How does Healdsburg Junior High compare to other middle schools in Healdsburg?

Healdsburg Junior High has a Scope Score of 47.5/100, ranked #921 among California middle schools. 15% of students exceed standard, with a total of 589 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Healdsburg Junior High?

14.6% of students at Healdsburg Junior High exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 42.5% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Healdsburg Junior High improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Healdsburg Junior High's proficiency rate decreases by 3.0 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This pattern in test scores may reflect a variety of factors beyond the school itself.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Healdsburg Junior High?

20.9% of students at Healdsburg Junior High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in the Scope Score.

Healdsburg Junior High

Middle School

Healdsburg Unified HealdsburgSonoma County95448

📍 315 Grant Street

Scope Score

out of 100

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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Scope 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

282 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

17:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

70%

Teachers

17 full-time

Dashboard indicators

How this school's scores changed from last year to this year

ELA Year-over-Year

Increased Significantly

+34.5 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Increased

+5.4 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

37.5%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 32 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic65.6%

White32.6%

Asian0.3%

Other1.4%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Healdsburg Junior High
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	14.6%
Met Standard	28.0%
Below Standard	57.5%

Score Factors

Helping

✓Met or exceeded: 42.5%

3.0pp above state avg (state avg 39.5%)

20% weight

✓Baseline proficiency: 42.5%

Above state baseline (state avg 39.5%)

10% weight

Holding Back

▼Exceeded standard: 14.6%

2.7pp below state avg (state avg 17.3%)

30% weight

▼Growth (G6→G8): -3.0pp

Scores decline across grades (state avg +0.8pp)

15% weight

▼Chronic absenteeism: 20.9%

1.6pp above state avg (state avg 19.3%)

15% weight

▼Suspension rate: 5.6%

1.5pp above state avg (state avg 4.1%)

10% weight

Unlike traditional school ratings, we show our work. Every factor, its weight, and how this school compares to the state average — so you can decide what matters most to your family. The middle school Scope Score is weighted across 6 dimensions. See full methodology →

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "43% proficient" for Healdsburg Junior High and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

14.6% of students exceeded standard while 28.0% met it. That exceeded rate is 2.7 points below the state average of 17.3%. That's 7.7 points below the Healdsburg Unified district average of 22.3%. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Proficiency drops by 3.0 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased significantly and Math increased year-over-year. 37.5% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 20.9%, above the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

14.6%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

42.5%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

-3.0pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

20.9%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

5.6%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

589

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

How proficiency compares across grade levels this year (different students, same test year)

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	79	15.2%	35.4%	22.8%	26.6%	50.6%
7th	97	15.5%	42.3%	25.8%	16.5%	57.7%
8th	118	17.8%	33.9%	24.6%	23.7%	51.7%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	78	12.8%	21.8%	37.2%	28.2%	34.6%
7th	97	10.3%	22.7%	33.0%	34.0%	33.0%
8th	120	15.8%	11.7%	30.8%	41.7%	27.5%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Healdsburg Elementary

75.2# in state

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Middle

Healdsburg Junior High

47.5# in state

This school

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High School

Healdsburg High

78.1# in state

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