Public school · Corona-Norco Unified · Eastvale, California

River Heights Intermediate — Rating & test scores

Eastvale · 7–8 · 1,203 students (2024–25)

7227 Scholar Way, 92880riverheights.cnusd.k12.ca.us ↗(951) 738-2155
86thpercentileStrong

The dots are California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
59

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of five of the six middle school measures.

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Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Well above California in English and math: 64% and 56% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, against 50% and 37%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 1,212 in English, 1,217 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).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

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In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 30% of students tested in English (reading and writing) and 35% in math scored Advanced, against 19% and 21% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources
The sentence above
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 7 and 8: 1,212 in English, 1,217 in math. 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).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Corona-Norco Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is River Heights Intermediate a good middle school?

River Heights Intermediate scores higher than 86 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 86th percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 10 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 12 in 100 at the average Corona-Norco Unified middle school. 4.4% of students (56 of 1,282) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. Evidence ↓

More questions (4)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

About as expected, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored −4 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored +4 points, which it calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 1,115 students in English, 1,111 in math

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 57% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at River Heights Intermediate in Eastvale scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2026 attendance boundaries, River Heights Intermediate is zoned to Eleanor Roosevelt High. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Eleanor Roosevelt High: 85th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 Scope Score

Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 64% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 56% in math, against 50% and 37% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 1,212 in English, 1,217 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English, 838,896 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · 1,212 tested

Advanced
30%
Proficient
34%
Below the standard
36%
This school64%
California50%
Corona-Norco Unified58%

64% Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8.

Math

Grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026 · 1,217 tested

Advanced
35%
Proficient
21%
Below the standard
44%
This school56%
California37%
Corona-Norco Unified42%

56% Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 7 and 8 · every level, with tested counts

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 Advanced67%62%
Advanced33%27%
Proficient34%35%
Developing level15%20%
Minimal18%18%
Tested598614
California51%49%
Difference+16+13

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 Advanced55%57%
Advanced34%36%
Proficient21%21%
Developing level21%21%
Minimal24%22%
Tested602615
California38%36%
Difference+17+21

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.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

Have results changed?

English results were similar to 2025; math results were higher. English went from 61% to 64% and math from 50% to 56%.

English · top two levels · grades 7 and 8

202561%1,201 tested
→
202664%1,212 tested

This school

California, same grades49% → 50%2025 → 2026 · 848,364 → 838,600 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 7 and 8

202550%1,198 tested
→
202656%1,217 tested

This school

California, same grades35% → 37%2025 → 2026 · 851,806 → 838,896 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

About as expected, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored −4 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored +4 points, which it calls Average.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 7 and 8: 1,115 in English, 1,111 in math
Comparison
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.

Grades 7 and 8 · 2025 · 1,115 students in English, 1,111 in math, with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

−4 pts

English

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

+4 pts

Math

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

Ask: How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 7 and 8 · This school30%34%18%18%1,212
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · Corona-Norco Unified23%35%22%20%7,325
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school35%21%21%23%1,217
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · Corona-Norco Unified24%18%23%35%7,357

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Read English and math separately, then look at progress and the courses students can take.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown · English and math have been above California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 7 and 8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202664%50%
Math top two levels, grades 7 and 8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202656%37%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 7 and 8, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 61% in 2017 to 64% in 2026. In math, it went from 43% in 2017 to 56% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 7 and 8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201761%
1,133 tested		49%
915,271 tested
201862%
1,220 tested		50%
919,277 tested
201961%
1,230 tested		50%
932,985 tested
202257%
1,143 tested		48%
852,094 tested
202361%
1,131 tested		47%
842,173 tested
202464%
1,169 tested		47%
849,026 tested
202561%
1,201 tested		49%
848,364 tested
202664%
1,212 tested		50%
838,600 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 7 and 8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201743%
1,133 tested		37%
918,964 tested
201841%
1,221 tested		37%
921,089 tested
201944%
1,233 tested		37%
935,223 tested
202240%
1,138 tested		31%
853,132 tested
202344%
1,131 tested		32%
844,737 tested
202446%
1,189 tested		33%
853,781 tested
202550%
1,198 tested		35%
851,806 tested
202656%
1,217 tested		37%
838,896 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

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 4 points below that expected score, and in math 4 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.

