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La Merced Intermediate — Rating & test scores

215 East Avenida de la Merced, Montebello · 682 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 73

DevelopingScope Score · 38th percentile. Higher than 38 in 100 of the 2,529 California public middle schools we score.

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

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 30% and 21% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 49% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 645 in English, 650 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

Overview

Is La Merced Intermediate a good middle school?

Developing. La Merced Intermediate is higher than most California middle schools on progress in math. La Merced Intermediate is lower than most on test results, progress in English and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced1830%
Math, Proficient or Advanced2921%
English, Advanced329%
Math, Advanced3610%

Progress in a year, 2025

English12−13 pts
Math64+4 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance2224 in 100
La Merced Intermediate’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Montebello Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 9% of students tested in English and 10% in math scored Advanced, against 19% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

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

How to read these bars, and their sources

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

Source for the sentence
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 6–8: 645 in English, 650 in math. California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

Progress

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

In English, lower. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 13 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 4 points higher, which the state calls Average.

English

−13

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino596−12 points
Low-income582−14 points
English learners237−7 points
Students with disabilities127−22 points
Long-term English learners97−10 points

Math

+4

points higher 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

Hispanic or Latino594+4 points
Low-income580+3 points
English learners235+4 points
Students with disabilities127−12 points
Long-term English learners97−4 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 623 students in English, 621 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 13 points below that expected score, and in math 4 points above it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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

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

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

SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 76th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

6 of the 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than La Merced Intermediate. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 3.1 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Garvey (Richard) IntermediateGarvey Elementary · by addressScope Score 8384th
  2. Temple (Roger W.) IntermediateGarvey Elementary · by addressScope Score 8075th
  3. Macy IntermediateNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7971st
  4. Dean L. ShivelyValle Lindo Elementary · by addressScope Score 7655th
  5. Montebello IntermediateNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7547th
  6. Eastmont IntermediateNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7444th
  7. La Merced IntermediateScope Score 7338th
  8. North Park Academy of the ArtsEl Rancho Unified · by addressScope Score 6914th
Montebello UnifiedA neighborhood school in another district

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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.

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

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

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

Schools like it

How does La Merced Intermediate compare with schools like it?

La Merced Intermediate’s Scope Score is 73. 631 California middle schools, counting La Merced Intermediate, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 71. La Merced Intermediate’s result is higher than 407 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 631

  1. Students from low-income families: 88%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 92%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 93rd percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 93%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 92nd percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 96%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 89%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

631 California public middle schools where 86% to 98% 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 86% to 98% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of La Merced Intermediate’s share. The count includes La Merced Intermediate. 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 stayed at 30% and math went from 23% to 21%.

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

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

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202633%32%49%CaliforniaCalifornia37%Montebello UnifiedDistrict30%La Merced IntermediateThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202618%20%37%CaliforniaCalifornia24%Montebello UnifiedDistrict21%La Merced IntermediateThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Montebello Unified’s line combines its 8 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. Montebello Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringLa Merced IntermediateMontebello UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201732%33%48%1,206
201828%32%49%1,140
201928%32%50%1,044
202235%36%47%964
202333%35%46%819
202432%36%46%734
202530%38%49%687
202630%37%49%645
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringLa Merced IntermediateMontebello UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201720%18%37%1,209
201820%19%37%1,137
201919%18%38%1,051
202220%17%31%962
202319%19%32%820
202421%19%33%747
202523%24%36%691
202621%24%37%650

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

30%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

4426219
Montebello Unified37%California49%

Math

21%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

52271110
Montebello Unified24%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 30% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 21% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

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

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced27%33%28%
Advanced8%8%12%
Proficient19%25%16%
Developing level24%23%33%
Minimal49%44%39%
Tested211227207
California48%51%49%
Difference−21−18−21

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

Math

Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced19%20%25%
Advanced9%10%12%
Proficient10%10%13%
Developing level25%28%26%
Minimal56%52%49%
Tested213229208
California37%38%36%
Difference−18−18−11

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

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

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school9%21%26%44%645
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Montebello Unified11%26%24%39%4,091
Math, grades 6–8 · This school10%11%27%52%650
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Montebello Unified11%13%24%52%4,104

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 645 tested in English, 650 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 95% of students. 172 of 705 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

24in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (172 of 705 students).

