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 11 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

English

+15

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income608+14 points
Hispanic or Latino535+17 points
English learners214+13 points
Long-term English learners113+13 points
Students with disabilities102+7 points

Math

+11

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income609+11 points
Hispanic or Latino535+10 points
English learners213+10 points
Long-term English learners113+7 points
Students with disabilities102+13 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 634 students in English, 635 in math with scores in both years. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 15 points above that expected score, and in math 11 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?

2 of the 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Golden Valley. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 3.7 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP AcademyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8486th
  2. ArrowviewNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7124th
  3. Golden ValleyScope Score 6915th
  4. CurtisNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 6913th
  5. SerranoNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 6811th
  6. Shandin HillsNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 688th
  7. Martin Luther King Jr.Neighborhood school · by addressScope Score 675th
  8. Del VallejoNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 662nd
San Bernardino City Unified

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%

3 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Golden Valley compare with schools like it?

Golden Valley’s Scope Score is 69. 504 California middle schools, counting Golden Valley, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 71. Golden Valley’s result is higher than 146 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 504

  1. Students from low-income families: 92%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 93rd percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 93%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 92nd percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 96%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 89%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 91%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 90th percentile

504 California public middle schools where 89% to 100% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public middle school we score where 89% to 100% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Golden Valley’s share. The count includes Golden Valley. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 38% to 34% and math from 20% to 24%.

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

Grades 6–8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202642%36%49%CaliforniaCalifornia45%San Bernardino City UnifiedDistrict34%Golden ValleyThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202627%13%37%CaliforniaCalifornia30%San Bernardino City UnifiedDistrict24%Golden ValleyThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. San Bernardino City Unified’s line combines its 14 middle schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. San Bernardino City Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringGolden ValleySan Bernardino City UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201736%42%48%808
201836%43%49%835
201938%44%50%852
202237%39%47%689
202333%38%46%703
202433%40%46%735
202538%43%49%729
202634%45%49%617
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringGolden ValleySan Bernardino City UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201713%27%37%807
201815%27%37%837
201918%29%38%849
202212%21%31%693
202315%23%32%701
202419%27%33%736
202520%28%36%730
202624%30%37%621

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

34%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

372928
San Bernardino City Unified39%California49%

Math

24%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

5026177
San Bernardino City Unified24%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 34% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 24% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 6–8 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).

Grade 6 stands apart in math: 58% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 24% across grades 6–8 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class.

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 10 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 12 points across California. The grades 6–8 cards above give each subject’s share.

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced19%35%34%
Advanced0%4%8%
Proficient19%31%26%
Developing level33%27%31%
Minimal48%38%35%
Tested31269317
California48%51%49%
Difference−29−16−15

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 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced58%23%22%
Advanced13%4%8%
Proficient45%19%14%
Developing level10%27%27%
Minimal32%50%51%
Tested31270320
California37%38%36%
Difference+21−15−14

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 6–8 · This school6%28%29%37%617
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · San Bernardino City Unified11%28%27%34%10,707
Math, grades 6–8 · This school7%17%26%50%621
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · San Bernardino City Unified11%13%24%52%10,719

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 617 tested in English, 621 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 82% of students. 319 of 732 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

44in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (319 of 732 students).

At the average San Bernardino City Unified middle school: 28 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 11.6% of students were suspended at least once (88 of 757). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

742

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 82%Black or African American 11%White 3%Two or more races 2%

Family income

95%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 705 of 742. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

39

teachers, with 10 years of experience on average.

21% were in their first year.

72% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

68%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (97 of 142 students).

San Bernardino City Unified: 46%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grade 6
18 of 36 students in grade 6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
43 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (301 of 696).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino82%
Black or African American11%
White3%
Two or more races2%
Asian—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

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

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 27.6 of 38.5 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income students scored below the same group across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Hispanic or Latino509 tested35%California 39%
  • Low-income514 tested33%California 39%
  • Homeless76 tested30%California 28%
  • Black or African American70 tested29%California 34%
  • English learners132 tested13%California 7%
  • Students with disabilities110 tested8%California 14%

33% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 English, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs San Bernardino City Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 514 tested in English, 519 in math
English33%−538%−639%
Math22%−123%−426%
Hispanic or Latino · 509 tested in English, 510 in math
English35%−641%−439%
Math24%−226%−125%
Black or African American · 70 tested in English, 71 in math · grades 7 and 8 only
English29%−231%−534%
Math25%+916%+520%
English learners · 132 tested in English, 133 in math · grades 7 and 8 only
English13%+58%+67%
Math8%+44%+17%
Students with disabilities · 110 tested in English, 112 in math
English8%−311%−614%
Math14%+77%+410%
Homeless · 76 tested in English, 78 in math · grades 7 and 8 only
English30%+228%+228%
Math18%+216%+117%

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

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

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Golden Valley. 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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Money

How much is spent on each student here?

