Public school · Garden Grove Unified · Garden Grove, California

James Irvine Intermediate — Rating & test scores

Garden Grove · 7–8 · 532 students (2024–25)

10552 Hazard Avenue, 92843irvine.ggusd.us ↗(714) 663-6551
85thpercentileStrong

The dots are California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
58

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of five of the six middle school measures.

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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

Well above California in English and math: 63% and 52% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, against 50% and 37%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 554 in English, 561 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English and 838,896 in math tested).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

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In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 27% of students tested in English (reading and writing) and 35% in math scored Advanced, against 19% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels. 6.2% of students (38 of 609) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Sources
Sentence 1
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 7 and 8: 554 in English, 561 in math. California: CDE’s grade 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English and 838,896 in math tested).
Sentence 2
CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 609. District and California figures are averages of school rates (8 Garden Grove Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Garden Grove Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is James Irvine Intermediate a good middle school?

James Irvine Intermediate scores higher than 85 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 85th percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 10 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 12 in 100 at the average Garden Grove Unified middle school. 6.2% of students (38 of 609) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. Evidence ↓

More questions (3)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, about as expected; in math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored +4 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored +15 points, which it calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 476 students in English, 474 in math

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 58% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at James Irvine Intermediate in Garden Grove scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. 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?

Well above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 63% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 52% in math, against 50% and 37% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 554 in English, 561 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English, 838,896 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · 554 tested

Advanced
27%
Proficient
36%
Below the standard
37%
This school63%
California50%
Garden Grove Unified63%

63% Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8.

Math

Grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · 561 tested

Advanced
35%
Proficient
17%
Below the standard
48%
This school52%
California37%
Garden Grove Unified54%

52% Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 7 and 8 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced67%59%
Advanced29%25%
Proficient38%34%
Developing level16%24%
Minimal17%17%
Tested281273
California51%49%
Difference+16+10

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 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced52%53%
Advanced33%38%
Proficient19%15%
Developing level22%21%
Minimal26%26%
Tested288273
California38%36%
Difference+14+17

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.

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

How does math compare with English?

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, math trails English by 11 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 13 points across California. The grades 7 and 8 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 60% to 63% and math from 51% to 52%.

English · top two levels · grades 7 and 8

202560%505 tested
→
202663%554 tested

This school

California, same grades49% → 50%2025 → 2026 · 848,364 → 838,600 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 7 and 8

202551%507 tested
→
202652%561 tested

This school

California, same grades35% → 37%2025 → 2026 · 851,806 → 838,896 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, about as expected; in math, yes. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored +4 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored +15 points, which it calls Accelerated.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 7 and 8: 476 in English, 474 in math
Comparison
Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 7 and 8 · 2025 · 476 students in English, 474 in math, with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

+4 pts

English

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

+15 pts

Math

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

Ask: How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 7 and 8 · This school27%36%20%17%554
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · Garden Grove Unified30%33%18%19%5,376
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school35%17%22%26%561
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · Garden Grove Unified36%18%20%26%5,378

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Read English and math separately, then look at progress and the courses students can take.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown · English and math have been above California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 7 and 8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202663%50%
Math top two levels, grades 7 and 8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202652%37%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 7 and 8, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 58% in 2017 to 63% in 2026. In math, it went from 53% in 2017 to 52% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 7 and 8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201758%
767 tested		49%
915,271 tested
201863%
683 tested		50%
919,277 tested
201963%
686 tested		50%
932,985 tested
202264%
630 tested		48%
852,094 tested
202363%
579 tested		47%
842,173 tested
202463%
501 tested		47%
849,026 tested
202560%
505 tested		49%
848,364 tested
202663%
554 tested		50%
838,600 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 7 and 8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201753%
773 tested		37%
918,964 tested
201855%
688 tested		37%
921,089 tested
201954%
697 tested		37%
935,223 tested
202254%
635 tested		31%
853,132 tested
202356%
580 tested		32%
844,737 tested
202451%
508 tested		33%
853,781 tested
202551%
507 tested		35%
851,806 tested
202652%
561 tested		37%
838,896 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

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 15 points above it.

