Public school · South Whittier Elementary

Richard L. Graves Middle

Whittier · 6–8 · 484 students (2024–25)

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Weighted composite · 2025
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Well below California in English and math: 33% and 21% 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: 458 in English, 461 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
7%
Met standard
26%
Below standard
67%

33% met or exceeded · 458 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCalifornia
Exceeded7%18%
Met26%31%
Nearly met28%23%
Not met39%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
6%
Met standard
15%
Below standard
79%

21% met or exceeded · 461 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCalifornia
Exceeded6%20%
Met15%15%
Nearly met28%23%
Not met51%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?

Things worth knowing

Open a finding for the evidence
In 2025, students in grades 7–8 scored below what the state expected from their own earlier scores. The state calls them Minimal in English and Moderate in math.grades 7–8 · 2025
−21 ptsEnglish · below expected−14 ptsMath · below expected

Ask: Students scored below what the state expected from their earlier scores. What is the school doing differently for them?

Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 7–8: 437 in English, 436 in math
Comparison
437 students in English and 436 in math in grades 7–8 with scores in both years. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.
6 in 100 reached the top of the state’s four levels, against 18% and 20% across California in the same grades.grades 7 and 8 · spring 2025
7%English · exceeded the standard6%Math · exceeded the standard
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 458 in English, 461 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).

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 school33%
California49%

Tested: 458 here · 848,364 in California.

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCalifornia
Exceeded7%18%
Met26%31%
Nearly met28%23%
Not met39%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 school21%
California35%

Tested: 461 here · 851,806 in California.

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCalifornia
Exceeded6%20%
Met15%15%
Nearly met28%23%
Not met51%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

201933%1,318 tested
→
202533%458 tested

This school

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

Math

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

201919%1,334 tested
→
202521%461 tested

This school

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 stayed well below California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grades 7 and 8
This schoolCalifornia
Math met or exceeded, grades 7 and 8
This schoolCalifornia

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

English was 33% in both 2019 and 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Math went from 19% in 2019 to 21% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201933%
1,318 tested		50%
932,985 tested
202232%
1,136 tested		48%
852,094 tested
202334%
471 tested		47%
842,173 tested
202433%
436 tested		47%
849,026 tested
202533%
458 tested		49%
848,364 tested
Math · met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201919%
1,334 tested		37%
935,223 tested
202213%
1,132 tested		31%
853,132 tested
202317%
480 tested		32%
844,737 tested
202422%
438 tested		33%
853,781 tested
202521%
461 tested		35%
851,806 tested
The state’s growth measure437 students in English, 436 in math · grades 7–8 · 2025
English−21ptsCDE category: Minimal
Math−14ptsCDE 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 standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?

Life at school

Explore the available evidence about the school day and opportunities.

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

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

109 of 503 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school22 in 100
at the average California middle school18 in 100
5.3%of students were suspended at least once (27 of 507), 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

423 English · 426 math tested

English32% / 38%
Math20% / 24%

Hispanic or Latino

435 English · 437 math tested

English33% / 38%
Math20% / 23%

English learners

77 English · 81 math tested

English3% / 6%
Math2% / 6%

Students with disabilities

56 English · 57 math tested

English9% / 14%
Math5% / 9%

Homeless

47 English · 48 math tested

English30% / 27%
Math17% / 15%
All group results, district comparisons and sources
Met or exceeded the standardgrades 7 and 8 · spring 2025
Group and subjectHerevs South Whittier Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 423 tested in English, 426 in math
English32%032%−638%
Math20%020%−424%
Hispanic or Latino · 435 tested in English, 437 in math
English33%+132%−538%
Math20%020%−323%
English learners · 77 tested in English, 81 in math
English3%03%−36%
Math2%02%−46%
Students with disabilities · 56 tested in English, 57 in math
English9%+18%−514%
Math5%05%−49%
Homeless · 47 tested in English, 48 in math
English30%030%+327%
Math17%017%+215%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in South Whittier Elementary, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students, students of two or more races 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.

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students did worse than the same groups statewide in English.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Richard L. Graves Middle in Whittier, 31.7% 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 31.6% district-wide for those same grades and 38.0% statewide for those same grades. Richard L. Graves Middle’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 0.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (20.4% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (32.6% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 30.7 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 424 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

1. Hispanic or Latino: 95%Unallocated share: 5%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino95%
  2. White—
  3. Asian—
  4. Black or African American—
  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 Latino95%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
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 9 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (92%, 447 of 484). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers26
Average experience13 years
First-year teachers4%
94% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 93.86%: 27 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 28.8 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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  1. ElementaryHoward J. McKibben ElementaryHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
  2. MiddleRichard L. Graves MiddleThis campus · grades 6-8
  3. High schoolLink not recordedAsk the district about this stage.
All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Howard J. McKibben Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    53rd percentile · Solid · elementary · 2025

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

  • Lake Marie Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    70th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2025

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

  • Loma Vista Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    48th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2025

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

  • Los Altos Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    29th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2025

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

  • Carmela Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    24th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 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.

Getting in

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Location and visiting

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13243 East Los Nietos Road, Whittier 90605

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Questions

Questions to ask

A short list for your school visit.

  1. Students scored below what the state expected from their earlier scores. What is the school doing differently for them?
  2. Most students in grades 7 and 8 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. How do students get academic help and connect with a trusted adult?

