Public school · Paramount Unified

Leona Jackson

Paramount · 6–8 · 517 students (2024–25)

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Leona Jacksonhigher than 47 of the 100 California dots

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Leona Jacksonhigher than 47 of the 100 California dots

California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

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The dots are California’s 2,177 scored public middle schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. Leona Jackson’s Scope Score is 35 of 100. It places the school; it isn’t a grade. How it’s built ›

Near California in English, well below in math: 44% and 21% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. Source

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8: 506 in English, 505 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,266,619 in English and 1,272,526 in math tested).

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Worth watchingSource7%Mathexceeded the standard7% of students tested in math reached the top of the state’s four levels, about a third of California’s rate in the same grades (20%).

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,272,526 in math tested).

Worth watchingSource27 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–2524in 100 at the average Paramount Unified school18in 100 at the average California middle schoolAbout 1 in 4 students (144 of 536) missed 10% or more of school days, against 24 in 100 at the average Paramount Unified school.Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2024–25
Students: all students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 536
Comparison: 144 of 536. District and California figures are averages of school rates (5 Paramount Unified schools; 2,175 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Is it good?

English and math have been below California in every tested year since 2019.

Not metNearly met

MetExceeded

Leona JacksonCalifornia, same gradesthe standard

English506 tested · grades 6–8 · spring 2025

44% met or exceeded · California 49%

28233019

Math505 tested · grades 6–8 · spring 2025

21% met or exceeded · California 36%

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Share of students tested.

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	Exceeded	Met	Nearly met	Not met
English, grades 6–8 · Leona Jackson	12%	32%	29%	27%
English, grades 6–8 · California	19%	30%	23%	28%
Math, grades 6–8 · Leona Jackson	7%	14%	22%	57%
Math, grades 6–8 · California	20%	16%	23%	41%

English · met or exceeded, grades 6–8

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tests0%20%40%60%20192022202537%50%44%Leona Jackson49%California

Math · met or exceeded, grades 6–8

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tests0%20%40%60%20192022202519%38%21%Leona Jackson36%California

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Met or exceeded	2019	2022	2023	2024	2025
English · Leona Jackson	37%	37%	38%	36%	44%
English · California	50%	47%	46%	46%	49%
Math · Leona Jackson	19%	12%	15%	15%	21%
Math · California	38%	31%	32%	33%	36%

2025 was the highest year in this series in both subjects. Each year is a different group of students.

The state’s growth measure475 students in English, 474 in math · grades 6–8 · 2025

+20ptsEnglishthe state calls it Exceptional−2ptsMaththe state calls it Average

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

School pattern, spring 2025Growth EngineThe school’s aggregate cohort-change index clears our stronger-gains threshold. This is a school-level comparison across years, not tracking of individual children.

Ask: Most students in grades 6–8 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?

Kids like mine

Students with disabilities did worse than the same group statewide in math.

Met or exceeded the standardgrades 6–8 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Paramount Unified	vs California
Low-income · 489 tested in English, 488 in math
English	45%	045%	+738%
Math	21%	−223%	−324%
Hispanic or Latino · 351 tested in English, 349 in math
English	50%	+446%	+1238%
Math	24%	024%	024%
Black or African American · 127 tested in English, 128 in math
English	30%	−535%	−232%
Math	12%	012%	−618%
English learners · 70 tested
English	10%	+19%	+37%
Math	1%	−12%	−56%
Students with disabilities · 71 tested
English	10%	010%	−414%
Math	1%	−45%	−910%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Paramount Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind statewide does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

No published rate here for Asian, 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.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Leona Jackson in Paramount, 44.6% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 6, 7 and 8, compared to 44.9% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. Leona Jackson’s rate for low-income students trails its district average by 0.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (20.9% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (50.4% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 34.7 percentage points: students with disabilities in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 489 ELA grade test records.

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

Chronically absent, 2024–25	Per 100 students	Students
Grades 4–6	26	43 of 165
Grades 7–8	27	101 of 371

2.9%of students were suspended at least once (16 of 553), 2024–25

2.3%at the average Paramount Unified school3.5%at the average California middle school

Who goes here

Students and staff

Students, 2024–25	Here
Hispanic or Latino	68%
Black or African American	26%

About 9 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (97%, 502 of 517). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers33

Average experience17 years

First-year teachers0%

Getting in

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7220 Jackson Street, Paramount 90723 · jackson.paramountusd.com

High school after 8th gradeStatewide percentile

Dominguez HighNearest high school, about 0.8 mi. Not a confirmed feeder.66thSolid

Nearby middle schoolsStatewide percentile

Frank J. Zamboni0.5 mi50thSolid
Hamilton Middle0.5 mi7thNeeds Support
Alondra Middle1.2 mi41stDeveloping

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

Questions

Questions to ask

The questions from this page, in one place.

