Pioneer Junior High — Rating & test scores

Q: Is Pioneer Junior High a good middle school?

Pioneer Junior High is in the 86th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 59 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2026, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Pioneer Junior High was well above California in English and math: 64% and 54% met or exceeded the standard in grades 7 and 8, against 50% and 37% statewide. The 2026 Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026, analyzed by SchoolScope.

Q: What are Pioneer Junior High's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2026, 64% of students tested in grades 7 and 8 met or exceeded the English standard and 54% the math standard; 29% and 34% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 50% and 37% met or exceeded, 19% and 21% exceeded. 713 students were tested in English and 725 in math (CDE CAASPP 2025–26; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

Q: How does Pioneer Junior High rank in California?

Pioneer Junior High is in the 86th percentile of 2,532 California comprehensive middle schools (Strong, 2026). Pioneer Junior High ranks #351 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. The 2026 Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See full methodology.

Q: What do attendance and suspension records show for Pioneer Junior High?

CDE chronic absence 2025–26: 10.1% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 78 chronically absent of 771 eligible students. CDE suspension 2025–26: 3.7%; 29 unduplicated suspended students of 775 cumulative enrollment. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

Q: How does Pioneer Junior High compare to other schools in Upland?

Pioneer Junior High is in the 86th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 771 students. Use the schools in Upland page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

Q: What do reported student-group results show at Pioneer Junior High?

At Pioneer Junior High in Upland, 56% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) in grades 7–8 scored Proficient or Advanced (formerly Met or Exceeded) in reading and writing in spring 2026, compared with 41% across the district and 39% across California for the same group in the same grades. That is 15 points above the district rate for the same group. Also: low-income students, 43% in math; Hispanic students, 61% in reading and writing. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP, spring 2026. 351 low-income students tested in reading and writing. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

Q: What high school does Pioneer Junior High feed into?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Pioneer Junior High's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Upland High. Upland High is in the 69th percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter high schools on its 2025 Scope Score. 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 is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.

Upland · 7–8 · 771 students (2024–25)

245 West 18th Street, 91784pjh.upland.k12.ca.us ↗(909) 949-7770Principal Chris Kotlewski

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Well above California in English and math: 64% and 54% met or exceeded the standard in grades 7 and 8, against 50% and 37% statewide. Source

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 713 in English, 725 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English and 838,896 in math tested).

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About 3 in 10 reached the top of the state’s four levels, about one and a half times California’s rate in the same grades (19% and 21%).grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026

29%English · exceeded the standard34%Math · exceeded the standard

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 713 in English, 725 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English and 838,896 in math tested).

Low-income students here (351 tested in English, 365 in math, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026) met or exceeded the standard far more often than low-income students across California in the same grades (39% and 26%).grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026

56%English · met or exceeded43%Math · met or exceeded

Source: CDE CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students: low-income students (CDE: “socioeconomically disadvantaged”) in grades 7 and 8: 351 in English, 365 in math
Comparison: California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s statewide rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation). Both gaps are more than twice the margin of error for 351 students in English and 365 in math.

Academic achievement

Beyond a single score: who exceeds, meets or is still approaching the standard.

Learning

How strong are the foundations for high school?

Advanced (exceeded)Proficient (met)Below Proficient

English

grades 7 and 8Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced: 29%
Proficient: 35%
Below Proficient: 36%

64% proficient or advanced · 713 tested

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Level	Here	California	Upland Unified
Advanced	29%	19%	19%
Proficient	35%	31%	31%
Developing	22%	23%	25%
Minimal	14%	27%	25%

Below Proficient combines Developing and Minimal. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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Math

grades 7 and 8Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced: 34%
Proficient: 20%
Below Proficient: 46%

54% proficient or advanced · 725 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Upland Unified
Advanced	34%	21%	20%
Proficient	20%	16%	17%
Developing	26%	23%	26%
Minimal	20%	40%	37%

See each grade’s results →

What these tests tell you · what to ask

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

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

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 7 and 8Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school64%

California50%

Tested: 713 here · 838,600 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school64%

Upland Unified50%

Tested: 713 here · 1,421 in Upland Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 3 schools.

