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Parkway Heights Middle — Rating & test scores

650 Sunset Avenue, South San Francisco · 573 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 69

Needs SupportScope Score · 16th percentile. Higher than 16 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

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 26% and 19% scored Proficient or Advanced, 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: 526 in English, 529 in math
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 Parkway Heights a good middle school?

Needs Support. Parkway Heights is lower than most California middle schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced1226%
Math, Proficient or Advanced2519%
English, Advanced186%
Math, Advanced309%

Progress in a year, 2025

English2−26 pts
Math17−13 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance4118 in 100
Parkway Heights’s place among California middle schools, out of 100South San Francisco Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

2.8% of students (16 of 566) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Each bar is Parkway Heights’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
CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 566. District and California figures are averages of school rates (3 South San Francisco Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Parkway Heights say about itself?

We haven’t read Parkway Heights’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open parkway.ssfusd.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 26 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Minimal. In math, they scored 13 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−26

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Minimal, the lowest of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino407−30 points
Low-income341−29 points
English learners260−31 points
Students with disabilities104−42 points
Long-term English learners99−29 points

Math

−13

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino408−15 points
Low-income342−14 points
English learners261−12 points
Students with disabilities105−17 points
Long-term English learners99−7 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 508 students in English, 509 in math with scores in both years. 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 26 points below that expected score, and in math 13 points below 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 30th 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?

7 of the 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Parkway Heights. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 3.8 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. LipmanBrisbane Elementary · by addressScope Score 8790th
  2. Fernando Rivera IntermediateJefferson Elementary · by addressScope Score 8178th
  3. Alta LomaNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7969th
  4. WestboroughNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7968th
  5. Thomas R. PollicitaJefferson Elementary · by addressScope Score 7658th
  6. Parkside IntermediateSan Bruno Park Elementary · by addressScope Score 7658th
  7. Benjamin Franklin IntermediateJefferson Elementary · by addressScope Score 7338th
  8. Parkway HeightsScope Score 6916th
South San Francisco UnifiedA neighborhood school in another district

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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

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%75%0%25%50%75%100%

6 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Parkway Heights compare with schools like it?

Parkway Heights’s Scope Score is 69. 328 California middle schools, counting Parkway Heights, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 75. Parkway Heights’s result is higher than 36 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 328

  1. Students from low-income families: 64%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 54%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 53%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 95th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 54%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 94th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 61%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 94th percentile

328 California public middle schools where 52% to 64% 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 52% to 64% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Parkway Heights’s share. The count includes Parkway Heights. 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 similar to 2025. English went from 28% to 26% and math from 22% to 19%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202654%43%49%CaliforniaCalifornia46%South San Francisco UnifiedDistrict26%Parkway HeightsThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202646%30%37%South San Francisco UnifiedDistrict37%CaliforniaCalifornia19%Parkway HeightsThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. South San Francisco 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. South San Francisco Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringParkway HeightsSouth San Francisco UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201743%54%48%586
201836%50%49%586
201939%51%50%588
202234%48%47%519
202334%45%46%556
202430%45%46%542
202528%45%49%556
202626%46%49%526
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringParkway HeightsSouth San Francisco UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201730%46%37%601
201826%44%37%589
201924%42%38%600
202221%37%31%536
202323%36%32%582
202422%34%33%573
202522%34%36%556
202619%37%37%529

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

26%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

482620
South San Francisco Unified46%California49%

Math

19%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

5922109
South San Francisco Unified37%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 26% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 19% 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 Advanced22%31%26%
Advanced7%6%5%
Proficient15%25%21%
Developing level26%26%25%
Minimal52%43%49%
Tested183182161
California48%51%49%
Difference−26−20−23

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 Advanced19%19%20%
Advanced8%9%9%
Proficient11%10%11%
Developing level22%26%17%
Minimal59%55%63%
Tested182185162
California37%38%36%
Difference−18−19−16

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 school6%20%26%48%526
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · South San Francisco Unified18%28%23%31%1,659
Math, grades 6–8 · This school9%10%22%59%529
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · South San Francisco Unified21%16%23%40%1,661

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 526 tested in English, 529 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?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 79% of students. 102 of 562 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

18in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (102 of 562 students).

At the average South San Francisco Unified middle school: 13 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 2.8% of students were suspended at least once (16 of 566). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

573

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 79%Filipino 7%Asian 6%White 3%Two or more races 2%

Family income

58%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 334 of 573. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

36

teachers, with 9 years of experience on average.

