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Meridian Elementary — Rating & test scores

15898 Central Street, Meridian · 78 students · Grades TK–8

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Scope Score 67

Needs SupportScope Score · 5th percentile. Higher than 5 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, grade 6, spring 2026: 0% and 7% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 48% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 6: 14
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 6 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 415,439 in English and 415,904 in math tested).

Overview

Is Meridian Elementary a good middle school?

Needs Support. Meridian Elementary is higher than most California middle schools on attendance. Meridian Elementary is lower than most on test results and progress in both subjects.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced10%
Math, Proficient or Advanced37%
English, Advanced10%
Math, Advanced10%

Progress in a year, 2025

English1−33 pts
Math1−34 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance666 in 100
Meridian Elementary’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Meridian Elementary’s other middle schoolBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

Only 14 students were tested here in grade 6 in spring 2026, so one student’s result moves each rate by about 7 points.

Each bar is Meridian Elementary’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
CDE CAASPP research file (school rows), spring 2026 (students tested (points per student: 100 ÷ students tested, our arithmetic)).

In its own words

What does Meridian Elementary say about itself?

We haven’t read Meridian Elementary’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open meridiantigers.com (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grade 6 scored 33 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Minimal. In math, they scored 34 points lower, which the state calls Minimal.

English

−33

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Minimal, the lowest of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income40−34 points
White26−25 points
Hispanic or Latino18−39 points
English learners12−24 points

Math

−34

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Minimal, the lowest of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income40−29 points
White26−25 points
Hispanic or Latino18−29 points
English learners12−22 points

Grade 6, 2025, 49 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. 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 33 points below that expected score, and in math 34 points below it.

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.

Schools like it

How does Meridian Elementary compare with schools like it?

Meridian Elementary’s Scope Score is 67. 472 California middle schools, counting Meridian Elementary, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 72. Meridian Elementary’s result is higher than 33 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 472

  1. Students from low-income families: 76%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 71%

    Scope Score 94Strong · 98th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 75%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

472 California public middle schools where 71% to 83% 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 71% to 83% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Meridian Elementary’s share. The count includes Meridian Elementary. 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?

There’s no spring 2025 result to compare with spring 2026: fewer than 11 students tested here that year, so CDE withheld it.

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

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

English

No comparable testsNo testsNo comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%20172024202619%7%48%CaliforniaCalifornia42%Meridian ElementaryDistrict0%Meridian ElementaryThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo testsNo comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%20172024202610%13%44%Meridian ElementaryDistrict37%CaliforniaCalifornia7%Meridian ElementaryThis school

The hatched block marks years with no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Between 11 and 15 students were tested here each year in each subject. With 11 students, one student is 9 points, so each year is a dot and no line joins them. Meridian Elementary’s line combines its 2 middle schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other school. 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. Meridian Elementary’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grade 6: share at the top two levels
SpringMeridian ElementaryMeridian ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
20177%19%47%15
202418%31%46%11
20260%42%48%14
Math, grade 6: share at the top two levels
SpringMeridian ElementaryMeridian ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201713%10%36%15
20249%30%34%11
20267%44%37%14

A year is missing where fewer than the state’s minimum number of students tested and the state withheld the result.

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

None of the 14 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English; 7% did in math.

English

0%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

8614
Meridian Elementary42%California48%

Math

7%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

64297
Meridian Elementary44%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grade 6, spring 2026, none of the 14 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 48% across California. In math, 7% did, against 37% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year’s result can change a lot. Ask how results looked in other years.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grade 6 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).

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advancedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Advancedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Proficientsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Developing levelsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Minimalsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Tested467
California44%46%49%
Difference———
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced0%suppressedsuppressed
Advanced0%suppressedsuppressed
Proficient0%suppressedsuppressed
Developing level14%suppressedsuppressed
Minimal86%suppressedsuppressed
Tested1468
California48%51%49%
Difference−48——

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 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advancedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Advancedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Proficientsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Developing levelsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Minimalsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Tested467
California47%42%37%
Difference———
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced7%suppressedsuppressed
Advanced0%suppressedsuppressed
Proficient7%suppressedsuppressed
Developing level29%suppressedsuppressed
Minimal64%suppressedsuppressed
Tested1468
California37%38%36%
Difference−30——

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, grade 6 · This school0%0%14%86%14
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Meridian Elementary13%29%25%33%152
Math, grade 6 · This school0%7%29%64%14
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Meridian Elementary31%13%15%41%153

Spring 2026, grade 6 combined: 14 tested in English, 14 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?

