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Hans Christensen Middle — Rating & test scores

27625 Sherman Road, Menifee · 369 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 70

Needs SupportScope Score · 22nd percentile. Higher than 22 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

Below California in English, well below in math: 41% and 16% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8, spring 2026, 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: 359 in English, 360 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 Hans Christensen a good middle school?

Needs Support. Hans Christensen is higher than most California middle schools on progress in English and attendance. Hans Christensen is lower than most on test results and progress in math.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced4141%
Math, Proficient or Advanced1816%
English, Advanced4111%
Math, Advanced124%

Progress in a year, 2025

English71+7 pts
Math19−12 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance5414 in 100
Hans Christensen’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Menifee Union’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

6.1% of students (25 of 413) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Each bar is Hans Christensen’s place among 2,529 California public middle schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 6–8. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 413. District and California figures are averages of school rates (7 Menifee Union schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Hans Christensen say about itself?

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

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Progress

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

In English (reading and writing), yes. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 7 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 12 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

+7

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-income227+6 points
Hispanic or Latino171+8 points
White41+6 points
Students with disabilities39−6 points
English learners30−14 points

Math

−12

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income229−13 points
Hispanic or Latino173−14 points
White41−10 points
Students with disabilities40−29 points
English learners30−15 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 302 students in English, 303 in math with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

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

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 7 points above that expected score, and in math 12 points below it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 8 scores here with the school’s grade 6 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 30th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

3 of the 5 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Hans Christensen. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

6 middle schools within 4.6 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Menifee ValleyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7866th
  2. Kathryn NewportNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7548th
  3. Bell MountainNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7123rd
  4. Hans ChristensenScope Score 7022nd
  5. Ethan A ChaseRomoland Elementary · by addressScope Score 7019th
  6. PinacatePerris Union High · by addressScope Score 674th
Menifee UnionA neighborhood school in another district

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

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

Scores and family income

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

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

4 of 6 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 Hans Christensen compare with schools like it?

Hans Christensen’s Scope Score is 70. 396 California middle schools, counting Hans Christensen, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 73. Hans Christensen’s result is higher than 112 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 396

  1. Students from low-income families: 76%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 71%

    Scope Score 94Strong · 98th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 75%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

396 California public middle schools where 67% to 79% 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 67% to 79% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Hans Christensen’s share. The count includes Hans Christensen. 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 lower than in 2025. English went from 46% to 41% and math from 23% to 16%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202652%43%49%CaliforniaCalifornia47%Menifee UnionDistrict41%Hans ChristensenThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202638%29%37%CaliforniaCalifornia32%Menifee UnionDistrict16%Hans ChristensenThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Menifee Union’s line combines its 7 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. Menifee Union’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringHans ChristensenMenifee UnionCaliforniaTested here
201743%52%48%808
201849%55%49%766
201954%59%50%766
202237%48%47%690
202340%47%46%631
202446%47%46%344
202546%49%49%340
202641%47%49%359
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringHans ChristensenMenifee UnionCaliforniaTested here
201729%38%37%814
201827%38%37%762
201930%42%38%764
202220%30%31%691
202323%32%32%634
202419%30%33%347
202523%34%36%341
202616%32%37%360

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Below California in English; well below it in math.

English

41%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

28313011
Menifee Union47%California49%

Math

16%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

552912
Menifee Union32%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 41% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 16% 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).

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 25 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 Advanced38%42%43%
Advanced10%12%11%
Proficient28%30%32%
Developing level33%30%30%
Minimal29%28%27%
Tested112130117
California48%51%49%
Difference−10−9−6

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 Advanced11%22%15%
Advanced4%5%4%
Proficient7%17%11%
Developing level33%26%27%
Minimal56%52%58%
Tested113130117
California37%38%36%
Difference−26−16−21

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 school11%30%31%28%359
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Menifee Union14%33%27%26%4,557
Math, grades 6–8 · This school4%12%29%55%360
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Menifee Union14%18%28%40%4,568

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 359 tested in English, 360 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 59% of students. 58 of 401 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

14in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (58 of 401 students).

