Public school · Travis Unified · Fairfield, California

Golden West Middle — Rating & test scores

Fairfield · 6–8 · 746 students (2024–25)

2651 De Ronde Drive, 94533goldenwest.travisusd.org ↗(707) 437-8240
54thpercentileSolid

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

Scope Score
39

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

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

Near California in English (reading and writing) and math: 52% and 36% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8, spring 2026, against 49% and 37%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 1,146 in English, 1,147 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).

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

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In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 15% of students tested in English and 15% in math scored Advanced, against 19% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources
The sentence above
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 6–8: 1,146 in English, 1,147 in math. 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).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Travis Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Golden West a good middle school?

Golden West Middle scores higher than 54 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 54th percentile, Solid, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 16 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 18 in 100 at the average California middle school. 4.7% of students (58 of 1,223) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. Evidence ↓

More questions (4)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, about as expected; in math, below what the state expected. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored −4 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored −7 points, which it calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 669 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 42% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Golden West Middle in Fairfield scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Golden West Middle's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Vanden High. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education’s School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement; confirm your address with the district.

  • Vanden High: 58th percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 Scope Score

Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

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

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 52% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 36% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 1,146 in English, 1,147 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 6–8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English, 1,254,800 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 1,146 tested

Advanced
15%
Proficient
37%
Below the standard
48%
This school52%
California49%

52% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 1,147 tested

Advanced
15%
Proficient
21%
Below the standard
64%
This school36%
California37%

36% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 6–8 · every level, with tested counts

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 Advanced49%47%59%
Advanced13%15%17%
Proficient36%32%42%
Developing level25%27%24%
Minimal26%26%17%
Tested394380372
California48%51%49%
Difference+1−4+10

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 Advanced35%37%36%
Advanced13%17%16%
Proficient22%20%20%
Developing level27%27%31%
Minimal38%36%33%
Tested393382372
California37%38%36%
Difference−2−10

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

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

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 16 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.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, about as expected; in math, below what the state expected. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored −4 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored −7 points, which it calls Moderate.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 669
Comparison
Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 6–8 · 2025 · 669 students with scores in both years

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

−4 pts

English

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

−7 pts

Math

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

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school15%37%25%23%1,146
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
Math, grades 6–8 · This school15%21%28%36%1,147
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800

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

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

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20261 tested year shown

In grades 6–8, the share at the state’s top two levels in English was 52% in 2026. In math, it was 36% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · Proficient or Advanced · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202652%
1,146 tested		49%
1,254,039 tested
Math · Proficient or Advanced · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202636%
1,147 tested		37%
1,254,800 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 4 points below that expected score, and in math 7 points below it.

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

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

What you can do

Who can act on Golden West’s results?

Travis Unified’s board decides Golden West’s plan.

The state hasn’t placed Golden West in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Travis Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. The 2026 Dashboard flagged results for students with disabilities on two measures: math, and college and career readiness. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Travis Unified: CDE’s assistance status files for the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. Source 

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

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

How to take part

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

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

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

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average California middle school, 18 in 100 were. 4.7% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 191 of 1,203 students counted for it; suspension: 58 of 1,223 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

16 in 100This school
18 in 100At the average California middle school

191 of 1,203 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

No district average: Golden West is the only regular middle school we rank in the Travis Unified district with an attendance record.

Suspensions, 2025–26

4.7%

of students were suspended at least once (58 of 1,223). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Ask: When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grade 6: 16 in 100, 66 of 412
  • Grades 7–8: 16 in 100, 125 of 791
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Golden West

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

Questions for your visit ↓

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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups scored below the same groups across California in math.

Student groups, grades 6–8, spring 2026

38% of students of two or more races scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 50% for the same group across California. Asian and Filipino students also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 6–8; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Golden WestSame group, California
  • Asian51 tested53%Same group, California 71%
  • Filipino141 tested51%Same group, California 60%
  • White244 tested45%Same group, California 50%
  • Two or more races193 tested38%Same group, California 50%
  • Hispanic or Latino359 tested29%Same group, California 25%
  • Low-income515 tested27%Same group, California 26%
  • Black or African American150 tested18%Same group, California 20%
  • Students with disabilities126 tested6%Same group, California 10%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 math, spring 2026. In English the same groups run from 11% to 72%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 31%2. White: 22%3. Two or more races: 16%4. Black or African American: 13%5. Filipino: 12%6. Asian: 4%7. Not reported: <1%Unallocated share: 1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino31%
  2. White22%
  3. Two or more races16%
  4. Black or African American13%
  5. Filipino12%
  6. Asian4%
  7. Not reported<1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Pacific Islander—
  10. Unallocated share1%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. “Not reported” is different: it is a category in the state’s own count of students. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

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

54% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

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

This school · 15 of 28 English learners54%
Travis Unified · 61 of 12350%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

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

Who are the families and teachers?

47%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 348 of 746. California: 63%.

