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6065 East Latonia, Laton · 154 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 70

Needs SupportScope Score · 21st percentile. Higher than 21 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: 31% and 17% 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: 131
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 Laton Middle a good middle school?

Needs Support. Laton Middle is higher than most California middle schools on attendance. Laton Middle is lower than most on test results and progress in both subjects.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced2131%
Math, Proficient or Advanced2017%
English, Advanced186%
Math, Advanced104%

Progress in a year, 2025

English22−8 pts
Math12−16 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance866 in 100
Laton Middle’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

7.4% of students (10 of 135) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Each bar is Laton Middle’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
CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 135. The California figure is an average of school rates (2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Laton Middle say about itself?

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

Open lms.latonunified.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 8 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 16 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−8

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

Low-income129−9 points
Hispanic or Latino123−4 points
English learners62−9 points
Long-term English learners29−13 points
Students with disabilities18−48 points

Math

−16

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

Low-income128−17 points
Hispanic or Latino122−16 points
English learners62−11 points
Long-term English learners29−19 points
Students with disabilities17−45 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 143 students in English, 142 in math with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. 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 8 points below that expected score, and in math 16 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.

SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 40th 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?

1 of the 1 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Laton Middle. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

2 middle schools within 4.9 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. PioneerCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7446th
  2. LatonScope Score 7021st
Laton Joint UnifiedCharter

A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

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

Schools like it

How does Laton Middle compare with schools like it?

Laton Middle’s Scope Score is 70. 621 California middle schools, counting Laton Middle, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 71. Laton Middle’s result is higher than 231 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 621

  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: 89%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 91%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 90th percentile

621 California public middle schools where 82% to 94% 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 82% to 94% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Laton Middle’s share. The count includes Laton Middle. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 29% to 31% and math from 18% to 17%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202629%49%CaliforniaCalifornia31%Laton MiddleLaton Middle

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202621%37%CaliforniaCalifornia17%Laton MiddleLaton Middle

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. 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.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringLaton MiddleCaliforniaTested here
201729%48%154
201819%49%139
201932%50%130
202213%47%151
202318%46%159
202426%46%160
202529%49%146
202631%49%131
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringLaton MiddleCaliforniaTested here
201721%37%154
20188%37%140
201920%38%131
20223%31%151
202311%32%161
202418%33%159
202518%36%146
202617%37%131

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

31%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

353425
California49%

Math

17%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

533013
California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 31% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 17% 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).

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 14 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.

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 Advanced30%17%48%
Advanced5%4%9%
Proficient25%13%39%
Developing level32%48%19%
Minimal38%35%33%
Tested374846
California48%51%49%
Difference−18−34−1

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 Advanced16%12%22%
Advanced5%2%4%
Proficient11%10%18%
Developing level38%34%21%
Minimal46%54%57%
Tested374846
California37%38%36%
Difference−21−26−14

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 school6%25%34%35%131
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
Math, grades 6–8 · This school4%13%30%53%131
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 131 tested in English, 131 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 91% of students. 8 of 133 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

6in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (8 of 133 students).

At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

No district average: Laton Middle is the only regular middle school we rank in the Laton Joint Unified district with an attendance record.

Suspensions: 7.4% of students were suspended at least once (10 of 135). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

154

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 91%White 8%

Family income

88%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 135 of 154. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

11

teachers, with 5 years of experience on average.

9% were in their first year.

93% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

50%

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 (16 of 32 students).

Laton Joint Unified: 40%. 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
4 of 38 students in grade 6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
4 of 95 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino91%
White8%
Asian—
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.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 6.5 of 7 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino and low-income students scored well below the same groups across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 116 tested30%California 39%
  • Low-incomeMath · 116 tested16%California 26%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 119 tested33%California 39%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 119 tested15%California 25%

15% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 25% for the same group across California. Low-income students: 16% in math, against 26% for the same group across California.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8, 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 Laton Joint Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 116 tested
English30%030%−939%
Math16%016%−1026%
Hispanic or Latino · 119 tested
English33%033%−639%
Math15%015%−1025%

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

English learners, 32 tested: no rate for grades 6 and 8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. 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, students with disabilities 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 Laton Middle. 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.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

Families

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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Money

Where does the money go?

$22,677 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Laton Joint Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $12 million.

$22,677

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$7,443
The school’s share of district office costs
$15,234
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,684
  • Laton Middle$22,677
  • 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 ↓

Laton Joint Unified’s yearly plan

$12million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$3million

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 5 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $12 million of $12 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Laton Joint Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Laton Middle like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93242. They are not figures for the families at Laton Middle.

Typical household income in a year

$73,142

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 93242.

Typical home value
$353,000
People who live in this ZIP code
2,904
Typical age
33.0 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
14%

What you can do

Who can act on Laton Middle’s results?

Laton Joint Unified’s board decides Laton Middle’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 Laton Middle in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Laton Middle. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?7.4% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (10 of 135 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?16 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (142 students)
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Laton Middle, and how do I get in?