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.

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

10 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 6.2% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Context Close to the 12 in 100 at the average Garden Grove Unified middle school: a pattern across the district.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 57 of 601 students counted for it; suspension: 38 of 609 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 Garden Grove Unified middle school 4.4%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

10 in 100This school
12 in 100At the average Garden Grove Unified middle school
18 in 100At the average California middle school

57 of 601 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

6.2%

of students were suspended at least once (38 of 609). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Ask: What does the school do to settle conflicts before they lead to a suspension?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at James Irvine Intermediate

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.

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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income students here scored well above the same group across California in English.

Student groups, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026

58% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 7 and 8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 7 and 8; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
James Irvine IntermediateSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • Asian254 tested82%Same group, California 76%
  • Low-income446 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 58%Same group, California 39%
  • Hispanic or Latino274 tested47%Same group, California 40%
  • Students with disabilities55 tested22%Same group, California 14%
  • English learners128 tested16%Same group, California 7%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 8 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 16% to 77%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 49%2. Asian: 46%3. White: 2%Unallocated share: 3%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino49%
  2. Asian46%
  3. White2%
  4. Black or African American—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share3%
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.

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

60% 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 · 80 of 133 English learners60%
Garden Grove Unified · 3,635 of 7,58548%
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 ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

88%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 470 of 532. California: 63%.

26teachers, 2024–25

20 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

4%in their first year, 2024–25

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

Ask: How does the school keep low-income students on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 7 and 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Garden Grove Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 446 tested in English, 451 in math
English58%+157%+1939%
Math49%+247%+2326%
Hispanic or Latino · 274 tested in English, 279 in math
English47%−249%+740%
Math30%−333%+525%
Asian · 254 tested in English, 257 in math
English82%082%+676%
Math77%−380%+671%
English learners · 128 tested in English, 131 in math
English16%+214%+97%
Math16%−117%+97%
Students with disabilities · 55 tested
English22%+715%+814%
Math16%+511%+79%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Garden Grove 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 Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino49%
Asian46%
White2%
Black or African American—
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, 23.9 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 29 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after James Irvine Intermediate, and how do I get in?

Bolsa Grande High.

James Irvine Intermediate’s attendance zone is split: the largest part of its children, 44%, is assigned to Bolsa Grande High, 26% to Los Amigos High, 17% to La Quinta High and 13% to Santiago High. In the district’s boundaries, James Irvine Intermediate 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
Middle · this school
James Irvine Intermediate
High · next
Bolsa Grande High 77th · Strong · 2025

Assigned for part of the zone

From the district’s 2025 attendance boundaries. Shares are our estimate of where the zone’s children live, from 2020 Census child counts, or land area where few children were counted; they describe children living in the zone, not a school’s enrolled students. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement: 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

High-school links

  • Bolsa Grande High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    77th percentile · Strong · high · 2025

    44% of the zone’s children

  • Los Amigos High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    49th percentile · Developing · high · 2025

    26% of the zone’s children

  • La Quinta High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    93rd percentile · Strong · high · 2025

    17% of the zone’s children

  • Santiago High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    47th percentile · Developing · high · 2025

    13% 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: Bolsa Grande High
Bolsa Grande High77th · Strong · 2025 · Scope Score 67district-published assignment for part of the zone

The road from this school ends at Bolsa Grande High. UC records 59 enrollees from Bolsa Grande High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 25 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Bolsa Grande High around 2028, and a school can change a lot in 2 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 84% of the students who finished high school at Bolsa Grande High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

59 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 25 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Bolsa Grande High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Garden Grove Unified which school serves your address.

