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Rio Linda Preparatory Academy — Rating & test scores

1101 G Street, Rio Linda · 331 students · Grades 7–8

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Scope Score 71

DevelopingScope Score · 25th percentile. Higher than 25 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, below in math, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026: 37% and 30% scored Proficient or Advanced, 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: 306 in English, 309 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).

Overview

Is Rio Linda Preparatory Academy a good middle school?

Developing. Rio Linda Preparatory Academy is higher than most California middle schools on progress in math. Rio Linda Preparatory Academy is lower than most on test results, progress in English and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced3337%
Math, Proficient or Advanced4730%
English, Advanced258%
Math, Advanced5315%

Progress in a year, 2025

English5−19 pts
Math74+8 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance243 in 100
Rio Linda Preparatory Academy’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Twin Rivers Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 8% of students tested in English (reading and writing) scored Advanced, against 19% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Rio Linda Preparatory Academy’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
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 7 and 8. California: CDE’s grade 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English tested).

In its own words

What does Rio Linda Preparatory Academy say about itself?

We haven’t read Rio Linda Preparatory Academy’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open rlpa.trusd.net (opens in a new tab)

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, lower. In math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored 19 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 8 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

English

−19

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income249−21 points
Hispanic or Latino125−18 points
English learners85−19 points
White65−34 points
Long-term English learners53−24 points

Math

+8

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income254+5 points
Hispanic or Latino131+7 points
English learners88+4 points
White64+12 points
Long-term English learners55−12 points

Grades 7 and 8, 2025, 272 students in English, 278 in math with scores in both years. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

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

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 19 points below that expected score, and in math 8 points above it.

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

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

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

3 of the 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Rio Linda Preparatory Academy. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 4.5 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Westside Preparatory CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7655th
  2. NorwoodNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7445th
  3. Alpha TechnologyElverta Joint Elementary · by addressScope Score 7335th
  4. Rio Linda Preparatory AcademyScope Score 7125th
  5. New Hope CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7018th
  6. Arcade FundamentalSan Juan Unified · by addressScope Score 687th
  7. Rio TierraNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 662nd
  8. Martin Luther King Jr. Technology AcademyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 63bottom 1%
Twin Rivers UnifiedA neighborhood school in another districtCharter

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer. A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

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

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%0%25%50%75%100%

6 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Rio Linda Preparatory Academy compare with schools like it?

Rio Linda Preparatory Academy’s Scope Score is 71. 621 California middle schools, counting Rio Linda Preparatory Academy, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 71. Rio Linda Preparatory Academy’s result is higher than 274 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 621

  1. Students from low-income families: 88%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 92%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 93rd percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 93%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 92nd percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 89%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 91%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 90th percentile

621 California public middle schools where 82% to 94% 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 82% to 94% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Rio Linda Preparatory Academy’s share. The count includes Rio Linda Preparatory Academy. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 38% to 37% and math from 31% to 30%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 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%2017201820192022202320242025202633%24%50%CaliforniaCalifornia37%Rio Linda Preparatory AcademyThis school37%Twin Rivers UnifiedDistrict

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202624%14%37%CaliforniaCalifornia30%Rio Linda Preparatory AcademyThis school26%Twin Rivers UnifiedDistrict

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Twin Rivers Unified’s line combines its 19 middle schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

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

English, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringRio Linda Preparatory AcademyTwin Rivers UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201724%33%49%312
201831%35%50%302
201933%36%50%314
202227%33%48%307
202328%33%47%296
202427%32%47%279
202538%36%49%296
202637%37%50%306
Math, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringRio Linda Preparatory AcademyTwin Rivers UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201714%24%37%313
201818%25%37%302
201920%25%37%314
202217%17%31%310
202321%19%32%307
202422%18%33%281
202531%22%35%302
202630%26%37%309

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in English; below it in math.

English

37%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

3528298
Twin Rivers Unified37%California50%

Math

30%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

45251515
Twin Rivers Unified26%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 37% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 30% 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).

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced36%39%
Advanced6%9%
Proficient30%30%
Developing level27%28%
Minimal37%33%
Tested156150
California51%49%
Difference−15−10

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 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced30%29%
Advanced18%13%
Proficient12%16%
Developing level22%30%
Minimal48%41%
Tested158151
California38%36%
Difference−8−7

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 school8%29%28%35%306
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · Twin Rivers Unified11%26%24%39%4,721
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school15%15%25%45%309
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · Twin Rivers Unified12%14%20%54%4,715

Spring 2026, grades 7 and 8 combined: 306 tested in English, 309 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 48% of students. 155 of 361 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

43in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (155 of 361 students).

At the average Twin Rivers Unified middle school: 35 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 14.9% of students were suspended at least once (55 of 369). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

331

students in grades 7–8.

