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6473 Clark Road, Paradise · 143 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 76

SolidScope Score · 53rd percentile. Higher than 53 in 100 of the 2,529 California public middle schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Near California in English (reading and writing) and math: 45% and 36% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8, spring 2026, against 49% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 140
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

Overview

Is Paradise Charter a good middle school?

Solid. Paradise Charter is higher than most California middle schools on math test results, progress in math and attendance. Paradise Charter is lower than most on English test results. Paradise Charter is in the middle on progress in English.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced4945%
Math, Proficient or Advanced5936%
English, Advanced4713%
Math, Advanced6119%

Progress in a year, 2025

English50+1 pts
Math69+6 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance5514 in 100
Paradise Charter’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Paradise Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 13% of students tested in English and 19% in math scored Advanced, against 19% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Paradise Charter’s place among 2,529 California public middle schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 6–8. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 6–8: 140. California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

In its own words

What does Paradise Charter say about itself?

These lines come from the school’s own website. They are the school’s description. They are not parent reviews or test results.

“Paradise Charter Middle School endeavors to create an environment that allows students to pursue intellectual and social success. We believe that an effective partnership among parents, teachers, and students – within a culture that emphasizes character development – is the best way to provide our students the opportunity to succeed and enhance the greater community.”
pcmsbulldogs.org (opens in a new tab), read October 23, 2026

Every line here is from pcmsbulldogs.org, read October 23, 2026.

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, about the same. In math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 1 point higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 6 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

English

+1

point higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White106−2 points
Low-income70−3 points
Students with disabilities230 points
Hispanic or Latino17−6 points

Math

+6

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White106+4 points
Low-income70−1 points
Students with disabilities23+8 points
Hispanic or Latino17+6 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 134 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

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 1 point above that expected score, and in math 6 points above it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 8 scores here with the school’s grade 6 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 46th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

0 of the 1 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Paradise Charter. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

2 middle schools within 1.8 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Paradise CharterScope Score 7653rd
  2. ParadiseNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 6912th
Paradise Unified

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Schools like it

How does Paradise Charter compare with schools like it?

Paradise Charter’s Scope Score is 76. 334 California middle schools, counting Paradise Charter, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 77. Paradise Charter’s result is higher than 132 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 334

  1. Students from low-income families: 48%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 97th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 47%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 96th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 46%

    Elevate

    San Diego

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 54%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 53%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 95th percentile

334 California public middle schools where 45% to 57% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public middle school we score where 45% to 57% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Paradise Charter’s share. The count includes Paradise Charter. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were lower than in 2025. English went from 53% to 45% and math from 41% to 36%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 6–8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202649%62%49%CaliforniaCalifornia45%Paradise CharterThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202636%62%37%CaliforniaCalifornia36%Paradise CharterThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Paradise Unified’s line combines its 3 middle schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. Paradise Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringParadise CharterParadise UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201762%49%48%151
201866%52%49%154
201965%—50%136
202252%—47%136
202342%—46%142
202439%—46%145
202553%—49%143
202645%—49%140
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringParadise CharterParadise UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201762%36%37%151
201858%37%37%154
201961%—38%136
202246%—31%136
202345%—32%142
202435%—33%145
202541%—36%143
202636%—37%140

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in both subjects.

English

45%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

24313213
Paradise Unified39%California49%

Math

36%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

35291719
Paradise Unified25%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 45% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 36% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced53%41%40%
Advanced18%17%4%
Proficient35%24%36%
Developing level25%35%35%
Minimal22%24%25%
Tested514148
California48%51%49%
Difference+5−10−9

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 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced41%34%31%
Advanced18%15%23%
Proficient23%19%8%
Developing level37%32%19%
Minimal22%34%50%
Tested514148
California37%38%36%
Difference+4−4−5

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.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school13%32%31%24%140
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Paradise Unified9%30%28%33%518
Math, grades 6–8 · This school19%17%29%35%140
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Paradise Unified11%14%29%46%518

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 140 tested in English, 140 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

White students are the largest group here, at 80% of students. 21 of 150 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

14in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (21 of 150 students).

