Public school with a magnet program · Redwood City Elementary

McKinley Institute of Technology — Rating & test scores

400 Duane Street, Redwood City · 476 students · Grades 6–8

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McKinley Institute of Technology and North Star Academy share this address in the state’s school directory. OpenStreetMap maps the grounds as one campus. Which buildings each school uses here isn’t mapped.

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Scope Score 72

DevelopingScope Score · 32nd percentile. Higher than 32 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

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 30% and 11% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 49% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 399
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).

Overview

Is this school a good middle school?

Developing. McKinley Institute of Technology is higher than most California middle schools on progress in both subjects. McKinley Institute of Technology is lower than most on test results and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced1830%
Math, Proficient or Advanced811%
English, Advanced217%
Math, Advanced134%

Progress in a year, 2025

English90+15 pts
Math61+3 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance1230 in 100
McKinley Institute of Technology’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Redwood City Elementary’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 7% of students tested in English and 4% in math scored Advanced, against 19% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is McKinley Institute of Technology’s place among 2,529 California public middle schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 6–8. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 6–8: 399. 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).

In its own words

What does this school say about itself?

These lines come from the school’s own website. They are the school’s description. They are not parent reviews or test results.

“The school's Technology Literacy program offers a small traditional middle school experience with opportunities for students to gain hands-on technology instruction.”
mit.rcsdk8.net (opens in a new tab), read November 12, 2026

Every line here is from mit.rcsdk8.net, read November 12, 2026.

Progress

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

In English, yes. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 15 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 3 points higher, which the state calls Average.

English

+15

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino383+15 points
Low-income370+14 points
English learners262+7 points
Students with disabilities78−11 points
Long-term English learners77−5 points

Math

+3

points higher 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

Hispanic or Latino382+3 points
Low-income369+2 points
English learners262+4 points
Students with disabilities78−3 points
Long-term English learners77+10 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 400 students in English, 399 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 15 points above that expected score, and in math 3 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.

SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 92nd percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

6 of the 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than McKinley Institute of Technology. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 5.0 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. CentralSan Carlos Elementary · by addressScope Score 9699th
  2. Tierra LindaSan Carlos Elementary · by addressScope Score 9598th
  3. Ralston IntermediateBelmont-Redwood Shores Elementary · by addressScope Score 9397th
  4. La EntradaLas Lomitas Elementary · by addressScope Score 9196th
  5. HillviewMenlo Park City Elementary · by addressScope Score 9196th
  6. John F. KennedyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8178th
  7. McKinley Institute of TechnologyScope Score 7232nd
  8. Cesar Chavez RavenswoodRavenswood City Elementary · by addressScope Score 676th
Redwood City ElementaryA neighborhood school in another district

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

6 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 this school compare with schools like it?

McKinley Institute of Technology’s Scope Score is 72. 631 California middle schools, counting McKinley Institute of Technology, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 71. McKinley Institute of Technology’s result is higher than 353 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 631

  1. Students from low-income families: 88%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 92%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 93rd percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 93%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 92nd percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 96%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 89%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

631 California public middle schools where 86% to 98% 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 86% to 98% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of McKinley Institute of Technology’s share. The count includes McKinley Institute of Technology. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 27% to 30% and math from 10% to 11%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 6–8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202646%45%49%CaliforniaCalifornia43%Redwood City ElementaryDistrict30%McKinley Institute of TechnologyThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202635%23%37%CaliforniaCalifornia29%Redwood City ElementaryDistrict11%McKinley Institute of TechnologyThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Redwood City Elementary’s line combines its 7 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. Redwood City Elementary’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringMcKinley Institute of TechnologyRedwood City ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201745%46%48%356
201840%52%49%397
201947%53%50%382
202232%44%47%281
202329%44%46%306
202420%41%46%426
202527%43%49%469
202630%43%49%399
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringMcKinley Institute of TechnologyRedwood City ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201723%35%37%355
201823%38%37%398
201928%39%38%382
202219%28%31%279
202311%29%32%319
20247%26%33%438
202510%27%36%478
202611%29%37%399

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

30%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

4327237
Redwood City Elementary49%California49%

Math

11%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

68217
Redwood City Elementary37%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 30% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 11% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 6–8 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 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 19 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.

School pattern · grades 6–8 · spring 2026

Grade-to-grade gains
From grade 6 in spring 2024 to grade 8 in spring 2026, results here rose more than at the average California middle school. Students move in and out, so these are partly different children. The Score factors record below gives the figure.