37teachers, 2024–25

18 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

5%in their first year, 2024–25

89%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there in math for students of two or more races and other student groups, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Travis Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 513 tested in English, 515 in math
English42%042%+339%
Math27%027%+126%
Hispanic or Latino · 358 tested in English, 359 in math
English46%+145%+739%
Math29%029%+425%
White · 244 tested
English56%056%−662%
Math45%045%−550%
Two or more races · 193 tested
English54%054%−862%
Math38%038%−1250%
Black or African American · 149 tested in English, 150 in math
English36%036%+333%
Math18%018%−220%
Filipino · 141 tested
English72%072%−274%
Math51%051%−960%
Asian · 51 tested
English67%067%−875%
Math53%053%−1871%
Students with disabilities · 124 tested in English, 126 in math
English11%011%−314%
Math6%06%−410%

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

English learners, 32 tested: no rate for grades 7 and 8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino31%
White22%
Two or more races16%
Black or African American13%
Filipino12%
Asian4%
Not reported<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—

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

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 89% of teaching positions, 29.7 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 33.5 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

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

  1. Elementary
    Foxboro Elementary
    53rd · Solid · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Golden West Middle
    Grades 6–8
  3. High
    Vanden High
    58th · Solid · 2025Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Foxboro Elementary

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

    53rd percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

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

  • Travis Elementary

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

    71st percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

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

  • Center Elementary

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

    22nd percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

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

  • Scandia Elementary

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

    51st percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

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

  • Cambridge Elementary

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

    75th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

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

High-school links

  • Vanden High

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

    58th percentile · Solid · high · 2025

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

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

Where the path ends: Vanden High
Vanden High58th · Solid · 2025 · Scope Score 58historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Vanden High. UC records 30 enrollees from Vanden High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 15 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Vanden High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 76% of the students who finished high school at Vanden High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

30 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 15 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Vanden High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Travis Unified which school serves your address.

School website: goldenwest.travisusd.org ↗Office: (707) 437-8240Administrator: Sarah Portugal

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
2651 De Ronde Drive, Fairfield 94533

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

Questions for your visit

  1. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 64% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (1,147 students tested); California: 63%
  2. When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (707) 437-82402651 De Ronde Drive, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,163 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math15%4742%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math44%5323%
Chronically absent16 in 100535%
Suspension rate4.7% (58 of 1,223)465%
English learners: top level22%505%
Grade gap (G6→G8, different students)+5.7pp—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
2025–263954#1163California 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)
2018–196 in 10010.5% (95 of 902)—
2021–22not on filenot on file—
2022–23not on filenot on file—
2023–2419 in 1007.8% (62 of 791)—
2024–2516 in 1005.5% (44 of 799)—
2025–2616 in 1004.7% (58 of 1,223)+6

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 · English1,14615%52%
2026 · Math1,14715%36%
2025 · English73215%51%
2025 · Math73215%36%
2024 · English74210%48%
2024 · Math74114%34%
2023 · English71414%52%
2023 · Math71414%37%
2022 · English71017%55%
2022 · Math70816%35%
2019 · English83518%61%
2019 · Math83622%43%
2018 · English84615%58%
2018 · Math84417%39%
2017 · English86815%54%
2017 · Math87017%40%

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 · English36155%
2025 · Grade 8 · English37146%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math36142%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math37131%
2024 · Grade 7 · English36851%
2024 · Grade 8 · English37445%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math36840%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math37328%
2023 · Grade 7 · English35350%
2023 · Grade 8 · English36155%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math35340%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math36134%
2022 · Grade 7 · English35959%
2022 · Grade 8 · English35150%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math35840%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math35029%
2019 · Grade 7 · English40868%
2019 · Grade 8 · English42755%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math40847%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math42839%
2018 · Grade 7 · English43362%
2018 · Grade 8 · English41353%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math43242%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math41236%
2017 · Grade 7 · English42254%
2017 · Grade 8 · English44654%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math42341%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math44738%

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
Schoolwide37312%25%54%9%

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-income51342%0+3
Hispanic or Latino35846%+1+7
White24456%0−6
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−4669Average−7669Moderate
English-only students−4564not categorized−7564not categorized
Low-income−6319Moderate−7319Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−8197Moderate−16197Moderate
White+1147Average−4147Average
Black or African American−1197Moderate−297Average
Two or more races+496Average−296Average
Filipino−785Moderate+185Average
Students with disabilities−1471Moderate−671Moderate
English learners−541Average−141Average
Asian+233Average+2233Exceptional
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−727not categorized−1327not categorized
English learners only−214not categorized+1914not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−912Moderate−112Average

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−4 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

669 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −4 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−7 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

669 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −7 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for California middle school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median English estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 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 · 16 in 100 → 2025–26 · 16 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 5.5% (44 of 799) → 2025–26 · 4.7% (58 of 1,223) · −0.8 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female7 in 10015 in 100+8 in 100
Male6 in 10016 in 100+10 in 100
Asian2 in 1002 in 1000 in 100
Black or African American8 in 10024 in 100+16 in 100
Filipino4 in 1003 in 100−1 in 100
Hispanic or Latino10 in 10020 in 100+10 in 100
Two or more races2 in 10016 in 100+14 in 100
White6 in 10014 in 100+8 in 100
Students with disabilities5 in 10026 in 100+21 in 100
English learners12 in 1002 in 100−10 in 100
Low-income10 in 10024 in 100+14 in 100
All students6 in 10016 in 100+10 in 100
Homeless—50 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$11,683 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 5,284 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$208 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 746

Central federal expenditures attributed here$262 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 746

District current expense · FY 2024–25$15,962 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 60%Instruction support 10%Student services 13%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$49,353,89160.03%60%
Instruction support$8,497,84210.34%10%
Student services$10,483,17612.75%13%
Administration$5,253,7346.39%6%
Buildings & maintenance$7,950,3379.67%10%
Other$670,4030.82%1%
Total$82,209,382100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $82,209,382 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$11,683 per pupil
2020$10,985 per pupil
2019$11,362 per pupil
2018$10,877 per pupil
2017$10,502 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

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

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

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

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 94533 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94533 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$87,384
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)20%
ZIP-area population78,805
Median age36.2 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-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 94533 →

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