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Newark Middle — Rating & test scores

6201 Lafayette Avenue, Newark · 980 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 72

DevelopingScope Score · 33rd percentile. Higher than 33 in 100 of the 2,529 California public middle schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Near California in English (reading and writing) and math: 47% and 38% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8, spring 2026, against 49% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 915 in English, 920 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

Overview

Is Newark Middle a good middle school?

Developing. Newark Middle is higher than most California middle schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced5347%
Math, Proficient or Advanced6338%
English, Advanced6719%
Math, Advanced6420%

Progress in a year, 2025

English85+12 pts
Math64+4 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance5215 in 100
Newark Middle’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

5.7% of students (55 of 967) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, about one and a half times the rate at the average California middle school.

Each bar is Newark Middle’s place among 2,529 California public middle schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 6–8. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 967. The California figure is an average of school rates (2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Newark Middle say about itself?

We haven’t read Newark Middle’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open njhs.newarkunified.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, yes. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 12 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 4 points higher, which the state calls Average.

English

+12

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino475+9 points
Low-income424+8 points
English learners228+1 points
Asian137+12 points
Students with disabilities120−10 points

Math

+4

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino476−2 points
Low-income425−1 points
English learners228−3 points
Asian137+20 points
Students with disabilities121−9 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 860 students in English, 861 in math with scores in both years. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

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 12 points above that expected score, and in math 4 points above it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 8 scores here with the school’s grade 6 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 12th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

6 of the 6 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Newark Middle. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

7 middle schools within 4.2 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. John M. HornerFremont Unified · by addressScope Score 9095th
  2. ThorntonFremont Unified · by addressScope Score 8993rd
  3. CentervilleFremont Unified · by addressScope Score 8177th
  4. G. M. WaltersFremont Unified · by addressScope Score 7866th
  5. Itliong-Vera CruzNew Haven Unified · by addressScope Score 7551st
  6. Cesar ChavezNew Haven Unified · by addressScope Score 7335th
  7. NewarkScope Score 7233rd
Newark UnifiedA neighborhood school in another district

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%75%0%25%50%75%100%

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Newark Middle compare with schools like it?

Newark Middle’s Scope Score is 72. 317 California middle schools, counting Newark Middle, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 79. Newark Middle’s result is higher than 33 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 317

  1. Students from low-income families: 44%

    Elkhorn

    Stockton

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 34%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 43%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 37%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

317 California public middle schools where 34% to 46% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public middle school we score where 34% to 46% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Newark Middle’s share. The count includes Newark Middle. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 51% to 47% and math from 36% to 38%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2023 to 2026

Grades 6–8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

25%50%75%202320242025202641%49%CaliforniaCalifornia47%Newark MiddleThis school

Math

25%50%75%202320242025202631%38%Newark MiddleThis school37%CaliforniaCalifornia

Each spring tests a different group of students. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringNewark MiddleCaliforniaTested here
202341%46%1,002
202442%46%942
202551%49%925
202647%49%915
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringNewark MiddleCaliforniaTested here
202331%32%1,003
202430%33%941
202536%36%937
202638%37%920

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in both subjects.

English

47%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

29242819
California49%

Math

38%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

40221820
California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 47% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 38% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced54%50%38%
Advanced27%18%13%
Proficient27%32%25%
Developing level21%22%29%
Minimal25%28%33%
Tested311317287
California48%51%49%
Difference+6−1−11

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 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced44%39%32%
Advanced24%20%16%
Proficient20%19%16%
Developing level23%22%18%
Minimal33%39%50%
Tested312319289
California37%38%36%
Difference+7+1−4

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.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school19%28%24%29%915
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
Math, grades 6–8 · This school20%18%22%40%920
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 915 tested in English, 920 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 57% of students. 147 of 963 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

15in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (147 of 963 students).

At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

No district average: Newark Middle is the only regular middle school we rank in the Newark Unified district with an attendance record.

Suspensions: 5.7% of students were suspended at least once (55 of 967). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

980

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 57%Asian 14%White 8%Filipino 8%Two or more races 6%Not reported 3%Pacific Islander 2%Black or African American 2%

Family income

40%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 393 of 980. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

46

teachers, with 7 years of experience on average.

35% were in their first year.

75% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

46%

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 (84 of 182 students).

