Public school · Berkeley Unified · Berkeley, California

Martin Luther King Middle — Rating & test scores

Berkeley · 6–8 · 851 students (2024–25)

1781 Rose Street, 94703berkeleyschools.net ↗(510) 644-6280
86thpercentileStrong

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Scope Score
60

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six measures.

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Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 71% and 66% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 49% and 37%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 852 in English, 845 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

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In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 36% of students tested in English and 44% in math scored Advanced, against 19% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources
The sentence above
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 6–8: 852 in English, 845 in math. California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Berkeley Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Martin Luther King a good middle school?

Martin Luther King Middle scores higher than 86 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 86th percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 14 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 10 in 100 at the average Berkeley Unified middle school. 2.8% of students (25 of 897) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. Evidence ↓

More questions (4)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, about as expected; in math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored +2 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored +9 points, which it calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 761 students in English, 759 in math

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 46% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Martin Luther King Middle in Berkeley scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Martin Luther King Middle's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Berkeley High. 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 doesn’t guarantee placement; confirm your address with the district.

  • Berkeley High: 86th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 Scope Score

Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 71% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 66% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 852 in English, 845 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 6–8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English, 1,254,800 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 852 tested

Advanced
36%
Proficient
35%
Below the standard
29%
This school71%
California49%
Berkeley Unified73%

71% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 845 tested

Advanced
44%
Proficient
22%
Below the standard
34%
This school66%
California37%
Berkeley Unified67%

66% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 6–8 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced74%74%66%
Advanced42%34%31%
Proficient32%40%35%
Developing level17%14%21%
Minimal9%12%13%
Tested288284280
California48%51%49%
Difference+26+23+17

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 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced72%64%62%
Advanced54%35%43%
Proficient18%29%19%
Developing level15%21%21%
Minimal13%15%17%
Tested289282274
California37%38%36%
Difference+35+26+26

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.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

School pattern · grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · What patterns mean

Broad baseMost students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 72% to 71% and math stayed at 66%.

English · top two levels · grades 6–8

202572%838 tested
→
202671%852 tested

This school

California, same grades49% → 49%2025 → 2026 · 1,266,619 → 1,254,039 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 6–8

202566%846 tested
→
202666%845 tested

This school

California, same grades36% → 37%2025 → 2026 · 1,272,526 → 1,254,800 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, about as expected; in math, yes. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored +2 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored +9 points, which it calls Accelerated.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 761 in English, 759 in math
Comparison
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.

Grades 6–8 · 2025 · 761 students in English, 759 in math, with scores in both years

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

+2 pts

English

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

+9 pts

Math

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

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

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school36%35%18%11%852
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Berkeley Unified38%35%16%11%1,912
Math, grades 6–8 · This school44%22%19%15%845
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Berkeley Unified46%21%19%14%1,900

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown · English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 6–8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202671%49%
Math top two levels, grades 6–8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202666%37%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 6–8, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 70% in 2017 to 71% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. In math, it went from 69% in 2017 to 66% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201770%
952 tested		48%
1,377,836 tested
201876%
955 tested		49%
1,391,379 tested
201974%
964 tested		50%
1,390,416 tested
202272%
889 tested		47%
1,277,584 tested
202374%
857 tested		46%
1,267,562 tested
202473%
836 tested		46%
1,269,432 tested
202572%
838 tested		49%
1,266,619 tested
202671%
852 tested		49%
1,254,039 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201769%
972 tested		37%
1,383,609 tested
201869%
962 tested		37%
1,394,516 tested
201970%
952 tested		38%
1,394,239 tested
202262%
881 tested		31%
1,279,506 tested
202365%
865 tested		32%
1,272,024 tested
202465%
831 tested		33%
1,277,570 tested
202566%
846 tested		36%
1,272,526 tested
202666%
845 tested		37%
1,254,800 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

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 2 points above that expected score, and in math 9 points above it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 8 scores here with the school’s grade 6 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

14 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average Berkeley Unified middle school, 10 in 100 were. 2.8% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 127 of 893 students counted for it; suspension: 25 of 897 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Berkeley Unified middle school 3.2%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

14 in 100This school
10 in 100At the average Berkeley Unified middle school
18 in 100At the average California middle school

