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Isaac Newton Graham Middle

Mountain View, CA · Grades 6-8 · 860 students · Mountain View Whisman

High scores, healthy climate, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.

61% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 57% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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PrincipalSebastian Benavidez
Grades6-8
Enrollment860 students

Math

57%

Grades 6 & 8 · Proficient or Advanced

English

61%

Grades 6 & 8 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

860

Total enrollment

Chronic absence

14%

Students absent 10% or more of school days

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grades 6 & 8 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

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0%25%50%75%100%2019: 61%2022: 57%2023: 54%2024: 57%2025: 57%2019: 71%2022: 64%2023: 57%2024: 57%2025: 61%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 61%2022: 57%2023: 54%2024: 57%2025: 57%2019: 71%2022: 64%2023: 57%2024: 57%2025: 61%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201961%71%
202257%64%
202354%57%
202457%57%
202557%61%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025

Has held the 90th-percentile line every tested year since 2019.

Most rating sites would stop at “60% proficient” and call it done. Isaac Newton Graham deserves a closer read. One in four of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

The headline number: 41.4% of students scored in the top band on the state test. The California average is 17.2%.

821 tested · 3 of 3 grades published · cohort of 283 tracked

Isaac Newton Graham Middle scores 63 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 90th percentile of 2,177 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 60% meet the standard today, versus 66% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.

Percentile among 2,177 middle schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 92nd percentile · Scope Score 70 of 1002022 · 92nd percentile · Scope Score 67 of 1002023 · 89th percentile · Scope Score 61 of 1002024 · 87th percentile · Scope Score 58 of 1002025 · 90th percentile · Scope Score 63 of 100
ELAGreen(Increased)MathGreen(Increased)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 672%60%54%59%63%
Grade 767%62%60%61%63%
Grade 870%68%60%56%61%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 663%53%54%59%56%
Grade 764%57%53%55%58%
Grade 859%60%53%55%58%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

More than half of students here meet the standard. Two in five clear it by a lot.

ELA62% met or exceeded
Exceeded 36%Met 26%Nearly Met 15%Not Met 23%
Math57% met or exceeded
Exceeded 46%Met 11%Nearly Met 14%Not Met 29%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California middle schools · average17% exceeded · 40% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)AbsenceSuspension
This school6341%60%Above avg · p7914.0%6.1%
CA average · Middle School3917%40%Average · p5018.1%3.6%
This schoolCA avg
Scope6339
% Exceeded41%17%
% Met+60%40%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)Above avg · p79Average · p50
Absence14.0%18.1%
Suspension6.1%3.6%
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25

California's own growth model splits here — the 23rd percentile in reading against the 82nd in math, among middle schools.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

California runs its own growth model, following individual children in grades 4 through 8 rather than comparing school-wide averages the way we do — and its two subjects part company here. It puts this school around the 23rd percentile of California middle schools in reading and the 82nd in math; ours, which blends the subjects, lands around the 79th. A gap that size between math and reading in one building is worth asking about directly — one year of data can't tell you whether it is the teaching, the cohort, or noise.

— pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California middle school lands at −1 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −8 and +6 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.

The returning cohort, two years on
ELA · 2023 · Grade 6
35%
exceeded standard · 54% met or exceeded
ELA · 2025 · Grade 8
36%
exceeded standard · 61% met or exceeded

Percent exceeded, ELA only. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different metric — mean scale-score change across ELA and Math; California's own matched-student model is below.

Both measures, each ranked in its own field
Our growth measurereturning cohort, G6→G8SchoolScope growth measure: 79th percentile among California middle schools.79th pctile
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: −7 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 23rd percentile of 7,519 reported schools.23rd pctile · −7 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: +13 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 82nd percentile of 7,518 reported schools.82nd pctile · +13 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard behind the same group statewide.

At Isaac Newton Graham Middle in Mountain View, 24.7% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 27.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Isaac Newton Graham Middle trails its district average for low-income students by 3.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (16.0% Math proficient); Hispanic students (24.9% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 57.3 percentage points for homeless students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 252 students tested.

Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 14 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 60% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 60%, district —, state 40%60%
MaleMale: this school 59%, district 61%, state 42%59% · −1 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 60%, district 61%, state 44%60% · +1 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 20%, district 26%, state 32%20% · −39 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 20%, district 24%, state 32%20% · −39 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 83%, district 81%, state 56%83% · +24 vs school
AsianAsian: this school 89%, district 89%, state 72%89% · +29 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 6%, district 10%, state 11%6% · −53 vs school
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: this school 85%, district 84%, state 56%85% · +26 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 22%, district 25%, state 15%22% · −38 vs school
HomelessHomeless: this school 8%, district 11%, state 22%8% · −51 vs school

5 of 16 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
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Student-group results by grade

Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 8.1pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school. District average: +1.1pp.