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

Most students in grades 6–8 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?

Call (562) 602-8020 to ask about a visit.

Common questions

Is Leona Jackson a good middle school?

Leona Jackson is in the 47th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 35 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Leona Jackson was near California in English, well below in math: 44% and 21% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Leona Jackson's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 44% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 21% the math standard; 12% and 7% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 506 students were tested in English and 505 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Leona Jackson rank in California?

Leona Jackson is in the 47th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Developing, 2025). Leona Jackson ranks #1,148 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2023 G6 → 2025 G8), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

Is Leona Jackson getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Leona Jackson's grade 6 results in 2023 with its grade 8 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 85th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.

What do attendance and suspension records show for Leona Jackson?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 26.9% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 144 chronically absent of 536 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 2.9%; 16 unduplicated suspended students of 553 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 26.7%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 2.9%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

How does Leona Jackson compare to other schools in Paramount?

Leona Jackson is in the 47th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 517 students. Use the schools in Paramount page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Leona Jackson?

Data and sources · For the data nerds

Explore the data

Available score factors, grade-level results, student-group measures, and nearby-school context, with source details.

CSV report issue methodology data updates CDE CAASPP research files

Leona Jackson is ranked #1,148 statewide · #4 of 5 in Paramount Unified.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25

ShowHide table 01 — Score factors

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	9.3%	17.2%	42%
Met or exceeded	32.6%	40.0%	23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)	Strong	average	20%
Chronic absenteeism	26.7%	18.1%	5%
Suspension rate	2.9%	3.6%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	22.2%	17.8%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↓ vs CA 17.2% · index 41 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↓ vs CA 40.0% · index 45 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8): ↑ vs CA average · ≈85th calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism: ↓ vs CA 18.1% · index 39 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▲ 1.7pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate: ↑ vs CA 3.6% · index 53 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▲ 0.6pp higher vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 51 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

ShowHide table 02 — By grade & subgroup

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.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 6	156	8%	35%	26%	31%	43%	−3
Grade 7	170	14%	32%	26%	28%	46%	−2
Grade 8	180	13%	31%	33%	22%	44%	−2

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

State grade 6 ELA equal-school mean: 46.1%; n=4084 reporting schools

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+	+/CA
Grade 6	157	4%	10%	23%	64%	13%	−21
Grade 7	169	8%	19%	26%	47%	27%	−7
Grade 8	179	9%	13%	17%	60%	22%	−10

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

State grade 6 Math equal-school mean: 34.5%; n=4086 reporting schools

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 5 · ELA	88	39.8%
2024 · Grade 6 · ELA	174	32.8%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA	183	41.5%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA	148	34.5%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math	88	15.9%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	173	12.7%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	183	16.9%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	148	15.5%
2023 · Grade 4 · ELA	83	34.9%
2023 · Grade 5 · ELA	93	44.1%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA	186	36.0%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA	158	29.1%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA	167	47.3%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math	83	37.4%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math	93	21.5%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	186	13.4%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	156	11.5%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	166	19.9%
2022 · Grade 4 · ELA	648	29.7%
2022 · Grade 5 · ELA	648	46.4%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA	648	25.5%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA	648	45.8%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA	648	40.0%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math	650	18.5%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math	650	14.3%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	650	12.4%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	650	14.1%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	650	9.7%
2019 · Grade 4 · ELA	817	52.9%
2019 · Grade 5 · ELA	817	44.1%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA	817	28.5%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA	817	39.6%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA	817	44.2%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math	817	50.0%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math	817	24.5%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	817	12.9%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	817	22.2%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	817	20.8%

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	180	5%	23%	59%	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.

Subgroup · ELA	Tested	MET+	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	489	44.6%	−0	+7
Hispanic/Latino	351	50.4%	+4	+12
Black/African American	127	29.9%	−6	−2

03Nearest middle schoolsnearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 6 vs grade 8, this year, different students; Cohort growth = school-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights

ShowHide table 03 — Nearest middle schools

School	Dist	Scope · percentile · band	EXC	MET+	Grade gap	Cohort growth	Susp
Leona Jackson ←	—	3547th percentile · Developing · statewide · 2025	9.3%	32.6%	+5.2pp	+57 pts	2.9%
Frank J. Zamboni	0.5 mi	3750th percentile · Solid · statewide · 2025	11.5%	33.6%	+2.3pp	—	3.3%
Hamilton Middle	0.5 mi	187th percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 2025	7.6%	26.5%	+3.2pp	—	9.9%
Alondra Middle	1.2 mi	3341st percentile · Developing · statewide · 2025	10.4%	35.4%	+8.4pp	—	1.1%
California average	—	39School average · no percentile	17.2%	40.0%	+1.5pp	—	3.6%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score

