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Lick (James) Middle — Rating & test scores

1220 Noe Street, San Francisco · 479 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: 29% 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: 416 in English, 425 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 Lick (James) a good middle school?

Needs Support. Lick (James) is lower than most California middle schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced1629%
Math, Proficient or Advanced2017%
English, Advanced339%
Math, Advanced216%

Progress in a year, 2025

English13−12 pts
Math22−11 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance734 in 100
Lick (James)’s place among California middle schools, out of 100San Francisco Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

34 in 100 students (180 of 529) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That is about one and a third times the rate at the average San Francisco Unified middle school.

Each bar is Lick (James)’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 chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 529. District and California figures are averages of school rates (27 San Francisco Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

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 12 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 11 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−12

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 Latino272−17 points
Low-income223−23 points
English learners191−26 points
Students with disabilities76−21 points
Long-term English learners67−24 points

Math

−11

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 Latino263−13 points
Low-income213−18 points
English learners180−7 points
Students with disabilities78−14 points
Long-term English learners61−1 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 370 students in English, 360 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 12 points below that expected score, and in math 11 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 49th 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?

5 of the 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Lick (James). Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 2.4 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. AptosNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8280th
  2. Brown Jr. (Willie L)Neighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8177th
  3. Hoover (Herbert)Neighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8074th
  4. GatewayCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7656th
  5. King Jr. (Martin Luther) AcademicNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7122nd
  6. Lick (James)Scope Score 7021st
  7. Denman (James)Neighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7020th
  8. EverettNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 674th
San Francisco 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

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%

7 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 Lick (James) compare with schools like it?

Lick (James)’s Scope Score is 70. 330 California middle schools, counting Lick (James), have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 75. Lick (James)’s result is higher than 66 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 330

  1. Students from low-income families: 64%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 65%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 95th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 61%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 94th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 56%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 94th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 58%

    Lawton Alternative

    San Francisco

    Scope Score 88Strong · 92nd percentile

330 California public middle schools where 56% to 68% 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 56% to 68% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Lick (James)’s share. The count includes Lick (James). 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?

English results were higher than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 24% to 29% and math from 15% 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%2017201820192022202320242025202656%26%55%San Francisco UnifiedDistrict49%CaliforniaCalifornia29%Lick (James)Lick (James)

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202649%18%44%San Francisco UnifiedDistrict37%CaliforniaCalifornia17%Lick (James)Lick (James)

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. San Francisco Unified’s line combines its 27 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. San Francisco Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringLick (James)San Francisco UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201726%56%48%623
201824%55%49%593
201925%56%50%545
202224%52%47%375
202322%51%46%433
202421%51%46%400
202524%53%49%428
202629%55%49%416
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringLick (James)San Francisco UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201718%49%37%622
201816%48%37%595
201916%47%38%540
202211%39%31%366
202313%40%32%421
202411%40%33%399
202515%42%36%416
202617%44%37%425

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

29%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

5021209
San Francisco Unified55%California49%

Math

17%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

602311
San Francisco Unified44%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 29% 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 12 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%40%15%
Advanced8%14%7%
Proficient22%26%8%
Developing level21%16%28%
Minimal49%44%57%
Tested168133115
California48%51%49%
Difference−18−11−34

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%21%12%
Advanced5%8%5%
Proficient11%13%7%
Developing level26%28%15%
Minimal58%51%73%
Tested166131128
California37%38%36%
Difference−21−17−24

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%20%21%50%416
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · San Francisco Unified25%30%18%27%10,447
Math, grades 6–8 · This school6%11%23%60%425
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · San Francisco Unified27%17%20%36%10,481

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 416 tested in English, 425 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 70% of students. 180 of 529 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

34in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (180 of 529 students).

At the average San Francisco Unified middle school: 26 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 6.5% of students were suspended at least once (35 of 542). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

479

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 70%White 11%Black or African American 7%Not reported 5%Two or more races 3%

Family income

62%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 296 of 479. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

31

teachers, with 9 years of experience on average.

13% were in their first year.

73% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

35%

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 (53 of 153 students).

