Public school · Lodi Unified · Lodi, California

Independence — Rating & test scores

Lodi · K–12 · 166 students (2024–25)

13451 North Extension Road, 95242is.lodiusd.net ↗(209) 331-8008
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The dots are California’s 1,498 scored public high schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. Why not spring 2026? High school scores include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
32

Weighted composite · 2024–25
A weighted mix of six of the seven high school measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

In 2024–25, 69% of the class graduated in four years (34 of 49); across California, 89%.

Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students who started 9th grade together: 49
Comparison
California: graduates divided by students who started 9th grade together, across 2,281 public schools’ rows (our combination, not CDE’s published state rate; 432,702 of 487,177).

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Academic achievement ↓

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50% of the students tested met or exceeded the standard in English (reading and writing); 14% did in math. In grade 11, spring 2025, 50% of the 22 students tested met or exceeded the standard in English, against 57% across California. In math, 14% of 21 did, against 30% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years. 52 in 100 students (121 of 231) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That compares with 22 in 100 at the average Lodi Unified high school.

Sources
Sentence 1
Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2025 Students: all students tested in grade 11: 22 in English, 21 in math Comparison: California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 432,651 in English, 431,903 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
Sentence 2
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 231. District and California figures are averages of school rates (8 Lodi Unified schools; 1,492 scored California high schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Lodi Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Independence a good school?

Independence scores higher than 3 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 3rd percentile, Needs Support, spring 2025.

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 29 in 100 California middle schools we score (29th percentile, Developing, spring 2026)

Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 52 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 22 in 100 at the average Lodi Unified high school. 0.8% of students (2 of 246) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

More questions (2)

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

21% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months, by CDE’s college-going records. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

50% of the students tested met or exceeded the standard in English; 14% did in math.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2025

In grade 11, spring 2025, 50% of the 22 students tested met or exceeded the standard in English, against 57% across California. In math, 14% of 21 did, against 30% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years.

These are the school’s spring 2025 results, the latest in our records for these grades. Grades 3, 5 and 7 results are in the source records: Every tested year ↓

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grade 11: 22 in English, 21 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 432,651 in English, 431,903 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
Exceeded standardMet standardBelow the standard

English

Grade 11 · spring 2025 · 22 tested

Exceeded
18%
Met
32%
Below the standard
50%
This school50%
California57%

50% met or exceeded in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2025 · 21 tested

Exceeded
10%
Met
4%
Below the standard
86%
This school14%
California30%

14% met or exceeded in grade 11.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How do the middle grades do?

In grade 8, spring 2025, 50% met or exceeded the standard in English and none in math, against 48% and 34% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years. The middle grades are placed separately: 29th percentile (Developing) among California’s middle schools, spring 2026 tests.

English

Grade 8 · spring 2025 · 12 tested

Exceeded
0%
Met
50%
Below the standard
50%
This school50%
California48%

50% met or exceeded in grade 8.

Math

Grade 8 · spring 2025 · 11 tested

Exceeded
0%
Met
0%
Below the standard
100%
This school0%
California34%

0% met or exceeded in grade 8.

Ask: How do you help students strengthen their skills while keeping graduation and post-school plans on track?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Exceeded, Met, Nearly met and Not met, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2025
StudentsExceededMetNearly metNot metTested
English, grade 11 · This school18%32%41%9%22
English, grade 11 · California27%30%20%23%432,651
Math, grade 11 · This school10%4%10%76%21
Math, grade 11 · California14%16%21%49%431,903
English, grade 8 · This school0%50%50%0%12
English, grade 8 · California18%30%24%28%426,862
Math, grade 8 · This school0%0%27%73%11
Math, grade 8 · California20%14%22%44%428,268

Below the standard combines the state’s two lowest test levels, Nearly met and Not met. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Grade 11 tests are one part of the picture. Graduation, readiness and college destinations answer different questions below.

What you can do

Who can act on Independence’s results?

Lodi Unified’s board decides Independence’s plan.

