Independent charter school · Alum Rock Union Elementary · San Jose, California

Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy — Rating & test scores

San Jose · 5–8 · 416 students (2024–25)

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

Scope Score
45

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Near California in English (reading and writing) and math: 52% and 41% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8, spring 2026, against 49% and 37%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 297
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).

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

This rating covers grades 6–8. Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy teaches 5–8: grade 5 results ↓

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On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 5–8 scored below what the state expected in English (−6 pts) and math (−17 pts). The state bases that expectation on each student’s earlier scores.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 5–8: 397. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. Evidence ↓

Is Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy a good middle school?

Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy scores higher than 66 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 66th percentile, Solid, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 9 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 14 in 100 at the average middle school in the Alum Rock Union Elementary district. 1.4% of students (6 of 417) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. Evidence ↓

More questions (4)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Below what the state expected, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 5–8 scored −6 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Moderate. In math, they scored −17 points, which it calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 397 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 48% of low-income students in grades 5–8 at Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy in San Jose scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $5.9 million is planned for 30 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 76% of its $7.8 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 52% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 41% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 297
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 6–8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English, 1,254,800 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 297 tested

Advanced
27%
Proficient
25%
Below the standard
48%
This school52%
California49%
Alum Rock Union Elementary38%

52% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 297 tested

Advanced
27%
Proficient
14%
Below the standard
59%
This school41%
California37%
Alum Rock Union Elementary25%

41% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 5–8 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grade 5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 5
Proficient or Advanced57%
Advanced27%
Proficient30%
Developing level15%
Minimal28%
Tested104
California49%
Difference+8
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced44%56%56%
Advanced17%33%31%
Proficient27%23%25%
Developing level20%17%24%
Minimal36%27%20%
Tested1049895
California48%51%49%
Difference−4+5+7

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, grade 5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 5
Proficient or Advanced48%
Advanced28%
Proficient20%
Developing level21%
Minimal31%
Tested103
California37%
Difference+11
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced31%51%42%
Advanced20%34%27%
Proficient11%17%15%
Developing level24%20%18%
Minimal45%29%40%
Tested1049895
California37%38%36%
Difference−6+13+6

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

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

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

How do the elementary grades do?

Above California in English; well above it in math. In grade 5, spring 2026, 57% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 48% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

English

Grade 5 · spring 2026 · 104 tested

Advanced
27%
Proficient
30%
Below the standard
43%
This school57%
California49%
Alum Rock Union Elementary39%

57% Proficient or Advanced in grade 5.

Math

Grade 5 · spring 2026 · 103 tested

Advanced
28%
Proficient
20%
Below the standard
52%
This school48%
California37%
Alum Rock Union Elementary30%

48% Proficient or Advanced in grade 5.

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 11 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 12 points across California. The grades 6–8 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 54% to 52% and math from 39% to 41%.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Below what the state expected, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 5–8 scored −6 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Moderate. In math, they scored −17 points, which it calls Moderate.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 5–8: 397
Comparison
Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 5–8 · 2025 · 397 students with scores in both years

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

−6 pts

English

The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

−17 pts

Math

The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school27%25%20%28%297
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Alum Rock Union Elementary13%25%23%39%2,964
Math, grades 6–8 · This school27%14%21%38%297
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Alum Rock Union Elementary14%11%21%54%2,968
English, grade 5 · This school27%30%15%28%104
English, grade 5 · California23%26%20%31%410,249
English, grade 5 · Alum Rock Union Elementary16%23%21%40%968
Math, grade 5 · This school28%20%21%31%103
Math, grade 5 · California21%16%24%39%411,080
Math, grade 5 · Alum Rock Union Elementary17%13%23%47%970

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

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

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20187 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2018–2026.

English top two levels, grades 6–8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20182022202652%49%
Math top two levels, grades 6–8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20182022202641%37%

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

In grades 6–8, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 55% in 2018 to 52% in 2026. In math, it went from 35% in 2018 to 41% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201855%
298 tested
49%
1,391,379 tested
201951%
300 tested
50%
1,390,416 tested
202268%
306 tested
47%
1,277,584 tested
202363%
282 tested
46%
1,267,562 tested
202461%
298 tested
46%
1,269,432 tested
202554%
300 tested
49%
1,266,619 tested
202652%
297 tested
49%
1,254,039 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201835%
298 tested
37%
1,394,516 tested
201949%
301 tested
38%
1,394,239 tested
202254%
306 tested
31%
1,279,506 tested
202353%
282 tested
32%
1,272,024 tested
202452%
298 tested
33%
1,277,570 tested
202539%
300 tested
36%
1,272,526 tested
202641%
297 tested
37%
1,254,800 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 6 points below that expected score, and in math 17 points below 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.