Math

grades 7 and 8Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school54%

California37%

Tested: 725 here · 838,896 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school54%

Upland Unified37%

Tested: 725 here · 1,435 in Upland Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 3 schools.

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8 · all students tested

Latest annual comparison

202564%720 tested

→

202664%713 tested

Pioneer

California, same grades49% → 50%2025 → 2026 · 848,364 → 838,600 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8 · all students tested

Latest annual comparison

202552%720 tested

→

202654%725 tested

Pioneer

California, same grades35% → 37%2025 → 2026 · 851,806 → 838,896 tested

Each year tests a different group of students. These results do not track one child’s progress.

Explore the available years, charts & underlying data

English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2015.

Chart: 2017–2026. The table includes all available years.

English met or exceeded, grades 7 and 8

PioneerCalifornia

0%50%100%201720222026No comparable state tests (COVID)64%50%

Math met or exceeded, grades 7 and 8

PioneerCalifornia

0%50%100%201720222026No comparable state tests (COVID)54%37%

Dotted stretches cross years without comparable results.

English went from 76% in 2017 to 64% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. Math went from 57% in 2017 to 54% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8
Year	Pioneer	California
2015	68% 917 tested	45% 900,059 tested
2016	71% 846 tested	48% 907,715 tested
2017	76% 822 tested	49% 915,271 tested
2018	71% 810 tested	50% 919,277 tested
2019	67% 764 tested	50% 932,985 tested
2022	62% 665 tested	48% 852,094 tested
2023	60% 687 tested	47% 842,173 tested
2024	60% 701 tested	47% 849,026 tested
2025	64% 720 tested	49% 848,364 tested
2026	64% 713 tested	50% 838,600 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8
Year	Pioneer	California
2015	58% 918 tested	33% 901,801 tested
2016	55% 845 tested	36% 910,145 tested
2017	57% 820 tested	37% 918,964 tested
2018	55% 811 tested	37% 921,089 tested
2019	54% 761 tested	37% 935,223 tested
2022	47% 660 tested	31% 853,132 tested
2023	49% 689 tested	32% 844,737 tested
2024	54% 702 tested	33% 853,781 tested
2025	52% 720 tested	35% 851,806 tested
2026	54% 725 tested	37% 838,896 tested

The state’s growth measure701 students · grades 7–8 · 2025

English0ptsCDE level: Average (3 of 5)

Math+4ptsCDE level: Average (3 of 5)

What the number means. California predicts each student’s score from that student’s own English and math scores the year before, based on how students with similar scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as predicted. In English they scored right at that prediction, and in math 4 points above it.

The levels. CDE sorts every school’s result into five levels, from Minimal to Exceptional. The bar under each number shows where this school landed.

Two years at once. For most schools, this one included, CDE’s figure blends the two most recent years of growth, so it moves more slowly than a single year’s scores.

Life at school

How often students miss school or are suspended, and how the school describes itself where its website does.

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

10 in 100students chronically absent, 2025–26

39in 100 at the average Upland Unified school18in 100 at the average California middle school

78 of 771 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school10 in 100

at the average Upland Unified school39 in 100

at the average California middle school18 in 100

3.7%of students were suspended at least once (29 of 775), 2025–26

5.1%at the average Upland Unified school3.7%at the average California middle school

What people here say

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Families

Family answers collected by SchoolScope

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Proficient or Advanced · grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

351 English · 365 math tested

English56% / 39%

Math43% / 26%

Hispanic or Latino

340 English · 347 math tested

English61% / 40%

Math45% / 25%

White

232 English · 233 math tested

English65% / 62%

Math60% / 50%

Asian

66 tested per subject

English83% / 76%

Math85% / 71%

Two or more races

34 tested per subject

English65% / 63%

Math53% / 50%

Students with disabilities

86 English · 94 math tested

English24% / 14%

Math11% / 9%

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students here did far better than the same groups statewide.

