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Ranchos Middle

Madera · 7–8 · 452 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score
48 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
Not a grade or a test result.

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Well above California in English, above in math: 65% and 42% met or exceeded the standard in grades 7 and 8, against 49% and 35% statewide. Source
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 441 in English, 442 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 848,364 in English and 851,806 in math tested).
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Academic achievement

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

Learning

How strong are the foundations for high school?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 7 and 8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
24%
Met standard
41%
Below standard
35%

65% met or exceeded · 441 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCalifornia
Exceeded24%18%
Met41%31%
Nearly met22%23%
Not met13%28%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 7 and 8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
19%
Met standard
23%
Below standard
58%

42% met or exceeded · 442 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCalifornia
Exceeded19%20%
Met23%15%
Nearly met33%23%
Not met25%42%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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?

Closest to standing out

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24% of students tested in English reached the top of the state’s four levels, about one and a half times California’s rate in the same grades (18%).grades 7 and 8 · spring 2025
24%English · exceeded the standard
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 848,364 in English tested).

Comparisons & progress

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

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 7 and 8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school65%
California49%

Tested: 441 here · 848,364 in California.

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCalifornia
Exceeded24%18%
Met41%31%
Nearly met22%23%
Not met13%28%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 7 and 8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school42%
California35%

Tested: 442 here · 851,806 in California.

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCalifornia
Exceeded19%20%
Met23%15%
Nearly met33%23%
Not met25%42%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

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

201959%614 tested
→
202565%441 tested

Ranchos

California, same grades50% → 49%2019 → 2025 · 932,985 → 848,364 tested

Math

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

201938%614 tested
→
202542%442 tested

Ranchos

California, same grades37% → 35%2019 → 2025 · 935,223 → 851,806 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

Explore every year, the trend charts & underlying data

English and math have been above California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grades 7 and 8
RanchosCalifornia
Math met or exceeded, grades 7 and 8
RanchosCalifornia

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

English went from 59% in 2019 to 65% in 2025. Math went from 38% in 2019 to 42% in 2025. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8
YearRanchosCalifornia
201959%
614 tested		50%
932,985 tested
202260%
690 tested		48%
852,094 tested
202362%
354 tested		47%
842,173 tested
202467%
384 tested		47%
849,026 tested
202565%
441 tested		49%
848,364 tested
Math · met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8
YearRanchosCalifornia
201938%
614 tested		37%
935,223 tested
202240%
690 tested		31%
853,132 tested
202345%
354 tested		32%
844,737 tested
202449%
385 tested		33%
853,781 tested
202542%
442 tested		35%
851,806 tested
The state’s growth measure411 students · grades 7–8 · 2025
English+8ptsCDE category: Accelerated
Math−8ptsCDE category: Moderate

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

Ask: Most students in grades 7 and 8 haven’t yet met the state’s standard in math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?

Life at school

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What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

10 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25
18in 100 at the average California middle school

47 of 461 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school10 in 100
at the average California middle school18 in 100
4.8%of students were suspended at least once (23 of 476), 2024–25
3.5%at the average California middle school

Reviews & community voices

Parents’ experience · the school as a workplace

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

168 tested per subject

English58% / 38%
Math32% / 24%

Hispanic or Latino

222 English · 223 math tested

English56% / 38%
Math39% / 23%

White

157 tested per subject

English75% / 62%
Math46% / 49%

Asian

31 tested per subject

English61% / 77%
Math42% / 70%

Students with disabilities

44 tested per subject

English23% / 14%
Math2% / 9%
All group results, district comparisons and sources
Met or exceeded the standardgrades 7 and 8 · spring 2025
Group and subjectHerevs Golden Valley Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 168 tested
English58%058%+2038%
Math32%032%+824%
Hispanic or Latino · 222 tested in English, 223 in math
English56%056%+1838%
Math39%039%+1623%
White · 157 tested
English75%075%+1362%
Math46%+145%−349%
Asian · 31 tested
English61%061%−1677%
Math42%042%−2870%
Students with disabilities · 44 tested
English23%+122%+914%
Math2%02%−79%

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

No published rate here for 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.