What patterns mean

Results for each grade, spring 2026

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 Advanced23%29%35%
Advanced5%4%10%
Proficient18%25%25%
Developing level29%27%27%
Minimal48%44%38%
Tested95139165
California48%51%49%
Difference−25−22−14

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 Advanced6%10%14%
Advanced0%4%7%
Proficient6%6%7%
Developing level19%26%19%
Minimal75%64%67%
Tested95139165
California37%38%36%
Difference−31−28−22

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school7%23%27%43%399
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Redwood City Elementary23%26%21%30%2,361
Math, grades 6–8 · This school4%7%21%68%399
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Redwood City Elementary23%14%20%43%2,358

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 399 tested in English, 399 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 93% of students. 129 of 430 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

30in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (129 of 430 students).

At the average middle school in the Redwood City Elementary district: 17 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 8.2% of students were suspended at least once (36 of 439). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

476

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 93%White 3%

Family income

92%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 439 of 476. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

22

teachers, with 10 years of experience on average.

9% were in their first year.

76% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

54%

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 (82 of 152 students).

Redwood City Elementary: 48%. 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.

Missing school, by grade
Grade 6
34 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (35 of 102).
Grades 7–8
29 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (94 of 328).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino93%
White3%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. 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: 14 of 18.6 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Four student groups scored below the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Hispanic or Latino370 tested30%California 39%
  • Low-income366 tested27%California 39%
  • Homeless32 tested16%California 28%
  • Students with disabilities70 tested3%California 14%
  • English learners165 tested2%California 7%

27% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students, students with disabilities and English learners also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 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 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Redwood City Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 366 tested
English27%−835%−1239%
Math9%−1019%−1726%
Hispanic or Latino · 370 tested
English30%−939%−939%
Math10%−1222%−1525%
English learners · 165 tested
English2%−24%−57%
Math4%04%−37%
Students with disabilities · 70 tested
English3%−1215%−1114%
Math6%−612%−410%
Homeless · 32 tested · grades 7 and 8 only
English16%−824%−1228%
Math6%−410%−1117%

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

No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students, students of two or more races 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 McKinley Institute of Technology. These are not star ratings or reviews.

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

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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Staff

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Money

Where does the money go?

$23,530 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Redwood City Elementary’s plan for 2026–27 covers $69 million.

$23,530

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$9,063
The school’s share of district office costs
$14,467
Of the total, from federal funds
$2,627
  • McKinley Institute of Technology$23,530
  • Redwood City Elementary middle schools$23,557
  • 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 ↓

Redwood City Elementary’s yearly plan

$69million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$11million

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 3 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $69 million of $151 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Redwood City Elementary Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around this school like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 94062. They are not figures for the families at McKinley Institute of Technology.

Typical household income in a year

$233,262

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 94062.

Typical home value
$2,000,001
People who live in this ZIP code
25,759
Typical age
44.0 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
68%

What you can do

Who can act on this school’s results?

The state took McKinley Institute of Technology out of extra targeted support; Redwood City Elementary’s board decides its plan.

When the plan is set

Redwood City Elementary’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

Read the 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

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.

What has the state flagged?

The state took the school off the list for 2025–26. The school was on the list in 2024–25.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving Redwood City Elementary 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 Redwood City Elementary: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 10 questions to McKinley Institute of Technology. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school?30 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (129 of 430 students); average California middle school: 18 in 100
  2. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?8.2% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (36 of 439 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  3. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?2% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (165 students tested); the same group across California: 7%
  4. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?70% in English and 89% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (399 students tested in each); California: 51% and 63%
  5. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  6. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?
  7. How does this approach show up in an ordinary lesson?From its own words, on how it teaches.
  8. Which grades take part in these programs, and how often?From its own words, on programs.

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 this school, and how do I get in?

Ask Redwood City Elementary which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Orion Alternative
    Scope Score 85Strong · 86th percentile · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Check how it admits students.
  2. Middle · this school
    McKinley Institute of Technology
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 72Developing · 32nd percentile
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

Not a next step: the school sharing this address. North Star Academy (96th percentile, Strong, among elementary schools, 2026) has the same street address in the state’s school directory.

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Orion Alternative

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

    Scope Score 85 · Strong · 86th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • North Star Academy

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

    Scope Score 92 · Strong · 96th percentile · elementary · 2026

Middle-school links

  • Hoover Elementary

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

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 it is

Where is this school?

Address
400 Duane Street, Redwood City 94062Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Bea WilliamsAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 8, 2024.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Redwood City Elementary which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is McKinley Institute of Technology a good middle school?

