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Mendota Junior High · Mendota

Mendota Junior High: The state doesn't publish enough data to score this school fairly.

Mendota is a middle school in Mendota. The state doesn't publish enough data to score it fairly — so we won't. Here's what we can show.

No Scope Score available

California doesn't publicly report per-grade test results when fewer than 11 students are tested in a grade — a privacy protection for small schools. We can't compute a Scope Score without that data.

Worth a school visit

With little published data, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.

How every group of students does here

At Mendota Junior High in Mendota, 40.3% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 35.7% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Mendota Junior High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 4.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (17.9% Math proficient); Hispanic students (41.3% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 30.1 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 569 students tested.

All students at this school: 30% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 30%, district —, state 39%30%
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 30%, district 30%, state 32%30% · +0 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 29%, district 30%, state 32%29% · −1 vs school
MaleMale: this school 24%, district 29%, state 42%24% · −5 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 35%, district 32%, state 44%35% · +5 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 6%, district 13%, state 11%6% · −24 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 14%, district 11%, state 15%14% · −15 vs school
HomelessHomeless: this school 3%, district 16%, state 22%3% · −27 vs school
WhiteWhite: too few students to report‹11
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: too few students to report‹11
Foster YouthFoster Youth: too few students to report‹11
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Subgroup growth by grade

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.

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path

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

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 22:1, district 24:122:1
Teaching staff30 teachers
Avg. experience12.7 years
Fully credentialed91%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$58,670 – $118,186
Principal salary$133,445 – $152,213
Superintendent salary$214,276

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $13,986, CA average $14,815$13,986 · spent at this school

These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.

Federal share$799 per student

$799 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,298 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction64%
Instruction support11%
Student services8%
Administration6%
Buildings & maintenance11%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$13,345 per pupil
2019$12,106 per pupil
2018$12,746 per pupil
2017$11,212 per pupil
2016$11,111 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Hispanic99.8%
District 98.6% · CA 56.1%
White0.2%
District 0.8% · CA 19.9%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 97.4% (34pp above CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$50K · CA $85K
Median home value$286K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+5% · CA 35%
ZIP population14,657
Median age29 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 15% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.

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