How does Harvest Park Middle compare to other middle schools in Pleasanton?

Harvest Park Middle has a SchoolScope composite score of 73.7/100, placing it at the 98th percentile statewide. 58% of students exceed standard, with a total of 1,981 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Harvest Park Middle?

57.5% of students at Harvest Park Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 83.5% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Harvest Park Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Harvest Park Middle's proficiency rate increases by 0.3 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This suggests the school may be adding value over time.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Harvest Park Middle?

2.5% of students at Harvest Park Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Harvest Park Middle

Middle School

Pleasanton Unified PleasantonAlameda County94566

📍 4900 Valley Avenue

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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High Ceiling

A high-ceiling school — students here are pushed to exceed, not just meet, the standard.

Composite scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

1,051 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

23:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

Teachers

45 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Increased

+3.6 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Maintained

+1.6 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

42.9%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 21 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic4.6%

White26.7%

Asian59.6%

Black1.1%

Other8.1%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Harvest Park Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	57.5%
Met Standard	26.0%
Below Standard	16.5%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "84% proficient" for Harvest Park Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

57.5% of students exceeded standard while 26.0% met it. That exceeded rate is 40.2 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 10.6 points above the Pleasanton Unified district average of 46.9%. Compared to the 3 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 15.1 points higher (vs 42.4% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Students here improve by 0.3 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased and Math maintained year-over-year. 42.9% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 2.5%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

57.5%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

83.5%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

+0.3pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

2.5%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

1.2%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

1,981

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	330	51.5%	31.5%	11.8%	5.2%	83.0%
7th	312	53.9%	35.9%	7.0%	3.2%	89.7%
8th	341	46.0%	37.0%	12.0%	5.0%	83.0%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	336	61.3%	17.9%	14.3%	6.5%	79.2%
7th	315	65.1%	21.3%	11.1%	2.5%	86.3%
8th	347	67.4%	12.4%	13.5%	6.6%	79.8%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Henry P. Mohr Elementary

76.098th pctile

Walnut Grove Elementary

73.697th pctile

Alisal Elementary

61.584th pctile

Also serves area

Vintage Hills Elementary

72.296th pctile

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Middle

Harvest Park Middle

73.798th pctile

This school

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High School

Amador Valley High

79.498th pctile

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.