New Brighton Middle — Rating & test scores

Capitola · 6–8 · 585 students (2024–25)

250 Washburn Avenue, 95010nbms.suesd.org ↗(831) 464-5660Principal Christina Hadreas

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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

41 / 100

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

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New Brightonhigher than 58 of the 100 California dots

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New Brightonhigher than 58 of the 100 California dots

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Above California in English, near it in math: 57% and 36% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 37% statewide. Source

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8: 495 in English, 492 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

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64 of 534 students missed 10% or more of school days: about two thirds of the rate at the average California middle school.2025–26

12 in 100students chronically absent, 2025–26

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26
Students: all students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 534
Comparison: 64 of 534. The California figure is an average of school rates (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 6–8Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced: 19%
Proficient: 38%
Below Proficient: 43%

57% proficient or advanced · 495 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California
Advanced	19%	19%
Proficient	38%	30%
Developing	18%	23%
Minimal	25%	28%

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 6–8Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced: 18%
Proficient: 18%
Below Proficient: 64%

36% proficient or advanced · 492 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California
Advanced	18%	21%
Proficient	18%	16%
Developing	30%	23%
Minimal	34%	40%

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 6–8Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school57%

California49%

Tested: 495 here · 1,254,039 in California.

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school36%

California37%

Tested: 492 here · 1,254,800 in California.

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

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

Latest annual comparison

202558%554 tested

→

202657%495 tested

New Brighton

California, same grades49% → 49%2025 → 2026 · 1,266,619 → 1,254,039 tested

Math

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

Latest annual comparison

202542%558 tested

→

202636%492 tested

New Brighton

California, same grades36% → 37%2025 → 2026 · 1,272,526 → 1,254,800 tested

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

Explore the available years, charts & underlying data

Chart: 2017–2026. The table includes all available years.

English met or exceeded, grades 6–8

New BrightonCalifornia

0%50%100%201720222026No comparable state tests (COVID)57%49%

Math met or exceeded, grades 6–8

New BrightonCalifornia

0%50%100%201720222026No comparable state tests (COVID)36%37%

Dotted stretches cross years without comparable results.

English went from 60% in 2017 to 57% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. Math went from 45% in 2017 to 36% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	New Brighton	California
2015	56% 751 tested	44% 1,356,180 tested
2016	62% 707 tested	48% 1,366,988 tested
2017	60% 708 tested	48% 1,377,836 tested
2018	65% 685 tested	49% 1,391,379 tested
2019	68% 668 tested	50% 1,390,416 tested
2022	62% 639 tested	47% 1,277,584 tested
2023	58% 615 tested	46% 1,267,562 tested
2024	55% 586 tested	46% 1,269,432 tested
2025	58% 554 tested	49% 1,266,619 tested
2026	57% 495 tested	49% 1,254,039 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	New Brighton	California
2015	41% 750 tested	33% 1,359,309 tested
2016	42% 709 tested	36% 1,371,026 tested
2017	45% 706 tested	37% 1,383,609 tested
2018	47% 682 tested	37% 1,394,516 tested
2019	46% 669 tested	38% 1,394,239 tested
2022	33% 638 tested	31% 1,279,506 tested
2023	36% 614 tested	32% 1,272,024 tested
2024	37% 584 tested	33% 1,277,570 tested
2025	42% 558 tested	36% 1,272,526 tested
2026	36% 492 tested	37% 1,254,800 tested

The state’s growth measure531 students in English, 534 in math · grades 6–8 · 2025

English−1ptsCDE level: Average (3 of 5)

Math−2ptsCDE level: Average (3 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 1 point below that prediction, and in math 2 points below it.

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

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

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

Ask: Math is lower than in 2015 here (41% to 36%), while across California it went from 33% to 37%. How does the school check what’s working in math?

