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Paulding Middle — Rating & test scores

600 Crown Hill Street, Arroyo Grande · 544 students · Grades 7–8

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Scope Score 82

StrongScope Score · 80th percentile. Higher than 80 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 above California in English and math: 68% and 48% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, against 50% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 530
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English and 838,896 in math tested).

Overview

Is Paulding a good middle school?

Strong. Paulding is higher than most California middle schools on test results and attendance. Paulding is lower than most on progress in both subjects.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced8568%
Math, Proficient or Advanced7748%
English, Advanced8530%
Math, Advanced7426%

Progress in a year, 2025

English460 pts
Math14−15 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance5814 in 100
Paulding’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Lucia Mar Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 30% of students tested in English (reading and writing) and 26% in math scored Advanced, against 19% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels. 6.6% of students (38 of 572) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Each bar is Paulding’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.

Sentence 1
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 7 and 8: 530. California: CDE’s grade 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English and 838,896 in math tested).
Sentence 2
CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 572. District and California figures are averages of school rates (3 Lucia Mar Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Paulding say about itself?

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

Open paulding.luciamarschools.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

In English, about the same. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored the same in English as California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 15 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

0

The same as 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

White254+3 points
Low-income235−1 points
Hispanic or Latino1910 points
Students with disabilities73−1 points
English learners64−3 points

Math

−15

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

White253−12 points
Low-income235−9 points
Hispanic or Latino192−21 points
Students with disabilities74−5 points
English learners64−15 points

Grades 7 and 8, 2025, 501 students 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 right at that expected score, and in math 15 points below it.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

0 of the 2 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Paulding. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

3 middle schools within 4.1 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. PauldingScope Score 8280th
  2. JudkinsNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7760th
  3. MesaNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7444th
Lucia Mar 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

Scores and family income

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

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

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 Paulding compare with schools like it?

Paulding’s Scope Score is 82. 319 California middle schools, counting Paulding, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 78. Paulding’s result is higher than 238 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 319

  1. Students from low-income families: 44%

    Elkhorn

    Stockton

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 43%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 48%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 97th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 47%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 96th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 42%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

319 California public middle schools where 40% to 52% 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 40% to 52% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Paulding’s share. The count includes Paulding. 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 65% to 68% and math from 44% to 48%.

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

Grades 7 and 8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202653%57%68%PauldingPaulding58%Lucia Mar UnifiedDistrict50%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202636%41%48%PauldingPaulding38%Lucia Mar UnifiedDistrict37%CaliforniaCalifornia

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

English, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringPauldingLucia Mar UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201757%53%49%577
201858%52%50%591
201961%57%50%576
202262%54%48%535
202364%53%47%515
202462%53%47%549
202565%57%49%531
202668%58%50%530
Math, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringPauldingLucia Mar UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201741%36%37%571
201841%36%37%592
201943%37%37%577
202238%31%31%533
202339%31%32%511
202438%32%33%546
202544%36%35%532
202648%38%37%530

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

English

68%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

15173830
Lucia Mar Unified58%California50%

Math

48%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

28242226
Lucia Mar Unified38%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 68% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 48% in math, against 50% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 7 and 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).

How does math compare with English?

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, math trails English by 20 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 13 points across California. The grades 7 and 8 cards above give each subject’s share.

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced68%69%
Advanced33%28%
Proficient35%41%
Developing level15%19%
Minimal17%12%
Tested267263
California51%49%
Difference+17+20

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced51%46%
Advanced25%26%
Proficient26%20%
Developing level25%23%
Minimal24%31%
Tested268262
California38%36%
Difference+13+10

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 7 and 8 · This school30%38%17%15%530
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · Lucia Mar Unified23%35%22%20%1,371
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school26%22%24%28%530
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · Lucia Mar Unified19%19%26%36%1,377

Spring 2026, grades 7 and 8 combined: 530 tested in English, 530 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 50% of students. 78 of 565 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 (78 of 565 students).

At the average Lucia Mar Unified middle school: 16 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 6.6% of students were suspended at least once (38 of 572). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

544

students in grades 7–8.

