Pleasant Grove Middle — Rating & test scores

Rescue · 6–8 · 470 students (2024–25)

2540 Green Valley Road, 95672pleasantgrovepumas.org ↗(530) 672-4400Principal Vera Morris

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The dots are California’s 2,532 scored public middle schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built ›

Scope Score

46 / 100

Weighted composite · 2026
Not a grade or a test result.

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Pleasant Grovehigher than 67 of the 100 California dots

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Pleasant Grovehigher than 67 of the 100 California dots

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Pleasant Grovehigher than 67 of the 100 California dots

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Well above California in English, near it in math: 66% and 41% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 37% statewide. Source

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8: 436 in English, 437 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

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25% of students tested in English reached the top of the state’s four levels, against 19% across California in the same grades.grades 6–8 · spring 2026

25%English · exceeded the standard

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English tested).

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 6–8Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced: 25%
Proficient: 41%
Below Proficient: 34%

66% proficient or advanced · 436 tested

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Level	Here	California	Rescue Union Elementary
Advanced	25%	19%	32%
Proficient	41%	30%	43%
Developing	21%	23%	16%
Minimal	13%	28%	9%

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 6–8Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced: 20%
Proficient: 21%
Below Proficient: 59%

41% proficient or advanced · 437 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Rescue Union Elementary
Advanced	20%	21%	34%
Proficient	21%	16%	23%
Developing	30%	23%	25%
Minimal	29%	40%	18%

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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 6–8Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school66%

California49%

Tested: 436 here · 1,254,039 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school66%

Rescue Union Elementary75%

Tested: 436 here · 1,156 in Rescue Union Elementary. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 2 schools.

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school41%

California37%

Tested: 437 here · 1,254,800 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school41%

Rescue Union Elementary57%

Tested: 437 here · 1,158 in Rescue Union Elementary. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 2 schools.

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

Latest annual comparison

202563%430 tested

→

202666%436 tested

Pleasant Grove

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

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

Latest annual comparison

202539%431 tested

→

202641%437 tested

Pleasant Grove

California, same grades36% → 37%2025 → 2026 · 1,272,526 → 1,254,800 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 been above California in every tested year since 2015.

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

English met or exceeded, grades 6–8

Pleasant GroveCalifornia

0%50%100%201720222026No comparable state tests (COVID)66%49%

Math met or exceeded, grades 6–8

Pleasant GroveCalifornia

0%50%100%201720222026No comparable state tests (COVID)41%37%

Dotted stretches cross years without comparable results.

English went from 62% in 2017 to 66% in 2026. Math went from 46% in 2017 to 41% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	Pleasant Grove	California
2015	59% 566 tested	44% 1,356,180 tested
2016	58% 593 tested	48% 1,366,988 tested
2017	62% 541 tested	48% 1,377,836 tested
2018	72% 532 tested	49% 1,391,379 tested
2019	71% 500 tested	50% 1,390,416 tested
2022	63% 465 tested	47% 1,277,584 tested
2023	62% 462 tested	46% 1,267,562 tested
2024	61% 434 tested	46% 1,269,432 tested
2025	63% 430 tested	49% 1,266,619 tested
2026	66% 436 tested	49% 1,254,039 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	Pleasant Grove	California
2015	50% 566 tested	33% 1,359,309 tested
2016	47% 593 tested	36% 1,371,026 tested
2017	46% 540 tested	37% 1,383,609 tested
2018	53% 534 tested	37% 1,394,516 tested
2019	51% 497 tested	38% 1,394,239 tested
2022	44% 464 tested	31% 1,279,506 tested
2023	44% 462 tested	32% 1,272,024 tested
2024	39% 438 tested	33% 1,277,570 tested
2025	39% 431 tested	36% 1,272,526 tested
2026	41% 437 tested	37% 1,254,800 tested

The state’s growth measure405 students in English, 406 in math · grades 6–8 · 2025

English+8ptsCDE level: Accelerated (4 of 5)

Math−13ptsCDE level: Moderate (2 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 8 points above that prediction, and in math 13 points below 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.

