Public school · Cupertino Union

John F. Kennedy Middle

Cupertino · 6–8 · 880 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score
87 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
Not a grade or a test result.

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Well above California in English and math: 91% and 91% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. Source
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 879 in English, 892 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,266,619 in English and 1,272,526 in math tested).
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Academic achievement

Beyond a single score: who exceeds, meets or is still approaching the standard.

Learning

How strong are the foundations for high school?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
62%
Met standard
29%
Below standard
9%

91% met or exceeded · 879 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaCupertino Union
Exceeded62%19%56%
Met29%30%30%
Nearly met6%23%8%
Not met3%28%6%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
80%
Met standard
11%
Below standard
9%

91% met or exceeded · 892 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaCupertino Union
Exceeded80%20%74%
Met11%16%11%
Nearly met6%23%9%
Not met3%41%6%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

What these tests tell you · what to ask

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

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

Things worth knowing

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62% in English and 80% in math reached the top of the state’s four levels, against 19% and 20% across California in the same grades.grades 6–8 · spring 2025
62%English · exceeded the standard80%Math · exceeded the standard
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 879 in English, 892 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,266,619 in English and 1,272,526 in math tested).
36 of 907 students missed 10% or more of school days, close to the average Cupertino Union school.2024–25
4 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2024–25
Students
all students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 907
Comparison
36 of 907. District and California figures are averages of school rates (6 Cupertino Union schools; 2,175 scored California middle schools), our calculation.
Low-income students here (138 tested in English, 141 in math, grades 6–8, spring 2025) met or exceeded the standard far more often than low-income students across California in the same grades (38% and 24%).grades 6–8 · spring 2025
78%English · met or exceeded74%Math · met or exceeded
Source
CDE CAASPP research file, spring 2025
Students
low-income students (CDE: “socioeconomically disadvantaged”) in grades 6–8: 138 in English, 141 in math
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s statewide rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation). Both gaps are more than twice the margin of error for 138 students in English and 141 in math.

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school91%
California49%

Tested: 879 here · 1,266,619 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school91%
Cupertino Union86%

Tested: 879 here · 4,595 in Cupertino Union. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 6 schools.

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LevelHereCaliforniaCupertino Union
Exceeded62%19%56%
Met29%30%30%
Nearly met6%23%8%
Not met3%28%6%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school91%
California36%

Tested: 892 here · 1,272,526 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school91%
Cupertino Union85%

Tested: 892 here · 4,667 in Cupertino Union. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 6 schools.

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LevelHereCaliforniaCupertino Union
Exceeded80%20%74%
Met11%16%11%
Nearly met6%23%9%
Not met3%41%6%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

201989%1,187 tested
→
202591%879 tested

This school

California, same grades50% → 49%2019 → 2025 · 1,390,416 → 1,266,619 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

201990%1,197 tested
→
202591%892 tested

This school

California, same grades38% → 36%2019 → 2025 · 1,394,239 → 1,272,526 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

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English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grades 6–8
This schoolCalifornia
Math met or exceeded, grades 6–8
This schoolCalifornia

Dotted stretches cross years without comparable results; in 2020 and 2021 that was COVID.

English went from 89% in 2019 to 91% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Math went from 90% in 2019 to 91% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201989%
1,187 tested		50%
1,390,416 tested
202290%
935 tested		47%
1,277,584 tested
202390%
918 tested		46%
1,267,562 tested
202491%
890 tested		46%
1,269,432 tested
202591%
879 tested		49%
1,266,619 tested
Math · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201990%
1,197 tested		38%
1,394,239 tested
202289%
936 tested		31%
1,279,506 tested
202391%
931 tested		32%
1,272,024 tested
202491%
904 tested		33%
1,277,570 tested
202591%
892 tested		36%
1,272,526 tested
The state’s growth measure798 students · grades 6–8 · 2025
English+2ptsCDE level: Average (3 of 5)
Math+29ptsCDE level: Exceptional (5 of 5)

What the number means. California predicts each student’s score from that student’s own English and math scores the year before, based on how students with similar scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as predicted. In English they scored 2 points above that prediction, and in math 29 points above it.