White 50%Hispanic or Latino 35%Two or more races 8%Not reported 3%

Family income

46%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 249 of 544. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

29

teachers, with 16 years of experience on average.

3% were in their first year.

91% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

47%

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 (7 of 15 students).

Lucia Mar Unified: 39%. 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.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White50%
Hispanic or Latino35%
Two or more races8%
Not reported3%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
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: 27.6 of 30.5 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

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

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Two or more races57 tested75%California 63%
  • White266 tested75%California 62%
  • Low-income241 tested56%California 39%
  • Hispanic or Latino188 tested56%California 40%
  • Homeless54 tested40%California 28%
  • Students with disabilities73 tested19%California 14%

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 56% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 7 and 8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students: 56% in English, against 40% for the same group across California. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 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 7 and 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Lucia Mar Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 241 tested in English, 240 in math
English56%+1145%+1739%
Math32%+923%+626%
White · 266 tested
English75%+372%+1362%
Math57%+354%+750%
Hispanic or Latino · 188 tested in English, 187 in math
English56%+1244%+1640%
Math30%+822%+525%
Two or more races · 57 tested in English, 55 in math
English75%+174%+1263%
Math58%+355%+850%
Students with disabilities · 73 tested in English, 72 in math
English19%+316%+514%
Math10%+37%+19%
Homeless · 54 tested in English, 53 in math
English40%+238%+1228%
Math13%−114%−417%

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

English learners: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students 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 Paulding. 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.
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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?

$18,636 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Lucia Mar Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $30 million.

$18,636

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$7,126
The school’s share of district office costs
$11,510
Of the total, from federal funds
$2,698
  • Paulding$18,636
  • Lucia Mar Unified middle schools$18,757
  • 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 ↓

Lucia Mar Unified’s yearly plan

$30million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$24million

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 3 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $30 million of $180 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Lucia Mar Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Paulding like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93420. They are not figures for the families at Paulding.

Typical household income in a year

$110,553

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 93420.

Typical home value
$917,900
People who live in this ZIP code
31,345
Typical age
48.2 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
44%

What you can do

Who can act on Paulding’s results?

The state has Paulding in targeted support; Lucia Mar Unified’s board decides its plan.

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.

What has the state flagged?

The state named it because results were low for students of two or more races. This support comes with a school improvement plan, which must use approaches with evidence behind them. Ask the principal to see the school improvement plan.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Paulding. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?6.6% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (38 of 572 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?15 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 7 and 8, 2025 (501 students)
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. 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 Paulding, and how do I get in?

Ask Lucia Mar Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Branch Elementary
    Scope Score 90Strong · 94th percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Paulding Middle
    Grades 7–8Scope Score 82Strong · 80th percentile
  3. High
    Arroyo Grande High
    Scope Score 80Solid · 71st 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

  • Branch Elementary

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

    Scope Score 90 · Strong · 94th percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Fairgrove Elementary

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

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

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

  • Harloe Elementary

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

    Scope Score 78 · Solid · 62nd percentile · elementary · 2026

    75% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Ocean View Elementary

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

    Scope Score 80 · Solid · 74th percentile · elementary · 2026

    61% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Oceano Elementary

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

    Scope Score 74 · Developing · 46th percentile · elementary · 2026

    61% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Grover Beach Elementary

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

    Scope Score 73 · Developing · 39th percentile · elementary · 2026

    36% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • Arroyo Grande High

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

    Scope Score 80 · Solid · 71st percentile · high · 2025

    92% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Central Coast New Tech High

    District-wide program in the historical boundary survey · not a neighborhood zone; check how it admits

    Scope Score 88 · Strong · 91st percentile · high · 2025

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

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where the path ends: Arroyo Grande High
Arroyo Grande HighScope Score 80 · Solid · 71st percentile · 2025historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Arroyo Grande High. UC records 39 enrollees from Arroyo Grande High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 19 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Arroyo Grande High around 2028, and a school can change a lot in 2 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 74% of the students who finished high school at Arroyo Grande High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

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

Where it is

Where is Paulding?

Address
600 Crown Hill Street, Arroyo Grande 93420Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Erika TimmerAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 20, 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 Lucia Mar Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Paulding a good middle school?