San Francisco Unified: 43%. 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
28 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (54 of 193).
Grades 7–8
38 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (126 of 336).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino70%
White11%
Black or African American7%
Not reported5%
Two or more races3%
Asian—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
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: 24.1 of 32.8 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

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

This schoolThe same group, California
  • White40 tested82%California 62%
  • Hispanic or Latino291 tested20%California 39%
  • Low-income246 tested17%California 39%
  • Homeless55 tested13%California 27%
  • Students with disabilities82 tested7%California 14%
  • English learners130 tested0%California 7%

17% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino and homeless 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 San Francisco Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 246 tested in English, 252 in math
English17%−2441%−2239%
Math7%−2431%−1926%
Hispanic or Latino · 291 tested in English, 298 in math
English20%−828%−1939%
Math9%−817%−1625%
White · 40 tested · grades 6 and 7 only
English82%+280%+2062%
Math60%−565%+1050%
English learners · 130 tested in English, 131 in math
English0%−33%−77%
Math2%−35%−57%
Students with disabilities · 82 tested in English, 76 in math
English7%−1219%−714%
Math7%−714%−310%
Homeless · 55 tested in English, 58 in math
English13%−1427%−1427%
Math9%−918%−817%

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

Black or African American students: fewer than 30 tested here. Students of two or more races, 33 tested in English and 30 in math: 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, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families and staff can answer a short set of questions about Lick (James). These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Staff answers show once 5 people have answered.Until then this page shows no staff answers.
  2. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  3. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  4. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.
  5. Staff confirm a work email.Staff answers come only from people who confirmed an email address at San Francisco Unified.

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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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  • Would you send your own child to this school?Yes · Maybe · No
  • Do you plan to work at this school next year?Yes · Not sure · No
  • Do you have the materials and supplies you need to teach?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
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Money

How much is spent on each student here?

$26,968 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student.

$26,968

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$9,579
The school’s share of district office costs
$17,389
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,634
  • Lick (James)$26,968
  • San Francisco Unified middle schools$24,263
  • 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 ↓

The neighborhood

What is the area around Lick (James) like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 94114. They are not figures for the families at Lick (James).

Typical household income in a year

$204,134

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 94114.

Typical home value
$1,737,300
People who live in this ZIP code
33,020
Typical age
41.9 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
82%

What you can do

Who can act on Lick (James)’s results?

San Francisco Unified’s board decides Lick’s plan.

When the plan is set

San Francisco Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

Read the 2026–27 plan (LCAP)

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 Lick 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 San Francisco Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. The 2026 Dashboard flagged results for homeless students on two measures: English, and math; and for students with disabilities on two measures: English, and math. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for San Francisco Unified: CDE’s assistance status files for the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 8 questions to Lick (James). Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school?34 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (180 of 529 students); average California middle school: 18 in 100
  2. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?6.5% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (35 of 542 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  3. How much of each day do English learners spend learning English, and how do families see their progress?35% 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 (53 of 153 students); California: 47%
  4. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?12 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (370 students)
  5. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  6. 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 Lick (James), and how do I get in?

Ask San Francisco Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Alvarado Elementary
    Scope Score 82Strong · 80th percentile · 2026Feeder preference · a lottery tiebreaker from the elementary school attended, not a guarantee · district-published, source year 2026
  2. Middle · this school
    Lick (James) Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 70Needs Support · 21st percentile
  3. High
    No feeder high school
    Families apply to any San Francisco Unified high school; there are no high-school attendance areas.

District-published feeder preferences · placement is by application; confirm 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

  • Alvarado Elementary

    Feeder preference · a lottery tiebreaker from the elementary school attended, not a guarantee · district-published, source year 2026

    Scope Score 82 · Strong · 80th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Webster (Daniel) Elementary

    Feeder preference · a lottery tiebreaker from the elementary school attended, not a guarantee · district-published, source year 2026

    Scope Score 81 · Strong · 76th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Glen Park Elementary

    Feeder preference · a lottery tiebreaker from the elementary school attended, not a guarantee · district-published, source year 2026

    Scope Score 75 · Developing · 47th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Muir (John) Elementary

    Feeder preference · a lottery tiebreaker from the elementary school attended, not a guarantee · district-published, source year 2026

    Scope Score 74 · Developing · 46th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Flynn (Leonard R.) Elementary

    Feeder preference · a lottery tiebreaker from the elementary school attended, not a guarantee · district-published, source year 2026

    Scope Score 67 · Needs Support · 4th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Mission Education Center

    Feeder preference · a lottery tiebreaker from the elementary school attended, not a guarantee · district-published, source year 2026

  • Harte (Bret) Elementary

    Feeder preference · a lottery tiebreaker from the elementary school attended, not a guarantee · district-published, source year 2026

    Scope Score 67 · Needs Support · 5th percentile · elementary · 2026

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

Where it is

Where is Lick (James)?

Address
1220 Noe Street, San Francisco 94114Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Norma HernandezAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated July 24, 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 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask San Francisco Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Lick (James) a good middle school?

