Math
51%Grades 6 & 8 · Proficient or Advanced
Public middle school
Helen Keller Middle
Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.
68% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 51% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.
SchoolScope archetype
Building Momentum
What this means for your family
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How archetypes are assigned →Data sources · Methodology · State tests: 2025
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English
68%Grades 6 & 8 · Proficient or Advanced
Students
515Total enrollment
Chronic absence
7%Students absent 10% or more of school days
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The overall score is a starting point.
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Use comparable evidence alongside entry requirements, cost and location.
Compare nearby schools →Academic performance
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 | 55% | 73% |
| 2022 | 44% | 67% |
| 2023 | 46% | 60% |
| 2024 | 49% | 62% |
| 2025 | 51% | 68% |
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
24%DevelopingStandard Nearly Met
31%MinimalStandard Not Met
18%AdvancedStandard Exceeded
29%ProficientStandard Met
38%DevelopingStandard Nearly Met
21%MinimalStandard Not Met
11%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
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025
Has held the 81st-percentile line every tested year since 2019.
Most rating sites would stop at “60% proficient” and call it done. Helen Keller deserves a closer read. Two in five of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Helen Keller's low-income kids hit 56.2% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
507 tested · 3 of 3 grades published · cohort of 153 tracked
Helen Keller Middle scores 53 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 81st percentile of 2,177 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 60% meet the standard today, versus 65% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
Percentile among 2,177 middle schools statewide
ELAGreen(Increased)MathGreen(Maintained)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 73% | 61% | 60% | 57% | 67% |
| Grade 7 | 81% | 73% | 69% | 71% | 71% |
| Grade 8 | 73% | 74% | 60% | 68% | 69% |
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 65% | 35% | 49% | 50% | 53% |
| Grade 7 | 56% | 51% | 46% | 61% | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 44% | 53% | 43% | 47% | 49% |
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25
Three in five of students here meet the standard. One in four clear it by a lot.
ELA69% met or exceeded
Exceeded 30%Met 39%Nearly Met 21%Not Met 10%
Math51% met or exceeded
Exceeded 27%Met 24%Nearly Met 32%Not Met 17%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California middle schools · average17% exceeded · 40% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8) | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53 | 29% | 60% | Above avg · p61 | 7.0% | 1.6% |
| CA average · Middle School | 39 | 17% | 40% | Average · p50 | 18.1% | 3.6% |
This schoolCA avg
Scope5339
% Exceeded29%17%
% Met+60%40%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)Above avg · p61Average · p50
Absence7.0%18.1%
Suspension1.6%3.6%
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25
Our growth read and California's own model agree — both land near the 64th percentile of middle schools.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
California runs its own growth model, following individual children in grades 4 through 8 rather than comparing school-wide averages the way we do. The two measures land in the same neighbourhood here — ours puts this school around the 61st percentile of California middle schools, the state's around the 64th in reading and math together. Two different methods agreeing is the most you can ask of one year of test data.
— 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.
The returning cohort, two years on
ELA · 2023 · Grade 6
26%
exceeded standard · 60% met or exceeded
ELA · 2025 · Grade 8
30%
exceeded standard · 69% met or exceeded
n = 153
returning cohort
returning cohort
Percent exceeded, ELA only. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different metric — mean scale-score change across ELA and Math; California's own matched-student model is below.
Both measures, each ranked in its own field
Our growth measurereturning cohort, G6→G8SchoolScope growth measure: 61st percentile among California middle schools.61st pctile
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: +7 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 70th percentile of 7,519 reported schools.70th pctile · +7 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: +3 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 57th percentile of 7,518 reported schools.57th pctile · +3 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 ahead of the same group statewide.
56.2% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. This comparison does not tell us what caused the difference.
Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 60% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 60%, district —, state 40%60%
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 57%, district 38%, state 32%57% · −3 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 63%, district 46%, state 44%63% · +3 vs school
MaleMale: this school 57%, district 44%, state 42%57% · −3 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 47%, district 35%, state 32%47% · −13 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 70%, district 70%, state 56%70% · +10 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 5%, district 12%, state 11%5% · −55 vs school
8 of 15 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
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.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 9.2pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school. District average: +5.8pp.
