Public school · Ojai Unified · Ojai, California

Nordhoff Jr. High — Rating & test scores

Ojai · 7–8 · 271 students (2024–25)

1401 Maricopa Hwy, 93023ojaiusd.org ↗(805) 640-4343
24thpercentileNeeds Support

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
28

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

See this school’s score factors ↓
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

Well below California in English and math: 35% and 24% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 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: 269 in English, 275 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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19 in 100 students (56 of 298) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That compares with 8 in 100 at the average Ojai Unified middle school.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 298. District and California figures are averages of school rates (3 Ojai Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Ojai Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Nordhoff Jr. a good middle school?

Nordhoff Jr. High scores higher than 24 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 24th percentile, Needs Support, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 19 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 8 in 100 at the average Ojai Unified middle school. 1.7% of students (5 of 298) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. Evidence ↓

More questions (4)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Below what the state expected, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored −15 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Moderate. In math, they scored −9 points, which it calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 221 students in English, 214 in math

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 28% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at Nordhoff Jr. High in Ojai scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Nordhoff Jr. High's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Nordhoff High. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education’s School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement; confirm your address with the district.

  • Nordhoff High: 57th percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 Scope Score

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?

Well below California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 35% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 24% 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: 269 in English, 275 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 · 269 tested

Advanced
8%
Proficient
27%
Below the standard
65%
This school35%
California50%
Ojai Unified35%

35% Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8.

Math

Grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · 275 tested

Advanced
8%
Proficient
16%
Below the standard
76%
This school24%
California37%
Ojai Unified24%

24% 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 Advanced39%31%
Advanced8%8%
Proficient31%23%
Developing level28%37%
Minimal33%32%
Tested142127
California51%49%
Difference−12−18

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 Advanced25%24%
Advanced8%8%
Proficient17%16%
Developing level31%28%
Minimal44%48%
Tested145130
California38%36%
Difference−13−12

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 11 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 went from 34% to 35% and math from 23% to 24%.

English · top two levels · grades 7 and 8

202534%241 tested
→
202635%269 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grades 7 and 8

202523%236 tested
→
202624%275 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?

Below what the state expected, in both subjects. 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 −15 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Moderate. In math, they scored −9 points, which it calls Moderate.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 7 and 8: 221 in English, 214 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 · 221 students in English, 214 in math, with scores in both years

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

−15 pts

English

The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

−9 pts

Math

The state calls it Moderate, the second 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 school8%27%33%32%269
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · Ojai Unified7%28%32%33%295
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school8%16%30%46%275
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · Ojai Unified8%16%30%46%301

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). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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 · English and math have been below California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 7 and 8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202635%50%
Math top two levels, grades 7 and 8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202624%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 44% in 2017 to 35% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. In math, it went from 35% in 2017 to 24% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. 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
201744%
433 tested		49%
915,271 tested
201843%
367 tested		50%
919,277 tested
201944%
377 tested		50%
932,985 tested
202230%
258 tested		48%
852,094 tested
202345%
272 tested		47%
842,173 tested
202434%
247 tested		47%
849,026 tested
202534%
241 tested		49%
848,364 tested
202635%
269 tested		50%
838,600 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 7 and 8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201735%
432 tested		37%
918,964 tested
201833%
368 tested		37%
921,089 tested
201933%
377 tested		37%
935,223 tested
202216%
257 tested		31%
853,132 tested
202326%
270 tested		32%
844,737 tested
202423%
245 tested		33%
853,781 tested
202523%
236 tested		35%
851,806 tested
202624%
275 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 15 points below that expected score, and in math 9 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 Nordhoff Jr.’s results?

The state took Nordhoff Jr. out of extra targeted support; Ojai Unified’s board decides its plan.

What has the state flagged?

It came off the list for 2025–26; it was on it in 2024–25.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

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

Ojai Unified’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 Ojai Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

19 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 Ojai Unified middle school, 8 in 100 were. 1.7% 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: 56 of 298 students counted for it; suspension: 5 of 298 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Ojai Unified middle school 0.6%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

19 in 100This school
8 in 100At the average Ojai Unified middle school
18 in 100At the average California middle school

56 of 298 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

1.7%

of students were suspended at least once (5 of 298). 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 Nordhoff Jr.

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 Ojai Unified’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups scored well below the same groups across California.

Student groups, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026

41% of White students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 35% in math (grades 7 and 8, spring 2026), against 62% and 50% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino and low-income students also scored well below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures.

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).
Nordhoff Jr.Same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 145 tested28%Same group, California 39%
  • Low-incomeMath · 146 tested16%Same group, California 26%
  • WhiteEnglish · 133 tested41%Same group, California 62%
  • WhiteMath · 137 tested35%Same group, California 50%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 125 tested28%Same group, California 40%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 126 tested13%Same group, California 25%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 50%2. Hispanic or Latino: 45%Unallocated share: 5%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White50%
  2. Hispanic or Latino45%
  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.

Who are the families and teachers?

53%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 144 of 271. California: 63%.

30teachers, 2024–25

18 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

85%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there for White students and other student groups, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 7 and 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Ojai Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 145 tested in English, 146 in math
English28%+127%−1139%
Math16%+115%−1026%
White · 133 tested in English, 137 in math
English41%+338%−2162%
Math35%+332%−1550%
Hispanic or Latino · 125 tested in English, 126 in math
English28%028%−1240%
Math13%+112%−1225%

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

Students with disabilities, 34 tested in English and 36 in math: no rate for grade 8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners 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
White50%
Hispanic or Latino45%
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: 85% of teaching positions, 18.9 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 22.3 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Nordhoff Jr., and how do I get in?

