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Hoover (Herbert) Middle — Rating & test scores

2290 14th Avenue, San Francisco · 963 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 80

SolidScope Score · 74th percentile. Higher than 74 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: 60% and 50% 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: 968 in English, 961 in math
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 Hoover (Herbert) a good middle school?

Solid. Hoover (Herbert) is higher than most California middle schools on test results, progress in math and attendance. Hoover (Herbert) is lower than most on progress in English.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced7560%
Math, Proficient or Advanced7950%
English, Advanced7121%
Math, Advanced7929%

Progress in a year, 2025

English17−10 pts
Math69+6 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance5914 in 100
Hoover (Herbert)’s place among California middle schools, out of 100San Francisco Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 29% of students tested in math scored Advanced, about one and a third times California’s rate (21%). Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Hoover (Herbert)’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
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 6–8. California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,800 in math tested).

In its own words

What does Hoover (Herbert) say about itself?

We haven’t read Hoover (Herbert)’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?

In English, lower. In math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 10 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 6 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

English

−10

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income522−14 points
Asian493−9 points
English learners386−12 points
Hispanic or Latino265−11 points
Students with disabilities99−18 points

Math

+6

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

Low-income523+3 points
Asian493+18 points
English learners386+5 points
Hispanic or Latino265−13 points
Students with disabilities100−6 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 897 students in English, 899 in math with scores in both years. 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 10 points below that expected score, and in math 6 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 58th 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?

4 of the 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Hoover (Herbert). Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 2.7 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. PresidioNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8892nd
  2. Giannini (A.P.)Neighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8892nd
  3. RooseveltNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8690th
  4. AptosNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8280th
  5. Hoover (Herbert)Scope Score 8074th
  6. Lick (James)Neighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7021st
  7. Denman (James)Neighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7020th
  8. EverettNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 674th
San Francisco Unified

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.

25%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 Hoover (Herbert) compare with schools like it?

Hoover (Herbert)’s Scope Score is 80. 332 California middle schools, counting Hoover (Herbert), have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 75. Hoover (Herbert)’s result is higher than 279 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 332

  1. Students from low-income families: 64%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 65%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 95th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 61%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 94th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 58%

    Lawton Alternative

    San Francisco

    Scope Score 88Strong · 92nd percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 57%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 92nd percentile

332 California public middle schools where 57% to 69% 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 57% to 69% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Hoover (Herbert)’s share. The count includes Hoover (Herbert). 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?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 59% to 60% and math stayed at 50%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202656%61%60%Hoover (Herbert)This school55%San Francisco UnifiedDistrict49%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202649%60%50%Hoover (Herbert)This school44%San Francisco UnifiedDistrict37%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. San Francisco Unified’s line combines its 27 middle schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. 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. San Francisco Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringHoover (Herbert)San Francisco UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201761%56%48%950
201860%55%49%942
201961%56%50%945
202257%52%47%930
202356%51%46%902
202457%51%46%922
202559%53%49%952
202660%55%49%968
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringHoover (Herbert)San Francisco UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201760%49%37%945
201857%48%37%925
201958%47%38%953
202251%39%31%927
202349%40%32%905
202448%40%33%916
202550%42%36%955
202650%44%37%961

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

English

60%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

19213921
San Francisco Unified55%California49%

Math

50%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

26242129
San Francisco Unified44%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 60% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 50% 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).

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 10 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 12 points across California. The grades 6–8 cards above give each subject’s share.

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced57%65%57%
Advanced20%26%18%
Proficient37%39%39%
Developing level21%17%25%
Minimal22%18%18%
Tested322324322
California48%51%49%
Difference+9+14+8

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 Advanced50%50%50%
Advanced26%30%32%
Proficient24%20%18%
Developing level25%26%22%
Minimal25%24%28%
Tested322320319
California37%38%36%
Difference+13+12+14

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 school21%39%21%19%968
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · San Francisco Unified25%30%18%27%10,447
Math, grades 6–8 · This school29%21%24%26%961
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · San Francisco Unified27%17%20%36%10,481

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 968 tested in English, 961 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?

Asian students are the largest group here, at 52% of students. 138 of 1,008 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 (138 of 1,008 students).

At the average San Francisco Unified middle school: 26 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 4.9% of students were suspended at least once (50 of 1,028). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

963

students in grades 6–8.

Asian 52%Hispanic or Latino 29%White 7%Two or more races 5%Not reported 3%Filipino 2%Black or African American 2%

Family income

63%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 609 of 963. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

47

teachers, with 13 years of experience on average.

6% were in their first year.

80% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

51%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (69 of 135 students).

