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Pomolita Middle — Rating & test scores

740 North Spring Street, Ukiah · 826 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 69

Needs SupportScope Score · 12th percentile. Higher than 12 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: 32% and 19% 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: 810 in English, 804 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 Pomolita a good middle school?

Needs Support. Pomolita is lower than most California middle schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced2332%
Math, Proficient or Advanced2519%
English, Advanced288%
Math, Advanced278%

Progress in a year, 2025

English17−10 pts
Math17−13 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance3918 in 100
Pomolita’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Ukiah Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

8.4% of students (75 of 896) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Each bar is Pomolita’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 suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 896. District and California figures are averages of school rates (5 Ukiah Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Pomolita say about itself?

We haven’t read Pomolita’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 10 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 13 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−10

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income609−12 points
Hispanic or Latino494−13 points
English learners285−18 points
White169−6 points
Long-term English learners106−16 points

Math

−13

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income607−15 points
Hispanic or Latino493−17 points
English learners286−15 points
White168−6 points
Long-term English learners107−2 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 736 students in English, 734 in math with scores in both years. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

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

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 10 points below that expected score, and in math 13 points below it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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

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

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 8 scores here with the school’s grade 6 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 31st percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

0 of the 1 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Pomolita. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

2 middle schools within 0.7 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. PomolitaScope Score 6912th
  2. Sequoia Career AcademyCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 687th
Ukiah UnifiedCharter

A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Schools like it

How does Pomolita compare with schools like it?

Pomolita’s Scope Score is 69. 556 California middle schools, counting Pomolita, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 72. Pomolita’s result is higher than 129 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 556

  1. Students from low-income families: 88%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 89%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 85%

    Scope Score 86Strong · 90th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 86%

    Scope Score 86Strong · 90th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 77%

    Scope Score 85Strong · 88th percentile

556 California public middle schools where 77% to 89% 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 77% to 89% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Pomolita’s share. The count includes Pomolita. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 31% to 32% and math from 17% to 19%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202636%38%49%CaliforniaCalifornia34%Ukiah UnifiedDistrict32%PomolitaPomolita

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202622%24%37%CaliforniaCalifornia21%Ukiah UnifiedDistrict19%PomolitaPomolita

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Ukiah Unified’s line combines its 4 middle schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. Ukiah Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringPomolitaUkiah UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201738%36%48%762
201830%33%49%773
201935%37%50%747
202227%31%47%735
202328%30%46%722
202428%30%46%751
202531%32%49%794
202632%34%49%810
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringPomolitaUkiah UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201724%22%37%755
201821%20%37%776
201919%21%38%743
202216%19%31%738
202319%20%32%722
202421%21%33%752
202517%19%36%791
202619%21%37%804

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

32%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

4028248
Ukiah Unified34%California49%

Math

19%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

5328118
Ukiah Unified21%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 32% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 19% 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 13 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 Advanced35%29%34%
Advanced10%8%6%
Proficient25%21%28%
Developing level26%28%27%
Minimal39%43%39%
Tested269261280
California48%51%49%
Difference−13−22−15

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 Advanced24%17%18%
Advanced10%5%8%
Proficient14%12%10%
Developing level21%29%31%
Minimal55%54%51%
Tested268260276
California37%38%36%
Difference−13−21−18

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 school8%24%28%40%810
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Ukiah Unified8%26%27%39%1,393
Math, grades 6–8 · This school8%11%28%53%804
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Ukiah Unified8%13%28%51%1,384

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 810 tested in English, 804 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?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 67% of students. 163 of 880 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

18in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (163 of 880 students).

At the average Ukiah Unified middle school: 24 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 8.4% of students were suspended at least once (75 of 896). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

826

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 67%White 23%Two or more races 5%American Indian or Alaska Native 3%

Family income

83%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 684 of 826. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

44

teachers, with 12 years of experience on average.

7% were in their first year.

62% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

31%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (44 of 141 students).