At the average Menifee Union middle school: 12 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 6.1% of students were suspended at least once (25 of 413). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

369

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 59%White 19%Black or African American 9%Two or more races 7%

Family income

73%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 271 of 369. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

17

teachers, with 16 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

82% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

79%

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 (19 of 24 students).

Menifee Union: 57%. 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
13 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (16 of 121).
Grades 7–8
15 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (42 of 280).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino59%
White19%
Black or African American9%
Two or more races7%
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: 25.2 of 31 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Five student groups scored well below the same groups across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • White54 tested24%California 50%
  • Two or more races43 tested21%California 50%
  • Hispanic or Latino213 tested14%California 25%
  • Low-income278 tested13%California 26%
  • Students with disabilities67 tested0%California 10%

13% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 26% for the same group across California. White and Hispanic or Latino students, students of two or more races and students with disabilities also scored well below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 math, 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 Menifee Unionvs California
Low-income · 277 tested in English, 278 in math
English38%−240%−139%
Math13%−1326%−1326%
Hispanic or Latino · 213 tested
English38%−341%−139%
Math14%−1226%−1125%
White · 54 tested
English41%−950%−2162%
Math24%−1539%−2650%
Two or more races · 43 tested
English47%−451%−1562%
Math21%−1233%−2950%
Students with disabilities · 66 tested in English, 67 in math
English5%−611%−914%
Math0%−99%−1010%

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

Black or African American students and English learners: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Filipino, 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Hans Christensen. 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.

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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

Where does the money go?

$20,939 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Menifee Union’s plan for 2026–27 covers $37 million.

$20,939

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$10,868
The school’s share of district office costs
$10,071
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,208
  • Hans Christensen$20,939
  • Menifee Union middle schools$17,826
  • 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 ↓

Menifee Union’s yearly plan

$37million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$28million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 4 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $37 million of $223 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Menifee Union Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Hans Christensen like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 92586. They are not figures for the families at Hans Christensen.

Typical household income in a year

$57,708

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 92586.

Typical home value
$381,800
People who live in this ZIP code
20,767
Typical age
58.0 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
15%

What you can do

Who can act on Hans Christensen’s results?

The state has Hans Christensen in targeted support; Menifee Union’s board decides its plan.

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?

The state named it because results were low for Black or African American students. This support comes with a school improvement plan, which must use approaches with evidence behind them. Ask the principal to see the school improvement plan.

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

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Hans Christensen. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?6.1% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (25 of 413 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?12 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (303 students)
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. 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 Hans Christensen, and how do I get in?

Ask Menifee Union which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Freedom Crest Elementary
    Scope Score 74Developing · 43rd percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Hans Christensen Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 70Needs Support · 22nd percentile
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. 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

  • Freedom Crest Elementary

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

    Scope Score 74 · Developing · 43rd percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Quail Valley Elementary

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

    Scope Score 83 · Strong · 82nd percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Ridgemoor Elementary

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

    Scope Score 79 · Solid · 67th percentile · elementary · 2026

    80% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

Middle-school links

  • Menifee Virtual

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

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 it is

Where is Hans Christensen?

Address
27625 Sherman Road, Menifee 92586Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Steven MelvinAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated May 30, 2023.

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 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Menifee Union which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Hans Christensen a good middle school?

Hans Christensen Middle has a Scope Score of 70. It scored higher than 22 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 22nd percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 14 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 12 in 100 at the average Menifee Union middle school. 6.1% of students (25 of 413) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. See the details ↓

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

In English, yes. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 7 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 12 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 302 students in English, 303 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 38% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Hans Christensen Middle in Menifee 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 #1,960 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #7 of 7 in Menifee Union
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math8%3942%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math28%4023%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+32 scale-score pts3020%
Chronically absent14 in 100555%
Suspension rate6.1% (25 of 413)415%
English learners: top level38%715%

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. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

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
2025–267022#1960California 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)
2018–1911 in 1001.3% (11 of 836)−2
2021–22not on filenot on file−4
2022–23not on filenot on file−9
2023–2421 in 1007.7% (31 of 401)+1
2024–2517 in 10010.6% (44 of 415)−3
2025–2614 in 1006.1% (25 of 413)+4

