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Mar Vista Academy — Rating & test scores

1267 Thermal Avenue, San Diego · 462 students · Grades 7–8

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Scope Score 68

Needs SupportScope Score · 10th percentile. Higher than 10 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 and math: 30% and 15% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, against 50% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 402 in English, 400 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English and 838,896 in math tested).

Overview

Is Mar Vista Academy a good middle school?

Needs Support. Mar Vista Academy is lower than most California middle schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced1930%
Math, Proficient or Advanced1515%
English, Advanced196%
Math, Advanced155%

Progress in a year, 2025

English36−3 pts
Math47−2 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance4118 in 100
Mar Vista Academy’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Sweetwater Union High’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

14.2% of students (66 of 466) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

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

How to read these bars, and their sources

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

Source for the sentence
CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 466. District and California figures are averages of school rates (12 Sweetwater Union High schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Mar Vista Academy say about itself?

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

Open mva.sweetwaterschools.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored 3 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 2 points lower, which the state calls Average.

English

−3

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

Hispanic or Latino312−6 points
Low-income265−5 points
English learners201−8 points
Long-term English learners103−7 points
Students with disabilities69−9 points

Math

−2

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

Hispanic or Latino311−3 points
Low-income264−2 points
English learners200−1 points
Long-term English learners103−4 points
Students with disabilities68+2 points

Grades 7 and 8, 2025, 382 students in English, 381 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 3 points below that expected score, and in math 2 points below it.

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.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

6 of the 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Mar Vista Academy. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 4.3 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Vista Del MarSan Ysidro Elementary · by addressScope Score 7656th
  2. HilltopNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7127th
  3. Chula VistaNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7127th
  4. SouthwestNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7124th
  5. MontgomeryNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7022nd
  6. Castle ParkNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 6915th
  7. Mar Vista AcademyScope Score 6810th
  8. San YsidroSan Ysidro Elementary · by addressScope Score 676th
Sweetwater Union HighA 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.

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

6 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 Mar Vista Academy compare with schools like it?

Mar Vista Academy’s Scope Score is 68. 340 California middle schools, counting Mar Vista Academy, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 75. Mar Vista Academy’s result is higher than 27 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 340

  1. Students from low-income families: 64%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 54%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 65%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 95th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 54%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 94th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 61%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 94th percentile

340 California public middle schools where 54% to 66% 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 54% to 66% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Mar Vista Academy’s share. The count includes Mar Vista Academy. 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 lower than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 35% to 30% and math from 17% to 15%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 7 and 8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202650%35%50%CaliforniaCalifornia48%Sweetwater Union HighDistrict30%Mar Vista AcademyThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202634%17%37%CaliforniaCalifornia35%Sweetwater Union HighDistrict15%Mar Vista AcademyThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Sweetwater Union High’s line combines its 12 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. Sweetwater Union High’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringMar Vista AcademySweetwater Union HighCaliforniaTested here
201735%50%49%814
201834%49%50%742
201934%52%50%690
202227%46%48%483
202327%47%47%478
202432%45%47%480
202535%47%49%445
202630%48%50%402
Math, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringMar Vista AcademySweetwater Union HighCaliforniaTested here
201717%34%37%830
201818%35%37%752
201923%35%37%702
202215%28%31%499
202313%29%32%490
202416%31%33%482
202517%33%35%444
202615%35%37%400

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

30%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

492124
Sweetwater Union High48%California50%

Math

15%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

582710
Sweetwater Union High35%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 30% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 15% in math, against 50% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 7 and 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 7 and 8, spring 2026, math trails English by 15 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 13 points across California. The grades 7 and 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 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced30%30%
Advanced5%8%
Proficient25%22%
Developing level20%23%
Minimal50%47%
Tested199203
California51%49%
Difference−21−19

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 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced13%16%
Advanced5%5%
Proficient8%11%
Developing level25%30%
Minimal62%54%
Tested197203
California38%36%
Difference−25−20

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 7 and 8 · This school6%24%21%49%402
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · Sweetwater Union High16%32%23%29%8,793
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school5%10%27%58%400
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · Sweetwater Union High18%17%25%40%8,802

Spring 2026, grades 7 and 8 combined: 402 tested in English, 400 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 83% of students. 82 of 455 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

18in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (82 of 455 students).

At the average middle school in the Sweetwater Union High district: 16 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 14.2% of students were suspended at least once (66 of 466). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

462

students in grades 7–8.