Lick (James) 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, 34 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 26 in 100 at the average San Francisco Unified middle school. 6.5% of students (35 of 542) 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 12 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 11 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 370 students in English, 360 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 17% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Lick (James) Middle in San Francisco scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. 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 #1,989 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #21 of 27 in San Francisco Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math8%3942%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math22%3623%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+48 scale-score pts5020%
Chronically absent34 in 100295%
Suspension rate6.5% (35 of 542)395%
English learners: top level11%365%

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#1989California 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)
2018–1920 in 1006.2% (39 of 628)+3
2021–22not on filenot on file0
2022–23not on filenot on file−1
2023–2436 in 10012.4% (63 of 509)+7
2024–2535 in 1006.8% (35 of 518)−6
2025–2634 in 1006.5% (35 of 542)−9

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 · English4169%29%
2026 · Math4256%17%
2025 · English4289%24%
2025 · Math4167%15%
2024 · English4006%21%
2024 · Math3994%11%
2023 · English4338%22%
2023 · Math4215%13%
2022 · English3757%24%
2022 · Math3663%11%
2019 · English5457%25%
2019 · Math5408%16%
2018 · English5938%24%
2018 · Math5957%16%
2017 · English6239%26%
2017 · Math6229%18%

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 · English14031%
2025 · Grade 7 · English14414%
2025 · Grade 8 · English14426%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math13921%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math13911%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math13813%
2024 · Grade 6 · English14512%
2024 · Grade 7 · English14528%
2024 · Grade 8 · English11024%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math1448%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math14612%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math10912%
2023 · Grade 6 · English16421%
2023 · Grade 7 · English12522%
2023 · Grade 8 · English14422%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math16212%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math12117%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math1389%
2022 · Grade 6 · English12722%
2022 · Grade 7 · English13727%
2022 · Grade 8 · English11123%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math12812%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math13310%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math10511%
2019 · Grade 6 · English17123%
2019 · Grade 7 · English17326%
2019 · Grade 8 · English20125%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math17215%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math17014%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math19818%
2018 · Grade 6 · English17822%
2018 · Grade 7 · English22129%
2018 · Grade 8 · English19419%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math17914%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math22017%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math19616%
2017 · Grade 6 · English22619%
2017 · Grade 7 · English20026%
2017 · Grade 8 · English19734%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math22415%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math20019%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math19822%

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
Schoolwide1403%5%47%45%

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-income24617%−24−22
Hispanic or Latino29120%−8−19
English learners1300%−3−7
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−12370Moderate−11360Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−17272Moderate−13263Moderate
Low-income−23223Minimal−18213Moderate
English learners−26191Minimal−7180Moderate
English-only students−6129not categorized−17131not categorized
English learners only−34124not categorized−8114not categorized
Students with disabilities−2176Minimal−1478Moderate
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−2467Minimal−161Average
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−1067not categorized−1066not categorized
White+644Accelerated−243Average
Homeless−2634Minimal−3532Minimal
Black or African American−3120Minimal−2620Minimal
Two or more races+315Average−1115Moderate

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
4%
exceeded standard · 12% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 145 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
7%
Advanced · 15% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 115 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 122 (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−12 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

370 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −12 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−11 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

360 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −11 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 · 35 in 100 → 2025–26 · 34 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 6.8% (35 of 518) → 2025–26 · 6.5% (35 of 542) · −0.3 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female17 in 10035 in 100+18 in 100
Male23 in 10033 in 100+10 in 100
Asian3 of 12——
Black or African American15 of 4217 of 37—
Hispanic or Latino20 in 10036 in 100+16 in 100
Two or more races7 of 254 of 14—
White3 of 5610 of 60—
Students with disabilities27 in 10047 in 100+20 in 100
English learners22 in 10038 in 100+16 in 100
Homeless26 of 5727 of 69—
Low-income22 in 10038 in 100+16 in 100
All students20 in 10034 in 100+14 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$17,416 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 51,790 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$294 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 479

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,340 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 479

District current expense · FY 2024–25$26,762 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 15%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 7%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$720,888,04159.60%59%
Instruction support$141,236,09711.68%12%
Student services$180,276,74014.90%15%
Administration$76,502,3046.33%6%
Buildings & maintenance$82,226,8076.80%7%
Other$8,383,1320.69%1%
Total$1,209,513,121100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $1,209,513,121 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$17,416 per pupil
2020$17,139 per pupil
2019$17,228 per pupil
2018$13,640 per pupil
2017$11,532 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 holders1.5%

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 94114 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94114 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$204,134
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)82%
ZIP-area population33,020
Median age41.9 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 94114 →

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