Why our growth can differ. The growth in our Scope Score asks a different question. It doesn’t follow individual students: it compares the latest grade 8 scores here with the school’s grade 6 scores two years earlier, and places that change among California schools at the same level. Children who joined or left the school in between count in ours; the state’s counts only students who took California’s test the year before. So the two can point different ways.

Ask: Math is lower than in 2015 here (50% to 41%), while across California it went from 33% to 37%. How does the school check what’s working in math?

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

13 in 100students chronically absent, 2025–26

9in 100 at the average Rescue Union Elementary school18in 100 at the average California middle school

65 of 493 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school13 in 100

at the average Rescue Union Elementary school9 in 100

at the average California middle school18 in 100

5.0%of students were suspended at least once (25 of 499), 2025–26

3.8%at the average Rescue Union Elementary school3.7%at the average California middle school

Attendance by grade

Chronically absent, 2025–26	Per 100 students	Students
Grades 4–6	14	22 of 152
Grades 7–8	13	43 of 341

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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 6–8 · spring 2026. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

103 tested per subject

English57% / 39%

Math31% / 26%

White

339 tested per subject

English67% / 62%

Math43% / 50%

Hispanic or Latino

65 English · 66 math tested

English58% / 39%

Math36% / 25%

Students with disabilities

70 tested per subject

English19% / 14%

Math11% / 10%

White students did worse than the same group statewide in math.

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026

Group and subject	Here	vs Rescue Union Elementary	vs California
Low-income · 103 tested
English	57%	−966%	+1839%
Math	31%	−1142%	+526%
White · 339 tested
English	67%	−875%	+562%
Math	43%	−1558%	−750%
Hispanic or Latino · 65 tested in English, 66 in math
English	58%	−462%	+1939%
Math	36%	−1046%	+1125%
Students with disabilities · 70 tested
English	19%	−1231%	+514%
Math	11%	−920%	+110%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Rescue Union Elementary, 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.

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

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Students and staff

Student mix

2025–26 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

White76%
Hispanic or Latino15%
Two or more races4%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share4%

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
White	76%
Hispanic or Latino	15%
Two or more races	4%
Asian	—
Black or African American	—
Filipino	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—
Not reported	—

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

About 1 in 4 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (27%, 128 of 470). California: 63%.

81% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 80.58%: 19.9 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 24.7 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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ElementaryGreen Valley ElementaryHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
MiddlePleasant Grove MiddleThis campus · grades 6-8
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Elementary links

Green Valley Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
67th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Rescue Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
83rd percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

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School website: pleasantgrovepumas.org ↗Office: (530) 672-4400Principal: Vera Morris

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2540 Green Valley Road, Rescue 95672

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Questions to ask

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Math is lower than in 2015 here (50% to 41%), while across California it went from 33% to 37%. How does the school check what’s working in math?
Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
How do students get academic help and connect with a trusted adult?
Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Accountability

Who runs this school

Run by Rescue Union Elementary. The district writes the yearly plan (LCAP) for its schools. See what Rescue Union Elementary plans.

Common questions

Is Pleasant Grove Middle a good middle school?

Pleasant Grove Middle is in the 67th percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 46 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2026, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Pleasant Grove Middle was well above California in English, near it in math: 66% and 41% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% 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 Pleasant Grove Middle's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2026, 66% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 41% the math standard; 25% and 20% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 37% met or exceeded, 19% and 21% exceeded. 436 students were tested in English and 437 in math (CDE CAASPP 2025–26; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Pleasant Grove Middle rank in California?

Pleasant Grove Middle is in the 67th percentile of 2,532 California comprehensive middle schools (Solid, 2026). Pleasant Grove Middle ranks #819 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.

Is Pleasant Grove Middle getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Pleasant Grove Middle's grade 6 results in 2024 with its grade 8 results in 2026, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 44th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.

What do attendance and suspension records show for Pleasant Grove Middle?