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

12 in 100students chronically absent, 2025–26

18in 100 at the average California middle school

64 of 534 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school12 in 100

at the average California middle school18 in 100

1.3%of students were suspended at least once (7 of 540), 2025–26

3.7%at the average California middle school

Attendance by grade

Chronically absent, 2025–26	Per 100 students	Students
Grades 4–6	4	7 of 163
Grades 7–8	15	57 of 371

What people here say

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Families

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

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

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

143 tested per subject

English34% / 39%

Math19% / 26%

White

275 English · 272 math tested

English69% / 62%

Math47% / 50%

Hispanic or Latino

171 tested per subject

English38% / 39%

Math16% / 25%

English learners

32 tested per subject · grades 6 and 7

English6% / 8%

Math0% / 7%

Students with disabilities

61 English · 57 math tested

English10% / 14%

Math7% / 10%

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

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026

Group and subject	Here	vs Soquel Union Elementary	vs California
Low-income · 143 tested
English	34%	034%	−539%
Math	19%	019%	−726%
White · 275 tested in English, 272 in math
English	69%	069%	+762%
Math	47%	047%	−350%
Hispanic or Latino · 171 tested
English	38%	038%	−139%
Math	16%	016%	−925%
English learners · 32 tested · grades 6 and 7 only
English	6%	06%	−28%
Math	0%	00%	−77%
Students with disabilities · 61 tested in English, 57 in math
English	10%	010%	−414%
Math	7%	07%	−310%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Soquel Union 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.

Students of two or more races: 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 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

White56%
Hispanic or Latino34%
Two or more races5%
Asian2%
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share3%

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, 2025–26	Here
White	56%
Hispanic or Latino	34%
Two or more races	5%
Asian	2%
Black or African American	—
Filipino	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—
Not reported	—

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

3 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (30%, 177 of 585). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers31

Average experience15 years

First-year teachers6%

78% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 78.35%: 22.8 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 29.1 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

English learners

Are English learners making progress in English?

33%of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026

This school33%

Soquel Union Elementary42%

California47%

12 of 36 English learners here; 49 of 116 in Soquel Union Elementary; 355,274 of 748,916 in California. This measures progress, not fluency. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

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ElementarySoquel ElementaryNearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
MiddleNew Brighton MiddleThis campus · grades 6-8
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Elementary links

Soquel Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
40th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026
Main Street Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
72nd percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026
Santa Cruz Gardens Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
68th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

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Getting in

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School website: nbms.suesd.org ↗Office: (831) 464-5660Principal: Christina Hadreas

Location and visiting

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250 Washburn Avenue, Capitola 95010

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Questions to ask

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Math is lower than in 2015 here (41% to 36%), while across California it went from 33% to 37%. How does the school check what’s working in math?
Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
How do students get academic help and connect with a trusted adult?
Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Accountability

Who runs this school

Run by Soquel Union Elementary. The district writes the yearly plan (LCAP) for its schools. See what Soquel Union Elementary plans.

Common questions

Is New Brighton Middle a good middle school?

New Brighton Middle is in the 58th percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 41 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2026, on California's state tests (CAASPP), New Brighton Middle was above California in English, near it in math: 57% and 36% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 37% statewide. The 2026 Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are New Brighton Middle's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2026, 57% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 36% the math standard; 19% and 18% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 37% met or exceeded, 19% and 21% exceeded. 495 students were tested in English and 492 in math (CDE CAASPP 2025–26; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does New Brighton Middle rank in California?

New Brighton Middle is in the 58th percentile of 2,532 California comprehensive middle schools (Solid, 2026). New Brighton Middle ranks #1,052 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. The 2026 Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See full methodology.

Is New Brighton Middle getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares New Brighton Middle's grade 6 results in 2024 with its grade 8 results in 2026, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 45th 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 New Brighton Middle?

CDE chronic absence 2025–26: 12.0% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 64 chronically absent of 534 eligible students. CDE suspension 2025–26: 1.3%; 7 unduplicated suspended students of 540 cumulative enrollment. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

How does New Brighton Middle compare to other schools in Capitola?