What you can do

Who can act on Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy’s results?

Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy’s own board decides its plan.

The state hasn’t placed Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy extra help in 2026, because of results for students with disabilities.

Extra help for Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2026 California School Dashboard. Source 

Where is its yearly plan?

Alum Rock Union Elementary authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2027.

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

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

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average middle school in the Alum Rock Union Elementary district, 14 in 100 were. 1.4% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 36 of 415 students counted for it; suspension: 6 of 417 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average middle school in the Alum Rock Union Elementary district 2.5%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

9 in 100This school
14 in 100At the average middle school in the Alum Rock Union Elementary district
18 in 100At the average California middle school

36 of 415 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

1.4%

of students were suspended at least once (6 of 417). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grades 5–6: 7 in 100, 16 of 215
  • Grades 7–8: 10 in 100, 20 of 200
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Four student groups here scored above the same groups across Alum Rock Union Elementary.

Student groups, grades 5–8, spring 2026

48% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 5–8, spring 2026), against 29% for the same group across Alum Rock Union Elementary. Hispanic or Latino and Asian students and English learners also scored above the same groups across Alum Rock Union Elementary; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 5–8; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Kipp Prize Preparatory AcademySame group, California
  • Asian89 tested84%Same group, California 75%
  • Low-income314 tested48%Same group, California 39%
  • Hispanic or Latino292 tested42%Same group, California 39%
  • English learners130 tested12%Same group, California 8%
  • Students with disabilities59 tested7%Same group, California 15%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 5–8 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 8% to 84%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 73%2. Asian: 21%3. Filipino: 3%Unallocated share: 3%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino73%
  2. Asian21%
  3. Filipino3%
  4. White—
  5. Black or African American—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share3%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

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

47% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 61 of 129 English learners47%
Alum Rock Union Elementary · 925 of 2,19442%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

81%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 336 of 416. California: 63%.

19teachers, 2024–25

4 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

66%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

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

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 5–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Alum Rock Union Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 314 tested
English48%+1929%+939%
Math35%+1916%+926%
Hispanic or Latino · 292 tested
English42%+1527%+339%
Math28%+1414%+325%
Asian · 89 tested
English84%+2361%+975%
Math84%+3153%+1470%
English learners · 130 tested
English12%+75%+48%
Math11%+74%+38%
Students with disabilities · 59 tested
English7%07%−815%
Math8%+44%−311%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Alum Rock Union Elementary, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino73%
Asian21%
Filipino3%
White—
Black or African American—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 66% of teaching positions, 10.4 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 15.9 total position FTE (FTEs as rounded by the source; the share is CDE’s own). This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy, and how do I get in?

No assigned next school.

Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy is a charter, so a student’s later schools follow the family’s home address, not this campus, unless the family applies elsewhere. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary
    18th · Needs Support · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  2. Middle · this school
    Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy
    Grades 5–8
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

Not a next step: the school sharing this address. KIPP Heartwood Academy (90th percentile, Strong, among middle schools, 2026) has the same street address in the state’s school directory.

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • O. S. Hubbard Elementary

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

    18th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

  • Aptitud Community Academy at Goss

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

    15th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

  • San Antonio Elementary

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

    3rd percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

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.

How do I get in?

Ask Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

Eligibility and entry grades
Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery
What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics
What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?
School website: kippnorcal.org ↗Office: (408) 251-5600Administrator: Sam Luna
1250 South King Road, San Jose 95122

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm enrollment with the school.

Questions for your visit

  1. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 59% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (297 students tested); California: 63%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  3. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working? 11% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 5–8, spring 2026 (130 students tested); the same group across California: 8%
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  5. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (408) 251-56001250 South King Road, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby middle schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

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

Nearby middle schoolsPercentile among California middle schools, 2026
  • KIPP Heartwood Academy0.0 mi · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    90thStrongScope Score 65
  • ACE Esperanza MiddleFranklin-McKinley Elementary · 0.7 mi · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    18thNeeds SupportScope Score 25
  • ACE Empower AcademySanta Clara County Office of Education · 0.8 mi · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    11thNeeds SupportScope Score 22
  • Renaissance at Mathson0.9 mi
    34thDevelopingScope Score 32
  • Bridges AcademyFranklin-McKinley Elementary · 0.9 mi
    9thNeeds SupportScope Score 22