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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
Hispanic or Latino students387 studentsHispanic or Latino students, reading: +5 scale-score points versus expectation, against −2 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 387 students.+5 pts · +7 vs typical
English Only310 studentsEnglish Only, reading: +7 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 310 students.+7 pts · +7 vs typical
Low-income students220 studentsLow-income students, reading: −2 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 220 students.−2 pts · +1 vs typical
English Learner84 studentsEnglish Learner, reading: +4 scale-score points versus expectation, against −5 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 84 students.+4 pts · +9 vs typical
Recently reclassified60 studentsRecently reclassified, reading: +9 scale-score points versus expectation, against +2 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 60 students.+9 pts · +7 vs typical
Math
Hispanic or Latino students387 studentsHispanic or Latino students, math: +2 scale-score points versus expectation, against −6 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 387 students.+2 pts · +8 vs typical
English Only310 studentsEnglish Only, math: +7 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 310 students.+7 pts · +10 vs typical
Low-income students220 studentsLow-income students, math: −5 scale-score points versus expectation, against −5 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 220 students.−5 pts · 0 vs typical
English Learner84 studentsEnglish Learner, math: −6 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 84 students.−6 pts · −3 vs typical
Recently reclassified60 studentsRecently reclassified, math: −4 scale-score points versus expectation, against −1 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 60 students.−4 pts · −3 vs typical
this school typical California middle school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted
— 6 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 25 students for every teacher here.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
Students per teacher25 · district 24
Teaching staff22 teachers
Avg. experience10.1 years
Fully credentialed66%
First-year teachers23%
PrincipalDawn Lomeli
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Teacher salary schedule$65,703 – $137,718
Principal salary$163,293 – $190,880
Superintendent salary$421,034
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
Attendance & discipline · 2024–25
Kids here show up more, and get suspended less, than the state average.
Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 7.0%, district 25.3%, state 18.1%7.0% · −11.1pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 1.6%, district —, state 3.6%1.6% · −2.1pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–66.1%
Grades 7–87.1%
Resources & neighborhood
What sits behind the school experience?
Explore school spending and the district budget
What gets spent · FY 2024–25
It spends $15,254 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.
$147 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: $15,254, CA average $14,491$15,254 · spent at this school
Federal share$147 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,199 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 61%Instruction support 13%Student services 11%Administration 5%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$13,498 per pupil
2019$12,985 per pupil
2018$13,175 per pupil
2017$12,489 per pupil
2016$12,227 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), 40% 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 Latino77.7% · district 59.2% · CA 56.1%
White10.9% · district 11.8% · CA 19.9%
Asian1.4% · district 7.0% · CA 10.2%
Black3.7% · district 12.0% · CA 4.8%
Other6.4% · district 9.9% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch40.8% · CA 64%
Median income$138K · CA $85K
Median home value$954K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+47% · CA 35%
ZIP population39,317
Median age45 years
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Culture & philosophy
What is the school’s approach?
School-stated approach · questions for your visit
Look beyond the brochure
A source-reviewed culture summary is not available for this profile yet. Ask how teaching, student support and family communication work day to day.
Find contact and visit details →Family voices
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What are the alternatives?
Compare schools serving the same grade stage. Private schools have no comparable state-test score.
2025 · middle schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.
No nearby schools in this category are listed. The school being viewed stays visible for reference.
| School | Type | Performance band | Advanced | Proficient or Advanced | Distance | Select |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Keller Middle | Public | Strong | 29% | 60% | School being viewed | |
| Oak Middle | Public | Strong | 42% | 73% | 1.8 mi | |
| Stanford Middle | Public | Strong | 31% | 61% | 2.2 mi | |
| Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle | Public | Strong | 35% | 64% | 2.2 mi |
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District information →Schools across the K–12 journey
Elementary · K–5
Addams ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 30/100
Barton ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 28/100
Birney ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 33/100
Bixby ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 53/100
Bryant ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 43/100
Burbank ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 39/100
Burcham ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 55/100
Bobbie Smith ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 26/100
Carver ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 58/100
Cleveland ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 59/100
Edison ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 18/100
Emerson Parkside AcademyPublished boundary overlapScope Score 53/100
Fremont ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 61/100
Gant ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 72/100
Garfield ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 36/100
GompersPublished boundary overlapScope Score 35/100
Grant ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 25/100
Harte ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 35/100
HenryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 59/100
Holmes ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 53/100
HudsonPublished boundary overlap
Kettering ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 59/100
King ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 27/100
Lafayette ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 35/100
Olivia Nieto Herrera ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 30/100
Lincoln ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 46/100
Longfellow ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 59/100
Los Cerritos ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 57/100
Lowell ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 60/100
MacArthur ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 50/100
Madison ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 49/100
Mann ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 37/100
McKinley ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 37/100
Naples ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 70/100
Prisk ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 66/100
Riley ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 51/100
Roosevelt ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 31/100
Signal Hill ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 47/100
Stevenson ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 29/100
Twain ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 33/100
Webster ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 28/100
Whittier ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 28/100
Willard ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 25/100
Jenny Oropeza ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 29/100
Alvarado ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 49/100
Chavez ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 30/100
Dooley ElementaryPublished boundary overlapScope Score 28/100
Middle · 6–8
High school · 9–12
The road from this school ends at Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science, which sent 20 graduates to UC campuses last fall and teaches 9 AP subjects. Those numbers describe past cohorts — a child starting here today would reach Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science around 2031, and 6 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 91% of Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.