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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 84.4–100% meal eligibility and 242–968 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 Richard L. Graves Middle a good middle school?
Richard L. Graves Middle is in the 25th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 25 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Richard L. Graves Middle was well below California in English and math: 33% and 21% 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 Richard L. Graves Middle's CAASPP test scores?
In spring 2025, 33% of students tested in grades 7 and 8 met or exceeded the English standard and 21% the math standard; 7% and 6% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 35% met or exceeded, 18% and 20% exceeded. 458 students were tested in English and 461 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).
How does Richard L. Graves Middle rank in California?
Richard L. Graves Middle is in the 25th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Developing, 2025). Richard L. Graves Middle ranks #1,628 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 Richard L. Graves Middle?
CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 21.7% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 109 chronically absent of 503 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 5.3%; 27 unduplicated suspended students of 507 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 21.6%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 5.2%. 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 Richard L. Graves Middle compare to other schools in Whittier?
Richard L. Graves Middle is in the 25th percentile (Developing) 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 484 students. Use the schools in Whittier page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.
What do reported student-group results show at Richard L. Graves Middle?
At Richard L. Graves Middle in Whittier, 31.7% 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 31.6% district-wide for those same grades and 38.0% statewide for those same grades. Richard L. Graves Middle’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 0.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (20.4% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (32.6% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 30.7 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 424 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.
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Richard L. Graves Middle is ranked #1,628 statewide.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard6.4%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded27.2%40.0%23%
Chronic absenteeism21.6%18.1%5%
Suspension rate5.2%3.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)27.8%17.8%5%
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 17.2% · index 38 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 40.0% · index 40 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 18.1% · index 46 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 3.0pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↓ vs CA 3.6% · index 44 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 1.6pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 59 · 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 6———————
Grade 72416%26%27%41%32%−16
Grade 82177%27%29%37%34%−12

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

State grade 6 ELA equal-school mean: 46.1%; n=4084 reporting schools

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 6———————
Grade 72427%16%28%48%24%−10
Grade 82195%14%26%55%19%−13

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 6 · ELA7—
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA21836.2%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA21830.3%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math7—
2024 · Grade 7 · Math21728.6%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math22116.3%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA6—
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA22038.6%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA25129.1%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math6—
2023 · Grade 7 · Math22418.3%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math25615.6%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA568—
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA56837.5%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA56826.8%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math566—
2022 · Grade 7 · Math56613.1%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math56613.6%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA65937.3%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA65929.5%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math66720.2%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math66718.1%

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
Schoolwide2192%14%67%18%

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

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged42431.7%+0−6
Hispanic/Latino43632.6%+0−6
English Learners772.6%+0−4
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
Richard L. Graves Middle ←—2525th percentile · Developing · statewide · 20256.4%27.2%——5.2%
Lake Center Middle1.8 mi4467th percentile · Solid · statewide · 202518.7%46.7%+4.7pp—4.8%
Los Nietos Middle2 mi4773rd percentile · Solid · statewide · 202523.0%50.8%——3.1%
East Whittier Middle2.1 mi4468th percentile · Solid · statewide · 202523.3%52.4%+1.5pp—6.4%
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$59,513 – $120,894
Average elementary principal salary$147,722
Average middle school principal salary$151,907
Superintendent salary$246,960

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.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
202221/10023#1622California comprehensive middle schools · 2,113 schools
202320/10023#1629California comprehensive middle schools · 2,125 schools
202425/10023#1646California comprehensive middle schools · 2,152 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

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 · 24.8% → 2025 · 21.7% · −3.1pp
Suspension rate2024 · 6.9% → 2025 · 5.3% · −1.6pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresExcMet+
2025 · ELA4616.5%32.8%
2025 · Math4646.3%21.3%
2024 · ELA4435.2%32.7%
2024 · Math4457.4%22.0%
2023 · ELA4775.9%33.1%
2023 · Math4864.9%16.7%
2022 · ELA5685.3%31.5%
2022 · Math5663.4%13.3%
2019 · ELA6595.8%33.4%
2019 · Math6678.7%19.2%

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
2022———4.5%22.8%23.9%5.2%—
2023———5.5%25.4%28.9%9.3%—
2024———6.4%27.9%24.6%6.8%—
20252525#16286.4%27.2%21.6%5.2%—

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
Female10.1%20.2%+10.1pp
Male13.5%23.0%+9.5pp
Hispanic/Latino11.6%21.8%+10.2pp
White19.0%——
Students with Disabilities19.5%32.1%+12.6pp
English Learners8.6%18.3%+9.7pp
Homeless33.3%28.8%-4.5pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged11.3%22.5%+11.2pp
All Students11.8%21.7%+9.9pp

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−21437Minimal−14436Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−21414Minimal−15413Moderate
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−23406Minimal−15405Moderate
English Only−23208not categorised−5208not categorised
English Learner−28153Minimal−19153Moderate
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only−2290not categorised−1590not categorised
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)−3782Minimal−1682Moderate
English Learners Only−3263not categorised−1863not categorised
Students with Disabilities−2960Minimal−1460Moderate
Homeless Youth−1445Moderate−2045Moderate

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. “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

437 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

California growth model, ELA: −21 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 3rd percentile of 7,519 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.3rd pctile · −21 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

436 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

California growth model, math: −14 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 12th percentile of 7,518 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.12th pctile · −14 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$16,729 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 2,444 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$479 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 484

Central federal expenditures attributed here$734 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 484

District current expense · FY 2024–25$23,993 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 68%Instruction support 7%Student services 9%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 9%

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$16,729 per pupil
2020$14,815 per pupil
2019$14,200 per pupil
2018$13,579 per pupil
2017$12,654 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 90605
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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 90605
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$99,635
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)21.83%
ZCTA population39,387
Median age37.2 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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