At the average Paradise Unified middle school: 22 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Students, 2024–25

143

students in grades 6–8.

White 80%Hispanic or Latino 8%Two or more races 8%

Family income

51%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 73 of 143. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

7

teachers, with 16 years of experience on average.

14% were in their first year.

42% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.6%

of students were suspended at least once (1 of 161). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grade 6
3 of 54 students in grade 6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
18 of 96 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White80%
Hispanic or Latino8%
Two or more races8%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 2.6 of 6.2 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

White students scored well below the same group across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 65 tested34%California 39%
  • Low-incomeMath · 65 tested23%California 26%
  • WhiteEnglish · 111 tested44%California 62%
  • WhiteMath · 111 tested38%California 50%

44% of White students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 38% in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 62% and 50% for the same group across California.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Paradise Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 65 tested
English34%+133%−539%
Math23%+518%−326%
White · 111 tested
English44%+341%−1862%
Math38%+1721%−1250%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Paradise Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

No published rate here for Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners, students with disabilities 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Paradise Charter. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

Families

No family answers yet

0 of 20 needed before answers show

  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

Answer the family questionsResponder en españolHow family answers work

The neighborhood

What is the area around Paradise Charter like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95928. They are not figures for the families at Paradise Charter.

Typical household income in a year

$64,949

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 95928.

Typical home value
$503,100
People who live in this ZIP code
37,409
Typical age
33.5 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
42%

What you can do

Who can act on Paradise Charter’s results?

Paradise Charter’s own board decides its plan.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Paradise Charter in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 10 questions to Paradise Charter. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What extra help do low-income students get, and how do you know it’s working?23% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (65 students tested); the same group across California: 26%
  2. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  3. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?
  4. How does this approach show up in an ordinary lesson?From its own words, on how it teaches.
  5. Which grades take part in these programs, and how often?From its own words, on programs.
  6. Which grades learn each language, and for how much of the day?From its own words, on languages.

Before you apply

  1. Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
  2. What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

Getting in

What comes after Paradise Charter, and how do I get in?

Ask Paradise Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. No assigned next school.

Paradise Charter is a charter, so a student’s later schools follow the family’s home address, not this campus, unless the family applies elsewhere. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary
    Paradise Ridge Elementary
    Scope Score 73Developing · 36th percentile · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  2. Middle · this school
    Paradise Charter Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 76Solid · 53rd percentile
  3. High
    Paradise Senior High
    Scope Score 69Needs Support · 19th percentile · 2025Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Paradise Ridge Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 73 · Developing · 36th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Ponderosa Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

  • Paradise Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

High-school links

  • Ridgeview High (Continuation)

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Strong · 79th percentile · high · 2025 · within continuation schools

  • Paradise Senior High

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 69 · Needs Support · 19th percentile · high · 2025

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.

Where it is

Where is Paradise Charter?

Address
6473 Clark Road, Paradise 95928Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Travis PrendergastAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated October 28, 2025.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Paradise Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓

Is Paradise Charter a good middle school?

Paradise Charter Middle has a Scope Score of 76. It scored higher than 53 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Solid, 53rd percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 14 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 22 in 100 at the average Paradise Unified middle school. 0.6% of students (1 of 161) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, about the same. In math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 1 point higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 6 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 134 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 34% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Paradise Charter Middle scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $296,382 is planned for 7 funded actions in 2 goals. That’s 15% of its $2.0 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

Its own plan

What does Paradise Charter’s own plan commit to?

$296,382 is planned for 7 funded actions in 2 goals. That’s 15% of its $2.0 million general fund budget.

$296,382

planned in the school’s own plan for 2026–27

The three largest actions in the plan

  • Instructional Offerings$116,899
  • Support, Intervention, and Coaching$79,957
  • Wellness Counselor$35,000

These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 56 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

The whole plan: every goal, what it measures and what it pays for

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 56 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 78% of the money. The plan itself puts 66% of it toward staff.

