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Marco Forster Middle

San Juan Capistrano · 6–8 · 930 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score
49 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
Not a grade or a test result.

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Near California in English and math: 49% and 37% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. Source
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 896 in English, 909 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,266,619 in English and 1,272,526 in math tested).
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Academic achievement

Beyond a single score: who exceeds, meets or is still approaching the standard.

Learning

How strong are the foundations for high school?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
19%
Met standard
30%
Below standard
51%

49% met or exceeded · 896 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaCapistrano Unified
Exceeded19%19%34%
Met30%30%35%
Nearly met24%23%17%
Not met27%28%14%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
20%
Met standard
17%
Below standard
63%

37% met or exceeded · 909 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaCapistrano Unified
Exceeded20%20%38%
Met17%16%22%
Nearly met24%23%20%
Not met39%41%20%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

What these tests tell you · what to ask

Read English and math separately, then look at progress and the courses students can take.

Ask: How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?

Things worth knowing

Open a finding for the evidence
In 2025, students in grades 6–8 scored above what the state expected from their own earlier scores. The state calls both results Accelerated.grades 6–8 · 2025
+13 ptsEnglish · above expected+10 ptsMath · above expected
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 839 in English, 840 in math
Comparison
839 students in English and 840 in math in grades 6–8 with scores in both years. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.
33% of the 224 English learners tested here reached the top level of the state’s English test in 2024–25, against 21% at the average California middle school.2024–25
33%English learners reaching the top level of the state’s English test
Source
CDE ELPAC Summative, Overall Performance Level 4, 2024–25
Students
English learners who took the summative ELPAC: 224
Comparison
The California figure is an average of school rates (1,368 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school49%
California49%

Tested: 896 here · 1,266,619 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school49%
Capistrano Unified69%

Tested: 896 here · 9,993 in Capistrano Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 18 schools.

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaCapistrano Unified
Exceeded19%19%34%
Met30%30%35%
Nearly met24%23%17%
Not met27%28%14%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school37%
California36%

Tested: 909 here · 1,272,526 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school37%
Capistrano Unified60%

Tested: 909 here · 10,021 in Capistrano Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 18 schools.

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaCapistrano Unified
Exceeded20%20%38%
Met17%16%22%
Nearly met24%23%20%
Not met39%41%20%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

201955%4,026 tested
→
202549%896 tested

Marco Forster

California, same grades50% → 49%2019 → 2025 · 1,390,416 → 1,266,619 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

201942%4,056 tested
→
202537%909 tested

Marco Forster

California, same grades38% → 36%2019 → 2025 · 1,394,239 → 1,272,526 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

Explore every year, the trend charts & underlying data
English met or exceeded, grades 6–8
Marco ForsterCalifornia
Math met or exceeded, grades 6–8
Marco ForsterCalifornia

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

English went from 55% in 2019 to 49% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Math went from 42% in 2019 to 37% in 2025. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
YearMarco ForsterCalifornia
201955%
4,026 tested		50%
1,390,416 tested
202243%
3,426 tested		47%
1,277,584 tested
202346%
1,053 tested		46%
1,267,562 tested
202449%
986 tested		46%
1,269,432 tested
202549%
896 tested		49%
1,266,619 tested
Math · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
YearMarco ForsterCalifornia
201942%
4,056 tested		38%
1,394,239 tested
202226%
3,456 tested		31%
1,279,506 tested
202332%
1,057 tested		32%
1,272,024 tested
202433%
993 tested		33%
1,277,570 tested
202537%
909 tested		36%
1,272,526 tested
The state’s growth measure839 students in English, 840 in math · grades 6–8 · 2025
English+13ptsCDE category: Accelerated
Math+10ptsCDE category: Accelerated

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

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

Ask: English is lower than in 2019 here (55% to 49%) and across California (50% to 49%). How does the school check what’s working in English?

Life at school

Explore the available evidence about the school day and opportunities.

