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Hearthstone

2280 6th Street, Oroville · Grades TK–12

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Students, 2024–25

185

students in grades TK–12, as the state counted them.

Solid67th percentile. Ranked only against California alternative middle schools. Higher than 23 of the 33 other scored California alternative middle schools.

Hearthstone is an alternative school. Students are enrolled through a placement, application, or referral process specific to the program.

Near other alternative middle schools in English and math, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026: 31% and 11% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 29% and 19%.

Source for this line

Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 36 in English, 38 in math
Comparison: Alternative middle schools: the grade 7 and 8 results of 46 alternative schools combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 3,685 in English and 3,672 in math tested).

Overview

Is Hearthstone a good middle school?

26 of 208 students missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26, against 31 in 100 at the average California alternative middle school we score.

Source for the sentence above

Source for the sentence: CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 208. The California figure is an average of school rates (34 scored California alternative middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Hearthstone say about itself?

These lines come from the school’s own website. They are the school’s description. They are not parent reviews or test results.

“Our vision is to entrust our students with the responsibility for themselves so they can emerge as open-minded citizens who respect diversity in the world around them.”

hearthstoneschool.net, read October 23, 2026

How it teaches
Academic and social emotional development
See the page on how it teaches (opens in a new tab)

Every line here is from hearthstoneschool.net, read October 23, 2026.

Progress

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

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored 1 point higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 5 points lower, which the state calls Average.

English

point higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income30

White24

Math

−5

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income30

White24

Grades 7 and 8, 2025, 39 students 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 1 point above that expected score, and in math 5 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.

Over time

Have results changed?

English results were similar to 2025; math results were lower. English stayed at 31% and math went from 19% to 11%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 7 and 8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%2017201820192022202320242025202628%31%HearthstoneHearthstone

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%201720182019202220232024202520269%11%HearthstoneHearthstone

The hatched block marks years with no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Between 26 and 43 students were tested here each year in each subject. With 26 students, one student is 4 points, so each year is a dot and no line joins them. 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.

English, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
Spring	Hearthstone	Tested here
2017	28%	43
2018	29%	35
2019	38%	34
2022	19%	26
2023	41%	34
2024	21%	33
2025	31%	32
2026	31%	36

Math, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
Spring	Hearthstone	Tested here
2017	9%	43
2018	11%	35
2019	24%	34
2022	19%	26
2023	21%	34
2024	9%	34
2025	19%	32
2026	11%	38

Tests

How does Hearthstone compare with California alternative schools?

Near California alternative schools in English; below them in math.

English

31%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

4425238

California alternative middle schools29%

Math

11%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

6821

California alternative middle schools19%

MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 31% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 11% in math, against 29% and 19% at California alternative schools.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 7 and 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 7 and 8, spring 2026, math trails English by 20 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 10 points at California alternative schools. The grades 7 and 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 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced	suppressed	suppressed	suppressed
Advanced	suppressed	suppressed	suppressed
Proficient	suppressed	suppressed	suppressed
Developing level	suppressed	suppressed	suppressed
Minimal	suppressed	suppressed	suppressed
Tested	8	7	4

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced	suppressed	38%	25%
Advanced	suppressed	12%	5%
Proficient	suppressed	26%	20%
Developing level	suppressed	18%	30%
Minimal	suppressed	44%	45%
Tested	10	16	20

English, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 11
Proficient or Advanced	29%
Advanced	10%
Proficient	19%
Developing level	33%
Minimal	38%
Tested	21

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced	suppressed	suppressed	suppressed
Advanced	suppressed	suppressed	suppressed
Proficient	suppressed	suppressed	suppressed
Developing level	suppressed	suppressed	suppressed
Minimal	suppressed	suppressed	suppressed
Tested	8	7	4

Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced	suppressed	24%	0%
Advanced	suppressed	12%	0%
Proficient	suppressed	12%	0%
Developing level	suppressed	23%	19%
Minimal	suppressed	53%	81%
Tested	10	17	21

Math, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 11
Proficient or Advanced	14%
Advanced	0%
Proficient	14%
Developing level	15%
Minimal	71%
Tested	21

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.
Students	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Tested
English, grades 7 and 8 · This school	8%	23%	25%	44%	36
English, grades 7 and 8 · California alternative middle schools	6%	23%	27%	44%	3,685
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school	5%	6%	21%	68%	38
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California alternative middle schools	10%	9%	20%	61%	3,672

Spring 2026, grades 7 and 8 combined: 36 tested in English, 38 tested in math. California alternative schools combines those schools’ results, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

White students are the largest group here, at 57% of students. 26 of 208 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

272023–24182024–25122025–26

12in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (26 of 208 students).