  • Instructional Offerings $116,899
  • Support, Intervention, and Coaching $79,957
  • Wellness Counselor $35,000
  • 4 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

1 of the plan’s 7 funded actions names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in its title.

  • Catch-up help $79,957

Largest of these

  • Support, Intervention, and Coaching$79,957
For high-need students

It plans $185,708 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $180,545 and estimates it spent $188,956, $8,411 (5%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $45,348 (18%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Wellness Counselor, which went from $10,878 to $35,000.

Largest cuts

  • Instructional Offerings−⁠$1,253

Largest increases

  • Wellness Counselor+⁠$24,122
  • Extracurricular Opportunities:+⁠$10,250
  • Support, Intervention, and Coaching+⁠$8,800
What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grades 6–8 only: 45% in English and 36% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 153%45%down 8 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 141%36%down 5 pts
Chronically absentGoal 221 in 10014 in 1007 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 20 of 1520.6%up 0.6 pts

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Instructional Offerings · $116,899
  • Support, Intervention, and Coaching · $79,957
  • Wellness Counselor · $35,000
The full plan2 goals, 19 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($296,382).

Where does the money go?

74% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1 · Focus GoalPCMS will prepare students to successfully transition to high school by increasing achievement in core subjects$219,03274% of action budgets

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $208,056 (+⁠$10,976) · p. 9 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Instructional Offerings$116,899action 1.3 · p. 21 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $96,951 is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Support, Intervention, and Coaching$79,957action 1.2 · p. 21 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $28,257 is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Curriculum$17,176action 1.1 · p. 21 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Professional Development$5,000action 1.4 · p. 21 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Support, Intervention, and Coaching+⁠$8,800$71,157 → $79,957 · p. 21 ↗
  2. Curriculum+⁠$2,429$14,747 → $17,176 · p. 21 ↗
  3. Instructional Offerings−⁠$1,253$118,152 → $116,899 · p. 21 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Professional Development · $4,000 → $5,000 · p. 21 ↗+⁠$1,000

How the plan measures it · 10 measures · 3 quoted

  • Priority 1: Basic Conditions of Learning: Technology Access p. 9 ↗
    Baseline
    100% of students have access to technology and internet
    Target for year 3
    100% of students have access to technology and internet
  • Priority 2: State Standards: CCCS and NGSS implementation as indicated on the local indicator report p. 10 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 89% implementation of NGSS and CCCS
    Target for year 3
    85% implementation or greater of the NGSS and CCCS standards
  • Priority 7: Course Access: as measured by aeries and course assignments for each student p. 10 ↗
    Baseline
    100% of students have access to a broad course of study
    Target for year 3
    100% of students have access to a broad course of study

7 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2 · Maintenance of Progress GoalPCMS will provide a positive and healthy learning environment for all students$77,35026% of action budgets

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $42,978 (+⁠$34,372) · p. 14 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Wellness Counselor$35,000action 2.3 · p. 21 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Extracurricular Opportunities:$30,350action 2.1 · p. 21 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $13,500 is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Support Staff$12,000action 2.2 · p. 21 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Wellness Counselor+⁠$24,122$10,878 → $35,000 · p. 21 ↗
  2. Extracurricular Opportunities:+⁠$10,250$20,100 → $30,350 · p. 21 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Support Staff · $12,000 → $12,000 · p. 21 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 9 measures · 3 quoted

  • Priority 3: Parental Involvement: Survey Participation p. 14 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-24 20% of parents participated in the LCAP/satisfaction survey
    Target for year 3
    50% of parents will participate in the LCAP/Satisfaction survey
  • Priority 5: Pupil Engagement: Attendance Rate p. 15 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 79% attendance all-student
    Target for year 3
    95% attendance for all students and significant subgroups
  • Priority 5: Pupil Engagement: Chronic Absenteeism p. 15 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 21.2% Chronically Absent
    Target for year 3
    Less than 3% Chronic Absenteeism for all students and significant subgroups

