Public school · Nuview Union · Nuevo, California

Mountain Shadows Middle — Rating & test scores

Nuevo · 7–8 · 339 students (2024–25)

30401 Reservoir Avenue, 92567msms.nuviewusd.org ↗(951) 928-3836
38thpercentileDeveloping

The dots are California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
33

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of five of the six middle school measures.

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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

Near California in English, well below in math, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026: 47% and 26% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 50% and 37%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 318 in English, 320 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English and 838,896 in math tested).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

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9.9% of students (35 of 354) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 354. The California figure is an average of school rates (2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Nuview Union which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Mountain Shadows a good middle school?

Mountain Shadows Middle scores higher than 38 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 38th percentile, Developing, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 20 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 18 in 100 at the average California middle school. 9.9% of students (35 of 354) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. Evidence ↓

More questions (3)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, yes; in math, about as expected. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored +18 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored −4 points, which it calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 299 students in English, 294 in math

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 45% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at Mountain Shadows Middle in Nuevo scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in English; well below it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 47% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 26% in math, against 50% and 37% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 318 in English, 320 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English, 838,896 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · 318 tested

Advanced
13%
Proficient
34%
Below the standard
53%
This school47%
California50%

47% Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8.

Math

Grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · 320 tested

Advanced
12%
Proficient
14%
Below the standard
74%
This school26%
California37%

26% Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 7 and 8 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced46%48%
Advanced10%16%
Proficient36%32%
Developing level30%30%
Minimal24%22%
Tested159159
California51%49%
Difference−5−1

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced27%25%
Advanced12%11%
Proficient15%14%
Developing level34%24%
Minimal39%51%
Tested162158
California38%36%
Difference−11−11

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How does math compare with English?

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, math trails English by 21 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 13 points across California. The grades 7 and 8 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English stayed at 47% and math went from 22% to 26%.

English · top two levels · grades 7 and 8

202547%325 tested
→
202647%318 tested

This school

California, same grades49% → 50%2025 → 2026 · 848,364 → 838,600 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 7 and 8

202522%323 tested
→
202626%320 tested

This school

California, same grades35% → 37%2025 → 2026 · 851,806 → 838,896 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, yes; in math, about as expected. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored +18 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored −4 points, which it calls Average.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 7 and 8: 299 in English, 294 in math
Comparison
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.

Grades 7 and 8 · 2025 · 299 students in English, 294 in math, with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

+18 pts

English

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

−4 pts

Math

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 7 and 8 · This school13%34%30%23%318
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school12%14%29%45%320
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

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

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 7 and 8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202647%50%
Math top two levels, grades 7 and 8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202626%37%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 7 and 8, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 43% in 2017 to 47% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. In math, it went from 28% in 2017 to 26% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 7 and 8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201743%
332 tested		49%
915,271 tested
201843%
344 tested		50%
919,277 tested
201935%
372 tested		50%
932,985 tested
202236%
334 tested		48%
852,094 tested
202331%
332 tested		47%
842,173 tested
202450%
327 tested		47%
849,026 tested
202547%
325 tested		49%
848,364 tested
202647%
318 tested		50%
838,600 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 7 and 8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201728%
331 tested		37%
918,964 tested
201828%
344 tested		37%
921,089 tested
201923%
374 tested		37%
935,223 tested
202219%
334 tested		31%
853,132 tested
202318%
333 tested		32%
844,737 tested
202422%
333 tested		33%
853,781 tested
202522%
323 tested		35%
851,806 tested
202626%
320 tested		37%
838,896 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 18 points above that expected score, and in math 4 points below it.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

What you can do

Who can act on Mountain Shadows’ results?

Nuview Union’s board decides Mountain Shadows’ plan.

The state hasn’t placed Mountain Shadows in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Nuview Union extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Nuview Union: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Nuview Union’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Nuview Union’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

20 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average California middle school, 18 in 100 were. 9.9% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 69 of 351 students counted for it; suspension: 35 of 354 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

20 in 100This school
18 in 100At the average California middle school

69 of 351 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

No district average: Mountain Shadows is the only regular middle school we rank in the Nuview Union district with an attendance record.

Suspensions, 2025–26

9.9%

of students were suspended at least once (35 of 354). Average California middle school 3.7%.

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

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Mountain Shadows

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questionsResponder en español

Teach here? Tell us Nuview Union’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Student groups, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 7 and 8; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Mountain ShadowsSame group, California
  • Military families32 tested50%Same group, California 51%
  • Low-income299 tested45%Same group, California 39%
  • Hispanic or Latino281 tested44%Same group, California 40%
  • Students with disabilities45 tested16%Same group, California 14%
  • English learners54 tested8%Same group, California 7%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 8 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 4% to 24%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 88%2. White: 7%Unallocated share: 5%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino88%
  2. White7%
  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 share5%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

55% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 36 of 66 English learners55%
Nuview Union · 178 of 35850%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

89%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 303 of 339. California: 63%.

16teachers, 2024–25

12 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

96%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 7 and 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Nuview Unionvs California
Low-income · 299 tested in English, 300 in math
English45%+144%+639%
Math24%024%−226%
Hispanic or Latino · 281 tested in English, 282 in math
English44%044%+440%
Math23%023%−225%
English learners · 54 tested in English, 55 in math
English8%08%+17%
Math4%04%−37%
Students with disabilities · 45 tested
English16%+115%+214%
Math4%04%−59%
Military families · 32 tested
English50%050%−151%
Math22%022%−1638%

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

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 and homeless 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino88%
White7%
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 are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 96% of teaching positions, 16.2 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 17 total position FTE (FTEs as rounded by the source; the share is CDE’s own). This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Mountain Shadows, and how do I get in?