Hispanic or Latino students here did far better than the same group statewide. Asian students did worse than the same group statewide in math.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Ranchos Middle in Madera, 58.4% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 7 and 8, compared to 58.3% district-wide for those same grades and 38.0% statewide for those same grades. Ranchos Middle’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 0.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (32.1% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (56.3% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 42.8 percentage points: students with disabilities in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 169 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

1. Hispanic or Latino: 51%2. White: 35%3. Asian: 7%4. Black or African American: 3%Unallocated share: 5%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino51%
  2. White35%
  3. Asian7%
  4. Black or African American3%
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share5%
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, 2024–25Here
Hispanic or Latino51%
White35%
Asian7%
Black or African American3%
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About 2 in 5 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (37%, 166 of 452). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers22
Average experience10 years
First-year teachers18%
77% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 77.24%: 13.1 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 17 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Questions & evidence

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The school path beyond this campus

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  1. ElementaryWebster ElementaryHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
  2. MiddleRanchos MiddleThis campus · grades 7-8
  3. High schoolLiberty HighHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Webster Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    58th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2025

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

  • Sierra View Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    56th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2025

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

  • Stone Creek Elementary

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

    56th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2025

High-school links

  • Liberty High

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    58th percentile · Solid · high · 2025

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

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

High-school endpoint evidence · Liberty High
Liberty HighScope 58historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Liberty High. UC records 9 enrollees from Liberty High for fall 2025. Its AP Course Audit lists 14 authorized AP subjects for 2025 - 2026. Those figures come from dated records — a child starting here today would reach Liberty High around 2031, and 6 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 70% of Liberty High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

9 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 14 authorized AP subjects (AP Course Audit 2025 - 2026) → full record on Liberty High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Getting in

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Location and visiting

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12455 Road 35 1/2, Madera 93636

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Questions

Questions to ask

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  1. Most students in grades 7 and 8 haven’t yet met the state’s standard in math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?
  2. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  3. How do students get academic help and connect with a trusted adult?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar middle schools2025 statewide percentile
How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 28.7–44.7% meal eligibility and 226–904 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Ranchos Middle a good middle school?
Ranchos Middle is in the 74th percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 48 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Ranchos Middle was well above California in English, above in math: 65% and 42% met or exceeded the standard in grades 7 and 8, against 49% and 35% statewide. The 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 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Ranchos Middle's CAASPP test scores?
In spring 2025, 65% of students tested in grades 7 and 8 met or exceeded the English standard and 42% the math standard; 24% and 19% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 35% met or exceeded, 18% and 20% exceeded. 441 students were tested in English and 442 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).
How does Ranchos Middle rank in California?
Ranchos Middle is in the 74th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Solid, 2025). Ranchos Middle ranks #554 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
What do attendance and suspension records show for Ranchos Middle?
CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 10.2% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 47 chronically absent of 461 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 4.8%; 23 unduplicated suspended students of 476 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 10.5%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 4.8%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.
How does Ranchos Middle compare to other schools in Madera?
Ranchos Middle is in the 74th 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 452 students. Use the schools in Madera page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.
What do reported student-group results show at Ranchos Middle?
At Ranchos Middle in Madera, 58.4% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 7 and 8, compared to 58.3% district-wide for those same grades and 38.0% statewide for those same grades. Ranchos Middle’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 0.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (32.1% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (56.3% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 42.8 percentage points: students with disabilities in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 169 ELA grade test records. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
What high school does Ranchos Middle feed into?
By attendance boundary, Ranchos Middle is zoned to Liberty High. Liberty High has a Scope Score of 58 out of 100. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education's School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.
Source records

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Ranchos Middle is ranked #554 statewide.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard21.6%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded53.4%40.0%23%
Chronic absenteeism10.5%18.1%5%
Suspension rate4.8%3.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)26.3%17.8%5%
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 17.2% · index 55 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 40.0% · index 61 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 61 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Suspension rate
↓ vs CA 3.6% · index 46 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 57 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint

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 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 724023%42%21%15%65%+17
Grade 820125%40%23%11%65%+19

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 7 ELA equal-school mean: 47.6%; n=2631 reporting schools

