Public school with a magnet program · Davis Joint Unified · Davis, California

Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High — Rating & test scores

Davis · 7–9 · 588 students (2024–25)

1220 Drexel Drive, 95616holmes.djusd.net ↗(530) 757-5445
94thpercentileStrong

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Scope Score
72

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

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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 above California in English and math: 73% and 74% 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: 370
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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In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 31% of students tested in English (reading and writing) and 57% in math scored Advanced, against 19% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources
The sentence above
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 7 and 8: 370. 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).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Davis Joint Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Oliver Wendell Holmes a good middle school?

Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High scores higher than 94 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 94th percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 12 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 20 in 100 at the average Davis Joint Unified middle school. 2.5% of students (16 of 630) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. Evidence ↓

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Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, below what the state expected; in math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored −12 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Moderate. In math, they scored +22 points, which it calls Exceptional.

  • Included in this measure: 335 students in English, 332 in math

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 47% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High in Davis 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 Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Davis Senior 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.

  • Davis Senior High: 93rd percentile (Strong) 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 above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 73% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 74% 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: 370
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 · 370 tested

Advanced
31%
Proficient
42%
Below the standard
27%
This school73%
California50%
Davis Joint Unified66%

73% Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8.

Math

Grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · 370 tested

Advanced
57%
Proficient
17%
Below the standard
26%
This school74%
California37%
Davis Joint Unified62%

74% 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 Advanced72%73%
Advanced27%35%
Proficient45%38%
Developing level15%14%
Minimal13%13%
Tested206164
California51%49%
Difference+21+24

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 Advanced71%77%
Advanced52%63%
Proficient19%14%
Developing level18%11%
Minimal11%12%
Tested207163
California38%36%
Difference+33+41

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 →

School pattern · grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · What patterns mean

Broad baseMost students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 74% to 73% and math from 76% to 74%.

English · top two levels · grades 7 and 8

202574%367 tested
→
202673%370 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grades 7 and 8

202576%364 tested
→
202674%370 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?

In English, below what the state expected; in math, yes. 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 −12 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Moderate. In math, they scored +22 points, which it calls Exceptional.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 7 and 8: 335 in English, 332 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 · 335 students in English, 332 in math, with scores in both years

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

−12 pts

English

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

+22 pts

Math

The state calls it Exceptional, the highest of its five growth levels.

Ask: How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?

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 school31%42%14%13%370
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · Davis Joint Unified28%38%17%17%1,229
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school57%17%14%12%370
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · Davis Joint Unified41%21%18%20%1,238

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 stayed well above 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%20172022202673%50%
Math top two levels, grades 7 and 8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202674%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 67% in 2017 to 73% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. In math, it went from 70% in 2017 to 74% in 2026. 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
201767%
479 tested		49%
915,271 tested
201870%
431 tested		50%
919,277 tested
201977%
425 tested		50%
932,985 tested
202268%
366 tested		48%
852,094 tested
202368%
394 tested		47%
842,173 tested
202469%
394 tested		47%
849,026 tested
202574%
367 tested		49%
848,364 tested
202673%
370 tested		50%
838,600 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 7 and 8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201770%
478 tested		37%
918,964 tested
201870%
432 tested		37%
921,089 tested
201971%
429 tested		37%
935,223 tested
202270%
367 tested		31%
853,132 tested
202372%
393 tested		32%
844,737 tested
202476%
393 tested		33%
853,781 tested
202576%
364 tested		35%
851,806 tested
202674%
370 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 12 points below that expected score, and in math 22 points above 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.

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

12 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 Davis Joint Unified middle school, 20 in 100 were. 2.5% 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: 77 of 625 students counted for it; suspension: 16 of 630 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 Davis Joint Unified middle school 3.3%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

12 in 100This school
20 in 100At the average Davis Joint Unified middle school
18 in 100At the average California middle school

77 of 625 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

2.5%

of students were suspended at least once (16 of 630). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grades 7–8: 11 in 100, 44 of 403
  • Grade 9: 15 in 100, 33 of 222
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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students here scored well above the same groups across California in math.

Student groups, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 49% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 7 and 8, spring 2026), against 26% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students: 48% in math, against 25% for the same group across California. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

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).
Oliver Wendell HolmesSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • Asian95 tested91%Same group, California 71%
  • White162 tested75%Same group, California 50%
  • Two or more races42 tested69%Same group, California 50%
  • Low-income104 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 49%Same group, California 26%
  • Hispanic or Latino60 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 48%Same group, California 25%
  • Students with disabilities39 tested18%Same group, California 9%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 8 math, spring 2026. In English the same groups run from 28% to 87%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 42%2. Asian: 26%3. Hispanic or Latino: 17%4. Two or more races: 9%5. Black or African American: 3%6. Not reported: 2%Unallocated share: 1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White42%
  2. Asian26%
  3. Hispanic or Latino17%
  4. Two or more races9%
  5. Black or African American3%
  6. Not reported2%
  7. Filipino—
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Pacific Islander—
  10. Unallocated share1%
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. “Not reported” is different: it is a category in the state’s own count of students. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

42% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 5 of 12 English learners42%
Davis Joint Unified · 225 of 36462%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

24%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 144 of 588. California: 63%.