20 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 9 AP subjects taught → full record on Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science's page
Source: UC & College Board
Source: sabs_2016. Schools are grouped by grade stage. Nearby schools are not confirmed feeder links or address assignments. Verify the current path and eligibility with the district.
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Questions
Frequently asked questions
Is Helen Keller Middle a good middle school?
Helen Keller Middle has a Scope Score of 53 out of 100, placing it in the 81st percentile of California middle schools and ranked #404 statewide. 28.6% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 11.5 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 Helen Keller Middle's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 60.0% of students at Helen Keller Middle met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 28.6% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 31.4% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 28.6% 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. 1,013 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Helen Keller Middle rank in California?
Helen Keller Middle ranks #404 among California middle schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 81st percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), same-cohort growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8), 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.
Is Helen Keller Middle getting better or worse?
SchoolScope follows the same cohort of students across grades rather than comparing two different grades in the same year. At Helen Keller Middle that cohort is 2023 G6 → 2025 G8, measured in SBAC scale-score points. Its gain ranks above avg among California middle schools — roughly the 61st percentile, ahead of the typical school at this level. Read the ranking, not the raw point gain: scale scores rise with age, so nearly every school posts a positive number and only the relative position tells you anything. Growth is weighted at 20% in the middle Scope Score because it is the least demographically confounded signal available — it tracks change over time rather than the level students arrived at. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Helen Keller Middle?
7.0% of students at Helen Keller Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 18.1%. The suspension rate is 1.6%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. 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 Helen Keller Middle compare to other schools in Long Beach?
Helen Keller Middle scores 53/100 (81st 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 515 students. Use the schools in Long Beach page or the map view to compare all middle schools nearby.
How does Helen Keller Middle serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Helen Keller Middle in Long Beach, 56.2% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 41.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Helen Keller Middle outperforms its district average for low-income students by 14.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (37.8% Math proficient); Hispanic students (65.5% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 12.9 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 217 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 Helen Keller Middle feed into?
By attendance boundary, Helen Keller Middle is zoned to Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science. Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science has a Scope Score of 92 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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Behind the evidence
Inspect the full record
Public sources, visible methods and the underlying school record. Source years and limitations stay attached to the evidence.
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 6 things our score weighs
The school's returning cohort — mostly, not exactly, the same kids two years on — gained 48 scale-score points across the span. Almost every school gains points, so we rank the gain against every other California school in this level.
| What we weigh | Here | State | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exceeded standard | 28.6% | 17.2% | 42% |
| Met or exceeded | 60.0% | 40.0% | 23% |
| Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8) | Above avg | average | 20% |
| Chronic absenteeism | 7.0% | 18.1% | 5% |
| Suspension rate | 1.6% | 3.6% | 5% |
| EL proficiency (ELPAC) | 6.9% | 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
Helen Keller Middle: reading the evidence
Helen Keller posts 60% meeting the standard, and 28.6% going well past it. Most kids here keep up. Fewer get pushed further. Ask the school what it does for a child who already finds the work easy.
Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.
This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Explore the underlying data →Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.
Helen Keller Middle is ranked #404 statewide · #4 of 23 in Long Beach Unified.
