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Hillcrest Middle — Rating & test scores

725 Bloomfield Road, Sebastopol · 297 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 82

StrongScope Score · 81st percentile. Higher than 81 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

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 67% and 58% scored Proficient or Advanced, 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: 289
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 Hillcrest a good middle school?

Strong. Hillcrest is higher than most California middle schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced8467%
Math, Proficient or Advanced8658%
English, Advanced8228%
Math, Advanced8333%

Progress in a year, 2025

English75+8 pts
Math90+18 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance5914 in 100
Hillcrest’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 6–8 scored higher than California students who had the same scores the year before, in English (+8 pts) and math (+18 pts). The state calls both results Accelerated.

Each bar is Hillcrest’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 growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 275 in English, 273 in math. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

In its own words

What does Hillcrest say about itself?

We haven’t read Hillcrest’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?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 8 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 18 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

English

+8

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

White163+10 points
Low-income89+2 points
Hispanic or Latino72−3 points
Students with disabilities31−19 points
English learners27−12 points

Math

+18

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

White161+17 points
Low-income87+16 points
Hispanic or Latino72+14 points
Students with disabilities31−10 points
English learners27+5 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 275 students in English, 273 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 8 points above that expected score, and in math 18 points above 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 53rd 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?

0 of the 2 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Hillcrest. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

3 middle schools within 2.8 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. HillcrestScope Score 8281st
  2. Twin Hills CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 8178th
  3. Brook HavenSebastopol Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 7229th
Gravenstein Union ElementaryA neighborhood school in another districtCharter

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer. A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

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.

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

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 Hillcrest compare with schools like it?

Hillcrest’s Scope Score is 82. 228 California middle schools, counting Hillcrest, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 81. Hillcrest’s result is higher than 128 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 228

  1. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 99Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 34%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

228 California public middle schools where 24% to 36% 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 24% to 36% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Hillcrest’s share. The count includes Hillcrest. 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?

English results were lower than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 74% to 67% and math from 62% to 58%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202672%67%HillcrestHillcrest49%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202659%58%HillcrestHillcrest37%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. 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 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringHillcrestCaliforniaTested here
201772%48%235
201872%49%252
201969%50%232
202269%47%283
202363%46%282
202459%46%290
202574%49%287
202667%49%289
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringHillcrestCaliforniaTested here
201759%37%233
201854%37%251
201955%38%233
202253%31%281
202353%32%281
202454%33%286
202562%36%286
202658%37%289

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

English

67%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

13203928
California49%

Math

58%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

20222533
California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 67% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 58% 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).

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 Advanced69%71%61%
Advanced23%36%24%
Proficient46%35%37%
Developing level22%19%18%
Minimal9%10%21%
Tested8811289
California48%51%49%
Difference+21+20+12

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 Advanced56%63%54%
Advanced22%41%34%
Proficient34%22%20%
Developing level25%24%18%
Minimal19%13%28%
Tested8811289
California37%38%36%
Difference+19+25+18

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 school28%39%20%13%289
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
Math, grades 6–8 · This school33%25%22%20%289
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 289 tested in English, 289 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?

White students are the largest group here, at 65% of students. 25 of 185 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 (25 of 185 students).

At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

No district average: Hillcrest is the only regular middle school we rank in the Gravenstein Union Elementary district with an attendance record.

Students, 2024–25

297

students in grades 6–8.

White 65%Hispanic or Latino 25%Two or more races 6%

Family income

30%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 89 of 297. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

21

teachers, with 13 years of experience on average.

14% were in their first year.

92% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

5.3%

of students were suspended at least once (16 of 303). Average California middle school 3.7%.

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

Missing school, by grade
Grade 6
9 of 89 students in grade 6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
16 of 96 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White65%
Hispanic or Latino25%
Two or more races6%
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: 15.5 of 16.8 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students here scored well above the same groups across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 92 tested57%California 39%
  • Low-incomeMath · 92 tested42%California 26%
  • WhiteEnglish · 183 tested73%California 62%
  • WhiteMath · 182 tested63%California 50%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 67 tested55%California 39%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 67 tested37%California 25%

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 57% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 42% in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 39% and 26% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students: 55% in English and 37% in math, against 39% and 25% for the same group across California.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8, 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 Gravenstein Union Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 92 tested
English57%057%+1839%
Math42%042%+1626%
White · 183 tested in English, 182 in math
English73%+172%+1162%
Math63%063%+1350%
Hispanic or Latino · 67 tested
English55%055%+1639%
Math37%037%+1225%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Gravenstein Union Elementary, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

Students of two or more races and students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, English learners 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 Hillcrest. 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

How much is spent on each student here?

