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Rio Tierra Junior High — Rating & test scores

3201 Northstead Drive, Sacramento · 328 students · Grades 7–8

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Scope Score 66

Needs SupportScope Score · 2nd percentile. Higher than 2 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: 26% and 13% 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: 294 in English, 290 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 Tierra a good middle school?

Needs Support. Rio Tierra is lower than most California middle schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced1226%
Math, Proficient or Advanced1313%
English, Advanced166%
Math, Advanced124%

Progress in a year, 2025

English2−24 pts
Math1−32 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance146 in 100
Rio Tierra’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

46 in 100 students (154 of 336) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That is about one and a third times the rate at the average Twin Rivers Unified middle school.

Each bar is Rio Tierra’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): 336. District and California figures are averages of school rates (19 Twin Rivers Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Rio Tierra say about itself?

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

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

Progress

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

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored 24 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Minimal. In math, they scored 32 points lower, which the state calls Minimal.

English

−24

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income239−23 points
Hispanic or Latino154−24 points
English learners103−23 points
Long-term English learners57−23 points
Homeless Youth53−29 points

Math

−32

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income238−35 points
Hispanic or Latino153−34 points
English learners103−32 points
Long-term English learners57−24 points
Homeless Youth52−51 points

Grades 7 and 8, 2025, 253 students in English, 252 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 24 points below that expected score, and in math 32 points below 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?

6 of the 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Rio Tierra. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 4.4 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. MiwokSacramento City Unified · by addressScope Score 8689th
  2. Natomas Pacific Pathways PrepCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 8486th
  3. NorwoodNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7445th
  4. Rio Linda Preparatory AcademyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7125th
  5. New Hope CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7018th
  6. NatomasNatomas Unified · by addressScope Score 688th
  7. Rio TierraScope 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%75%0%25%50%75%100%

5 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 Tierra compare with schools like it?

Rio Tierra’s Scope Score is 66. 607 California middle schools, counting Rio Tierra, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 71. Rio Tierra’s result is higher than 35 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 607

  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: 96%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 89%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

607 California public middle schools where 87% to 99% 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 87% to 99% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Rio Tierra’s share. The count includes Rio Tierra. 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 higher than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 21% to 26% and math from 12% to 13%.

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%Twin Rivers UnifiedDistrict26%Rio TierraRio Tierra

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202624%10%37%CaliforniaCalifornia26%Twin Rivers UnifiedDistrict13%Rio TierraRio Tierra

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 TierraTwin Rivers UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201724%33%49%364
201829%35%50%363
201925%36%50%373
202229%33%48%268
202324%33%47%291
202420%32%47%302
202521%36%49%300
202626%37%50%294
Math, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringRio TierraTwin Rivers UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201710%24%37%366
201812%25%37%364
201911%25%37%375
20229%17%31%266
20239%19%32%271
20246%18%33%304
202512%22%35%306
202613%26%37%290

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

26%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

522220
Twin Rivers Unified37%California50%

Math

13%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

72159
Twin Rivers Unified26%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 26% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 13% 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 13 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.

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 Advanced31%21%
Advanced8%3%
Proficient23%18%
Developing level18%27%
Minimal51%52%
Tested154140
California51%49%
Difference−20−28

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 Advanced21%6%
Advanced7%1%
Proficient14%5%
Developing level14%15%
Minimal65%79%
Tested151139
California38%36%
Difference−17−30

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 school6%20%22%52%294
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 school4%9%15%72%290
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: 294 tested in English, 290 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 56% of students. 154 of 336 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

46in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (154 of 336 students).

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

Suspensions: 15.3% of students were suspended at least once (54 of 353). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

328

students in grades 7–8.

Hispanic or Latino 56%Black or African American 20%Asian 8%Two or more races 6%White 5%Pacific Islander 4%

Family income

93%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 305 of 328. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

20

teachers, with 11 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

99% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

46%

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 (33 of 71 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 Latino56%
Black or African American20%
Asian8%
Two or more races6%
White5%
Pacific Islander4%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
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: 17.7 of 17.9 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

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

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Hispanic or Latino173 tested32%California 40%
  • Low-income270 tested26%California 39%
  • Homeless49 tested22%California 28%
  • Black or African American53 tested11%California 34%
  • Students with disabilities65 tested3%California 14%
  • English learners71 tested1%California 7%

26% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 7 and 8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. Black or African American and Hispanic or Latino students, students with disabilities and English learners 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 · 270 tested in English, 265 in math
English26%−733%−1339%
Math13%−1023%−1326%
Hispanic or Latino · 173 tested in English, 171 in math
English32%−234%−840%
Math18%−422%−725%
Black or African American · 53 tested in English, 51 in math
English11%−1728%−2334%
Math6%−1117%−1420%
English learners · 71 tested
English1%−56%−67%
Math3%−58%−47%
Students with disabilities · 65 tested in English, 64 in math
English3%−47%−1114%
Math3%−25%−69%
Homeless · 49 tested in English, 48 in math
English22%−830%−628%
Math10%−1121%−717%

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.

Asian students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Rio Tierra. 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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  • 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?

$26,080 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.

$26,080

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$16,459
The school’s share of district office costs
$9,621
Of the total, from federal funds
$2,478
  • Rio Tierra$26,080
  • 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 Tierra like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95833. They are not figures for the families at Rio Tierra.

Typical household income in a year

$97,792

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 95833.

Typical home value
$464,400
People who live in this ZIP code
42,265
Typical age
35.3 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
32%

What you can do

Who can act on Rio Tierra’s results?

