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13001 Mesa Linda Road, Victorville · 735 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 64

Needs SupportScope Score · bottom 1%. In the lowest 1 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: 15% and 5% 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: 716 in English, 708 in math
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 Mesa Linda a good middle school?

Needs Support. Mesa Linda is lower than most California middle schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced215%
Math, Proficient or Advanced15%
English, Advanced21%
Math, Advanced32%

Progress in a year, 2025

English2−24 pts
Math17−13 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance243 in 100
Mesa Linda’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Adelanto Elementary’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

43 in 100 students (361 of 833) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That is about one and a half times the rate at the average middle school in the Adelanto Elementary district.

Each bar is Mesa Linda’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 chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 833. District and California figures are averages of school rates (6 Adelanto Elementary schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Mesa Linda say about itself?

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

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Progress

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

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 24 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Minimal. In math, they scored 13 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−24

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-income408−22 points
Hispanic or Latino343−21 points
Black or African American135−26 points
Students with disabilities106−34 points
English learners103−17 points

Math

−13

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income401−14 points
Hispanic or Latino338−14 points
Black or African American132−13 points
Students with disabilities104−24 points
English learners101−14 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 547 students in English, 540 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 24 points below that expected score, and in math 13 points below 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 32nd 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?

4 of the 4 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Mesa Linda. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

5 middle schools within 3.9 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Melva Davis Academy of ExcellenceNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7865th
  2. LarreaVictor Valley Union High · by addressScope Score 6912th
  3. ColumbiaNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 688th
  4. Imogene Garner HookVictor Valley Union High · by addressScope Score 675th
  5. Mesa LindaScope Score 64bottom 1%
Adelanto ElementaryA neighborhood school in another district

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer.

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%0%25%50%75%100%

4 of 5 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 Mesa Linda compare with schools like it?

Mesa Linda’s Scope Score is 64. 396 California middle schools, counting Mesa Linda, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 73. Mesa Linda’s result is higher than 1 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 396

  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

396 California public middle schools where 67% to 79% 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 67% to 79% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Mesa Linda’s share. The count includes Mesa Linda. 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 12% to 15% and math from 7% to 5%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202621%14%49%CaliforniaCalifornia28%Adelanto ElementaryDistrict15%Mesa LindaMesa Linda

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%201720182019202220232024202520269%5%37%CaliforniaCalifornia15%Adelanto ElementaryDistrict5%Mesa LindaMesa Linda

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Adelanto Elementary’s line combines its 6 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. Adelanto Elementary’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringMesa LindaAdelanto ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201714%21%48%970
201815%25%49%810
201916%27%50%820
202210%22%47%750
202310%23%46%743
202410%23%46%724
202512%26%49%653
202615%28%49%716
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringMesa LindaAdelanto ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
20175%9%37%963
20186%12%37%808
20195%12%38%822
20223%10%31%757
20233%9%32%745
20242%10%33%727
20257%14%36%647
20265%15%37%708

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

15%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

612414
Adelanto Elementary28%California49%

Math

5%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

8114
Adelanto Elementary15%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 15% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 5% 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 10 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.

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 Advanced12%17%16%
Advanced1%1%2%
Proficient11%16%14%
Developing level20%27%23%
Minimal68%56%61%
Tested213262241
California48%51%49%
Difference−36−34−33

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 Advanced4%5%4%
Advanced1%3%1%
Proficient3%2%3%
Developing level15%17%12%
Minimal81%78%84%
Tested211259238
California37%38%36%
Difference−33−33−32

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 school1%14%24%61%716
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Adelanto Elementary6%22%25%47%3,112
Math, grades 6–8 · This school2%3%14%81%708
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Adelanto Elementary7%8%19%66%3,093

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 716 tested in English, 708 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 62% of students. 361 of 833 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

43in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (361 of 833 students).

At the average middle school in the Adelanto Elementary district: 30 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 18.9% of students were suspended at least once (177 of 935). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

735

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 62%Black or African American 24%White 5%Two or more races 3%Not reported 3%

Family income

73%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 538 of 735. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

42

teachers, with 11 years of experience on average.

5% were in their first year.

80% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

48%

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 (56 of 116 students).