New Brighton Middle is in the 58th percentile (Solid) 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 585 students. Use the schools in Capitola page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

What do reported student-group results show at New Brighton Middle?

At New Brighton Middle in Capitola, 34% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) in grades 6–8 scored Proficient or Advanced (formerly Met or Exceeded) in reading and writing in spring 2026, compared with 34% across the district and 39% across California for the same group in the same grades. That matches the district rate for the same group. Also: low-income students, 19% in math; White students, 69% in reading and writing. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP, spring 2026. 143 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.

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New Brighton Middle is ranked #1,052 statewide.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2025–26

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	18.8%	17.7%	42%
Met or exceeded	46.4%	40.6%	23%
Growth (2024 G6 → 2026 G8)	Below avg	average	20%
Chronic absenteeism	12.2%	17.8%	5%
Suspension rate	1.4%	3.8%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	8.3%	17.5%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↑ vs CA 17.7% · index 51 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↑ vs CA 40.6% · index 55 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2024 G6 → 2026 G8): ↓ vs CA average · ≈45th calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 58 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 3.7pp lower vs 2025
Suspension rate: ↑ vs CA 3.8% · index 60 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 0.4pp lower vs 2025
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↓ vs CA 17.5% · index 32 · 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
ELA	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing	Minimal	Proficient or Advanced	California	Difference
Grade 6	154	19%	37%	23%	21%	56%	48%	+8
Grade 7	164	18%	38%	17%	27%	56%	51%	+5
Grade 8	177	21%	37%	17%	25%	58%	49%	+9

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

Math · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
Math	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing	Minimal	Proficient or Advanced	California	Difference
Grade 6	154	12%	15%	33%	40%	27%	37%	−10
Grade 7	163	17%	20%	29%	34%	37%	38%	−1
Grade 8	175	25%	18%	27%	30%	43%	36%	+7

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

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

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met or exceeded
2025 · Grade 6 · ELA	165	56.4%
2025 · Grade 7 · ELA	182	64.8%
2025 · Grade 8 · ELA	207	53.1%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math	168	43.5%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math	185	47.6%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math	205	35.1%
2024 · Grade 6 · ELA	185	55.7%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA	210	53.3%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA	191	57.6%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	185	37.8%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	209	32.1%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	190	40.5%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA	202	50.5%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA	195	64.6%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA	218	60.1%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	202	34.6%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	194	40.2%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	218	33.5%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA	195	52.8%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA	233	68.2%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA	211	62.1%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	194	36.1%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	232	35.3%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	212	26.9%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA	241	68.5%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA	231	68.0%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA	196	66.3%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	241	40.3%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	231	52.8%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	197	43.6%
2018 · Grade 6 · ELA	229	65.9%
2018 · Grade 7 · ELA	217	68.7%
2018 · Grade 8 · ELA	239	60.7%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math	226	44.7%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math	217	49.8%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math	239	46.4%
2017 · Grade 6 · ELA	215	61.9%
2017 · Grade 7 · ELA	229	63.3%
2017 · Grade 8 · ELA	264	55.3%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math	214	40.6%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math	231	51.1%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math	261	42.5%
2016 · Grade 6 · ELA	214	56%
2016 · Grade 7 · ELA	278	68%
2016 · Grade 8 · ELA	215	59%
2016 · Grade 6 · Math	215	43%
2016 · Grade 7 · Math	279	48%
2016 · Grade 8 · Math	215	33%
2015 · Grade 6 · ELA	267	54%
2015 · Grade 7 · ELA	224	57%
2015 · Grade 8 · ELA	260	58%
2015 · Grade 6 · Math	266	42%
2015 · Grade 7 · Math	224	46%
2015 · Grade 8 · Math	260	35%

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

Science (CAST)	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing	Minimal
Schoolwide	181	19%	34%	36%	11%

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	Proficient or Advanced	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	143	34%	+0	−5
White	275	69%	+0	+7
Hispanic/Latino	171	38%	+0	−2

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.