Hispanic or Latino 48%White 22%Asian 13%Two or more races 6%Black or African American 6%

Family income

88%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 292 of 331. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

22

teachers, with 14 years of experience on average.

5% were in their first year.

86% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

53%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (30 of 57 students).

Twin Rivers Unified: 43%. California: 47%.

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

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino48%
White22%
Asian13%
Two or more races6%
Black or African American6%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 15.3 of 17.7 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

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

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Asian42 tested52%California 76%
  • White65 tested37%California 62%
  • Low-income274 tested36%California 39%
  • Homeless30 tested35%California 28%
  • Hispanic or Latino152 tested32%California 40%
  • Students with disabilities39 tested10%California 14%
  • English learners53 tested9%California 7%

37% of White students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 7 and 8, spring 2026), against 62% for the same group across California. Asian and Hispanic or Latino students also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 8 English, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

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

Proficient or Advancedgrades 7 and 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Twin Rivers Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 274 tested in English, 276 in math
English36%+333%−339%
Math29%+623%+326%
Hispanic or Latino · 152 tested in English, 154 in math
English32%−234%−840%
Math23%+122%−225%
White · 65 tested
English37%−643%−2562%
Math35%−136%−1550%
Asian · 42 tested
English52%+1240%−2476%
Math40%+1327%−3171%
English learners · 53 tested in English, 54 in math
English9%+36%+27%
Math13%+58%+67%
Students with disabilities · 39 tested in English, 38 in math
English10%+37%−414%
Math3%−25%−69%
Homeless · 30 tested
English35%+530%+728%
Math30%+921%+1317%

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

Students of two or more races, 30 tested: no rate for grade 7 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Rio Linda Preparatory Academy. 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.
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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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Money

Where does the money go?

$24,296 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Twin Rivers Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $119 million.

$24,296

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$14,529
The school’s share of district office costs
$9,767
Of the total, from federal funds
$2,592
  • Rio Linda Preparatory Academy$24,296
  • Twin Rivers Unified middle schools$22,069
  • California middle schools$19,269

The district and California figures combine their middle schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 1,241 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

Twin Rivers Unified’s yearly plan

$119million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$104million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 8 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $119 million of $574 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Twin Rivers Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Rio Linda Preparatory Academy like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95673. They are not figures for the families at Rio Linda Preparatory Academy.

Typical household income in a year

$95,824

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 95673.

Typical home value
$459,100
People who live in this ZIP code
16,512
Typical age
39.8 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
16%

What you can do

Who can act on Rio Linda Preparatory Academy’s results?

The state took Rio Linda Preparatory Academy out of extra targeted support; Twin Rivers Unified’s board decides its plan.

How to take part

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

What has the state flagged?

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

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

Extra state help for the district

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

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 7 questions to Rio Linda Preparatory Academy. 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?43 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (155 of 361 students); average California middle school: 18 in 100
  2. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?14.9% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (55 of 369 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?19 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 7 and 8, 2025 (272 students)
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  5. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Rio Linda Preparatory Academy, and how do I get in?

Ask Twin Rivers Unified which school serves your address. Next comes Rio Linda High.

The district splits Rio Linda Preparatory Academy’s attendance zone. 99% of its children are assigned to Rio Linda High. In the district’s boundaries, Rio Linda Preparatory Academy draws from 3 elementary schools. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Elementary · fed by
Middle · this school
Rio Linda Preparatory Academy
High · next
Rio Linda High Scope Score 75Developing · 48th percentile · 2025

Assigned for part of the zone

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. Shares are our estimate of where the zone’s children live. We use 2020 Census child counts, or land area where few children were counted. A share counts children living in the zone, not a school’s enrolled students. A boundary doesn’t guarantee a place. Transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Dry Creek Elementary

    Assigned

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

  • Orchard Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 73 · Developing · 37th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Westside Elementary

    Assigned

    Scope Score 70 · Needs Support · 17th percentile · elementary · 2026

High-school links

  • Rio Linda High

    Assigned for part of the zone

    Scope Score 75 · Developing · 48th percentile · high · 2025

    99% of the zone’s children

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 the path ends: Rio Linda High
Rio Linda HighScope Score 75 · Developing · 48th percentile · 2025district-published assignment for part of the zone

The road from this school ends at Rio Linda High. UC records 20 enrollees from Rio Linda High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 19 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Rio Linda High around 2028, and a school can change a lot in 2 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 57% of the students who finished high school at Rio Linda High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

20 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 19 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Rio Linda High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Rio Linda Preparatory Academy?

Address
1101 G Street, Rio Linda 95673Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Nick SeilerAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated July 23, 2024.

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

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

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

Is Rio Linda Preparatory Academy a good middle school?