ShowHide California's growth model by student group
The state's growth model, by student group

California follows these children individually and predicts each one's score from their own prior year. Each row is read against the same group at a typical California middle school — not against zero, and not against this school's all-students figure, because the state's expectation already differs by group.

Reading
English Only355 studentsEnglish Only, reading: −4 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 355 students.−4 pts · −4 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students291 studentsHispanic or Latino students, reading: −11 scale-score points versus expectation, against −2 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 291 students.−11 pts · −9 vs typical
English Learner239 studentsEnglish Learner, reading: −17 scale-score points versus expectation, against −5 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 239 students.−17 pts · −12 vs typical
Low-income students231 studentsLow-income students, reading: −12 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 231 students.−12 pts · −9 vs typical
White191 studentsWhite, reading: −7 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 191 students.−7 pts · −7 vs typical
Math
English Only354 studentsEnglish Only, math: +18 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 354 students.+18 pts · +21 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students290 studentsHispanic or Latino students, math: −10 scale-score points versus expectation, against −6 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 290 students.−10 pts · −4 vs typical
English Learner239 studentsEnglish Learner, math: −4 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 239 students.−4 pts · −1 vs typical
Low-income students231 studentsLow-income students, math: −8 scale-score points versus expectation, against −5 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 231 students.−8 pts · −3 vs typical
White191 studentsWhite, math: +25 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 191 students.+25 pts · +24 vs typical
this school typical California middle school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— A group not listed at all had fewer than 11 students with a growth score, so California published nothing for it here. That is a privacy protection, not a judgment about those students. — Context only. None of this enters the Scope Score.

The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 18 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher18 · district 20
Teaching staff48 teachers
Avg. experience15.2 years
Fully credentialed91%
First-year teachers4%
Intern / emergency permit2.2%
PrincipalSebastian Benavidez
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Teacher salary schedule$81,726 – $146,521
Principal salaryFrom $212,211
Superintendent salary$385,000

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here show up more, and get suspended more, than the state average.

Grades 7–8 students miss school at roughly one and a half times the rate of Grades 4–6 students (15.9% vs 10.0%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the upper grades.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 14.0%, district 11.5%, state 18.1%14.0% · −4.1pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 6.1%, district —, state 3.6%6.1% · +2.4pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–610.0%
Grades 7–815.9%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

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What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $25,631 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$354 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $25,631, CA average $14,491$25,631 · spent at this school
Federal share$354 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$27,113 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 64%Instruction support 12%Student services 6%Administration 11%Buildings & maintenance 7%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

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district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$18,061 per pupil
2019$16,881 per pupil
2018$16,350 per pupil
2017$14,946 per pupil
2016$13,809 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

One in four of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 55% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino39.3% · district 38.7% · CA 56.1%
White23.6% · district 22.7% · CA 19.9%
Asian22.6% · district 22.7% · CA 10.2%
Black0.6% · district 1.0% · CA 4.8%
Other13.9% · district 15.0% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch26.3% · CA 64%
Median income$188K · CA $85K
Median home value$2.00M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+78% · CA 35%
ZIP population35,632
Median age36 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

What is the school’s approach?

School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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2025 · middle schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

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Is Isaac Newton Graham Middle a good middle school?
Isaac Newton Graham Middle has a Scope Score of 63 out of 100, placing it in the 90th percentile of California middle schools and ranked #212 statewide. 41.4% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 24.2 percentage points above the California average of 17.2%. The Scope Score weights 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard (42%), met or exceeded (proficient) (23%), grade 6-to-8 growth (20%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Isaac Newton Graham Middle's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 59.7% of students at Isaac Newton Graham Middle met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 41.4% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 18.3% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 41.4% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 1,647 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Isaac Newton Graham Middle rank in California?
Isaac Newton Graham Middle ranks #212 among California middle schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 90th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), same-cohort growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
Is Isaac Newton Graham Middle getting better or worse?
SchoolScope follows the same cohort of students across grades rather than comparing two different grades in the same year. At Isaac Newton Graham Middle that cohort is 2023 G6 → 2025 G8, measured in SBAC scale-score points. Its gain ranks above avg among California middle schools — roughly the 79th percentile, ahead of the typical school at this level. Read the ranking, not the raw point gain: scale scores rise with age, so nearly every school posts a positive number and only the relative position tells you anything. Growth is weighted at 20% in the middle Scope Score because it is the least demographically confounded signal available — it tracks change over time rather than the level students arrived at. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Isaac Newton Graham Middle?
14.0% of students at Isaac Newton Graham Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 18.1%. The suspension rate is 6.1%. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Isaac Newton Graham Middle compare to other schools in Mountain View?
Isaac Newton Graham Middle scores 63/100 (90th percentile) among California middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 860 students. Use the schools in Mountain View page or the map view to compare all middle schools nearby.
How does Isaac Newton Graham Middle serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Isaac Newton Graham Middle in Mountain View, 24.7% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 27.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Isaac Newton Graham Middle trails its district average for low-income students by 3.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (16.0% Math proficient); Hispanic students (24.9% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 57.3 percentage points for homeless students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 252 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