CDE chronic absence 2025–26: 13.2% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 65 chronically absent of 493 eligible students. CDE suspension 2025–26: 5.0%; 25 unduplicated suspended students of 499 cumulative enrollment. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

How does Pleasant Grove Middle compare to other schools in Rescue?

Pleasant Grove Middle is in the 67th percentile (Solid) 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 470 students. Use the schools in Rescue page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Pleasant Grove Middle?

At Pleasant Grove Middle in Rescue, 57% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) in grades 6–8 scored Proficient or Advanced (formerly Met or Exceeded) in reading and writing in spring 2026, compared with 66% across the district and 39% across California for the same group in the same grades. That is 9 points below the district rate for the same group. Also: low-income students, 31% in math; White students, 67% in reading and writing. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP, spring 2026. 103 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.

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Nearby middle schools2026 statewide percentile

Rolling Hills MiddleBuckeye Union Elementary · 3.2 mi
94thStrongScope Score 73/100

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Pleasant Grove Middle is ranked #819 statewide.

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

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	22.7%	17.7%	42%
Met or exceeded	53.5%	40.6%	23%
Growth (2024 G6 → 2026 G8)	Below avg	average	20%
Chronic absenteeism	13.4%	17.8%	5%
Suspension rate	5.0%	3.8%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↑ vs CA 17.7% · index 56 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↑ vs CA 40.6% · index 61 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2024 G6 → 2026 G8): ↓ vs CA average · ≈44th calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 56 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▲ 1.3pp higher vs 2025
Suspension rate: ↓ vs CA 3.8% · index 45 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 1.5pp 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 6	140	21%	45%	21%	13%	66%	48%	+18
Grade 7	145	27%	40%	20%	13%	67%	51%	+16
Grade 8	151	28%	37%	23%	12%	65%	49%	+16

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 6	140	25%	17%	36%	22%	42%	37%	+5
Grade 7	145	16%	24%	27%	33%	40%	38%	+2
Grade 8	152	19%	22%	27%	32%	41%	36%	+5

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 6 · ELA	139	52.5%
2025 · Grade 7 · ELA	146	72.6%
2025 · Grade 8 · ELA	145	62.8%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math	140	40.0%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math	146	39.7%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math	145	38.6%
2024 · Grade 6 · ELA	139	54.7%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA	152	73.7%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA	143	53.1%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	140	47.9%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	153	39.2%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	145	31.0%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA	155	56.1%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA	138	67.4%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA	169	62.7%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	154	44.2%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	138	45.6%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	170	42.9%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA	140	57.1%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA	163	73.0%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA	162	58.6%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	139	42.5%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	163	53.4%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	162	35.2%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA	158	63.9%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA	182	77.5%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA	160	71.3%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	156	50.0%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	182	52.8%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	159	49.7%
2018 · Grade 6 · ELA	183	70.5%
2018 · Grade 7 · ELA	153	78.4%
2018 · Grade 8 · ELA	196	67.3%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math	185	57.3%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math	153	48.4%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math	196	51.5%
2017 · Grade 6 · ELA	151	67.5%
2017 · Grade 7 · ELA	201	71.6%
2017 · Grade 8 · ELA	189	48.1%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math	151	51.0%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math	201	51.2%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math	188	36.7%
2016 · Grade 6 · ELA	204	63%
2016 · Grade 7 · ELA	189	55%
2016 · Grade 8 · ELA	200	55%
2016 · Grade 6 · Math	204	54%
2016 · Grade 7 · Math	189	39%
2016 · Grade 8 · Math	200	48%
2015 · Grade 6 · ELA	184	52%
2015 · Grade 7 · ELA	180	66%
2015 · Grade 8 · ELA	202	59%
2015 · Grade 6 · Math	183	51%
2015 · Grade 7 · Math	182	50%
2015 · Grade 8 · Math	201	49%

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	151	19%	28%	48%	5%

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	103	57%	−9	+19
White	339	67%	−7	+6
Students with Disabilities	70	19%	−12	+4

Nearest middle schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

Listed nearest first, by distance.