White students are the largest group here, at 45% of students. 4 of 73 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

4of 73

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. That is 6 in 100.

At the average middle school in the Meridian Elementary district: 10 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Students, 2024–25

78

students in grades TK–8.

White 45%Hispanic or Latino 41%

Family income

77%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 60 of 78. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

4

teachers, with 4 years of experience on average.

25% were in their first year.

75% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

4.0%

of students were suspended at least once (3 of 75). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grades 4–6
2 of 33 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
2 of 16 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.

Our records hold no figure for Grades TK–3.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White45%
Hispanic or Latino41%
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. 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: 3 of 4 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Meridian Elementary. 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.

Families

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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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The school day

What is the school day like?

Meridian Elementary has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

4

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

Money

How much is spent on each student here?

$8,297 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student.

$8,297

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$8,297
The school’s share of district office costs
$0
Of the total, from federal funds
$988
  • Meridian Elementary$8,297
  • 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 ↓

The neighborhood

What is the area around Meridian Elementary like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95957. They are not figures for the families at Meridian Elementary.

Typical household income in a year

$78,333

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 95957.

Typical home value
$336,200
People who live in this ZIP code
680
Typical age
45.6 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
21%

What you can do

Who can act on Meridian Elementary’s results?

Meridian Elementary’s board decides its plan.

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.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Meridian Elementary in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Meridian Elementary. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What happens before a suspension, and who talks with the family?4.0% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (3 of 75 students); average middle school in the Meridian Elementary district: 2.0%
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?34 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grade 6, 2025 (49 students)
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

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

How do I get in?

Meridian Elementary runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Meridian Elementary which school serves your address.

Where it is

Where is Meridian Elementary?

Address
15898 Central Street, Meridian 95957Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Christopher MeyerAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated October 26, 2023.

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 5 common questions

How do I get in?

Meridian Elementary runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Meridian Elementary which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Meridian Elementary a good middle school?

Meridian Elementary has a Scope Score of 67. It scored higher than 5 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 5th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 4 of 73 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 10 in 100 at the average middle school in the Meridian Elementary district. 4.0% of students (3 of 75) 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?

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grade 6 scored 33 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Minimal. In math, they scored 34 points lower, which the state calls Minimal.

  • Included in this measure: 49 students

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 11 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
11
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 #2,399 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math0%3442%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math4%2523%
Chronically absent4 of 73585%
Suspension rate4.0% (3 of 75)505%

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 75%: the remaining 25%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2023–24 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–26675#2399California middle schools · 2,529 schools · current formula

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 absenceSuspension
2023–244 of 740 of 78
2024–257 of 882.3% (2 of 88)
2025–264 of 734.0% (3 of 75)

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

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 · English457%11%
2026 · Math452%16%
2025 · English612%26%
2025 · Math613%18%
2024 · English5116%35%
2024 · Math5311%30%
2023 · English4513%29%
2023 · Math450%16%
2022 · English439%44%
2022 · Math435%21%
2019 · English2914%38%
2019 · Math2910%24%
2018 · English5012%30%
2018 · Math506%28%
2017 · English607%15%
2017 · Math607%12%