127 of 893 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

2.8%

of students were suspended at least once (25 of 897). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grade 6: 11 in 100, 34 of 299
  • Grades 7–8: 16 in 100, 93 of 594
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Martin Luther King

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

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

Student groups, grades 6–8, spring 2026

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 51% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 25% for the same group across California. Low-income students: 38% in math, against 26% for the same group across California. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 6–8; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Martin Luther KingSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • White362 tested80%Same group, California 50%
  • Two or more races141 tested75%Same group, California 50%
  • Asian70 tested70%Same group, California 71%
  • Hispanic or Latino179 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 51%Same group, California 25%
  • Low-income262 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 38%Same group, California 26%
  • Black or African American86 tested19%Same group, California 20%
  • Students with disabilities87 tested15%Same group, California 10%
  • English learners30 tested10%Same group, California 7%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 math, spring 2026. In English the same groups run from 0% to 87%; every value is in the table below. English learners: grades 7 and 8 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 42%2. Hispanic or Latino: 21%3. Two or more races: 16%4. Black or African American: 11%5. Asian: 8%Unallocated share: 2%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White42%
  2. Hispanic or Latino21%
  3. Two or more races16%
  4. Black or African American11%
  5. Asian8%
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share2%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

61% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 23 of 38 English learners61%
Berkeley Unified · 217 of 35960%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

33%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 277 of 851. California: 63%.

58teachers, 2024–25

14 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

85%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino and low-income students on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Berkeley Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 265 tested in English, 262 in math
English46%046%+739%
Math38%038%+1226%
White · 365 tested in English, 362 in math
English87%087%+2562%
Math80%−282%+3050%
Hispanic or Latino · 180 tested in English, 179 in math
English53%−659%+1439%
Math51%−253%+2625%
Two or more races · 141 tested
English84%084%+2262%
Math75%+174%+2550%
Black or African American · 89 tested in English, 86 in math
English26%−531%−733%
Math19%−625%−120%
Asian · 69 tested in English, 70 in math
English68%−775%−775%
Math70%−373%−171%
English learners · 30 tested · grades 7 and 8 only
English0%−33%−77%
Math10%−313%+37%
Students with disabilities · 88 tested in English, 87 in math
English23%−225%+914%
Math15%−520%+510%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Berkeley Unified, 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.

Homeless students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
White42%
Hispanic or Latino21%
Two or more races16%
Black or African American11%
Asian8%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 85% of teaching positions, 46.2 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 54.5 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Martin Luther King, and how do I get in?

  1. Elementary
    Emerson Elementary
    88th · Strong · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Martin Luther King Middle
    Grades 6–8
  3. High
    Berkeley High
    86th · Strong · 2025Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Emerson Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    88th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

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

  • Ruth Acty Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    96th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

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

  • Sylvia Mendez Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    81st percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

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

  • Malcolm X Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    86th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

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

  • Oxford Elementary at West Campus

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    78th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

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

  • Thousand Oaks Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    85th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

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

  • Washington Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    88th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

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

  • Rosa Parks Environmental Science

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    93rd percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

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

  • Cragmont Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    90th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

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

  • John Muir Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    90th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

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

  • Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Magnet school. Check how it admits students.

    98th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

High-school links

  • Berkeley High

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    86th percentile · Strong · high · 2025

    100% 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 it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where the path ends: Berkeley High
Berkeley High86th · Strong · 2025 · Scope Score 72historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Berkeley High. UC records 178 enrollees from Berkeley High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 24 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Berkeley High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 79% of the students who finished high school at Berkeley High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

178 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 24 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Berkeley High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Berkeley Unified which school serves your address.

School website: berkeleyschools.net ↗Office: (510) 644-6280Administrator: Michael Tison Yee

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
1781 Rose Street, Berkeley 94703

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Berkeley Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon? 14 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (127 of 893 students); average Berkeley Unified middle school: 10 in 100
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (510) 644-62801781 Rose Street, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby middle schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest middle schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby middle schoolsPercentile among California middle schools, 2026

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #341 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #3 of 3 in Berkeley Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math40%7542%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math69%7323%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+41 scale-score pts4120%
Chronically absent14 in 100555%
Suspension rate2.8% (25 of 897)545%
English learners: top level23%525%

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. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