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

17 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25
13in 100 at the average Capistrano Unified school18in 100 at the average California middle school

161 of 957 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school17 in 100
at the average Capistrano Unified school13 in 100
at the average California middle school18 in 100
4.9%of students were suspended at least once (47 of 965), 2024–25
2.9%at the average Capistrano Unified school3.5%at the average California middle school
Attendance by grade
Chronically absent, 2024–25Per 100 studentsStudents
Grades 4–61547 of 321
Grades 7–818114 of 636

Reviews & community voices

Parents’ experience · the school as a workplace

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

676 English · 687 math tested

English41% / 38%
Math28% / 24%

Hispanic or Latino

622 English · 635 math tested

English39% / 38%
Math27% / 24%

White

210 tested per subject

English72% / 61%
Math61% / 49%

Two or more races

41 tested per subject · grades 6 and 7

English68% / 62%
Math54% / 49%

English learners

206 English · 220 math tested

English7% / 7%
Math5% / 6%

Students with disabilities

142 English · 143 math tested

English20% / 14%
Math8% / 10%

Homeless

292 English · 304 math tested

English34% / 27%
Math23% / 16%

Military families

116 English · 117 math tested

English43% / 52%
Math29% / 38%
All group results, district comparisons and sources
Met or exceeded the standardgrades 6–8 · spring 2025
Group and subjectHerevs Capistrano Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 676 tested in English, 687 in math
English41%−1556%+338%
Math28%−1543%+424%
Hispanic or Latino · 622 tested in English, 635 in math
English39%−1453%+138%
Math27%−1340%+324%
White · 210 tested
English72%−678%+1161%
Math61%−869%+1249%
Two or more races · 41 tested · grades 6 and 7 only
English68%−1179%+662%
Math54%−1771%+549%
English learners · 206 tested in English, 220 in math
English7%−512%07%
Math5%−914%−16%
Students with disabilities · 142 tested in English, 143 in math
English20%−929%+614%
Math8%−1422%−210%
Homeless · 292 tested in English, 304 in math
English34%−337%+727%
Math23%−225%+716%
Military families · 116 tested in English, 117 in math
English43%−2366%−952%
Math29%−2756%−938%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Capistrano Unified, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native and Pacific Islander 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.

Military-family students did worse than the same group statewide in math.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Marco Forster Middle in San Juan Capistrano, 41.0% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 6, 7 and 8, compared to 55.9% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. Marco Forster Middle’s rate for low-income students trails its district average by 14.9 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (28.3% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (39.2% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 41.5 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 677 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

1. Hispanic or Latino: 69%2. White: 24%3. Two or more races: 3%4. Not reported: 2%Unallocated share: 2%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino69%
  2. White24%
  3. Two or more races3%
  4. Not reported2%
  5. Asian—
  6. Black or African American—
  7. Filipino—
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Pacific Islander—
  10. Unallocated share2%
Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.
Full student mix, comparisons & sources
Eligible enrollment, 2024–25Here
Hispanic or Latino69%
White24%
Two or more races3%
Not reported2%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

3 in 4 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (75%, 698 of 930). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers53
Average experience14 years
First-year teachers0%
90% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 90.48%: 57.2 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 63.2 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Questions & evidence

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The school path beyond this campus

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  1. ElementaryDel Obispo ElementaryHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
  2. MiddleMarco Forster MiddleThis campus · grades 6-8
  3. High schoolSan Juan Hills HighHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Del Obispo Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    67th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2025

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

  • Harold Ambuehl Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    69th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2025

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

  • Richard Henry Dana Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    74th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2025

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

  • Kinoshita Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    24th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025

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

  • San Juan Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    50th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2025

    74% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • John Malcom Elementary

    Historical partial-area overlap · NCES SABS 2015–16

    88th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025

    37% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

Middle-school links

  • Capistrano Home/Virtual

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    93rd percentile · Strong · middle · 2025

High-school links

  • San Juan Hills High

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    87th percentile · Strong · high · 2025

    83% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Dana Hills High

    Historical partial-area overlap · NCES SABS 2015–16

    70th percentile · Solid · high · 2025

    14% 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 its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

High-school endpoint evidence · San Juan Hills High
San Juan Hills HighScope 73historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at San Juan Hills High. UC records 65 enrollees from San Juan Hills High for fall 2025. Its AP Course Audit lists 26 authorized AP subjects for 2025 - 2026. Those figures come from dated records — a child starting here today would reach San Juan Hills High around 2031, and 6 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 84% of San Juan Hills High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

65 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 26 authorized AP subjects (AP Course Audit 2025 - 2026) → full record on San Juan Hills High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Getting in

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marcoforster.capousd.org

Location and visiting

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25601 Camino del Avion, San Juan Capistrano 92675

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Questions

Questions to ask

A short list for your school visit.

