Public school · Fairfield-Suisun Unified · Fairfield, California

Matt Garcia Career and College Academy — Rating & test scores

Fairfield · 6–8 · 204 students (2024–25)

1100 Harry Price Drive, 94533fsusd.org ↗(707) 424-9400
18thpercentileNeeds Support

The dots are California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
25

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of five of the six middle school 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 below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 35% and 11% 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: 200
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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40 of 204 students missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26, against 23 in 100 at the average Fairfield-Suisun Unified middle school.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 204. District and California figures are averages of school rates (11 Fairfield-Suisun Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Fairfield-Suisun Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Matt Garcia Career and College Academy a good middle school?

Matt Garcia Career and College Academy scores higher than 18 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 18th percentile, Needs Support, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 20 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 23 in 100 at the average Fairfield-Suisun Unified middle school. 3.9% of students (8 of 204) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. Evidence ↓

More questions (3)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, about as expected; in math, below what the state expected. 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 −16 points, which it calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 198 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 37% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Matt Garcia Career and College Academy in Fairfield scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. 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 below California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 35% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 11% 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: 200
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 · 200 tested

Advanced
6%
Proficient
29%
Below the standard
65%
This school35%
California49%
Fairfield-Suisun Unified43%

35% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 200 tested

Advanced
1%
Proficient
10%
Below the standard
89%
This school11%
California37%
Fairfield-Suisun Unified29%

11% 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 Advanced28%30%48%
Advanced3%8%8%
Proficient25%22%40%
Developing level32%40%25%
Minimal40%30%27%
Tested686666
California48%51%49%
Difference−20−21−1

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 Advanced9%11%14%
Advanced0%2%2%
Proficient9%9%12%
Developing level26%31%24%
Minimal65%58%62%
Tested686666
California37%38%36%
Difference−28−27−22

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.

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

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 24 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 12 points across California. The grades 6–8 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 31% to 35% and math from 9% to 11%.

Our comparable history for these grades covers 2025 and 2026 only. More years are needed to show a longer trend.

English · top two levels · grades 6–8

202531%199 tested
→
202635%200 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grades 6–8

20259%199 tested
→
202611%200 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, below what the state expected. 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 −16 points, which it calls Moderate.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 198
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 · 198 students 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.

−16 pts

Math

The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

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 school6%29%33%32%200
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Fairfield-Suisun Unified15%28%24%33%4,374
Math, grades 6–8 · This school1%10%27%62%200
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Fairfield-Suisun Unified15%14%23%48%4,377

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 20252 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2025–2026.

English top two levels, grades 6–8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20252026202635%49%
Math top two levels, grades 6–8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20252026202611%37%

In grades 6–8, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 31% in 2025 to 35% in 2026. In math, it went from 9% in 2025 to 11% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202531%
199 tested		49%
1,266,619 tested
202635%
200 tested		49%
1,254,039 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
20259%
199 tested		36%
1,272,526 tested
202611%
200 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 16 points below it.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

What you can do

Who can act on Matt Garcia Career and College Academy’s results?

Fairfield-Suisun Unified’s board decides Matt Garcia Career and College Academy’s plan.

The state hasn’t placed Matt Garcia Career and College Academy in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Fairfield-Suisun 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 Fairfield-Suisun Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Fairfield-Suisun Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Fairfield-Suisun Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

20 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. 3.9% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Context Close to the 23 in 100 at the average Fairfield-Suisun Unified middle school: a pattern across the district.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 40 of 204 students counted for it; suspension: 8 of 204 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 Fairfield-Suisun Unified middle school 4.0%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

20 in 100This school
23 in 100At the average Fairfield-Suisun Unified middle school
18 in 100At the average California middle school

40 of 204 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

3.9%

of students were suspended at least once (8 of 204). 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: 19 in 100, 13 of 69
  • Grades 7–8: 20 in 100, 27 of 135
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Matt Garcia Career and College Academy

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.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Teach here? Tell us Fairfield-Suisun Unified’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

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

Student groups, grades 6–8, spring 2026

9% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 26% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students: 11% in math, against 25% for the same group across California.

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).
Matt Garcia Career and College AcademySame group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 164 tested37%Same group, California 39%
  • Low-incomeMath · 164 tested9%Same group, California 26%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 156 tested35%Same group, California 39%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 156 tested11%Same group, California 25%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 78%2. Black or African American: 9%Unallocated share: 13%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino78%
  2. Black or African American9%
  3. White—
  4. Asian—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share13%
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?