Adelanto Elementary: 45%. 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
45 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (112 of 250).
Grades 7–8
43 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (249 of 583).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino62%
Black or African American24%
White5%
Two or more races3%
Not reported3%
Asian—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
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: 33.3 of 41.7 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Six student groups scored well below the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • White36 tested19%California 62%
  • Hispanic or Latino459 tested15%California 39%
  • Low-income514 tested14%California 39%
  • Black or African American165 tested13%California 33%
  • Two or more races42 tested10%California 62%
  • Students with disabilities128 tested3%California 14%
  • English learners114 tested3%California 7%

14% 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, Black or African American and White students, students of two or more races and students with disabilities also scored well 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 Adelanto Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 514 tested in English, 506 in math
English14%−1125%−2539%
Math4%−913%−2226%
Hispanic or Latino · 459 tested in English, 453 in math
English15%−1429%−2439%
Math4%−1115%−2125%
Black or African American · 165 tested in English, 163 in math
English13%−922%−2033%
Math3%−710%−1720%
Two or more races · 42 tested
English10%−1626%−5262%
Math5%−1015%−4550%
White · 36 tested
English19%−1433%−4362%
Math14%−418%−3650%
English learners · 114 tested
English3%03%−47%
Math3%+12%−47%
Students with disabilities · 128 tested in English, 126 in math
English3%−25%−1114%
Math2%−13%−810%

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

Foster youth: fewer than 30 tested here. Homeless students, 36 tested in English and 35 in math: no rate for grade 8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Asian, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students. 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 Mesa Linda. 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.
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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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Money

Where does the money go?

$24,401 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Adelanto Elementary’s plan for 2026–27 covers $35 million.

$24,401

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$17,871
The school’s share of district office costs
$6,530
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,404
  • Mesa Linda$24,401
  • Adelanto Elementary middle schools$23,774
  • 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 ↓

Adelanto Elementary’s yearly plan

$35million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$27million

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 8 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $35 million of $157 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Adelanto Elementary Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Mesa Linda like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 92392. They are not figures for the families at Mesa Linda.

Typical household income in a year

$87,681

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 92392.

Typical home value
$410,100
People who live in this ZIP code
65,429
Typical age
32.0 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
14%

What you can do

Who can act on Mesa Linda’s results?

The state has Mesa Linda in targeted support; Adelanto 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.

What has the state flagged?

The state named it because results were low for White students. This support comes with a school improvement plan, which must use approaches with evidence behind them. Ask the principal to see the school improvement plan.

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

Extra state help for the district

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

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 7 questions to Mesa Linda. 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?43 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (361 of 833 students); average California middle school: 18 in 100
  2. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?18.9% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (177 of 935 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?24 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (547 students)
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  5. 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

What comes after Mesa Linda, and how do I get in?

Ask Adelanto Elementary which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Adelanto Elementary
    Scope Score 66Needs Support · 3rd percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Mesa Linda Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 64Needs Support · bottom 1%
  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

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Adelanto Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 66 · Needs Support · 3rd percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Donald F. Bradach Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 67 · Needs Support · 6th percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Westside Park Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 68 · Needs Support · 8th percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Eagle Ranch Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 68 · Needs Support · 8th percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Morgan Kincaid Preparatory

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 67 · Needs Support · 6th percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Theodore Vick Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 70 · Needs Support · 16th percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Victoria Magathan Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 70 · Needs Support · 17th percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • West Creek Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 64 · Needs Support · bottom 1% · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Gus Franklin Jr.

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 80 · Solid · 71st percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

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. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where it is

Where is Mesa Linda?

Address
13001 Mesa Linda Road, Victorville 92392Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Mark ForbesAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated November 3, 2023.

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Short answers to 6 common questions

How do I get in?

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

Is Mesa Linda a good middle school?