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

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Lodi Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Lodi Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

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

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Lodi Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 
Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2What the law requires, and what to ask

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

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

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

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

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Life at school

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

69% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

State graduation, readiness, college-going, attendance and suspension records

That compares with 89% across California. 8% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 21% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

69%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 34 of 49 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

8%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 4 of 49 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

0%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 0 of 34 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

21% enrolled in college within 12 months · 52 students who finished high school

  • University of California0 · 0%
  • California State University0 · 0%
  • California community college11 · 21%
  • In-state private0 · 0%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year0 · 0%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year0 · 0%
  • Not enrolled41 · 79%

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

Ask: How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition
Graduated in four years
2024–25 · 34 of 49 students who started 9th grade together. California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.
Ready for college or career (state measure)
2024–25 · 4 of 49 students in the state’s measure. California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator (CCI), overall “Prepared” rate, among the students in the indicator’s group. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.
Finished the UC/CSU course list
2024–25 · 0 of 34 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment.
Where students who finished high school went
CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

52 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average Lodi Unified high school, 22 in 100 were. 0.8% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 121 of 231 students counted for it; suspension: 2 of 246 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Lodi Unified high school 2.8%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

52 in 100This school
22 in 100At the average Lodi Unified high school
22 in 100At the average California high school

121 of 231 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.8%

of students were suspended at least once (2 of 246). Average California high school 2.9%.

Ask: When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grades K–3: not in the records we hold
  • Grades 4–6: 22 in 100, 4 of 18
  • Grades 7–8: 27 in 100, 7 of 26
  • Grades 9–12: 60 in 100, 108 of 180
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Independence

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Every learner

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here: 45%.

Students, families and teachers

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 45%2. White: 23%3. Asian: 16%4. Black or African American: 9%Unallocated share: 7%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino45%
  2. White23%
  3. Asian16%
  4. Black or African American9%
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share7%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Who are the families and teachers?

72%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 120 of 166. California: 63%.

13teachers, 2024–25

22 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

82%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

33% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 4 of 12 English learners33%
Lodi Unified · 1,813 of 3,71449%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Ask: How does the school help English learners reach the top level of the state’s English test?

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino45%
White23%
Asian16%
Black or African American9%
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 82% of teaching positions, 24.3 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 29.8 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask Lodi Unified which school serves your address.

School website: is.lodiusd.net ↗Office: (209) 331-8008Administrator: Dave Vujovich

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
13451 North Extension Road, Lodi 95242

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Lodi Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school? 52 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (121 of 231 students); average California high school: 22 in 100
  2. How do you help students strengthen their skills while keeping graduation and post-school plans on track?
  3. How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
  4. When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?
  5. How does the school help English learners reach the top level of the state’s English test?
  6. Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?

Office (209) 331-800813451 North Extension Road, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby high schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest high schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby high schoolsPercentile among California high schools, 2025
  • Tokay High1.6 mi
    29thDevelopingScope Score 49
  • Rio Valley Charter1.7 mi · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    43rdDevelopingScope Score 54
  • Vista Oaks CharterByron Union Elementary · 2.0 mi · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    39thDevelopingScope Score 52
  • Lodi High2.6 mi
    29thDevelopingScope Score 49

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

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Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2024–25 · ranked #1,450 of 1,498 California high schools we score · #8 of 8 in Lodi Unified
Score factors, 2024–25
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Graduation rate69%3225%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math14%4822%
Ready for college or career (state measure)8%2820%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math32%4718%
Chronically absent49 in 100415%
Suspension rate0 of 238605%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California high schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2024–25. 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. 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 2024–25 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

The 2024–25 Scope Score, in the current-formula row below, uses the state’s college-or-career readiness measure, 2024–25. No verified earlier Scope Scores are available here.