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Proficient or Advancedgrades 7 and 8 · spring 2026

Group and subject	Here	vs Upland Unified	vs California
Low-income · 351 tested in English, 365 in math
English	56%	+1541%	+1739%
Math	43%	+1627%	+1726%
Hispanic or Latino · 340 tested in English, 347 in math
English	61%	+1645%	+2140%
Math	45%	+1728%	+2025%
White · 232 tested in English, 233 in math
English	65%	+461%	+362%
Math	60%	+753%	+1050%
Asian · 66 tested
English	83%	+479%	+776%
Math	85%	+976%	+1471%
Two or more races · 34 tested
English	65%	+659%	+263%
Math	53%	+944%	+350%
Students with disabilities · 86 tested in English, 94 in math
English	24%	+717%	+1014%
Math	11%	+38%	+29%

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

Black or African American students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for 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.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2025–26 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

Hispanic or Latino48%
White32%
Asian9%
Black or African American4%
Two or more races3%
Filipino2%
Not reported2%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Unallocated share<1%

Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.

Full student mix, comparisons & sources

Eligible enrollment, 2025–26	Here
Hispanic or Latino	48%
White	32%
Asian	9%
Black or African American	4%
Two or more races	3%
Filipino	2%
Not reported	2%
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

Half students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (50%, 389 of 771). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers38

Average experience14 years

First-year teachers0%

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

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 88.45%: 29.3 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 33.1 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district.

ElementaryMagnolia ElementaryHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
MiddlePioneer Junior HighThis campus · grades 7-8
High schoolUpland HighHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

Magnolia Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
69th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Sycamore Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
52nd percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Valencia Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
76th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Pepper Tree Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
80th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Sierra Vista Elementary
Historical partial-area overlap · NCES SABS 2015–16
75th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026
42% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

Middle-school links

Foothill Knolls Academy of Innovation
Historical partial-area overlap · NCES SABS 2015–16
54% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

Upland High
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
69th percentile · Solid · 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 its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

High-school endpoint evidence · Upland High

Upland HighScope 63historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Upland High. UC records 62 enrollees from Upland High for fall 2025. Its AP Course Audit lists 24 authorized AP subjects for 2025 - 2026. Those figures come from dated records — a child starting here today would reach Upland High around 2032, and 6 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 70% of Upland High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

62 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 24 authorized AP subjects (AP Course Audit 2025 - 2026) → full record on Upland High's page

Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Getting in

Ask Upland Unified which school serves your address.

School website: pjh.upland.k12.ca.us ↗Office: (909) 949-7770Principal: Chris Kotlewski

Location and visiting

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245 West 18th Street, Upland 91784

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Questions to ask

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Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Accountability

Who runs this school

Run by Upland Unified. The district writes the yearly plan (LCAP) for its schools. See what Upland Unified plans.

Common questions

Is Pioneer Junior High a good middle school?

Pioneer Junior High is in the 86th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 59 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2026, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Pioneer Junior High was well above California in English and math: 64% and 54% met or exceeded the standard in grades 7 and 8, against 50% and 37% statewide. The 2026 Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Pioneer Junior High's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2026, 64% of students tested in grades 7 and 8 met or exceeded the English standard and 54% the math standard; 29% and 34% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 50% and 37% met or exceeded, 19% and 21% exceeded. 713 students were tested in English and 725 in math (CDE CAASPP 2025–26; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Pioneer Junior High rank in California?

Pioneer Junior High is in the 86th percentile of 2,532 California comprehensive middle schools (Strong, 2026). Pioneer Junior High ranks #351 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. The 2026 Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See full methodology.

What do attendance and suspension records show for Pioneer Junior High?

CDE chronic absence 2025–26: 10.1% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 78 chronically absent of 771 eligible students. CDE suspension 2025–26: 3.7%; 29 unduplicated suspended students of 775 cumulative enrollment. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

How does Pioneer Junior High compare to other schools in Upland?

Pioneer Junior High is in the 86th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 771 students. Use the schools in Upland page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Pioneer Junior High?