At the average Montebello Unified middle school: 14 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 5.3% of students were suspended at least once (38 of 720). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

682

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 95%White 2%Asian 2%

Family income

92%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 630 of 682. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

34

teachers, with 22 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

English learners

56%

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 (73 of 130 students).

Montebello Unified: 47%. California: 47%.

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

Missing school, by grade
Grade 6
25 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (58 of 228).
Grades 7–8
24 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (114 of 477).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino95%
White2%
Asian2%
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
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.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups scored below the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Hispanic or Latino615 tested29%California 39%
  • Low-income607 tested29%California 39%
  • Students with disabilities134 tested8%California 14%
  • English learners104 tested1%California 7%

29% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. Low-income students and English learners also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

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

Every group’s results, with the district

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

Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Montebello Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 607 tested in English, 610 in math
English29%−736%−1039%
Math20%−323%−626%
Hispanic or Latino · 615 tested in English, 619 in math
English29%−736%−1039%
Math20%−222%−525%
English learners · 104 tested in English, 105 in math
English1%−23%−67%
Math5%+14%−27%
Students with disabilities · 134 tested in English, 136 in math
English8%−19%−614%
Math3%−36%−710%

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

No published rate here for Asian, 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about La Merced Intermediate. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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Money

Where does the money go?

$22,663 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Montebello Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $314 million.

$22,663

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$7,341
The school’s share of district office costs
$15,322
Of the total, from federal funds
$2,177
  • La Merced Intermediate$22,663
  • Montebello Unified middle schools$23,028
  • 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 ↓

Montebello Unified’s yearly plan

$314million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$94million

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. The plan covers $314 million of $454 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Montebello Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around La Merced Intermediate like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 90640. They are not figures for the families at La Merced Intermediate.

Typical household income in a year

$79,625

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 90640.

Typical home value
$699,700
People who live in this ZIP code
61,382
Typical age
40.1 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
23%

What you can do

Who can act on La Merced Intermediate’s results?

Montebello Unified’s board decides La Merced Intermediate’s plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

The state hasn’t placed La Merced Intermediate in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving Montebello Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Montebello Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 7 questions to La Merced Intermediate. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?24 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (172 of 705 students); average Montebello Unified middle school: 14 in 100
  2. What happens before a suspension, and who talks with the family?5.3% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (38 of 720 students); average Montebello Unified middle school: 2.3%
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?13 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (623 students)
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  5. 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 La Merced Intermediate, and how do I get in?

Ask Montebello Unified which school serves your address. Next comes Montebello High.

In the district’s boundaries, La Merced Intermediate draws from 3 elementary schools. Boundaries split some neighborhoods. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Elementary · fed by
Middle · this school
La Merced Intermediate
High · next
Montebello High Scope Score 69Needs Support · 18th percentile · 2025

Assigned

From the district’s 2021 attendance boundaries. Shares are our estimate of where the zone’s children live. We use 2020 Census child counts, or land area where few children were counted. A share counts children living in the zone, not a school’s enrolled students. A boundary doesn’t guarantee a place. Transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Fremont Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 70 · Needs Support · 17th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Montebello Gardens Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 75 · Solid · 50th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Greenwood Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 63 · Needs Support · bottom 1% · elementary · 2026

    51% of the zone’s children

Middle-school links

High-school links

  • Montebello High

    Assigned

    Scope Score 69 · Needs Support · 18th 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: Montebello High
Montebello HighScope Score 69 · Needs Support · 18th percentile · 2025district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at Montebello High. UC records 27 enrollees from Montebello High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 16 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Montebello High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 50% of the students who finished high school at Montebello High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

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

Where it is

Where is La Merced Intermediate?

Address
215 East Avenida de la Merced, Montebello 90640Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Sergio LopezAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 8, 2024.

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 Montebello Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is La Merced Intermediate a good middle school?

