Math
13%Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced
Public high school
Nova Education Center
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57% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 13% in math. 97.0% graduate in four years. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.
SchoolScope archetype
Building Momentum
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English
57%Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced
Students
73Total enrollment
Graduation
97.0%Four-year graduation rate
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What do the results tell us?
2025 results · Grade 11 · weighted by students tested within each subject.
Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →
Share at Proficient or Advanced
● Math┄ English
Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.
Exact annual results
| Year | Math | English |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 31% | 56% |
| 2022 | 8% | 48% |
| 2023 | 28% | 67% |
| 2024 | 17% | 70% |
| 2025 | 13% | 57% |
Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.
How achievement is distributed
AdvancedStandard Exceeded
4%ProficientStandard Met
9%DevelopingStandard Nearly Met
13%MinimalStandard Not Met
74%AdvancedStandard Exceeded
17%ProficientStandard Met
39%DevelopingStandard Nearly Met
26%MinimalStandard Not Met
17%Achievement-level percentages are not percentiles. “Developing” here is a test achievement level, separate from the SchoolScope performance band with the same name.
Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025
Has stayed near the 31st percentile since 2019.
Most rating sites would stop at “35% proficient” and call it done. Nova Education Center deserves a closer read. One in four of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
41 tested · 1 of 1 grade published
Nova Education Center scores 47 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 31st percentile of 1,647 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 35% meet the standard today, versus 44% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
Percentile among 1,647 high schools statewide
ShowHide the by-grade tables, year by year
ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 56% | 48% | 67% | 70% | 57% |
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 31% | 8% | 28% | 17% | 13% |
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25
One in three of students here meet the standard. One in ten clear it by a lot.
ELA54% met or exceeded
Exceeded 15%Met 39%Nearly Met 29%Not Met 17%
Math24% met or exceeded
Exceeded 12%Met 12%Nearly Met 20%Not Met 56%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California high schools · average20% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Grad rate | College readiness | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47 | 11% | 35% | 97.0% | 16.7% | 19.5% | 1.5% |
| CA average · High School | 54 | 20% | 43% | 92.5% | 43.0% | 23.1% | 3.3% |
This schoolCA avg
Scope4754
% Exceeded11%20%
% Met+35%43%
Grad rate97.0%92.5%
College readiness16.7%43.0%
Absence19.5%23.1%
Suspension1.5%3.3%
Students & opportunity
Who shares in the school’s results?
Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25
How every group of students does here
Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 35% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 35%, district —, state 43%35%
FemaleFemale: this school 25%, district 47%, state 44%25% · −10 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 32%, district 29%, state 32%32% · −3 vs school
9 of 12 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
this school district, same group California, same group
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No student-group growth record is available for this school in this data release.
AP access · 2020-21 federal civil rights snapshot (structural, dated — newest published; biennial)
Shown, never scored
In the 2020-21 federal collection — the newest there is — Hispanic students were 27% of Nova Education Center's enrollment but 0% of its AP seats; ask the school what's changed since.
Hispanic0.0% AP · 26.8% enroll.
American Indian/Alaska Native0.0% AP · 0.0% enroll.
Asian0.0% AP · 3.6% enroll.
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.0% AP · 0.0% enroll.
Black0.0% AP · 3.6% enroll.
White100.0% AP · 58.9% enroll.
Two or more races0.0% AP · 7.1% enroll.
English learners0.0% AP · 0.0% enroll.
Students with disabilities0.0% AP · 8.9% enroll.
● share of AP enrollment vs share of total enrollment, this school only · not part of the Scope Score
Data source: U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, 2020-21 (biennial; newest published)
Where graduates go
What happens after high school?
56%
Enrolled in college within a year
Class of 2023 · 10 of 18 completers · includes community colleges
18Completers
0%
Other colleges0 completers · Outside the California community college system
56%
California community colleges10 completers · Enrolled within a year
44%
Not recorded enrolled8 completers · No college enrollment in this reporting window
Destination data describes this earlier graduating class, separately from current-year test results and graduation. Percentages are rounded.
College destinations and the full graduate record
2024–25
Where graduates go
Context — never part of the Scope Score
Context — never part of the Scope Score
Where the class of 2023 went
56%enrolled in college within a year
- California community college10 (56%)
- Not enrolled8 (44%)
CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate, class of 2023 · % = count ÷ completers, our arithmetic
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What is it like to be a student here?