McKinley Institute of Technology has a Scope Score of 72. It scored higher than 32 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Developing, 32nd percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 30 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 17 in 100 at the average middle school in the Redwood City Elementary district. 8.2% of students (36 of 439) 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, yes. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 15 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 3 points higher, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 400 students in English, 399 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 27% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at McKinley Institute of Technology in Redwood City 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 #1,699 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #5 of 7 in Redwood City Elementary
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math5%3642%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math20%3323%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+65 scale-score pts7220%
Chronically absent30 in 100345%
Suspension rate8.2% (36 of 439)335%
English learners: top level21%495%

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
2025–267232#1699California 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)
2018–199 in 1006.3% (25 of 394)+10
2021–22not on filenot on file0
2022–23not on filenot on file+3
2023–240 in 10010.8% (51 of 473)+7
2024–2528 in 1004.0% (21 of 526)+1
2025–2630 in 1008.2% (36 of 439)+10

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 · English3997%30%
2026 · Math3994%11%
2025 · English4695%27%
2025 · Math4783%10%
2024 · English4263%20%
2024 · Math4383%7%
2023 · English3066%29%
2023 · Math3193%11%
2022 · English2815%32%
2022 · Math2793%19%
2019 · English38212%47%
2019 · Math3828%28%
2018 · English3978%40%
2018 · Math3986%23%
2017 · English3567%45%
2017 · Math3556%23%

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 · English13522%
2025 · Grade 7 · English16131%
2025 · Grade 8 · English17326%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math14211%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math16412%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math1729%
2024 · Grade 6 · English15617%
2024 · Grade 7 · English15618%
2024 · Grade 8 · English11428%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math1628%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math1624%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math11410%
2023 · Grade 6 · English10327%
2023 · Grade 7 · English10329%
2023 · Grade 8 · English10030%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math1048%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math10714%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math10811%
2022 · Grade 6 · English9430%
2022 · Grade 7 · English8740%
2022 · Grade 8 · English10027%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math9412%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math8532%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math10015%
2019 · Grade 6 · English12140%
2019 · Grade 7 · English12052%
2019 · Grade 8 · English14150%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math12121%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math11930%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math14231%
2018 · Grade 6 · English12436%
2018 · Grade 7 · English14842%
2018 · Grade 8 · English12540%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math12424%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math14822%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math12625%
2017 · Grade 6 · English12543%
2017 · Grade 7 · English12350%
2017 · Grade 8 · English10840%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math12515%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math12231%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math10823%

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
Schoolwide1647%22%52%19%

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-income36627%−8−12
Hispanic or Latino37030%−9−9
English learners1652%−2−5
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+15400Accelerated+3399Average
Hispanic or Latino+15383Accelerated+3382Average
Low-income+14370Accelerated+2369Average
English learners+7262Accelerated+4262Average
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+23141not categorized+3141not categorized
English learners only−18121not categorized0121not categorized
Students with disabilities−1178Moderate−378Average
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−577Average+1077Accelerated
English-only students+1371not categorized−570not categorized
Homeless+550Accelerated+950Accelerated

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. “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
3%
exceeded standard · 17% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 156 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
10%
Advanced · 35% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 165 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 159 (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+15 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

400 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +15 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math+3 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

399 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: +3 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for California middle school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median English estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 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 · 28 in 100 → 2025–26 · 30 in 100 · +2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 4.0% (21 of 526) → 2025–26 · 8.2% (36 of 439) · +4.2 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female10 in 10034 in 100+24 in 100
Male8 in 10026 in 100+18 in 100
Hispanic or Latino9 in 10029 in 100+20 in 100
White2 of 177 of 15—
Students with disabilities13 of 7833 of 87—
English learners11 in 10032 in 100+21 in 100
Low-income9 in 10030 in 100+21 in 100
All students9 in 10030 in 100+21 in 100
Homeless—22 of 60—

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$16,260 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 6,770 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$65 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 476

Central federal expenditures attributed here$2,562 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 476

District current expense · FY 2024–25$23,472 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 59%Instruction support 13%Student services 11%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$84,085,86559.21%59%
Instruction support$17,884,43412.59%13%
Student services$14,818,15010.43%11%
Administration$10,417,6907.34%7%
Buildings & maintenance$14,815,87010.43%10%
Total$142,022,008100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $142,022,008 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$16,260 per pupil
2020$14,625 per pupil
2019$14,232 per pupil
2018$12,031 per pupil
2017$11,529 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 94062 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94062 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$233,262
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)68%
ZIP-area population25,759
Median age44.0 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 94062 →

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