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Richard H. Lewis Alternative

Clearlake, CA · Grades K-12 · 118 students · Konocti Unified

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19% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 0% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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Math

0%

Grades 6 & 8 · Proficient or Advanced

English

19%

Grades 6 & 8 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

118

Total enrollment

Chronic absence

44%

Students absent 10% or more of school days

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grades 6 & 8 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

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0%25%50%75%100%2022: 0%2023: 8%2024: 0%2025: 0%2022: 10%2023: 14%2024: 14%2025: 19%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2022: 0%2023: 8%2024: 0%2025: 0%2022: 10%2023: 14%2024: 14%2025: 19%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
2019——
20220%10%
20238%14%
20240%14%
20250%19%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2022 to 2025

Has stayed near the 3rd percentile since 2022.

Most rating sites would stop at “13% proficient” and call it done. Richard H. Lewis Alternative deserves a closer read. Two-thirds of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.

65 tested · 2 of 3 grades published · no cohort tracked

Richard H. Lewis Alternative scores 13 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 3rd percentile of 2,177 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Percentile among 2,177 middle schools statewide
Year detailsYear2022 · 2nd percentile · Scope Score 11 of 1002023 · 9th percentile · Scope Score 15 of 1002024 · 3rd percentile · Scope Score 14 of 1002025 · 3rd percentile · Scope Score 13 of 100
ELARed(Maintained)MathOrange(Increased)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade2022202320242025
Grade 612%—18%—
Grade 716%—0%25%
Grade 88%14%12%19%
Grade 1131%—11%36%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade2022202320242025
Grade 70%—0%6%
Grade 80%8%0%0%
Grade 119%—6%0%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

One in ten of students here meet the standard. 0% clear it by a lot.

ELA22% met or exceeded
Exceeded 0%Met 22%Nearly Met 25%Not Met 54%
Math2% met or exceeded
Exceeded 0%Met 2%Nearly Met 17%Not Met 81%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California middle schools · average17% exceeded · 40% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2022–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+GrowthAbsenceSuspension
This school130%13%—44.1%1.0%
CA average · Middle School3917%40%—18.1%3.6%
This schoolCA avg
Scope1339
% Exceeded0%17%
% Met+13%40%
Growth——
Absence44.1%18.1%
Suspension1.0%3.6%
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25

California's own growth model splits here — the 13th percentile in reading against the 43rd in math, among middle schools.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

California runs its own growth model — it follows individual children in grades 4 through 8 and compares each one against a prediction from their own prior scores. On that measure this school sits well below the middle of California middle schools in reading, and the 43rd in math. We show it; we don't score it.

— pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California middle school lands at −1 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −8 and +6 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.

California's growth model, ranked against the schools it scores
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: −12 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 13th percentile of 7,519 reported schools.13th pctile · −12 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: −2 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 43rd percentile of 7,518 reported schools.43rd pctile · −2 pts
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Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

How every group of students does here

At Richard H. Lewis Alternative in Clearlake, 14.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 18.6% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Richard H. Lewis Alternative trails its district average for low-income students by 3.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (0.0% Math proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 27 students tested.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 14% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 14%, district —, state 40%14%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 7%, district 13%, state 32%7% · −6 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 9%, district 18%, state 56%9% · −4 vs school
MaleMale: this school 8%, district 15%, state 42%8% · −5 vs school

9 of 13 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

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Student-group results by grade

Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

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The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 24 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher24 · district 24
Teaching staff8 teachers
Avg. experience11.5 years
Fully credentialed47%
PrincipalWilliam Cook
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Teacher salary schedule$59,679 – $110,407
Principal salary$138,585 – $158,072
Superintendent salary$252,170

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here miss more school, and get suspended less, than the state average.

44.1% of students miss a month or more of school, versus 18.1% statewide. High absence often tracks community stress — worth asking about on a tour.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 44.1%, district 42.3%, state 18.1%44.1% · +26.0pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 1.0%, district —, state 3.6%1.0% · −2.6pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–656.5%
Grades 7–843.6%
Grades 9–1264.0%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

Explore school spending and the district budget
What gets spent · FY 2024–25

Its district spends $14,048 per student, about the same as the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $14,048, CA average $14,491$14,048 · district average
District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,029 per student
District averageCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 57%Instruction support 12%Student services 14%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 1%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

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district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$14,048 per pupil
2019$12,492 per pupil
2018$13,008 per pupil
2017$12,966 per pupil
2016$12,791 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

Two-thirds of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 118 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California middle school (≈860).

