Math
42%Grades 6 & 8 · Proficient or Advanced
Public middle school
Goleta Valley Junior High
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49% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 42% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.
Data sources · Methodology · State tests: 2025
Contact
Phone(805) 967-3486
DistrictSanta Barbara Unified
PrincipalClanci Chiu-Merritt
Grades7-8
Enrollment731 students
English
49%Grades 6 & 8 · Proficient or Advanced
Students
731Total enrollment
Chronic absence
16%Students absent 10% or more of school days
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What do the results tell us?
2025 results · Grades 6 & 8 · weighted by students tested within each subject.
Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →
Share at Proficient or Advanced
● Math┄ English
Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.
Exact annual results
| Year | Math | English |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 49% | 61% |
| 2022 | 43% | 53% |
| 2023 | 50% | 57% |
| 2024 | 48% | 52% |
| 2025 | 42% | 49% |
Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.
How achievement is distributed
AdvancedStandard Exceeded
27%ProficientStandard Met
15%DevelopingStandard Nearly Met
22%MinimalStandard Not Met
35%AdvancedStandard Exceeded
20%ProficientStandard Met
30%DevelopingStandard Nearly Met
24%MinimalStandard Not Met
26%Achievement-level percentages are not percentiles. “Developing” here is a test achievement level, separate from the SchoolScope performance band with the same name.
Annual results and the full academic record
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25
More than half of students here meet the standard. One in four clear it by a lot.
ELA55% met or exceeded
Exceeded 22%Met 32%Nearly Met 21%Not Met 24%
Math49% met or exceeded
Exceeded 32%Met 17%Nearly Met 21%Not Met 30%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California middle schools · average17% exceeded · 40% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2025–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51 | 27% | 52% | — | 16.1% | 8.0% |
| CA average · Middle School | 39 | 17% | 40% | — | 18.1% | 3.6% |
This schoolCA avg
Scope5139
% Exceeded27%17%
% Met+52%40%
Growth——
Absence16.1%18.1%
Suspension8.0%3.6%
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25
California's own growth model splits here — the 4th percentile in reading against the 45th in math, among middle schools.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
California runs its own growth model — it follows individual children in grades 4 through 8 and compares each one against a prediction from their own prior scores. On that measure this school sits well below the middle of California middle schools in reading, and the 45th in math. We show it; we don't score it.
— pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California middle school lands at −1 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −8 and +6 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.
California's growth model, ranked against the schools it scores
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: −21 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 4th percentile of 7,519 reported schools.4th pctile · −21 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: −1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 45th percentile of 7,518 reported schools.45th pctile · −1 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field
Students & opportunity
Who shares in the school’s results?
Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25
Low-income students here meet the ELA standard behind the same group statewide.
At Goleta Valley Junior High in Goleta, 34.7% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 38.0% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Goleta Valley Junior High trails its district average for low-income students by 3.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (24.0% Math proficient); Hispanic students (35.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 41.9 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 325 students tested.
Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 52% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 52%, district —, state 40%52%
MaleMale: this school 50%, district 45%, state 42%50% · −2 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 31%, district 33%, state 32%31% · −21 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 29%, district 33%, state 32%29% · −22 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 54%, district 48%, state 44%54% · +2 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 70%, district 69%, state 56%70% · +18 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 13%, district 17%, state 15%13% · −39 vs school
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: this school 75%, district 68%, state 56%75% · +23 vs school
AsianAsian: this school 80%, district 82%, state 72%80% · +29 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 16%, district 11%, state 11%16% · −36 vs school
Military-ConnectedMilitary-Connected: this school 45%, district 36%, state 46%45% · −7 vs school
Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: too few students to report‹11
FilipinoFilipino: too few students to report‹11
American Indian/Alaska NativeAmerican Indian/Alaska Native: too few students to report‹11
HomelessHomeless: too few students to report‹11
this school district, same group California, same group
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Student-group results by grade
Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
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The state's growth model, by student group
California follows these children individually and predicts each one's score from their own prior year. Each row is read against the same group at a typical California middle school — not against zero, and not against this school's all-students figure, because the state's expectation already differs by group.