ShowHide table 04 — More measures

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.9%

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$73,292 – $138,335

Average elementary principal salary$188,208

Average middle school principal salary$183,331

Average high school principal salary$204,698

Superintendent salary$316,000

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.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2019	26/100	26	#1437	California comprehensive middle schools · 1,953 schools
2022	21/100	21	#1661	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,113 schools
2023	22/100	28	#1510	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,125 schools
2024	32/100	42	#1233	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,152 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

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 · 25.1% → 2025 · 26.9% · +1.8pp
Suspension rate2024 · 2.3% → 2025 · 2.9% · +0.6pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	506	11.9%	44.5%
2025 · Math	505	6.9%	21.0%
2024 · ELA	593	8.3%	36.9%
2024 · Math	592	5.2%	15.2%
2023 · ELA	687	9.8%	38.1%
2023 · Math	684	5.3%	18.6%
2022 · ELA	648	8.3%	37.4%
2022 · Math	650	3.5%	13.2%
2019 · ELA	817	10.3%	40.4%
2019 · Math	817	6.8%	23.5%

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.

Year	Scope	Pctile	Rank	Exc	Met+	Absent	Susp	Grade gap
2019	—	—	—	6.0%	28.0%	6.7%	1.9%	+11.8pp
2022	—	—	—	5.0%	24.6%	48.3%	3.0%	+5.9pp
2023	—	—	—	6.5%	26.2%	30.6%	6.0%	+8.9pp
2024	—	—	—	6.1%	25.7%	24.9%	2.3%	+2.3pp
2025	35	47	#1148	9.3%	32.6%	26.7%	2.9%	+5.2pp

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

Grade gap = this year's grade 6 vs grade 8 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.

NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD

05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years

ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group

Group	2018–19	2024–25	Δ
Female	6.7%	24.3%	+17.6pp
Male	6.5%	28.9%	+22.4pp
Asian	9.1%	—	—
Black/African American	12.2%	38.8%	+26.6pp
Hispanic/Latino	4.9%	21.2%	+16.3pp
Two or More Races	17.6%	—	—
Students with Disabilities	5.2%	37.0%	+31.8pp
English Learners	5.1%	22.7%	+17.6pp
Foster Youth	47.4%	—	—
Homeless	35.7%	51.6%	+15.9pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	6.8%	27.1%	+20.3pp
All Students	6.6%	26.9%	+20.3pp

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

06California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored

ShowHide table 06 — California growth model, by student group

Group	ELA	n	CDE band	Math	n	CDE band
All Students	+20	475	Exceptional	−2	474	Average
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	+20	464	Exceptional	−3	463	Average
Hispanic or Latino	+22	338	Exceptional	0	337	Average
English Only	+14	260	not categorised	−5	259	not categorised
English Learner	+26	146	Exceptional	+1	146	Average
Black or African American	+16	113	Accelerated	−8	113	Moderate
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	+30	95	not categorised	+6	95	not categorised
Students with Disabilities	+9	65	Accelerated	−10	64	Moderate
English Learners Only	+15	51	not categorised	−10	51	not categorised
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)	+16	48	Accelerated	+1	48	Average
Homeless Youth	−1	21	Average	−12	20	Moderate

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-Term English Learner counts cover grades 6-8 only (CDE), so that row is not comparable to the All Students row. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

07Growth source detailCDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

ShowHide table 07 — Growth source detail

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2023 · Grade 6

exceeded standard · 36% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2023 · 186 ELA test records with scores

ELA · 2025 · Grade 8

13%

exceeded standard · 44% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2025 · 180 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 180 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe ELA 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 ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

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

475 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

95th pctile · +20 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

474 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

42nd pctile · −2 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.

08Funding source detailCDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

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Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,272 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 13,761 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$201 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 517

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,033 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 517

District current expense · FY 2024–25$26,268 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.

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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 68%Instruction support 11%Student services 7%Administration 4%Buildings & maintenance 9%

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$15,272 per pupil

2020$13,970 per pupil

2019$13,949 per pupil

2018$12,942 per pupil

2017$12,153 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 90723

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 90723
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$75,250
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	14.88%
ZCTA population	52,050
Median age	33.4 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP/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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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,177 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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