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4600 Lavell Road, Santa Rosa · 124 students · Grades TK–8

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Scope Score 81

StrongScope Score · 78th percentile. Higher than 78 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

Near California in English, well above in math, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026: 58% and 56% scored Proficient or Advanced, 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: 107
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 Mark West Charter a good middle school?

Strong. Mark West Charter is higher than most California middle schools on test results, progress in math and attendance. Mark West Charter is lower than most on progress in English.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced7158%
Math, Proficient or Advanced8456%
English, Advanced7221%
Math, Advanced8030%

Progress in a year, 2025

English17−10 pts
Math530 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance6013 in 100
Mark West Charter’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 21% of students tested in English (reading and writing) and 30% in math scored Advanced, against 19% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Mark West Charter’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 7 and 8: 107. 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).

In its own words

What does Mark West Charter say about itself?

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

Open markwestcharter.org (opens in a new tab)

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 7 and 8 scored 10 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored the same, which the state calls Average.

English

−10

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

Low-income55−15 points
White48−4 points
Hispanic or Latino46−12 points
English learners18−6 points

Math

0

The same as 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

Low-income55−10 points
White48+5 points
Hispanic or Latino46−5 points
English learners18−18 points

Grades 7 and 8, 2025, 108 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. 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 10 points below that expected score, and in math right at that expected score.

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?

0 of the 5 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Mark West Charter. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

6 middle schools within 4.6 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Mark West CharterScope Score 8178th
  2. WindsorWindsor Unified · by addressScope Score 7657th
  3. Piner-Olivet CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7337th
  4. Northwest Prep CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7125th
  5. Santa RosaSanta Rosa High · by addressScope Score 6912th
  6. Hilliard ComstockSanta Rosa High · by addressScope Score 651st
Mark West Union ElementaryA neighborhood school in another districtCharter

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer. A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

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

5 of 6 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 Mark West Charter compare with schools like it?

Mark West Charter’s Scope Score is 81. 328 California middle schools, counting Mark West Charter, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 78. Mark West Charter’s result is higher than 235 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 328

  1. Students from low-income families: 44%

    Elkhorn

    Stockton

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 43%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 48%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 97th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 47%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 96th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 46%

    Elevate

    San Diego

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

328 California public middle schools where 43% to 55% 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 43% to 55% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Mark West Charter’s share. The count includes Mark West Charter. 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 higher than in 2025. English went from 43% to 58% and math from 38% to 56%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202662%58%Mark West CharterThis school50%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202650%56%Mark West CharterThis school37%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. 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.

English, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringMark West CharterCaliforniaTested here
201762%49%117
201871%50%115
201969%50%115
202267%48%94
202354%47%104
202449%47%100
202543%49%111
202658%50%107
Math, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringMark West CharterCaliforniaTested here
201750%37%117
201856%37%115
201959%37%115
202250%31%92
202349%32%103
202442%33%100
202538%35%111
202656%37%107

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Above California in English; well above it in math.

English

58%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

19233721
California50%

Math

56%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

22222630
California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 58% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 56% 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).

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grade 5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 5
Proficient or Advancednone tested
Advancednone tested
Proficientnone tested
Developing levelnone tested
Minimalnone tested
Tested0
California49%
Difference—
English, grades 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced56%60%
Advanced21%22%
Proficient35%38%
Developing level23%24%
Minimal21%16%
Tested5750
California51%49%
Difference+5+11

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, grade 5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 5
Proficient or Advancednone tested
Advancednone tested
Proficientnone tested
Developing levelnone tested
Minimalnone tested
Tested0
California37%
Difference—
Math, grades 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced54%58%
Advanced26%34%
Proficient28%24%
Developing level20%24%
Minimal26%18%
Tested5750
California38%36%
Difference+16+22

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 school21%37%23%19%107
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school30%26%22%22%107
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896

Spring 2026, grades 7 and 8 combined: 107 tested in English, 107 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 48% of students. 15 of 118 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

13in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (15 of 118 students).

At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

No district average: Mark West Charter is the only regular middle school we rank in the Mark West Union Elementary district with an attendance record.