36teachers, 2024–25

17 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

92%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep low-income and Hispanic or Latino students on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 7 and 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Davis Joint Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 107 tested in English, 104 in math
English47%+839%+839%
Math49%+1336%+2326%
White · 163 tested in English, 162 in math
English75%+372%+1362%
Math75%+768%+2550%
Asian · 95 tested
English87%+384%+1176%
Math91%+982%+2071%
Hispanic or Latino · 64 tested in English, 60 in math
English47%+344%+740%
Math48%+1038%+2325%
Two or more races · 41 tested in English, 42 in math
English75%075%+1263%
Math69%+267%+1950%
Students with disabilities · 41 tested in English, 39 in math
English28%+622%+1414%
Math18%018%+99%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Davis Joint Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, 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
White42%
Asian26%
Hispanic or Latino17%
Two or more races9%
Black or African American3%
Not reported2%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—

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: 92% of teaching positions, 31.3 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 34 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Oliver Wendell Holmes, and how do I get in?

  1. Elementary
    Birch Lane Elementary
    59th · Solid · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High
    Grades 7–9
  3. High
    Davis Senior High
    93rd · Strong · 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

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Birch Lane Elementary

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

    59th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

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

  • North Davis Elementary

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

    84th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

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

High-school links

  • Davis Senior High

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

    93rd percentile · Strong · 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: Davis Senior High
Davis Senior High93rd · Strong · 2025 · Scope Score 80historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Davis Senior High. UC records 119 enrollees from Davis Senior High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 19 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Davis Senior High around 2028, and a school can change a lot in 2 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 83% of the students who finished high school at Davis Senior High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

119 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 19 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Davis Senior High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Davis Joint Unified which school serves your address.

School website: holmes.djusd.net ↗Office: (530) 757-5445Administrator: Jean Kennedy

Location and visiting

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1220 Drexel Drive, Davis 95616

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

Questions for your visit

  1. How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  3. How do you stretch students who are already ahead? 57% scored Advanced in math, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026 (370 students tested); California: 21%
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  5. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (530) 757-54451220 Drexel Drive, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby middle schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest middle schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby middle schoolsPercentile among California middle schools, 2026

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

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Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #134 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #1 of 4 in Davis Joint Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math44%8042%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math73%7723%
Chronically absent12 in 100585%
Suspension rate2.5% (16 of 630)555%
English learners: top level20%485%

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
2025–267294#134California 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 absenceSuspension
2018–198 in 1004.3% (31 of 717)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2412 in 1008.0% (52 of 651)
2024–2512 in 1004.4% (27 of 610)
2025–2612 in 1002.5% (16 of 630)

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

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 · English37031%73%
2026 · Math37057%74%
2025 · English36736%74%
2025 · Math36454%76%
2024 · English39431%69%
2024 · Math39359%76%
2023 · English39430%68%
2023 · Math39353%72%
2022 · English36634%68%
2022 · Math36752%70%
2019 · English42540%77%
2019 · Math42954%71%
2018 · English43137%70%
2018 · Math43253%70%
2017 · English47933%67%
2017 · Math47852%70%

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 · English17474%
2025 · Grade 8 · English19373%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math17471%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math19081%
2024 · Grade 7 · English20371%
2024 · Grade 8 · English19166%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math20278%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math19174%
2023 · Grade 7 · English19175%
2023 · Grade 8 · English20362%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math19078%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math20366%
2022 · Grade 7 · English19567%
2022 · Grade 8 · English17170%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math19569%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math17272%
2019 · Grade 7 · English21879%
2019 · Grade 8 · English20774%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math21870%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math21172%
2018 · Grade 7 · English20774%
2018 · Grade 8 · English22465%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math20775%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math22565%
2017 · Grade 7 · English22269%
2017 · Grade 8 · English25765%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math22370%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math25571%

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
Schoolwide16432%34%26%8%

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-income10747%+8+8
White16375%+3+13
Asian9587%+3+11
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−12335Moderate+22332Exceptional
English-only students−9228not categorized+23226not categorized
White−8147Moderate+21147Exceptional
Asian−1486Moderate+2886Exceptional
Low-income−1977Moderate+1875Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino−1151Moderate+1249Accelerated
Students with disabilities−2637Minimal+1136Accelerated
English learners−2036Moderate+1035Accelerated
Two or more races−1734Moderate+3634Exceptional
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−1832not categorized+1331not categorized

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. “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−12 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

335 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −12 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+22 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

332 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

California growth model, math: +22 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Exceptional, 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 · 12 in 100 → 2025–26 · 12 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 4.4% (27 of 610) → 2025–26 · 2.5% (16 of 630) · −1.9 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female8 in 10013 in 100+5 in 100
Male9 in 10011 in 100+2 in 100
Asian1 in 1003 in 100+2 in 100
Black or African American8 in 10030 in 100+22 in 100
Hispanic or Latino18 in 10022 in 100+4 in 100
Two or more races8 in 1008 in 1000 in 100
White8 in 10014 in 100+6 in 100
Students with disabilities24 in 10028 in 100+4 in 100
English learners17 in 10017 in 1000 in 100
Low-income18 in 10024 in 100+6 in 100
All students8 in 10012 in 100+4 in 100
Homeless—46 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$14,513 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 8,229 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

Central federal expenditures attributed here$930 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 588

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,563 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 58%Instruction support 12%Student services 11%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$73,379,88158.11%58%
Instruction support$15,030,57911.90%12%
Student services$13,388,71310.60%11%
Administration$10,377,4218.22%8%
Buildings & maintenance$11,911,9279.43%9%
Other$2,188,7751.73%2%
Total$126,277,295100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $126,277,295 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$14,513 per pupil
2020$12,722 per pupil
2019$12,987 per pupil
2018$12,299 per pupil
2017$11,369 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 95616 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95616 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$74,359
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)78%
ZIP-area population53,630
Median age23.0 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 95616 →

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