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Monte Vista Middle: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.

Monte Vista posts 34% meeting the standard and 13.8% exceeding it, against 39% and 16.8% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.

751 West Lowell Avenue, 95376 (opens in new tab)·Tracy Joint Unified·Tracy·Grades 6-8·738 students·82% low-income·2024–25 CAASPP·(209) 830-3340·Website
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
This schoolCA avg
Scope2639
% Exceeded14%17%
% Met+34%39%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)Weak · p25Average · p50
Absence22.0%18.5%
Suspension14.6%3.7%
Scope Score
26
🌱 Building Momentum · Needs Support
ranked #1,646 statewide · #7 of 8 in Tracy Joint Unified

Monte Vista Middle scores 26 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 26th percentile of 2,238 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →

🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.

CDE CAASPP 2025

Most rating sites would stop at “34% proficient” and call it done. Monte Vista deserves a closer read. The school sits in Tracy, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

The headline number: 34.4% of English learners reached the top ELPAC level, versus 18.0% statewide.

The seven-year arc

Percentile among 2,238 middle schools statewide

Has stayed near the 26th percentile since 2019.

CA Dashboard
ELAYellow(Increased)MathYellow(Increased)

The pandemic drop is behind this school: 34% of students meet the standard today, above the 26% who did in 2019.

ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 637%36%37%35%44%
Grade 729%34%29%36%38%
Grade 829%35%30%38%36%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 627%25%23%26%35%
Grade 721%21%22%26%28%
Grade 814%15%13%17%21%

The story this school is actually telling

The school, grade by grade

ELA · CAASPP 2024–25

Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.

12%
31%
57%
Grade 6 · 43% proficient
14%
24%
62%
Grade 7 · 38% proficient
16%
20%
64%
Grade 8 · 36% proficient

The honest read: the share exceeding rises 3.2pp across grades; the floor slips 7.9pp. The state average falls 0.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.

The 6 things our score weighs

Exceeded standard
13.8%
State 16.8%
3.0pp below state avg
Met or exceeded
33.5%
State 39.3%
5.8pp below state avg
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)
Weak
State average
The same students gained 26 scale-score points across the span. Almost every school gains points, so we rank the gain against every other California school in this level.
Chronic absenteeism
22.0%
State 18.5%
3.5pp above state avg
Suspension rate
14.6%
State 3.7%
10.9pp above state avg
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
34.4%
State 18.0%
16.4pp above state avg
Worth a school visit

Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.

  • Ask what typically leads to a suspension, and what happens before it gets there.
  • Ask what changes between grade 6 and grade 8 here, and who teaches the older kids.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
  • Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
  • Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
  • Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.

How every group of students does here

At Monte Vista Middle in Tracy, 32.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 33.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Monte Vista Middle trails its district average for low-income students by 1.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (21.5% Math proficient); Hispanic students (31.1% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 34.0 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 598 students tested.

All students at this school: 33% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 33%, district —, state 39%33%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 27%, district 28%, state 32%27% · −6 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 25%, district 26%, state 32%25% · −8 vs school
MaleMale: this school 31%, district 34%, state 42%31% · −2 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 35%, district 35%, state 44%35% · +2 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 4%, district 9%, state 11%4% · −29 vs school
AsianAsian: this school 56%, district 52%, state 72%56% · +23 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 8%, district 10%, state 15%8% · −25 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 40%, district 43%, state 56%40% · +7 vs school
HomelessHomeless: this school 15%, district 16%, state 22%15% · −18 vs school
Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: this school 19%, district 20%, state 26%19% · −14 vs school
FilipinoFilipino: this school 57%, district 56%, state 65%57% · +23 vs school

5 of 17 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
Subgroup growth by grade

Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 4.9pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school. District average: +5.5pp.

Showing up, and staying in class

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 22.0%, district 23.3%, state 18.5%22.0% · +3.5pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 14.6%, district —, state 3.7%14.6% · +10.9pp vs state
Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–618.7%
Grades 7–823.8%

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path
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Middle
Monte Vista Middle
26/100
This school

Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.

Merrill F. West HighScope 53direct feeder

The road from this school ends at Merrill F. West High, which sent 33 graduates to UC campuses last fall and teaches 20 AP subjects. Those numbers describe past cohorts — a child starting here today would reach Merrill F. West High around 2031, and 6 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 63% of Merrill F. West High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

33 UC ENROLLEES (FALL 2025) · 20 AP SUBJECTS TAUGHT → full record on Merrill F. West High's page
Source: UC & College Board

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 21:1, district 22:121:1
Teaching staff40 teachers
Avg. experience14.9 years
Fully credentialed82%
First-year teachers5%
Intern / emergency permit3.2%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$64,685 – $125,350
Principal salary$172,441 – $194,479
Superintendent salary$298,140

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $17,210, CA average $14,491$17,210 · spent at this school
Federal share$255 per student

$255 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,013 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction59%
Instruction support14%
Student services11%
Administration5%
Buildings & maintenance10%
Other1%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$11,939 per pupil
2019$11,523 per pupil
2018$12,026 per pupil
2017$10,666 per pupil
2016$10,305 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Hispanic62.3%
District 54.0% · CA 56.1%
Asian13.3%
District 16.0% · CA 10.2%
White10.3%
District 13.8% · CA 19.9%
Other9.1%
District 11.0% · CA 9.0%
Black5.0%
District 5.2% · CA 4.8%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 82.1% (18pp above CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$103K · CA $85K
Median home value$618K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+21% · CA 35%
ZIP population54,488
Median age35 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 21% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Frequently asked questions

Is Monte Vista Middle a good middle school?