The levels. CDE sorts every school’s result into five levels, from Minimal to Exceptional. The bar under each number shows where this school landed.

Two years at once. For most schools, this one included, CDE’s figure blends the two most recent years of growth, so it moves more slowly than a single year’s scores.

Why our growth can differ. The growth in our Scope Score asks a different question. It doesn’t follow individual students: it compares the latest grade 8 scores here with the school’s grade 6 scores two years earlier, and places that change among California schools at the same level. Children who joined or left the school in between count in ours; the state’s counts only students who took California’s test the year before. So the two can point different ways.

School pattern, spring 2025High CeilingThe average Exceeded rate across the reported grades and subjects is at least 50%.
School pattern, spring 2025Strong All-AroundAt least half of students met or exceeded the standard in every tested grade, in both subjects, and the state’s growth measure was Average or above in both.

Life at school

Explore the available evidence about the school day and opportunities.

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

4 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25
6in 100 at the average Cupertino Union school18in 100 at the average California middle school

36 of 907 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school4 in 100
at the average Cupertino Union school6 in 100
at the average California middle school18 in 100
0.1%of students were suspended at least once (1 of 916), 2024–25
1.1%at the average Cupertino Union school3.5%at the average California middle school
Attendance by grade
Chronically absent, 2024–25Per 100 studentsStudents
Grades 4–6310 of 294
Grades 7–8426 of 613

Reviews & community voices

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

138 English · 141 math tested

English78% / 38%
Math74% / 24%

Asian

686 English · 698 math tested

English94% / 76%
Math94% / 70%

White

84 tested per subject

English87% / 61%
Math85% / 49%

Two or more races

52 tested per subject

English90% / 62%
Math92% / 49%

Hispanic or Latino

32 English · 33 math tested · grades 7 and 8

English56% / 38%
Math55% / 23%

English learners

50 English · 64 math tested

English34% / 7%
Math66% / 6%

Students with disabilities

36 tested per subject · grades 6 and 8

English50% / 14%
Math58% / 9%
All group results, district comparisons and sources
Met or exceeded the standardgrades 6–8 · spring 2025
Group and subjectHerevs Cupertino Unionvs California
Low-income · 138 tested in English, 141 in math
English78%+1266%+4038%
Math74%+1163%+5024%
Asian · 686 tested in English, 698 in math
English94%+391%+1876%
Math94%+292%+2470%
White · 84 tested
English87%+681%+2661%
Math85%+481%+3649%
Two or more races · 52 tested
English90%090%+2862%
Math92%+587%+4349%
Hispanic or Latino · 32 tested in English, 33 in math · grades 7 and 8 only
English56%+947%+1838%
Math55%+2332%+3223%
English learners · 50 tested in English, 64 in math
English34%+727%+277%
Math66%+2046%+606%
Students with disabilities · 36 tested · grades 6 and 8 only
English50%+1238%+3614%
Math58%+1939%+499%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Cupertino Union, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind statewide 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, 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.

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students, English learners and students with disabilities here did far better than the same groups statewide.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At John F. Kennedy Middle in Cupertino, 77.5% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 6, 7 and 8, compared to 66.1% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. John F. Kennedy Middle’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 11.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (73.7% met or exceeded the Math standard); Asian students (93.7% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 57.7 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 138 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

1. Asian: 78%2. White: 9%3. Hispanic or Latino: 5%4. Two or more races: 4%5. Not reported: 2%6. Filipino: 1%Unallocated share: <1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2024–25
  1. Asian78%
  2. White9%
  3. Hispanic or Latino5%
  4. Two or more races4%
  5. Not reported2%
  6. Filipino1%
  7. Black or African American—
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Pacific Islander—
  10. Unallocated share<1%
Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.
Full student mix, comparisons & sources
Eligible enrollment, 2024–25Here
Asian78%
White9%
Hispanic or Latino5%
Two or more races4%
Not reported2%
Filipino1%
Black or African American—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About 1 in 6 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (16%, 138 of 880). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers42
Average experience18 years
First-year teachers5%
90% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 89.78%: 40 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 44.6 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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  1. ElementaryAbraham Lincoln ElementaryNearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  2. MiddleJohn F. Kennedy MiddleThis campus · grades 6-8
  3. High schoolLink not recordedAsk the district about this stage.
All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Abraham Lincoln Elementary

