Independent charter school · Dehesa Elementary

Method Summit Academy — Rating & test scores

El Cajon · K–12

4612 Dehesa Road, 92019(951) 461-4620Principal Enrique Gonzalez
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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
19 / 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 below California in English and math: 28% and 18% met or exceeded the standard in grades 7 and 8, against 50% and 37% statewide. Source
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 76
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English and 838,896 in math tested).

Latest test update · spring 2025 → 2026: a comparable all-grades result is unavailable. SchoolScope shows this comparison only with both years and at least 30 scored students per subject. See the available records →

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Things worth knowing

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About 2 in 3 students (71 of 110) missed 10% or more of school days, against 14 in 100 at the average Dehesa Elementary school.2025–26
64 in 100students chronically absent, 2025–26

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Source
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26
Students
all students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 110
Comparison
71 of 110. District and California figures are averages of school rates (6 Dehesa Elementary schools; 2,531 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 7 and 8Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced
3%
Proficient
25%
Below Proficient
72%

28% proficient or advanced · 76 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaDehesa Elementary
Advanced3%19%20%
Proficient25%31%40%
Developing31%23%25%
Minimal41%27%15%

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.

See each grade’s results →

Math

grades 7 and 8Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced
4%
Proficient
14%
Below Proficient
82%

18% proficient or advanced · 76 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaDehesa Elementary
Advanced4%21%22%
Proficient14%16%20%
Developing23%23%28%
Minimal59%40%30%

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.

See each grade’s results →

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 7 and 8Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school28%
California50%

Tested: 76 here · 838,600 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school28%
Dehesa Elementary60%

Tested: 76 here · 2,110 in Dehesa Elementary. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 6 schools.

Math

grades 7 and 8Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school18%
California37%

Tested: 76 here · 838,896 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school18%
Dehesa Elementary42%

Tested: 76 here · 2,110 in Dehesa Elementary. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 6 schools.

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

Our comparable history for these grades covers 2026 only. More years are needed to show a longer trend.

English

Met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8 · all students tested

Latest annual comparison

2025—No comparable result
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202628%76 tested

This school

A comparison with the previous year is unavailable. Explore the available history below.

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8 · all students tested

Latest annual comparison

2025—No comparable result
→
202618%76 tested

This school

A comparison with the previous year is unavailable. Explore the available history below.

Each year tests a different group of students. These results do not track one child’s progress.

Explore the available years & underlying data

English: 28% in 2026. Math: 18% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202628%
76 tested		50%
838,600 tested
Math · met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202618%
76 tested		37%
838,896 tested

Ask: Most students in grades 7 and 8 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and 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

64 in 100students chronically absent, 2025–26
14in 100 at the average Dehesa Elementary school18in 100 at the average California middle school

71 of 110 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school64 in 100
at the average Dehesa Elementary school14 in 100
at the average California middle school18 in 100
1.7%of students were suspended at least once (2 of 121), 2025–26
0.3%at the average Dehesa Elementary school3.7%at the average California middle school
Attendance by grade
Chronically absent, 2025–26Per 100 studentsStudents
Grades 7–86154 of 89
Grades 9–129313 of 14

What people here say

Answers from students, families and staff. Each source stays separate.

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Students

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Families

Family answers collected by SchoolScope

We don’t show family answers yet. How family answers work

Ask current families about communication, belonging and support when a child needs help.

Staff

We don’t have staff survey results for Method Summit Academy. Ask about staff continuity, collaboration and support across the school.

Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Proficient or Advanced · grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

30 tested per subject

English27% / 39%
Math17% / 26%

Hispanic or Latino

51 tested per subject

English25% / 40%
Math14% / 25%

Hispanic or Latino students did worse than the same group statewide in English.

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 7 and 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Dehesa Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 30 tested
English27%—−1239%
Math17%—−926%
Hispanic or Latino · 51 tested
English25%—−1540%
Math14%—−1125%

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

White students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners, students with disabilities 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: 65%2. White: 25%Unallocated share: 10%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino65%
  2. White25%
  3. Asian—
  4. Black or African American—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share10%
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 Latino65%
White25%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
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.

Questions & evidence

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Getting in

Ask Method Summit Academy how it admits students.

Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Office: (951) 461-4620Principal: Enrique Gonzalez

Location and visiting

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4612 Dehesa Road, El Cajon 92019

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Questions to ask

A short list for your school visit.

  1. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  2. Most students in grades 7 and 8 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. How do students get academic help and connect with a trusted adult?

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

Eligibility and entry grades
Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery
What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics
What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

Accountability

Who runs this school

What the charter school plans (2026–27 plan)

Method Summit Academy is a charter school, so it runs itself and writes its own yearly plan (LCAP). CDE lists Dehesa Elementary as its charter authorizer, and June 30, 2030 as the end of its current charter term.

Authorizer from CDE’s charter term file; term from CDE’s Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source ↗ · Database ↗

$194,700

planned for 18 funded actions in 4 goals. These are plans, not what the charter school later spent.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s LCAP (69 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Expand course offerings and program opportunities; Student Clubs and Leadership; and Parent Success Program take 2% of the money.

Reading, math and catch-up help

No action title in this plan names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners.

For high-needs students

It plans $182,900 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth.

The plan itself4 goals, 9 measures, the money map

Where does the money go?

51% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars. Tap a box to open its goal.

