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Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle — Rating & test scores

26890 Holly Hill Avenue, Hayward · 669 students · Grades 7–8

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Scope Score 76

SolidScope Score · 54th percentile. Higher than 54 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

Below California in English and math: 45% and 31% 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: 615 in English, 622 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 Martin Luther King, Jr. a good middle school?

Solid. Martin Luther King, Jr. is higher than most California middle schools on attendance. Martin Luther King, Jr. is lower than most on English test results and progress in both subjects. Martin Luther King, Jr. is in the middle on math test results.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced4945%
Math, Proficient or Advanced5031%
English, Advanced6117%
Math, Advanced6119%

Progress in a year, 2025

English36−3 pts
Math32−7 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance5115 in 100
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Hayward Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

11.1% of students (75 of 674) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, three times the rate at the average California middle school.

Each bar is Martin Luther King, Jr.’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): 674. District and California figures are averages of school rates (8 Hayward Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Martin Luther King, Jr. say about itself?

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

Open husd.k12.ca.us (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

In English (reading and writing), about the same. In math, lower. 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 7 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

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

Low-income532−5 points
Hispanic or Latino419−8 points
English learners260−11 points
Long-term English learners123−14 points
Students with disabilities81−19 points

Math

−7

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-income532−11 points
Hispanic or Latino420−13 points
English learners261−17 points
Long-term English learners124−32 points
Students with disabilities81−14 points

Grades 7 and 8, 2025, 611 students in English, 612 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 7 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?

0 of the 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Martin Luther King, Jr.. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 4.0 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Martin Luther King, Jr.Scope Score 7654th
  2. Itliong-Vera CruzNew Haven Unified · by addressScope Score 7551st
  3. Cesar ChavezNew Haven Unified · by addressScope Score 7335th
  4. Bret HarteNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7231st
  5. Anthony W. OchoaNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7230th
  6. BohannonSan Lorenzo Unified · by addressScope Score 7230th
  7. WintonNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7126th
  8. Cesar ChavezNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 687th
Hayward UnifiedA neighborhood school in another district

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

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

Scores and family income

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

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

5 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 Martin Luther King, Jr. compare with schools like it?

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Scope Score is 76. 556 California middle schools, counting Martin Luther King, Jr., have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 72. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s result is higher than 431 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 556

  1. Students from low-income families: 88%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 89%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 85%

    Scope Score 86Strong · 90th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 86%

    Scope Score 86Strong · 90th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 77%

    Scope Score 85Strong · 88th percentile

556 California public middle schools where 77% to 89% 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 77% to 89% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s share. The count includes Martin Luther King, Jr.. 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 similar to 2025; math results were higher. English went from 41% to 45% and math from 26% to 31%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202638%48%50%CaliforniaCalifornia45%Martin Luther King, Jr.This school36%Hayward UnifiedDistrict

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202626%35%37%CaliforniaCalifornia31%Martin Luther King, Jr.This school25%Hayward UnifiedDistrict

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Hayward Unified’s line combines its 8 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. Hayward Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringMartin Luther King, Jr.Hayward UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201748%38%49%708
201846%38%50%700
201949%38%50%722
202246%35%48%670
202344%34%47%668
202442%32%47%661
202541%34%49%643
202645%36%50%615
Math, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringMartin Luther King, Jr.Hayward UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201735%26%37%707
201837%27%37%700
201936%26%37%720
202228%18%31%666
202326%19%32%665
202424%19%33%656
202526%21%35%645
202631%25%37%622

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Below California in both subjects.

English

45%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

31242817
Hayward Unified36%California50%

Math

31%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

48211219
Hayward Unified25%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 45% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 31% 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 14 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 Advanced50%41%
Advanced20%15%
Proficient30%26%
Developing level24%24%
Minimal26%35%
Tested307308
California51%49%
Difference−1−8

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 Advanced36%26%
Advanced20%17%
Proficient16%9%
Developing level18%24%
Minimal46%50%
Tested305317
California38%36%
Difference−2−10

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 school17%28%24%31%615
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · Hayward Unified10%26%24%40%2,879
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school19%12%21%48%622
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · Hayward Unified13%12%21%54%2,902

Spring 2026, grades 7 and 8 combined: 615 tested in English, 622 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 64% of students. 103 of 667 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

15in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (103 of 667 students).