At the average California alternative middle school we score: 31 in 100.

Students, 2024–25

185

students in grades TK–12.

White 57%Hispanic or Latino 22%Two or more races 15%

Family income

76%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 141 of 185.

Teachers, 2024–25

teachers, with 12 years of experience on average.

7% were in their first year.

49% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.5%

of students were suspended at least once (1 of 221). Average California alternative middle school we score 0.5%.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade

Grades 4–6: 6 of 31 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8: 3 of 45 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.
Grades 9–12: 15 of 97 students in grades 9–12 were chronically absent.

Our records hold no figure for Grades TK–3.

Full student mix, 2025–26

Students	Here
White	57%
Hispanic or Latino	22%
Two or more races	15%
Asian	—
Black or African American	—
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. 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: 6.6 of 13.6 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

After high school

How many students here graduate, and where do they go next?

83% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25. That compares with 35% at California alternative middle schools. 24% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 64% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Graduation, college and university records

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

83%

California alternative middle schools: 35%

2024–25 · 24 of 29 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

24%

2024–25 · 7 of 29 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

2024–25 · 0 of 24 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

64% enrolled in college within 12 months · 22 students who finished high school

University of California0 · 0%
California State University1 · 5%
California community college11 · 50%
In-state private0 · 0%
Out-of-state, 4-year2 · 9%
Out-of-state, 2-year0 · 0%
Not enrolled8 · 36%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: each count divided by all high-school completers (graduates and other students who finished), rounded together so they total 100. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

Where the class of 2023 went

64%enrolled in college within a year

22 completers, class of 2023

University of California0 (0%)
California State University1 (5%)
California community college11 (50%)
In-state private0 (0%)
Out-of-state, 4-year2 (9%)
Out-of-state, 2-year0 (0%)
Not enrolled8 (36%)

Source: CDE’s college-going rate for the class of 2023 (enrolled in college within 12 months). Shares are our arithmetic: count ÷ completers, rounded together so they total 100. A dash means we have no figure for that row; it isn’t zero.

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition

Graduated in four years: 2024–25 · 24 of 29 students who started 9th grade together. California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.
Ready for college or career (state measure): 2024–25 · 7 of 29 students in the state’s measure. California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator (CCI), overall “Prepared” rate, among the students in the indicator’s group. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate. We hold no combined figure for California alternative middle schools, so none is shown.
Finished the UC/CSU course list: 2024–25 · 0 of 24 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment. We hold no combined figure for California alternative middle schools, so none is shown.
Where students who finished high school went: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Advanced courses on record

What other courses and pathways are on record?

College courses in high school (dual enrollment)

7 students took one

2023–24

Students taking a college course for credit while in high school, often through a community college. Federal Civil Rights Data Collection, school-reported.

Family and staff answers

What would staff tell you?

Staff in this district cannot yet answer a short set of questions about Hearthstone. These are not star ratings or reviews.

The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

Staff

Staff can’t answer for this school yet

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Hearthstone has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

Money

How much is spent on each student here?

$20,638 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student.

$20,638

for each student at this school, 2024–25

Spent at the school: $17,998
The school’s share of district office costs: $2,640
Of the total, from federal funds: $965

Hearthstone$20,638
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 ↓

The neighborhood

What is the area around Hearthstone like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95965. They are not figures for the families at Hearthstone.

Typical household income in a year

$53,198

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 95965.

Typical home value: $308,500
People who live in this ZIP code: 21,181
Typical age: 35.7 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree: 15%

What you can do

Who can act on Hearthstone’s results?

Hearthstone’s own board decides its plan.

Where is its yearly plan?

Hearthstone is a charter school that CDE lists as locally funded, through its district. Butte County Office of Education authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2027.

Its 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source

State support

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

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 8 questions to Hearthstone. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

What changes for a student who falls behind in math?5 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 7 and 8, 2025 (39 students)
Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?
How does this approach show up in an ordinary lesson?From its own words, on how it teaches.

Before you apply

Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?

At the office

What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

Getting in

How do I get in?

Ask Hearthstone how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Where it is

Where is Hearthstone?

Address: 2280 6th Street, Oroville 95965Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Office: (530) 532-5848
Website: hearthstoneschool.net
Administrator: Kelly HaightAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated July 19, 2023.

Nearby middle schools

The closest first, by straight-line distance from this campus. No standing is shown beside Hearthstone: it is compared only with schools of its own kind.