Hispanic or Latino 83%Filipino 6%White 5%Two or more races 3%

Family income

60%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 275 of 462. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

31

teachers, with 16 years of experience on average.

6% were in their first year.

92% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

41%

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 (47 of 115 students).

Sweetwater Union High: 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.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino83%
Filipino6%
White5%
Two or more races3%
Asian—
Black or African American—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 24 of 26.2 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups scored below the same groups across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-income291 tested13%California 26%
  • Hispanic or Latino329 tested11%California 25%
  • Students with disabilities87 tested3%California 9%
  • English learners130 tested1%California 7%

11% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 7 and 8, spring 2026), against 25% for the same group across California. Low-income students and English learners also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 8 math, 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 7 and 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Sweetwater Union Highvs California
Low-income · 292 tested in English, 291 in math
English26%−935%−1339%
Math13%−1225%−1326%
Hispanic or Latino · 331 tested in English, 329 in math
English25%−1641%−1540%
Math11%−1728%−1425%
English learners · 131 tested in English, 130 in math
English5%−16%−27%
Math1%−56%−67%
Students with disabilities · 87 tested
English10%−515%−414%
Math3%−58%−69%

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

Filipino and White students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families and staff can answer a short set of questions about Mar Vista Academy. 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 Sweetwater Union High.

Families

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

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Staff

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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
  • And 5 more questions.

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Money

Where does the money go?

$6,281 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Sweetwater Union High’s plan for 2026–27 covers $431 million.

$6,281

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$5,789
The school’s share of district office costs
$492
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,671
  • Mar Vista Academy$6,281
  • Sweetwater Union High middle schools$3,708
  • 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 ↓

Sweetwater Union High’s yearly plan

$431million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$106million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 6 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $431 million of $712 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Sweetwater Union High Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Mar Vista Academy like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 92154. They are not figures for the families at Mar Vista Academy.

Typical household income in a year

$94,901

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 92154.

Typical home value
$639,200
People who live in this ZIP code
80,445
Typical age
36.5 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
22%

What you can do

Who can act on Mar Vista Academy’s results?

Sweetwater Union High’s board decides Mar Vista Academy’s plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Mar Vista Academy 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 Sweetwater Union High extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Sweetwater Union High: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 7 questions to Mar Vista Academy. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?14.2% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (66 of 466 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?3 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 7 and 8, 2025 (382 students)
  3. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?1% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026 (130 students tested); the same group across California: 7%
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  5. 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 Mar Vista Academy, and how do I get in?

Ask Sweetwater Union High which school serves your address. Next comes Mar Vista Senior High.

  1. Elementary
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.
  2. Middle · this school
    Mar Vista Academy
    Grades 7–8Scope Score 68Needs Support · 10th percentile
  3. High · part of the zone
    Mar Vista Senior High
    Scope Score 72Developing · 34th percentile · 202582% of the zone’s children

    Or Southwest Senior High for the other 18%. Scope Score 72 · Developing · 34th percentile · 2025.

The district splits Mar Vista Academy’s attendance zone. 82% of its children are assigned to Mar Vista Senior High and the other 18% to Southwest Senior High. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

From the district’s 2025 attendance boundaries. Shares are our estimate of where the zone’s children live. We use 2020 Census child counts, or land area where few children were counted. A share counts children living in the zone, not a school’s enrolled students. A boundary doesn’t guarantee a place. Transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

High-school links

  • Mar Vista Senior High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 72 · Developing · 34th percentile · high · 2025

    82% of the zone’s children

  • Southwest Senior High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 72 · Developing · 34th percentile · high · 2025

    18% of the zone’s children

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 the path ends: Mar Vista Senior High
Mar Vista Senior HighScope Score 72 · Developing · 34th percentile · 2025district-published assignment for part of the zone

The road from this school ends at Mar Vista Senior High. UC records 15 enrollees from Mar Vista Senior High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 15 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Mar Vista Senior High around 2028, and a school can change a lot in 2 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 72% of the students who finished high school at Mar Vista Senior High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

15 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 15 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Mar Vista Senior High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Mar Vista Academy?

Address
1267 Thermal Avenue, San Diego 92154Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Sophia GrayAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated September 18, 2025.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Sweetwater Union High which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Mar Vista Academy a good middle school?

Mar Vista Academy has a Scope Score of 68. It scored higher than 10 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 10th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 18 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 16 in 100 at the average middle school in the Sweetwater Union High district. 14.2% of students (66 of 466) 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?