Students, 2024–25

124

students in grades TK–8.

Hispanic or Latino 48%White 39%

Family income

49%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 61 of 124. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

12

teachers, with 14 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

83% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

7.4%

of students were suspended at least once (9 of 122). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino48%
White39%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
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. 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: 4.9 of 5.9 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students here scored well above the same groups across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 51 tested41%California 39%
  • Low-incomeMath · 51 tested43%California 26%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 54 tested43%California 40%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 54 tested39%California 25%
  • WhiteEnglish · 38 tested76%California 62%
  • WhiteMath · 38 tested76%California 50%

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 43% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 7 and 8, spring 2026), against 26% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students: 39% in math, against 25% for the same group across California.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 8, 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 Mark West Union Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 51 tested
English41%041%+239%
Math43%043%+1726%
Hispanic or Latino · 54 tested
English43%043%+340%
Math39%039%+1425%
White · 38 tested
English76%076%+1462%
Math76%076%+2650%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Mark West Union Elementary, 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.

No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners, students with disabilities 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 can answer a short set of questions about Mark West Charter. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

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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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The school day

What is the school day like?

Mark West Charter has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

1

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

Money

How much is spent on each student here?

$20,502 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student.

$20,502

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$14,381
The school’s share of district office costs
$6,121
Of the total, from federal funds
$60
  • Mark West Charter$20,502
  • California middle schools$19,269

The district and California figures combine their middle schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 1,241 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

The neighborhood

What is the area around Mark West Charter like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95403. They are not figures for the families at Mark West Charter.

Typical household income in a year

$98,191

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 95403.

Typical home value
$693,000
People who live in this ZIP code
45,806
Typical age
40.2 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
29%

What you can do

Who can act on Mark West Charter’s results?

Mark West Charter’s own board decides its plan.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Mark West Charter in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 7 questions to Mark West Charter. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?10 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 7 and 8, 2025 (108 students)
  2. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  3. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Before you apply

  1. Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
  2. What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

Getting in

How do I get in?

Ask Mark West Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Where it is

Where is Mark West Charter?

Address
4600 Lavell Road, Santa Rosa 95403Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Lisa ChapmanAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 21, 2024.

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 Mark West Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓

Is Mark West Charter a good middle school?

Mark West Charter has a Scope Score of 81. It scored higher than 78 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Strong, 78th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 13 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 18 in 100 at the average California middle school. 7.4% of students (9 of 122) 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 7 and 8 scored 10 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored the same, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 108 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 41% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at Mark West Charter in Santa Rosa scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $1.1 million is planned for 8 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 65% of its $1.8 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

Its own plan

What does Mark West Charter’s own plan commit to?

$1.1 million is planned for 8 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 65% of its $1.8 million general fund budget.

$1.1million

planned in the school’s own plan for 2026–27

The three largest actions in the plan

  • Implementation of the Standards/​Frameworks$740,047
  • Suspensions and Expulsions$212,205
  • Develop, implement, and monitor MTSS resources for supporting unduplicated students who need extra/​remedial support$127,949

These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 85 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

The whole plan: every goal, what it measures and what it pays for

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 85 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 94% of the money; their titles are below. The plan itself puts 97% of it toward staff.

Reading, math and catch-up help

2 of the plan’s 8 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

  • Catch-up help $127,949
  • English learners $3,830

Largest of these

  • Develop, implement, and monitor MTSS resources for supporting unduplicated students who need extra/​remedial support$127,949
  • English Learners Instruction and Support$3,830
For high-need students

It plans $156,099 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $162,444 and estimates it spent $125,820, $36,624 (23%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

Ask: Why did estimated spending on these services come in $36,624 under the 2025–26 plan, and where does that money go in 2026–27?

What changed

The total is $2,450 higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Develop, implement, and monitor MTSS resources for supporting unduplicated students who need extra/​remedial support, which went from $162,684 to $127,949.

