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Richard H. Lewis Alternative — Rating & test scores

15880 Dam Road Ext, Clearlake · 118 students · Grades K–12

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Scope Score 67

Needs SupportScope Score · 4th percentile. Higher than 4 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 and math: 21% and 9% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, against 50% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 34 in English, 35 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English and 838,896 in math tested).

This rating covers grades 7 and 8. Richard H. Lewis Alternative teaches K–12.

Overview

Is Richard H. Lewis Alternative a good middle school?

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

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced521%
Math, Proficient or Advanced59%
English, Advanced53%
Math, Advanced73%

Progress in a year, 2025

English13−12 pts
Math47−2 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance158 in 100
Richard H. Lewis Alternative’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Konocti Unified’s other middle schoolBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

58 in 100 students (120 of 206) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That compares with 51 in 100 at the average Konocti Unified middle school.

Each bar is Richard H. Lewis Alternative’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 chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 206. District and California figures are averages of school rates (2 Konocti Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

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

Scope Score

2 middle schools within 0.2 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Richard H. Lewis AlternativeScope Score 674th
  2. ObsidianNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 64bottom 1%
Konocti Unified

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 Richard H. Lewis Alternative compare with schools like it?

Richard H. Lewis Alternative’s Scope Score is 67. 397 California middle schools, counting Richard H. Lewis Alternative, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 73. Richard H. Lewis Alternative’s result is higher than 19 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 397

  1. Students from low-income families: 76%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 71%

    Scope Score 94Strong · 98th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 75%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

397 California public middle schools where 66% to 78% 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 66% to 78% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Richard H. Lewis Alternative’s share. The count includes Richard H. Lewis Alternative. 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?

English results were similar to 2025; math results were higher. English went from 22% to 21% and math from 3% to 9%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2022 to 2026

Grades 7 and 8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%202220242025202613%50%CaliforniaCalifornia21%Richard H. Lewis AlternativeThis school19%Konocti UnifiedDistrict

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%20222024202520260%37%CaliforniaCalifornia9%Richard H. Lewis AlternativeThis school8%Konocti UnifiedDistrict

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Konocti Unified’s line combines its 2 middle schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other school. 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. Konocti Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringRichard H. Lewis AlternativeKonocti UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
202213%—48%31
20246%16%47%32
202522%22%49%37
202621%19%50%34
Math, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringRichard H. Lewis AlternativeKonocti UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
20220%—31%30
20240%5%33%32
20253%6%35%37
20269%8%37%35

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

21%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

681118
Konocti Unified19%California50%

Math

9%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

8011
Konocti Unified8%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 21% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 9% in math, against 50% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 7 and 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 7 and 8, spring 2026, math trails English by 12 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 13 points across California. The grades 7 and 8 cards above give each subject’s share.

How do the high school grades do?

In grade 11, spring 2026, 21% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and none in math, against 57% and 32% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year’s result can change a lot. Ask how results looked in other years.

English

21%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

582117
Konocti Unified26%California57%

Math

0%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

96
Konocti Unified5%California32%
Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advancednot on filenot on filenot on file
Advancednot on filenot on filenot on file
Proficientnot on filenot on filenot on file
Developing levelnot on filenot on filenot on file
Minimalnot on filenot on filenot on file
Testednot on filenot on filenot on file
California44%46%49%
Difference———
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advancedsuppressed20%21%
Advancedsuppressed7%0%
Proficientsuppressed13%21%
Developing levelsuppressed13%11%
Minimalsuppressed67%68%
Tested101519
California48%51%49%
Difference—−31−28
English, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 11
Proficient or Advanced21%
Advanced4%
Proficient17%
Developing level21%
Minimal58%
Tested24
California57%
Difference−36

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 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advancednot on filenot on filenot on file
Advancednot on filenot on filenot on file
Proficientnot on filenot on filenot on file
Developing levelnot on filenot on filenot on file
Minimalnot on filenot on filenot on file
Testednot on filenot on filenot on file
California47%42%37%
Difference———
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advancedsuppressed7%10%
Advancedsuppressed0%5%
Proficientsuppressed7%5%
Developing levelsuppressed20%5%
Minimalsuppressed73%85%
Tested101520
California37%38%36%
Difference—−31−26
Math, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 11
Proficient or Advanced0%
Advanced0%
Proficient0%
Developing level4%
Minimal96%
Tested24
California32%
Difference−32

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 7 and 8 · This school3%18%11%68%34
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · Konocti Unified3%16%22%59%562
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school3%6%11%80%35
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · Konocti Unified3%5%19%73%561
English, grade 11 · This school4%17%21%58%24
English, grade 11 · California27%30%21%22%414,559
English, grade 11 · Konocti Unified4%22%26%48%270
Math, grade 11 · This school0%0%4%96%24
Math, grade 11 · California16%16%20%48%413,523
Math, grade 11 · Konocti Unified1%4%11%84%268

Spring 2026, grades 7 and 8 combined: 34 tested in English, 35 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

White students are the largest group here, at 48% of students. 120 of 206 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

58in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (120 of 206 students).

