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4120 Pleasant Valley Road, Placerville · 117 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 71

DevelopingScope Score · 26th percentile. Higher than 26 in 100 of the 2,529 California public middle schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 39% and 24% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 49% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 93 in English, 92 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

Overview

Is Pleasant Valley a good middle school?

Developing. Pleasant Valley is lower than most California middle schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced3639%
Math, Proficient or Advanced3524%
English, Advanced309%
Math, Advanced175%

Progress in a year, 2025

English1−27 pts
Math1−32 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance1629 in 100
Pleasant Valley’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 6–8 scored lower than California students who had the same scores the year before, in English (−27 pts) and math (−32 pts). The state calls both results Minimal.

Each bar is Pleasant Valley’s place among 2,529 California public middle schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 6–8. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 103 in English, 100 in math. 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.

In its own words

What does Pleasant Valley say about itself?

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

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Progress

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

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 27 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Minimal. In math, they scored 32 points lower, which the state calls Minimal.

English

−27

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

By student group · students counted

White62−31 points
Low-income43−28 points
Hispanic or Latino27−28 points
Students with disabilities20−35 points

Math

−32

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

By student group · students counted

White59−32 points
Low-income42−25 points
Hispanic or Latino27−38 points
Students with disabilities17−15 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 103 students in English, 100 in math with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 27 points below that expected score, and in math 32 points below it.

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

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

Schools like it

How does Pleasant Valley compare with schools like it?

Pleasant Valley’s Scope Score is 71. 292 California middle schools, counting Pleasant Valley, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 80. Pleasant Valley’s result is higher than 13 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 292

  1. Students from low-income families: 34%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 37%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 39%

    Creekside Middle

    Castro Valley

    Scope Score 92Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 35%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 96th percentile

292 California public middle schools where 30% to 42% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public middle school we score where 30% to 42% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Pleasant Valley’s share. The count includes Pleasant Valley. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were higher than in 2025. English went from 24% to 39% and math from 14% to 24%.

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

Grades 6–8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202651%49%CaliforniaCalifornia39%Pleasant ValleyThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202641%37%CaliforniaCalifornia24%Pleasant ValleyThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringPleasant ValleyCaliforniaTested here
201751%48%152
201849%49%145
201952%50%155
202246%47%149
202341%46%147
202428%46%143
202524%49%113
202639%49%93
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringPleasant ValleyCaliforniaTested here
201741%37%152
201841%37%145
201936%38%155
202228%31%149
202316%32%147
202423%33%143
202514%36%110
202624%37%92

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

39%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

3328309
California49%

Math

24%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

463019
California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 39% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 24% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 15 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 12 points across California. The grades 6–8 cards above give each subject’s share.

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced33%37%47%
Advanced9%10%7%
Proficient24%27%40%
Developing level31%23%30%
Minimal36%40%23%
Tested333030
California48%51%49%
Difference−15−14−2

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

Math

Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced19%23%30%
Advanced3%3%10%
Proficient16%20%20%
Developing level22%37%33%
Minimal59%40%37%
Tested323030
California37%38%36%
Difference−18−15−6

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

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school9%30%28%33%93
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
Math, grades 6–8 · This school5%19%30%46%92
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 93 tested in English, 92 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

White students are the largest group here, at 69% of students. 31 of 108 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

29in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (31 of 108 students).

At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

No district average: Pleasant Valley is the only regular middle school we rank in the Gold Oak Union Elementary district with an attendance record.

Students, 2024–25

117

students in grades 6–8.

White 69%Hispanic or Latino 19%

Family income

36%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 42 of 117. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

8

teachers, with 3 years of experience on average.

50% were in their first year.

88% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

15.9%

of students were suspended at least once (18 of 113). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grade 6
7 of 34 students in grade 6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
24 of 74 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White69%
Hispanic or Latino19%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 7 of 8 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income students scored well below the same group across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 41 tested29%California 39%
  • Low-incomeMath · 40 tested12%California 26%
  • WhiteEnglish · 67 tested37%California 62%
  • WhiteMath · 67 tested24%California 50%

12% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 26% for the same group across California. White students scored well below the same group across California in English and math.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Gold Oak Union Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 41 tested in English, 40 in math
English29%029%−1039%
Math12%012%−1426%
White · 67 tested
English37%037%−2562%
Math24%024%−2650%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Gold Oak Union Elementary, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

No published rate here for Hispanic or Latino, 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, students with disabilities and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Pleasant Valley. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

Families

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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Money

Where does the money go?

$20,136 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Gold Oak Union Elementary’s plan for 2026–27 covers $4 million.

$20,136

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$12,878
The school’s share of district office costs
$7,258
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,496
  • Pleasant Valley$20,136
  • California middle schools$19,269

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

Gold Oak Union Elementary’s yearly plan

$4million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$388,168

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

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 3 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $4 million of $7 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Gold Oak Union Elementary Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27.

The neighborhood

What is the area around Pleasant Valley like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95667. They are not figures for the families at Pleasant Valley.

Typical household income in a year

$89,938

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 95667.

Typical home value
$547,600
People who live in this ZIP code
36,830
Typical age
49.1 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
28%

What you can do

Who can act on Pleasant Valley’s results?