  1. English is lower than in 2019 here (55% to 49%) and across California (50% to 49%). How does the school check what’s working in English?
  2. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  3. How do students get academic help and connect with a trusted adult?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Call (949) 234-5907 to ask about a visit.

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Schools to explore

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar middle schools2025 statewide percentile
How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 67.1–83.1% meal eligibility and 465–1,860 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Marco Forster Middle a good middle school?
Marco Forster Middle is in the 76th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 49 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Marco Forster Middle was near California in English and math: 49% and 37% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Marco Forster Middle's CAASPP test scores?
In spring 2025, 49% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 37% the math standard; 19% and 20% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 896 students were tested in English and 909 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).
How does Marco Forster Middle rank in California?
Marco Forster Middle is in the 76th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Strong, 2025). Marco Forster Middle ranks #522 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2023 G6 → 2025 G8), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
Is Marco Forster Middle getting better or worse?
SchoolScope compares Marco Forster Middle's grade 6 results in 2023 with its grade 8 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 93rd percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.
What do attendance and suspension records show for Marco Forster Middle?
CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 16.8% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 161 chronically absent of 957 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 4.9%; 47 unduplicated suspended students of 965 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 16.8%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 4.9%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.
How does Marco Forster Middle compare to other schools in San Juan Capistrano?
Marco Forster Middle is in the 76th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 930 students. Use the schools in San Juan Capistrano page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.
What do reported student-group results show at Marco Forster Middle?
At Marco Forster Middle in San Juan Capistrano, 41.0% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 6, 7 and 8, compared to 55.9% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. Marco Forster Middle’s rate for low-income students trails its district average by 14.9 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (28.3% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (39.2% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 41.5 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 677 ELA grade test records. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
What high school does Marco Forster Middle feed into?
By attendance boundary, Marco Forster Middle is zoned to San Juan Hills High. San Juan Hills High has a Scope Score of 73 out of 100. 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 is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.
Source records

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

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Marco Forster Middle is ranked #522 statewide · #15 of 18 in Capistrano Unified.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard19.6%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded43.0%40.0%23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)Strongaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism16.8%18.1%5%
Suspension rate4.9%3.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)32.7%17.8%5%
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 17.2% · index 53 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 40.0% · index 53 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)
↑ vs CA average · ≈93rd calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 52 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 1.3pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↓ vs CA 3.6% · index 45 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 0.7pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 66 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint

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

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 629319%25%24%32%44%−2
Grade 730621%28%23%28%49%+1
Grade 829718%35%26%21%53%+7

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

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

State grade 7 ELA equal-school mean: 47.6%; n=2631 reporting schools

State grade 8 ELA equal-school mean: 46.2%; n=2658 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 629715%17%25%43%32%−2
Grade 730922%15%22%41%37%+3
Grade 830323%20%24%33%43%+11

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

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

State grade 7 Math equal-school mean: 33.7%; n=2630 reporting schools

State grade 8 Math equal-school mean: 32.1%; n=2658 reporting schools

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet+
2024 · Grade 6 · ELA30240.7%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA29648.6%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA38855.9%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math30629.4%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math29439.5%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math39331.3%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA30137.5%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA39451.3%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA35846.4%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math30331.0%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math39535.4%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math35928.1%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA1,14237.3%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA1,14245.5%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA1,14247.2%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math1,15229.0%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math1,15222.3%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math1,15227.4%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA1,34247.5%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA1,34256.4%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA1,34260.2%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math1,35232.8%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math1,35242.5%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math1,35250.4%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide30013%24%52%12%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged67741.0%−15+3
Hispanic/Latino62439.2%−14+1
English Learners2087.3%−5+0
Nearest middle schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

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

SchoolDistScope · percentile · bandEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Marco Forster Middle ←—4976th percentile · Strong · statewide · 202519.6%43.0%+10.0pp+64 pts4.9%
California average—39School average · no percentile17.2%40.0%+1.5pp—3.6%

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

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

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.