Nelson Avenue MiddleThermalito Union Elementary · 0.0 mi
The Studios @ CentralOroville City Elementary · 2.6 mi
Ishi Hills MiddleOroville City Elementary · 3.0 mi

See these schools on the map

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 Hearthstone how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓

Is Hearthstone a good alternative school?

Hearthstone scores higher than 67 in 100 of the 34 California alternative middle schools we score, compared only within that group: 67th percentile, Solid, spring 2026. Why alternative schools are ranked separately. See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 12 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 31 in 100 at the average California alternative middle school we score. 0.5% of students (1 of 221) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 0.5% at the average California alternative middle school we score. See the details ↓

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

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored 1 point higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 5 points lower, which the state calls Average.

Included in this measure: 39 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 26% of low-income students in grades 8 and 11 at Hearthstone in Oroville scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

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 14 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: 14
Sources: California Department of EducationU.S. Census BureauU.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil RightsNational Student Clearinghouse
State test years: 2017–2026

Results

Students

After high school

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #11 of 34 California alternative middle schools we score

Score factors, 2025–26
Factor	School	Weight
Advancedaverage of English and math	7%	42%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math	22%	23%
Chronically absent	12 in 100	5%
Suspension rate	0.5% (1 of 221)	5%

Hearthstone is ranked only among California alternative middle schools, so this table sets it beside no other school; the chapters above compare each figure with that class. 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. The weights above add to 75%: the remaining 25%, 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 year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2025–26	—	67	#11	California alternative middle schools · 34 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 year	Chronic absence	Suspension	Grade gap (points)
2018–19	18 in 100	1.1% (3 of 270)	+16
2021–22	not on file	not on file	—
2022–23	not on file	not on file	—
2023–24	27 in 100	1.6% (4 of 246)	+2
2024–25	18 in 100	0.9% (2 of 229)	−14
2025–26	12 in 100	0.5% (1 of 221)	—

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 · subject	Students with scores	Top level	Top two levels
2026 · English	86	7%	33%
2026 · Math	88	6%	12%
2025 · English	87	7%	28%
2025 · Math	87	5%	17%
2024 · English	91	8%	24%
2024 · Math	92	2%	12%
2023 · English	82	15%	38%
2023 · Math	84	5%	19%
2022 · English	78	12%	35%
2022 · Math	78	4%	14%
2019 · English	92	11%	41%
2019 · Math	92	3%	15%
2018 · English	134	10%	36%
2018 · Math	134	5%	10%
2017 · English	140	7%	31%
2017 · Math	140	1%	8%

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 · subject	Students with scores	Met or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English	7	—
2025 · Grade 4 · English	4	—
2025 · Grade 5 · English	9	—
2025 · Grade 6 · English	14	36%
2025 · Grade 7 · English	15	40%
2025 · Grade 8 · English	17	24%
2025 · Grade 11 · English	21	14%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math	7	—
2025 · Grade 4 · Math	4	—
2025 · Grade 5 · Math	9	—
2025 · Grade 6 · Math	14	29%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math	15	27%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math	17	12%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math	21	5%
2024 · Grade 3 · English	5	—
2024 · Grade 4 · English	7	—
2024 · Grade 5 · English	7	—
2024 · Grade 6 · English	13	15%
2024 · Grade 7 · English	11	18%
2024 · Grade 8 · English	22	23%
2024 · Grade 11 · English	26	38%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math	5	—
2024 · Grade 4 · Math	7	—
2024 · Grade 5 · Math	7	—
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	13	8%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	12	17%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	22	5%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math	26	12%
2023 · Grade 3 · English	10	—
2023 · Grade 4 · English	6	—
2023 · Grade 5 · English	8	—
2023 · Grade 6 · English	9	—
2023 · Grade 7 · English	18	50%
2023 · Grade 8 · English	16	31%
2023 · Grade 11 · English	15	40%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math	10	—
2023 · Grade 4 · Math	7	—
2023 · Grade 5 · Math	8	—
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	9	—
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	18	33%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	16	6%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math	16	12%
2022 · Grade 3 · English	7	—
2022 · Grade 4 · English	8	—
2022 · Grade 5 · English	5	—
2022 · Grade 6 · English	10	—
2022 · Grade 7 · English	15	33%
2022 · Grade 8 · English	11	0%
2022 · Grade 11 · English	22	50%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math	7	—
2022 · Grade 4 · Math	8	—
2022 · Grade 5 · Math	5	—
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	10	—
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	15	33%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	11	0%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math	22	0%
2019 · Grade 3 · English	—	—
2019 · Grade 4 · English	7	—
2019 · Grade 5 · English	7	—
2019 · Grade 6 · English	12	25%
2019 · Grade 7 · English	17	29%
2019 · Grade 8 · English	17	47%
2019 · Grade 11 · English	29	52%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math	—	—
2019 · Grade 4 · Math	7	—
2019 · Grade 5 · Math	7	—
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	12	8%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	17	29%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	17	18%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math	29	10%
2018 · Grade 3 · English	—	—
2018 · Grade 4 · English	13	38%
2018 · Grade 5 · English	17	18%
2018 · Grade 6 · English	20	15%
2018 · Grade 7 · English	18	33%
2018 · Grade 8 · English	17	24%
2018 · Grade 11 · English	39	56%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math	—	—
2018 · Grade 4 · Math	13	8%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math	17	0%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math	20	10%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math	18	22%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math	17	0%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math	39	10%
2017 · Grade 3 · English	13	15%
2017 · Grade 4 · English	11	9%
2017 · Grade 5 · English	21	14%
2017 · Grade 6 · English	17	35%
2017 · Grade 7 · English	16	25%
2017 · Grade 8 · English	27	30%
2017 · Grade 11 · English	35	54%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math	13	0%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math	11	0%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math	21	0%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math	17	24%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math	16	6%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math	27	11%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math	35	9%

