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Hughes Middle — Rating & test scores

3846 California Avenue, Long Beach · 1,214 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 80

StrongScope Score · 75th percentile. Higher than 75 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

Above California in English (reading and writing) and math: 58% and 44% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8, spring 2026, 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: 1,158 in English, 1,150 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 Hughes a good middle school?

Strong. Hughes is higher than most California middle schools on test results and progress in English. Hughes is lower than most on attendance. Hughes is in the middle on progress in math.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced7058%
Math, Proficient or Advanced7244%
English, Advanced8026%
Math, Advanced7828%

Progress in a year, 2025

English61+4 pts
Math50−1 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance3918 in 100
Hughes’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Long Beach Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

9.6% of students (119 of 1,244) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Each bar is Hughes’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 suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 1,244. District and California figures are averages of school rates (23 Long Beach Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Hughes say about itself?

We haven’t read Hughes’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open hughes.lbschools.net (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 4 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 1 point lower, which the state calls Average.

English

+4

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income6230 points
Hispanic or Latino535+2 points
Black or African American192−7 points
Students with disabilities145−4 points
English learners133−2 points

Math

−1

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income617−4 points
Hispanic or Latino534−5 points
Black or African American190−11 points
Students with disabilities141−12 points
English learners134−9 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 1,116 students in English, 1,109 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 4 points above that expected score, and in math 1 point below 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 86th 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 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Hughes. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 3.1 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. HughesScope Score 8075th
  2. Intellectual Virtues Academy of Long BeachCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7971st
  3. BancroftNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7970th
  4. StephensNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7655th
  5. Jessie Nelson AcademyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7336th
  6. WashingtonNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7230th
  7. Lindbergh STEM AcademyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7127th
  8. Lindsey AcademyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7126th
Long Beach UnifiedCharter

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.

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

5 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

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 Hughes compare with schools like it?

Hughes’s Scope Score is 80. 319 California middle schools, counting Hughes, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 77. Hughes’s result is higher than 227 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 319

  1. Students from low-income families: 48%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 97th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 47%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 96th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 54%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 53%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 95th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 54%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 94th percentile

319 California public middle schools where 47% to 59% 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 47% to 59% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Hughes’s share. The count includes Hughes. 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 55% to 58% and math from 42% to 44%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202648%54%58%HughesHughes53%Long Beach UnifiedDistrict49%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202639%43%44%HughesHughes39%Long Beach UnifiedDistrict37%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Long Beach Unified’s line combines its 22 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. Long Beach Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringHughesLong Beach UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201754%48%48%1,470
201859%52%49%1,440
201962%54%50%1,413
202251%49%47%1,263
202349%48%46%1,235
202450%50%46%1,199
202555%53%49%1,163
202658%53%49%1,158
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringHughesLong Beach UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201743%39%37%1,470
201848%42%37%1,440
201954%45%38%1,415
202238%32%31%1,246
202337%32%32%1,219
202443%34%33%1,197
202542%36%36%1,154
202644%39%37%1,150

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Above California in both subjects.

English

58%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

21213226
Long Beach Unified53%California49%

Math

44%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

33231628
Long Beach Unified39%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 58% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 44% 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 14 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.

School pattern · grades 6–8 · spring 2026

Grade-to-grade gains
From grade 6 in spring 2024 to grade 8 in spring 2026, results here rose more than at the average California middle school. Students move in and out, so these are partly different children. The Score factors record below gives the figure.

What patterns mean

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 Advanced53%59%61%
Advanced24%27%28%
Proficient29%32%33%
Developing level26%19%17%
Minimal21%22%22%
Tested388383387
California48%51%49%
Difference+5+8+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 Advanced38%47%48%
Advanced22%31%30%
Proficient16%16%18%
Developing level27%20%22%
Minimal35%33%30%
Tested381383386
California37%38%36%
Difference+1+9+12

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 school26%32%21%21%1,158
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Long Beach Unified21%32%22%25%13,373
Math, grades 6–8 · This school28%16%23%33%1,150
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Long Beach Unified21%18%24%37%13,358

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 1,158 tested in English, 1,150 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?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 48% of students. 228 of 1,230 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

18in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (228 of 1,230 students).

At the average Long Beach Unified middle school: 23 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 9.6% of students were suspended at least once (119 of 1,244). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

1,214

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 48%Black or African American 19%Asian 9%White 9%Two or more races 7%Filipino 7%Pacific Islander 1%

Family income

53%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 642 of 1,214. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

51

teachers, with 14 years of experience on average.

6% were in their first year.

85% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

40%

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 (32 of 80 students).