  1. Elementary
    Valley View Elementary
    20th · Needs Support · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Mountain Shadows Middle
    Grades 7–8
  3. High
    Nuview Bridge Early College High
    73rd · Solid · 2025Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Valley View Elementary

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

    20th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

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

  • Nuview Elementary

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

    49th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

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

High-school links

  • Nuview Bridge Early College High

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    73rd percentile · Solid · high · 2025

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where the path ends: Nuview Bridge Early College High
Nuview Bridge Early College High73rd · Solid · 2025 · Scope Score 65estimated path

The road from this school ends at Nuview Bridge Early College High. UC records 22 enrollees from Nuview Bridge Early College High for fall 2025. That figure comes from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Nuview Bridge Early College High around 2028, and a school can change a lot in 2 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 64% of the students who finished high school at Nuview Bridge Early College High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

22 UC enrollees (fall 2025) → full record on Nuview Bridge Early College High's page
Source: UC

How do I get in?

Ask Nuview Union which school serves your address.

School website: msms.nuviewusd.org ↗Office: (951) 928-3836Administrator: Daryl Drinkwater

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
30401 Reservoir Avenue, Nuevo 92567

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Nuview Union.

Questions for your visit

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family? 9.9% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (35 of 354 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 53% in English and 74% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026 (318 tested in English, 320 in math); California: 50% and 63%
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working? 4% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026 (55 students tested); the same group across California: 7%
  5. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  6. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (951) 928-383630401 Reservoir Avenue, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby middle schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest middle schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby middle schoolsPercentile among California middle schools, 2026

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

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,560 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math12%4442%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math36%4723%
Chronically absent20 in 100485%
Suspension rate9.9% (35 of 354)265%
English learners: top level23%525%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California middle schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. The weights above add to 80%: the remaining 20%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–263338#1560California middle schools · 2,529 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspension
2018–1911 in 1008.5% (34 of 401)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2426 in 10010.0% (36 of 361)
2024–2520 in 1008.5% (32 of 375)
2025–2620 in 1009.9% (35 of 354)

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English31813%47%
2026 · Math32012%26%
2025 · English32513%47%
2025 · Math3237%22%
2024 · English32713%50%
2024 · Math3336%22%
2023 · English3328%31%
2023 · Math3335%18%
2022 · English3346%36%
2022 · Math3345%19%
2019 · English3729%35%
2019 · Math3749%23%
2018 · English3449%43%
2018 · Math3448%28%
2017 · English33210%43%
2017 · Math33111%28%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 7 · English15142%
2025 · Grade 8 · English17451%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math15021%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math17323%
2024 · Grade 7 · English16857%
2024 · Grade 8 · English15943%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math17224%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math16119%
2023 · Grade 7 · English15628%
2023 · Grade 8 · English17634%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math15516%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math17820%
2022 · Grade 7 · English16234%
2022 · Grade 8 · English17237%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math16223%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math17214%
2019 · Grade 7 · English21039%
2019 · Grade 8 · English16230%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math21226%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math16219%
2018 · Grade 7 · English16840%
2018 · Grade 8 · English17645%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math16726%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math17730%
2017 · Grade 7 · English17144%
2017 · Grade 8 · English16142%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math17028%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math16129%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide1594%23%56%17%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income29945%+1+6
Hispanic or Latino28144%0+4
English learners548%0+1
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students+18299Accelerated−4294Average
Low-income+18266Accelerated−5262Average
Hispanic or Latino+19256Accelerated−5252Average
English-only students+21160not categorized−2158not categorized
English learners+16111Accelerated−4108Average
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+2260not categorized−1359not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)+1652Accelerated+650Accelerated
English learners only+651not categorized+749not categorized
Students with disabilities+1548Accelerated+247Average
White+1322Accelerated+621Accelerated
Homeless+1919Accelerated−2519Minimal

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 7 and 8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+18 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 7 and 8

299 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +18 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−4 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 7 and 8

294 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −4 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for California middle school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median English estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 7 and 8, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 20 in 100 → 2025–26 · 20 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 8.5% (32 of 375) → 2025–26 · 9.9% (35 of 354) · +1.4 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female7 in 10019 in 100+12 in 100
Male14 in 10021 in 100+7 in 100
Hispanic or Latino10 in 10019 in 100+9 in 100
White11 in 10027 in 100+16 in 100
Students with disabilities28 in 10029 in 100+1 in 100
English learners14 in 10025 in 100+11 in 100
Low-income10 in 10020 in 100+10 in 100
All students11 in 10020 in 100+9 in 100
Homeless—26 in 100—

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

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$12,471 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 2,157 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$826 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2023–24 (2024) · source denominator: 325

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,528 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2023–24 (2024) · source denominator: 325

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,831 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 61%Instruction support 8%Student services 13%Administration 10%Buildings & maintenance 8%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$18,103,25361.10%61%
Instruction support$2,191,4187.40%8%
Student services$3,937,27313.29%13%
Administration$2,990,44110.09%10%
Buildings & maintenance$2,394,9958.08%8%
Total$29,628,393100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $29,628,393 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$12,471 per pupil
2020$12,205 per pupil
2019$12,193 per pupil
2018$8,630 per pupil
2017$8,154 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 92567 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92567 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$107,610
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14%
ZIP-area population10,867
Median age31.2 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 92567 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 2,529 middle schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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