01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
| Factor | School | State | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exceeded standard | 28.6% | 17.2% | 42% |
| Met or exceeded | 60.0% | 40.0% | 23% |
| Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8) | Above avg | average | 20% |
| Chronic absenteeism | 7.0% | 18.1% | 5% |
| Suspension rate | 1.6% | 3.6% | 5% |
| EL proficiency (ELPAC) | 6.9% | 18.0% | 5% |
- Exceeded standard
- ↑ vs CA 17.2% · index 63 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
- Met or exceeded
- ↑ vs CA 40.0% · index 67 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
- Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)
- ↑ vs CA average · 61st pctile
- Chronic absenteeism
- ↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 66 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 1.3pp lower vs 2024
- Suspension rate
- ↑ vs CA 3.6% · index 58 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 0.4pp lower vs 2024
- EL proficiency (ELPAC)
- ↓ vs CA 18.0% · index 30 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 191 | 29% | 38% | 24% | 9% | 67% | +21 |
| Grade 7 | 163 | 31% | 40% | 20% | 9% | 71% | +24 |
| Grade 8 | 153 | 30% | 39% | 18% | 13% | 69% | +22 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 190 | 28% | 25% | 31% | 17% | 53% | +18 |
| Grade 7 | 163 | 28% | 23% | 34% | 15% | 52% | +18 |
| Grade 8 | 153 | 26% | 23% | 31% | 20% | 49% | +17 |
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 | 153 | 17% | 23% | 57% | 3% |
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 | 217 | 56.2% | +14 | +18 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 394 | 65.5% | +21 | +27 |
| White | 55 | 81.8% | +5 | +20 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Keller Middle ← | — | 53 | 28.6% | 60.0% | −1.0pp | +48 pts | 1.6% |
| Oak Middle | 1.8 mi | 67 | 41.9% | 73.1% | −1.5pp | — | 3.1% |
| Stanford Middle | 2.2 mi | 52 | 31.5% | 61.1% | +0.5pp | — | 6.9% |
| Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle | 2.2 mi | 52 | 34.6% | 63.8% | −5.2pp | — | 2.0% |
| California average | — | 39 | 17.2% | 40.0% | +1.5pp | — | 3.6% |
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
ShowHide table 04 — More measures
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Grade gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 58 | 85 | #295 | 28.2% | 65.3% | 4.2% | 0.7% | -10.3pp |
| 2022 | 54 | 83 | #350 | 24.4% | 57.8% | 14.6% | 1.5% | +15.4pp |
| 2023 | 49 | 79 | #437 | 21.5% | 54.6% | 11.5% | 2.5% | -2.7pp |
| 2024 | 59 | 88 | #253 | 27.6% | 59.0% | 8.4% | 2.0% | +4.1pp |
| 2025 | 53 | 81 | #404 | 28.6% | 60.0% | 7.0% | 1.6% | -1.0pp |
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 2.2% | 6.7% | +4.5pp |
| Male | 5.7% | 6.7% | +1.0pp |
| Black/African American | 0.0% | 15.8% | +15.8pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 5.0% | 7.2% | +2.2pp |
| White | 0.0% | 1.8% | +1.8pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 0.0% | 22.7% | +22.7pp |
| English Learners | 0.0% | 11.8% | +11.8pp |
| Homeless | 9.1% | 13.3% | +4.2pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 7.1% | 10.9% | +3.8pp |
| All Students | 3.9% | 6.7% | +2.8pp |
| Two or More Races | — | 8.7% | — |
06California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
ShowHide table 06 — California growth model, by student group
| Group | Reading | n | CDE band | Math | n | CDE band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Students | +7 | 498 | Accelerated | +3 | 498 | Average |
| Hispanic or Latino | +5 | 387 | Accelerated | +2 | 387 | Average |
| English Only | +7 | 310 | not categorised | +7 | 310 | not categorised |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | −2 | 220 | Average | −5 | 220 | Average |
| English Learner | +4 | 84 | Average | −6 | 84 | Moderate |
| Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only | +9 | 60 | not categorised | −4 | 60 | not categorised |
| White | +19 | 54 | Accelerated | +10 | 54 | Accelerated |
| English Learners Only | −8 | 24 | not categorised | −9 | 24 | not categorised |
| Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only) | +1 | 21 | Average | −6 | 21 | Moderate |
| Two or More Races | +14 | 21 | Accelerated | +14 | 21 | Accelerated |
| Black or African American | +16 | 18 | Accelerated | +7 | 18 | Accelerated |
| Students with Disabilities | −11 | 18 | Moderate | −6 | 18 | Moderate |
| Homeless Youth | −1 | 13 | Average | −20 | 13 | Moderate |
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 2026-09-18
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