  1. Elementary
    Mira Monte Elementary
    30th · Developing · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Nordhoff Jr. High
    Grades 7–8
  3. High
    Nordhoff High
    57th · Solid · 2025Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

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

Not a next step: the school sharing this address. Nordhoff High (57th percentile, Solid, among high schools, 2025) has the same street address in the state’s school directory.

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Mira Monte Elementary

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

    30th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

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

  • Topa Topa Elementary

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

    57th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

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

High-school links

  • Nordhoff High

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

    57th percentile · Solid · high · 2025

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

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: Nordhoff High
Nordhoff High57th · Solid · 2025 · Scope Score 58historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Nordhoff High. UC records 9 enrollees from Nordhoff High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 2 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Nordhoff High around 2028, and a school can change a lot in 2 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 81% of the students who finished high school at Nordhoff High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

9 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 2 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Nordhoff High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Ojai Unified which school serves your address.

School website: ojaiusd.org ↗Office: (805) 640-4343Administrator: David Monson

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
1401 Maricopa Hwy, Ojai 93023

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

Questions for your visit

  1. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 65% in English and 76% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026 (269 tested in English, 275 in math); California: 50% and 63%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon? 19 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (56 of 298 students); average Ojai Unified middle school: 8 in 100
  3. What happens before a suspension, and who talks with the family? 1.7% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (5 of 298 students); average Ojai Unified middle school: 0.6%
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  5. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (805) 640-43431401 Maricopa Hwy, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,912 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #2 of 3 in Ojai Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math8%3942%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math30%4123%
Chronically absent19 in 100495%
Suspension rate1.7% (5 of 298)585%
English learners: top level0%225%

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
2025–262824#1912California 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)
2018–1910 in 1007.9% (32 of 405)—
2021–22not on filenot on file−6
2022–23not on filenot on file+7
2023–2422 in 1007.0% (20 of 285)—
2024–2516 in 1001.4% (4 of 283)—
2025–2619 in 1001.7% (5 of 298)—

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 · English2698%35%
2026 · Math2758%24%
2025 · English2419%34%
2025 · Math23611%23%
2024 · English2479%34%
2024 · Math24510%23%
2023 · English4038%41%
2023 · Math40110%24%
2022 · English3835%33%
2022 · Math3836%17%
2019 · English37711%44%
2019 · Math37714%33%
2018 · English36711%43%
2018 · Math36814%33%
2017 · English43310%44%
2017 · Math43216%35%

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 · English11635%
2025 · Grade 8 · English12533%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math11523%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math12123%
2024 · Grade 7 · English12236%
2024 · Grade 8 · English12533%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math12125%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math12422%
2023 · Grade 6 · English13131%
2023 · Grade 7 · English12848%
2023 · Grade 8 · English14443%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math13122%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math12728%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math14324%
2022 · Grade 6 · English12538%
2022 · Grade 7 · English13133%
2022 · Grade 8 · English12728%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math12619%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math12915%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math12817%
2019 · Grade 7 · English20144%
2019 · Grade 8 · English17644%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math20129%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math17639%
2018 · Grade 7 · English15845%
2018 · Grade 8 · English20942%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math15837%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math21030%
2017 · Grade 7 · English21548%
2017 · Grade 8 · English21839%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math21435%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math21834%

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
Schoolwide12713%20%60%7%

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-income14528%+1−11
White13341%+3−21
Hispanic or Latino12528%0−12
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−15221Moderate−9214Moderate
English-only students−17159not categorized−9150not categorized
Low-income−10120Moderate−6117Moderate
White−20111Moderate−5105Average
Hispanic or Latino−1096Moderate−1195Moderate
English learners−1438Moderate−1139Moderate
Students with disabilities030Average−2128Minimal
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−828not categorized−829not categorized
Two or more races−113Average−913Moderate

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. 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−15 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

221 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −15 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−9 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

214 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −9 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, 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 · 16 in 100 → 2025–26 · 19 in 100 · +3 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.4% (4 of 283) → 2025–26 · 1.7% (5 of 298) · +0.3 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female10 in 10018 in 100+8 in 100
Male9 in 10020 in 100+11 in 100
Hispanic or Latino6 in 10024 in 100+18 in 100
Two or more races19 in 100——
White11 in 10014 in 100+3 in 100
Students with disabilities23 in 10027 in 100+4 in 100
English learners3 in 10017 in 100+14 in 100
Low-income15 in 10022 in 100+7 in 100
All students10 in 10019 in 100+9 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$13,690 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 2,329 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$157 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2023–24 (2024) · source denominator: 281

Central federal expenditures attributed here$48 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2023–24 (2024) · source denominator: 281

District current expense · FY 2024–25$16,694 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 54%Instruction support 13%Student services 12%Administration 11%Buildings & maintenance 10%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$17,107,06854.12%54%
Instruction support$3,910,45912.37%13%
Student services$3,770,16411.93%12%
Administration$3,578,24911.32%11%
Buildings & maintenance$3,218,46310.18%10%
Total$31,608,082100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $31,608,082 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$13,690 per pupil
2020$12,607 per pupil
2019$12,123 per pupil
2018$12,136 per pupil
2017$11,155 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 93023 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93023 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$80,927
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)42%
ZIP-area population21,036
Median age51.9 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 93023 →

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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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