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Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle

Laguna Hills, CA · Grades 6-8 · Orange County Department of Education

High scores, healthy climate, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.

78% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 65% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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Math

65%

Grades 6 & 8 · Proficient or Advanced

English

78%

Grades 6 & 8 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

Total enrollment

Chronic absence

10%

Students absent 10% or more of school days

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grades 6 & 8 · 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

0%25%50%75%100%2024: 66%2025: 65%2024: 78%2025: 78%202420250%25%50%75%100%2024: 66%2025: 65%2024: 78%2025: 78%20242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
202466%78%
202565%78%

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.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2024 to 2025

Has held the 97th-percentile line every tested year since 2024.

Most rating sites would stop at “73% proficient” and call it done. Oxford Preparatory Academy - deserves a closer read. It sits at the 97th percentile of 2,177 California middle schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.

Oxford Preparatory Academy -'s low-income kids hit 60.6% 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.

As a charter, Oxford Preparatory Academy - enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.

484 tested · 3 of 3 grades published · no cohort tracked

Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle scores 79 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 97th percentile of 2,177 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Percentile among 2,177 middle schools statewide
Year detailsYear2024 · 97th percentile · Scope Score 78 of 1002025 · 97th percentile · Scope Score 79 of 100
ELABlue(Increased)MathBlue(Increased)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20242025
Grade 673%77%
Grade 777%84%
Grade 884%79%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20242025
Grade 663%67%
Grade 760%65%
Grade 869%63%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

Two-thirds of students here meet the standard. Two in five clear it by a lot.

ELA80% met or exceeded
Exceeded 46%Met 34%Nearly Met 14%Not Met 6%
Math65% met or exceeded
Exceeded 49%Met 16%Nearly Met 19%Not Met 15%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California middle schools · average17% exceeded · 40% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2024–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+GrowthAbsenceSuspension
This school7948%73%9.8%2.1%
CA average · Middle School3917%40%18.1%3.6%
This schoolCA avg
Scope7939
% Exceeded48%17%
% Met+73%40%
Growth
Absence9.8%18.1%
Suspension2.1%3.6%
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25

California's own growth model places it near the 77th percentile of middle schools.

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 well above the middle of California middle schools in reading and math together. We show it; we don't score it.

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.

California's growth model, ranked against the schools it scores
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: +9 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 76th percentile of 7,519 reported schools.76th pctile · +9 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: +11 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 78th percentile of 7,518 reported schools.78th pctile · +11 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard ahead of the same group statewide.

60.6% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. This comparison does not tell us what caused the difference.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 73% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 73%, district —, state 40%73%
FemaleFemale: this school 70%, district 15%, state 44%70% · −3 vs school
MaleMale: this school 76%, district 10%, state 42%76% · +3 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 71%, district 23%, state 56%71% · −1 vs school
AsianAsian: this school 90%, district 27%, state 72%90% · +17 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 50%, district 8%, state 32%50% · −23 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 49%, district 9%, state 32%49% · −23 vs school
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: this school 82%, district 27%, state 56%82% · +9 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 39%, district 7%, state 15%39% · −33 vs school
FilipinoFilipino: this school 81%, district —, state 65%81% · +8 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
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Student-group results by grade

Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 1.8pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school. District average: +14.7pp.

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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
English Only315 studentsEnglish Only, reading: +6 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 315 students.+6 pts · +6 vs typical
White160 studentsWhite, reading: +7 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 160 students.+7 pts · +7 vs typical
Asian107 studentsAsian, reading: +16 scale-score points versus expectation, against +6 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 107 students.+16 pts · +10 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students94 studentsHispanic or Latino students, reading: +3 scale-score points versus expectation, against −2 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 94 students.+3 pts · +5 vs typical
Low-income students92 studentsLow-income students, reading: −1 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 92 students.−1 pts · +2 vs typical
Math
English Only315 studentsEnglish Only, math: +8 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 315 students.+8 pts · +11 vs typical
White160 studentsWhite, math: +6 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 160 students.+6 pts · +5 vs typical
Asian107 studentsAsian, math: +33 scale-score points versus expectation, against +17 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 107 students.+33 pts · +16 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students94 studentsHispanic or Latino students, math: −8 scale-score points versus expectation, against −6 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 94 students.−8 pts · −2 vs typical
Low-income students92 studentsLow-income students, math: −10 scale-score points versus expectation, against −5 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 92 students.−10 pts · −5 vs typical
this school typical California middle school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— 2 more groups are 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.

