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Lindero Canyon Middle — Rating & test scores

5844 Larboard Lane, Agoura · 795 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 81

StrongScope Score · 76th percentile. Higher than 76 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 above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 63% and 53% 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: 754 in English, 756 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 Lindero Canyon a good middle school?

Strong. Lindero Canyon is higher than most California middle schools on test results and attendance. Lindero Canyon is lower than most on progress in both subjects.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced7863%
Math, Proficient or Advanced8253%
English, Advanced8127%
Math, Advanced7929%

Progress in a year, 2025

English13−12 pts
Math41−4 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance6812 in 100
Lindero Canyon’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Las Virgenes Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 27% of students tested in English and 29% in math scored Advanced, against 19% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

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

How to read these bars, and their sources

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

Source for the sentence
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 6–8: 754 in English, 756 in math. California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

In its own words

What does Lindero Canyon say about itself?

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

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Progress

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

In English, lower. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 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 4 points lower, which the state calls Average.

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

White466−14 points
Low-income198−13 points
Hispanic or Latino128−8 points
Students with disabilities109−20 points
English learners55−14 points

Math

−4

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

By student group · students counted

White467−4 points
Low-income198−10 points
Hispanic or Latino124−9 points
Students with disabilities107−3 points
English learners55−9 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 690 students in English, 687 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 4 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 38th 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?

4 of the 4 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Lindero Canyon. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

5 middle schools within 5.0 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Arthur E. WrightNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 9297th
  2. Medea CreekOak Park Unified · by addressScope Score 9095th
  3. Los CerritosConejo Valley Unified · by addressScope Score 8892nd
  4. ColinaConejo Valley Unified · by addressScope Score 8179th
  5. Lindero CanyonScope Score 8176th
Las Virgenes UnifiedA neighborhood school in another district

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer.

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.

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

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 Lindero Canyon compare with schools like it?

Lindero Canyon’s Scope Score is 81. 216 California middle schools, counting Lindero Canyon, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 81. Lindero Canyon’s result is higher than 96 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 216

  1. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 99Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 34%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 23%

    Scope Score 94Strong · 98th percentile

216 California public middle schools where 23% to 35% 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 23% to 35% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Lindero Canyon’s share. The count includes Lindero Canyon. 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 65% to 63% and math from 56% to 53%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202673%70%69%Las Virgenes UnifiedDistrict63%Lindero CanyonThis school49%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202658%55%60%Las Virgenes UnifiedDistrict53%Lindero CanyonThis school37%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Las Virgenes Unified’s line combines its 4 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. Las Virgenes Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringLindero CanyonLas Virgenes UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201770%73%48%979
201862%70%49%948
201967%71%50%931
202270%67%47%754
202368%67%46%768
202470%69%46%721
202565%68%49%742
202663%69%49%754
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringLindero CanyonLas Virgenes UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201755%58%37%980
201856%59%37%953
201955%58%38%932
202249%50%31%745
202346%51%32%765
202457%59%33%709
202556%61%36%736
202653%60%37%756

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

English

63%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

18193627
Las Virgenes Unified69%California49%

Math

53%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

22252429
Las Virgenes Unified60%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 63% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 53% 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 10 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 Advanced60%62%66%
Advanced23%28%29%
Proficient37%34%37%
Developing level20%19%20%
Minimal20%19%14%
Tested240258256
California48%51%49%
Difference+12+11+17

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 Advanced50%55%54%
Advanced27%30%29%
Proficient23%25%25%
Developing level25%24%24%
Minimal25%21%22%
Tested240259257
California37%38%36%
Difference+13+17+18

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 school27%36%19%18%754
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Las Virgenes Unified32%37%18%13%2,312
Math, grades 6–8 · This school29%24%25%22%756
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Las Virgenes Unified37%23%23%17%2,310

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 754 tested in English, 756 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?

White students are the largest group here, at 68% of students. 94 of 802 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

12in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (94 of 802 students).

At the average Las Virgenes Unified middle school: 11 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 2.5% of students were suspended at least once (20 of 807). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

795

students in grades 6–8.

White 68%Hispanic or Latino 19%Two or more races 5%Asian 4%Not reported 3%

Family income

29%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 229 of 795. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

33

teachers, with 9 years of experience on average.

