Public school · Moorpark Unified

Mesa Verde Middle — Rating & test scores

Moorpark · 6–8 · 574 students (2024–25)

76thpercentileStrong

The dots are California’s 2,532 scored public middle schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built ›

Scope Score
51 / 100

Weighted composite · 2026
Not a grade or a test result.

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Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Well above California in English, above in math: 59% and 45% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 37% statewide. Source
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 557
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).
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In 2025, students in grades 6–8 scored below what the state expected from their own earlier scores. The state calls both results Moderate.grades 6–8 · 2025
−7 ptsEnglish · below expected−6 ptsMath · below expected

Ask: Students scored below what the state expected from their earlier scores. What is the school doing differently for them?

Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 553
Comparison
553 students in grades 6–8 with scores in both years. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.
6.1% of students (35 of 573) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, about one and a half times the rate at the average California middle school.2025–26
6.1%of students were suspended at least once, 2025–26

Ask: When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?

Source
CDE suspension file, 2025–26
Students
all students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 573
Comparison
35 of 573. District and California figures are averages of school rates (2 Moorpark Unified schools; 2,532 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Academic achievement

Beyond a single score: who exceeds, meets or is still approaching the standard.

Learning

How strong are the foundations for high school?

Advanced (exceeded)Proficient (met)Below Proficient

English

grades 6–8Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced
24%
Proficient
35%
Below Proficient
41%

59% proficient or advanced · 557 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaMoorpark Unified
Advanced24%19%23%
Proficient35%30%34%
Developing22%23%22%
Minimal19%28%21%

Below Proficient combines Developing and Minimal. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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Math

grades 6–8Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced
26%
Proficient
19%
Below Proficient
55%

45% proficient or advanced · 557 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaMoorpark Unified
Advanced26%21%24%
Proficient19%16%19%
Developing24%23%24%
Minimal31%40%33%

Below Proficient combines Developing and Minimal. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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What these tests tell you · what to ask

Read English and math separately, then look at progress and the courses students can take.

Ask: How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 6–8Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school59%
California49%

Tested: 557 here · 1,254,039 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school59%
Moorpark Unified57%

Tested: 557 here · 1,217 in Moorpark Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 4 schools.

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school45%
California37%

Tested: 557 here · 1,254,800 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school45%
Moorpark Unified43%

Tested: 557 here · 1,220 in Moorpark Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 4 schools.

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

The state’s growth measure553 students · grades 6–8 · 2025
English−7ptsCDE level: Moderate (2 of 5)
Math−6ptsCDE level: Moderate (2 of 5)

What the number means. California predicts each student’s score from that student’s own English and math scores the year before, based on how students with similar scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as predicted. In English they scored 7 points below that prediction, and in math 6 points below it.

The levels. CDE sorts every school’s result into five levels, from Minimal to Exceptional. The bar under each number shows where this school landed.

Two years at once. For most schools, this one included, CDE’s figure blends the two most recent years of growth, so it moves more slowly than a single year’s scores.

Why our growth can differ. The growth in our Scope Score asks a different question. It doesn’t follow individual students: it compares the latest grade 8 scores here with the school’s grade 6 scores two years earlier, and places that change among California schools at the same level. Children who joined or left the school in between count in ours; the state’s counts only students who took California’s test the year before. So the two can point different ways.

School pattern, spring 2026On the RiseReading and math results have improved across three reporting years. This describes a recent record, not a prediction or proof of what caused it.

Ask: Most students in grades 6–8 haven’t yet met the state’s standard in math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?

Life at school

How often students miss school or are suspended, and how the school describes itself where its website does.

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

10 in 100students chronically absent, 2025–26
11in 100 at the average Moorpark Unified school18in 100 at the average California middle school

54 of 571 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school10 in 100
at the average Moorpark Unified school11 in 100
at the average California middle school18 in 100
6.1%of students were suspended at least once (35 of 573), 2025–26
5.9%at the average Moorpark Unified school3.7%at the average California middle school
Attendance by grade
Chronically absent, 2025–26Per 100 studentsStudents
Grades 4–6917 of 186
Grades 7–81037 of 385

What people here say

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Students

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Families

Family answers collected by SchoolScope

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Staff

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Proficient or Advanced · grades 6–8 · spring 2026. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

181 tested per subject

English34% / 39%
Math19% / 26%

Hispanic or Latino

259 English · 260 math tested

English39% / 39%
Math27% / 25%

White

226 tested per subject

English75% / 62%
Math58% / 50%

Asian

33 tested per subject · grades 7 and 8

English85% / 76%
Math76% / 71%

Students with disabilities

83 tested per subject

English11% / 14%
Math8% / 10%

Low-income students did worse than the same group statewide in math.