At the average Hayward Unified middle school: 20 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 11.1% of students were suspended at least once (75 of 674). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

669

students in grades 7–8.

Hispanic or Latino 64%Asian 12%Filipino 10%Pacific Islander 4%Black or African American 3%Two or more races 3%White 2%

Family income

83%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 554 of 669. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

33

teachers, with 14 years of experience on average.

3% were in their first year.

98% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

80%

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 (107 of 134 students).

Hayward Unified: 50%. 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 Latino64%
Asian12%
Filipino10%
Pacific Islander4%
Black or African American3%
Two or more races3%
White2%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
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: 30.5 of 31.2 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino students and English learners scored below the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Filipino67 tested82%California 74%
  • Asian74 tested66%California 76%
  • Low-income537 tested42%California 39%
  • Hispanic or Latino398 tested35%California 40%
  • Students with disabilities92 tested15%California 14%
  • English learners80 tested0%California 7%

0% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 7 and 8, spring 2026), against 7% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students: 35% in English, against 40% for the same group across California. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 8 English, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 7 and 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Hayward Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 537 tested in English, 541 in math
English42%+1131%+339%
Math27%+522%+126%
Hispanic or Latino · 398 tested in English, 400 in math
English35%+827%−540%
Math23%+518%−225%
Asian · 74 tested
English66%+1452%−1076%
Math50%+347%−2171%
Filipino · 67 tested
English82%+1369%+874%
Math66%+1353%+660%
English learners · 80 tested
English0%−11%−77%
Math0%−22%−77%
Students with disabilities · 92 tested in English, 93 in math
English15%+69%+114%
Math10%+46%+19%

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

Pacific Islander students and students of two or more races: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Black or African American, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, homeless and military-family 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Martin Luther King, Jr.. 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.
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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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Money

Where does the money go?

$28,353 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Hayward Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $97 million.

$28,353

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$15,861
The school’s share of district office costs
$12,492
Of the total, from federal funds
$2,047
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.$28,353
  • Hayward Unified middle schools$28,999
  • 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 ↓

Hayward Unified’s yearly plan

$97million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$70million

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 5 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $97 million of $382 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Hayward Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Martin Luther King, Jr. like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 94545. They are not figures for the families at Martin Luther King, Jr..

Typical household income in a year

$114,356

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 94545.

Typical home value
$879,400
People who live in this ZIP code
32,843
Typical age
40.7 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
37%

What you can do

Who can act on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s results?

Hayward Unified’s board decides Martin Luther King, Jr.’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 Martin Luther King, Jr. 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 Hayward Unified 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 Hayward Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Martin Luther King, Jr.. 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?11.1% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (75 of 674 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?7 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 7 and 8, 2025 (612 students)
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. 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 Martin Luther King, Jr., and how do I get in?

Ask Hayward Unified which school serves your address. Next comes Tennyson High.

The district splits Martin Luther King, Jr.’s attendance zone. 70% of its children are assigned to Tennyson High and the other 30% to Mt. Eden High. In the district’s boundaries, Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle draws from 4 elementary schools. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Elementary · fed by
Middle · this school
Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle
High · next
Tennyson High Scope Score 59Needs Support · 1st percentile · 2025

Assigned for part of the zone

From the district’s 2020 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

Elementary links

High-school links

  • Tennyson High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 59 · Needs Support · 1st percentile · high · 2025

    70% of the zone’s children

  • Mt. Eden High

    Assigned for part of the zone

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

    30% 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: Tennyson High
Tennyson HighScope Score 59 · Needs Support · 1st percentile · 2025district-published assignment for part of the zone

The road from this school ends at Tennyson High. UC records 11 enrollees from Tennyson High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 12 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Tennyson High around 2028, and a school can change a lot in 2 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 55% of the students who finished high school at Tennyson High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

11 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 12 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Tennyson High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Address
26890 Holly Hill Avenue, Hayward 94545Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Darrell DanielsAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated May 23, 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 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Hayward Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Martin Luther King, Jr. a good middle school?

Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle has a Scope Score of 76. It scored higher than 54 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Solid, 54th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 15 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 20 in 100 at the average Hayward Unified middle school. 11.1% of students (75 of 674) 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, about the same. In math, lower. 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 7 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 611 students in English, 612 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 42% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle in Hayward scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. 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 #1,143 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #1 of 8 in Hayward Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math18%5142%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math38%4923%
Chronically absent15 in 100545%
Suspension rate11.1% (75 of 674)215%
English learners: top level38%725%

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
2025–267654#1143California 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
2018–1910 in 1007.9% (62 of 781)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2420 in 10012.4% (91 of 736)
2024–2517 in 10011.0% (76 of 693)
2025–2615 in 10011.1% (75 of 674)

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 · English61517%45%
2026 · Math62219%31%
2025 · English64315%41%
2025 · Math64518%26%
2024 · English66117%42%
2024 · Math65614%24%
2023 · English66814%44%
2023 · Math66514%26%
2022 · English67016%46%
2022 · Math66615%28%
2019 · English72217%49%
2019 · Math72023%36%
2018 · English70016%46%
2018 · Math70019%37%
2017 · English70816%48%
2017 · Math70719%35%

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 · English32340%
2025 · Grade 8 · English32041%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math32425%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math32127%
2024 · Grade 7 · English32146%
2024 · Grade 8 · English34038%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math32225%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math33423%
2023 · Grade 7 · English34545%
2023 · Grade 8 · English32344%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math34127%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math32425%
2022 · Grade 7 · English33347%
2022 · Grade 8 · English33745%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math32928%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math33728%
2019 · Grade 7 · English36947%
2019 · Grade 8 · English35351%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math36738%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math35334%
2018 · Grade 7 · English35250%
2018 · Grade 8 · English34843%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math35540%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math34534%
2017 · Grade 7 · English34347%
2017 · Grade 8 · English36548%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math34235%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math36535%

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
Schoolwide31810%20%52%18%

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-income53742%+11+3
Hispanic or Latino39835%+8−5
Students with disabilities9215%+6+1
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−3611Average−7612Moderate
Low-income−5532Average−11532Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−8419Moderate−13420Moderate
English learners−11260Moderate−17261Moderate
English-only students−1200not categorized−13200not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−5165not categorized−13165not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−14123Moderate−32124Minimal
English learners only−1795not categorized−2396not categorized
Students with disabilities−1981Moderate−1481Moderate
Asian+962Accelerated+1362Accelerated
Filipino+1844Accelerated+2444Exceptional
Black or African American+127Average+327Average
Pacific Islander+1124Accelerated−1724Moderate
Two or more races−219Average−1619Moderate
White+812Accelerated+712Accelerated

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

611 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−7 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

612 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −7 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, 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 · 17 in 100 → 2025–26 · 15 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 11.0% (76 of 693) → 2025–26 · 11.1% (75 of 674) · +0.1 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female12 in 10016 in 100+4 in 100
Male9 in 10014 in 100+5 in 100
Asian4 of 705 of 77—
Black or African American5 of 445 of 23—
Filipino1 of 624 of 68—
Hispanic or Latino11 in 10018 in 100+7 in 100
Pacific Islander6 of 254 of 26—
Two or more races4 of 135 of 23—
White3 of 222 of 14—
Students with disabilities22 in 10026 in 100+4 in 100
English learners10 in 10024 in 100+14 in 100
Homeless4 of 25——
Military families0 of 211 of 15—
Low-income12 in 10016 in 100+4 in 100
All students10 in 10015 in 100+5 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,824 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 19,069 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$903 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 669

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,144 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 669

District current expense · FY 2024–25$23,754 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 60%Instruction support 13%Student services 12%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 8%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$229,309,23160.42%60%
Instruction support$50,400,72613.28%13%
Student services$44,498,99711.72%12%
Administration$22,813,2716.01%6%
Buildings & maintenance$30,897,7278.14%8%
Other$1,636,3870.43%1%
Total$379,556,338100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $379,556,338 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$15,824 per pupil
2020$14,439 per pupil
2019$14,523 per pupil
2018$12,007 per pupil
2017$11,950 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 94545 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94545 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$114,356
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)37%
ZIP-area population32,843
Median age40.7 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 94545 →

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