Reading
English Only441 studentsEnglish Only, reading: −20 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 441 students.−20 pts · −20 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students328 studentsHispanic or Latino students, reading: −29 scale-score points versus expectation, against −2 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 328 students.−29 pts · −27 vs typical
Low-income students308 studentsLow-income students, reading: −31 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 308 students.−31 pts · −28 vs typical
White238 studentsWhite, reading: −15 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 238 students.−15 pts · −15 vs typical
English Learner163 studentsEnglish Learner, reading: −33 scale-score points versus expectation, against −5 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 163 students.−33 pts · −28 vs typical
Math
English Only443 studentsEnglish Only, math: +3 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 443 students.+3 pts · +6 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students334 studentsHispanic or Latino students, math: −14 scale-score points versus expectation, against −6 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 334 students.−14 pts · −8 vs typical
Low-income students314 studentsLow-income students, math: −16 scale-score points versus expectation, against −5 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 314 students.−16 pts · −11 vs typical
White239 studentsWhite, math: +8 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 239 students.+8 pts · +7 vs typical
English Learner167 studentsEnglish Learner, math: −18 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 167 students.−18 pts · −15 vs typical
this school typical California middle school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted
— 3 more groups are reported here with between 11 and 29 students. We hold those back on purpose: at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own, and a quarter of such groups land past the state's top or bottom cut point by chance alone. They are listed with their student counts in the data appendix. — A group not listed at all had fewer than 11 students with a growth score, so California published nothing for it here. That is a privacy protection, not a judgment about those students. — Context only. None of this enters the Scope Score.
The daily experience
What is it like to be a student here?
Students per teacher
Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.
Teacher experience
Average teacher experience in the published staffing record. It does not measure individual teacher effectiveness.
Chronically absent
The share of students absent for at least 10% of their enrolled school days. Attendance reflects both school and out-of-school circumstances.
The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25
About 20 students for every teacher here.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
Students per teacher20 · district 20
Teaching staff39 teachers
Avg. experience17.9 years
Fully credentialed83%
PrincipalClanci Chiu-Merritt
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Teacher salary schedule$64,099 – $121,627
Principal salary$164,342 – $181,610
Superintendent salary$314,838
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
Attendance & discipline · 2024–25
Kids here show up more, and get suspended more, than the state average.
8.0% of students were suspended, versus 3.6% statewide — the data can't say why.
Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 16.1%, district 20.1%, state 18.1%16.1% · −2.0pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 8.0%, district —, state 3.6%8.0% · +4.4pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 7–816.0%
Resources & neighborhood
What sits behind the school experience?
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What gets spent · FY 2024–25
It spends $17,257 per student, more than the California average.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.
$510 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $17,257, CA average $14,491$17,257 · spent at this school
Federal share$510 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,939 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 56%Instruction support 15%Student services 12%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
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district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$14,447 per pupil
2019$13,462 per pupil
2018$13,495 per pupil
2017$11,638 per pupil
2016$10,981 per pupil
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood · ACS 2024
Two in five of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
Worth knowing
On the state's science test (CAST), 41% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.
Hispanic or Latino48.7% · district 59.1% · CA 56.1%
White35.4% · district 31.0% · CA 19.9%
Asian6.3% · district 2.3% · CA 10.2%
Black1.0% · district 0.6% · CA 4.8%
Other8.6% · district 6.9% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch45.5% · CA 64%
Median income$90K · CA $85K
Median home value$1.08M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+51% · CA 35%
ZIP population52,934
Median age24 years
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Culture & philosophy
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2025 · middle schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.
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| School | Type | Performance band | Advanced | Proficient or Advanced | Distance | Select |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goleta Valley Junior High | Public | Strong | 27% | 52% | School being viewed |
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Elementary · K–5
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High school · 9–12
The road from this school ends at Dos Pueblos Senior High, which sent 77 graduates to UC campuses last fall and teaches 19 AP subjects. Those numbers describe past cohorts — a child starting here today would reach Dos Pueblos Senior High around 2031, and 6 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 87% of Dos Pueblos Senior High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.
77 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 19 AP subjects taught → full record on Dos Pueblos Senior High's page
Source: UC & College Board
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Worth a school visit
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Questions
Frequently asked questions
Is Goleta Valley Junior High a good middle school?
Goleta Valley Junior High has a Scope Score of 51 out of 100, placing it in the 79th percentile of California middle schools and ranked #462 statewide. 27.2% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 10.0 percentage points above the California average of 17.2%. The Scope Score weights 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard (42%), met or exceeded (proficient) (23%), grade 6-to-8 growth (20%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Goleta Valley Junior High's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 52.1% of students at Goleta Valley Junior High met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 27.2% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 24.9% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 27.2% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 1,411 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Goleta Valley Junior High rank in California?
Goleta Valley Junior High ranks #462 among California middle schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 79th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), grade-level growth (Grade 6 to grade 8 growth), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Goleta Valley Junior High?
16.1% of students at Goleta Valley Junior High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 18.1%. The suspension rate is 8.0%. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Goleta Valley Junior High compare to other schools in Goleta?
Goleta Valley Junior High scores 51/100 (79th percentile) among California middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 731 students. Use the schools in Goleta page or the map view to compare all middle schools nearby.
How does Goleta Valley Junior High serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Goleta Valley Junior High in Goleta, 34.7% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 38.0% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Goleta Valley Junior High trails its district average for low-income students by 3.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (24.0% Math proficient); Hispanic students (35.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 41.9 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 325 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
What high school does Goleta Valley Junior High feed into?