$17,019 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student.

$17,019

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$15,729
The school’s share of district office costs
$1,290
Of the total, from federal funds
$243
  • Hillcrest$17,019
  • 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 Hillcrest like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95472. They are not figures for the families at Hillcrest.

Typical household income in a year

$108,925

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 95472.

Typical home value
$1,020,100
People who live in this ZIP code
28,747
Typical age
50.7 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
50%

What you can do

Who can act on Hillcrest’s results?

Hillcrest’s own board decides its plan.

Where is its yearly plan?

Hillcrest is a charter school that CDE lists as locally funded, through its district. Gravenstein Union Elementary authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2032.

What its plan pays for ↓

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 Hillcrest in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 7 questions to Hillcrest. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What extra help do Hispanic students get, and how do you know it’s working?37% of Hispanic students scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (67 students tested); the same group across California: 25%
  2. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  3. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Before you apply

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

At the office

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

Getting in

What comes after Hillcrest, and how do I get in?

Ask Hillcrest how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. No assigned next school.

Hillcrest is a charter, so a student’s later schools follow the family’s home address, not this campus, unless the family applies elsewhere. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary
    Gravenstein Elementary
    Scope Score 83Strong · 82nd percentile · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
  2. Middle · this school
    Hillcrest Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 82Strong · 81st 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. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Gravenstein Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

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

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.

Where it is

Where is Hillcrest?

Address
725 Bloomfield Road, Sebastopol 95472Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
William DeethsAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated February 5, 2025.

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 7 common questions

How do I get in?

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

Is Hillcrest a good middle school?

Hillcrest Middle has a Scope Score of 82. It scored higher than 81 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Strong, 81st 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 18 in 100 at the average California middle school. 5.3% of students (16 of 303) 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?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 8 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 18 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 275 students in English, 273 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 57% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Hillcrest Middle in Sebastopol scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2025–26 plan, $3.5 million is planned for 7 funded actions in 2 goals. That’s 24% of its $15.0 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

Its own plan

What does Hillcrest’s own plan commit to?

$3.5 million is planned for 7 funded actions in 2 goals. That’s 24% of its $15.0 million general fund budget.

$3.5million

planned in the school’s own plan for 2025–26

The three largest actions in the plan

  • Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)$999,991
  • Additional Support Services$947,551
  • Facilities$532,919

These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 98 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

The whole plan: every goal, what it measures and what it pays for

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

The 2025–26 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 98 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 70% of the money. The plan itself puts 86% of it toward staff.

  • Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) $999,991
  • Additional Support Services $947,551
  • Facilities $532,919
  • 4 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

1 of the plan’s 7 funded actions names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in its title.

  • Catch-up help $999,991

Largest of these

  • Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)$999,991
For high-need students

It plans $631,655 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2024–25, it planned $937,532 and estimates it spent $862,859, $74,673 (8%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

Ask: Why did estimated spending on these services come in $74,673 under the 2024–25 plan, and where does that money go in 2025–26?

What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grades 6–8 only: 67% in English and 58% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1 · Academic Achievement and Support74%67%down 7 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1 · Academic Achievement and Support62%58%down 4 pts
Chronically absentGoal 2 · Climate, Culture and Community19 in 10014 in 1005 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 2 · Climate, Culture and Community9.8%5.3%down 4.5 pts

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) · $999,991
  • Additional Support Services · $947,551
  • Facilities · $532,919
The full plan2 goals, 32 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($3.5 million).

Where does the money go?

66% to Goal 1, Academic Achievement and Support. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Academic Achievement and Support$2.4 million66% of action budgets

“Provide a research-based and data informed learning program that supports all students in achieving at their optimal level, including student groups who are not making adequate progress to meet state standards in English Language Arts and Mathematics” p. 16 ↗

3 funded actions

Largest funded actions

  1. Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)$999,991action 1.2 · p. 59 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $844,175 is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Additional Support Services$947,551action 1.3 · p. 59 ↗
  3. Implementation of the Standards$409,800action 1.1 · p. 59 ↗

How the plan measures it · 19 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 16 ↗.

