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Joseph Kerr Middle — Rating & test scores

8865 Elk Grove Boulevard, Elk Grove · 877 students · Grades 7–8

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Scope Score 82

StrongScope Score · 81st percentile. Higher than 81 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

Above California in English, well above in math, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026: 57% and 58% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 50% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 789 in English, 786 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).

Overview

Is Joseph Kerr a good middle school?

Strong. Joseph Kerr is higher than most California middle schools on test results and progress in math. Joseph Kerr is lower than most on progress in English and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced7057%
Math, Proficient or Advanced8658%
English, Advanced7624%
Math, Advanced8738%

Progress in a year, 2025

English36−3 pts
Math94+23 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance3221 in 100
Joseph Kerr’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Elk Grove Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 24% of students tested in English (reading and writing) and 38% in math scored Advanced, against 19% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels. 10.2% of students (92 of 901) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Each bar is Joseph Kerr’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.

Sentence 1
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 7 and 8: 789 in English, 786 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): 901. District and California figures are averages of school rates (11 Elk Grove Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Joseph Kerr say about itself?

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

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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 7 and 8 scored 3 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 23 points higher, which the state calls Exceptional.

English

−3

points 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

Low-income358−3 points
White242−8 points
Hispanic or Latino231−8 points
Asian103+5 points
English learners93−6 points

Math

+23

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

Low-income363+21 points
White243+29 points
Hispanic or Latino233+18 points
Asian103+32 points
English learners93+21 points

Grades 7 and 8, 2025, 753 students in English, 757 in math with scores in both years. 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 3 points below that expected score, and in math 23 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.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

3 of the 6 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Joseph Kerr. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

7 middle schools within 3.7 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Elizabeth PinkertonNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8893rd
  2. Katherine L. AlbianiNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8587th
  3. Toby JohnsonNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8282nd
  4. Joseph KerrScope Score 8281st
  5. Edward Harris, Jr.Neighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8072nd
  6. Harriet G. EddyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7551st
  7. T. R. SmedbergNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7443rd
Elk Grove Unified

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%

6 of 7 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 Joseph Kerr compare with schools like it?

Joseph Kerr’s Scope Score is 82. 326 California middle schools, counting Joseph Kerr, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 78. Joseph Kerr’s result is higher than 258 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 326

  1. Students from low-income families: 44%

    Elkhorn

    Stockton

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 43%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 48%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 97th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 47%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 96th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 42%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

326 California public middle schools where 41% to 53% 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 41% to 53% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Joseph Kerr’s share. The count includes Joseph Kerr. 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 56% to 57% and math from 55% to 58%.

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

Grades 7 and 8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202653%47%57%Joseph KerrJoseph Kerr56%Elk Grove UnifiedDistrict50%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202643%50%58%Joseph KerrJoseph Kerr44%Elk Grove UnifiedDistrict37%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Elk Grove Unified’s line combines its 11 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. Elk Grove Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringJoseph KerrElk Grove UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201747%53%49%890
201852%55%50%861
201957%55%50%880
202258%53%48%662
202349%51%47%762
202453%52%47%827
202556%54%49%805
202657%56%50%789
Math, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringJoseph KerrElk Grove UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201750%43%37%892
201854%45%37%874
201950%44%37%882
202251%38%31%665
202345%38%32%764
202448%38%33%826
202555%42%35%812
202658%44%37%786

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Above California in English; well above it in math.

English

57%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

20233324
Elk Grove Unified56%California50%

Math

58%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

23192038
Elk Grove Unified43%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 57% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 58% in math, against 50% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 7 and 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).

Results for each grade, spring 2026

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 Advanced55%60%
Advanced24%24%
Proficient31%36%
Developing level25%19%
Minimal20%21%
Tested402387
California51%49%
Difference+4+11

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 Advanced57%60%
Advanced38%37%
Proficient19%23%
Developing level18%19%
Minimal25%21%
Tested402384
California38%36%
Difference+19+24

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 7 and 8 · This school24%33%23%20%789
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · Elk Grove Unified22%34%20%24%9,879
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school38%20%19%23%786
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · Elk Grove Unified26%17%22%35%9,875

Spring 2026, grades 7 and 8 combined: 789 tested in English, 786 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?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 34% of students. 183 of 881 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

21in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (183 of 881 students).

At the average Elk Grove Unified middle school: 21 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 10.2% of students were suspended at least once (92 of 901). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

877

students in grades 7–8.