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
2025–266086#341California 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 absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–196 in 1002.2% (23 of 1,031)+6
2021–22not on filenot on file−3
2022–23not on filenot on file0
2023–2413 in 1004.6% (41 of 891)+2
2024–2513 in 1002.7% (24 of 881)0
2025–2614 in 1002.8% (25 of 897)−9

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

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 6 and grade 8 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
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 · English85236%71%
2026 · Math84544%66%
2025 · English83839%72%
2025 · Math84642%66%
2024 · English83637%73%
2024 · Math83143%65%
2023 · English85736%74%
2023 · Math86540%65%
2022 · English88933%72%
2022 · Math88134%62%
2019 · English96437%74%
2019 · Math95246%70%
2018 · English95537%76%
2018 · Math96243%69%
2017 · English95234%70%
2017 · Math97244%69%

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 6 · English26972%
2025 · Grade 7 · English26973%
2025 · Grade 8 · English30072%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math27365%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math27166%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math30266%
2024 · Grade 6 · English25672%
2024 · Grade 7 · English28372%
2024 · Grade 8 · English29774%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math25764%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math28065%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math29466%
2023 · Grade 6 · English27372%
2023 · Grade 7 · English29573%
2023 · Grade 8 · English28978%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math27970%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math29661%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math29063%
2022 · Grade 6 · English29369%
2022 · Grade 7 · English29279%
2022 · Grade 8 · English30468%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math29263%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math28764%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math30258%
2019 · Grade 6 · English32169%
2019 · Grade 7 · English30577%
2019 · Grade 8 · English33875%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math31967%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math30372%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math33072%
2018 · Grade 6 · English30370%
2018 · Grade 7 · English33178%
2018 · Grade 8 · English32180%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math31268%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math33469%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math31669%
2017 · Grade 6 · English32872%
2017 · Grade 7 · English30873%
2017 · Grade 8 · English31666%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math33570%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math31467%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math32369%

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
Schoolwide27830%26%37%8%

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-income26546%0+7
White36587%0+25
Hispanic or Latino18053%−6+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+2761Average+9759Accelerated
English-only students+3607not categorized+10604not categorized
White+8331Accelerated+10330Accelerated
Low-income−8244Moderate+2243Average
Hispanic or Latino−7148Moderate+6147Accelerated
Two or more races+9125Accelerated+14125Accelerated
Students with disabilities−687Moderate−186Average
Black or African American−1673Moderate−774Moderate
Asian−372Average+2871Exceptional
English learners−1367Moderate+967Accelerated
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−837not categorized037not categorized
English learners only−1830not categorized+2030not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−314Average+214Average

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 6–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 8 against the same school’s grade 6 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 8 in 2026 against grade 6 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 6
35%
exceeded standard · 72% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 256 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
31%
Advanced · 66% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 280 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 257 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English 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 English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+2 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

761 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: +2 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+9 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

759 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +9 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, 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 6–8, 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 · 13 in 100 → 2025–26 · 14 in 100 · +1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 2.7% (24 of 881) → 2025–26 · 2.8% (25 of 897) · +0.1 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female6 in 10016 in 100+10 in 100
Male6 in 10013 in 100+7 in 100
Asian6 in 10016 in 100+10 in 100
Black or African American15 in 10043 in 100+28 in 100
Hispanic or Latino9 in 10016 in 100+7 in 100
Two or more races3 in 1008 in 100+5 in 100
White4 in 1008 in 100+4 in 100
Students with disabilities12 in 10033 in 100+21 in 100
English learners5 in 10020 in 100+15 in 100
Homeless33 in 10059 in 100+26 in 100
Low-income11 in 10029 in 100+18 in 100
All students6 in 10014 in 100+8 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. 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$18,919 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 9,409 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$428 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 851

Central federal expenditures attributed here$167 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 851

District current expense · FY 2024–25$26,397 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 61%Instruction support 12%Student services 9%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 10%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$140,526,98961.08%61%
Instruction support$26,939,78011.71%12%
Student services$21,041,7409.15%9%
Administration$17,653,7557.67%8%
Buildings & maintenance$23,276,48210.12%10%
Total$230,063,751100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $230,063,751 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$18,919 per pupil
2020$16,909 per pupil
2019$17,280 per pupil
2018$15,081 per pupil
2017$15,042 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 holders1.8%

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 94703 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94703 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$109,881
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)72%
ZIP-area population20,934
Median age37.0 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 94703 →

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