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Mill Valley Middle

Mill Valley · 6–8 · 721 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score

74 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
Not a grade or a test result.

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Well above California in English and math: 82% and 75% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. Source

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8: 693 in English, 689 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,266,619 in English and 1,272,526 in math tested).

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Academic achievement

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Learning

How strong are the foundations for high school?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 39%
Met standard: 43%
Below standard: 18%

82% met or exceeded · 693 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California
Exceeded	39%	19%
Met	43%	30%
Nearly met	14%	23%
Not met	4%	28%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 51%
Met standard: 24%
Below standard: 25%

75% met or exceeded · 689 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California
Exceeded	51%	20%
Met	24%	16%
Nearly met	16%	23%
Not met	9%	41%

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?

Things worth knowing

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39% in English and 51% in math reached the top of the state’s four levels, against 19% and 20% across California in the same grades.grades 6–8 · spring 2025

39%English · exceeded the standard51%Math · exceeded the standard

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8: 693 in English, 689 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,266,619 in English and 1,272,526 in math tested).

53 of 728 students missed 10% or more of school days: against 18 in 100 at the average California middle school.2024–25

7 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2024–25
Students: all students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 728
Comparison: 53 of 728. The California figure is an average of school rates (2,175 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Low-income students here (48 tested in English, 46 in math, grades 6–8, spring 2025) met or exceeded the standard far more often than low-income students across California in the same grades (38% and 24%).grades 6–8 · spring 2025

56%English · met or exceeded39%Math · met or exceeded

Source: CDE CAASPP research file, spring 2025
Students: low-income students (CDE: “socioeconomically disadvantaged”) in grades 6–8: 48 in English, 46 in math
Comparison: California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s statewide rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation). Both gaps are more than twice the margin of error for 48 students in English and 46 in math.

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 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school82%

California49%

Tested: 693 here · 1,266,619 in California.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California
Exceeded	39%	19%
Met	43%	30%
Nearly met	14%	23%
Not met	4%	28%

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school75%

California36%

Tested: 689 here · 1,272,526 in California.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California
Exceeded	51%	20%
Met	24%	16%
Nearly met	16%	23%
Not met	9%	41%

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

201985%1,015 tested

→

202582%693 tested

Mill Valley

California, same grades50% → 49%2019 → 2025 · 1,390,416 → 1,266,619 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

201977%1,013 tested

→

202575%689 tested

Mill Valley

California, same grades38% → 36%2019 → 2025 · 1,394,239 → 1,272,526 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

Explore every year, the trend charts & underlying data

English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grades 6–8

Mill ValleyCalifornia

0%50%100%201920222025No comparable state tests (COVID)82%49%

Math met or exceeded, grades 6–8

Mill ValleyCalifornia

0%50%100%201920222025No comparable state tests (COVID)75%36%

Dotted stretches cross years without comparable results; in 2020 and 2021 that was COVID.

English went from 85% in 2019 to 82% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Math went from 77% in 2019 to 75% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	Mill Valley	California
2019	85% 1,015 tested	50% 1,390,416 tested
2022	77% 797 tested	47% 1,277,584 tested
2023	78% 777 tested	46% 1,267,562 tested
2024	82% 739 tested	46% 1,269,432 tested
2025	82% 693 tested	49% 1,266,619 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	Mill Valley	California
2019	77% 1,013 tested	38% 1,394,239 tested
2022	67% 780 tested	31% 1,279,506 tested
2023	71% 778 tested	32% 1,272,024 tested
2024	76% 735 tested	33% 1,277,570 tested
2025	75% 689 tested	36% 1,272,526 tested

The state’s growth measure650 students in English, 646 in math · grades 6–8 · 2025

English+4ptsCDE level: Average (3 of 5)

Math+18ptsCDE level: Accelerated (4 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 4 points above that prediction, and in math 18 points above 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 2025Growth EngineThe school’s aggregate cohort-change index clears our stronger-gains threshold. This is a school-level comparison across years, not tracking of individual children.

School pattern, spring 2025Strong All-AroundAt least half of students met or exceeded the standard in every tested grade, in both subjects, and the state’s growth measure was Average or above in both.

Life at school

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What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

7 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

18in 100 at the average California middle school

53 of 728 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school7 in 100

at the average California middle school18 in 100

5.7%of students were suspended at least once (42 of 731), 2024–25

3.5%at the average California middle school

Attendance by grade

Chronically absent, 2024–25	Per 100 students	Students
Grades 4–6	4	10 of 223
Grades 7–8	8	43 of 505

Reviews & community voices

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

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How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

48 English · 46 math tested

English56% / 38%

Math39% / 24%

White

499 tested per subject

English85% / 61%

Math78% / 49%

Two or more races

74 English · 73 math tested

English80% / 62%

Math79% / 49%

Hispanic or Latino

73 English · 70 math tested

English64% / 38%

Math50% / 24%

Students with disabilities

91 English · 88 math tested

English52% / 14%

Math43% / 10%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Met or exceeded the standardgrades 6–8 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Mill Valley Elementary	vs California
Low-income · 48 tested in English, 46 in math
English	56%	056%	+1838%
Math	39%	039%	+1524%
White · 499 tested
English	85%	085%	+2461%
Math	78%	078%	+2949%
Two or more races · 74 tested in English, 73 in math
English	80%	080%	+1862%
Math	79%	079%	+3049%
Hispanic or Latino · 73 tested in English, 70 in math
English	64%	064%	+2638%
Math	50%	050%	+2624%
Students with disabilities · 91 tested in English, 88 in math
English	52%	052%	+3814%
Math	43%	043%	+3310%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Mill Valley Elementary, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind statewide does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

Asian students and 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 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.