Ask Laton Joint Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Laton Elementary
    Scope Score 70Needs Support · 20th percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Laton Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 70Needs Support · 21st percentile
  3. High
    Laton High
    Scope Score 74Developing · 43rd percentile · 2025Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Laton Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 70 · Needs Support · 20th percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • Laton High

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 74 · Developing · 43rd percentile · high · 2025

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

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. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where the path ends: Laton High
Laton HighScope Score 74 · Developing · 43rd percentile · 2025historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Laton High. UC records 4 enrollees from Laton High for fall 2021. The AP Course Audit lists 3 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Laton 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 Laton High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

4 UC enrollees (fall 2021) · 3 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Laton High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Laton Middle?

Address
6065 East Latonia, Laton 93242Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Jeanna WhiteAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 19, 2025.

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 Laton Joint Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Laton Middle a good middle school?

Laton Middle has a Scope Score of 70. It scored higher than 21 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 21st percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 6 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 18 in 100 at the average California middle school. 7.4% of students (10 of 135) 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?

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 8 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 16 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 143 students in English, 142 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 30% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Laton Middle scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Laton Middle's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Laton High. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education’s School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement; confirm your address with the district.

  • Laton High: Scope Score 74, Developing, 43rd percentile among California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 results

See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,985 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math5%3642%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math24%3723%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+40 scale-score pts4020%
Chronically absent6 in 100655%
Suspension rate7.4% (10 of 135)375%
English learners: top level28%585%

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
2025–267021#1985California 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)
2018–196 in 10010.1% (15 of 149)−5
2021–22not on filenot on file−3
2022–23not on filenot on file−2
2023–2414 in 10010.3% (18 of 174)−16
2024–2510 in 10011.1% (18 of 162)+1
2025–266 in 1007.4% (10 of 135)+12

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 · English1316%31%
2026 · Math1314%17%
2025 · English1469%29%
2025 · Math1465%18%
2024 · English1608%26%
2024 · Math1594%18%
2023 · English1595%18%
2023 · Math1614%11%
2022 · English1513%13%
2022 · Math1510%3%
2019 · English1305%32%
2019 · Math1316%20%
2018 · English1391%19%
2018 · Math1401%8%
2017 · English1543%29%
2017 · Math1545%21%

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 · English4226%
2025 · Grade 7 · English4533%
2025 · Grade 8 · English5927%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math4110%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math4536%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math6010%
2024 · Grade 6 · English4935%
2024 · Grade 7 · English6324%
2024 · Grade 8 · English4819%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math4924%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math6319%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math479%
2023 · Grade 6 · English6018%
2023 · Grade 7 · English508%
2023 · Grade 8 · English4927%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math6018%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math518%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math506%
2022 · Grade 6 · English4810%
2022 · Grade 7 · English5020%
2022 · Grade 8 · English539%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math486%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math502%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math532%
2019 · Grade 6 · English4630%
2019 · Grade 7 · English3727%
2019 · Grade 8 · English4736%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math4626%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math3824%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math4711%
2018 · Grade 6 · English4328%
2018 · Grade 7 · English4717%
2018 · Grade 8 · English4914%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math439%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math4810%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math494%
2017 · Grade 6 · English5822%
2017 · Grade 7 · English4633%
2017 · Grade 8 · English5032%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math5723%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math4622%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math5118%

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
Schoolwide464%22%61%13%

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-income11630%0−9
Hispanic or Latino11933%0−6
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−8143Moderate−16142Moderate
Low-income−9129Moderate−17128Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−4123Average−16122Moderate
English learners−962Moderate−1162Moderate
English-only students−1062not categorized−1761not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+1534not categorized−934not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−1329Moderate−1929Moderate
English learners only−2428not categorized−728not categorized
Students with disabilities−4818Minimal−4517Minimal
White−915Moderate+615Accelerated

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
12%
exceeded standard · 35% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 49 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
9%
Advanced · 48% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 46 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 46 (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−8 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

143 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −8 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−16 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

142 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −16 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 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 · 10 in 100 → 2025–26 · 6 in 100 · −4 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 11.1% (18 of 162) → 2025–26 · 7.4% (10 of 135) · −3.7 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female3 of 722 of 63—
Male6 of 746 of 70—
Hispanic or Latino6 in 1007 in 100+1 in 100
White2 of 170 of 11—
Students with disabilities0 of 232 of 15—
English learners5 of 482 of 32—
Low-income6 in 1007 in 100+1 in 100
All students6 in 1006 in 1000 in 100

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$16,981 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 633 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$510 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 154

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,174 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 154

District current expense · FY 2024–25$25,754 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 58%Instruction support 12%Student services 7%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 13%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$8,564,14558.03%58%
Instruction support$1,789,97612.13%12%
Student services$989,3856.70%7%
Administration$1,200,6808.14%8%
Buildings & maintenance$1,960,13513.28%13%
Other$252,5471.71%2%
Total$14,756,867100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $14,756,867 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$16,981 per pupil
2020$16,121 per pupil
2019$15,518 per pupil
2018$13,994 per pupil
2017$12,894 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 holders7.1%

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 93242 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93242 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$73,142
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14%
ZIP-area population2,904
Median age33.0 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 93242 →

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