Students per teacher
Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.
Teacher experience
Average teacher experience in the published staffing record. It does not measure individual teacher effectiveness.
Chronically absent
The share of students absent for at least 10% of their enrolled school days. Attendance reflects both school and out-of-school circumstances.
The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25
About 18 students for every teacher here.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
Students per teacher18 · district 21
Teaching staff6 teachers
Avg. experience19.8 years
Fully credentialed57%
PrincipalKessa Early
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Teacher salary schedule$60,953 – $133,072
Principal salary$158,792 – $183,904
Superintendent salary$289,800
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
Course breadth
AP courses offered6 (CCI)
AP exam qualifiers3 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
CTE pathway completers2 students
Attendance & discipline · 2024–25
Kids here show up more, and get suspended less, than the state average.
Grades 9–12 students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 7–8 students (14.3% vs 6.7%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the upper grades.
Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 19.5%, district 11.9%, state 23.1%19.5% · −3.6pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 1.5%, district —, state 3.3%1.5% · −1.8pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 7–86.7%
Grades 9–1214.3%
Resources & neighborhood
What sits behind the school experience?
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What gets spent · FY 2024–25
It spends $20,562 per student, more than the California average.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $20,562, CA average $14,491$20,562 · spent at this school
District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,474 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 63%Instruction support 11%Student services 9%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
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district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$12,709 per pupil
2019$12,337 per pupil
2018$13,101 per pupil
2017$11,526 per pupil
2016$11,161 per pupil
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood · ACS 2024
One in four of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
Worth knowing
At 73 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).
On the state's science test (CAST), 41% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.
Hispanic or Latino26.0% · district 40.5% · CA 56.1%
White46.6% · district 43.1% · CA 19.9%
Asian9.6% · district 4.5% · CA 10.2%
Other17.8% · district 10.1% · CA 9.0%
GenderFemale 64.4% · Male 32.9% · Non-binary 2.7%
Free or reduced lunch32.9% · CA 64%
Median income$129K · CA $85K
Median home value$1.02M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+47% · CA 35%
ZIP population24,100
Median age48 years
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Culture & philosophy
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2025 · high schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.
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| School | Type | Performance band | Advanced | Proficient or Advanced | Distance | Select |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nova Education Center | Public | Developing | 11% | 35% | School being viewed | |
| San Marin High | Public | Strong | 29% | 52% | 2.3 mi | |
| Novato High | Public | Solid | 18% | 46% | 0.5 mi | |
| Marin Oaks Highcontinuation comparison group | Public | Solid | 0% | 6% | School being viewed |
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Questions
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Is Nova Education Center a good high school?
Nova Education Center has a Scope Score of 47 out of 100, placing it in the 31st percentile of California high schools and ranked #1,139 statewide. 10.9% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 9.0 percentage points below the California average of 19.8%. The Scope Score weights 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate (25%), exceeded standard (22%), college/career readiness (20%), met or exceeded (proficient) (18%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Nova Education Center's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 34.8% of students at Nova Education Center met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 10.9% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 23.9% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 10.9% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 46 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Nova Education Center rank in California?
Nova Education Center ranks #1,139 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 31st percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Nova Education Center?
19.5% of students at Nova Education Center are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 23.1%. The suspension rate is 1.5%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Nova Education Center compare to other schools in Novato?
Nova Education Center scores 47/100 (31st percentile) among California high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 73 students. Use the schools in Novato page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
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How the Scope Score is calculated
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What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25
The 6 things our score weighs
| What we weigh | Here | State | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduation rate | 97.0% | 92.5% | 25% |
| Exceeded standard | 10.9% | 19.8% | 22% |
| College readiness | 16.7% | 43.0% | 20% |
| Met or exceeded | 34.8% | 43.2% | 18% |
| Chronic absenteeism | 19.5% | 23.1% | 5% |
| Suspension rate | 1.5% | 3.3% | 5% |
Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures graduation, test performance, college readiness, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built
A closer look at the evidence
Nova Education Center: reading the evidence
Nova Education Center posts 35% meeting the standard and 10.9% exceeding it, against 43% and 19.8% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.
Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.
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Explore the underlying data →Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.
Nova Education Center is ranked #1,139 statewide · #3 of 3 in Novato Unified.