San Francisco Unified: 43%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grade 6
16 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (54 of 343).
Grades 7–8
13 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (84 of 665).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Asian52%
Hispanic or Latino29%
White7%
Two or more races5%
Not reported3%
Filipino2%
Black or African American2%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
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. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . 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: 36.1 of 44.9 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income students and students with disabilities here scored well above the same groups across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Asian518 tested63%California 71%
  • White70 tested61%California 50%
  • Two or more races74 tested53%California 50%
  • Low-income567 tested40%California 26%
  • Hispanic or Latino273 tested24%California 25%
  • Students with disabilities115 tested21%California 10%
  • English learners118 tested9%California 7%

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 40% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 26% for the same group across California. Students with disabilities: 21% in math, against 10% for the same group across California. Asian students scored below the same group across California in math. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 math, 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 San Francisco Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 571 tested in English, 567 in math
English50%+941%+1139%
Math40%+931%+1426%
Asian · 519 tested in English, 518 in math
English70%−373%−575%
Math63%−366%−871%
Hispanic or Latino · 276 tested in English, 273 in math
English35%+728%−439%
Math24%+717%−125%
Two or more races · 75 tested in English, 74 in math
English65%−166%+362%
Math53%053%+350%
White · 70 tested
English86%+779%+2462%
Math61%−465%+1150%
English learners · 118 tested
English3%03%−47%
Math9%+45%+27%
Students with disabilities · 118 tested in English, 115 in math
English21%+219%+714%
Math21%+714%+1110%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in San Francisco Unified, 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.

Homeless students, 36 tested: no rate for grade 6 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students 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 and staff can answer a short set of questions about Hoover (Herbert). These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Staff answers show once 5 people have answered.Until then this page shows no staff answers.
  2. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  3. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  4. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.
  5. Staff confirm a work email.Staff answers come only from people who confirmed an email address at San Francisco Unified.

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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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  • Would you send your own child to this school?Yes · Maybe · No
  • Do you plan to work at this school next year?Yes · Not sure · No
  • Do you have the materials and supplies you need to teach?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
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Money

How much is spent on each student here?

$21,480 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student.

$21,480

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$6,632
The school’s share of district office costs
$14,848
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,501
  • Hoover (Herbert)$21,480
  • San Francisco Unified middle schools$24,263
  • 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 Hoover (Herbert) like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 94116. They are not figures for the families at Hoover (Herbert).

Typical household income in a year

$158,921

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 94116.

Typical home value
$1,502,700
People who live in this ZIP code
43,791
Typical age
45.6 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
57%

What you can do

Who can act on Hoover (Herbert)’s results?

San Francisco Unified’s board decides Hoover’s plan.

When the plan is set

San Francisco Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

Read the 2026–27 plan (LCAP)

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

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

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving San Francisco Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. The 2026 Dashboard flagged results for homeless students on two measures: English, and math; and for students with disabilities on two measures: English, and math. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for San Francisco Unified: CDE’s assistance status files for the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 5 questions to Hoover (Herbert). Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?10 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (897 students)
  2. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  3. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Hoover (Herbert), and how do I get in?

Ask San Francisco Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Serra (Junipero) Elementary
    Scope Score 66Needs Support · 4th percentile · 2026Feeder preference · a lottery tiebreaker from the elementary school attended, not a guarantee · district-published, source year 2026
  2. Middle · this school
    Hoover (Herbert) Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 80Solid · 74th percentile
  3. High
    No feeder high school
    Families apply to any San Francisco Unified high school; there are no high-school attendance areas.

District-published feeder preferences · placement is by application; confirm with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Serra (Junipero) Elementary

    Feeder preference · a lottery tiebreaker from the elementary school attended, not a guarantee · district-published, source year 2026

    Scope Score 66 · Needs Support · 4th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Monroe Elementary

    Feeder preference · a lottery tiebreaker from the elementary school attended, not a guarantee · district-published, source year 2026

    Scope Score 77 · Solid · 61st percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Ulloa Elementary

    Feeder preference · a lottery tiebreaker from the elementary school attended, not a guarantee · district-published, source year 2026

    Scope Score 83 · Strong · 80th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • West Portal Elementary

    Feeder preference · a lottery tiebreaker from the elementary school attended, not a guarantee · district-published, source year 2026

    Scope Score 82 · Strong · 79th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Moscone (George R.) Elementary

    Feeder preference · a lottery tiebreaker from the elementary school attended, not a guarantee · district-published, source year 2026

    Scope Score 69 · Needs Support · 15th 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 Hoover (Herbert)?

Address
2290 14th Avenue, San Francisco 94116Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Adrienne SmithAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated September 17, 2024.

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 San Francisco Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Hoover (Herbert) a good middle school?

Hoover (Herbert) Middle has a Scope Score of 80. It scored higher than 74 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Solid, 74th 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 26 in 100 at the average San Francisco Unified middle school. 4.9% of students (50 of 1,028) 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?