Paulding Middle has a Scope Score of 82. It scored higher than 80 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Strong, 80th 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 16 in 100 at the average Lucia Mar Unified middle school. 6.6% of students (38 of 572) 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, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored the same in English as California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 15 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 501 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 56% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at Paulding Middle in Arroyo Grande 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 Paulding Middle's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Arroyo Grande 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.

  • Arroyo Grande High: Scope Score 80, Solid, 71st 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 #503 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #1 of 3 in Lucia Mar Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math28%6242%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math58%6523%
Chronically absent14 in 100565%
Suspension rate6.6% (38 of 572)395%
English learners: top level19%465%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California middle schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. The weights above add to 80%: the remaining 20%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–268280#503California middle schools · 2,529 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspension
2018–197 in 1006.2% (38 of 613)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2415 in 1008.5% (50 of 585)
2024–2517 in 1008.2% (46 of 563)
2025–2614 in 1006.6% (38 of 572)

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

No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English53030%68%
2026 · Math53026%48%
2025 · English53128%65%
2025 · Math53219%44%
2024 · English54923%62%
2024 · Math54617%38%
2023 · English51525%64%
2023 · Math51119%39%
2022 · English53522%62%
2022 · Math53318%38%
2019 · English57621%61%
2019 · Math57718%43%
2018 · English59116%58%
2018 · Math59220%41%
2017 · English57718%57%
2017 · Math57118%41%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 7 · English26373%
2025 · Grade 8 · English26857%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math26249%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math27039%
2024 · Grade 7 · English27565%
2024 · Grade 8 · English27459%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math27441%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math27234%
2023 · Grade 7 · English26466%
2023 · Grade 8 · English25163%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math26438%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math24740%
2022 · Grade 7 · English24973%
2022 · Grade 8 · English28653%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math24843%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math28534%
2019 · Grade 7 · English29361%
2019 · Grade 8 · English28362%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math29442%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math28344%
2018 · Grade 7 · English29061%
2018 · Grade 8 · English30154%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math29039%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math30242%
2017 · Grade 7 · English31059%
2017 · Grade 8 · English26755%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math30840%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math26342%

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
Schoolwide26217%24%52%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-income24156%+11+17
White26675%+3+13
Hispanic or Latino18856%+12+16
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 students0501Average−15501Moderate
English-only students0412not categorized−15412not categorized
White+3254Average−12253Moderate
Low-income−1235Average−9235Moderate
Hispanic or Latino0191Average−21192Minimal
Students with disabilities−173Average−574Average
English learners−364Average−1564Moderate
Homeless−1759Moderate−2059Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−750not categorized−1550not categorized
Two or more races−1230Moderate−930Moderate
English learners only+414not categorized−1714not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−514Average−2714Minimal

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 7 and 8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English0 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 7 and 8

501 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: 0 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−15 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 7 and 8

501 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −15 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 7 and 8, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 17 in 100 → 2025–26 · 14 in 100 · −3 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 8.2% (46 of 563) → 2025–26 · 6.6% (38 of 572) · −1.6 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female6 in 10010 in 100+4 in 100
Male7 in 10017 in 100+10 in 100
Asian0 of 11——
Hispanic or Latino8 in 10016 in 100+8 in 100
Two or more races2 of 237 of 44—
White7 in 10012 in 100+5 in 100
Students with disabilities11 of 7918 of 87—
English learners3 of 292 of 27—
Homeless8 of 4612 of 60—
Low-income11 in 10020 in 100+9 in 100
All students7 in 10014 in 100+7 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$12,172 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 9,921 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$68 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 544

Central federal expenditures attributed here$2,630 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 544

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,828 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 64%Instruction support 10%Student services 10%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$103,587,39964.07%64%
Instruction support$16,963,26810.49%10%
Student services$16,212,46210.03%10%
Administration$8,949,8775.54%6%
Buildings & maintenance$14,303,9248.85%9%
Other$1,657,0281.02%1%
Total$161,673,959100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $161,673,959 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$12,172 per pupil
2020$11,789 per pupil
2019$11,770 per pupil
2018$11,385 per pupil
2017$10,779 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 93420 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93420 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$110,553
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)44%
ZIP-area population31,345
Median age48.2 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 93420 →

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