OUSD EDGE Virtual Academy: High scores, real growth, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.
OUSD EDGE Virtual Academy posts 28.7% exceeding the standard — versus 16.8% statewide — with climate numbers better than most. That doesn't make it perfect. It makes it worth a visit to find what numbers can't measure.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69 | 29% | 59% | +3.0 | 19.6% | 0.8% |
| CA average · Middle School | 43 | 17% | 39% | +1.5 | 18.5% | 3.7% |
OUSD EDGE Virtual Academy scores 69 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 93rd percentile of 2,238 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
💪 Strong All-Around — Ask about what we don't score — class size, electives, the feel of a classroom — strong numbers everywhere on paper don't mean every classroom feels the same.
Most rating sites would stop at “59% proficient” and call it done. OUSD EDGE Virtual Academy deserves a closer read. The school sits in Orange, where two in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
OUSD EDGE Virtual Academy's low-income kids hit 52.8% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 67th to the 93rd percentile since 2022 — past roughly 600 middle schools.
| Grade | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 50% | 44% | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 51% | 50% | 79% | 82% |
| Grade 7 | — | 53% | 32% | 53% |
| Grade 8 | — | 50% | 17% | 65% |
| Grade 11 | 65% | 44% | 53% | 55% |
| Grade | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 30% | 38% | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 35% | 26% | 43% | 33% |
| Grade 7 | — | 47% | 35% | 64% |
| Grade 8 | — | 35% | 25% | 56% |
| Grade 11 | 5% | 17% | 20% | 42% |
OUSD EDGE Virtual Academy's most underrated number
52.8% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At OUSD EDGE Virtual Academy in Orange, 52.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 46.3% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. OUSD EDGE Virtual Academy outperforms its district average for low-income students by 6.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (41.7% Math proficient); Hispanic students (52.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 13.0 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 36 students tested.
8 of 13 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
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.
Showing up, and staying in class
Grades 7–8 students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 4–6 students (31.9% vs 13.8%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the upper grades.
Where the path goes
OUSD EDGE Virtual Academy serves grades K-12 — students can complete their entire K-12 education here, with no school-to-school transitions.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 229 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California middle school (≈860).
On the state's science test (CAST), 43% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 74
Nearby High Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 58
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 11 | 18% | 64% | 9% | 9% | 82% | +35 |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 20% | 33% | 20% | 27% | 53% | +6 |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 13% | 52% | 26% | 9% | 65% | +19 |
| Grade 11 | 47 | 26% | 30% | 23% | 21% | 55% | +8 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 12 | 33% | 0% | 42% | 25% | 33% | −2 |
| Grade 7 | 14 | 36% | 29% | 7% | 29% | 64% | +30 |
| Grade 8 | 25 | 52% | 4% | 32% | 12% | 56% | +24 |
| Grade 11 | 45 | 29% | 13% | 13% | 44% | 42% | +19 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 77 | 18% | 25% | 48% | 9% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 36 | 52.8% | +6 | +15 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 50 | 52.0% | +6 | +13 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OUSD EDGE Virtual Academy ← | — | 69 | 28.7% | 59.0% | +3.0 | 0.8% |
| Hewes Middle | 1.6 mi | 51 | 27.0% | 56.7% | −14.0 | 1.2% |
| Columbus Tustin Middle | 2.4 mi | 44 | 16.4% | 35.2% | +9.5 | 11.2% |
| California average | — | 43 | 16.8% | 39.3% | +1.5 | 3.7% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 44 | 67 | #724 | 16.6% | 43.3% | 37.5% | 0.3% | — |
| 2023 | 42 | 54 | #1010 | 15.3% | 43.5% | 38.3% | 0.4% | +4.3pp |
| 2024 | 39 | 53 | #1043 | 20.8% | 38.3% | 15.7% | 1.0% | -39.9pp |
| 2025 | 69 | 93 | #153 | 28.7% | 59.0% | 19.6% | 0.8% | +3.0pp |
- — Scored here as a middle school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | — | 20.2% | — |
| Male | — | 19.5% | — |
| Asian | — | 18.2% | — |
| Hispanic/Latino | — | 21.4% | — |
| Students with Disabilities | — | 19.2% | — |
| English Learners | — | 37.8% | — |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | — | 27.4% | — |
| All Students | — | 19.8% | — |
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