Public school · Visalia Unified

La Joya Middle

Visalia · 7–8 · 727 students (2024–25)

Below California in English, well below in math: 44% and 20% met or exceeded the standard in grades 7 and 8, against 49% and 35% statewide. Source

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 676 in English, 670 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 848,364 in English and 851,806 in math tested).

We have reported test results for grades 7 and 8. Our middle-school score also needs grade 6, which this school does not serve, so we do not publish a Scope Score.

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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 7 and 8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 13%
Met standard: 31%
Below standard: 56%

44% met or exceeded · 676 tested

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Level	Here	California	Visalia Unified
Exceeded	13%	18%	14%
Met	31%	31%	29%
Nearly met	24%	23%	24%
Not met	32%	28%	33%

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 7 and 8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 10%
Met standard: 10%
Below standard: 80%

20% met or exceeded · 670 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Visalia Unified
Exceeded	10%	20%	12%
Met	10%	15%	13%
Nearly met	24%	23%	24%
Not met	56%	42%	51%

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?

Comparisons & progress

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Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 7 and 8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school44%

California49%

Tested: 676 here · 848,364 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school44%

Visalia Unified43%

Tested: 676 here · 4,235 in Visalia Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 8 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Visalia Unified
Exceeded	13%	18%	14%
Met	31%	31%	29%
Nearly met	24%	23%	24%
Not met	32%	28%	33%

Math

grades 7 and 8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school20%

California35%

Tested: 670 here · 851,806 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school20%

Visalia Unified25%

Tested: 670 here · 4,245 in Visalia Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 8 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Visalia Unified
Exceeded	10%	20%	12%
Met	10%	15%	13%
Nearly met	24%	23%	24%
Not met	56%	42%	51%

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8 · all students tested

201953%1,746 tested

→

202544%676 tested

La Joya

California, same grades50% → 49%2019 → 2025 · 932,985 → 848,364 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8 · all students tested

201928%1,744 tested

→

202520%670 tested

La Joya

California, same grades37% → 35%2019 → 2025 · 935,223 → 851,806 tested

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

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English met or exceeded, grades 7 and 8

La JoyaCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202544%49%

Math met or exceeded, grades 7 and 8

La JoyaCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202520%35%

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

English went from 53% in 2019 to 44% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Math went from 28% in 2019 to 20% in 2025. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8
Year	La Joya	California
2019	53% 1,746 tested	50% 932,985 tested
2022	40% 1,398 tested	48% 852,094 tested
2023	32% 700 tested	47% 842,173 tested
2024	43% 664 tested	47% 849,026 tested
2025	44% 676 tested	49% 848,364 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8
Year	La Joya	California
2019	28% 1,744 tested	37% 935,223 tested
2022	17% 1,426 tested	31% 853,132 tested
2023	17% 705 tested	32% 844,737 tested
2024	23% 650 tested	33% 853,781 tested
2025	20% 670 tested	35% 851,806 tested

The state’s growth measure634 students in English, 624 in math · grades 7–8 · 2025

English−4ptsCDE category: Average

Math−32ptsCDE category: Minimal

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

Ask: English is lower than in 2019 here (53% to 44%) and across California (50% to 49%). How does the school check what’s working in English?

Life at school

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What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

16 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

118 of 749 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school16 in 100

8.1%of students were suspended at least once (62 of 766), 2024–25

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 7 and 8 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

489 English · 485 math tested

English40% / 38%

Math16% / 24%

Hispanic or Latino

508 English · 503 math tested

English41% / 38%

Math17% / 23%

White

116 tested per subject

English56% / 62%

Math31% / 49%

English learners

61 tested per subject

English8% / 6%

Math7% / 6%

Students with disabilities

89 English · 86 math tested

English10% / 14%

Math5% / 9%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Met or exceeded the standardgrades 7 and 8 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Visalia Unified	vs California
Low-income · 489 tested in English, 485 in math
English	40%	+337%	+238%
Math	16%	−319%	−824%
Hispanic or Latino · 508 tested in English, 503 in math
English	41%	+239%	+338%
Math	17%	−320%	−623%
White · 116 tested
English	56%	−157%	−662%
Math	31%	−839%	−1849%
English learners · 61 tested
English	8%	−19%	+26%
Math	7%	+34%	+16%
Students with disabilities · 89 tested in English, 86 in math
English	10%	+19%	−414%
Math	5%	+14%	−49%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Visalia Unified, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

Homeless students and students of two or more races: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander 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, Hispanic or Latino and White students did worse than the same groups statewide in math.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At La Joya Middle in Visalia, 40.1% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 7 and 8, compared to 36.8% district-wide for those same grades and 38.0% statewide for those same grades. La Joya Middle’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 3.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (16.5% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (41.2% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 36.6 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 494 ELA grade test records.