Hispanic or Latino 34%White 29%Asian 13%Two or more races 11%Black or African American 8%Filipino 3%Pacific Islander 1%

Family income

47%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 410 of 877. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

43

teachers, with 18 years of experience on average.

7% were in their first year.

94% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

65%

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 (36 of 55 students).

Elk Grove Unified: 48%. 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.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino34%
White29%
Asian13%
Two or more races11%
Black or African American8%
Filipino3%
Pacific Islander1%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Not reported—
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: 39.8 of 42.3 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups here scored well above the same groups across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Asian108 tested70%California 71%
  • White237 tested68%California 50%
  • Two or more races87 tested56%California 50%
  • Low-income417 tested51%California 26%
  • Hispanic or Latino265 tested51%California 25%
  • Black or African American56 tested36%California 20%
  • Students with disabilities112 tested18%California 9%
  • English learners55 tested11%California 7%

Low-income, Hispanic or Latino and Black or African American students all score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 51% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 7 and 8, spring 2026), against 26% for the same group across California. The chart gives each group’s figures. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 8 math, 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 7 and 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Elk Grove Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 416 tested in English, 417 in math
English49%+445%+1039%
Math51%+1833%+2526%
Hispanic or Latino · 267 tested in English, 265 in math
English50%+743%+1040%
Math51%+2229%+2625%
White · 237 tested
English62%−163%062%
Math68%+1553%+1850%
Asian · 110 tested in English, 108 in math
English65%+164%−1176%
Math70%+1654%−171%
Two or more races · 86 tested in English, 87 in math
English65%+263%+263%
Math56%+947%+650%
Black or African American · 55 tested in English, 56 in math
English40%+535%+634%
Math36%+1521%+1620%
English learners · 56 tested in English, 55 in math
English5%−49%−27%
Math11%+38%+47%
Students with disabilities · 113 tested in English, 112 in math
English19%+217%+514%
Math18%+711%+99%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Elk 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 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 and staff can answer a short set of questions about Joseph Kerr. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Staff answers show once 5 people have answered.Until then this page shows no staff answers.
  2. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  3. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  4. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.
  5. Staff confirm a work email.Staff answers come only from people who confirmed an email address at Elk Grove Unified.

Families

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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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  • Would you send your own child to this school?Yes · Maybe · No
  • Do you plan to work at this school next year?Yes · Not sure · No
  • Do you have the materials and supplies you need to teach?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
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Money

Where does the money go?

$17,409 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Elk Grove Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $825 million.

$17,409

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$12,354
The school’s share of district office costs
$5,055
Of the total, from federal funds
$250
  • Joseph Kerr$17,409
  • Elk Grove Unified middle schools$16,102
  • 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 ↓

Elk Grove Unified’s yearly plan

$825million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$128million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 8 goals. The district’s page lists each one. Source: Elk Grove Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Joseph Kerr like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95624. They are not figures for the families at Joseph Kerr.

Typical household income in a year

$125,332

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 95624.

Typical home value
$633,300
People who live in this ZIP code
67,630
Typical age
39.4 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
34%

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Joseph Kerr. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?10.2% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (92 of 901 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?3 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 7 and 8, 2025 (753 students)
  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 Joseph Kerr, and how do I get in?

Ask Elk Grove Unified which school serves your address. Next comes Elk Grove High.

In the district’s boundaries, Joseph Kerr Middle draws from 4 elementary schools. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Elementary · fed by
Middle · this school
Joseph Kerr Middle
High · next
Elk Grove High Scope Score 73Developing · 41st percentile · 2025

Assigned

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries, plus nearby estimates. 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 the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

Middle-school links

High-school links

  • Elk Grove High

    Assigned

    Scope Score 73 · Developing · 41st 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: Elk Grove High
Elk Grove HighScope Score 73 · Developing · 41st percentile · 2025district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at Elk Grove High. UC records 18 enrollees from Elk Grove High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 20 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Elk Grove High around 2028, and a school can change a lot in 2 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 81% of the students who finished high school at Elk Grove High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

18 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 20 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Elk Grove High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Joseph Kerr?

Address
8865 Elk Grove Boulevard, Elk Grove 95624Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Aaron MunozAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 28, 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 Elk Grove Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Joseph Kerr a good middle school?