La Merced Intermediate has a Scope Score of 73. It scored higher than 38 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Developing, 38th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 24 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 14 in 100 at the average Montebello Unified middle school. 5.3% of students (38 of 720) 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, lower. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 13 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 4 points higher, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 623 students in English, 621 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 29% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at La Merced Intermediate in Montebello 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 2021 attendance boundaries, La Merced Intermediate is zoned to Montebello High. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Montebello High: Scope Score 69, Needs Support, 18th 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 11 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
11
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 #1,547 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #6 of 8 in Montebello Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math10%4142%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math26%3823%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+55 scale-score pts6020%
Chronically absent24 in 100425%
Suspension rate5.3% (38 of 720)445%
English learners: top level22%505%

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
2025–267338#1547California 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)
2018–198 in 1007.9% (91 of 1,152)−8
2021–22not on filenot on file−1
2022–23not on filenot on file+5
2023–2430 in 1001.8% (15 of 822)+9
2024–2522 in 1005.0% (37 of 744)+3
2025–2624 in 1005.3% (38 of 720)+3

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 · English6459%30%
2026 · Math65010%21%
2025 · English6876%30%
2025 · Math69112%23%
2024 · English7349%32%
2024 · Math74710%21%
2023 · English8197%33%
2023 · Math8209%19%
2022 · English9648%35%
2022 · Math9627%20%
2019 · English1,0446%28%
2019 · Math1,0516%19%
2018 · English1,1405%28%
2018 · Math1,1377%20%
2017 · English1,2067%32%
2017 · Math1,2097%20%

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

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 6 · English23931%
2025 · Grade 7 · English23630%
2025 · Grade 8 · English21229%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math24219%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math23624%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math21327%
2024 · Grade 6 · English21124%
2024 · Grade 7 · English20832%
2024 · Grade 8 · English31538%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math22019%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math20921%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math31822%
2023 · Grade 6 · English21023%
2023 · Grade 7 · English31437%
2023 · Grade 8 · English29535%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math21119%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math31321%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math29618%
2022 · Grade 6 · English33735%
2022 · Grade 7 · English29836%
2022 · Grade 8 · English32935%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math33622%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math29716%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math32920%
2019 · Grade 6 · English31233%
2019 · Grade 7 · English35925%
2019 · Grade 8 · English37326%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math31627%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math35712%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math37817%
2018 · Grade 6 · English37827%
2018 · Grade 7 · English37729%
2018 · Grade 8 · English38529%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math38017%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math37519%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math38224%
2017 · Grade 6 · English38029%
2017 · Grade 7 · English39535%
2017 · Grade 8 · English43131%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math38119%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math39618%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math43223%

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
Schoolwide2115%18%58%19%

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-income60729%−7−10
Hispanic or Latino61529%−7−10
Students with disabilities1348%−1−6
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−13623Moderate+4621Average
Hispanic or Latino−12596Moderate+4594Average
Low-income−14582Moderate+3580Average
English-only students−16330not categorized+2330not categorized
English learners−7237Moderate+4235Average
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−3134not categorized−1132not categorized
Students with disabilities−22127Minimal−12127Moderate
English learners only−17103not categorized+9103not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−1097Moderate−497Average
Homeless−1816Moderate−216Average
White−911Moderate+2311Exceptional

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

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

Grade 8 in 2026 against grade 6 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 6
7%
exceeded standard · 24% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 211 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
12%
Advanced · 28% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 207 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 208 (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−13 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

623 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −13 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+4 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

621 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: +4 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for California middle school records.

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

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

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

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 22 in 100 → 2025–26 · 24 in 100 · +2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 5.0% (37 of 744) → 2025–26 · 5.3% (38 of 720) · +0.3 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female7 in 10029 in 100+22 in 100
Male8 in 10021 in 100+13 in 100
Hispanic or Latino8 in 10024 in 100+16 in 100
White0 of 241 of 12—
Students with disabilities15 in 10027 in 100+12 in 100
English learners9 in 10025 in 100+16 in 100
Foster youth4 of 18——
Homeless4 of 2411 of 25—
Low-income8 in 10025 in 100+17 in 100
All students8 in 10024 in 100+16 in 100
Asian—0 of 11—

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$17,377 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 23,092 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$472 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 682

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,705 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 682

District current expense · FY 2024–25$24,535 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 59%Instruction support 12%Student services 13%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$260,264,33459.45%59%
Instruction support$53,659,19512.26%12%
Student services$56,838,55312.98%13%
Administration$20,918,3364.78%5%
Buildings & maintenance$42,922,0889.80%10%
Other$3,192,4610.73%1%
Total$437,794,967100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $437,794,967 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$17,377 per pupil
2020$14,931 per pupil
2019$13,993 per pupil
2018$12,986 per pupil
2017$12,547 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 90640 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 90640 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$79,625
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)23%
ZIP-area population61,382
Median age40.1 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 90640 →

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