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Joaquin Miller Middle — Rating & test scores

6151 Rainbow Drive, San Jose · 1,067 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 95

StrongScope Score · 98th percentile. Higher than 98 in 100 of the 2,529 California public middle schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 86% and 91% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 49% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 1,079 in English, 1,088 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

Overview

Is Joaquin Miller a good middle school?

Strong. Joaquin Miller is higher than most California middle schools on test results, progress in math and attendance. Joaquin Miller is lower than most on progress in English.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced9886%
Math, Proficient or Advanced9991%
English, Advanced9955%
Math, Advanced9981%

Progress in a year, 2025

English43−1 pts
Math99+36 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance963 in 100
Joaquin Miller’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Cupertino Union’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 55% of students tested in English and 81% in math scored Advanced, against 19% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Joaquin Miller’s place among 2,529 California public middle schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 6–8. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 6–8: 1,079 in English, 1,088 in math. California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

In its own words

What does Joaquin Miller say about itself?

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

Open miller.cusdk8.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

In English, about the same. In math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 1 point lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 36 points higher, which the state calls Exceptional.

English

−1

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

By student group · students counted

Asian836−1 points
English learners156−11 points
Low-income124−1 points
White45−2 points
Two or More Races31+3 points

Math

+36

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

By student group · students counted

Asian836+37 points
English learners156+43 points
Low-income124+35 points
White45+25 points
Two or More Races31+27 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 979 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 1 point below that expected score, and in math 36 points above it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 8 scores here with the school’s grade 6 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 64th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

2 of the 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Joaquin Miller. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 3.4 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. RedwoodSaratoga Union Elementary · by addressScope Score 9899th
  2. Sam H. LawsonNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 9699th
  3. Joaquin MillerScope Score 9598th
  4. John F. KennedyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 9498th
  5. Warren E. HydeNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 9397th
  6. Rolling HillsCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 8893rd
  7. Marian A. PetersonSanta Clara Unified · by addressScope Score 8587th
  8. MorelandMoreland · by addressScope Score 8281st
Cupertino UnionA neighborhood school in another districtCharter

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer. A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

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

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

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Joaquin Miller compare with schools like it?

Joaquin Miller’s Scope Score is 95. 148 California middle schools, counting Joaquin Miller, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 88. Joaquin Miller’s result is higher than 134 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 148

  1. Students from low-income families: 10%

    Scope Score 100Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 9%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 17%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 10%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 15%

    South Pasadena Middle

    South Pasadena

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

148 California public middle schools where 7% to 19% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public middle school we score where 7% to 19% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Joaquin Miller’s share. The count includes Joaquin Miller. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 90% to 86% and math from 92% to 91%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 6–8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202687%93%86%Joaquin MillerThis school82%Cupertino UnionDistrict49%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202687%93%91%Joaquin MillerThis school85%Cupertino UnionDistrict37%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Cupertino Union’s line combines its 6 middle schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. Cupertino Union’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringJoaquin MillerCupertino UnionCaliforniaTested here
201793%87%48%1,266
201892%87%49%1,224
201994%86%50%1,172
202291%86%47%1,093
202392%87%46%1,055
202492%86%46%1,057
202590%86%49%1,054
202686%82%49%1,079
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringJoaquin MillerCupertino UnionCaliforniaTested here
201793%87%37%1,279
201893%87%37%1,228
201994%86%38%1,179
202293%85%31%1,095
202391%85%32%1,058
202493%85%33%1,075
202592%85%36%1,059
202691%85%37%1,088

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

English

86%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

93155
Cupertino Union82%California49%

Math

91%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

1081
Cupertino Union85%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 86% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 91% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

School patterns · grades 6–8 · spring 2026

High ceiling
A high share of students here scored Advanced, the state’s top level. The English and math cards above give each figure.
Broad base
Most students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

What patterns mean

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced81%90%88%
Advanced51%60%53%
Proficient30%30%35%
Developing level13%6%8%
Minimal6%4%4%
Tested343365371
California48%51%49%
Difference+33+39+39

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced88%94%92%
Advanced74%87%81%
Proficient14%7%11%
Developing level9%4%4%
Minimal3%2%4%
Tested346367375
California37%38%36%
Difference+51+56+56

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school55%31%9%5%1,079
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Cupertino Union49%33%11%7%4,594
Math, grades 6–8 · This school81%10%6%3%1,088
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Cupertino Union72%13%7%8%4,649

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 1,079 tested in English, 1,088 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Asian students are the largest group here, at 84% of students. 38 of 1,117 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

3in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (38 of 1,117 students).