Long Beach Unified: 45%. 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
15 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (63 of 407).
Grades 7–8
20 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (165 of 823).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino48%
Black or African American19%
Asian9%
White9%
Two or more races7%
Filipino7%
Pacific Islander1%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
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. 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: 46.7 of 54.8 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino and homeless students here scored well above the same groups across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Filipino77 tested77%California 60%
  • White103 tested73%California 50%
  • Asian107 tested68%California 71%
  • Two or more races82 tested57%California 50%
  • Hispanic or Latino547 tested36%California 25%
  • Low-income585 tested33%California 26%
  • Homeless59 tested31%California 17%
  • Black or African American219 tested24%California 20%
  • Students with disabilities140 tested8%California 10%
  • English learners64 tested3%California 7%

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 36% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 25% for the same group across California. Homeless students: 31% in math, against 17% for the same group across California. 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 Long Beach Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 593 tested in English, 585 in math
English47%+443%+839%
Math33%+528%+726%
Hispanic or Latino · 554 tested in English, 547 in math
English52%+547%+1339%
Math36%+432%+1125%
Black or African American · 224 tested in English, 219 in math
English37%−138%+433%
Math24%+123%+420%
Asian · 107 tested
English74%+470%−175%
Math68%+1157%−371%
White · 102 tested in English, 103 in math
English81%+576%+1962%
Math73%+964%+2350%
Two or more races · 82 tested
English69%069%+762%
Math57%−259%+750%
Filipino · 79 tested in English, 77 in math
English82%+577%+874%
Math77%+770%+1760%
English learners · 68 tested in English, 64 in math
English9%09%+27%
Math3%−36%−47%
Students with disabilities · 145 tested in English, 140 in math
English16%−218%+214%
Math8%−513%−210%
Homeless · 62 tested in English, 59 in math
English42%+1032%+1527%
Math31%+1021%+1417%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Long Beach 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.

No published rate here for 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 Hughes. 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 Long Beach Unified.

Families

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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
  • And 5 more questions.

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Money

How much is spent on each student here?

$17,204 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student.

$17,204

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$9,971
The school’s share of district office costs
$7,233
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,929
  • Hughes$17,204
  • Long Beach Unified middle schools$18,604
  • 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 Hughes like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 90807. They are not figures for the families at Hughes.

Typical household income in a year

$103,777

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 90807.

Typical home value
$884,500
People who live in this ZIP code
33,101
Typical age
39.9 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
47%

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Hughes. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?9.6% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (119 of 1,244 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?1 point lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (1,109 students)
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. 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 Hughes, and how do I get in?

Ask Long Beach Unified which school serves your address. Next comes Polytechnic High.

The district splits Hughes’s attendance zone. 86% of its children are assigned to Polytechnic High and the other 14% to Jordan High. In the district’s boundaries, Hughes Middle draws from 5 elementary schools. Boundaries split some neighborhoods. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Elementary · fed by
  • Longfellow ElementaryScope Score 86Strong · 87th percentile · 2026
  • Los Cerritos ElementarySome of its area goes to another middle schoolScope Score 83Strong · 82nd percentile · 2026
  • Birney ElementarySome of its area goes to another middle schoolScope Score 71Developing · 26th percentile · 2026
  • Barton ElementarySome of its area goes to another middle schoolScope Score 70Needs Support · 16th percentile · 2026
  • Signal Hill ElementarySome of its area goes to another middle schoolScope Score 78Solid · 62nd percentile · 2026
Middle · this school
Hughes Middle
High · next
Polytechnic High Scope Score 73Developing · 38th percentile · 2025

Assigned for part of the zone

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. Shares are our estimate of where the zone’s children live. We use 2020 Census child counts, or land area where few children were counted. A share counts children living in the zone, not a school’s enrolled students. A boundary doesn’t guarantee a place. Transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Longfellow Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 86 · Strong · 87th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Los Cerritos Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

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

    98% of the zone’s children

  • Birney Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 71 · Developing · 26th percentile · elementary · 2026

    72% of the zone’s children

  • Barton Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 70 · Needs Support · 16th percentile · elementary · 2026

    24% of the zone’s children

  • Signal Hill Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 78 · Solid · 62nd percentile · elementary · 2026

    17% of the zone’s children

High-school links

  • Polytechnic High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 73 · Developing · 38th percentile · high · 2025

    86% of the zone’s children

  • Jordan High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 66 · Needs Support · 11th percentile · high · 2025

    14% of the zone’s children

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 the path ends: Polytechnic High
Polytechnic HighScope Score 73 · Developing · 38th percentile · 2025district-published assignment for part of the zone

The road from this school ends at Polytechnic High. UC records 74 enrollees from Polytechnic High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 29 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Polytechnic High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 81% of the students who finished high school at Polytechnic High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

74 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 29 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Polytechnic High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Hughes?

Address
3846 California Avenue, Long Beach 90807Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Edward SigurAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 22, 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 Long Beach Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Hughes a good middle school?

Hughes Middle has a Scope Score of 80. It scored higher than 75 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Strong, 75th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 18 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 23 in 100 at the average Long Beach Unified middle school. 9.6% of students (119 of 1,244) 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?