74% 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 · 25 of 34 English learners74%
Fairfield-Suisun Unified · 1,043 of 2,51641%
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?

81%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 166 of 204. California: 63%.

9teachers, 2024–25

7 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

11%in their first year, 2024–25

Ask: What extra help is there in math for low-income and Hispanic or Latino students, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Fairfield-Suisun Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 164 tested
English37%+631%−239%
Math9%−1019%−1726%
Hispanic or Latino · 156 tested
English35%+431%−439%
Math11%−920%−1425%

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

English learners, 32 tested: no rate for grade 8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino78%
Black or African American9%
White—
Asian—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
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.

Next steps

What comes after Matt Garcia Career and College Academy, and how do I get in?

  1. Elementary
    Fairview Elementary
    12th · Needs Support · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  2. Middle · this school
    Matt Garcia Career and College Academy
    Grades 6–8
  3. High
    Armijo High
    6th · Needs Support · 2025Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

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

  • Fairview Elementary

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

    12th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

  • Anna Kyle Elementary

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

    bottom percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

  • Sullivan Language Immersion Academy

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

    4th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

Middle-school links

High-school links

  • Armijo High

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

    6th percentile · Needs Support · high · 2025

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: Armijo High
Armijo High6th · Needs Support · 2025 · Scope Score 37estimated path

The road from this school ends at Armijo High. UC records 20 enrollees from Armijo High for fall 2025. That figure comes from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Armijo High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 54% of the students who finished high school at Armijo High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

20 UC enrollees (fall 2025) → full record on Armijo High's page
Source: UC

How do I get in?

Ask Fairfield-Suisun Unified which school serves your address.

School website: fsusd.org ↗Office: (707) 424-9400Administrator: Shabana Johnson

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
1100 Harry Price Drive, Fairfield 94533

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

Questions for your visit

  1. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 65% in English and 89% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (200 students tested in each); California: 51% and 63%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (707) 424-94001100 Harry Price Drive, 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 #2,065 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #8 of 11 in Fairfield-Suisun Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math4%3542%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math23%3623%
Chronically absent20 in 100485%
Suspension rate3.9% (8 of 204)505%
English learners: top level35%675%
Grade gap (G6→G8, different students)+12.7pp—not scored

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 year2024–25 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–262518#2065California middle schools · 2,529 schools · current formula

2024–25 has records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for it.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2024–2527 in 1008.8% (18 of 205)+2
2025–2620 in 1003.9% (8 of 204)+13

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).
Every tested year2025–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English2006%36%
2026 · Math2001%11%
2025 · English1995%31%
2025 · Math1993%9%

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 · English6831%
2025 · Grade 7 · English6731%
2025 · Grade 8 · English6431%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math689%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math676%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math6412%

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
Schoolwide662%11%68%20%

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-income16437%+6−2
Hispanic or Latino15635%+4−4
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+2198Average−16198Moderate
Low-income+1175Average−16175Moderate
Hispanic or Latino0151Average−17151Moderate
English learners+1109Average−19109Moderate
English-only students073not categorized−1573not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+871not categorized−2471not categorized
English learners only−1338not categorized−1038not categorized
Students with disabilities026Average−526Average
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−623Moderate−2023Moderate
Black or African American−117Average−417Average
Two or more races−112Average−512Average

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. 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
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+2 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

All students, grades 6–8

198 students

CDE simple estimate

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−16 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

All students, grades 6–8

198 students

CDE simple estimate

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −16 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. 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 · 27 in 100 → 2025–26 · 20 in 100 · −7 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 8.8% (18 of 205) → 2025–26 · 3.9% (8 of 204) · −4.9 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—20 in 100—
Male—19 in 100—
Black or African American—28 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—19 in 100—
Students with disabilities—32 in 100—
English learners—21 in 100—
Low-income—20 in 100—
All students—20 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$11,661 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 20,703 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$852 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 204

Central federal expenditures attributed here$486 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 204

District current expense · FY 2024–25$15,888 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 56%Instruction support 11%Student services 13%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$168,618,08256.33%56%
Instruction support$34,067,97011.38%11%
Student services$38,065,12412.72%13%
Administration$23,615,1337.89%8%
Buildings & maintenance$32,697,68010.92%11%
Other$2,271,8630.76%1%
Total$299,335,853100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $299,335,853 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$11,661 per pupil
2020$10,889 per pupil
2019$11,182 per pupil
2018$10,661 per pupil
2017$10,293 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 94533 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94533 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$87,384
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)20%
ZIP-area population78,805
Median age36.2 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 94533 →

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