Advanced · Proficient or Advanced: Average every tested grade and subject, so they differ from the English and math figures above.
Grade gap: Grade 6 vs grade 8, this year, different students.
Cohort growth: School-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points. That’s the measurement the Scope Score weights.

School	Dist	Scope · percentile · band	Advanced	Proficient or Advanced	Grade gap	Cohort growth	Susp
Pleasant Grove Middle ←	—	4667th percentile · Solid · statewide · 2026	23%	54%	−0.8pp	+43 pts	5.0%
Rolling Hills Middle	3.2 mi	7394th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2026	43%	73%	−0.1pp	—	1.3%
Average California middle school	—	40School average · no percentile	18%	41%	+3.0pp	—	3.8%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

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

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 · 11.8% → 2026 · 13.2% · +1.4pp
Suspension rate2025 · 6.5% → 2026 · 5.0% · −1.5pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Advanced	Proficient or Advanced
2026 · ELA	436	25.5%	65.8%
2026 · Math	437	19.9%	41.2%
2025 · ELA	430	30.2%	62.8%
2025 · Math	431	20.6%	39.4%
2024 · ELA	434	24.6%	60.8%
2024 · Math	438	18.0%	39.3%
2023 · ELA	462	24.0%	61.9%
2023 · Math	462	17.5%	44.2%
2022 · ELA	465	23.9%	63.2%
2022 · Math	464	20.0%	43.8%
2019 · ELA	500	23.2%	71.2%
2019 · Math	497	26.4%	50.9%
2018 · ELA	532	26.3%	71.6%
2018 · Math	534	28.3%	52.6%
2017 · ELA	541	22.2%	62.3%
2017 · Math	540	22.2%	46.1%
2016 · ELA	593	19%	58%
2016 · Math	593	25%	47%
2015 · ELA	566	17%	59%
2015 · Math	566	20%	50%

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	—	—	—	6.2%	3.1%	+3.5pp
2022	—	—	—	23.9%	5.0%	-2.9pp
2023	—	—	—	13.8%	5.9%	+2.7pp
2024	—	—	—	11.8%	5.9%	-9.2pp
2025	—	—	—	12.0%	6.4%	+4.4pp
2026	46	67	#819	13.4%	5.0%	-0.8pp

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

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	5.2%	12.0%	+6.8pp
Male	6.8%	14.5%	+7.7pp
Hispanic/Latino	7.7%	15.8%	+8.1pp
Two or More Races	—	25.0%	—
White	5.2%	11.7%	+6.5pp
Students with Disabilities	7.1%	23.7%	+16.6pp
English Learners	0.0%	18.2%	+18.2pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	8.9%	27.9%	+19.0pp
All Students	6.0%	13.2%	+7.2pp

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	+8	405	Accelerated	−13	406	Moderate
English Only	+9	375	not categorised	−14	376	not categorised
White	+6	308	Accelerated	−15	310	Moderate
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	+7	102	Accelerated	−12	102	Moderate
Hispanic or Latino	+6	70	Accelerated	−14	69	Moderate
Students with Disabilities	−7	58	Moderate	−7	59	Moderate
English Learner	−7	20	Moderate	−1	20	Average
Two or More Races	+32	16	Exceptional	+6	16	Accelerated
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	−11	15	not categorised	−2	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

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2024 · Grade 6

22%

exceeded standard · 55% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2024 · 139 ELA test records with scores

ELA · 2026 · Grade 8

28%

exceeded standard · 65% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2026 · 151 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 140 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe ELA 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 ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

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

405 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

73rd pctile · +8 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

406 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

14th pctile · −13 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$11,439 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 3,426 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$417 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 470

Central federal expenditures attributed here$677 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 470

District current expense · FY 2024–25$13,710 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 63%Instruction support 10%Student services 10%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 10%

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$11,439 per pupil

2020$10,140 per pupil

2019$10,836 per pupil

2018$10,128 per pupil

2017$9,623 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 95672

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 95672
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$146,769
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	41.29%
ZCTA population	5,764
Median age	46.4 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 95672 →

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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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