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

    98th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025

  • William Faria Elementary

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

    99th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025

  • Garden Gate Elementary

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

    87th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025

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kennedy.cusdk8.org

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821 Bubb Road, Cupertino 95014

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Questions

Questions to ask

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  1. How do you support kids who arrive ahead, and kids who arrive behind?
  2. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  3. How do students get academic help and connect with a trusted adult?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar middle schools2025 statewide percentile
How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 7.7–23.7% meal eligibility and 440–1,760 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is John F. Kennedy Middle a good middle school?
John F. Kennedy Middle is in the 99th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 87 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), John F. Kennedy Middle was well above California in English and math: 91% and 91% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are John F. Kennedy Middle's CAASPP test scores?
In spring 2025, 91% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 91% the math standard; 62% and 80% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 879 students were tested in English and 892 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).
How does John F. Kennedy Middle rank in California?
John F. Kennedy Middle is in the 99th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Strong, 2025). John F. Kennedy Middle ranks #18 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (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 John F. Kennedy Middle getting better or worse?
SchoolScope compares John F. Kennedy Middle's grade 6 results in 2023 with its grade 8 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 60th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.
What do attendance and suspension records show for John F. Kennedy Middle?
CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 4.0% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 36 chronically absent of 907 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 0.1%; 1 unduplicated suspended students of 916 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 4.2%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 0.2%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.
How does John F. Kennedy Middle compare to other schools in Cupertino?
John F. Kennedy Middle is in the 99th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 880 students. Use the schools in Cupertino page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.
What do reported student-group results show at John F. Kennedy Middle?
At John F. Kennedy Middle in Cupertino, 77.5% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 6, 7 and 8, compared to 66.1% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. John F. Kennedy Middle’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 11.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (73.7% met or exceeded the Math standard); Asian students (93.7% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 57.7 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 138 ELA grade test records. 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.
Source records

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Available score factors, grade-level results, student-group measures, and nearby-school context, with source details.

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John F. Kennedy Middle is ranked #18 statewide · #3 of 6 in Cupertino Union.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard70.8%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded90.9%40.0%23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)Above avgaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism4.2%18.1%5%
Suspension rate0.2%3.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)49.2%17.8%5%
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 17.2% · index 100 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 40.0% · index 92 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)
↑ vs CA average · ≈60th calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 70 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▲ 1.2pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 3.6% · index 64 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 0.5pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 89 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 628762%30%5%3%92%+46
Grade 726764%28%5%3%92%+44
Grade 832560%30%6%4%90%+43

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 6 ELA equal-school mean: 46.1%; n=4084 reporting schools

State grade 7 ELA equal-school mean: 47.6%; n=2631 reporting schools

State grade 8 ELA equal-school mean: 46.2%; n=2658 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 628982%9%7%3%90%+56
Grade 727779%12%7%2%91%+58
Grade 832679%12%5%5%90%+58

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 6 Math equal-school mean: 34.5%; n=4086 reporting schools

State grade 7 Math equal-school mean: 33.7%; n=2630 reporting schools

State grade 8 Math equal-school mean: 32.1%; n=2658 reporting schools

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.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet+
2024 · Grade 6 · ELA25889.9%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA31393.6%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA31988.7%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math26592.1%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math31892.1%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math32188.2%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA30890.9%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA31690.5%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA29489.8%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math31192.3%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math31990.9%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math30189.7%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA30787.6%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA29092.8%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA33890.2%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math30790.9%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math29489.8%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math33585.7%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA38789.7%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA37189.5%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA42986.7%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math39490.1%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math37191.1%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math43289.3%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide32650%29%18%3%

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

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged13877.5%+11+40
Asian68693.7%+3+17
White8486.9%+6+25
Nearest middle schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 6 vs grade 8, this year, different students; Cohort growth = school-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights

SchoolDistScope · percentile · bandEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
John F. Kennedy Middle ←—8799th percentile · Strong · statewide · 202570.8%90.9%−1.1pp+48 pts0.2%
Sam H. Lawson Middle1.7 mi9599th percentile · Strong · statewide · 202564.4%87.7%+6.0pp—0.4%
Cupertino Middle1.9 mi8598th percentile · Strong · statewide · 202556.3%78.7%+9.6pp—1.0%
Warren E. Hyde Middle2.1 mi8298th percentile · Strong · statewide · 202559.9%81.0%−4.5pp—2.0%
California average—39School average · no percentile17.2%40.0%+1.5pp—3.6%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.6%

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.

District salary records
Teacher salary schedule$79,336 – $150,441
Average elementary principal salary$204,549
Average middle school principal salary$215,473
Superintendent salary$385,579

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
201994/10099#6California comprehensive middle schools · 1,953 schools
202295/10099#5California comprehensive middle schools · 2,113 schools
202395/10099#4California comprehensive middle schools · 2,125 schools
202490/10099#12California comprehensive middle schools · 2,152 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 2.8% → 2025 · 4.0% · +1.2pp
Suspension rate2024 · 0.6% → 2025 · 0.1% · −0.5pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresExcMet+
2025 · ELA87961.5%91.0%
2025 · Math89279.8%90.7%
2024 · ELA89062.7%90.8%
2024 · Math90478.4%90.7%
2023 · ELA91859.8%90.4%
2023 · Math93177.7%91.0%
2022 · ELA93556.0%90.2%
2022 · Math93675.6%88.7%
2019 · ELA1,18754.8%88.5%
2019 · Math1,19777.4%90.1%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
2019———66.0%89.4%1.4%1.1%-1.9pp
2022———66.0%89.5%4.4%0.9%-1.3pp
2023———68.7%90.7%4.9%0.1%-1.8pp
2024———70.7%90.8%3.1%0.7%-2.6pp
20258799#1870.8%90.9%4.2%0.2%-1.1pp

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

Grade gap = this year's grade 6 vs grade 8 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 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years
Group2018–192024–25Δ
Female0.5%4.7%+4.2pp
Male2.2%3.2%+1.0pp
Asian0.7%2.7%+2.0pp
Filipino0.0%9.1%+9.1pp
Hispanic/Latino7.1%9.8%+2.7pp
Two or More Races1.8%9.4%+7.6pp
White3.7%10.6%+6.9pp
Students with Disabilities9.0%20.0%+11.0pp
English Learners2.9%3.6%+0.7pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged11.3%6.8%-4.5pp
All Students1.3%4.0%+2.7pp

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
GroupELAnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students+2798Average+29798Exceptional
Asian+2621Average+31621Exceptional
English Only+3344not categorised+25344not categorised
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−5117Average+21117Exceptional
English Learner−3109Average+36109Exceptional
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only−285not categorised+3385not categorised
White+479Average+2779Exceptional
Students with Disabilities−2048Moderate+1748Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino−432Average+232Average
Two or More Races+1031Accelerated+3631Exceptional
English Learners Only−1224not categorised+4924not categorised
Filipino+611Accelerated+711Accelerated

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2023 · Grade 6
66%
exceeded standard · 91% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2023 · 308 ELA test records with scores
ELA · 2025 · Grade 8
60%
exceeded standard · 90% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2025 · 325 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 310 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe ELA 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 ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · reported-school field
State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8
Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

798 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,519 reported ELA ALL school records in its retained school inventory

California growth model, ELA: +2 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 52nd percentile of 7,519 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.52nd pctile · +2 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8
Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

798 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,518 reported MATH ALL school records in its retained school inventory

California growth model, math: +29 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 97th percentile of 7,518 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.97th pctile · +29 pts
this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median ELA estimate is −1 and the middle half fall between −8 and +6 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. 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 and is not part of the Scope Score.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels 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: 880

Central federal expenditures attributed here$159 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 880

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.

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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 12%Student services 7%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 9%

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.

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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 →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 95014
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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 95014
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$230,913
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)81.90%
ZCTA population60,932
Median age41.0 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/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,177 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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