Joseph Kerr Middle has a Scope Score of 82. It scored higher than 81 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Strong, 81st percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 21 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 21 in 100 at the average Elk Grove Unified middle school. 10.2% of students (92 of 901) 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 7 and 8 scored 3 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 23 points higher, which the state calls Exceptional.

  • Included in this measure: 753 students in English, 757 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 49% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at Joseph Kerr Middle in Elk Grove 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, Joseph Kerr Middle is zoned to Elk Grove High. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Elk Grove High: Scope Score 73, Developing, 41st 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 #465 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #4 of 11 in Elk Grove Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math31%6542%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math58%6423%
Chronically absent21 in 100465%
Suspension rate10.2% (92 of 901)255%
English learners: top level31%625%

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
2025–268281#465California 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
2018–1913 in 1009.6% (95 of 992)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2422 in 1009.3% (88 of 944)
2024–2520 in 10010.2% (96 of 938)
2025–2621 in 10010.2% (92 of 901)

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 · English78924%57%
2026 · Math78638%58%
2025 · English80521%56%
2025 · Math81231%55%
2024 · English82719%53%
2024 · Math82627%48%
2023 · English76218%49%
2023 · Math76423%45%
2022 · English66220%58%
2022 · Math66525%51%
2019 · English88019%57%
2019 · Math88228%50%
2018 · English86116%52%
2018 · Math87428%54%
2017 · English89014%47%
2017 · Math89227%50%

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 · English38358%
2025 · Grade 8 · English42255%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math38656%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math42654%
2024 · Grade 7 · English42456%
2024 · Grade 8 · English40350%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math42152%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math40544%
2023 · Grade 7 · English41547%
2023 · Grade 8 · English34752%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math41743%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math34748%
2022 · Grade 7 · English31966%
2022 · Grade 8 · English34350%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math32153%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math34449%
2019 · Grade 7 · English43260%
2019 · Grade 8 · English44854%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math43252%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math45048%
2018 · Grade 7 · English44157%
2018 · Grade 8 · English42046%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math44754%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math42753%
2017 · Grade 7 · English42949%
2017 · Grade 8 · English46144%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math43153%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math46147%

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
Schoolwide39218%30%41%11%

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-income41649%+4+10
Hispanic or Latino26750%+7+10
White23762%−10
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−3753Average+23757Exceptional
English-only students−4593not categorized+22597not categorized
Low-income−3358Average+21363Exceptional
White−8242Moderate+29243Exceptional
Hispanic or Latino−8231Moderate+18233Accelerated
Asian+5103Accelerated+32103Exceptional
English learners−693Moderate+2193Exceptional
Students with disabilities−1687Moderate+489Average
Two or more races+380Average+1481Accelerated
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−355not categorized+2055not categorized
Black or African American+1749Accelerated+1749Accelerated
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−540Average+1340Accelerated
English learners only−1038not categorized+2238not categorized
Filipino+830Accelerated+3730Exceptional
Pacific Islander−1112Moderate+1612Accelerated

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−3 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

753 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −3 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+23 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

757 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

California growth model, math: +23 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 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 · 20 in 100 → 2025–26 · 21 in 100 · +1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 10.2% (96 of 938) → 2025–26 · 10.2% (92 of 901) · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female12 in 10023 in 100+11 in 100
Male14 in 10019 in 100+5 in 100
Asian3 in 10014 in 100+11 in 100
Black or African American12 of 7414 of 68—
Filipino0 of 316 of 27—
Hispanic or Latino20 in 10023 in 100+3 in 100
Pacific Islander3 of 145 of 12—
Two or more races6 of 9919 of 93—
White13 in 10020 in 100+7 in 100
Students with disabilities26 in 10032 in 100+6 in 100
English learners9 of 6119 of 77—
Low-income18 in 10026 in 100+8 in 100
All students13 in 10021 in 100+8 in 100
Homeless—7 of 15—

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$12,179 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 63,157 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$39 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 877

Central federal expenditures attributed here$211 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 877

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,202 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 11%Student services 11%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 7%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$701,017,85565.05%65%
Instruction support$115,484,79210.72%11%
Student services$120,268,80011.16%11%
Administration$60,643,4445.63%6%
Buildings & maintenance$80,304,8007.45%7%
Total$1,077,721,374100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $1,077,721,374 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$12,179 per pupil
2020$11,944 per pupil
2019$12,557 per pupil
2018$11,515 per pupil
2017$11,117 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 95624 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95624 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$125,332
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)34%
ZIP-area population67,630
Median age39.4 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 95624 →

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