At the average Konocti Unified middle school: 51 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Students, 2024–25

118

students in grades K–12.

White 48%Hispanic or Latino 36%Two or more races 7%American Indian or Alaska Native 6%

Family income

72%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 85 of 118. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

8

teachers, with 12 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

47% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.4%

of students were suspended at least once (1 of 231). Average California middle school 3.7%.

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

Missing school, by grade
Grades 4–6
15 of 26 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
17 of 47 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.
Grades 9–12
70 in 100 students in grades 9–12 were chronically absent (87 of 124).

Our records hold no figure for Grades K–3.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White48%
Hispanic or Latino36%
Two or more races7%
American Indian or Alaska Native6%
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. 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: 2.4 of 5.2 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

After high school

How many students here graduate, and where do they go next?

81% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25. That compares with 89% across California. 4% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 12% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Graduation, college and university records

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

81%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 21 of 26 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

4%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 1 of 26 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

0%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 0 of 21 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

12% enrolled in college within 12 months · 17 students who finished high school

  • University of California0 · 0%
  • California State University0 · 0%
  • California community college2 · 12%
  • In-state private0 · 0%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year0 · 0%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year0 · 0%
  • Not enrolled15 · 88%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: each count divided by all high-school completers (graduates and other students who finished), rounded together so they total 100. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

Where the class of 2023 went
12%enrolled in college within a year

17 completers, class of 2023

  • University of California0 (0%)
  • California State University0 (0%)
  • California community college2 (12%)
  • In-state private0 (0%)
  • Out-of-state, 4-year0 (0%)
  • Out-of-state, 2-year0 (0%)
  • Not enrolled15 (88%)

Source: CDE’s college-going rate for the class of 2023 (enrolled in college within 12 months). Shares are our arithmetic: count ÷ completers, rounded together so they total 100. A dash means we have no figure for that row; it isn’t zero.

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition
Graduated in four years
2024–25 · 21 of 26 students who started 9th grade together. California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.
Ready for college or career (state measure)
2024–25 · 1 of 26 students in the state’s measure. California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator (CCI), overall “Prepared” rate, among the students in the indicator’s group. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.
Finished the UC/CSU course list
2024–25 · 0 of 21 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment.
Where students who finished high school went
CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Richard H. Lewis Alternative. 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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The neighborhood

What is the area around Richard H. Lewis Alternative like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95422. They are not figures for the families at Richard H. Lewis Alternative.

Typical household income in a year

$42,241

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 95422.

Typical home value
$217,000
People who live in this ZIP code
17,054
Typical age
38.9 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
8%

What you can do

Who can act on Richard H. Lewis Alternative’s results?

Konocti Unified’s board decides Richard H. Lewis Alternative’s plan.

When the plan is set

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

Read the 2026–27 plan (LCAP)

How to take part

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

State support

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

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving Konocti 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 Konocti Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Richard H. Lewis Alternative. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school?58 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (120 of 206 students); average California middle school: 18 in 100
  2. What extra help do low-income students get, and how do you know it’s working?2% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 7, 8 and 11, spring 2026 (52 students tested); the same group across California: 25%
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. 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 Richard H. Lewis Alternative, and how do I get in?

Ask Konocti Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Grades K–12 · this school
    Richard H. Lewis Alternative
    Scope Score 67Needs Support · 4th percentile

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Obsidian Middle

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

    Scope Score 64 · Needs Support · bottom 1% · middle · 2026

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 Richard H. Lewis Alternative?

Address
15880 Dam Road Ext, Clearlake 95422Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
William CookAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated July 21, 2025.

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

Short answers to 5 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Konocti Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Richard H. Lewis Alternative a good middle school?

Richard H. Lewis Alternative has a Scope Score of 67. It scored higher than 4 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 4th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 58 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 51 in 100 at the average Konocti Unified middle school. 0.4% of students (1 of 231) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 18% of low-income students in grades 7, 8 and 11 at Richard H. Lewis Alternative in Clearlake scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 43% for the same group across California.