Rio Linda Preparatory Academy has a Scope Score of 71. It scored higher than 25 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Developing, 25th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 43 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 35 in 100 at the average Twin Rivers Unified middle school. 14.9% of students (55 of 369) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, lower. In math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored 19 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 8 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 272 students in English, 278 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 36% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at Rio Linda Preparatory Academy scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

The district splits Rio Linda Preparatory Academy’s attendance zone. 99% of its children are assigned to Rio Linda High. This is from the district’s published 2026 attendance boundaries. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Rio Linda High: Scope Score 75, Developing, 48th percentile among California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 results

See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,887 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #10 of 19 in Twin Rivers Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math11%4342%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math34%4523%
Chronically absent43 in 100185%
Suspension rate14.9% (55 of 369)75%
English learners: top level31%625%

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 80%: the remaining 20%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267125#1887California middle schools · 2,529 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–1915 in 10018.5% (100 of 541)−3
2021–22not on filenot on file—
2022–23not on filenot on file—
2023–2438 in 10022.9% (78 of 341)—
2024–2532 in 10015.2% (56 of 369)—
2025–2643 in 10014.9% (55 of 369)—

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 6 and grade 8 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English3068%37%
2026 · Math30915%30%
2025 · English2967%38%
2025 · Math30214%31%
2024 · English2797%27%
2024 · Math2818%22%
2023 · English2966%28%
2023 · Math30712%21%
2022 · English3074%27%
2022 · Math3106%17%
2019 · English4616%34%
2019 · Math4627%23%
2018 · English4736%34%
2018 · Math4747%19%
2017 · English5113%27%
2017 · Math5145%16%

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 7 · English15037%
2025 · Grade 8 · English14640%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math15532%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math14731%
2024 · Grade 7 · English14932%
2024 · Grade 8 · English13022%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math15119%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math13025%
2023 · Grade 7 · English14431%
2023 · Grade 8 · English15226%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math14722%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math16020%
2022 · Grade 7 · English14323%
2022 · Grade 8 · English16430%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math14618%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math16416%
2019 · Grade 5 · English7238%
2019 · Grade 6 · English7537%
2019 · Grade 7 · English16329%
2019 · Grade 8 · English15136%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math7330%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math7525%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math16320%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math15121%
2018 · Grade 5 · English6146%
2018 · Grade 6 · English11035%
2018 · Grade 7 · English15432%
2018 · Grade 8 · English14831%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math6030%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math11217%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math15415%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math14821%
2017 · Grade 5 · English9333%
2017 · Grade 6 · English10627%
2017 · Grade 7 · English15329%
2017 · Grade 8 · English15920%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math9322%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math10817%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math15314%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math16014%

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
Schoolwide1547%26%50%17%

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-income27436%+3−3
Hispanic or Latino15232%−2−8
White6537%−6−25
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−19272Moderate+8278Accelerated
Low-income−21249Minimal+5254Accelerated
English-only students−24158not categorized+10161not categorized
Hispanic or Latino−18125Moderate+7131Accelerated
English learners−1985Moderate+488Average
White−3465Minimal+1264Accelerated
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−2453Minimal−1255Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−743not categorized+2044not categorized
English learners only−3142not categorized−1144not categorized
Asian+140Average−140Average
Homeless−1634Moderate+337Average
Students with disabilities−1032Moderate+1231Accelerated
Two or more races−3317Minimal+516Accelerated

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 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−19 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

272 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −19 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+8 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

278 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +8 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, 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 · 32 in 100 → 2025–26 · 43 in 100 · +11 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 15.2% (56 of 369) → 2025–26 · 14.9% (55 of 369) · −0.3 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female13 in 10042 in 100+29 in 100
Male18 in 10044 in 100+26 in 100
Asian2 of 4912 of 47—
Black or African American8 of 309 of 22—
Hispanic or Latino14 in 10043 in 100+29 in 100
Two or more races6 of 2812 of 23—
White18 in 10039 of 80—
Students with disabilities20 in 10031 of 59—
English learners8 of 9822 of 71—
Homeless21 of 6520 of 47—
Low-income17 in 10044 in 100+27 in 100
All students15 in 10043 in 100+28 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,626 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 24,497 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$1,292 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 331

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,300 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 331

District current expense · FY 2024–25$22,643 per ADA

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

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

How the California mean was selected

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

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 54%Instruction support 12%Student services 10%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 8%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$275,029,11253.90%54%
Instruction support$59,363,49711.63%12%
Student services$51,316,00310.06%10%
Administration$33,134,7246.49%7%
Buildings & maintenance$48,299,8689.47%9%
Other$43,084,1978.44%8%
Total$510,227,402100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $510,227,402 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$15,626 per pupil
2020$14,054 per pupil
2019$14,648 per pupil
2018$12,954 per pupil
2017$12,405 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 95673 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95673 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$95,824
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)16%
ZIP-area population16,512
Median age39.8 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 95673 →

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