Medea Creek Middle: Two in five kids exceed the standard. But math slips between grade 6 and grade 8.
Medea Creek is one of the strongest middle schools in Oak Park by raw achievement. The catch worth understanding: the cohort doesn't gain ground year-over-year.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 71 | 45% | 76% | -3.5 | 6.2% | 1.4% |
| CA average · Middle School | 43 | 17% | 39% | +1.5 | 18.5% | 3.7% |
Medea Creek Middle scores 71 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 94th percentile of 2,238 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “76% proficient” and call it done. Medea Creek deserves a closer read. It sits at the 94th percentile of 2,238 California middle schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
Medea Creek's low-income kids hit 64.8% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Has held the 94th-percentile line every tested year since 2019.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 76% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 84% | 74% | 74% | 75% | 79% |
| Grade 7 | 80% | 83% | 85% | 82% | 84% |
| Grade 8 | 74% | 85% | 79% | 82% | 79% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 65% | 67% | 73% | 73% | 71% |
| Grade 7 | 84% | 69% | 74% | 73% | 79% |
| Grade 8 | 66% | 72% | 69% | 69% | 64% |
The story this school is actually telling
of students scored in the top band on the state test. The California average is 16.8%.
math proficiency runs 71% in grade 6 against 64% in grade 8, while reading holds (79% to 79%). The state average falls by −0.5pp over the same span.
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding rises 3.8pp across grades; the proficiency floor barely moves. The state average falls 0.5pp over the same span. The ceiling holds — more kids exceed by grade 8 — but the floor slips: fewer clear the bar at all. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Medea Creek's most underrated number
64.8% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask the principal what changes between grade 6 and grade 8. Ask who teaches the older grades, and what the school does when a child starts falling behind.
- Ask what changes between grade 6 and grade 8 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Medea Creek Middle in Oak Park, 64.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 68.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Medea Creek Middle trails its district average for low-income students by 3.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (53.3% Math proficient); White students (76.1% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 44.8 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 165 students tested.
6 of 16 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 1.0pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school. District average: +1.9pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$457 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
On the state's science test (CAST), 70% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 74
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 363 | 37% | 42% | 15% | 6% | 79% | +32 |
| Grade 7 | 360 | 48% | 37% | 12% | 4% | 84% | +36 |
| Grade 8 | 334 | 41% | 38% | 14% | 7% | 79% | +33 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 367 | 47% | 25% | 20% | 9% | 71% | +36 |
| Grade 7 | 355 | 55% | 24% | 15% | 6% | 79% | +45 |
| Grade 8 | 338 | 43% | 20% | 21% | 15% | 64% | +32 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 342 | 44% | 26% | 28% | 2% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 165 | 64.8% | −4 | +27 |
| White | 561 | 76.1% | −0 | +14 |
| Asian | 265 | 93.6% | +2 | +19 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medea Creek Middle ← | — | 71 | 45.0% | 75.9% | −3.5 | 1.4% |
| Lindero Canyon Middle | 2.5 mi | 55 | 30.1% | 60.3% | −5.5 | 3.3% |
| California average | — | 43 | 16.8% | 39.3% | +1.5 | 3.7% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 64 | 90 | #191 | 42.2% | 75.5% | 2.4% | 1.5% | -4.4pp |
| 2022 | 77 | 97 | #61 | 43.3% | 75.1% | 7.1% | 0.8% | +8.1pp |
| 2023 | 75 | 95 | #113 | 44.3% | 75.8% | 10.4% | 1.8% | +0.7pp |
| 2024 | 73 | 95 | #119 | 42.9% | 75.5% | 7.2% | 1.7% | +1.1pp |
| 2025 | 71 | 94 | #136 | 45.0% | 75.9% | 6.2% | 1.4% | -3.5pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 2.4% | 6.6% | +4.2pp |
| Male | 2.3% | 5.2% | +2.9pp |
| Asian | 1.7% | 1.9% | +0.2pp |
| Black/African American | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 3.4% | 9.9% | +6.5pp |
| Two or More Races | 0.0% | 7.1% | +7.1pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 3.7% | 14.8% | +11.1pp |
| English Learners | 3.1% | 2.7% | -0.4pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 6.9% | 10.6% | +3.7pp |
| All Students | 2.4% | 6.0% | +3.6pp |
| White | — | 0.0% | — |
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