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)	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal
Schoolwide	46	7%	15%	57%	22%

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

Group · English	Tested	Proficient or Advanced
Low-income	31	26%

Each group is compared with the same group at California alternative middle schools under Every learner.

Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score

Group	English	n	CDE category	Math	n	CDE category
All students	+1	39	Average	−5	39	Average
English-only students	+1	37	not categorized	−4	37	not categorized
Low-income	+6	30	Accelerated	−8	30	Moderate
White	−10	24	Moderate	−8	24	Moderate

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 7 and 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+1 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 7 and 8

39 students

CDE growth category: Average

State model · math−5 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 7 and 8

39 students

CDE growth category: Average

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 7 and 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 · 18 in 100 → 2025–26 · 12 in 100 · −6 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.9% (2 of 229) → 2025–26 · 0.5% (1 of 221) · −0.4 percentage points

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Change
Female	17 in 100	8 of 99	—
Male	18 in 100	16 in 100	−2 in 100
Hispanic or Latino	11 of 67	6 of 46	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	3 of 10	—	—
Two or more races	5 of 16	2 of 32	—
White	16 in 100	13 in 100	−3 in 100
Students with disabilities	3 of 39	3 of 44	—
Homeless	4 of 15	3 of 14	—
Low-income	21 in 100	14 in 100	−7 in 100
All students	18 in 100	12 in 100	−6 in 100

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.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot

Measure	This school
AP offered	offered
AP course count	1
AP enrollment (male/female)	1
IB participation	not reported
Dual enrollment	offered · 7 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8	not reported
Calculus sections	0
Physics sections	0
Chemistry sections	2
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)	178

These counts aren’t part of the Scope Score. “Not reported” means the federal record has no value for that item; it isn’t a zero. Enrollment counts add the male and female students the survey reports.

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation

Destination	Completers	% (derived)
University of California	0	0%
California State University	1	5%
California community college	11	50%
In-state private	0	0%
Out-of-state, 4-year	2	9%
Out-of-state, 2-year	0	0%
Not enrolled	8	36%

22 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 64% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ all who finished high school; CDE calls them completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match.

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$54,753 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2017–18 (2018) · fall district membership: 1,251 pupils

School-level federal expenditures$965 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 185

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.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation

Instruction 11%Instruction support 14%Student services 5%Administration 10%Buildings & maintenance 2%Other 58%

The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
Group	Dollars	Share, to two decimals	Printed
Instruction	$14,508,162	11.27%	11%
Instruction support	$17,639,101	13.70%	14%
Student services	$5,925,122	4.60%	5%
Administration	$13,306,352	10.33%	10%
Buildings & maintenance	$2,624,407	2.04%	2%
Other	$74,766,721	58.06%	58%
Total	$128,769,865	100.00%	100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $128,769,865 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, 2017–⁠2018; latest district record shown: 2018

2018$54,753 per pupil

2017$53,205 per pupil

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 95965 · not the school’s students

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95965 area
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$53,198
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	15%
ZIP-area population	21,181
Median age	35.7 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 95965 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 34 alternative middle schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · federal civil rights data (CRDC) 2023–24, a past snapshot · state college-going records, class of 2023, matched to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment · Data updated October 15, 2026

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