Public school · Piedmont City Unified · Piedmont, California

Piedmont Middle — Rating & test scores

Piedmont · 6–8 · 575 students (2024–25)

740 Magnolia Avenue, 94611pms.piedmont.k12.ca.us ↗(510) 594-2668
96thpercentileStrong

The dots are California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
78

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of five of the six middle school measures.

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Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Well above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 87% and 80% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 49% and 37%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 552
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).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

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In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 52% of students tested in English and 60% in math scored Advanced, against 19% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources
The sentence above
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 6–8: 552. 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).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Piedmont City Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Piedmont Middle a good middle school?

Piedmont Middle scores higher than 96 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 96th percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 5 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 18 in 100 at the average California middle school. 1.6% of students (9 of 565) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. Evidence ↓

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Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, about as expected; in math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored −4 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored +8 points, which it calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 536 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 87% of White students in grades 6–8 at Piedmont Middle scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 62% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Piedmont Middle's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Piedmont 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.

  • Piedmont High: 99th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 Scope Score

Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 87% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 80% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 552
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 6–8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English, 1,254,800 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 552 tested

Advanced
52%
Proficient
35%
Below the standard
13%
This school87%
California49%

87% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 552 tested

Advanced
60%
Proficient
20%
Below the standard
20%
This school80%
California37%

80% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 6–8 · every level, with tested counts

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 Advanced85%93%84%
Advanced48%58%48%
Proficient37%35%36%
Developing level13%6%13%
Minimal2%1%3%
Tested179187186
California48%51%49%
Difference+37+42+35

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 Advanced77%84%77%
Advanced54%65%61%
Proficient23%19%16%
Developing level17%14%15%
Minimal6%2%8%
Tested180187185
California37%38%36%
Difference+40+46+41

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.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

School patterns · grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · What patterns mean

High ceilingA high share of students here scored Advanced, the state’s top level. The English and math cards above give each figure.
Broad baseMost students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 84% to 87% and math from 81% to 80%.

English · top two levels · grades 6–8

202584%565 tested
→
202687%552 tested

This school

California, same grades49% → 49%2025 → 2026 · 1,266,619 → 1,254,039 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 6–8

202581%564 tested
→
202680%552 tested

This school

California, same grades36% → 37%2025 → 2026 · 1,272,526 → 1,254,800 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, about as expected; in math, yes. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored −4 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored +8 points, which it calls Accelerated.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 536
Comparison
Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 6–8 · 2025 · 536 students with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

−4 pts

English

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

+8 pts

Math

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

Ask: How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school52%35%11%2%552
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
Math, grades 6–8 · This school60%20%15%5%552
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Read English and math separately, then look at progress and the courses students can take.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown · English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 6–8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202687%49%
Math top two levels, grades 6–8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202680%37%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 6–8, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 84% in 2017 to 87% in 2026. In math, it went from 83% in 2017 to 80% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201784%
682 tested		48%
1,377,836 tested
201888%
662 tested		49%
1,391,379 tested
201988%
646 tested		50%
1,390,416 tested
202288%
484 tested		47%
1,277,584 tested
202384%
499 tested		46%
1,267,562 tested
202484%
526 tested		46%
1,269,432 tested
202584%
565 tested		49%
1,266,619 tested
202687%
552 tested		49%
1,254,039 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201783%
684 tested		37%
1,383,609 tested
201884%
660 tested		37%
1,394,516 tested
201986%
646 tested		38%
1,394,239 tested
202278%
485 tested		31%
1,279,506 tested
202378%
499 tested		32%
1,272,024 tested
202477%
526 tested		33%
1,277,570 tested
202581%
564 tested		36%
1,272,526 tested
202680%
552 tested		37%
1,254,800 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

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 4 points below that expected score, and in math 8 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.

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

5 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average California middle school, 18 in 100 were. 1.6% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 29 of 563 students counted for it; suspension: 9 of 565 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

5 in 100This school
18 in 100At the average California middle school

29 of 563 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

No district average: Piedmont Middle is the only regular middle school we rank in the Piedmont City Unified district with an attendance record.

Suspensions, 2025–26

1.6%

of students were suspended at least once (9 of 565). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grade 6: 3 in 100, 6 of 185
  • Grades 7–8: 6 in 100, 23 of 378
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Piedmont Middle

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino students and students with disabilities here scored well above the same groups across California in math.

Student groups, grades 6–8, spring 2026

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 73% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 25% for the same group across California. Students with disabilities: 47% in math, against 10% for the same group across California. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 6–8; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Piedmont MiddleSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • Asian83 tested86%Same group, California 71%
  • Two or more races107 tested85%Same group, California 50%
  • White282 tested80%Same group, California 50%
  • Hispanic or Latino62 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 73%Same group, California 25%
  • Students with disabilities58 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 47%Same group, California 10%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 math, spring 2026. In English the same groups run from 60% to 94%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 51%2. Two or more races: 19%3. Asian: 15%4. Hispanic or Latino: 12%5. Black or African American: 3%Unallocated share: <1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White51%
  2. Two or more races19%
  3. Asian15%
  4. Hispanic or Latino12%
  5. Black or African American3%
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share<1%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Who are the families and teachers?

6%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 33 of 575. California: 63%.

42teachers, 2024–25

16 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

2%in their first year, 2024–25

88%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino students and students with disabilities on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Piedmont City Unifiedvs California
White · 282 tested
English87%087%+2562%
Math80%080%+3050%
Two or more races · 107 tested
English91%091%+2962%
Math85%085%+3550%
Asian · 83 tested
English94%094%+1975%
Math86%086%+1571%
Hispanic or Latino · 62 tested
English82%082%+4339%
Math73%073%+4825%
Students with disabilities · 58 tested
English60%060%+4614%
Math47%047%+3710%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Piedmont City 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.