14% were in their first year.

78% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

59%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (121 of 206 students).

South San Francisco Unified: 54%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grade 6
14 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (27 of 193).
Grades 7–8
20 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (75 of 369).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino79%
Filipino7%
Asian6%
White3%
Two or more races2%
Black or African American—
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. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . 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: 28.2 of 36 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Five student groups scored below the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Filipino38 tested53%California 74%
  • Hispanic or Latino411 tested21%California 39%
  • Low-income323 tested17%California 39%
  • Students with disabilities106 tested5%California 14%
  • English learners205 tested1%California 7%

17% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino and Filipino students, English learners and students with disabilities also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 English, 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 South San Francisco Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 323 tested in English, 325 in math
English17%−1229%−2239%
Math12%−820%−1426%
Hispanic or Latino · 411 tested in English, 412 in math
English21%−728%−1839%
Math14%−418%−1125%
Filipino · 38 tested in English, 39 in math
English53%−962%−2174%
Math44%−852%−1660%
English learners · 205 tested in English, 207 in math
English1%−23%−67%
Math1%−23%−67%
Students with disabilities · 106 tested
English5%−27%−914%
Math4%−37%−610%

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

Asian students, 34 tested in English and 35 in math: no rate for grade 8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Black or African American, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races 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 and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Parkway Heights. 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.
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  • 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.

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Money

Where does the money go?

$23,095 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. South San Francisco Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $91 million.

$23,095

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$13,689
The school’s share of district office costs
$9,406
Of the total, from federal funds
$2,156
  • Parkway Heights$23,095
  • South San Francisco Unified middle schools$22,270
  • California middle schools$19,269

The district and California figures combine their middle schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 1,241 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

South San Francisco Unified’s yearly plan

$91million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$12million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 6 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $91 million of $195 million in total budgeted spending. Source: South San Francisco Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Parkway Heights like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 94080. They are not figures for the families at Parkway Heights.

Typical household income in a year

$136,733

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 94080.

Typical home value
$1,188,700
People who live in this ZIP code
64,761
Typical age
43.1 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
41%

What you can do

Who can act on Parkway Heights’ results?

South San Francisco Unified’s board decides Parkway Heights’ plan.

When the plan is set

South San Francisco Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

Read the 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

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

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving South San Francisco Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for South San Francisco Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 7 questions to Parkway Heights. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?18 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (102 of 562 students); average South San Francisco Unified middle school: 13 in 100
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?26 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (508 students)
  3. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?1% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (207 students tested); the same group across California: 7%
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  5. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Parkway Heights, and how do I get in?

Ask South San Francisco Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Spruce Elementary
    Scope Score 70Needs Support · 18th percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Parkway Heights Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 69Needs Support · 16th percentile
  3. High
    South San Francisco High
    Scope Score 75Solid · 52nd percentile · 2025Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school 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

  • Spruce Elementary

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

    Scope Score 70 · Needs Support · 18th percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Martin Elementary

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

    Scope Score 66 · Needs Support · 2nd percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Los Cerritos Elementary

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

    Scope Score 66 · Needs Support · 3rd percentile · elementary · 2026

    95% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Sunshine Gardens Elementary

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

    Scope Score 75 · Developing · 49th percentile · elementary · 2026

    90% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • South San Francisco High

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

    Scope Score 75 · Solid · 52nd percentile · high · 2025

    96% 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: South San Francisco High
South San Francisco HighScope Score 75 · Solid · 52nd percentile · 2025historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at South San Francisco High. UC records 18 enrollees from South San Francisco High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 14 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach South San Francisco High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 78% of the students who finished high school at South San Francisco High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

18 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 14 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on South San Francisco High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Parkway Heights?

Address
650 Sunset Avenue, South San Francisco 94080Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Marco LopezAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated February 9, 2023.

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 South San Francisco Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Parkway Heights a good middle school?

Parkway Heights Middle has a Scope Score of 69. It scored higher than 16 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 16th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 18 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 13 in 100 at the average South San Francisco Unified middle school. 2.8% of students (16 of 566) 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?

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 26 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Minimal. In math, they scored 13 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 508 students in English, 509 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 17% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Parkway Heights Middle in South San Francisco scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Parkway Heights Middle's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of South San Francisco 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.