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored 3 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 2 points lower, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 382 students in English, 381 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 26% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at Mar Vista Academy in San Diego scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

The district splits Mar Vista Academy’s attendance zone. 82% of its children are assigned to Mar Vista Senior High and the other 18% to Southwest Senior High. This is from the district’s published 2025 attendance boundaries. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Mar Vista Senior High: Scope Score 72, Developing, 34th percentile among California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 results
  • Southwest Senior High: Scope Score 72, Developing, 34th 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 #2,261 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #12 of 12 in Sweetwater Union High
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math6%3742%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math22%3623%
Chronically absent18 in 100505%
Suspension rate14.2% (66 of 466)105%
English learners: top level21%495%

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. The weights above add to 80%: the remaining 20%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

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
2025–266810#2261California 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 absenceSuspension
2018–1912 in 1007.1% (59 of 827)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2426 in 10013.9% (79 of 570)
2024–2526 in 1007.8% (41 of 528)
2025–2618 in 10014.2% (66 of 466)

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

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 · English4026%30%
2026 · Math4005%15%
2025 · English44510%35%
2025 · Math4446%17%
2024 · English4806%32%
2024 · Math4825%16%
2023 · English4785%27%
2023 · Math4904%13%
2022 · English4835%27%
2022 · Math4994%15%
2019 · English6907%34%
2019 · Math7027%23%
2018 · English7426%34%
2018 · Math7526%18%
2017 · English8145%35%
2017 · Math8305%17%

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 7 · English20036%
2025 · Grade 8 · English24534%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math20014%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math24420%
2024 · Grade 7 · English24730%
2024 · Grade 8 · English23333%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math24819%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math23413%
2023 · Grade 7 · English24226%
2023 · Grade 8 · English23628%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math24714%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math24312%
2022 · Grade 7 · English25324%
2022 · Grade 8 · English23030%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math26115%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math23814%
2019 · Grade 7 · English34734%
2019 · Grade 8 · English34334%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math35325%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math34921%
2018 · Grade 7 · English34733%
2018 · Grade 8 · English39534%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math35521%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math39716%
2017 · Grade 7 · English39136%
2017 · Grade 8 · English42334%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math40718%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math42316%

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
Schoolwide2037%18%59%16%

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-income29226%−9−13
Hispanic or Latino33125%−16−15
English learners1315%−1−2
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−3382Average−2381Average
Hispanic or Latino−6312Moderate−3311Average
Low-income−5265Average−2264Average
English learners−8201Moderate−1200Average
English-only students+2160not categorized−4160not categorized
English learners only−18114not categorized−3114not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−7103Moderate−4103Average
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+787not categorized086not categorized
Students with disabilities−969Moderate+268Average
Filipino+1231Accelerated−431Average
White+1117Accelerated+817Accelerated
Homeless−2913Minimal+2413Exceptional

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 7 and 8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−3 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 7 and 8

382 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −3 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−2 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 7 and 8

381 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −2 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 7 and 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 · 26 in 100 → 2025–26 · 18 in 100 · −8 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 7.8% (41 of 528) → 2025–26 · 14.2% (66 of 466) · +6.4 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female12 in 10017 in 100+5 in 100
Male13 in 10019 in 100+6 in 100
Black or African American3 of 26——
Filipino3 of 493 of 28—
Hispanic or Latino13 in 10019 in 100+6 in 100
Two or more races3 of 260 of 14—
White14 in 1005 of 25—
Students with disabilities25 in 10028 in 100+3 in 100
English learners13 in 10020 in 100+7 in 100
Homeless9 of 285 of 14—
Low-income13 in 10020 in 100+7 in 100
All students12 in 10018 in 100+6 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$15,976 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 97,968 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$1,576 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 462

Central federal expenditures attributed here$95 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 462

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,370 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 58%Instruction support 16%Student services 8%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 8%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$329,672,20957.65%58%
Instruction support$91,151,79115.94%16%
Student services$45,979,5568.04%8%
Administration$45,077,1857.88%8%
Buildings & maintenance$48,207,9608.43%8%
Other$11,732,6442.05%2%
Total$571,821,344100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $571,821,344 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$15,976 per pupil
2020$14,540 per pupil
2019$14,457 per pupil
2018$11,416 per pupil
2017$11,708 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 holders0.0%

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 92154 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92154 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$94,901
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)22%
ZIP-area population80,445
Median age36.5 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 92154 →

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