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2024–25323#1450California high schools · 1,498 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24 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 absenceSuspension
2018–1953 in 1000.3% (1 of 299)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2450 in 1000 of 328
2024–2549 in 1000 of 238

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Results by gradeEnglish and math · grades 3–8 and 11 · spring 2026 · % of tested students

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
EnglishTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 3not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file44%—
Grade 45suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed46%—
Grade 5not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file49%—
Grade 64suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed48%—
Grade 78suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed51%—
Grade 81612%50%7%31%62%49%+13
Grade 118suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed57%—

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 · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
MathTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 3not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file47%—
Grade 45suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed42%—
Grade 5not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file37%—
Grade 64suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed37%—
Grade 78suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed38%—
Grade 8160%12%32%56%12%36%−24
Grade 119suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed32%—

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.

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 · English447%57%
2026 · Math452%18%
2025 · English5612%50%
2025 · Math544%13%
2024 · English7922%52%
2024 · Math821%15%
2023 · English626%37%
2023 · Math633%14%
2022 · English18516%52%
2022 · Math1827%22%
2019 · English7612%51%
2019 · Math765%12%
2018 · English838%37%
2018 · Math844%13%
2017 · English8210%30%
2017 · Math821%5%

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 3 · English5—
2025 · Grade 4 · English——
2025 · Grade 5 · English4—
2025 · Grade 6 · English——
2025 · Grade 7 · English9—
2025 · Grade 8 · English1250%
2025 · Grade 11 · English2250%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math5—
2025 · Grade 4 · Math——
2025 · Grade 5 · Math4—
2025 · Grade 6 · Math——
2025 · Grade 7 · Math9—
2025 · Grade 8 · Math110%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math2114%
2024 · Grade 3 · English4—
2024 · Grade 4 · English5—
2024 · Grade 5 · English5—
2024 · Grade 6 · English6—
2024 · Grade 7 · English7—
2024 · Grade 8 · English1753%
2024 · Grade 11 · English3551%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math4—
2024 · Grade 4 · Math5—
2024 · Grade 5 · Math5—
2024 · Grade 6 · Math6—
2024 · Grade 7 · Math7—
2024 · Grade 8 · Math1712%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math3811%
2023 · Grade 3 · English5—
2023 · Grade 4 · English——
2023 · Grade 5 · English——
2023 · Grade 6 · English——
2023 · Grade 7 · English1145%
2023 · Grade 8 · English9—
2023 · Grade 11 · English3342%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math5—
2023 · Grade 4 · Math——
2023 · Grade 5 · Math——
2023 · Grade 6 · Math——
2023 · Grade 7 · Math1145%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math9—
2023 · Grade 11 · Math330%
2022 · Grade 3 · English——
2022 · Grade 4 · English4—
2022 · Grade 5 · English5—
2022 · Grade 6 · English5—
2022 · Grade 7 · English3456%
2022 · Grade 8 · English5944%
2022 · Grade 11 · English7561%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math——
2022 · Grade 4 · Math4—
2022 · Grade 5 · Math5—
2022 · Grade 6 · Math5—
2022 · Grade 7 · Math3529%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math5814%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math7222%
2019 · Grade 6 · English——
2019 · Grade 7 · English8—
2019 · Grade 8 · English2045%
2019 · Grade 11 · English4558%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math——
2019 · Grade 7 · Math8—
2019 · Grade 8 · Math2020%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math457%
2018 · Grade 4 · English——
2018 · Grade 5 · English——
2018 · Grade 6 · English——
2018 · Grade 7 · English1644%
2018 · Grade 8 · English1520%
2018 · Grade 11 · English4544%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math——
2018 · Grade 5 · Math——
2018 · Grade 6 · Math——
2018 · Grade 7 · Math1631%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math150%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math4611%
2017 · Grade 3 · English——
2017 · Grade 4 · English——
2017 · Grade 5 · English——
2017 · Grade 6 · English——
2017 · Grade 7 · English——
2017 · Grade 8 · English120%
2017 · Grade 11 · English5641%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math——
2017 · Grade 4 · Math——
2017 · Grade 5 · Math——
2017 · Grade 6 · Math——
2017 · Grade 7 · Math——
2017 · Grade 8 · Math120%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math567%