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Moorpark Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 181 tested
English34%−135%−539%
Math19%−120%−726%
Hispanic or Latino · 259 tested in English, 260 in math
English39%−140%039%
Math27%+126%+225%
White · 226 tested
English75%075%+1362%
Math58%−361%+850%
Asian · 33 tested · grades 7 and 8 only
English85%+184%+976%
Math76%−278%+571%
Students with disabilities · 83 tested
English11%−112%−314%
Math8%08%−210%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Moorpark Unified, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

English learners: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless 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.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2025–26 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

1. Hispanic or Latino: 47%2. White: 41%3. Asian: 7%4. Two or more races: 4%Unallocated share: 2%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino47%
  2. White41%
  3. Asian7%
  4. Two or more races4%
  5. Black or African American—
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share2%
Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.
Full student mix, comparisons & sources
Eligible enrollment, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino47%
White41%
Asian7%
Two or more races4%
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About 1 in 3 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (32%, 184 of 574). California: 63%.

61% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 60.70%: 15.6 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 25.8 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

English learners

Are English learners making progress in English?

43%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
This school43%
Moorpark Unified49%
California47%

12 of 28 English learners here; 199 of 408 in Moorpark Unified; 355,274 of 748,916 in California. This measures progress, not fluency. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Questions & evidence

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The school path beyond this campus

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Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district.

  1. ElementaryPeach Hill AcademyHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
  2. MiddleMesa Verde MiddleThis campus · grades 6-8
  3. High schoolMoorpark HighHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Peach Hill Academy

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    55th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

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

  • Campus Canyon Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    73rd percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

    98% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • Moorpark High

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    60th percentile · Solid · high · 2025

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

  • The High School at Moorpark College

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    98th percentile · Strong · high · 2025

    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 its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

High-school endpoint evidence · Moorpark High
Moorpark HighScope 59historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Moorpark High. UC records 21 enrollees from Moorpark High for fall 2025. Its AP Course Audit lists 25 authorized AP subjects for 2025 - 2026. Those figures come from dated records — a child starting here today would reach Moorpark High around 2032, and 6 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 78% of Moorpark High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

21 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 25 authorized AP subjects (AP Course Audit 2025 - 2026) → full record on Moorpark High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Getting in

Ask Moorpark Unified which school serves your address.

School website: mvms.mrpk.org ↗Office: (805) 378-6309Principal: Erin Hanley

Location and visiting

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14000 Peach Hill Road, Moorpark 93021

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Questions to ask

A short list for your school visit.

  1. Students scored below what the state expected from their earlier scores. What is the school doing differently for them?
  2. When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?
  3. Most students in grades 6–8 haven’t yet met the state’s standard in math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?

Call (805) 378-6309 to ask about a visit.

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Schools to explore

Straight-line distance from this campus — for comparison or a move, not an attendance boundary.

Nearby middle schoolsStatewide percentile

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Highest-rated middle schools within 10 miles2026 statewide percentile
  • Medea Creek MiddleOak Park Unified · 8.6 mi · 14.4% meal eligibility
    95thStrongScope Score 73/100
  • Los Cerritos MiddleConejo Valley Unified · 4.5 mi · 20% meal eligibility
    92ndStrongScope Score 68/100
  • Las Colinas MiddlePleasant Valley · 7.5 mi · 30% meal eligibility
    87thStrongScope Score 61/100
  • Colina MiddleConejo Valley Unified · 6.1 mi · 26.2% meal eligibility
    79thStrongScope Score 52/100
  • Lindero Canyon MiddleLas Virgenes Unified · 9.1 mi · 28.8% meal eligibility
    76thStrongScope Score 51/100