Newark Unified: 50%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grade 6
11 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (35 of 322).
Grades 7–8
17 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (112 of 641).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino57%
Asian14%
White8%
Filipino8%
Two or more races6%
Not reported3%
Pacific Islander2%
Black or African American2%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 25.6 of 34.4 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students scored below the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Two or more races75 tested72%California 62%
  • Asian127 tested70%California 75%
  • White73 tested67%California 62%
  • Filipino74 tested66%California 74%
  • Hispanic or Latino524 tested34%California 39%
  • Low-income419 tested33%California 39%
  • Homeless51 tested18%California 27%
  • Students with disabilities130 tested8%California 14%
  • English learners180 tested5%California 7%

33% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students: 34% in English, against 39% for the same group across California. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 English, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Newark Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 419 tested in English, 422 in math
English33%033%−639%
Math24%024%−226%
Hispanic or Latino · 524 tested in English, 526 in math
English34%034%−539%
Math24%024%−125%
Asian · 127 tested in English, 128 in math
English70%070%−575%
Math67%067%−471%
Two or more races · 75 tested
English72%072%+1062%
Math53%053%+350%
Filipino · 74 tested
English66%066%−874%
Math58%058%−260%
White · 73 tested in English, 74 in math
English67%067%+562%
Math57%057%+750%
English learners · 180 tested in English, 184 in math
English5%05%−27%
Math4%04%−37%
Students with disabilities · 130 tested
English8%08%−614%
Math9%09%−110%
Homeless · 51 tested
English18%018%−927%
Math18%018%+117%

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

No published rate here for Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Newark Middle. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

Families

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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Staff

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Money

Where does the money go?

$17,560 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Newark Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $6 million.

$17,560

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$10,159
The school’s share of district office costs
$7,401
Of the total, from federal funds
$584
  • Newark Middle$17,560
  • California middle schools$19,269

The district and California figures combine their middle schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 1,241 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

Newark Unified’s yearly plan

$6million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$6million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth
  • Student Achievement$4 million
  • Engagement and School Climate$2 million
  • Conditions of Learning$633,235
  • Equity Multiplier Goal$124,208

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. Each part of the bar is one goal in the plan, with the money for its actions added up (our calculation). The plan covers $6 million of $81 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Newark Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Newark Middle like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 94560. They are not figures for the families at Newark Middle.

Typical household income in a year

$169,064

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 94560.

Typical home value
$1,142,800
People who live in this ZIP code
46,903
Typical age
37.9 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
48%

What you can do

Who can act on Newark Middle’s results?

Newark Unified’s board decides Newark Middle’s plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

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

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving Newark Unified 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 Newark Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 7 questions to Newark Middle. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?5.7% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (55 of 967 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. 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 6–8, spring 2026 (184 students tested); the same group across California: 7%
  3. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?53% in English and 62% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (915 tested in English, 920 in math); California: 51% and 63%
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  5. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Newark Middle, and how do I get in?

Ask Newark Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    August Schilling Elementary
    Scope Score 69Needs Support · 11th percentile · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  2. Middle · this school
    Newark Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 72Developing · 33rd percentile
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school 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

  • August Schilling Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 69 · Needs Support · 11th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Birch Grove Intermediate

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 78 · Solid · 62nd percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Lincoln Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 77 · Solid · 60th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Coyote Hills Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 74 · Developing · 45th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • John F. Kennedy Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 83 · Strong · 80th percentile · elementary · 2026

High-school links

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.

Where it is

Where is Newark Middle?

Address
6201 Lafayette Avenue, Newark 94560Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Eduardo GuerenaAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated September 4, 2025.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Newark Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Newark Middle a good middle school?

