Magnolia Intermediate: This school runs ahead of the state average. The bar itself is the harder conversation.
Magnolia Intermediate posts 46% meeting the standard against 39% statewide — ahead of most, with real headroom above the bar.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48 | 17% | 46% | -1.5 | 15.2% | 13.9% |
| CA average · Middle School | 43 | 17% | 39% | +1.5 | 18.5% | 3.7% |
Magnolia Intermediate scores 48 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 68th percentile of 2,238 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “46% proficient” and call it done. Magnolia Intermediate deserves a closer read. The school sits in Grass Valley, where one in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 36th to the 68th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 600 middle schools.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 46% of students meet the standard today, above the 37% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 47% | 48% | 30% | 53% | 54% |
| Grade 7 | 42% | 52% | 53% | 40% | 65% |
| Grade 8 | 44% | 60% | 53% | 50% | 47% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 28% | 27% | 21% | 44% | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 39% | 41% | 39% | 28% | 42% |
| Grade 8 | 26% | 34% | 43% | 40% | 36% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding falls 5.0pp across grades; the floor slips 6.9pp. The state average falls 0.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
- Ask what typically leads to a suspension, and what happens before it gets there.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Magnolia Intermediate in Grass Valley, 44.6% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 41.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Magnolia Intermediate outperforms its district average for low-income students by 2.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (23.1% Math proficient); White students (55.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 37.8 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 130 students tested.
6 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 0.5pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school. District average: +1.1pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$1,048 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 410 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California middle school (≈860).
On the state's science test (CAST), 32% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Private alternatives nearby
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Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 142 | 20% | 35% | 25% | 21% | 54% | +8 |
| Grade 7 | 128 | 23% | 42% | 21% | 14% | 65% | +17 |
| Grade 8 | 129 | 15% | 33% | 35% | 18% | 47% | +1 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 142 | 14% | 18% | 34% | 35% | 32% | −3 |
| Grade 7 | 128 | 20% | 23% | 30% | 28% | 42% | +8 |
| Grade 8 | 129 | 14% | 22% | 30% | 34% | 36% | +3 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 127 | 11% | 20% | 58% | 10% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 130 | 44.6% | +3 | +6 |
| White | 274 | 55.8% | +5 | −6 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 64 | 48.4% | +4 | +10 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnolia Intermediate ← | — | 48 | 17.4% | 46.0% | −1.5 | 13.9% |
| California average | — | 43 | 16.8% | 39.3% | +1.5 | 3.7% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 33 | 36 | #1293 | 11.1% | 37.5% | 10.9% | 6.4% | -2.6pp |
| 2022 | 42 | 61 | #838 | 11.8% | 43.6% | 36.5% | 7.2% | +9.3pp |
| 2023 | 54 | 77 | #493 | 14.8% | 40.1% | 29.1% | 8.0% | +22.5pp |
| 2024 | 43 | 63 | #826 | 15.1% | 42.4% | 19.4% | 11.9% | -3.4pp |
| 2025 | 48 | 68 | #725 | 17.4% | 46.0% | 15.2% | 13.9% | -1.5pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 14.6% | 11.1% | -3.5pp |
| Male | 7.0% | 19.4% | +12.4pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 6.0% | 19.7% | +13.7pp |
| Two or More Races | 8.3% | 16.3% | +8.0pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 15.7% | 26.4% | +10.7pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 15.6% | 20.8% | +5.2pp |
| All Students | 10.9% | 15.1% | +4.2pp |
| Filipino | — | 26.7% | — |
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