Ukiah Unified: 39%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grade 6
15 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (44 of 287).
Grades 7–8
20 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (119 of 593).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino67%
White23%
Two or more races5%
American Indian or Alaska Native3%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
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. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 24.3 of 39.2 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Four student groups scored below the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • White174 tested49%California 62%
  • Two or more races44 tested48%California 62%
  • Low-income692 tested27%California 39%
  • Hispanic or Latino555 tested26%California 39%
  • Students with disabilities101 tested8%California 14%
  • English learners138 tested2%California 7%

27% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino and White students and English learners also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

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

Every group’s results, with the district

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

Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Ukiah Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 692 tested in English, 685 in math
English27%−128%−1239%
Math15%015%−1126%
Hispanic or Latino · 555 tested in English, 551 in math
English26%−127%−1339%
Math15%+114%−1025%
White · 174 tested in English, 171 in math
English49%+247%−1362%
Math30%030%−2050%
Two or more races · 44 tested in English, 45 in math
English48%−250%−1462%
Math31%+724%−1950%
English learners · 138 tested in English, 139 in math
English2%02%−57%
Math4%04%−37%
Students with disabilities · 101 tested in English, 98 in math
English8%−311%−614%
Math3%03%−710%

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

American Indian or Alaska Native students: fewer than 30 tested here. Homeless students, 37 tested in English and 36 in math: no rate for grade 8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, Pacific Islander and military-family students and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Pomolita. 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.

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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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Staff

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Money

Where does the money go?

$20,061 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Ukiah Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $26 million.

$20,061

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$8,482
The school’s share of district office costs
$11,579
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,969
  • Pomolita$20,061
  • Ukiah Unified middle schools$19,926
  • 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 ↓

Ukiah Unified’s yearly plan

$26million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$22million

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 4 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $26 million of $124 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Ukiah Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Pomolita like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95482. They are not figures for the families at Pomolita.

Typical household income in a year

$69,772

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 95482.

Typical home value
$491,300
People who live in this ZIP code
33,164
Typical age
39.6 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
21%

What you can do

Who can act on Pomolita’s results?

The state took Pomolita out of extra targeted support; Ukiah Unified’s board decides its plan.

How to take part

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

What has the state flagged?

The state took the school off the list for 2025–26. The school was on the list in 2024–25.

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

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving Ukiah Unified 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 Ukiah Unified: 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 Pomolita. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?8.4% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (75 of 896 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. How much of each day do English learners spend learning English, and how do families see their progress?31% of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (44 of 141 students); California: 47%
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?13 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (734 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 Pomolita, and how do I get in?

Ask Ukiah Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Grace Hudson Elementary
    Scope Score 69Needs Support · 12th percentile · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  2. Middle · this school
    Pomolita Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 69Needs Support · 12th 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

  • Grace Hudson Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 69 · Needs Support · 12th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Nokomis Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 71 · Developing · 26th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Yokayo Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 74 · Developing · 41st percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Oak Manor Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 65 · Needs Support · 1st percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Frank Zeek Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 78 · Solid · 64th percentile · elementary · 2026

High-school links

  • Sequoia Career Academy

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits 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.

Where it is

Where is Pomolita?

Address
740 North Spring Street, Ukiah 95482Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Jonathon DeweyAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 8, 2024.

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 Ukiah Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Pomolita a good middle school?

Pomolita Middle has a Scope Score of 69. It scored higher than 12 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 12th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 18 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 24 in 100 at the average Ukiah Unified middle school. 8.4% of students (75 of 896) 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 10 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 13 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 736 students in English, 734 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 27% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Pomolita Middle in Ukiah 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 #2,203 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #3 of 5 in Ukiah Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math8%3942%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math26%3823%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+33 scale-score pts3020%
Chronically absent18 in 100495%
Suspension rate8.4% (75 of 896)325%
English learners: top level10%345%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California middle schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

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
2025–266912#2203California 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)
2018–1918 in 10012.6% (105 of 834)+2
2021–22not on filenot on file+1
2022–23not on filenot on file−8
2023–2423 in 10013.4% (110 of 821)−9
2024–2522 in 10012.7% (110 of 863)+3
2025–2618 in 1008.4% (75 of 896)−3