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

Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #848 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #3 of 8 in Alum Rock Union Elementary
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math27%6042%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math47%5523%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+38 scale-score pts3720%
Chronically absent9 in 100625%
Suspension rate1.4% (6 of 417)595%
English learners: top level16%435%

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
2025–264566#848California 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)
2018–19not on filenot on file+6
2021–22not on filenot on file−11
2022–23not on filenot on file+17
2023–2410 in 1000.2% (1 of 417)+25
2024–2510 in 1001.2% (5 of 422)−13
2025–269 in 1001.4% (6 of 417)+11

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 · English40127%53%
2026 · Math40027%43%
2025 · English40624%50%
2025 · Math40620%38%
2024 · English40235%61%
2024 · Math40234%52%
2023 · English38132%64%
2023 · Math38132%50%
2022 · English40829%64%
2022 · Math40831%48%
2019 · English40221%52%
2019 · Math40429%50%
2018 · English39925%57%
2018 · Math39920%41%
2017 · English29623%59%
2017 · Math29620%41%

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 5 · English10641%
2025 · Grade 6 · English10759%
2025 · Grade 7 · English9949%
2025 · Grade 8 · English9452%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math10633%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math10750%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math9935%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math9431%
2024 · Grade 5 · English10462%
2024 · Grade 6 · English10160%
2024 · Grade 7 · English10051%
2024 · Grade 8 · English9772%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math10453%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math10141%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math10037%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math9778%
2023 · Grade 5 · English9968%
2023 · Grade 6 · English9853%
2023 · Grade 7 · English9372%
2023 · Grade 8 · English9165%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math9939%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math9835%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math9369%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math9157%
2022 · Grade 5 · English10252%
2022 · Grade 6 · English10769%
2022 · Grade 7 · English10479%
2022 · Grade 8 · English9554%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math10231%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math10756%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math10455%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math9551%
2019 · Grade 5 · English10254%
2019 · Grade 6 · English10150%
2019 · Grade 7 · English9958%
2019 · Grade 8 · English10046%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math10352%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math10138%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math10056%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math10054%
2018 · Grade 5 · English10161%
2018 · Grade 6 · English10465%
2018 · Grade 7 · English10050%
2018 · Grade 8 · English9450%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math10157%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math10434%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math10037%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math9434%
2017 · Grade 5 · English10260%
2017 · Grade 6 · English10265%
2017 · Grade 7 · English9252%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math10233%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math10248%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math9241%

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
Schoolwide20117%25%47%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-income31448%+19+9
Hispanic or Latino29242%+15+3
English learners13012%+7+4
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−6397Moderate−17397Moderate
Low-income−8327Moderate−19327Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−11316Moderate−24316Minimal
English learners−10255Moderate−16255Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+12133not categorized−11133not categorized
English learners only−30122not categorized−16122not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−2281Minimal−1181Moderate
Asian+1466Accelerated+2566Exceptional
English-only students−263not categorized−1363not categorized
Students with disabilities−1755Moderate−2255Minimal

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. “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 5–8. 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
36%
exceeded standard · 60% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 101 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
31%
Advanced · 56% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 95 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 95 (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−6 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 5–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 5–8

397 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−17 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 5–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 5–8

397 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −17 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, 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 5–8, 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 · 10 in 100 → 2025–26 · 9 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.2% (5 of 422) → 2025–26 · 1.4% (6 of 417) · +0.2 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—11 in 100—
Male—6 in 100—
Asian—0 in 100—
Filipino—0 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—11 in 100—
Students with disabilities—6 in 100—
English learners—7 in 100—
Homeless—23 in 100—
Low-income—9 in 100—
All students—9 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$16,303 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 8,652 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

District current expense · FY 2024–25$24,712 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 62%Instruction support 9%Student services 12%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$105,563,14261.85%62%
Instruction support$15,833,2909.28%9%
Student services$20,445,58411.98%12%
Administration$12,421,5217.28%7%
Buildings & maintenance$15,450,3339.05%9%
Other$953,0060.56%1%
Total$170,666,874100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $170,666,874 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$16,303 per pupil
2020$15,527 per pupil
2019$16,178 per pupil
2018$13,726 per pupil
2017$12,634 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 holders15.6%

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.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 95122 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95122 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$103,549
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)19%
ZIP-area population50,775
Median age37.0 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-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 95122 →

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