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How the Scope Score is calculated

On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

How far the top scorers get carries this score.

41.4% of students scored in the top band on the state test. The California average is 17.2%.

The school's returning cohort — mostly, not exactly, the same kids two years on — gained 54 scale-score points across the span. Almost every school gains points, so we rank the gain against every other California school in this level.

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Exceeded standard41.4%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded59.7%40.0%23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)Above avgaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism14.0%18.1%5%
Suspension rate6.1%3.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)27.7%18.0%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

Isaac Newton Graham Middle: reading the evidence

Isaac Newton Graham posts 41.4% exceeding the standard — versus 17.2% statewide — with climate numbers better than most. That doesn't make it perfect. It makes it worth a visit to find what numbers can't measure.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

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Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

Isaac Newton Graham Middle is ranked #212 statewide.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard41.4%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded59.7%40.0%23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)Above avgaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism14.0%18.1%5%
Suspension rate6.1%3.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)27.7%18.0%5%
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 17.2% · index 77 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 40.0% · index 66 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)
↑ vs CA average · 79th pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 56 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▲ 1.6pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate
↓ vs CA 3.6% · index 40 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 0.3pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 18.0% · index 59 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 628038%24%16%21%63%+16
Grade 726035%28%15%22%63%+15
Grade 828136%25%15%24%61%+14
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 628245%11%17%27%56%+22
Grade 725946%12%16%27%58%+24
Grade 828549%9%10%32%58%+26

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide28831%23%32%14%

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

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged25224.7%−3−14
Hispanic/Latino31824.9%−5−14
White19784.3%+1+22
03Nearest middle schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Isaac Newton Graham Middle ←—6341.4%59.7%−0.1pp+54 pts6.1%
Crittenden Middle2.1 mi6837.9%59.9%+4.9pp—4.9%
Sunnyvale Middle2.3 mi6242.9%63.6%+2.0pp—4.2%
California average—3917.2%40.0%+1.5pp—3.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
ShowHide table 04 — More measures
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20197092#16242.7%65.5%6.0%2.1%-2.8pp
20226792#17039.0%60.0%14.7%4.7%+7.2pp
20236189#23435.4%55.6%14.8%5.7%+2.7pp
20245887#28237.8%57.4%12.4%6.4%-3.6pp
20256390#21241.4%59.7%14.0%6.1%-0.1pp
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
What we can't show
  • — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 14 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
Group20192025Δ
Female6.6%15.3%+8.7pp
Male5.3%12.6%+7.3pp
Asian2.4%4.0%+1.6pp
Black/African American0.0%——
Filipino0.0%0.0%+0.0pp
Hispanic/Latino8.2%25.4%+17.2pp
Two or More Races3.1%5.7%+2.6pp
White5.7%8.9%+3.2pp
Students with Disabilities13.4%22.1%+8.7pp
English Learners13.4%25.7%+12.3pp
Homeless13.6%17.2%+3.6pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged10.9%24.0%+13.1pp
All Students5.9%13.9%+8.0pp
06California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
ShowHide table 06 — California growth model, by student group
GroupReadingnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students−7771Moderate+13771Accelerated
English Only−4355not categorised+18354not categorised
Hispanic or Latino−11291Moderate−10290Moderate
English Learner−17239Moderate−4239Average
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−12231Moderate−8231Moderate
White−7191Moderate+25191Exceptional
Asian−4175Average+31176Exceptional
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only−16161not categorised0161not categorised
Two or More Races−396Average+2496Exceptional
Students with Disabilities−1786Moderate+686Accelerated
English Learners Only−2078not categorised−1378not categorised
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)−951Moderate−951Moderate
Homeless Youth−541Average−141Average

Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Long-Term English Learner counts cover grades 6-8 only (CDE), so that row is not comparable to the All Students row. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,177 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-09-18

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