State grade 8 ELA equal-school mean: 46.2%; n=2658 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 60——————
Grade 724117%25%38%20%42%+8
Grade 820122%20%27%31%42%+10

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 6 Math equal-school mean: 34.5%; n=4086 reporting schools

State grade 7 Math equal-school mean: 33.7%; n=2630 reporting schools

State grade 8 Math equal-school mean: 32.1%; n=2658 reporting schools

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 · subjectStudents with scoresMet+
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA19462.9%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA19072.1%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math19544.1%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math19053.7%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA18066.7%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA17458.0%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math18048.9%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math17440.2%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA34555.8%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA34563.6%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math34538.1%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math34540.9%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA30765.6%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA30753.3%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math30738.2%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math30738.0%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “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)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide1998%24%60%9%

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 · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged16958.4%+0+20
Hispanic/Latino22356.3%+1+18
White15775.2%+1+13
Nearest middle schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance · 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

SchoolDistScope · percentile · bandEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Ranchos Middle ←—4874th percentile · Solid · statewide · 202521.6%53.4%——4.8%
California average—39School average · no percentile17.2%40.0%+1.5pp—3.6%

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

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.

District salary records
Teacher salary schedule$53,680 – $102,617
Average elementary principal salary$128,682
Average middle school principal salary$136,430
Average high school principal salary$145,367
Superintendent salary$215,823

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 9.6% → 2025 · 10.2% · +0.6pp
Suspension rate2024 · 4.1% → 2025 · 4.8% · +0.7pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresExcMet+
2025 · ELA44123.8%64.8%
2025 · Math44219.0%41.9%
2024 · ELA38425.0%67.5%
2024 · Math38524.7%48.8%
2023 · ELA35424.9%62.4%
2023 · Math35419.2%44.6%
2022 · ELA34519.4%60.3%
2022 · Math34517.1%39.7%
2019 · ELA30722.1%59.6%
2019 · Math30717.3%38.1%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20254874#55421.6%53.4%10.5%4.8%—

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.
What we can't show
  • — The same-year grade contrast is unavailable in this record; it is separate from the two-year aggregate comparison used for scoring.
Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years
Group2018–192024–25Δ
Female7.5%10.6%+3.1pp
Male12.1%9.9%-2.2pp
Asian0.0%6.5%+6.5pp
Hispanic/Latino13.6%12.8%-0.8pp
White7.5%5.6%-1.9pp
Students with Disabilities20.5%14.0%-6.5pp
English Learners8.3%16.0%+7.7pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged14.4%16.6%+2.2pp
All Students10.1%10.2%+0.1pp
Black/African American—15.4%—

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or 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
GroupELAnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students+8411Accelerated−8411Moderate
English Only+9337not categorised−8337not categorised
Hispanic or Latino+10210Accelerated−6210Moderate
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged+14154Accelerated−8154Moderate
White+8151Accelerated−9151Moderate
English Learner+147Average−347Average
Students with Disabilities−438Average−1538Moderate
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only+336not categorised+336not categorised
Asian+527Accelerated+527Accelerated
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)+915Accelerated−1515Moderate
English Learners Only−811not categorised−2311not 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. Long-Term English Learner counts cover grades 6-8 only (CDE), so that row is not comparable to the All Students row. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures
California growth model · reported-school field
State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8
Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

411 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

California growth model, ELA: +8 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 73rd percentile of 7,519 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.73rd pctile · +8 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8
Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

411 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

California growth model, math: −8 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 24th percentile of 7,518 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.24th pctile · −8 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 −1 and the middle half fall between −8 and +6 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$11,644 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 2,089 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$866 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 452

Central federal expenditures attributed here$176 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 452

District current expense · FY 2024–25$14,436 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.

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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 56%Instruction support 11%Student services 11%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 13%Other 1%

SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$11,644 per pupil
2020$10,741 per pupil
2019$11,241 per pupil
2018$10,876 per pupil
2017$10,522 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 93636
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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 93636
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$133,274
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)38.69%
ZCTA population15,294
Median age39.2 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.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,177 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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