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Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

Hispanic or Latino75%
White17%
Asian2%
Two or more races2%
Black or African American2%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share2%

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, 2024–25	Here
Hispanic or Latino	75%
White	17%
Asian	2%
Two or more races	2%
Black or African American	2%
Filipino	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—
Not reported	—

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

About 7 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (71%, 517 of 727). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers36

Average experience12 years

First-year teachers6%

83% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 82.89%: 29 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 35 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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ElementaryCrestwood ElementaryHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
MiddleLa Joya MiddleThis campus · grades 7-8
High schoolEl Diamante HighHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

Crestwood Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
34th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Goshen Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
43rd percentile · Developing · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Linwood Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
62nd percentile · Solid · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Veva Blunt Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
22nd percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Cottonwood Creek Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
52nd percentile · Solid · elementary · 2025
87% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

El Diamante High
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
68th percentile · Solid · high · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

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High-school endpoint evidence · El Diamante High

El Diamante HighScope 62historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at El Diamante High. UC records 26 enrollees from El Diamante High for fall 2025. Its AP Course Audit lists 14 authorized AP subjects for 2025 - 2026. Those figures come from dated records — a child starting here today would reach El Diamante High around 2031, and 6 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 82% of El Diamante High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

26 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 14 authorized AP subjects (AP Course Audit 2025 - 2026) → full record on El Diamante High's page

Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Getting in

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lajoya.vusd.org

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4711 West La Vida, Visalia 93277

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Questions

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English is lower than in 2019 here (53% to 44%) and across California (50% to 49%). How does the school check what’s working in English?
Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
How do students get academic help and connect with a trusted adult?
Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

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Common questions

Why does SchoolScope show no score for La Joya Middle?

We have reported test results for grades 7 and 8. Our middle-school score also needs grade 6, which this school does not serve, so we do not publish a Scope Score.

See the dated CDE rows in the source record. Reported results do not by themselves supply a SchoolScope score or rank.

Source records

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Available school measures and source details, shown without a score or rank.

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Dated CDE assessment records appear below when available. SchoolScope displays this profile without a combined score, band, or rank for 2025.

01CDE assessment recordsCDE CAASPP 2025 · raw grade–subject rows

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.

All Grades is an aggregate, not another group of students. Same-year grade groups are not matched children. An unavailable or suppressed result is marked as missing; it does not establish a reported zero.

CDE CAASPP test year 2025 · all-students reporting group · publisher grade–subject records.
Grade · subject	Students tested with scores	Met or exceeded	Exceeded	Met	Nearly met	Not met	Mean scale score
Grade 7 · ELA · 2025	355 tested with scores	Met or exceeded 37.46%	Exceeded 10.14%	Met 27.32%	Nearly met 23.1%	Not met 39.44%	Mean scale score 2508.9
Grade 8 · ELA · 2025	321 tested with scores	Met or exceeded 51.09%	Exceeded 15.26%	Met 35.83%	Nearly met 24.92%	Not met 23.99%	Mean scale score 2557.2
All Grades · ELA · 2025	676 tested with scores	Met or exceeded 43.93%	Exceeded 12.57%	Met 31.36%	Nearly met 23.96%	Not met 32.1%	Mean scale score unavailable
Grade 7 · Math · 2025	351 tested with scores	Met or exceeded 18.23%	Exceeded 6.84%	Met 11.4%	Nearly met 21.94%	Not met 59.83%	Mean scale score 2460
Grade 8 · Math · 2025	319 tested with scores	Met or exceeded 22.57%	Exceeded 13.48%	Met 9.09%	Nearly met 25.39%	Not met 52.04%	Mean scale score 2501.1
All Grades · Math · 2025	670 tested with scores	Met or exceeded 20.3%	Exceeded 10%	Met 10.3%	Nearly met 23.58%	Not met 56.12%	Mean scale score unavailable

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

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+
Grade 7	355	10%	27%	23%	39%	37%
Grade 8	321	15%	36%	25%	24%	51%

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

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
Math	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+
Grade 7	351	7%	11%	22%	60%	18%
Grade 8	319	13%	9%	25%	52%	23%

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

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 · subject	Students with scores	Met+
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA	315	49.8%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA	349	36.7%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	311	27.3%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	339	19.5%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA	344	42.1%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA	356	23.0%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	347	18.2%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	358	15.1%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA	699	48.2%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA	699	31.2%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	713	19.9%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	713	14.5%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA	873	56.3%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA	873	50.6%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	872	27.1%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	872	29.3%

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)	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT
Schoolwide	320	7%	19%	59%	16%

CAST is an independent assessment. Not part of the Scope Score.