15% were in their first year.

82% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

78%

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 (14 of 18 students).

Las Virgenes Unified: 63%. 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
11 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (27 of 251).
Grades 7–8
12 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (67 of 551).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White68%
Hispanic or Latino19%
Two or more races5%
Asian4%
Not reported3%
Black or African American—
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: 27.4 of 33.5 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino students and students with disabilities here scored well above the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • White512 tested66%California 62%
  • Two or more races53 tested64%California 62%
  • Hispanic or Latino142 tested53%California 39%
  • Low-income215 tested48%California 39%
  • Students with disabilities113 tested27%California 14%

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 53% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. Students with disabilities: 27% in English, against 14% for the same group across California. 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 Las Virgenes Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 215 tested in English, 216 in math
English48%−1058%+939%
Math41%−748%+1526%
White · 512 tested
English66%−470%+462%
Math59%−362%+950%
Hispanic or Latino · 142 tested
English53%−659%+1439%
Math32%−1244%+725%
Two or more races · 53 tested in English, 55 in math
English64%−1074%+262%
Math51%−1162%+150%
Students with disabilities · 113 tested
English27%027%+1314%
Math17%−219%+710%

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

Asian students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, English learners 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 Lindero Canyon. 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 Las Virgenes 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

Where does the money go?

$13,666 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Las Virgenes Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $140 million.

$13,666

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$9,125
The school’s share of district office costs
$4,541
Of the total, from federal funds
$845
  • Lindero Canyon$13,666
  • Las Virgenes Unified middle schools$13,772
  • 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 ↓

Las Virgenes Unified’s yearly plan

$140million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27
  • Professional Capacity$84 million
  • Opportunity & Equity$44 million
  • College & Career$6 million
  • Whole Child$6 million

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. Each part of the bar is one goal in the plan, with the money for its actions added up (our calculation). The plan covers $140 million of $174 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Las Virgenes Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Lindero Canyon like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 91301. They are not figures for the families at Lindero Canyon.

Typical household income in a year

$163,317

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 91301.

Typical home value
$1,116,200
People who live in this ZIP code
23,879
Typical age
46.7 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
68%

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 5 questions to Lindero Canyon. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. 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 (690 students)
  2. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  3. 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 Lindero Canyon, and how do I get in?

Ask Las Virgenes Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    White Oak Elementary
    Scope Score 87Strong · 90th percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Lindero Canyon Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 81Strong · 76th percentile
  3. High
    Agoura High
    Scope Score 81Solid · 74th 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

  • White Oak Elementary

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

    Scope Score 87 · Strong · 90th percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Willow Elementary

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

    Scope Score 88 · Strong · 92nd percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Yerba Buena Elementary

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

    Scope Score 87 · Strong · 89th percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Sumac Elementary

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

    Scope Score 80 · Solid · 73rd percentile · elementary · 2026

    87% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

Middle-school links

High-school links

  • Agoura High

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

    Scope Score 81 · Solid · 74th 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: Agoura High
Agoura HighScope Score 81 · Solid · 74th percentile · 2025historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Agoura High. The AP Course Audit lists 20 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. That figure comes from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Agoura High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 83% of the students who finished high school at Agoura High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

20 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Agoura High's page

SchoolScope has no verified UC admissions record for this school. SchoolScope has no verified CEEB identity mapping for this school. Source: UC admissions by source school.

Source: College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Lindero Canyon?

Address
5844 Larboard Lane, Agoura 91301Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Eric AnhaltAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated November 2, 2022.

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 Las Virgenes Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Lindero Canyon a good middle school?

Lindero Canyon Middle has a Scope Score of 81. It scored higher than 76 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Strong, 76th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 12 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 11 in 100 at the average Las Virgenes Unified middle school. 2.5% of students (20 of 807) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. See the details ↓

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

In English, lower. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 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 4 points lower, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 690 students in English, 687 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 48% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Lindero Canyon Middle in Agoura 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 Lindero Canyon Middle's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Agoura 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.