At Pioneer Junior High in Upland, 56% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) in grades 7–8 scored Proficient or Advanced (formerly Met or Exceeded) in reading and writing in spring 2026, compared with 41% across the district and 39% across California for the same group in the same grades. That is 15 points above the district rate for the same group. Also: low-income students, 43% in math; Hispanic students, 61% in reading and writing. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP, spring 2026. 351 low-income students tested in reading and writing. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

What high school does Pioneer Junior High feed into?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Pioneer Junior High's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Upland High. Upland High is in the 69th percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter high schools on its 2025 Scope Score. 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 is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.

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Nearby middle schools2026 statewide percentile

Upland Junior High1.9 mi
13thNeeds SupportScope Score 24/100

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

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Source records

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Available score factors, grade-level results and student-group measures, with source details.

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Pioneer Junior High is ranked #351 statewide · #1 of 3 in Upland Unified.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2025–26

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	31.3%	17.7%	42%
Met or exceeded	58.9%	40.6%	23%
Chronic absenteeism	10.3%	17.8%	5%
Suspension rate	3.7%	3.8%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↑ vs CA 17.7% · index 65 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↑ vs CA 40.6% · index 65 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 61 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 0.8pp lower vs 2025
Suspension rate: ↑ vs CA 3.8% · index 50 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 0.1pp lower vs 2025

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2025–26 · % of tested students

From 2025–26 reporting, California calls Level 3 Proficient and Level 4 Advanced (formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded). “Proficient or Advanced” combines both levels in the 2025–26 results shown here. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
ELA	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing	Minimal	Proficient or Advanced	California	Difference
Grade 7	357	33%	37%	19%	11%	70%	51%	+19
Grade 8	356	25%	33%	25%	17%	58%	49%	+9

California is the state's own English result for each grade, counting every student tested there.

Math · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
Math	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing	Minimal	Proficient or Advanced	California	Difference
Grade 7	365	35%	20%	27%	18%	55%	38%	+17
Grade 8	360	32%	21%	26%	21%	53%	36%	+17

California is the state's own math result for each grade, counting every student tested there.

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met or exceeded
2025 · Grade 7 · ELA	379	61.2%
2025 · Grade 8 · ELA	341	66.3%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math	380	50.8%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math	340	52.9%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA	363	58.7%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA	338	60.6%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	365	55.9%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	337	51.0%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA	357	55.5%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA	330	64.5%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	358	48.6%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	331	48.6%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA	331	64.3%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA	334	59.0%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	329	47.1%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	331	46.2%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA	398	65.6%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA	366	69.4%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	398	49.5%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	363	59.8%
2018 · Grade 7 · ELA	384	74.0%
2018 · Grade 8 · ELA	426	69.3%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math	384	47.7%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math	427	61.1%
2017 · Grade 7 · ELA	443	77.2%
2017 · Grade 8 · ELA	379	75.2%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math	445	53.0%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math	375	62.4%
2016 · Grade 7 · ELA	383	72%
2016 · Grade 8 · ELA	463	70%
2016 · Grade 7 · Math	383	50%
2016 · Grade 8 · Math	462	60%
2015 · Grade 7 · ELA	470	70%
2015 · Grade 8 · ELA	447	66%
2015 · Grade 7 · Math	470	51%
2015 · Grade 8 · Math	448	65%

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. The 2015–2018 rows were checked against original CDE files; independent re-verification of other stored historical years remains incomplete. The 2015 and 2016 percentages are rounded to whole numbers in the source. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing	Minimal
Schoolwide	355	21%	25%	46%	7%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Subgroup · ELA	Tested	Proficient or Advanced	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	351	56%	+15	+17
Hispanic/Latino	340	61%	+16	+21
White	232	65%	+4	+2