  • South San Francisco High: Scope Score 75, Solid, 52nd percentile among California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 results

See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

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

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 #2,112 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #3 of 3 in South San Francisco Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math7%3942%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math23%3623%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+32 scale-score pts3020%
Chronically absent18 in 100505%
Suspension rate2.8% (16 of 566)545%
English learners: top level23%515%

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.

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
2025–266916#2112California 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)
2018–1914 in 10010.5% (67 of 641)+10
2021–22not on filenot on file+1
2022–23not on filenot on file−5
2023–2419 in 1005.9% (37 of 632)+6
2024–2516 in 1004.7% (28 of 595)+6
2025–2618 in 1002.8% (16 of 566)+2

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 · English5266%26%
2026 · Math5299%19%
2025 · English5568%28%
2025 · Math55610%22%
2024 · English5427%30%
2024 · Math5739%22%
2023 · English5568%34%
2023 · Math5828%23%
2022 · English5197%34%
2022 · Math5367%21%
2019 · English5887%39%
2019 · Math60011%24%
2018 · English5866%36%
2018 · Math5899%26%
2017 · English5869%43%
2017 · Math60116%30%

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 · English18928%
2025 · Grade 7 · English16922%
2025 · Grade 8 · English19833%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math19018%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math16920%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math19726%
2024 · Grade 6 · English16122%
2024 · Grade 7 · English18734%
2024 · Grade 8 · English19432%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math17119%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math19825%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math20421%
2023 · Grade 6 · English19132%
2023 · Grade 7 · English19536%
2023 · Grade 8 · English17033%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math19928%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math20324%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math18017%
2022 · Grade 6 · English19231%
2022 · Grade 7 · English17241%
2022 · Grade 8 · English15531%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math20220%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math17721%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math15722%
2019 · Grade 6 · English19427%
2019 · Grade 7 · English20342%
2019 · Grade 8 · English19148%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math19826%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math21021%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math19226%
2018 · Grade 6 · English20825%
2018 · Grade 7 · English19439%
2018 · Grade 8 · English18444%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math21326%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math20225%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math17428%
2017 · Grade 6 · English20128%
2017 · Grade 7 · English19143%
2017 · Grade 8 · English19457%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math20526%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math19221%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math20443%

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
Schoolwide1636%18%59%18%

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-income32317%−12−22
Hispanic or Latino41121%−7−18
English learners2051%−2−6
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−26508Minimal−13509Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−30407Minimal−15408Moderate
Low-income−29341Minimal−14342Moderate
English learners−31260Minimal−12261Moderate
English learners only−36166not categorized−10167not categorized
English-only students−29124not categorized−18124not categorized
Students with disabilities−42104Minimal−17105Moderate
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−2999Minimal−799Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−2294not categorized−1594not categorized
Filipino−332Average−332Average
Asian−928Moderate+528Accelerated
Homeless−3814Minimal−3514Minimal
Two or more races−2112Minimal−1912Moderate
White−5112Minimal−2612Minimal

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. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. 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
5%
exceeded standard · 22% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 161 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
5%
Advanced · 26% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 161 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 162 (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−26 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

508 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, English: −26 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Minimal, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−13 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

509 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −13 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, 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 · 16 in 100 → 2025–26 · 18 in 100 · +2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 4.7% (28 of 595) → 2025–26 · 2.8% (16 of 566) · −1.9 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female12 in 10022 in 100+10 in 100
Male15 in 10015 in 1000 in 100
Asian2 of 295 of 36—
Filipino1 of 352 of 40—
Hispanic or Latino15 in 10020 in 100+5 in 100
White1 of 232 of 15—
Students with disabilities19 in 10020 in 100+1 in 100
English learners16 in 10019 in 100+3 in 100
Military families2 of 21——
Low-income15 in 10021 in 100+6 in 100
All students14 in 10018 in 100+4 in 100
Two or more races—3 of 12—
Homeless—5 of 25—

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$14,807 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 8,182 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

School-level federal expenditures$998 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 573

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,158 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 573

District current expense · FY 2024–25$23,037 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 11%Student services 13%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 12%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$98,074,84358.32%58%
Instruction support$19,228,74411.43%11%
Student services$21,734,03812.92%13%
Administration$9,376,4735.58%6%
Buildings & maintenance$19,763,78311.75%12%
Total$168,177,881100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $168,177,881 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$14,807 per pupil
2020$13,331 per pupil
2019$13,184 per pupil
2018$12,036 per pupil
2017$11,397 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 94080 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94080 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$136,733
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)41%
ZIP-area population64,761
Median age43.1 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 94080 →

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