The daily experience

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.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Teaching staff24 teachers
Avg. experience9.0 years
First-year teachers4%
PrincipalChuck Hinman
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Teacher salary schedule$52,803 – $136,867
Principal salary$176,650 – $176,650
Superintendent salary$336,600

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Showing up, and staying in class

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 9.8%, district 14.6%, state 18.1%9.8% · −8.3pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 2.1%, district —, state 3.6%2.1% · −1.5pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

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What gets spent · FY 2019–20

Its district spends $70,768 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $70,768, CA average $14,491$70,768 · district average
District averageCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 26%Instruction support 46%Student services 8%Administration 14%Buildings & maintenance 5%

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$70,768 per pupil
2019$67,286 per pupil
2018$61,708 per pupil
2017$32,576 per pupil
2016$30,374 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

The neighborhood it serves

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 68% 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 Latino20.2% · district 48.6% · CA 56.1%
White34.8% · district 22.7% · CA 19.9%
Asian23.6% · district 16.0% · CA 10.2%
Black2.4% · district 2.7% · CA 4.8%
Other19.0% · district 10.0% · CA 9.0%
Median income$126K · CA $85K
Median home value$910K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+47% · CA 35%
ZIP population67,152
Median age40 years

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

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School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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2025 · middle schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

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Don Juan Avila MiddlePublicStrong39%69%2.2 mi
Aliso Viejo MiddlePublicStrong40%68%1.1 mi
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Is Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle a good middle school?
Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle has a Scope Score of 79 out of 100, placing it in the 97th percentile of California middle schools and ranked #71 statewide. 47.7% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 30.5 percentage points above the California average of 17.2%. The Scope Score weights 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard (42%), met or exceeded (proficient) (23%), grade 6-to-8 growth (20%), 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 Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 72.6% of students at Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 47.7% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 24.9% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 47.7% 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. 969 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle rank in California?
Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle ranks #71 among California middle schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 97th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), grade-level growth (Grade 6 to grade 8 growth), 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 Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle?
9.8% of students at Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 18.1%. The suspension rate is 2.1%. 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 Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle compare to other schools in Laguna Hills?
Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle scores 79/100 (97th percentile) among California middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. Use the schools in Laguna Hills page or the map view to compare all middle schools nearby.
How does Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle in Laguna Hills, 60.6% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 14.5% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle outperforms its district average for low-income students by 46.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (37.9% Math proficient); White students (81.1% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 42.3 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 94 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

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How the Scope Score is calculated

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What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

How far the top scorers get carries this score.

47.7% of students scored in the top band on the state test. The California average is 17.2%.

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Exceeded standard47.7%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded72.6%40.0%23%
Chronic absenteeism9.8%18.1%5%
Suspension rate2.1%3.6%5%
Grade gap (G6→G8, different students)-1.2pp+1.5pp

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle: reading the evidence

Oxford Preparatory Academy - posts 47.7% exceeding the standard — versus 17.2% 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.

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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Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle is ranked #71 statewide · #2 of 9 in Orange County Department of Education.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard47.7%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded72.6%40.0%23%
Chronic absenteeism9.8%18.1%5%
Suspension rate2.1%3.6%5%
Grade gap (G6→G8, different students)-1.2pp+1.5ppnot scored
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 17.2% · index 84 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 40.0% · index 77 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 62 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 1.1pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 3.6% · index 56 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 0.1pp lower vs 2024
Grade gap (G6→G8, different students)
↓ vs CA +1.5pp
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 616147%30%17%6%77%+31
Grade 715649%35%11%5%84%+36
Grade 816743%36%14%7%79%+33
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 616249%19%22%11%67%+33
Grade 715650%15%19%15%65%+32
Grade 816749%14%17%20%63%+31

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)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide16732%35%29%4%

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.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged9460.6%+46+22
White16481.1%+46+19
Asian11292.9%+53+18
03Nearest middle schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle ←7947.7%72.6%−1.2pp2.1%
Don Juan Avila Middle2.2 mi6639.3%69.4%+11.0pp2.1%
Aliso Viejo Middle1.1 mi6539.7%68.1%+3.3pp2.5%
California average3917.2%40.0%+1.5pp3.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
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YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20247897#6346.1%70.8%10.9%2.3%+8.8pp
20257997#7147.7%72.6%9.8%2.1%-1.2pp
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
05California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
ShowHide table 05 — California growth model, by student group
GroupReadingnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students+9465Accelerated+11465Accelerated
English Only+6315not categorised+8315not categorised
White+7160Accelerated+6160Accelerated
Asian+16107Accelerated+33107Exceptional
Hispanic or Latino+394Average−894Moderate
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−192Average−1092Moderate
English Learner+360Average+260Average
Two or More Races+554Accelerated+1254Accelerated
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only+948not categorised+148not categorised
Students with Disabilities−445Average−645Moderate
Filipino+835Accelerated+1335Accelerated
Black or African American+612Accelerated−1012Moderate
English Learners Only−1612not categorised+212not categorised

Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a growth score — published by CDE, held back from the narrative sections above because at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,177 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-09-18

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