At the average Cupertino Union middle school: 5 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 1.3% of students were suspended at least once (15 of 1,122). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

1,067

students in grades 6–8.

Asian 84%Not reported 6%Two or more races 4%White 4%Hispanic or Latino 2%

Family income

13%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 144 of 1,067. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

52

teachers, with 17 years of experience on average.

2% were in their first year.

90% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

77%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (43 of 56 students).

Cupertino Union: 61%. California: 47%.

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

Missing school, by grade
Grade 6
4 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (13 of 354).
Grades 7–8
3 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (25 of 763).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Asian84%
Not reported6%
Two or more races4%
White4%
Hispanic or Latino2%
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 47.6 of 52.7 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income students and English learners here scored well above the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Two or more races109 tested93%California 62%
  • Asian905 tested88%California 75%
  • Low-income178 tested71%California 39%
  • White40 tested70%California 62%
  • English learners59 tested22%California 7%

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 71% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. English learners: 22% in English, against 7% for the same group across California. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 English, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Cupertino Unionvs California
Low-income · 178 tested in English, 184 in math
English71%+962%+3239%
Math79%+1762%+5326%
Asian · 905 tested in English, 914 in math
English88%+187%+1375%
Math92%+191%+2171%
Two or more races · 109 tested
English93%+786%+3162%
Math95%+986%+4550%
White · 40 tested
English70%−878%+862%
Math77%−178%+2750%
English learners · 59 tested in English, 67 in math
English22%+220%+157%
Math52%+844%+457%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Cupertino Union, 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.

Students with disabilities, 31 tested: no rate for grade 8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Joaquin Miller. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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Money

Where does the money go?

$18,410 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Cupertino Union’s plan for 2026–27 covers $18 million.

$18,410

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$12,187
The school’s share of district office costs
$6,223
Of the total, from federal funds
$152
  • Joaquin Miller$18,410
  • Cupertino Union middle schools$19,233
  • California middle schools$19,269

The district and California figures combine their middle schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 1,241 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

Cupertino Union’s yearly plan

$18million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$10million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth
  • Future-Ready, Deeper Learning$9 million
  • Whole Child$9 million
  • Community Engagement$353,323

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. Each part of the bar is one goal in the plan, with the money for its actions added up (our calculation). The plan covers $18 million of $262 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Cupertino Union Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Joaquin Miller like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95129. They are not figures for the families at Joaquin Miller.

Typical household income in a year

$195,708

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 95129.

Typical home value
$2,000,001
People who live in this ZIP code
41,321
Typical age
40.9 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
73%

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

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

On a tour

  1. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?1 point lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (979 students)
  2. How do you stretch students who are already ahead?81% scored Advanced in math, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (1,088 students tested); California: 21%
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

At the office

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

Getting in

What comes after Joaquin Miller, and how do I get in?

Ask Cupertino Union which school serves your address. Next comes Lynbrook High.

In the district’s boundaries, Joaquin Miller Middle draws from 2 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
Joaquin Miller Middle
High · next
Lynbrook High Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile · 2025

Assigned

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

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Nelson S. Dilworth Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 98 · Strong · 99th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Blue Hills Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 92 · Strong · 96th percentile · elementary · 2026

    48% of the zone’s children

  • John Muir Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 98 · Strong · 99th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Murdock-Portal Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 98 · Strong · 99th percentile · elementary · 2026

Middle-school links

  • Christa McAuliffe

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

High-school links

  • Lynbrook High

    Assigned

    Scope Score 98 · Strong · 99th percentile · high · 2025

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: Lynbrook High
Lynbrook HighScope Score 98 · Strong · 99th percentile · 2025district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at Lynbrook High. UC records 97 enrollees from Lynbrook High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 16 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Lynbrook High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 90% of the students who finished high school at Lynbrook High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

97 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 16 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Lynbrook High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Joaquin Miller?

Address
6151 Rainbow Drive, San Jose 95129Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Anu IyerAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated July 31, 2023.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Cupertino Union which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Joaquin Miller a good middle school?

Joaquin Miller Middle has a Scope Score of 95. It scored higher than 98 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Strong, 98th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 3 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 5 in 100 at the average Cupertino Union middle school. 1.3% of students (15 of 1,122) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. See the details ↓

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

In English, about the same. In math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 1 point lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 36 points higher, which the state calls Exceptional.