6 more measures in the plan’s table.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,176 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #1 of 3 in Paradise Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math16%4842%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math40%5023%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+45 scale-score pts4720%
Chronically absent14 in 100555%
Suspension rate0.6% (1 of 161)625%

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. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students. The weights above add to 95%: English learners reaching the top level of the state’s English test has no value for this school, so its 5% weight 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
2025–267653#1176California 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 absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–19not on filenot on file−8
2021–22not on filenot on file−19
2022–23not on filenot on file−27
2023–2413 in 1002.0% (3 of 150)−4
2024–2521 in 1000 of 152+14
2025–2614 in 1000.6% (1 of 161)−12

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

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 6 and grade 8 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
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 · English14013%45%
2026 · Math14019%36%
2025 · English14316%53%
2025 · Math14317%41%
2024 · English1457%39%
2024 · Math14519%35%
2023 · English14210%42%
2023 · Math14223%45%
2022 · English13613%52%
2022 · Math13624%46%
2019 · English13624%65%
2019 · Math13633%61%
2018 · English15428%66%
2018 · Math15432%58%
2017 · English15126%62%
2017 · Math15132%62%

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 6 · English4156%
2025 · Grade 7 · English5050%
2025 · Grade 8 · English5254%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math4132%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math5026%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math5262%
2024 · Grade 6 · English5139%
2024 · Grade 7 · English5252%
2024 · Grade 8 · English4224%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math5122%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math5254%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math4229%
2023 · Grade 6 · English5260%
2023 · Grade 7 · English4035%
2023 · Grade 8 · English5030%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math5258%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math4042%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math5034%
2022 · Grade 6 · English3259%
2022 · Grade 7 · English5250%
2022 · Grade 8 · English5250%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math3266%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math5244%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math5237%
2019 · Grade 6 · English4971%
2019 · Grade 7 · English4665%
2019 · Grade 8 · English4159%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math4963%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math4659%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math4161%
2018 · Grade 6 · English5355%
2018 · Grade 7 · English5265%
2018 · Grade 8 · English4978%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math5353%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math5258%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math4963%
2017 · Grade 6 · English5258%
2017 · Grade 7 · English5062%
2017 · Grade 8 · English4965%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math5262%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math5062%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math4961%

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
Schoolwide488%27%58%6%

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-income6534%+1−5
White11144%+3−18
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+1134Average+6134Accelerated
English-only students−1131not categorized+5131not categorized
White−2106Average+4106Average
Low-income−370Average−170Average
Students with disabilities023Average+823Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino−617Moderate+617Accelerated

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. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “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 6–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 8 against the same school’s grade 6 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 8 in 2026 against grade 6 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 6
4%
exceeded standard · 39% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 51 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
4%
Advanced · 40% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 48 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 48 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+1 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 6–8

134 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: +1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math+6 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 6–8

134 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, 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 6–8, 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 · 21 in 100 → 2025–26 · 14 in 100 · −7 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 152 → 2025–26 · 0.6% (1 of 161) · +0.6 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—11 of 65—
Male—10 of 85—
Hispanic or Latino—1 of 12—
Two or more races—2 of 12—
White—13 in 100—
Students with disabilities—5 of 24—
Low-income—11 of 75—
All students—14 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. 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$19,718 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 1,533 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

District current expense · FY 2024–25$24,240 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

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 60%Instruction support 8%Student services 10%Administration 11%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$22,683,08759.86%60%
Instruction support$3,133,7808.27%8%
Student services$3,932,99110.38%10%
Administration$4,036,88310.65%11%
Buildings & maintenance$3,636,7869.60%10%
Other$467,8181.23%1%
Total$37,891,344100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $37,891,344 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$19,718 per pupil
2020$20,342 per pupil
2019$12,089 per pupil
2018$9,702 per pupil
2017$9,446 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 95928 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95928 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$64,949
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)42%
ZIP-area population37,409
Median age33.5 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 95928 →

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