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students and students with disabilities here did far better than the same groups statewide.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Mill Valley Middle in Mill Valley, 56.3% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 6, 7 and 8, compared to 56.3% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. Mill Valley Middle’s rate for low-income students matches its district average in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (39.1% met or exceeded the Math standard); White students (85.4% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 31.3 percentage points: students with disabilities in Math. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 48 ELA grade test records.

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Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

White73%
Two or more races11%
Hispanic or Latino10%
Asian5%
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
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, 2024–25	Here
White	73%
Two or more races	11%
Hispanic or Latino	10%
Asian	5%
Black or African American	—
Filipino	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—
Not reported	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

6 in 100 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (6%, 45 of 721). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers48

Average experience16 years

First-year teachers0%

83% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 83.00%: 44.2 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 53.3 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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ElementaryOld Mill ElementaryHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
MiddleMill Valley MiddleThis campus · grades 6-8
High schoolLink not recordedAsk the district about this stage.

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

Old Mill Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
96th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Park Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
97th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Tamalpais Valley Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
98th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Strawberry Point Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
98th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Edna Maguire Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
95th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

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425 Sycamore Avenue, Mill Valley 94941

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How do you support kids who arrive ahead, and kids who arrive behind?
Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
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Schools to explore

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar middle schools2025 statewide percentile

Ralston IntermediateBelmont-Redwood Shores Elementary · 1,082 enrolled · 6.2% meal eligibility98thStrong
Harvest Park MiddlePleasanton Unified · 1,015 enrolled · 6.1% meal eligibility98thStrong
Joaquin Moraga IntermediateMoraga Elementary · 658 enrolled · 6.1% meal eligibility93rdStrong
William Mendenhall MiddleLivermore Valley Joint Unified · 876 enrolled · 6.7% meal eligibility81stStrong
Piedmont MiddlePiedmont City Unified · 575 enrolled · 5.7% meal eligibility96thStrong
Pine Valley MiddleSan Ramon Valley Unified · 973 enrolled · 6.8% meal eligibility98thStrong

How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 0–14.2% meal eligibility and 361–1,442 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Mill Valley Middle a good middle school?

Mill Valley Middle is in the 95th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 74 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Mill Valley Middle was well above California in English and math: 82% and 75% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. The 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 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Mill Valley Middle's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 82% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 75% the math standard; 39% and 51% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 693 students were tested in English and 689 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Mill Valley Middle rank in California?

Mill Valley Middle is in the 95th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Strong, 2025). Mill Valley Middle ranks #102 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2023 G6 → 2025 G8), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

Is Mill Valley Middle getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Mill Valley Middle's grade 6 results in 2023 with its grade 8 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 92nd 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 Mill Valley Middle?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 7.3% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 53 chronically absent of 728 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 5.7%; 42 unduplicated suspended students of 731 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 7.5%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 5.7%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

How does Mill Valley Middle compare to other schools in Mill Valley?

Mill Valley Middle is in the 95th 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 721 students. Use the schools in Mill Valley page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Mill Valley Middle?

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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Mill Valley Middle is ranked #102 statewide.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	44.9%	17.2%	42%
Met or exceeded	78.0%	40.0%	23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)	Strong	average	20%
Chronic absenteeism	7.5%	18.1%	5%
Suspension rate	5.7%	3.6%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	27.8%	17.8%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↑ vs CA 17.2% · index 81 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↑ vs CA 40.0% · index 81 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8): ↑ vs CA average · ≈92nd calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 65 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 2.6pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate: ↓ vs CA 3.6% · index 42 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▲ 1.7pp higher vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 59 · 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 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 6	214	40%	39%	15%	6%	79%	+33
Grade 7	239	38%	47%	13%	2%	85%	+37
Grade 8	240	38%	43%	15%	5%	81%	+35

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 6 ELA equal-school mean: 46.1%; n=4084 reporting schools

State grade 7 ELA equal-school mean: 47.6%; n=2631 reporting schools

State grade 8 ELA equal-school mean: 46.2%; n=2658 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
Math	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 6	214	47%	20%	20%	13%	67%	+32
Grade 7	240	47%	32%	18%	4%	78%	+45
Grade 8	235	60%	18%	13%	9%	78%	+46

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 6 Math equal-school mean: 34.5%; n=4086 reporting schools