Goal 2Climate, Culture and Community$1.2 million34% of action budgets

“Create and sustain a safe culture and environment for all students as well as build a welcoming campus for faculty, staff, and community members where everyone feels connected and supported” p. 40 ↗

4 funded actions

Largest funded actions

  1. Facilities$532,919action 2.4 · p. 59 ↗
  2. Student Engagement$528,263action 2.1 · p. 59 ↗
  3. Safety and Connectedness$94,733action 2.2 · p. 59 ↗
  4. Family and Community Engagement$34,065action 2.3 · p. 59 ↗

How the plan measures it · 13 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 40 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

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 #474 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math30%6442%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math62%6823%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+48 scale-score pts5120%
Chronically absent14 in 100565%
Suspension rate5.3% (16 of 303)445%

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. The weights above add to 95%: English learners reaching the top level of the state’s English test has no value for this school, so its 5% weight 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 yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–268281#474California 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)
2018–1918 in 10010.5% (28 of 267)−14
2021–22not on filenot on file−3
2022–23not on filenot on file0
2023–2423 in 10013.2% (40 of 302)+9
2024–2519 in 1009.8% (30 of 306)−5
2025–2614 in 1005.3% (16 of 303)−5

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 · English28928%67%
2026 · Math28933%58%
2025 · English28734%74%
2025 · Math28638%62%
2024 · English29020%59%
2024 · Math28630%54%
2023 · English28230%63%
2023 · Math28129%53%
2022 · English28333%69%
2022 · Math28128%53%
2019 · English23232%69%
2019 · Math23331%55%
2018 · English25228%72%
2018 · Math25130%54%
2017 · English23530%72%
2017 · Math23335%59%

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 · English9380%
2025 · Grade 7 · English9368%
2025 · Grade 8 · English10173%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math9268%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math9453%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math10064%
2024 · Grade 6 · English8857%
2024 · Grade 7 · English10358%
2024 · Grade 8 · English9962%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math8844%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math10158%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math9758%
2023 · Grade 6 · English8658%
2023 · Grade 7 · English9768%
2023 · Grade 8 · English9964%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math8549%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math9764%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math9944%
2022 · Grade 6 · English7977%
2022 · Grade 7 · English10261%
2022 · Grade 8 · English10271%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math7954%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math10050%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math10255%
2019 · Grade 6 · English6977%
2019 · Grade 7 · English8369%
2019 · Grade 8 · English8061%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math6959%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math8460%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math8048%
2018 · Grade 6 · English8476%
2018 · Grade 7 · English9071%
2018 · Grade 8 · English7869%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math8464%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math8949%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math7849%
2017 · Grade 6 · English7572%
2017 · Grade 7 · English8179%
2017 · Grade 8 · English7966%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math7462%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math8162%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math7854%

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
Schoolwide9022%22%39%17%

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-income9257%0+18
White18373%+1+11
Hispanic or Latino6755%0+16
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+8275Accelerated+18273Accelerated
English-only students+10225not categorized+17223not categorized
White+10163Accelerated+17161Accelerated
Low-income+289Average+1687Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino−372Average+1472Accelerated
Students with disabilities−1931Moderate−1031Moderate
English learners−1227Moderate+527Accelerated
Two or more races−323Average+1223Accelerated
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−1120not categorized−720not categorized
Asian+213Average+3413Exceptional

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
22%
exceeded standard · 57% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 88 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
24%
Advanced · 61% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 89 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 88 (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+8 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

275 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +8 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+18 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

273 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +18 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, 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 · 19 in 100 → 2025–26 · 14 in 100 · −5 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 9.8% (30 of 306) → 2025–26 · 5.3% (16 of 303) · −4.5 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female17 in 10013 in 100−4 in 100
Male20 in 10012 of 83—
Asian0 of 12——
Hispanic or Latino9 of 458 of 46—
Two or more races9 of 203 of 11—
White16 in 10011 in 100−5 in 100
Students with disabilities4 of 195 of 23—
Low-income25 of 6912 of 60—
All students18 in 10014 in 100−4 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.

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$12,890 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 757 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$243 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 297

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,361 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 72%Instruction support 7%Student services 7%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 6%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$10,505,97271.66%72%
Instruction support$1,013,1776.91%7%
Student services$982,9696.71%7%
Administration$1,197,9298.17%8%
Buildings & maintenance$905,9596.18%6%
Total$14,659,905100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $14,659,905 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$12,890 per pupil
2020$12,319 per pupil
2019$11,545 per pupil
2018$10,594 per pupil
2017$9,564 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 95472 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95472 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$108,925
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)50%
ZIP-area population28,747
Median age50.7 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 95472 →

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