The state has Rio Tierra in 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 named it because results were low for Black or African American students and low-income students. This support comes with a school improvement plan, which must use approaches with evidence behind them. Ask the principal to see the school improvement plan.

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 8 questions to Rio Tierra. 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?46 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (154 of 336 students); average California middle school: 18 in 100
  2. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?15.3% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (54 of 353 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?32 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 7 and 8, 2025 (252 students)
  4. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?1% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026 (71 students tested); the same group across California: 7%
  5. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  6. 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 Tierra, and how do I get in?

Ask Twin Rivers Unified which school serves your address. Next comes Grant Union High.

In the district’s boundaries, Rio Tierra Junior High 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 Tierra Junior High
High · next
Grant Union High Scope Score 68Needs Support · 16th percentile · 2025

Assigned

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries, plus nearby estimates. 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

Middle-school links

High-school links

  • Grant Union High

    Assigned

    Scope Score 68 · Needs Support · 16th percentile · high · 2025

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: Grant Union High
Grant Union HighScope Score 68 · Needs Support · 16th percentile · 2025district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at Grant Union High. UC records 17 enrollees from Grant Union High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 14 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Grant Union 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 Grant Union High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

17 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 14 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Grant Union High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Rio Tierra?

Address
3201 Northstead Drive, Sacramento 95833Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Adam SinorAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated June 13, 2023.

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 Tierra a good middle school?

Rio Tierra Junior High has a Scope Score of 66. It scored higher than 2 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 2nd percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 46 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 35 in 100 at the average Twin Rivers Unified middle school. 15.3% of students (54 of 353) 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?

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored 24 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Minimal. In math, they scored 32 points lower, which the state calls Minimal.

  • Included in this measure: 253 students in English, 252 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 26% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at Rio Tierra Junior High in Sacramento scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2026 attendance boundaries, Rio Tierra Junior High is zoned to Grant Union High. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Grant Union High: Scope Score 68, Needs Support, 16th 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 #2,460 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #16 of 19 in Twin Rivers Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math5%3642%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math20%3323%
Chronically absent46 in 100145%
Suspension rate15.3% (54 of 353)65%
English learners: top level16%425%

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
2025–26662#2460California 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)
2018–1914 in 10019.1% (100 of 523)−14
2021–22not on filenot on file—
2022–23not on filenot on file—
2023–2435 in 10016.0% (59 of 368)—
2024–2540 in 10018.0% (67 of 373)—
2025–2646 in 10015.3% (54 of 353)—

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 · English2946%26%
2026 · Math2904%13%
2025 · English3005%21%
2025 · Math3065%12%
2024 · English3024%20%
2024 · Math3042%6%
2023 · English2916%24%
2023 · Math2713%9%
2022 · English2687%29%
2022 · Math2662%9%
2019 · English4585%28%
2019 · Math4592%14%
2018 · English4585%30%
2018 · Math4593%14%
2017 · English4554%26%
2017 · Math4593%12%

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 · English14227%
2025 · Grade 8 · English15816%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math14616%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math1609%
2024 · Grade 7 · English14721%
2024 · Grade 8 · English15519%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math1498%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math1553%
2023 · Grade 7 · English15125%
2023 · Grade 8 · English14024%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math14410%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math1277%
2022 · Grade 7 · English13427%
2022 · Grade 8 · English13431%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math13513%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math1316%
2019 · Grade 6 · English8540%
2019 · Grade 7 · English19922%
2019 · Grade 8 · English17428%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math8426%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math20012%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math17510%
2018 · Grade 6 · English9535%
2018 · Grade 7 · English17132%
2018 · Grade 8 · English19226%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math9521%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math17212%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math19211%
2017 · Grade 6 · English9133%
2017 · Grade 7 · English19428%
2017 · Grade 8 · English17019%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math9320%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math19310%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math17310%

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
Schoolwide1421%15%51%32%

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-income27026%−7−13
Hispanic or Latino17332%−2−8
English learners711%−5−6
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−24253Minimal−32252Minimal
Low-income−23239Minimal−35238Minimal
Hispanic or Latino−24154Minimal−34153Minimal
English-only students−26123not categorized−29122not categorized
English learners−23103Minimal−32103Minimal
English learners only−2057not categorized−1857not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−2357Minimal−2457Minimal
Homeless−2953Minimal−5152Minimal
Students with disabilities−2952Minimal+251Average
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−2746not categorized−4646not categorized
Black or African American−2641Minimal−2741Minimal
Asian−2319Minimal−2719Minimal

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−24 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

253 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, English: −24 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Minimal, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−32 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

252 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, math: −32 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Minimal, 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 · 40 in 100 → 2025–26 · 46 in 100 · +6 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 18.0% (67 of 373) → 2025–26 · 15.3% (54 of 353) · −2.7 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female13 in 10044 in 100+31 in 100
Male14 in 10047 in 100+33 in 100
Asian1 of 324 of 26—
Black or African American22 of 7945 of 66—
Hispanic or Latino11 in 10038 in 100+27 in 100
Two or more races2 of 1913 of 19—
White7 of 3611 of 18—
Students with disabilities22 in 10050 of 85—
English learners9 in 10031 of 88—
Homeless19 of 4936 of 64—
Low-income15 in 10047 in 100+32 in 100
All students14 in 10046 in 100+32 in 100
Pacific Islander—6 of 12—

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$1,218 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 328

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,260 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 328

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 95833 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95833 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$97,792
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)32%
ZIP-area population42,265
Median age35.3 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 95833 →

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