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 14 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
14
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census BureauU.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil RightsNational Student Clearinghouse
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

After high school

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,404 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math3%3542%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math14%3123%
Chronically absent58 in 100125%
Suspension rate0.4% (1 of 231)605%

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

Scope Score by year2021–22 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–26674#2404California middle schools · 2,529 schools · current formula

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)
2021–22not on filenot on file−2
2022–23not on filenot on file—
2023–2455 in 1000 of 196−12
2024–2554 in 1000 of 226—
2025–2658 in 1000.4% (1 of 231)—

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).
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 · English733%18%
2026 · Math741%5%
2025 · English650%22%
2025 · Math640%2%
2024 · English711%10%
2024 · Math680%4%
2023 · English514%18%
2023 · Math500%4%
2022 · English933%15%
2022 · Math890%1%
2019 · English10——
2019 · Math10——
2018 · English———
2018 · Math———
2017 · English1315%23%
2017 · Math———

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 3 · English——
2025 · Grade 4 · English6—
2025 · Grade 5 · English——
2025 · Grade 6 · English7—
2025 · Grade 7 · English1625%
2025 · Grade 8 · English2119%
2025 · Grade 11 · English1136%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math——
2025 · Grade 4 · Math5—
2025 · Grade 5 · Math——
2025 · Grade 6 · Math7—
2025 · Grade 7 · Math166%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math210%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math110%
2024 · Grade 3 · English——
2024 · Grade 4 · English4—
2024 · Grade 5 · English4—
2024 · Grade 6 · English1118%
2024 · Grade 7 · English150%
2024 · Grade 8 · English1712%
2024 · Grade 11 · English1911%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math——
2024 · Grade 4 · Math4—
2024 · Grade 5 · Math4—
2024 · Grade 6 · Math9—
2024 · Grade 7 · Math150%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math170%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math186%
2023 · Grade 3 · English——
2023 · Grade 4 · English5—
2023 · Grade 5 · English8—
2023 · Grade 6 · English7—
2023 · Grade 7 · English8—
2023 · Grade 8 · English1414%
2023 · Grade 11 · English8—
2023 · Grade 3 · Math——
2023 · Grade 4 · Math5—
2023 · Grade 5 · Math8—
2023 · Grade 6 · Math7—
2023 · Grade 7 · Math8—
2023 · Grade 8 · Math138%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math8—
2022 · Grade 3 · English119%
2022 · Grade 4 · English120%
2022 · Grade 5 · English9—
2022 · Grade 6 · English1712%
2022 · Grade 7 · English1916%
2022 · Grade 8 · English128%
2022 · Grade 11 · English1331%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math10—
2022 · Grade 4 · Math120%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math9—
2022 · Grade 6 · Math170%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math190%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math110%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math119%
2019 · Grade 4 · English——
2019 · Grade 5 · English——
2019 · Grade 6 · English——
2019 · Grade 7 · English——
2019 · Grade 8 · English——
2019 · Grade 11 · English5—
2019 · Grade 4 · Math——
2019 · Grade 5 · Math——
2019 · Grade 6 · Math——
2019 · Grade 7 · Math——
2019 · Grade 8 · Math——
2019 · Grade 11 · Math5—
2018 · Grade 3 · English——
2018 · Grade 4 · English——
2018 · Grade 7 · English——
2018 · Grade 8 · English——
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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
Schoolwide472%6%55%36%

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-income5118%−1−25
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students−1224Moderate−224Average
English-only students−1422not categorized−622not categorized
Low-income−1218Moderate+218Average
White−1815Moderate−715Moderate

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 7 and 8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−12 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 7 and 8

24 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −12 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−2 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 7 and 8

24 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −2 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, 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 7 and 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 · 54 in 100 → 2025–26 · 58 in 100 · +4 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 226 → 2025–26 · 0.4% (1 of 231) · +0.4 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female16 of 3060 of 99—
Male5 of 2056 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino3 of 1148 of 74—
White16 of 3350 of 99—
Students with disabilities3 of 1025 of 41—
Low-income19 of 3959 in 100—
All students21 of 5058 in 100—
American Indian or Alaska Native—10 of 12—
Two or more races—9 of 14—
English learners—10 of 13—

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.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offerednot reported
AP course countnot reported
AP enrollment (male/female)not reported
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections0
Physics sections1
Chemistry sections1
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)96

These counts aren’t part of the Scope Score. “Not reported” means the federal record has no value for that item; it isn’t a zero. Enrollment counts add the male and female students the survey reports.

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California00%
California State University00%
California community college212%
In-state private00%
Out-of-state, 4-year00%
Out-of-state, 2-year00%
Not enrolled1588%

17 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 12% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ all who finished high school; CDE calls them completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match.

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$14,048 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 3,603 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

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,029 per ADA

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

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 57%Instruction support 12%Student services 14%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$41,211,13156.76%57%
Instruction support$8,975,65312.36%12%
Student services$10,323,00514.22%14%
Administration$3,919,1285.40%5%
Buildings & maintenance$7,702,85910.61%11%
Other$472,1600.65%1%
Total$72,603,936100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $72,603,936 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$14,048 per pupil
2020$12,492 per pupil
2019$13,008 per pupil
2018$12,966 per pupil
2017$12,791 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 holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 95422 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95422 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$42,241
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)8%
ZIP-area population17,054
Median age38.9 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 95422 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 2,529 middle schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · federal civil rights data (CRDC) 2023–24, a past snapshot · state college-going records, class of 2023, matched to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment · Data updated October 15, 2026

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