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. “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
Schoolwide390%21%77%3%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

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+2714Exceptional−1914Moderate
Low-income+3211Exceptional−2211Minimal

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. 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 grade 8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+27 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 8

14 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

California growth model, English: +27 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Exceptional, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math−19 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 8

14 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −19 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary 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 elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 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 grade 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 · 49 in 100 → 2025–26 · 52 in 100 · +3 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 238 → 2025–26 · 0.8% (2 of 246) · +0.8 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female52 in 10050 in 100−2 in 100
Male56 in 10054 in 100−2 in 100
Asian31 in 10031 in 1000 in 100
Black or African American59 in 10065 in 100+6 in 100
Filipino44 in 100——
Hispanic or Latino57 in 10061 in 100+4 in 100
White59 in 10045 in 100−14 in 100
Students with disabilities56 in 10062 in 100+6 in 100
English learners54 in 10061 in 100+7 in 100
Low-income50 in 10056 in 100+6 in 100
All students53 in 10052 in 100−1 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Graduation and readinessstate records · each rate for its own year and class of students
MeasureSource record
This school · CCI overall PreparedCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · all students in the current four-year graduation cohort, plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Overall CCI Prepared rate 8% · numerator 4 students classified Prepared · denominator 49 CCI students.
California · CCI overall PreparedCDE statewide CCI cohort · CCI source year 2025 · all students · overall Prepared rate 52% · numerator 257,567 students classified Prepared · denominator 497,814 CCI students.
AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · AP pathway rate 25% · AP-pathway numerator 1 · denominator 4 (CCI Prepared students). This measure uses Prepared students as its denominator, not the whole CCI cohort; it is not an AP exam-taking rate or a count of AP courses offered. That cohort includes all students in the current four-year graduation cohort plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. In 2025 the pathway accepts two qualifying AP exams, two qualifying AP courses, or a combination of one of each in different subjects.

CDE's overall Prepared rate is the college-readiness factor in the Scope Score (20% of the high school score). The school rate is 4 of 49 CCI students, not the AP-only pathway or A–G completion rate. The California figure is CDE's statewide CCI student cohort, not an average of SchoolScope's comparable high schools or the SchoolScope school-rank pool.

Graduation rate
69%
AP route, among those ready for college or career
25%
2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students ready for college or career (CDE’s “Prepared”), not course offerings
Finished the UC/CSU course list (A–G)
0%
This school may not offer A–G courses
College-going rate
21%

These source periods and populations differ: graduation uses an adjusted cohort, while A–G completion and college-going use separately reported groups. The rates are shown individually, without a shared performance tier.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offerednot reported
AP course countnot reported
AP enrollment (male/female)not reported
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not offered
Calculus sections0
Physics sections0
Chemistry sections0
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)252

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

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California00%
California State University00%
California community college1121%
In-state private00%
Out-of-state, 4-year00%
Out-of-state, 2-year00%
Not enrolled4179%

52 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 21% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ all who finished high school; CDE calls them completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match.

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$14,545 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 27,896 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

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,629 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 166

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,750 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 61%Instruction support 12%Student services 10%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$282,265,20661.19%61%
Instruction support$56,536,13912.26%12%
Student services$45,938,8479.96%10%
Administration$30,707,2026.66%7%
Buildings & maintenance$42,537,7259.22%9%
Other$3,333,5030.72%1%
Total$461,318,621100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $461,318,621 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$14,545 per pupil
2020$12,593 per pupil
2019$12,898 per pupil
2018$11,165 per pupil
2017$10,723 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 holders0.0%

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 95242 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95242 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$104,721
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)34%
ZIP-area population28,427
Median age41.1 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 95242 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2024–25 results, compared across 1,498 high schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · federal civil rights data (CRDC) 2023–24, a past snapshot · state college-going records, class of 2023, matched to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment · Data updated October 15, 2026

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