Monte Vista Middle has a Scope Score of 26 out of 100, placing it in the 26th percentile of California middle schools and ranked #1,646 statewide. 13.8% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 3.0 percentage points below the California average of 16.8%. The Scope Score weights 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard (42%), met or exceeded (proficient) (23%), grade 6-to-8 growth (20%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Monte Vista Middle's CAASPP test scores?

On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 33.5% of students at Monte Vista Middle met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 13.8% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 19.8% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 13.8% pushed past it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it reveals whether a school's curriculum challenges students beyond minimum proficiency or paces toward it. 1,457 student-subject combinations were assessed.

How does Monte Vista Middle rank in California?

Monte Vista Middle ranks #1,646 among California middle schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 26th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), same-cohort growth (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 Monte Vista Middle getting better or worse?

SchoolScope follows the same cohort of students across grades rather than comparing two different grades in the same year. At Monte Vista Middle that cohort is 2023 G6 → 2025 G8, measured in SBAC scale-score points. Its gain ranks weak among California middle schools — roughly the 25th percentile, behind the typical school at this level. Read the ranking, not the raw point gain: scale scores rise with age, so nearly every school posts a positive number and only the relative position tells you anything. Growth is weighted at 20% in the middle Scope Score because it is the least demographically confounded signal available — it tracks change over time rather than the level students arrived at. See full methodology.

What is the attendance and school culture like at Monte Vista Middle?

22.0% of students at Monte Vista Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 18.5%. The suspension rate is 14.6%. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.

How does Monte Vista Middle compare to other schools in Tracy?

Monte Vista Middle scores 26/100 (26th percentile) among California middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 738 students. Use the schools in Tracy page or the map view to compare all middle schools nearby.

How does Monte Vista Middle serve low-income and underrepresented students?

At Monte Vista Middle in Tracy, 32.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 33.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Monte Vista Middle trails its district average for low-income students by 1.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (21.5% Math proficient); Hispanic students (31.1% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 34.0 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 598 students tested. 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.

Your other options

All schools in Tracy →

Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.

A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means

For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Exceeded standard · 42%
13.8%
↓ vs CA 16.8% · 47th pctile
Met or exceeded · 23%
33.5%
↓ vs CA 39.3% · 45th pctile
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8) · 20%
Weak
↓ vs CA average · 25th pctile
Chronic absenteeism · 5%
22.0%
↓ vs CA 18.5% · 45th pctile
▼ 1.7pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate · 5%
14.6%
↓ vs CA 3.7% · 6th pctile
▲ 1.7pp higher vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC) · 5%
34.4%
↑ vs CA 18.0% · 68th pctile
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 623512%31%29%27%44%−3
Grade 722114%24%21%42%38%−10
Grade 826416%20%31%33%36%−10
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 624418%17%27%38%35%−0
Grade 722514%14%21%51%28%−6
Grade 82689%12%18%61%21%−12

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

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide2687%14%64%15%

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 · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged59832.8%−1−5
Hispanic/Latino44831.1%−1−8
English Learners1685.4%−4−5
03Nearest middle schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = the same students tracked across grades, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Monte Vista Middle ←—2613.8%33.5%−11.1pp+26 pts14.6%
Discovery Charter0.7 mi3514.0%37.9%−10.5pp—2.4%
Earle E. Williams Middle1.3 mi3211.2%32.3%−5.9pp—10.4%
California average—3916.8%39.3%+1.5pp—3.7%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20192728#14398.1%26.2%6.9%6.3%-10.8pp
20222430#15067.6%27.6%32.9%9.4%-5.3pp
20232227#15998.7%25.7%29.1%17.5%-8.7pp
20242628#159211.4%29.6%23.7%12.9%-3.0pp
20252626#164613.8%33.5%22.0%14.6%-11.1pp
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 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 STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
Group20192025Δ
Female6.4%21.7%+15.3pp
Male7.2%22.3%+15.1pp
Asian2.1%8.7%+6.6pp
Black/African American8.7%41.5%+32.8pp
White0.0%14.7%+14.7pp
Hispanic/Latino7.6%22.7%+15.1pp
Pacific Islander12.5%30.8%+18.3pp
Two or More Races5.4%36.4%+31.0pp
Students with Disabilities8.7%26.5%+17.8pp
English Learners7.4%16.7%+9.3pp
Homeless17.6%38.1%+20.5pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged7.8%23.9%+16.1pp
All Students6.8%22.1%+15.3pp
EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,238 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-07-03methodology · data updates · CSV · report issue

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