By attendance boundary, Goleta Valley Junior High is zoned to Dos Pueblos Senior High. Dos Pueblos Senior High has a Scope Score of 67 out of 100. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education's School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.
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How the Scope Score is calculated
On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.
What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25
The 5 things our score weighs
| What we weigh | Here | State | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exceeded standard | 27.2% | 17.2% | 42% |
| Met or exceeded | 52.1% | 40.0% | 23% |
| Chronic absenteeism | 16.1% | 18.1% | 5% |
| Suspension rate | 8.0% | 3.6% | 5% |
| EL proficiency (ELPAC) | 30.8% | 18.0% | 5% |
Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built
A closer look at the evidence
Goleta Valley Junior High: reading the evidence
Goleta Valley has an average Met + Exceeded rate of 52% and an Exceeded rate of 27.2% across the reported grades and subjects. Ask how students are supported and challenged at different starting points.
Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.
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Every number · For the data nerds
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.
Goleta Valley Junior High is ranked #462 statewide · #2 of 5 in Santa Barbara Unified.
01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
| Factor | School | State | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exceeded standard | 27.2% | 17.2% | 42% |
| Met or exceeded | 52.1% | 40.0% | 23% |
| Chronic absenteeism | 16.1% | 18.1% | 5% |
| Suspension rate | 8.0% | 3.6% | 5% |
| EL proficiency (ELPAC) | 30.8% | 18.0% | 5% |
- Exceeded standard
- ↑ vs CA 17.2% · index 62 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
- Met or exceeded
- ↑ vs CA 40.0% · index 60 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
- Chronic absenteeism
- ↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 53 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
- Suspension rate
- ↓ vs CA 3.6% · index 32 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
- EL proficiency (ELPAC)
- ↑ vs CA 18.0% · index 63 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
ShowHide table 02 — By grade & subgroup
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 7 | 334 | 25% | 35% | 18% | 22% | 61% | +13 |
| Grade 8 | 365 | 20% | 30% | 24% | 26% | 49% | +3 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 7 | 341 | 36% | 20% | 21% | 23% | 56% | +22 |
| Grade 8 | 371 | 27% | 15% | 22% | 35% | 42% | +10 |
We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schoolwide | 370 | 19% | 22% | 46% | 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.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 325 | 34.7% | −3 | −3 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 345 | 35.6% | −2 | −3 |
| White | 250 | 71.7% | −4 | +10 |
03Nearest middle schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Grade gap | Cohort growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goleta Valley Junior High ← | — | 51 | 27.2% | 52.1% | — | — | 8.0% |
| California average | — | 39 | 17.2% | 40.0% | +1.5pp | — | 3.6% |
What we can't show
- — Growth data isn't available — the state needs matched grades across years to compute it.
04Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 04 — Climate by student group
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 7.4% | 15.5% | +8.1pp |
| Male | 14.3% | 16.3% | +2.0pp |
| Asian | 4.1% | 6.4% | +2.3pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 14.9% | 19.7% | +4.8pp |
| Two or More Races | 7.3% | 8.9% | +1.6pp |
| White | 7.6% | 14.4% | +6.8pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 21.5% | 26.5% | +5.0pp |
| English Learners | 18.7% | 30.2% | +11.5pp |
| Homeless | 21.7% | 15.8% | -5.9pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 17.5% | 22.7% | +5.2pp |
| All Students | 11.1% | 16.0% | +4.9pp |
05California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
ShowHide table 05 — California growth model, by student group
| Group | Reading | n | CDE band | Math | n | CDE band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Students | −21 | 666 | Minimal | −1 | 673 | Average |
| English Only | −20 | 441 | not categorised | +3 | 443 | not categorised |
| Hispanic or Latino | −29 | 328 | Minimal | −14 | 334 | Moderate |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | −31 | 308 | Minimal | −16 | 314 | Moderate |
| White | −15 | 238 | Moderate | +8 | 239 | Accelerated |
| English Learner | −33 | 163 | Minimal | −18 | 167 | Moderate |
| Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only | −31 | 142 | not categorised | −20 | 146 | not categorised |
| Students with Disabilities | −33 | 79 | Minimal | −21 | 80 | Minimal |
| Two or More Races | −16 | 50 | Moderate | +13 | 50 | Accelerated |
| Asian | −10 | 39 | Moderate | +24 | 39 | Exceptional |
| Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only) | −35 | 24 | Minimal | −7 | 24 | Moderate |
| English Learners Only | −51 | 21 | not categorised | −5 | 21 | not categorised |
| Homeless Youth | −32 | 14 | Minimal | −26 | 15 | Minimal |
Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a growth score — published by CDE, held back from the narrative sections above because at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Long-Term English Learner counts cover grades 6-8 only (CDE), so that row is not comparable to the All Students row. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.
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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,177 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-09-27
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