On the state's science test (CAST), 3% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino29.7% · district 56.3% · CA 56.1%
White54.2% · district 31.0% · CA 19.9%
Black3.4% · district 1.7% · CA 4.8%
Other12.7% · district 10.6% · CA 9.0%
GenderFemale 50.0% · Male 49.1% · Non-binary 0.8%
Free or reduced lunch72.0% · CA 64%
Median income$42K · CA $85K
Median home value$217K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+8% · CA 35%
ZIP population17,054
Median age39 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

What is the school’s approach?

School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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Family voices

What would you want another family to know about the daily experience here?

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What are the alternatives?

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2025 · middle schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

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Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.

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  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
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Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is Richard H. Lewis Alternative a good middle school?
Richard H. Lewis Alternative has a Scope Score of 13 out of 100, placing it in the 3rd percentile of California middle schools and ranked #2,122 statewide. 0.0% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 17.2 percentage points below the California average of 17.2%. The Scope Score weights 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard (42%), met or exceeded (proficient) (23%), grade 6-to-8 growth (20%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Richard H. Lewis Alternative's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 12.6% of students at Richard H. Lewis Alternative met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 0.0% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 12.6% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 0.0% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 74 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Richard H. Lewis Alternative rank in California?
Richard H. Lewis Alternative ranks #2,122 among California middle schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 3rd percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), grade-level growth (Grade 6 to grade 8 growth), 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 is the attendance and school culture like at Richard H. Lewis Alternative?
44.1% of students at Richard H. Lewis Alternative are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 18.1%. The suspension rate is 1.0%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Richard H. Lewis Alternative compare to other schools in Clearlake?
Richard H. Lewis Alternative scores 13/100 (3rd percentile) among California middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 118 students. Use the schools in Clearlake page or the map view to compare all middle schools nearby.
How does Richard H. Lewis Alternative serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Richard H. Lewis Alternative in Clearlake, 14.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 18.6% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Richard H. Lewis Alternative trails its district average for low-income students by 3.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (0.0% Math proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 27 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

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How the Scope Score is calculated

On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

The 4 things our score weighs

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Exceeded standard0.0%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded12.6%40.0%23%
Chronic absenteeism44.1%18.1%5%
Suspension rate1.0%3.6%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

Richard H. Lewis Alternative: reading the evidence

Richard H. Lewis Alternative posts low test scores — and suspensions run below the state rate (1.0% vs 3.6%). If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

Explore the underlying data →
Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

Richard H. Lewis Alternative is ranked #2,122 statewide.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard0.0%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded12.6%40.0%23%
Chronic absenteeism44.1%18.1%5%
Suspension rate1.0%3.6%5%
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 17.2% · index 32 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 40.0% · index 30 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 18.1% · index 14 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 0.8pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 3.6% · index 61 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 0.1pp lower vs 2024
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 3———————
Grade 46——————
Grade 5———————
Grade 67——————
Grade 7160%25%25%50%25%−23
Grade 8210%19%24%57%19%−27
Grade 11110%36%27%36%36%−12
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 3———————
Grade 45——————
Grade 5———————
Grade 67——————
Grade 7160%6%19%75%6%−27
Grade 8210%0%19%81%0%−32
Grade 11110%0%9%91%0%−24

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.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide360%3%50%47%

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 Disadvantaged2714.8%−4−23
03Nearest middle schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Richard H. Lewis Alternative ←—130.0%12.6%——1.0%
California average—3917.2%40.0%+1.5pp—3.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
ShowHide table 04 — More measures
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
2022112#20771.0%6.0%64.0%1.2%-1.7pp
2023159#19350.0%11.0%38.7%2.6%—
2024143#20871.2%6.0%44.9%1.1%-12.3pp
2025133#21220.0%12.6%44.1%1.0%—
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 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
  • — Growth data isn't available — the state needs matched grades across years to compute it.
  • — Scored here as a middle school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
  • — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 23 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
Group20192025Δ
Female53.3%57.4%+4.1pp
Male25.0%51.0%+26.0pp
Hispanic/Latino27.3%66.7%+39.4pp
White48.5%44.0%-4.5pp
Students with Disabilities30.0%56.7%+26.7pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged48.7%59.8%+11.1pp
All Students42.0%54.4%+12.4pp
Two or More Races—54.5%—
English Learners—100.0%—
Homeless—70.0%—
06California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
ShowHide table 06 — California growth model, by student group
GroupReadingnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students−1224Moderate−224Average
English Only−1422not categorised−622not categorised
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−1218Moderate+218Average
White−1815Moderate−715Moderate

Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a growth score — published by CDE, held back from the narrative sections above because at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,177 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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