No published rate here for low-income, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, English learners 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
White51%
Two or more races19%
Asian15%
Hispanic or Latino12%
Black or African American3%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 88% of teaching positions, 28.4 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 32.3 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Piedmont Middle, and how do I get in?

  1. Elementary
    Beach Elementary
    96th · Strong · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Piedmont Middle
    Grades 6–8
  3. High
    Piedmont High
    99th · Strong · 2025Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment 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

  • Beach Elementary

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

    96th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

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

  • Havens Elementary

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

    99th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

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

  • Wildwood Elementary

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

    96th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

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

High-school links

  • Piedmont High

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

    99th percentile · Strong · 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: Piedmont High
Piedmont High99th · Strong · 2025 · Scope Score 92historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Piedmont High. UC records 41 enrollees from Piedmont High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 20 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Piedmont High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 90% of the students who finished high school at Piedmont High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

41 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 20 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Piedmont High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Piedmont City Unified which school serves your address.

School website: pms.piedmont.k12.ca.us ↗Office: (510) 594-2668Administrator: Karyn Shipp

Location and visiting

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740 Magnolia Avenue, Piedmont 94611

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Piedmont City Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  3. How do you stretch students who are already ahead? 60% scored Advanced in math, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (552 students tested); California: 21%
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  5. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (510) 594-2668740 Magnolia Avenue, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby middle schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest middle schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby middle schoolsPercentile among California middle schools, 2026

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #76 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math56%9242%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math83%8523%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+47 scale-score pts4920%
Chronically absent5 in 100675%
Suspension rate1.6% (9 of 565)595%

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
2025–267896#76California 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)
2018–194 in 1000.5% (3 of 660)−7
2021–22not on filenot on file+7
2022–23not on filenot on file0
2023–246 in 1001.1% (6 of 539)−6
2024–257 in 1001.7% (10 of 583)−8
2025–265 in 1001.6% (9 of 565)0

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 · English55252%87%
2026 · Math55260%80%
2025 · English56548%84%
2025 · Math56462%81%
2024 · English52647%84%
2024 · Math52656%77%
2023 · English49947%84%
2023 · Math49954%78%
2022 · English48452%88%
2022 · Math48556%78%
2019 · English64653%88%
2019 · Math64663%86%
2018 · English66249%88%
2018 · Math66064%84%
2017 · English68244%84%
2017 · Math68462%83%

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 · English19088%
2025 · Grade 7 · English18486%
2025 · Grade 8 · English19179%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math19084%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math18484%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math19076%
2024 · Grade 6 · English17786%
2024 · Grade 7 · English18387%
2024 · Grade 8 · English16678%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math17777%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math18379%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math16674%
2023 · Grade 6 · English18280%
2023 · Grade 7 · English15789%
2023 · Grade 8 · English16082%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math18175%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math15884%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math16074%
2022 · Grade 6 · English14785%
2022 · Grade 7 · English16288%
2022 · Grade 8 · English17590%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math14874%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math16278%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math17583%
2019 · Grade 6 · English23092%
2019 · Grade 7 · English20990%
2019 · Grade 8 · English20783%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math23089%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math20986%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math20784%
2018 · Grade 6 · English20889%
2018 · Grade 7 · English21088%
2018 · Grade 8 · English24488%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math20882%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math21084%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math24284%
2017 · Grade 6 · English20182%
2017 · Grade 7 · English24488%
2017 · Grade 8 · English23783%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math20276%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math24589%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math23782%

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
Schoolwide18548%29%23%1%

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
White28287%0+25
Two or more races10791%0+29
Asian8394%0+19
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−4536Average+8536Accelerated
English-only students−4465not categorized+7465not categorized
White−2262Average+3262Average
Two or more races−2115Average+12115Accelerated
Asian−386Average+1986Accelerated
Students with disabilities−856Moderate−156Average
Hispanic or Latino−1554Moderate+354Average
Low-income−734Moderate+734Accelerated
English learners+212Average+1512Accelerated
Black or African American−1311Moderate−111Average
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−211not categorized+1411not categorized

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
53%
exceeded standard · 86% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 177 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
48%
Advanced · 84% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 186 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 177 (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−4 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

536 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −4 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+8 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

536 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +8 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 · 7 in 100 → 2025–26 · 5 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.7% (10 of 583) → 2025–26 · 1.6% (9 of 565) · −0.1 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female4 in 1005 in 100+1 in 100
Male4 in 1006 in 100+2 in 100
Asian3 in 1004 in 100+1 in 100
Hispanic or Latino6 in 1003 in 100−3 in 100
Two or more races1 in 1003 in 100+2 in 100
White4 in 1006 in 100+2 in 100
Students with disabilities4 in 10014 in 100+10 in 100
Low-income9 in 10012 in 100+3 in 100
All students4 in 1005 in 100+1 in 100
Black or African American—20 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. 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$18,631 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 2,464 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$992 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 575

Central federal expenditures attributed here$135 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 575

District current expense · FY 2024–25$22,105 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 61%Instruction support 11%Student services 8%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$31,900,23061.05%61%
Instruction support$6,030,31011.54%11%
Student services$4,213,8428.06%8%
Administration$4,097,9667.84%8%
Buildings & maintenance$4,989,0939.55%10%
Other$1,019,3601.95%2%
Total$52,250,803100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $52,250,803 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$18,631 per pupil
2020$17,097 per pupil
2019$17,680 per pupil
2018$16,668 per pupil
2017$15,965 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 94611 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94611 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$180,549
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)79%
ZIP-area population40,116
Median age43.5 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 94611 →

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