  • Included in this measure: 979 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 71% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Joaquin Miller Middle in San Jose scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2026 attendance boundaries, Joaquin Miller Middle is zoned to Lynbrook High. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Lynbrook High: Scope Score 98, Strong, 99th percentile among California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 results

See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #27 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #2 of 6 in Cupertino Union
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math68%10042%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math89%9023%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+51 scale-score pts5520%
Chronically absent3 in 100705%
Suspension rate1.3% (15 of 1,122)605%
English learners: top level42%775%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California middle schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

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

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–269598#27California middle schools · 2,529 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–191 in 1000.3% (4 of 1,222)+2
2021–22not on filenot on file+5
2022–23not on filenot on file+3
2023–244 in 1001.4% (16 of 1,106)+2
2024–254 in 1001.0% (11 of 1,102)−1
2025–263 in 1001.3% (15 of 1,122)+6

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

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 6 and grade 8 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English1,07955%86%
2026 · Math1,08881%91%
2025 · English1,05462%90%
2025 · Math1,05983%92%
2024 · English1,05766%92%
2024 · Math1,07583%93%
2023 · English1,05565%92%
2023 · Math1,05884%91%
2022 · English1,09361%91%
2022 · Math1,09585%93%
2019 · English1,17265%94%
2019 · Math1,17986%94%
2018 · English1,22461%92%
2018 · Math1,22884%93%
2017 · English1,26661%93%
2017 · Math1,27983%93%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 6 · English36289%
2025 · Grade 7 · English37391%
2025 · Grade 8 · English31989%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math36293%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math37493%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math32391%
2024 · Grade 6 · English36490%
2024 · Grade 7 · English31391%
2024 · Grade 8 · English38094%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math37193%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math31893%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math38693%
2023 · Grade 6 · English31089%
2023 · Grade 7 · English36194%
2023 · Grade 8 · English38492%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math31488%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math36194%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math38391%
2022 · Grade 6 · English35588%
2022 · Grade 7 · English37190%
2022 · Grade 8 · English36794%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math35692%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math37191%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math36895%
2019 · Grade 6 · English35992%
2019 · Grade 7 · English40294%
2019 · Grade 8 · English41194%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math36094%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math40694%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math41395%
2018 · Grade 6 · English39490%
2018 · Grade 7 · English41492%
2018 · Grade 8 · English41693%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math39692%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math41595%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math41793%
2017 · Grade 6 · English41590%
2017 · Grade 7 · English40993%
2017 · Grade 8 · English44294%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math41993%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math41595%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math44592%

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
Schoolwide37655%31%12%2%

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-income17871%+9+32
Asian90588%+1+13
Two or more races10993%+7+31
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−1979Average+36979Exceptional
Asian−1836Average+37836Exceptional
English-only students+2329not categorized+34329not categorized
English learners−11156Moderate+43156Exceptional
Low-income−1124Average+35124Exceptional
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−2111not categorized+34111not categorized
English learners only−3145not categorized+6545not categorized
White−245Average+2545Exceptional
Two or more races+331Average+2731Exceptional
Students with disabilities+131Average+3531Exceptional
Hispanic or Latino+415Average+3715Exceptional
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−314Average+3314Exceptional

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 8 against the same school’s grade 6 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 8 in 2026 against grade 6 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 6
65%
exceeded standard · 90% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 364 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
53%
Advanced · 88% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 371 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 368 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−1 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

979 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −1 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+36 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

979 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

California growth model, math: +36 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Exceptional, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for California middle school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median English estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 4 in 100 → 2025–26 · 3 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.0% (11 of 1,102) → 2025–26 · 1.3% (15 of 1,122) · +0.3 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female0 in 1003 in 100+3 in 100
Male1 in 1004 in 100+3 in 100
Asian1 in 1003 in 100+2 in 100
Hispanic or Latino0 of 244 of 21—
Two or more races0 of 302 of 47—
White4 of 775 of 42—
Students with disabilities3 of 806 of 56—
English learners2 of 494 in 100—
Low-income3 of 686 in 100—
All students1 in 1003 in 100+2 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$12,354 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 15,663 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$2 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,067

Central federal expenditures attributed here$150 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,067

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,567 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 65%Instruction support 13%Student services 7%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 9%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$167,485,21265.42%65%
Instruction support$31,962,76912.48%13%
Student services$18,134,2207.08%7%
Administration$16,193,9066.33%6%
Buildings & maintenance$21,777,1778.51%9%
Total$256,029,121100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $256,029,121 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$12,354 per pupil
2020$11,995 per pupil
2019$12,291 per pupil
2018$11,257 per pupil
2017$10,574 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 holders0.5%

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 95129 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95129 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$195,708
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)73%
ZIP-area population41,321
Median age40.9 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 95129 →

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