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 3 · English6—
2025 · Grade 4 · English10—
2025 · Grade 5 · English1729%
2025 · Grade 6 · English7—
2025 · Grade 7 · English119%
2025 · Grade 8 · English10—
2025 · Grade 3 · Math6—
2025 · Grade 4 · Math10—
2025 · Grade 5 · Math1718%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math7—
2025 · Grade 7 · Math110%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math10—
2024 · Grade 3 · English9—
2024 · Grade 4 · English10—
2024 · Grade 5 · English6—
2024 · Grade 6 · English1118%
2024 · Grade 7 · English10—
2024 · Grade 8 · English5—
2024 · Grade 3 · Math9—
2024 · Grade 4 · Math10—
2024 · Grade 5 · Math7—
2024 · Grade 6 · Math119%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math10—
2024 · Grade 8 · Math6—
2023 · Grade 3 · English1225%
2023 · Grade 4 · English5—
2023 · Grade 5 · English9—
2023 · Grade 6 · English9—
2023 · Grade 7 · English4—
2023 · Grade 8 · English6—
2023 · Grade 3 · Math1217%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math5—
2023 · Grade 5 · Math9—
2023 · Grade 6 · Math9—
2023 · Grade 7 · Math4—
2023 · Grade 8 · Math6—
2022 · Grade 3 · English5—
2022 · Grade 4 · English10—
2022 · Grade 5 · English8—
2022 · Grade 6 · English——
2022 · Grade 7 · English7—
2022 · Grade 8 · English10—
2022 · Grade 3 · Math5—
2022 · Grade 4 · Math10—
2022 · Grade 5 · Math8—
2022 · Grade 6 · Math——
2022 · Grade 7 · Math7—
2022 · Grade 8 · Math10—
2019 · Grade 3 · English——
2019 · Grade 4 · English6—
2019 · Grade 5 · English8—
2019 · Grade 6 · English——
2019 · Grade 7 · English5—
2019 · Grade 8 · English5—
2019 · Grade 3 · Math——
2019 · Grade 4 · Math6—
2019 · Grade 5 · Math8—
2019 · Grade 6 · Math——
2019 · Grade 7 · Math5—
2019 · Grade 8 · Math5—
2018 · Grade 3 · English——
2018 · Grade 4 · English——
2018 · Grade 5 · English——
2018 · Grade 6 · English——
2018 · Grade 7 · English1331%
2018 · Grade 8 · English——
2018 · Grade 3 · Math——
2018 · Grade 4 · Math——
2018 · Grade 5 · Math——
2018 · Grade 6 · Math——
2018 · Grade 7 · Math1323%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math——
2017 · Grade 3 · English——
2017 · Grade 4 · English——
2017 · Grade 5 · English——
2017 · Grade 6 · English157%
2017 · Grade 7 · English——
2017 · Grade 8 · English——
2017 · Grade 3 · Math——
2017 · Grade 4 · Math——
2017 · Grade 5 · Math——
2017 · Grade 6 · Math1513%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math——
2017 · Grade 8 · Math——

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
Schoolwide150%7%40%53%

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: 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−3349Minimal−3449Minimal
Low-income−3440Minimal−2940Minimal
English-only students−3437not categorized−3437not categorized
White−2526Minimal−2526Minimal
Hispanic or Latino−3918Minimal−2918Minimal
English learners−2412Minimal−2212Minimal

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. 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 grade 6. 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−33 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 6

49 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, English: −33 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Minimal, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−34 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 6

49 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, math: −34 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Minimal, 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 grade 6, 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 · 7 of 88 → 2025–26 · 4 of 73
Suspension rate2024–25 · 2.3% (2 of 88) → 2025–26 · 4.0% (3 of 75) · +1.7 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female2 of 202 of 34—
Male2 of 302 of 39—
Hispanic or Latino2 of 212 of 30—
White1 of 251 of 33—
English learners0 of 16——
Low-income4 of 364 of 54—
All students4 of 504 of 73—
Students with disabilities—1 of 15—

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$14,016 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 63 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$988 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 78

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,535 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 50%Instruction support 24%Student services 5%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 14%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$685,10750.04%50%
Instruction support$334,68224.45%24%
Student services$62,4874.56%5%
Administration$96,3997.04%7%
Buildings & maintenance$184,37813.47%14%
Total$1,369,103100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $1,369,103 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$14,016 per pupil
2020$16,054 per pupil
2019$22,455 per pupil
2018$914 per pupil
2017$925 per pupil
Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders25.0%

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 95957 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95957 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$78,333
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)21%
ZIP-area population680
Median age45.6 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 95957 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 2,529 middle schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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