Common questions

Is Mesa Verde Middle a good middle school?
Mesa Verde Middle is in the 76th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 51 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2026, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Mesa Verde Middle was well above California in English, above in math: 59% and 45% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 37% statewide. The 2026 Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Mesa Verde Middle's CAASPP test scores?
In spring 2026, 59% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 45% the math standard; 24% and 26% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 37% met or exceeded, 19% and 21% exceeded. 557 students were tested in English and 557 in math (CDE CAASPP 2025–26; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).
How does Mesa Verde Middle rank in California?
Mesa Verde Middle is in the 76th percentile of 2,532 California comprehensive middle schools (Strong, 2026). Mesa Verde Middle ranks #607 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. The 2026 Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See full methodology.
Is Mesa Verde Middle getting better or worse?
SchoolScope compares Mesa Verde Middle's grade 6 results in 2024 with its grade 8 results in 2026, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 78th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.
What do attendance and suspension records show for Mesa Verde Middle?
CDE chronic absence 2025–26: 9.5% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 54 chronically absent of 571 eligible students. CDE suspension 2025–26: 6.1%; 35 unduplicated suspended students of 573 cumulative enrollment. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.
How does Mesa Verde Middle compare to other schools in Moorpark?
Mesa Verde Middle is in the 76th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 574 students. Use the schools in Moorpark page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.
What do reported student-group results show at Mesa Verde Middle?
At Mesa Verde Middle in Moorpark, 34% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) in grades 6–8 scored Proficient or Advanced (formerly Met or Exceeded) in reading and writing in spring 2026, compared with 35% across the district and 39% across California for the same group in the same grades. That is 1 point below the district rate for the same group. Also: low-income students, 19% in math; Hispanic students, 39% in reading and writing. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP, spring 2026. 181 low-income students tested in reading and writing. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
What high school does Mesa Verde Middle feed into?
In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Mesa Verde Middle's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Moorpark High and The High School at Moorpark College. Moorpark High is in the 60th percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter high schools on its 2025 Scope Score. The High School at Moorpark College is in the 98th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter high schools on its 2025 Scope Score. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education’s School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.
Source records

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Available score factors, grade-level results, student-group measures, and nearby-school context, with source details.

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Mesa Verde Middle is ranked #607 statewide.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2025–26
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard25.0%17.7%42%
Met or exceeded52.2%40.6%23%
Growth (2024 G6 → 2026 G8)Above avgaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism9.7%17.8%5%
Suspension rate6.0%3.8%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)17.9%17.5%5%
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 17.7% · index 58 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 40.6% · index 60 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2024 G6 → 2026 G8)
↑ vs CA average · ≈78th calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 61 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▲ 1.2pp higher vs 2025
Suspension rate
↓ vs CA 3.8% · index 41 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▲ 2.2pp higher vs 2025
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 17.5% · index 45 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2025–26 · % of tested students

From 2025–26 reporting, California calls Level 3 Proficient and Level 4 Advanced (formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded). “Proficient or Advanced” combines both levels in the 2025–26 results shown here. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
ELATestedAdvancedProficientDevelopingMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 618017%41%25%17%58%48%+10
Grade 720227%35%22%16%62%51%+11
Grade 817529%29%18%24%58%49%+9

California is the state's own English result for each grade, counting every student tested there.

Math · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
MathTestedAdvancedProficientDevelopingMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 618023%22%25%30%45%37%+8
Grade 720227%25%24%24%52%38%+14
Grade 817527%11%21%41%38%36%+2

California is the state's own math result for each grade, counting every student tested there.

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 6 · ELA19957.3%
2025 · Grade 7 · ELA17154.4%
2025 · Grade 8 · ELA19550.3%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math20244.1%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math17140.4%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math19533.3%
2024 · Grade 6 · ELA16747.9%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA19348.2%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA19051.0%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math17037.6%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math19429.4%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math19140.3%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA19245.8%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA18352.5%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA16857.7%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math19225.5%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math18342.1%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math16946.1%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA18251.6%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA16661.5%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA21259.0%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math18140.3%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math16650.0%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math21244.3%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA21352.6%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA21964.4%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA22561.8%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math21341.8%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math22050.5%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math22552.0%
2018 · Grade 6 · ELA22160.6%
2018 · Grade 7 · ELA22270.7%
2018 · Grade 8 · ELA23164.5%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math22142.5%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math22154.3%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math23156.7%
2017 · Grade 6 · ELA21663.4%
2017 · Grade 7 · ELA22168.3%
2017 · Grade 8 · ELA23670.3%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math21543.7%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math22152.5%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math23550.2%
2016 · Grade 6 · ELA21359%
2016 · Grade 7 · ELA23467%
2016 · Grade 8 · ELA23554%
2016 · Grade 6 · Math21449%
2016 · Grade 7 · Math23455%
2016 · Grade 8 · Math23543%
2015 · Grade 6 · ELA23464%
2015 · Grade 7 · ELA22057%
2015 · Grade 8 · ELA22161%
2015 · Grade 6 · Math23449%
2015 · Grade 7 · Math21846%
2015 · Grade 8 · Math21948%

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. The 2015–2018 rows were checked against original CDE files; independent re-verification of other stored historical years remains incomplete. The 2015 and 2016 percentages are rounded to whole numbers in the source. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDevelopingMinimal
Schoolwide17520%18%46%16%

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.

Subgroup · ELATestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged18134%−1−5
Hispanic/Latino25939%−1−0
White22675%−0+13
Nearest middle schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

Listed nearest first, by distance.