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

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2025 · 15.8% → 2026 · 12.0% · −3.8pp
Suspension rate2025 · 1.7% → 2026 · 1.3% · −0.4pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Advanced	Proficient or Advanced
2026 · ELA	495	19.4%	57.0%
2026 · Math	492	18.5%	36.2%
2025 · ELA	554	23.1%	57.9%
2025 · Math	558	20.6%	41.8%
2024 · ELA	586	20.6%	55.5%
2024 · Math	584	16.8%	36.6%
2023 · ELA	615	22.9%	58.4%
2023 · Math	614	15.8%	36.0%
2022 · ELA	639	25.2%	61.5%
2022 · Math	638	13.9%	32.8%
2019 · ELA	668	24.7%	67.7%
2019 · Math	669	23.0%	45.6%
2018 · ELA	685	24.1%	65.0%
2018 · Math	682	21.4%	46.9%
2017 · ELA	708	20.1%	59.9%
2017 · Math	706	23.5%	44.8%
2016 · ELA	707	22%	62%
2016 · Math	709	19%	42%
2015 · ELA	751	16%	56%
2015 · Math	750	15%	41%

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

Year	Scope	Pctile	Rank	Absent	Susp	Grade gap
2019	—	—	—	11.5%	6.5%	+0.6pp
2022	—	—	—	25.4%	1.9%	+0.0pp
2023	—	—	—	34.0%	2.1%	+4.2pp
2024	—	—	—	20.0%	1.4%	+2.3pp
2025	—	—	—	15.9%	1.8%	-5.8pp
2026	41	58	#1052	12.2%	1.4%	+9.3pp

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

Grade gap = this year's grade 6 vs grade 8 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.

NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD

Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2025–26 school years

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Δ
Female	12.6%	13.3%	+0.7pp
Male	10.3%	10.9%	+0.6pp
Asian	12.5%	9.1%	-3.4pp
Hispanic/Latino	11.4%	14.2%	+2.8pp
Two or More Races	0.0%	17.9%	+17.9pp
White	12.2%	10.1%	-2.1pp
Students with Disabilities	19.5%	13.3%	-6.2pp
English Learners	15.0%	15.9%	+0.9pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	17.1%	21.5%	+4.4pp
All Students	11.5%	12.0%	+0.5pp

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

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored

Group	ELA	n	CDE band	Math	n	CDE band
All Students	−1	531	Average	−2	534	Average
English Only	+2	430	not categorised	−2	432	not categorised
White	−1	295	Average	−3	297	Average
Hispanic or Latino	−1	185	Average	−6	186	Moderate
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	−2	170	Average	−6	171	Moderate
Students with Disabilities	−13	66	Moderate	+10	68	Accelerated
English Learner	−20	65	Moderate	−6	65	Moderate
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	−15	43	not categorised	−7	43	not categorised
Two or More Races	0	33	Average	+10	33	Accelerated
English Learners Only	−31	22	not categorised	−11	22	not categorised
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)	−19	18	Moderate	−10	18	Moderate

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-Term English Learner counts cover grades 6-8 only (CDE), so that row is not comparable to the All Students row. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

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

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2024 · Grade 6

22%

exceeded standard · 56% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2024 · 185 ELA test records with scores

ELA · 2026 · Grade 8

21%

exceeded standard · 58% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2026 · 177 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 176 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe ELA results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · reported-school field

State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

531 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

41st pctile · −1 pts

State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

534 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

42nd pctile · −2 pts

this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

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

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$11,728 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 1,745 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$224 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 585

Central federal expenditures attributed here$110 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 585

District current expense · FY 2024–25$16,790 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 13%Student services 8%Administration 9%Buildings & maintenance 10%

SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

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

2021$11,728 per pupil

2020$10,823 per pupil

2019$11,436 per pupil

2018$10,433 per pupil

2017$10,260 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 95010

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 95010
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$105,236
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	48.27%
ZCTA population	8,707
Median age	49.7 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 95010 →

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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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