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 · English8108%32%
2026 · Math8048%19%
2025 · English7948%31%
2025 · Math7916%17%
2024 · English7517%28%
2024 · Math7527%21%
2023 · English7225%28%
2023 · Math7226%19%
2022 · English7356%27%
2022 · Math7384%16%
2019 · English7479%35%
2019 · Math7437%19%
2018 · English7738%30%
2018 · Math7767%21%
2017 · English7629%38%
2017 · Math7558%24%

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 · English23228%
2025 · Grade 7 · English28336%
2025 · Grade 8 · English27929%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math23014%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math28319%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math27819%
2024 · Grade 6 · English21232%
2024 · Grade 7 · English27230%
2024 · Grade 8 · English26724%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math21225%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math27323%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math26715%
2023 · Grade 6 · English18433%
2023 · Grade 7 · English26422%
2023 · Grade 8 · English27430%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math18326%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math26420%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math27513%
2022 · Grade 6 · English18822%
2022 · Grade 7 · English28130%
2022 · Grade 8 · English26627%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math18817%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math28217%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math26813%
2019 · Grade 6 · English17735%
2019 · Grade 7 · English27834%
2019 · Grade 8 · English29235%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math17618%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math27718%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math29021%
2018 · Grade 6 · English21122%
2018 · Grade 7 · English29336%
2018 · Grade 8 · English26930%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math21416%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math29626%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math26620%
2017 · Grade 6 · English18441%
2017 · Grade 7 · English29435%
2017 · Grade 8 · English28438%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math18227%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math29121%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math28226%

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
Schoolwide2824%19%60%18%

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-income69227%−1−12
Hispanic or Latino55526%−1−13
White17449%+2−13
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−10736Moderate−13734Moderate
Low-income−12609Moderate−15607Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−13494Moderate−17493Moderate
English-only students−6371not categorized−10368not categorized
English learners−18285Moderate−15286Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−14170not categorized−17171not categorized
White−6169Moderate−6168Moderate
English learners only−24115not categorized−10115not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−16106Moderate−2107Average
Students with disabilities−2189Minimal−688Moderate
Homeless−2640Minimal−1840Moderate
Two or more races−1030Moderate−830Moderate
American Indian or Alaska Native−927Moderate+327Average

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 8 against the same school’s grade 6 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 8 in 2026 against grade 6 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 6
9%
exceeded standard · 32% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 212 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
6%
Advanced · 34% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 280 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 212 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−10 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

736 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −10 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−13 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

734 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −13 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for California middle school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median English estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 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 · 22 in 100 → 2025–26 · 18 in 100 · −4 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 12.7% (110 of 863) → 2025–26 · 8.4% (75 of 896) · −4.3 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female17 in 10020 in 100+3 in 100
Male19 in 10016 in 100−3 in 100
Hispanic or Latino18 in 10016 in 100−2 in 100
American Indian or Alaska Native17 of 4610 of 27—
Two or more races1 of 1310 of 47—
White15 in 10024 in 100+9 in 100
Students with disabilities39 in 10023 in 100−16 in 100
English learners21 in 10016 in 100−5 in 100
Foster youth5 of 13——
Homeless14 of 3420 of 56—
Military families5 of 4211 of 53—
Low-income20 in 10020 in 1000 in 100
All students18 in 10018 in 1000 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$14,850 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 5,938 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$380 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 826

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,589 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 826

District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,300 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 61%Instruction support 11%Student services 10%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$66,262,81760.71%61%
Instruction support$12,369,92711.33%11%
Student services$10,661,8539.77%10%
Administration$7,285,4506.68%7%
Buildings & maintenance$10,830,0099.92%10%
Other$1,732,6261.59%1%
Total$109,142,681100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $109,142,681 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$14,850 per pupil
2020$13,146 per pupil
2019$13,764 per pupil
2018$11,665 per pupil
2017$11,318 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.8%

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 95482 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95482 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$69,772
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)21%
ZIP-area population33,164
Median age39.6 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-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 95482 →

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