School website: irvine.ggusd.us ↗Office: (714) 663-6551Administrator: Holly Jefferson

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
10552 Hazard Avenue, Garden Grove 92843

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

Questions for your visit

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family? 6.2% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (38 of 609 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?
  3. What does the school do to settle conflicts before they lead to a suspension?
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  5. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (714) 663-655110552 Hazard Avenue, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby middle schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

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

Nearby middle schoolsPercentile among California middle schools, 2026

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

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #377 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #4 of 8 in Garden Grove Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math31%6542%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math58%6423%
Chronically absent10 in 100615%
Suspension rate6.2% (38 of 609)415%
English learners: top level32%645%

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. The weights above add to 80%: the remaining 20%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–265885#377California 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 absenceSuspension
2018–196 in 1004.9% (36 of 730)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2416 in 1007.7% (46 of 594)
2024–2513 in 1004.4% (25 of 563)
2025–2610 in 1006.2% (38 of 609)

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
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 · English55427%63%
2026 · Math56135%52%
2025 · English50526%60%
2025 · Math50733%51%
2024 · English50128%63%
2024 · Math50833%51%
2023 · English57928%63%
2023 · Math58034%56%
2022 · English63028%64%
2022 · Math63534%54%
2019 · English68628%63%
2019 · Math69735%54%
2018 · English68326%63%
2018 · Math68837%55%
2017 · English76725%58%
2017 · Math77333%53%

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 7 · English27161%
2025 · Grade 8 · English23460%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math27250%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math23553%
2024 · Grade 7 · English23960%
2024 · Grade 8 · English26266%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math24444%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math26458%
2023 · Grade 7 · English27065%
2023 · Grade 8 · English30961%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math27057%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math31055%
2022 · Grade 7 · English32059%
2022 · Grade 8 · English31069%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math32151%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math31456%
2019 · Grade 7 · English34464%
2019 · Grade 8 · English34262%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math35051%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math34757%
2018 · Grade 7 · English34460%
2018 · Grade 8 · English33967%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math34548%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math34362%
2017 · Grade 7 · English34061%
2017 · Grade 8 · English42756%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math34054%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math43352%

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
Schoolwide27318%29%44%9%

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-income44658%+1+19
Hispanic or Latino27447%−2+7
Asian25482%0+6
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+4476Average+15474Accelerated
Low-income+4427Average+13425Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino0260Average+6258Accelerated
English learners−3237Average+5237Accelerated
Asian+7189Accelerated+27189Exceptional
English-only students+10129not categorized+19127not categorized
English learners only−10127not categorized0127not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+5110not categorized+11110not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−6106Moderate−7106Moderate
Students with disabilities+859Accelerated−258Average
Homeless022Average+622Accelerated
White+1813Accelerated+2513Exceptional

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 7 and 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+4 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 7 and 8

476 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+15 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 7 and 8

474 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +15 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for California middle school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median English estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 7 and 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 · 13 in 100 → 2025–26 · 10 in 100 · −3 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 4.4% (25 of 563) → 2025–26 · 6.2% (38 of 609) · +1.8 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female5 in 1009 in 100+4 in 100
Male6 in 10010 in 100+4 in 100
Asian1 in 1003 in 100+2 in 100
Hispanic or Latino10 in 10016 in 100+6 in 100
White0 in 1000 in 1000 in 100
Students with disabilities17 in 10018 in 100+1 in 100
English learners9 in 10013 in 100+4 in 100
Homeless15 in 10017 in 100+2 in 100
Low-income7 in 10010 in 100+3 in 100
All students6 in 10010 in 100+4 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. 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$14,737 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 40,124 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$1,483 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 532

Central federal expenditures attributed here$2,319 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 532

District current expense · FY 2024–25$22,744 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 62%Instruction support 11%Student services 11%Administration 4%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 3%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$488,850,02461.46%62%
Instruction support$86,054,63010.82%11%
Student services$87,620,26111.02%11%
Administration$34,026,7414.28%4%
Buildings & maintenance$71,680,1519.01%9%
Other$27,218,6683.42%3%
Total$795,450,475100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $795,450,475 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$14,737 per pupil
2020$13,697 per pupil
2019$13,564 per pupil
2018$12,765 per pupil
2017$11,487 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 92843 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92843 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$81,446
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)18%
ZIP-area population46,414
Median age38.8 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 92843 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 2,529 middle 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 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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