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Oak Avenue Intermediate: The state doesn't publish enough data to score this school fairly.

Oak Avenue Intermediate is a middle school in Temple City. The state doesn't publish enough data to score it fairly — so we won't. Here's what we can show.

No Scope Score available

California doesn't publicly report per-grade test results when fewer than 11 students are tested in a grade — a privacy protection for small schools. We can't compute a Scope Score without that data.

California's own answer to the same question

Context — never part of the Scope Score

California runs its own growth model — it follows individual children in grades 4 through 8 and compares each one against a prediction from their own prior scores. On that measure this school sits a little above the middle of California middle schools in reading, and the 95th in math. We show it; we don't score it.

Both measures, ranked against every California school
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: −6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 26th percentile of 7,519 reported schools.26th pctile · −6 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: +23 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 95th percentile of 7,518 reported schools.95th pctile · +23 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field

pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California middle school lands at −1 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −8 and +6 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.

Worth a school visit

With little published data, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.

How every group of students does here

At Oak Avenue Intermediate in Temple City, 52.4% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 56.5% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Oak Avenue Intermediate trails its district average for low-income students by 4.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (55.5% Math proficient); Asian students (76.1% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 67.7 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 351 students tested.

All students at this school: 69% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 69%, district —, state 39%69%
AsianAsian: this school 79%, district 76%, state 72%79% · +10 vs school
MaleMale: this school 69%, district 67%, state 42%69% · −1 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 70%, district 68%, state 44%70% · +1 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 54%, district 55%, state 32%54% · −15 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 36%, district 42%, state 32%36% · −33 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 12%, district 22%, state 11%12% · −58 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 15%, district 20%, state 15%15% · −54 vs school
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: this school 74%, district 68%, state 56%74% · +5 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 64%, district 57%, state 56%64% · −6 vs school

5 of 15 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
Subgroup growth by grade

Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

The state's growth model, by student group

California follows these children individually and predicts each one's score from their own prior year. Each row is read against the same group at a typical California middle school — not against zero, and not against this school's all-students figure, because the state's expectation already differs by group.

Reading
Asian505 studentsAsian, reading: −6 scale-score points versus expectation, against +6 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 505 students.−6 pts · −12 vs typical
English Only340 studentsEnglish Only, reading: −4 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 340 students.−4 pts · −4 vs typical
Low-income students314 studentsLow-income students, reading: −9 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 314 students.−9 pts · −6 vs typical
English Learner204 studentsEnglish Learner, reading: −18 scale-score points versus expectation, against −5 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 204 students.−18 pts · −13 vs typical
Recently reclassified152 studentsRecently reclassified, reading: −9 scale-score points versus expectation, against +2 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 152 students.−9 pts · −11 vs typical
Math
Asian505 studentsAsian, math: +33 scale-score points versus expectation, against +17 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 505 students.+33 pts · +16 vs typical
English Only335 studentsEnglish Only, math: +13 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 335 students.+13 pts · +16 vs typical
Low-income students310 studentsLow-income students, math: +20 scale-score points versus expectation, against −5 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 310 students.+20 pts · +25 vs typical
English Learner204 studentsEnglish Learner, math: +23 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 204 students.+23 pts · +26 vs typical
Recently reclassified152 studentsRecently reclassified, math: +18 scale-score points versus expectation, against −1 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 152 students.+18 pts · +19 vs typical
this school typical California middle school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— 1 more group is reported here with between 11 and 29 students. We hold those back on purpose: at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own, and a quarter of such groups land past the state's top or bottom cut point by chance alone. They are listed with their student counts in the data appendix. — A group not listed at all had fewer than 11 students with a growth score, so California published nothing for it here. That is a privacy protection, not a judgment about those students. — Context only. None of this enters the Scope Score.

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path

Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.

Temple City HighScope 76direct feeder

The road from this school ends at Temple City High, which sent 130 graduates to UC campuses last fall and teaches 22 AP subjects. Those numbers describe past cohorts — a child starting here today would reach Temple City High around 2031, and 6 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 93% of Temple City High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

130 UC ENROLLEES (FALL 2025) · 22 AP SUBJECTS TAUGHT full record on Temple City High's page
Source: UC & College Board

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 25:1, district 26:125:1
Teaching staff37 teachers
Avg. experience15.8 years
Fully credentialed94%
First-year teachers8%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$55,947 – $125,930
Principal salary$151,008 – $178,051
Superintendent salary$292,842

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $18,022, CA average $14,491$18,022 · spent at this school
Federal share$431 per student

$431 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,293 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction64%
Instruction support10%
Student services7%
Administration8%
Buildings & maintenance10%
Other1%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$11,904 per pupil
2019$12,269 per pupil
2018$11,524 per pupil
2017$10,788 per pupil
2016$10,767 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Asian66.6%
District 65.6% · CA 10.2%
Hispanic20.3%
District 22.5% · CA 56.1%
Other6.9%
District 6.8% · CA 9.0%
White5.5%
District 4.5% · CA 19.9%
Black0.7%
District 0.6% · CA 4.8%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 38.7% (25pp below CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$104K · CA $85K
Median home value$950K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+42% · CA 35%
ZIP population35,588
Median age43 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 61% 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.

Your other options

Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.


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