  • Agoura High: Scope Score 81, Solid, 74th 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 #587 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #3 of 4 in Las Virgenes Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math28%6142%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math58%6423%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+39 scale-score pts3920%
Chronically absent12 in 100585%
Suspension rate2.5% (20 of 807)555%
English learners: top level48%855%

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
2025–268176#587California 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)
2018–197 in 1001.6% (16 of 988)−13
2021–22not on filenot on file−13
2022–23not on filenot on file−8
2023–2411 in 1002.9% (23 of 785)−2
2024–259 in 1003.3% (27 of 816)−6
2025–2612 in 1002.5% (20 of 807)+6

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 · English75427%63%
2026 · Math75629%53%
2025 · English74228%65%
2025 · Math73632%56%
2024 · English72131%70%
2024 · Math70932%57%
2023 · English76825%68%
2023 · Math76523%46%
2022 · English75431%70%
2022 · Math74521%49%
2019 · English93128%67%
2019 · Math93230%55%
2018 · English94822%62%
2018 · Math95329%56%
2017 · English97925%70%
2017 · Math98032%55%

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 · English25569%
2025 · Grade 7 · English24967%
2025 · Grade 8 · English23858%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math25456%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math24455%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math23857%
2024 · Grade 6 · English24567%
2024 · Grade 7 · English23776%
2024 · Grade 8 · English23967%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math24558%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math23157%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math23355%
2023 · Grade 6 · English24068%
2023 · Grade 7 · English24174%
2023 · Grade 8 · English28762%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math23847%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math24155%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math28637%
2022 · Grade 6 · English24577%
2022 · Grade 7 · English28368%
2022 · Grade 8 · English22665%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math24458%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math28345%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math21843%
2019 · Grade 6 · English30671%
2019 · Grade 7 · English33373%
2019 · Grade 8 · English29256%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math30660%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math33453%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math29250%
2018 · Grade 6 · English33864%
2018 · Grade 7 · English29359%
2018 · Grade 8 · English31764%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math33956%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math29652%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math31858%
2017 · Grade 6 · English29966%
2017 · Grade 7 · English31973%
2017 · Grade 8 · English36171%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math30152%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math31855%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math36158%

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
Schoolwide25715%29%49%7%

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-income21548%−10+9
White51266%−4+4
Hispanic or Latino14253%−6+14
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−12690Moderate−4687Average
English-only students−11561not categorized−5559not categorized
White−14466Moderate−4467Average
Low-income−13198Moderate−10198Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−8128Moderate−9124Moderate
Students with disabilities−20109Moderate−3107Average
English learners−1455Moderate−955Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−1548not categorized−1248not categorized
Two or more races−333Average+233Average
Asian−130Average+1630Accelerated
Filipino−411Average+1411Accelerated
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)+411Average−911Moderate

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
31%
exceeded standard · 67% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 245 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
29%
Advanced · 66% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 256 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 245 (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

690 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−4 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

687 students

CDE growth category: Average

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

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

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

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

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 9 in 100 → 2025–26 · 12 in 100 · +3 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 3.3% (27 of 816) → 2025–26 · 2.5% (20 of 807) · −0.8 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female6 in 10014 in 100+8 in 100
Male8 in 10010 in 100+2 in 100
Asian0 of 651 of 29—
Black or African American0 of 14——
Hispanic or Latino10 in 10015 in 100+5 in 100
Two or more races2 of 380 of 38—
White7 in 10013 in 100+6 in 100
Students with disabilities12 in 10017 in 100+5 in 100
English learners0 of 222 of 24—
Low-income12 in 10014 in 100+2 in 100
All students7 in 10012 in 100+5 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$11,876 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 10,248 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$680 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 795

Central federal expenditures attributed here$165 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 795

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,070 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 61%Instruction support 11%Student services 9%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$101,696,17361.19%61%
Instruction support$18,909,80411.38%11%
Student services$14,569,1258.77%9%
Administration$12,634,7677.60%8%
Buildings & maintenance$17,302,97610.41%10%
Other$1,081,0560.65%1%
Total$166,193,900100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $166,193,900 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$11,876 per pupil
2020$11,367 per pupil
2019$11,420 per pupil
2018$11,125 per pupil
2017$10,218 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 holders4.1%

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 91301 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 91301 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$163,317
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)68%
ZIP-area population23,879
Median age46.7 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 91301 →

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