In English, lower. In math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 10 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 6 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 897 students in English, 899 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 50% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Hoover (Herbert) Middle in San Francisco scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

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 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 #654 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #11 of 27 in San Francisco Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math25%5942%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math55%6223%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+50 scale-score pts5320%
Chronically absent14 in 100565%
Suspension rate4.9% (50 of 1,028)465%
English learners: top level21%505%

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.

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
2025–268074#654California 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)
2018–196 in 1005.2% (52 of 991)+5
2021–22not on filenot on file+10
2022–23not on filenot on file+10
2023–2412 in 1004.6% (46 of 996)+5
2024–2512 in 1003.8% (38 of 1,002)+2
2025–2614 in 1004.9% (50 of 1,028)0

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 · English96821%60%
2026 · Math96129%50%
2025 · English95220%59%
2025 · Math95531%50%
2024 · English92221%57%
2024 · Math91628%48%
2023 · English90220%56%
2023 · Math90528%49%
2022 · English93020%57%
2022 · Math92729%51%
2019 · English94524%61%
2019 · Math95337%58%
2018 · English94220%60%
2018 · Math92537%57%
2017 · English95022%61%
2017 · Math94538%60%

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 · English33059%
2025 · Grade 7 · English31957%
2025 · Grade 8 · English30360%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math33048%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math32151%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math30451%
2024 · Grade 6 · English31452%
2024 · Grade 7 · English30561%
2024 · Grade 8 · English30358%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math31744%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math29953%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math30047%
2023 · Grade 6 · English31249%
2023 · Grade 7 · English29656%
2023 · Grade 8 · English29464%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math31545%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math29652%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math29450%
2022 · Grade 6 · English30047%
2022 · Grade 7 · English30264%
2022 · Grade 8 · English32860%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math29647%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math30250%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math32955%
2019 · Grade 6 · English32559%
2019 · Grade 7 · English31065%
2019 · Grade 8 · English31060%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math32852%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math31561%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math31060%
2018 · Grade 6 · English31754%
2018 · Grade 7 · English31459%
2018 · Grade 8 · English31167%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math31550%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math30456%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math30664%
2017 · Grade 6 · English32753%
2017 · Grade 7 · English31068%
2017 · Grade 8 · English31364%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math32151%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math31369%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math31161%

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
Schoolwide32514%30%45%11%

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-income57150%+9+11
Asian51970%−3−5
Hispanic or Latino27635%+7−4
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−10897Moderate+6899Accelerated
Low-income−14522Moderate+3523Average
Asian−9493Moderate+18493Accelerated
English learners−12386Moderate+5386Accelerated
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−9301not categorized+5301not categorized
Hispanic or Latino−11265Moderate−13265Moderate
English-only students−6254not categorized+2256not categorized
Students with disabilities−1899Moderate−6100Moderate
English learners only−2685not categorized+585not categorized
White+761Accelerated+1263Accelerated
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−1257Moderate+257Average
Two or more races−1242Moderate−442Average
Homeless−1525Moderate−1025Moderate
Filipino−315Average015Average
Black or African American−2411Minimal−3311Minimal

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. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. 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
19%
exceeded standard · 52% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 314 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
18%
Advanced · 57% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 322 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 316 (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−10 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

897 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −10 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math+6 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

899 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +6 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 · 12 in 100 → 2025–26 · 14 in 100 · +2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 3.8% (38 of 1,002) → 2025–26 · 4.9% (50 of 1,028) · +1.1 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female6 in 10016 in 100+10 in 100
Male5 in 10012 in 100+7 in 100
Asian0 in 1005 in 100+5 in 100
Black or African American9 of 227 of 17—
Filipino1 of 233 of 18—
Hispanic or Latino11 in 10024 in 100+13 in 100
Two or more races1 of 236 of 52—
White8 of 8417 of 75—
Students with disabilities13 of 9528 in 100—
English learners7 in 10022 in 100+15 in 100
Homeless7 of 239 of 38—
Low-income6 in 10017 in 100+11 in 100
All students6 in 10014 in 100+8 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$17,416 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 51,790 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$124 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 963

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,377 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 963

District current expense · FY 2024–25$26,762 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 59%Instruction support 12%Student services 15%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 7%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$720,888,04159.60%59%
Instruction support$141,236,09711.68%12%
Student services$180,276,74014.90%15%
Administration$76,502,3046.33%6%
Buildings & maintenance$82,226,8076.80%7%
Other$8,383,1320.69%1%
Total$1,209,513,121100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $1,209,513,121 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$17,416 per pupil
2020$17,139 per pupil
2019$17,228 per pupil
2018$13,640 per pupil
2017$11,532 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.9%

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 94116 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94116 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$158,921
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)57%
ZIP-area population43,791
Median age45.6 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 94116 →

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