District salary records
Teacher salary schedule$65,219 – $130,638
Average elementary principal salary$185,421
Average middle school principal salary$197,661
Average high school principal salary$206,216
Superintendent salary$348,333

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
201944/10067#637California comprehensive middle schools · 1,953 schools
202230/10045#1146California comprehensive middle schools · 2,113 schools
202336/10059#856California comprehensive middle schools · 2,125 schools
202447/10074#552California comprehensive middle schools · 2,152 schools

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

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

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 18.1% → 2025 · 16.8% · −1.3pp
Suspension rate2024 · 5.6% → 2025 · 4.9% · −0.7pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresExcMet+
2025 · ELA89619.3%48.8%
2025 · Math90920.0%37.3%
2024 · ELA98617.9%49.1%
2024 · Math99316.2%33.1%
2023 · ELA1,05316.5%45.7%
2023 · Math1,05714.2%31.7%
2022 · ELA1,14212.1%43.2%
2022 · Math1,1529.8%26.4%
2019 · ELA1,34218.1%54.7%
2019 · Math1,35222.9%41.9%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
2019———20.5%48.3%9.3%3.2%+15.2pp
2022———10.9%34.8%25.7%7.4%+4.2pp
2023———15.3%38.3%21.4%5.7%+3.0pp
2024———17.3%40.9%18.1%5.6%+8.6pp
20254976#52219.6%43.0%16.8%4.9%+10.0pp

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

Grade gap = this year's grade 6 vs grade 8 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years
Group2018–192024–25Δ
Female8.9%15.2%+6.3pp
Male9.6%18.4%+8.8pp
Asian5.6%——
Hispanic/Latino7.6%16.9%+9.3pp
Two or More Races11.1%6.1%-5.0pp
White11.9%18.9%+7.0pp
Students with Disabilities10.7%26.4%+15.7pp
English Learners8.6%19.5%+10.9pp
Homeless7.0%18.3%+11.3pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged9.2%18.1%+8.9pp
All Students9.3%16.8%+7.5pp

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

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
GroupELAnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students+13839Accelerated+10840Accelerated
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged+12635Accelerated+7636Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+11590Accelerated+8591Accelerated
English Learner+12395Accelerated+8398Accelerated
English Only+13340not categorised+12339not categorised
Homeless Youth+10278Accelerated+5279Accelerated
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only+15211not categorised+8212not categorised
White+17190Accelerated+17190Accelerated
English Learners Only+5184not categorised+8186not categorised
Students with Disabilities+4144Average−11145Moderate
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)+16128Accelerated+13129Accelerated
Two or More Races+733Accelerated+933Accelerated

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. “Not categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-Term English Learner counts cover grades 6-8 only (CDE), so that row is not comparable to the All Students row. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2023 · Grade 6
16%
exceeded standard · 38% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2023 · 301 ELA test records with scores
ELA · 2025 · Grade 8
18%
exceeded standard · 53% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2025 · 297 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 300 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe ELA results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · reported-school field
State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8
Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

839 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

California growth model, ELA: +13 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 85th percentile of 7,519 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.85th pctile · +13 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8
Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

840 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

California growth model, math: +10 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 76th percentile of 7,518 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.76th pctile · +10 pts
this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median ELA estimate is −1 and the middle half fall between −8 and +6 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8 and is not part of the Scope Score.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$12,431 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 43,719 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$1,136 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 930

Central federal expenditures attributed here$787 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 930

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,166 per ADA

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

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

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

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 64%Instruction support 10%Student services 10%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%

SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$12,431 per pupil
2020$11,341 per pupil
2019$10,665 per pupil
2018$9,388 per pupil
2017$8,875 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 92675
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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 92675
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$129,457
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)43.39%
ZCTA population35,095
Median age46.2 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,177 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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