$24,181 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student.

$24,181

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$9,557
The school’s share of district office costs
$14,624
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,682
  • Golden Valley$24,181
  • San Bernardino City Unified middle schools$24,451
  • 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 Golden Valley like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 92404. They are not figures for the families at Golden Valley.

Typical household income in a year

$66,701

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 92404.

Typical home value
$426,300
People who live in this ZIP code
63,243
Typical age
32.5 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
11%

What you can do

Who can act on Golden Valley’s results?

The state has Golden Valley in extra targeted support; San Bernardino City Unified’s board decides its plan.

When the plan is set

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

Read the 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

What has the state flagged?

2025–26 is its 4th year in a row in this support. The state named it because results were low for White students. This support comes with a school improvement plan, which must use approaches with evidence behind them and look at how money and staff are divided among schools. Ask the principal to see the school improvement plan.

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

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving San Bernardino City Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for San Bernardino City Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 8 questions to Golden Valley. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school?44 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (319 of 732 students); average California middle school: 18 in 100
  2. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?11.6% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (88 of 757 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  3. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?8% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026 (133 students tested); the same group across California: 7%
  4. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?66% in English and 76% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (617 tested in English, 621 in math); California: 51% and 63%
  5. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  6. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Golden Valley, and how do I get in?

Ask San Bernardino City Unified which school serves your address. Next comes San Bernardino High.

The district splits Golden Valley’s attendance zone. 56% of its children are assigned to San Bernardino High and 42% to Pacific High. In the district’s boundaries, Golden Valley Middle draws from 7 elementary schools. Boundaries split some neighborhoods. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Elementary · fed by
Middle · this school
Golden Valley Middle
High · next
San Bernardino High Scope Score 68Needs Support · 17th percentile · 2025

Assigned for part of the zone

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. Shares are our estimate of where the zone’s children live. We use 2020 Census child counts, or land area where few children were counted. A share counts children living in the zone, not a school’s enrolled students. A boundary doesn’t guarantee a place. Transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Roger Anton Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 73 · Developing · 39th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Arrowhead Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 71 · Developing · 25th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Bradley Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 75 · Developing · 48th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Marshall Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 71 · Needs Support · 24th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Parkside Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 72 · Developing · 32nd percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Wilson Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 75 · Developing · 47th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Fairfax Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 74 · Developing · 46th percentile · elementary · 2026

    62% of the zone’s children

High-school links

  • San Bernardino High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 68 · Needs Support · 17th percentile · high · 2025

    56% of the zone’s children

  • Pacific High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 72 · Developing · 35th percentile · high · 2025

    42% of the zone’s children

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

Where the path ends: San Bernardino High
San Bernardino HighScope Score 68 · Needs Support · 17th percentile · 2025district-published assignment for part of the zone

The road from this school ends at San Bernardino High. UC records 11 enrollees from San Bernardino High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 12 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach San Bernardino High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 44% of the students who finished high school at San Bernardino High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

11 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 12 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on San Bernardino High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Golden Valley?

Address
3800 Waterman Avenue, San Bernardino 92404Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Gabriel DiazAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated June 12, 2024.

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

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask San Bernardino City Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Golden Valley a good middle school?

Golden Valley Middle has a Scope Score of 69. It scored higher than 15 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 15th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 44 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 28 in 100 at the average San Bernardino City Unified middle school. 11.6% of students (88 of 757) 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?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 15 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 11 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 634 students in English, 635 in math

See the details ↓

How does grade 6 do in math?