Subgroup · ELA	Tested	MET+	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	494	40.1%	—	—
Hispanic/Latino	510	41.2%	—	—
White	117	56.0%	—	—

03More measuressource records · no composite history

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders5.7%

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$66,787 – $128,563

Average elementary principal salary$170,993

Average middle school principal salary$173,188

Average high school principal salary$192,499

Superintendent salary$346,186

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.

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 · 12.5% → 2025 · 15.8% · +3.3pp
Suspension rate2024 · 8.9% → 2025 · 8.1% · −0.8pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	676	12.6%	43.9%
2025 · Math	670	10.0%	20.3%
2024 · ELA	664	12.1%	42.9%
2024 · Math	650	11.2%	23.2%
2023 · ELA	700	8.3%	32.4%
2023 · Math	705	7.1%	16.6%
2022 · ELA	699	9.6%	39.8%
2022 · Math	713	6.0%	17.3%
2019 · ELA	873	15.2%	53.4%
2019 · Math	872	13.0%	28.2%

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.

CDE CAASPP 2025: 4 individual grade–subject records; 4 records with a positive known tested count.

0 grade–subject counts unavailable; 0 grade–subject attainment rates unavailable. SchoolScope does not publish a Scope Score, band, or rank for this peer class in 2025.

Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years

Group	2018–19	2024–25
Female	6.1%	19.1%
Male	9.0%	12.4%
Asian	0.0%	6.7%
Black/African American	10.0%	16.7%
Filipino	0.0%	—
Hispanic/Latino	8.2%	14.8%
Two or More Races	6.3%	7.7%
White	7.8%	22.3%
Students with Disabilities	9.1%	18.8%
English Learners	7.3%	12.3%
Homeless	20.0%	30.8%
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	9.5%	17.6%
All Students	7.6%	15.8%

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

Group	ELA	n	CDE band	Math	n	CDE band
All Students	−4	634	Average	−32	624	Minimal
English Only	−5	516	not categorised	−33	506	not categorised
Hispanic or Latino	−6	479	Moderate	−34	471	Minimal
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	−3	470	Average	−34	461	Minimal
White	+9	108	Accelerated	−24	107	Minimal
Students with Disabilities	−19	88	Moderate	−23	84	Minimal
English Learner	−6	87	Moderate	−26	87	Minimal
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	+11	49	not categorised	−10	49	not categorised
Long-Term English Learner	−11	46	Moderate	−29	46	Minimal
English Learners Only	−22	38	not categorised	−43	38	not categorised
Homeless Youth	−1	17	Average	−28	17	Minimal
Two or More Races	−4	13	Average	−20	13	Moderate
Asian	−3	12	Average	−13	12	Moderate

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction, not a percentage or percentile. All imported groups remain visible; a missing group has no imported record shown here. 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

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

634 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

31st pctile · −4 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

624 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

1st pctile · −32 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$12,738 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 28,884 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$217 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 727

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,501 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 727

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,265 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.

ShowHide 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 55%Instruction support 14%Student services 10%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 5%

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$12,738 per pupil

2020$12,100 per pupil

2019$12,279 per pupil

2018$11,230 per pupil

2017$10,379 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

08ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 93277

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 93277
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$80,548
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	24.85%
ZCTA population	53,985
Median age	35.6 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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— Our own growth index and the comparisons to nearby schools are built from that same composite, so they don't publish either — California's separate matched-student growth model is not, and still appears below wherever CDE reports it.

Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · Data updated 2026-09-27. An unavailable or suppressed result is marked as missing; it does not establish a reported zero.

Data source: California Department of Education for CAASPP 2024–25 assessments only. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, band or rank for this school for 2025. Neighborhood context: ACS 2024. The enrollment count has no verified year here; staffing and finance show their separate sources and periods beside those figures. Data updated 2026-09-27.methodology · data updates · report issue

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