Advanced · Proficient or Advanced
Average every tested grade and subject, so they differ from the English and math figures above.
Grade gap
Grade 6 vs grade 8, this year, different students.
Cohort growth
School-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points. That’s the measurement the Scope Score weights.
SchoolDistScope · percentile · bandAdvancedProficient or AdvancedGrade gapCohort growthSusp
Mesa Verde Middle ←—5176th percentile · Strong · statewide · 202625%52%−3.7pp+56 pts6.0%
Chaparral Middle1.5 mi4769th percentile · Solid · statewide · 202623%48%−1.4pp—5.7%
Average California middle school—40School average · no percentile18%41%+3.0pp—3.8%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2025 and 2026; the change is 2026 minus 2025 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2025 · 8.3% → 2026 · 9.5% · +1.2pp
Suspension rate2025 · 3.8% → 2026 · 6.1% · +2.3pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresAdvancedProficient or Advanced
2026 · ELA55724.2%59.4%
2026 · Math55725.9%45.4%
2025 · ELA56520.7%54.0%
2025 · Math56820.9%39.3%
2024 · ELA55018.4%49.1%
2024 · Math55519.3%35.7%
2023 · ELA54321.6%51.8%
2023 · Math54420.8%37.5%
2022 · ELA56026.4%57.3%
2022 · Math55924.1%44.7%
2019 · ELA65723.1%59.7%
2019 · Math65824.6%48.2%
2018 · ELA67425.8%65.3%
2018 · Math67327.9%51.3%
2017 · ELA67328.2%67.5%
2017 · Math67125.2%48.9%
2016 · ELA68226%60%
2016 · Math68325%49%
2015 · ELA67520%61%
2015 · Math67124%48%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. The 2015–2018 rows were checked against CDE’s original research files. The 2015 and 2016 files report whole percentages; later rows round to one decimal here. Older stored rows from other years still need independent original-file re-verification. A dash is unavailable, not zero. Before spring 2026, Advanced was reported as Exceeded and proficient or advanced as met or exceeded.

YearScopePctileRankAbsentSuspGrade gap
2019———7.5%2.9%+9.7pp
2022———20.8%3.7%+5.7pp
2023———13.9%6.6%+16.3pp
2024———9.9%3.9%+2.9pp
2025———8.6%3.8%-8.9pp
20265176#6079.7%6.0%-3.7pp

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

Grade gap = this year's grade 6 vs grade 8 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2025–26 school years
Group2018–192025–26Δ
Female6.2%8.6%+2.4pp
Male8.5%10.4%+1.9pp
Asian3.1%0.0%-3.1pp
Hispanic/Latino6.3%10.2%+3.9pp
Two or More Races2.4%4.2%+1.8pp
White10.2%11.2%+1.0pp
Students with Disabilities10.2%14.6%+4.4pp
English Learners9.1%18.8%+9.7pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged10.2%16.3%+6.1pp
All Students7.4%9.5%+2.1pp
Filipino0.0%——

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
GroupELAnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students−7553Moderate−6553Moderate
English Only−5397not categorised−5397not categorised
Hispanic or Latino−11249Moderate−16249Moderate
White−8227Moderate−3227Average
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−17179Moderate−15179Moderate
English Learner−15116Moderate−17116Moderate
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only−1994not categorised−2094not categorised
Students with Disabilities−2885Minimal−1985Moderate
Asian+1343Accelerated+1643Accelerated
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)+324Average−1924Moderate
Two or More Races024Average+424Average
English Learners Only−822not categorised−1522not categorised

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-Term English Learner counts cover grades 6-8 only (CDE), so that row is not comparable to the All Students row. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2024 · Grade 6
20%
exceeded standard · 48% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 167 ELA test records with scores
ELA · 2026 · Grade 8
29%
exceeded standard · 58% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 175 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 169 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe ELA 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 ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · reported-school field
State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

553 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,519 reported ELA ALL school records in its retained school inventory

California growth model, ELA: −7 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 23rd percentile of 7,519 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.23rd pctile · −7 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

553 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,518 reported MATH ALL school records in its retained school inventory

California growth model, math: −6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 30th percentile of 7,518 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.30th pctile · −6 pts
this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median ELA estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. 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 and is not part of the Scope Score.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$11,521 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 5,845 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$17 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 574

Central federal expenditures attributed here$776 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 574

District current expense · FY 2024–25$16,389 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 57%Instruction support 10%Student services 12%Administration 10%Buildings & maintenance 11%

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$11,521 per pupil
2020$10,449 per pupil
2019$10,939 per pupil
2018$10,335 per pupil
2017$9,934 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

ZIP-area community recordRead census estimates for the surrounding ZIP area, not the school's students.ACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 93021
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 93021
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$147,636
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)44.17%
ZCTA population37,746
Median age39.6 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/ZCTA context does 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 93021 →

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Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 · n=2,532 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-10-15

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