Gold Oak Union Elementary’s board decides Pleasant Valley’s plan.

When the plan is set

Gold Oak Union Elementary’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

Read the 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

How to take part

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

State support

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

Extra state help for the district

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

Extra help for Gold Oak Union Elementary: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 7 questions to Pleasant Valley. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school?29 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (31 of 108 students); average California middle school: 18 in 100
  2. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?15.9% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (18 of 113 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?32 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (100 students)
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  5. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

At the office

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

Getting in

What comes after Pleasant Valley, and how do I get in?

Ask Gold Oak Union Elementary which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Gold Oak Elementary
    Scope Score 67Needs Support · 5th percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Pleasant Valley Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 71Developing · 26th percentile
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Gold Oak Elementary

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

    Scope Score 67 · Needs Support · 5th percentile · elementary · 2026

    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 it is

Where is Pleasant Valley?

Address
4120 Pleasant Valley Road, Placerville 95667Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Jennifer KloczkoAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated June 3, 2025.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Gold Oak Union Elementary which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Pleasant Valley a good middle school?

Pleasant Valley Middle has a Scope Score of 71. It scored higher than 26 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Developing, 26th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 29 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 18 in 100 at the average California middle school. 15.9% of students (18 of 113) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. See the details ↓

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

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 27 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Minimal. In math, they scored 32 points lower, which the state calls Minimal.

  • Included in this measure: 103 students in English, 100 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 29% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Pleasant Valley Middle in Placerville scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

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

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,866 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math7%3942%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math32%4323%
Chronically absent29 in 100385%
Suspension rate15.9% (18 of 113)85%
Grade gap (G6→G8, different students)+12.3pp—not scored

Index is where the school's value sits among the California middle schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. The weights above add to 75%: the remaining 25%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

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

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267126#1866California 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)
2018–1923 in 1008.5% (14 of 164)+5
2021–22not on filenot on file+2
2022–23not on filenot on file−13
2023–2431 in 1007.5% (12 of 161)−10
2024–2532 in 10012.5% (17 of 136)0
2025–2629 in 10015.9% (18 of 113)+12

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 · English939%39%
2026 · Math925%24%
2025 · English1134%24%
2025 · Math1101%14%
2024 · English1435%28%
2024 · Math1439%23%
2023 · English14710%41%
2023 · Math1476%16%
2022 · English14913%46%
2022 · Math14912%28%
2019 · English15511%52%
2019 · Math15514%36%
2018 · English14510%49%
2018 · Math14514%41%
2017 · English1529%51%
2017 · Math15213%41%

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

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 6 · English3228%
2025 · Grade 7 · English3918%
2025 · Grade 8 · English4226%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math3216%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math368%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math4217%
2024 · Grade 6 · English4637%
2024 · Grade 7 · English5125%
2024 · Grade 8 · English4622%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math4726%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math5022%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math4622%
2023 · Grade 6 · English5746%
2023 · Grade 7 · English4347%
2023 · Grade 8 · English4730%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math5716%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math4326%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math476%
2022 · Grade 6 · English4751%
2022 · Grade 7 · English5139%
2022 · Grade 8 · English5149%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math4728%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math5124%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math5133%
2019 · Grade 6 · English4852%
2019 · Grade 7 · English6052%
2019 · Grade 8 · English4753%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math4835%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math6030%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math4745%
2018 · Grade 6 · English5349%
2018 · Grade 7 · English4455%
2018 · Grade 8 · English4844%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math5334%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math4448%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math4842%
2017 · Grade 6 · English4842%
2017 · Grade 7 · English5547%
2017 · Grade 8 · English4965%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math4827%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math5535%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math4963%

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
Schoolwide326%19%44%31%

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

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income4129%0−10
White6737%0−25
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−27103Minimal−32100Minimal
English-only students−2898not categorized−3495not categorized
White−3162Minimal−3259Minimal
Low-income−2843Minimal−2542Minimal
Hispanic or Latino−2827Minimal−3827Minimal
Students with disabilities−3520Minimal−1517Moderate

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
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−27 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

103 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, English: −27 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Minimal, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−32 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

100 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, math: −32 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Minimal, 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 · 32 in 100 → 2025–26 · 29 in 100 · −3 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 12.5% (17 of 136) → 2025–26 · 15.9% (18 of 113) · +3.4 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female9 of 7616 of 53—
Male29 of 8715 of 55—
Hispanic or Latino6 of 246 of 21—
White23 in 10021 of 74—
Students with disabilities7 of 276 of 21—
Low-income17 of 7518 of 47—
All students23 in 10029 in 100+6 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$11,924 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 419 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$336 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 117

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,160 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 117

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,991 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 9%Student services 10%Administration 9%Buildings & maintenance 9%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$4,264,66462.92%63%
Instruction support$629,0979.28%9%
Student services$642,5209.48%10%
Administration$632,7829.34%9%
Buildings & maintenance$588,1878.68%9%
Total$6,778,448100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $6,778,448 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$11,924 per pupil
2020$10,729 per pupil
2019$10,707 per pupil
2018$10,256 per pupil
2017$10,067 per pupil
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 95667 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95667 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$89,938
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)28%
ZIP-area population36,830
Median age49.1 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 95667 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 2,529 middle schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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