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Within 3 years, Method Summit Academy will meet or exceed academic performance standards outlined by the…$99,50051% of action budgets

“Within 3 years, Method Summit Academy will meet or exceed academic performance standards outlined by the California School Dashboard” p. 10 ↗

6 funded actions

Action titles are in the plan: p. 65 ↗

How the plan measures it · 4 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 10 ↗.

Goal 2Method Summit Academy will develop an inclusive and collaborative environment that actively engages and…$5,9003% of action budgets

“Method Summit Academy will develop an inclusive and collaborative environment that actively engages and ultimately exceeds the expectation of all its stakeholders” p. 14 ↗

3 funded actions

Largest funded actions

  1. Student Clubs and Leadership$1,100action 2.3 · p. 65 ↗
  2. Parent Success Program$1,000action 2.1 · p. 65 ↗

1 more action is in the plan, counted in the goal’s total: p. 65 ↗

We couldn’t read this goal’s measures from the plan. They start near page 14. p. 14 ↗

Goal 3Method Summit Academy will implement a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework to enhance academic…$69,40036% of action budgets

“Method Summit Academy will implement a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework to enhance academic achievement and foster socio-emotional well-being for all students” p. 19 ↗

5 funded actions

Action titles are in the plan: p. 65 ↗

How the plan measures it · 3 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 19 ↗.

Goal 4Method Summit Academy will expand its reach to students through targeted outreach, retention strategies, and…$19,90010% of action budgets

“Method Summit Academy will expand its reach to students through targeted outreach, retention strategies, and program enhancements to ensure sustainable growth and long-term success” p. 23 ↗

4 funded actions

Largest funded actions

  1. Expand course offerings and program opportunities$2,400action 4.3 · p. 65 ↗
  2. Monitor and evaluate enrollment growth efforts$600action 4.4 · p. 65 ↗

2 more actions are in the plan, counted in the goal’s total: p. 65 ↗

How the plan measures it · 2 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 23 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Common questions

Is Method Summit Academy a good middle school?
Method Summit Academy is in the 6th percentile (Needs Support) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 19 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2026, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Method Summit Academy was well below California in English and math: 28% and 18% met or exceeded the standard in grades 7 and 8, against 50% 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 Method Summit Academy's CAASPP test scores?
In spring 2026, 28% of students tested in grades 7 and 8 met or exceeded the English standard and 18% the math standard; 3% and 4% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 50% and 37% met or exceeded, 19% and 21% exceeded. 76 students were tested in English and 76 in math (CDE CAASPP 2025–26; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).
How does Method Summit Academy rank in California?
Method Summit Academy is in the 6th percentile of 2,532 California comprehensive middle schools (Needs Support, 2026). Method Summit Academy ranks #2,374 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.
What do attendance and suspension records show for Method Summit Academy?
CDE chronic absence 2025–26: 64.5% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 71 chronically absent of 110 eligible students. CDE suspension 2025–26: 1.7%; 2 unduplicated suspended students of 121 cumulative enrollment. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.
How does Method Summit Academy compare to other schools in El Cajon?
Method Summit Academy is in the 6th percentile (Needs Support) 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. Use the schools in El Cajon page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.
What do reported student-group results show at Method Summit Academy?
At Method Summit Academy in El Cajon, 27% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) in grades 7–8 scored Proficient or Advanced (formerly Met or Exceeded) in reading and writing in spring 2026, compared with 39% across California for the same group in the same grades. Also: low-income students, 17% in math; Hispanic students, 25% in reading and writing. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP, spring 2026. 30 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.
Source records

Explore the data

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

Downloads, sources & methodology
Download CSVReport a data issueMethodologyData updatesCDE CAASPP research files (opens in new tab)

2025 CDE CCI overall Prepared: no exact school row in the verified 2025 source.

Method Summit Academy is ranked #2,374 statewide · #6 of 6 in Dehesa Elementary.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2025–26
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard3.0%17.7%42%
Met or exceeded23.6%40.6%23%
Chronic absenteeism56.9%17.8%5%
Suspension rate2.0%3.8%5%
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 17.7% · index 34 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 40.6% · index 37 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 17.8% · index 0 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 3.8% · index 57 · 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 67—————48%—
Grade 7524%23%33%40%27%51%−24
Grade 8240%29%29%42%29%49%−20

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 67—————37%—
Grade 7524%13%27%56%17%38%−21
Grade 8244%17%12%67%21%36%−15

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.

Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDevelopingMinimal
Schoolwide240%13%54%33%

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 Disadvantaged3027%—−13
Hispanic/Latino5125%—−14
More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresAdvancedProficient or Advanced
2026 · ELA832.4%27.7%
2026 · Math833.6%16.9%

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.

YearScopePctileRankAbsentSuspGrade gap
2026196#237456.9%2.0%—

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.
What we can't show
  • — The same-year grade contrast is unavailable in this record; it is separate from the two-year aggregate comparison used for scoring.
  • — Scored here as a middle school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
  • — Students classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged here trail the state average for their group by 13 points in ELA in grades 7–8 — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2025–26 school years
Group2018–192025–26Δ
Female—78.6%—
Male—62.5%—
Hispanic/Latino—66.2%—
White—64.3%—
Students with Disabilities—53.8%—
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged—75.5%—
All Students—64.5%—

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

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$25,766 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 124 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

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,921 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

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 14%Student services 10%Administration 17%Buildings & maintenance 5%Other 4%

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$25,766 per pupil
2020$30,277 per pupil
2019$28,138 per pupil
2018$2,207 per pupil
2017$3,133 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 92019
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 92019
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$101,973
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)33.57%
ZCTA population45,351
Median age40.9 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 92019 →

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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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