Newark Middle has a Scope Score of 72. It scored higher than 33 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Developing, 33rd percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 15 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 18 in 100 at the average California middle school. 5.7% of students (55 of 967) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, yes. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 12 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 4 points higher, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 860 students in English, 861 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 33% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Newark Middle scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,677 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math20%5242%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math42%5223%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+18 scale-score pts1220%
Chronically absent15 in 100545%
Suspension rate5.7% (55 of 967)425%
English learners: top level18%465%

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. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

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
2025–267233#1677California 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 absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–196 in 1007.9% (73 of 926)—
2021–22not on filenot on file—
2022–23not on filenot on file−14
2023–248 in 1009.0% (94 of 1,045)−17
2024–2517 in 1008.4% (85 of 1,016)−13
2025–2615 in 1005.7% (55 of 967)−14

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

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 6 and grade 8 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
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 · English91519%47%
2026 · Math92020%38%
2025 · English92522%51%
2025 · Math93720%36%
2024 · English94215%42%
2024 · Math94118%30%
2023 · English1,00215%41%
2023 · Math1,00318%31%
2022 · English64416%46%
2022 · Math65517%31%
2019 · English87312%43%
2019 · Math88015%34%
2018 · English83210%41%
2018 · Math84518%37%
2017 · English85010%45%
2017 · Math86318%39%

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 6 · English31858%
2025 · Grade 7 · English29248%
2025 · Grade 8 · English31546%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math32044%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math29733%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math32031%
2024 · Grade 6 · English29352%
2024 · Grade 7 · English31442%
2024 · Grade 8 · English33532%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math29836%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math31532%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math32823%
2023 · Grade 6 · English33449%
2023 · Grade 7 · English34640%
2023 · Grade 8 · English32234%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math33337%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math34830%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math32225%
2022 · Grade 7 · English33345%
2022 · Grade 8 · English31146%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math33931%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math31631%
2019 · Grade 7 · English44445%
2019 · Grade 8 · English42941%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math44838%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math43230%
2018 · Grade 7 · English42742%
2018 · Grade 8 · English40539%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math43543%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math41032%
2017 · Grade 7 · English40448%
2017 · Grade 8 · English44642%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math40946%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math45433%

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
Schoolwide2894%14%55%27%

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-income41933%0−6
Hispanic or Latino52434%0−5
English learners1805%0−2
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+12860Accelerated+4861Average
English-only students+10489not categorized+4489not categorized
Hispanic or Latino+9475Accelerated−2476Average
Low-income+8424Accelerated−1425Average
English learners+1228Average−3228Average
Asian+12137Accelerated+20137Exceptional
English learners only−9131not categorized−1131not categorized
Students with disabilities−10120Moderate−9121Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+997not categorized−697not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−889Moderate−788Moderate
White+1272Accelerated+1372Accelerated
Filipino+1169Accelerated+869Accelerated
Two or more races+951Accelerated+751Accelerated
Homeless−330Average+430Average
Pacific Islander−1320Moderate−1720Moderate
Black or African American−418Average−1418Moderate

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 6–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 8 against the same school’s grade 6 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 8 in 2026 against grade 6 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 6
19%
exceeded standard · 52% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 293 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
13%
Advanced · 38% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 287 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 288 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English 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 English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+12 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

860 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +12 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 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

861 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 6–8, 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 · 17 in 100 → 2025–26 · 15 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 8.4% (85 of 1,016) → 2025–26 · 5.7% (55 of 967) · −2.7 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female7 in 10014 in 100+7 in 100
Male5 in 10016 in 100+11 in 100
Asian4 in 1007 in 100+3 in 100
Black or African American4 of 397 of 20—
Filipino2 of 823 of 76—
Hispanic or Latino6 in 10019 in 100+13 in 100
Pacific Islander4 of 223 of 22—
Two or more races3 of 407 of 53—
White5 of 9213 of 77—
Students with disabilities12 in 10025 in 100+13 in 100
English learners6 in 10019 in 100+13 in 100
Homeless5 of 3114 of 57—
Military families0 of 22——
Low-income7 in 10021 in 100+14 in 100
All students6 in 10015 in 100+9 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. 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$12,659 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 5,507 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$357 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 980

Central federal expenditures attributed here$227 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 980

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,375 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 57%Instruction support 10%Student services 12%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 12%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$45,939,55257.42%57%
Instruction support$8,149,38010.19%10%
Student services$9,490,26911.86%12%
Administration$6,045,6827.56%8%
Buildings & maintenance$9,695,90712.12%12%
Other$688,2080.86%1%
Total$80,008,999100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $80,008,999 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$12,659 per pupil
2020$12,007 per pupil
2019$12,769 per pupil
2018$11,681 per pupil
2017$11,877 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 holders4.9%

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 94560 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94560 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$169,064
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)48%
ZIP-area population46,903
Median age37.9 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-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 94560 →

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