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders2.1%

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.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2025 and 2026; the change is 2026 minus 2025 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2025 · 10.9% → 2026 · 10.1% · −0.8pp
Suspension rate2025 · 3.8% → 2026 · 3.7% · −0.1pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Advanced	Proficient or Advanced
2026 · ELA	713	29.0%	64.0%
2026 · Math	725	33.5%	53.9%
2025 · ELA	720	26.8%	63.6%
2025 · Math	720	29.2%	51.8%
2024 · ELA	701	24.0%	59.6%
2024 · Math	702	29.5%	53.6%
2023 · ELA	687	20.7%	59.8%
2023 · Math	689	25.0%	48.6%
2022 · ELA	665	23.2%	61.6%
2022 · Math	660	24.2%	46.7%
2019 · ELA	764	27.0%	67.4%
2019 · Math	761	29.6%	54.4%
2018 · ELA	810	33.1%	71.5%
2018 · Math	811	31.3%	54.8%
2017 · ELA	822	33.2%	76.3%
2017 · Math	820	31.2%	57.3%
2016 · ELA	846	26%	70%
2016 · Math	845	24%	56%
2015 · ELA	917	23%	68%
2015 · Math	918	27%	58%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. The 2015–2018 rows were checked against CDE’s original research files. The 2015 and 2016 files report whole percentages; later rows round to one decimal here. Older stored rows from other years still need independent original-file re-verification. A dash is unavailable, not zero. Before spring 2026, Advanced was reported as Exceeded and proficient or advanced as met or exceeded.

Year	Scope	Pctile	Rank	Absent	Susp	Grade gap
2019	—	—	—	5.3%	2.9%	—
2022	—	—	—	14.7%	3.7%	—
2023	—	—	—	15.1%	8.3%	—
2024	—	—	—	12.1%	4.5%	—
2025	—	—	—	11.1%	3.8%	—
2026	59	86	#351	10.3%	3.7%	—

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

Grade gap = this year's grade 6 vs grade 8 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.

NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD

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— The same-year grade contrast is unavailable in this record; it is separate from the two-year aggregate comparison used for scoring.

Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2025–26 school years

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Δ
Female	6.3%	9.6%	+3.3pp
Male	4.1%	10.7%	+6.6pp
Asian	2.2%	3.0%	+0.8pp
Black/African American	5.4%	13.3%	+7.9pp
Filipino	0.0%	0.0%	+0.0pp
Hispanic/Latino	7.7%	11.9%	+4.2pp
Two or More Races	0.0%	20.0%	+20.0pp
White	3.1%	8.4%	+5.3pp
Students with Disabilities	12.1%	26.5%	+14.4pp
English Learners	5.9%	—	—
Homeless	16.0%	16.7%	+0.7pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	8.4%	14.4%	+6.0pp
All Students	5.2%	10.1%	+4.9pp

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored

Group	ELA	n	CDE band	Math	n	CDE band
All Students	0	701	Average	+4	701	Average
English Only	−1	607	not categorised	+3	607	not categorised
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	−1	341	Average	0	341	Average
Hispanic or Latino	+2	320	Average	+4	320	Average
White	−3	239	Average	+3	239	Average
Students with Disabilities	−11	89	Moderate	−9	88	Moderate
Asian	+8	76	Accelerated	+24	76	Exceptional
English Learner	+6	22	Accelerated	+6	22	Accelerated
Two or More Races	−14	22	Moderate	−3	22	Average
Black or African American	−2	19	Average	−4	19	Average
Filipino	+6	15	Accelerated	+35	15	Exceptional
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	0	15	not categorised	−14	15	not categorised

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

California growth model · reported-school field

State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

701 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,519 reported ELA ALL school records in its retained school inventory

45th pctile · 0 pts

State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

701 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,518 reported MATH ALL school records in its retained school inventory

59th pctile · +4 pts

this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median ELA estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. 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 and is not part of the Scope Score.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$12,618 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 10,228 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

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,376 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 771

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,773 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 67%Instruction support 12%Student services 7%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 8%Other 1%

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$12,618 per pupil

2020$11,952 per pupil

2019$12,066 per pupil

2018$11,401 per pupil

2017$11,137 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

ZIP-area community recordRead census estimates for the surrounding ZIP area, not the school's students.ACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 91784

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 91784
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$154,349
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	46.82%
ZCTA population	26,886
Median age	46.6 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/ZCTA context does 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 91784 →

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Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 · n=2,532 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-10-15

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