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 · English35911%41%
2026 · Math3604%16%
2025 · English34015%46%
2025 · Math3417%23%
2024 · English34411%46%
2024 · Math3475%19%
2023 · English63111%40%
2023 · Math6347%23%
2022 · English6909%37%
2022 · Math6916%20%
2019 · English76615%54%
2019 · Math76411%30%
2018 · English76611%49%
2018 · Math76210%27%
2017 · English8089%43%
2017 · Math8148%29%

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 · English11851%
2025 · Grade 7 · English10939%
2025 · Grade 8 · English11348%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math11726%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math11022%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math11423%
2024 · Grade 6 · English11150%
2024 · Grade 7 · English10750%
2024 · Grade 8 · English12639%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math11212%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math10819%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math12725%
2023 · Grade 6 · English20642%
2023 · Grade 7 · English21141%
2023 · Grade 8 · English21438%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math20630%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math21424%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math21416%
2022 · Grade 6 · English23041%
2022 · Grade 7 · English22131%
2022 · Grade 8 · English23938%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math23221%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math22025%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math23916%
2019 · Grade 6 · English24651%
2019 · Grade 7 · English25756%
2019 · Grade 8 · English26354%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math24633%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math25531%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math26327%
2018 · Grade 6 · English25349%
2018 · Grade 7 · English26452%
2018 · Grade 8 · English24948%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math25122%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math26528%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math24629%
2017 · Grade 6 · English26944%
2017 · Grade 7 · English25744%
2017 · Grade 8 · English28240%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math26934%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math26229%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math28325%

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
Schoolwide1179%23%54%15%

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-income27738%−2−1
Hispanic or Latino21338%−3−1
Students with disabilities665%−6−9
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+7302Accelerated−12303Moderate
English-only students+9244not categorized−12245not categorized
Low-income+6227Accelerated−13229Moderate
Hispanic or Latino+8171Accelerated−14173Moderate
White+641Accelerated−1041Moderate
Students with disabilities−639Moderate−2940Minimal
English learners−1430Moderate−1530Moderate
Black or African American+627Accelerated−726Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−919not categorized−1019not categorized
Two or more races+812Accelerated−3612Minimal
English learners only−2511not categorized−2611not categorized

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

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 8 against the same school’s grade 6 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 8 in 2026 against grade 6 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 6
12%
exceeded standard · 50% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 111 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
11%
Advanced · 43% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 117 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 112 (school-grade cohort proxy).

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

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+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

302 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +7 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−12 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

303 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −12 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 · 17 in 100 → 2025–26 · 14 in 100 · −3 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 10.6% (44 of 415) → 2025–26 · 6.1% (25 of 413) · −4.5 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female12 in 10013 in 100+1 in 100
Male10 in 10016 in 100+6 in 100
Asian1 of 18——
Black or African American7 of 566 of 35—
Filipino0 of 26——
Hispanic or Latino11 in 10014 in 100+3 in 100
Pacific Islander0 of 11——
Two or more races5 of 361 of 27—
White12 in 10015 of 75—
Students with disabilities18 in 10017 of 92—
English learners4 of 731 of 29—
Low-income14 in 10015 in 100+1 in 100
All students11 in 10014 in 100+3 in 100
Homeless—6 of 15—

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

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$11,823 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 10,456 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$37 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 369

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,171 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 369

District current expense · FY 2024–25$16,556 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 65%Instruction support 12%Student services 9%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 9%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$126,265,10564.87%65%
Instruction support$23,183,02811.91%12%
Student services$18,073,5629.29%9%
Administration$9,130,0294.69%5%
Buildings & maintenance$17,980,5249.24%9%
Total$194,632,247100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $194,632,247 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$11,823 per pupil
2020$10,905 per pupil
2019$10,434 per pupil
2018$10,282 per pupil
2017$9,729 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 holders0.2%

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 92586 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92586 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$57,708
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)15%
ZIP-area population20,767
Median age58.0 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 92586 →

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