State grade 7 Math equal-school mean: 33.7%; n=2630 reporting schools

State grade 8 Math equal-school mean: 32.1%; n=2658 reporting schools

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 · subject	Students with scores	Met+
2024 · Grade 6 · ELA	245	82.9%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA	240	79.6%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA	254	83.1%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	244	69.7%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	238	77.3%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	253	80.2%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA	227	78.8%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA	263	76.0%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA	287	80.1%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	228	68.0%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	263	68.8%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	287	74.9%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA	255	74.5%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA	285	78.3%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA	257	77.4%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	247	60.7%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	278	73.4%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	255	67.1%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA	374	85.8%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA	341	82.4%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA	300	86.3%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	374	74.3%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	340	77.9%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	299	80.3%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “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)	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT
Schoolwide	244	35%	36%	26%	3%

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 · ELA	Tested	MET+	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	48	56.3%	+0	+19
White	499	85.4%	+0	+24
Students with Disabilities	91	51.7%	+0	+38

Nearest middle schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance · 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

School	Dist	Scope · percentile · band	EXC	MET+	Grade gap	Cohort growth	Susp
Mill Valley Middle ←	—	7495th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	44.9%	78.0%	+6.7pp	+63 pts	5.7%
California average	—	39School average · no percentile	17.2%	40.0%	+1.5pp	—	3.6%

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

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders3.4%

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.

District salary records

Teacher salary schedule$74,335 – $140,602

Average elementary principal salary$185,394

Average middle school principal salary$193,952

Superintendent salary$316,650

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2019	77/100	95	#85	California comprehensive middle schools · 1,953 schools
2022	71/100	93	#133	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,113 schools
2023	71/100	94	#121	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,125 schools
2024	81/100	97	#44	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,152 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 9.9% → 2025 · 7.3% · −2.6pp
Suspension rate2024 · 4.0% → 2025 · 5.7% · +1.7pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	693	38.7%	81.7%
2025 · Math	689	51.2%	74.8%
2024 · ELA	739	36.3%	81.9%
2024 · Math	735	50.5%	75.8%
2023 · ELA	777	32.2%	78.4%
2023 · Math	778	44.3%	70.8%
2022 · ELA	797	32.8%	76.8%
2022 · Math	780	41.9%	67.3%
2019 · ELA	1,015	39.6%	84.8%
2019 · Math	1,013	50.1%	77.3%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

Year	Scope	Pctile	Rank	Exc	Met+	Absent	Susp	Grade gap
2019	—	—	—	45.1%	81.2%	4.8%	2.8%	+3.2pp
2022	—	—	—	37.1%	71.9%	12.8%	1.8%	+4.6pp
2023	—	—	—	38.1%	74.5%	15.1%	2.0%	+4.1pp
2024	—	—	—	43.4%	78.8%	10.1%	4.0%	+5.4pp
2025	74	95	#102	44.9%	78.0%	7.5%	5.7%	+6.7pp

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 2024–25 school years

Group	2018–19	2024–25	Δ
Female	4.7%	7.5%	+2.8pp
Male	4.7%	7.1%	+2.4pp
Asian	4.3%	8.1%	+3.8pp
Hispanic/Latino	9.3%	11.0%	+1.7pp
Two or More Races	2.9%	5.2%	+2.3pp
White	4.3%	7.0%	+2.7pp
Students with Disabilities	11.2%	11.0%	-0.2pp
English Learners	20.0%	11.1%	-8.9pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	15.6%	19.2%	+3.6pp
All Students	4.7%	7.3%	+2.6pp

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or 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

Group	ELA	n	CDE band	Math	n	CDE band
All Students	+4	650	Average	+18	646	Accelerated
English Only	+5	561	not categorised	+18	559	not categorised
White	+4	463	Average	+20	463	Exceptional
Students with Disabilities	−2	94	Average	+10	91	Accelerated
Two or More Races	−3	72	Average	+13	71	Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino	+8	70	Accelerated	+10	67	Accelerated
English Learner	+4	48	Average	+26	47	Exceptional
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	−2	45	Average	+13	43	Accelerated
Asian	+13	36	Accelerated	+29	36	Exceptional
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	+15	33	not categorised	+33	33	not categorised
English Learners Only	−17	15	not categorised	+11	14	not 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. 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 · 2023 · Grade 6

35%

exceeded standard · 79% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2023 · 227 ELA test records with scores

ELA · 2025 · Grade 8

38%

exceeded standard · 81% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2025 · 240 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 228 (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

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

650 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

60th pctile · +4 pts

State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

646 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

89th pctile · +18 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 −1 and the middle half fall between −8 and +6 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$18,120 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 2,640 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$236 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 721

Central federal expenditures attributed here$63 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 721

District current expense · FY 2024–25$27,608 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.

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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 61%Instruction support 11%Student services 5%Administration 11%Buildings & maintenance 12%

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.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021

2021$18,120 per pupil

2020$16,255 per pupil

2019$16,270 per pupil

2018$14,946 per pupil

2017$14,472 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 94941

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 94941
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$209,870
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	75.87%
ZCTA population	32,706
Median age	45.9 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.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,177 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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