Grade 6 stands apart in math: 58% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 24% across grades 6–8 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class. See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 33% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Golden Valley Middle in San Bernardino scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

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

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,131 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #10 of 17 in San Bernardino City Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math6%3842%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math32%4323%
Chronically absent44 in 100165%
Suspension rate11.6% (88 of 757)195%
English learners: top level29%605%
Grade gap (G6→G8, different students)-10.9pp—not scored

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
2025–266915#2131California 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 absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–1919 in 10015.1% (150 of 994)+6
2021–22not on filenot on file+10
2022–23not on filenot on file−4
2023–2447 in 10016.9% (151 of 892)−4
2024–2541 in 10012.6% (108 of 855)−16
2025–2644 in 10011.6% (88 of 757)−11

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

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 6 and grade 8 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
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 · English6176%34%
2026 · Math6217%24%
2025 · English7297%38%
2025 · Math7308%20%
2024 · English7356%33%
2024 · Math7365%19%
2023 · English7036%33%
2023 · Math7014%15%
2022 · English6898%37%
2022 · Math6933%12%
2019 · English8526%38%
2019 · Math8494%18%
2018 · English8355%36%
2018 · Math8373%15%
2017 · English8086%36%
2017 · Math8074%13%

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 6 · English5135%
2025 · Grade 7 · English34335%
2025 · Grade 8 · English33542%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math5155%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math34519%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math33417%
2024 · Grade 6 · English6032%
2024 · Grade 7 · English32025%
2024 · Grade 8 · English35539%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math6035%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math32016%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math35619%
2023 · Grade 6 · English5629%
2023 · Grade 7 · English34129%
2023 · Grade 8 · English30637%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math5627%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math34017%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math30510%
2022 · Grade 6 · English5127%
2022 · Grade 7 · English30031%
2022 · Grade 8 · English33843%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math5210%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math30312%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math33813%
2019 · Grade 6 · English6731%
2019 · Grade 7 · English39339%
2019 · Grade 8 · English39238%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math6713%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math39317%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math38919%
2018 · Grade 6 · English7315%
2018 · Grade 7 · English39337%
2018 · Grade 8 · English36939%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math7310%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math39516%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math36916%
2017 · Grade 6 · English7519%
2017 · Grade 7 · English38635%
2017 · Grade 8 · English34740%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math747%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math38610%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math34718%

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
Schoolwide3234%23%62%12%

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-income51433%−5−6
Hispanic or Latino50935%−6−4
English learners (grades 7 and 8 only)13213%+5+6
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+15634Accelerated+11635Accelerated
Low-income+14608Accelerated+11609Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+17535Accelerated+10535Accelerated
English-only students+14335not categorized+12337not categorized
English learners+13214Accelerated+10213Accelerated
English learners only+9134not categorized+11134not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)+13113Accelerated+7113Accelerated
Students with disabilities+7102Accelerated+13102Accelerated
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+1580not categorized+779not categorized
Black or African American+661Accelerated+862Accelerated
Homeless+1261Accelerated+1062Accelerated
White−319Average−319Average
Two or more races+1313Accelerated+313Average

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8. 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+15 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

634 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +15 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math+11 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

635 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +11 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for California middle school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median English estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8, 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 · 41 in 100 → 2025–26 · 44 in 100 · +3 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 12.6% (108 of 855) → 2025–26 · 11.6% (88 of 757) · −1.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female18 in 10045 in 100+27 in 100
Male19 in 10043 in 100+24 in 100
Black or African American28 in 10040 of 82—
Hispanic or Latino17 in 10041 in 100+24 in 100
Two or more races1 of 136 of 13—
White16 of 5812 of 19—
Students with disabilities27 in 10046 in 100+19 in 100
English learners20 in 10033 in 100+13 in 100
Foster youth4 of 26——
Homeless18 of 9954 in 100—
Low-income19 in 10046 in 100+27 in 100
All students19 in 10044 in 100+25 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$16,530 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 46,693 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$393 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 742

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,289 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 742

District current expense · FY 2024–25$26,775 per ADA

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

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

How the California mean was selected

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

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 62%Instruction support 12%Student services 12%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 9%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$671,043,96062.00%62%
Instruction support$125,846,32511.63%12%
Student services$131,494,71212.15%12%
Administration$53,036,4564.90%5%
Buildings & maintenance$100,899,0109.32%9%
Total$1,082,327,441100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $1,082,327,441 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$16,530 per pupil
2020$15,782 per pupil
2019$15,714 per pupil
2018$13,451 per pupil
2017$12,603 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 holders5.2%

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 92404 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92404 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$66,701
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)11%
ZIP-area population63,243
Median age32.5 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 92404 →

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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

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