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

10 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 4.4% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Context Close to the 12 in 100 at the average Corona-Norco Unified middle school: a pattern across the district.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 126 of 1,260 students counted for it; suspension: 56 of 1,282 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Corona-Norco Unified middle school 5.3%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

10 in 100This school
12 in 100At the average Corona-Norco Unified middle school
18 in 100At the average California middle school

126 of 1,260 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

4.4%

of students were suspended at least once (56 of 1,282). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at River Heights Intermediate

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Four student groups here scored well above the same groups across California in English.

Student groups, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026

Low-income, Hispanic or Latino and Black or African American students and students with disabilities all score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 57% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 7 and 8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. The chart gives each group’s figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 7 and 8; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
River Heights IntermediateSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • Filipino50 tested90%Same group, California 74%
  • Two or more races47 tested77%Same group, California 63%
  • Asian369 tested76%Same group, California 76%
  • White131 tested68%Same group, California 62%
  • Low-income832 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 57%Same group, California 39%
  • Hispanic or Latino512 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 55%Same group, California 40%
  • Black or African American95 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 48%Same group, California 34%
  • Students with disabilities108 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 28%Same group, California 14%
  • English learners95 tested8%Same group, California 7%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 8 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 17% to 78%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 42%2. Asian: 31%3. White: 11%4. Black or African American: 8%5. Filipino: 4%6. Two or more races: 2%7. Not reported: 1%Unallocated share: 1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino42%
  2. Asian31%
  3. White11%
  4. Black or African American8%
  5. Filipino4%
  6. Two or more races2%
  7. Not reported1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Pacific Islander—
  10. Unallocated share1%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. “Not reported” is different: it is a category in the state’s own count of students. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

63% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 56 of 89 English learners63%
Corona-Norco Unified · 2,456 of 4,69552%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

69%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 826 of 1,203. California: 63%.

45teachers, 2024–25

19 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

2%in their first year, 2024–25

94%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep low-income students and other student groups on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 7 and 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Corona-Norco Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 832 tested in English, 837 in math
English57%+651%+1839%
Math50%+1634%+2426%
Hispanic or Latino · 512 tested in English, 511 in math
English55%+649%+1540%
Math41%+1229%+1625%
Asian · 369 tested in English, 377 in math
English76%−379%076%
Math78%+672%+771%
White · 131 tested in English, 130 in math
English68%+464%+662%
Math59%+1247%+950%
Black or African American · 95 tested in English, 94 in math
English48%−452%+1434%
Math32%−133%+1220%
Filipino · 50 tested
English90%+288%+1674%
Math72%+468%+1260%
Two or more races · 47 tested
English77%+1364%+1463%
Math68%+1949%+1850%
English learners · 95 tested in English, 103 in math
English8%+17%+17%
Math36%+2610%+297%
Students with disabilities · 108 tested in English, 107 in math
English28%+1117%+1414%
Math17%+710%+89%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Corona-Norco Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

No published rate here for American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino42%
Asian31%
White11%
Black or African American8%
Filipino4%
Two or more races2%
Not reported1%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 94% of teaching positions, 40.3 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 43 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after River Heights Intermediate, and how do I get in?

Eleanor Roosevelt High.

In the district’s boundaries, River Heights Intermediate draws from 5 elementary schools. Boundaries split some neighborhoods. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Elementary · fed by
Middle · this school
River Heights Intermediate
High · next
Eleanor Roosevelt High 85th · Strong · 2025

Assigned

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. Shares are our estimate of where the zone’s children live, from 2020 Census child counts, or land area where few children were counted; they describe children living in the zone, not a school’s enrolled students. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement: 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

High-school links

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: Eleanor Roosevelt High
Eleanor Roosevelt High85th · Strong · 2025 · Scope Score 72district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at Eleanor Roosevelt High. UC records 178 enrollees from Eleanor Roosevelt High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 25 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Eleanor Roosevelt High around 2028, and a school can change a lot in 2 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 70% of the students who finished high school at Eleanor Roosevelt High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

178 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 25 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Eleanor Roosevelt High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Corona-Norco Unified which school serves your address.