Largest cuts

  • Develop, implement, and monitor MTSS resources for supporting unduplicated students who need extra/​remedial support−⁠$34,735

Largest increases

  • Implementation of the Standards/​Frameworks+⁠$23,850
  • Suspensions and Expulsions+⁠$5,123

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA)$25,162
  • Instructional Technology$17,375
What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grades 7 and 8 only: 58% in English and 56% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 243%58%up 15 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 237%56%up 19 pts
Chronically absentGoal 3 · Engagement, Growth, Climate, and Culture21 in 10013 in 1008 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 3 · Engagement, Growth, Climate, and Culture5.4%7.4%up 2.0 pts

Goal 1 isn’t shown because it tracks other measures.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Implementation of the Standards/​Frameworks · $740,047
  • Suspensions and Expulsions · $212,205
  • Develop, implement, and monitor MTSS resources for supporting unduplicated students who need extra/​remedial support · $127,949
The full plan3 goals, 25 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($1.1 million).

Where does the money go?

70% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G2

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1To provide all students with a learning environment that provides access to current content standards…$795,42470% of action budgets

“To provide all students with a learning environment that provides access to current content standards, educational opportunities, and programs for all students” p. 11 ↗

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $763,371 (+⁠$32,053)

Largest funded actions

  1. Implementation of the Standards/​Frameworks$740,047action 1.5 · p. 44 ↗
  2. Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA)$25,162action 1.9 · p. 44 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $10,489 is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Instructional Technology$17,375action 1.8 · p. 44 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. English Learners Instruction and Support$3,830action 1.6 · p. 44 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

1 more action is in the plan, counted in the goal’s total: p. 44 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Implementation of the Standards/​Frameworks+⁠$23,850$716,197 → $740,047 · p. 44 ↗
  2. English Learners Instruction and Support+⁠$100$3,730 → $3,830 · p. 44 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) · $25,162 · p. 44 ↗new or renamed
  • Instructional Technology · $17,375 · p. 44 ↗new or renamed
  • Title not confirmed · $9,010 · p. 44 ↗not compared

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 8 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 11 ↗.

Goal 2To empower all students to reach their fullest potential in academics in core areas including…$136,12912% of action budgets

“To empower all students to reach their fullest potential in academics in core areas including English/​Language Arts, mathematics, and language development” p. 20 ↗

2 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $170,855 (−⁠$34,726)

Largest funded actions

  1. Develop, implement, and monitor MTSS resources for supporting unduplicated students who need extra/​remedial support$127,949action 2.6 · p. 45 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Identification and supports for students with disabilities$8,180action 2.7 · p. 45 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Develop, implement, and monitor MTSS resources for supporting unduplicated students who need extra/​remedial support−⁠$34,735$162,684 → $127,949 · p. 45 ↗
  2. Identification and supports for students with disabilities+⁠$9$8,171 → $8,180 · p. 45 ↗

How the plan measures it · 6 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 20 ↗.

Goal 3Engagement, Growth, Climate, and Culture$212,20519% of action budgets

“To cultivate a safe school community where - students, parents, teachers, and staff - are actively involved” p. 28 ↗

1 funded action · 2025–26 plan: $207,082 (+⁠$5,123)

Largest funded actions

  1. Suspensions and Expulsions$212,205action 3.6 · p. 45 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Suspensions and Expulsions+⁠$5,123$207,082 → $212,205 · p. 45 ↗

How the plan measures it · 11 measures · 1 quoted

  • Middle School Dropout Rate p. 33 ↗
    Baseline
    0 students have dropped out
    Target for year 3
    Maintain 0% dropout rate

10 more measures in the plan’s table.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

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 #553 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math26%5942%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math57%6423%
Chronically absent13 in 100565%
Suspension rate7.4% (9 of 122)375%

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 75%: the remaining 25%, 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
2025–268178#553California 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
2018–195 in 1002.4% (3 of 127)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2418 in 1004.3% (5 of 115)
2024–2521 in 1005.4% (7 of 129)
2025–2613 in 1007.4% (9 of 122)