Mesa Linda Middle has a Scope Score of 64. It is in the bottom 1% of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 43 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 30 in 100 at the average middle school in the Adelanto Elementary district. 18.9% of students (177 of 935) 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 grades 6–8 scored 24 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Minimal. In math, they scored 13 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 547 students in English, 540 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 14% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Mesa Linda Middle in Victorville 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 #2,517 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #6 of 6 in Adelanto Elementary
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math2%3242%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math10%2523%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+34 scale-score pts3220%
Chronically absent43 in 100175%
Suspension rate18.9% (177 of 935)05%
English learners: top level18%455%

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
2025–26640#2517California 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)
2018–1928 in 10019.8% (206 of 1,038)−2
2021–22not on filenot on file−2
2022–23not on filenot on file0
2023–2456 in 10028.9% (273 of 946)−4
2024–2547 in 10034.1% (308 of 903)+4
2025–2643 in 10018.9% (177 of 935)+2

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 · English7161%15%
2026 · Math7082%5%
2025 · English6531%12%
2025 · Math6472%7%
2024 · English7241%10%
2024 · Math7270%2%
2023 · English7431%10%
2023 · Math7450%3%
2022 · English7501%10%
2022 · Math7571%3%
2019 · English8202%16%
2019 · Math8221%5%
2018 · English8102%15%
2018 · Math8081%6%
2017 · English9702%14%
2017 · Math9631%5%

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 · English22814%
2025 · Grade 7 · English22410%
2025 · Grade 8 · English20111%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math2264%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math2245%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math19714%
2024 · Grade 6 · English23914%
2024 · Grade 7 · English2149%
2024 · Grade 8 · English2717%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math2403%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math2132%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math2741%
2023 · Grade 6 · English1909%
2023 · Grade 7 · English26512%
2023 · Grade 8 · English2889%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math1903%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math2663%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math2892%
2022 · Grade 6 · English22410%
2022 · Grade 7 · English24511%
2022 · Grade 8 · English2818%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math2223%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math2472%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math2882%
2019 · Grade 6 · English28314%
2019 · Grade 7 · English28719%
2019 · Grade 8 · English25016%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math2857%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math2875%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math2502%
2018 · Grade 6 · English26511%
2018 · Grade 7 · English25122%
2018 · Grade 8 · English29414%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math2648%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math2523%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math2926%
2017 · Grade 6 · English2785%
2017 · Grade 7 · English32912%
2017 · Grade 8 · English36323%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math2783%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math3254%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math3608%

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
Schoolwide2390%6%52%42%

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-income51414%−11−25
Hispanic or Latino45915%−14−24
Black or African American16513%−9−20
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−24547Minimal−13540Moderate
English-only students−25409not categorized−13404not categorized
Low-income−22408Minimal−14401Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−21343Minimal−14338Moderate
Black or African American−26135Minimal−13132Moderate
Students with disabilities−34106Minimal−24104Minimal
English learners−17103Moderate−14101Moderate
English learners only−2076not categorized−1574not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−1553Moderate−1652Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−1727not categorized−1627not categorized
Foster youth−922Moderate−1522Moderate
White−5422Minimal−1522Moderate
Two or more races−4216Minimal−2116Minimal
Homeless−3912Minimal−2411Minimal

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. 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
1%
exceeded standard · 14% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 239 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
2%
Advanced · 16% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 241 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 240 (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−24 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

547 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, English: −24 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−13 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

540 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −13 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. 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 · 47 in 100 → 2025–26 · 43 in 100 · −4 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 34.1% (308 of 903) → 2025–26 · 18.9% (177 of 935) · −15.2 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female25 in 10040 in 100+15 in 100
Male30 in 10047 in 100+17 in 100
Asian0 of 11——
Black or African American39 in 10051 in 100+12 in 100
Hispanic or Latino24 in 10042 in 100+18 in 100
Two or more races8 of 3210 of 25—
White12 of 6915 of 44—
Students with disabilities32 in 10048 in 100+16 in 100
English learners30 in 10040 in 100+10 in 100
Foster youth12 of 4916 of 48—
Homeless25 of 3919 of 37—
Low-income30 in 10048 in 100+18 in 100
All students28 in 10043 in 100+15 in 100

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$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 7,817 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$824 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 735

Central federal expenditures attributed here$580 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 735

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,315 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 65%Instruction support 11%Student services 11%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 6%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$96,022,96464.45%65%
Instruction support$16,345,92110.97%11%
Student services$17,036,42711.43%11%
Administration$10,737,4057.21%7%
Buildings & maintenance$8,845,6325.94%6%
Total$148,990,268100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $148,990,268 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$14,491 per pupil
2020$12,922 per pupil
2019$12,993 per pupil
2018$11,686 per pupil
2017$10,801 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 holders2.8%

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 92392 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92392 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$87,681
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14%
ZIP-area population65,429
Median age32.0 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 92392 →

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