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 4 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 1 point lower, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 1,116 students in English, 1,109 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 47% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Hughes Middle in Long Beach scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

The district splits Hughes Middle’s attendance zone. 86% of its children are assigned to Polytechnic High and the other 14% to Jordan High. This is from the district’s published 2026 attendance boundaries. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Polytechnic High: Scope Score 73, Developing, 38th percentile among California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 results
  • Jordan High: Scope Score 66, Needs Support, 11th percentile among California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 results

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 #610 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #7 of 23 in Long Beach Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math27%6142%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math51%5923%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+59 scale-score pts6520%
Chronically absent18 in 100495%
Suspension rate9.6% (119 of 1,244)275%
English learners: top level12%375%

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
2025–268075#610California 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)
2018–198 in 1007.1% (108 of 1,520)−6
2021–22not on filenot on file−4
2022–23not on filenot on file+1
2023–2416 in 1009.2% (122 of 1,319)+3
2024–2518 in 1009.7% (122 of 1,261)0
2025–2618 in 1009.6% (119 of 1,244)+9

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 · English1,15826%58%
2026 · Math1,15028%44%
2025 · English1,16324%55%
2025 · Math1,15425%42%
2024 · English1,19919%50%
2024 · Math1,19721%43%
2023 · English1,23518%49%
2023 · Math1,21919%37%
2022 · English1,26319%51%
2022 · Math1,24619%38%
2019 · English1,41327%62%
2019 · Math1,41533%54%
2018 · English1,44023%59%
2018 · Math1,44027%48%
2017 · English1,47019%54%
2017 · Math1,47021%43%

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 · English39155%
2025 · Grade 7 · English38860%
2025 · Grade 8 · English38451%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math39036%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math38251%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math38240%
2024 · Grade 6 · English39649%
2024 · Grade 7 · English38949%
2024 · Grade 8 · English41451%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math39741%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math38945%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math41144%
2023 · Grade 6 · English40444%
2023 · Grade 7 · English41554%
2023 · Grade 8 · English41649%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math40036%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math41242%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math40732%
2022 · Grade 6 · English41252%
2022 · Grade 7 · English40750%
2022 · Grade 8 · English44450%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math40441%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math40440%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math43834%
2019 · Grade 6 · English47262%
2019 · Grade 7 · English46365%
2019 · Grade 8 · English47858%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math47359%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math46452%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math47852%
2018 · Grade 6 · English47056%
2018 · Grade 7 · English47862%
2018 · Grade 8 · English49260%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math47049%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math47945%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math49149%
2017 · Grade 6 · English48951%
2017 · Grade 7 · English50056%
2017 · Grade 8 · English48155%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math48944%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math50044%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math48140%

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
Schoolwide38917%25%47%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-income59347%+4+8
Hispanic or Latino55452%+5+13
Black or African American22437%−1+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+41,116Average−11,109Average
English-only students+4858not categorized0851not categorized
Low-income0623Average−4617Average
Hispanic or Latino+2535Average−5534Average
Black or African American−7192Moderate−11190Moderate
Students with disabilities−4145Average−12141Moderate
English learners−2133Average−9134Moderate
Asian+13116Accelerated+16115Accelerated
White+1191Accelerated+591Accelerated
Filipino+1285Accelerated+1884Accelerated
Two or more races+1181Accelerated+779Accelerated
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+1073not categorized−673not categorized
Homeless−566Average−764Moderate
English learners only−1860not categorized−1161not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−1246Moderate−1246Moderate
Foster youth+315Average−815Moderate
Pacific Islander+115Average+415Average

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
18%
exceeded standard · 49% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 396 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
28%
Advanced · 61% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 387 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 387 (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+4 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

1,116 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: +4 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−1 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

1,109 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, 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 · 18 in 100 → 2025–26 · 18 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 9.7% (122 of 1,261) → 2025–26 · 9.6% (119 of 1,244) · −0.1 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female8 in 10019 in 100+11 in 100
Male8 in 10018 in 100+10 in 100
Asian2 in 1006 in 100+4 in 100
Black or African American6 in 10019 in 100+13 in 100
Filipino2 of 865 of 82—
Hispanic or Latino10 in 10023 in 100+13 in 100
Pacific Islander6 of 255 of 16—
Two or more races3 of 6322 of 88—
White8 in 1007 in 100−1 in 100
Students with disabilities12 in 10030 in 100+18 in 100
English learners15 of 8724 of 94—
Foster youth1 of 104 of 14—
Homeless10 in 10019 of 76—
Low-income10 in 10024 in 100+14 in 100
All students8 in 10018 in 100+10 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$13,498 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 69,413 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$541 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,214

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,388 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,214

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,199 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 60%Instruction support 13%Student services 11%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$736,219,82160.54%60%
Instruction support$153,542,20912.63%13%
Student services$131,230,78810.79%11%
Administration$60,939,0305.01%5%
Buildings & maintenance$126,665,71510.42%10%
Other$7,400,6280.61%1%
Total$1,215,998,191100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $1,215,998,191 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$13,498 per pupil
2020$12,985 per pupil
2019$13,175 per pupil
2018$12,489 per pupil
2017$12,227 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 holders1.8%

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 90807 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 90807 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$103,777
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)47%
ZIP-area population33,101
Median age39.9 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 90807 →

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