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 · English10722%58%
2026 · Math10730%56%
2025 · English11517%43%
2025 · Math11519%37%
2024 · English10219%48%
2024 · Math10219%41%
2023 · English11116%53%
2023 · Math11025%48%
2022 · English10726%64%
2022 · Math10520%47%
2019 · English11724%68%
2019 · Math11735%59%
2018 · English11823%70%
2018 · Math11821%55%
2017 · English12220%62%
2017 · Math12223%49%

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 3 · English——
2025 · Grade 4 · English——
2025 · Grade 5 · English——
2025 · Grade 6 · English0—
2025 · Grade 7 · English5953%
2025 · Grade 8 · English5233%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math——
2025 · Grade 4 · Math——
2025 · Grade 5 · Math——
2025 · Grade 6 · Math0—
2025 · Grade 7 · Math5944%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math5231%
2024 · Grade 4 · English0—
2024 · Grade 5 · English0—
2024 · Grade 6 · English——
2024 · Grade 7 · English5439%
2024 · Grade 8 · English4661%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math0—
2024 · Grade 5 · Math0—
2024 · Grade 6 · Math——
2024 · Grade 7 · Math5435%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math4650%
2023 · Grade 3 · English——
2023 · Grade 4 · English——
2023 · Grade 5 · English——
2023 · Grade 6 · English——
2023 · Grade 7 · English5452%
2023 · Grade 8 · English5056%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math——
2023 · Grade 4 · Math——
2023 · Grade 5 · Math——
2023 · Grade 6 · Math——
2023 · Grade 7 · Math5456%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math4941%
2022 · Grade 3 · English4—
2022 · Grade 5 · English4—
2022 · Grade 6 · English5—
2022 · Grade 7 · English5374%
2022 · Grade 8 · English4159%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math4—
2022 · Grade 5 · Math4—
2022 · Grade 6 · Math5—
2022 · Grade 7 · Math5355%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math3944%
2019 · Grade 5 · English——
2019 · Grade 6 · English——
2019 · Grade 7 · English5775%
2019 · Grade 8 · English5862%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math——
2019 · Grade 6 · Math——
2019 · Grade 7 · Math5754%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math5864%
2018 · Grade 4 · English——
2018 · Grade 7 · English5881%
2018 · Grade 8 · English5761%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math——
2018 · Grade 7 · Math5866%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math5746%
2017 · Grade 3 · English——
2017 · Grade 4 · English——
2017 · Grade 6 · English——
2017 · Grade 7 · English6161%
2017 · Grade 8 · English5664%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math——
2017 · Grade 4 · Math——
2017 · Grade 6 · Math——
2017 · Grade 7 · Math6149%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math5652%

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
Schoolwide5022%28%46%4%

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-income5141%0+2
Hispanic or Latino5443%0+3
White3876%0+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−10108Moderate0108Average
English-only students−1082not categorized+682not categorized
Low-income−1555Moderate−1055Moderate
White−448Average+548Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino−1246Moderate−546Average
English learners−618Moderate−1818Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−613not categorized−2013not categorized

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. 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−10 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

108 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −10 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math0 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

108 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: 0 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 · 21 in 100 → 2025–26 · 13 in 100 · −8 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 5.4% (7 of 129) → 2025–26 · 7.4% (9 of 122) · +2.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female2 of 716 of 43—
Male4 of 539 of 73—
Hispanic or Latino1 of 408 of 57—
White5 of 636 of 46—
Low-income4 of 458 of 56—
All students5 in 10013 in 100+8 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$13,950 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 1,298 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$6 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 124

Central federal expenditures attributed here$54 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 124

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,874 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 73%Instruction support 9%Student services 6%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 6%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$18,599,41372.65%73%
Instruction support$2,406,9289.40%9%
Student services$1,511,1705.90%6%
Administration$1,417,8705.54%6%
Buildings & maintenance$1,666,4036.51%6%
Total$25,601,859100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $25,601,859 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$13,950 per pupil
2020$12,487 per pupil
2019$11,610 per pupil
2018$11,041 per pupil
2017$9,826 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 95403 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95403 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$98,191
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)29%
ZIP-area population45,806
Median age40.2 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-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 95403 →

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