01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
| Factor | School | State | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduation rate | 97.0% | 92.5% | 25% |
| Exceeded standard | 10.9% | 19.8% | 22% |
| College readiness | 16.7% | 43.0% | 20% |
| Met or exceeded | 34.8% | 43.2% | 18% |
| Chronic absenteeism | 19.5% | 23.1% | 5% |
| Suspension rate | 1.5% | 3.3% | 5% |
- Graduation rate
- ↑ vs CA 92.5% · index 61 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
- Exceeded standard
- ↓ vs CA 19.8% · index 45 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
- College readiness
- ↓ vs CA 43.0% · index 40 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
- Met or exceeded
- ↓ vs CA 43.2% · index 49 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
- Chronic absenteeism
- ↑ vs CA 23.1% · index 59 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 2.2pp lower vs 2024
- Suspension rate
- ↑ vs CA 3.3% · index 60 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 0.2pp lower vs 2024
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 8 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 11 | 23 | 17% | 39% | 26% | 17% | 57% | +8 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 8 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 11 | 23 | 4% | 9% | 13% | 74% | 13% | −11 |
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.
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schoolwide | 29 | 7% | 34% | 59% | 0% |
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.
03Nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nova Education Center ← | — | 47 | 10.9% | 34.8% | 1.5% |
| San Marin High | 2.3 mi | 68 | 28.8% | 52.0% | 1.3% |
| Novato High | 0.5 mi | 57 | 17.9% | 45.6% | 3.5% |
| California average | — | 54 | 19.8% | 43.2% | 3.3% |
| Marin Oaks Highscored within its class, not statewide | 0 mi | 25 | 0.0% | 5.6% | 7.4% |
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
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Graduation Rate
97.0%
AP Exam Prepared
16.7%
A-G Completion
43.8%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
55.6%
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 49 | 35 | #978 | 15.6% | 43.8% | 26.2% | 3.2% |
| 2022 | 44 | 26 | #1181 | 6.0% | 28.0% | 32.7% | 1.6% |
| 2023 | 52 | 48 | #852 | 17.1% | 47.2% | 34.8% | 2.0% |
| 2024 | 50 | 43 | #943 | 13.1% | 43.1% | 21.7% | 1.7% |
| 2025 | 47 | 31 | #1139 | 10.9% | 34.8% | 19.5% | 1.5% |
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
What we can't show
- — No subgroup comparison could be shown for this school this year — either its group sizes fall under CDE's 15-student reporting floor, or district/state comparison data wasn't available for its groups.
- — Scored here as a high school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 26.9% | 8.6% | -18.3pp |
| Male | 24.0% | 13.9% | -10.1pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 42.9% | 0.0% | -42.9pp |
| White | 22.2% | 11.9% | -10.3pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 33.3% | 26.7% | -6.6pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 31.3% | 8.5% | -22.8pp |
| All Students | 26.0% | 11.6% | -14.4pp |
| Two or More Races | — | 29.4% | — |
06Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial
ShowHide table 06 — Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshot
| Measure | This school |
|---|---|
| AP offered | offered |
| AP course count | 1 |
| AP enrollment | 4 |
| IB participation | not offered |
| Dual enrollment | not offered |
| Algebra I in grade 8 | not reported |
| Calculus sections | 0 |
| Physics sections | 3 |
| Chemistry sections | 4 |
| Total enrollment (CRDC) | 56 |
Shown, never scored — no entry to any composite. NULL/reserve codes render "not reported," never a fabricated zero. The equity block above this table (§4) is the per-subgroup view of this same collection.
07College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
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| Destination | Completers | % (derived) |
|---|---|---|
| University of California | 0 | 0.0% |
| California State University | 0 | 0.0% |
| California community college | 10 | 55.6% |
| In-state private | 0 | 0.0% |
| Out-of-state, 4-year | 0 | 0.0% |
| Out-of-state, 2-year | 0 | 0.0% |
| Not enrolled | 8 | 44.4% |
18 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 56% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · a missing cell is CDE suppression, never a fabricated zero · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows in tables 06-07 above.
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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=1,647 high schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · CRDC 2020-21 (biennial; next expected 2021-22) · CDE 12-mo CGR 2023 cohort, National Student Clearinghouse match · Data updated 2026-09-18
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