School website: riverheights.cnusd.k12.ca.us ↗Office: (951) 738-2155Administrator: Eva Isett

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
7227 Scholar Way, Eastvale 92880

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Corona-Norco Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (951) 738-21557227 Scholar Way, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby middle schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest middle schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby middle schoolsPercentile among California middle schools, 2026

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #348 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #3 of 11 in Corona-Norco Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math32%6742%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math60%6723%
Chronically absent10 in 100615%
Suspension rate4.4% (56 of 1,282)485%
English learners: top level23%525%

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
2025–265986#348California 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 absenceSuspension
2018–195 in 1008.8% (114 of 1,298)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2412 in 1005.9% (75 of 1,269)
2024–259 in 1004.3% (54 of 1,269)
2025–2610 in 1004.4% (56 of 1,282)

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

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 · English1,21230%64%
2026 · Math1,21735%56%
2025 · English1,20127%61%
2025 · Math1,19831%50%
2024 · English1,16926%64%
2024 · Math1,18927%46%
2023 · English1,13125%61%
2023 · Math1,13127%44%
2022 · English1,14321%57%
2022 · Math1,13822%40%
2019 · English1,23022%61%
2019 · Math1,23322%44%
2018 · English1,22019%62%
2018 · Math1,22120%41%
2017 · English1,13323%61%
2017 · Math1,13321%43%

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 · English59163%
2025 · Grade 8 · English61060%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math58951%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math60950%
2024 · Grade 7 · English59366%
2024 · Grade 8 · English57662%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math60546%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math58445%
2023 · Grade 7 · English56863%
2023 · Grade 8 · English56359%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math56845%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math56344%
2022 · Grade 7 · English55159%
2022 · Grade 8 · English59256%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math54841%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math59038%
2019 · Grade 7 · English58667%
2019 · Grade 8 · English64456%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math58652%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math64737%
2018 · Grade 7 · English63561%
2018 · Grade 8 · English58563%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math63545%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math58637%
2017 · Grade 7 · English56964%
2017 · Grade 8 · English56458%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math56944%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math56441%

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
Schoolwide61720%25%44%11%

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-income83257%+6+18
Hispanic or Latino51255%+6+15
Asian36976%−30
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−41,115Average+41,111Average
Low-income−5762Average+3758Average
English-only students−5737not categorized+2733not categorized
Hispanic or Latino−8522Moderate−4519Average
Asian+3294Average+20294Exceptional
English learners−5185Average+3185Average
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+2140not categorized+4140not categorized
White−13108Moderate−5107Average
Students with disabilities−23104Minimal−8104Moderate
Black or African American−291Average+291Average
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−1252Moderate−752Moderate
Filipino+146Average−246Average
English learners only−2345not categorized−145not categorized
Two or more races+337Average+1737Accelerated

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. “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−4 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

1,115 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −4 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math+4 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

1,111 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: +4 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for California middle school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median English estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 7 and 8, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 9 in 100 → 2025–26 · 10 in 100 · +1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 4.3% (54 of 1,269) → 2025–26 · 4.4% (56 of 1,282) · +0.1 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female4 in 10010 in 100+6 in 100
Male6 in 10010 in 100+4 in 100
Asian1 in 1003 in 100+2 in 100
Black or African American8 in 10025 in 100+17 in 100
Filipino0 in 1004 in 100+4 in 100
Hispanic or Latino6 in 10013 in 100+7 in 100
Two or more races8 in 1003 in 100−5 in 100
White7 in 10011 in 100+4 in 100
Students with disabilities10 in 10021 in 100+11 in 100
English learners5 in 10011 in 100+6 in 100
Foster youth20 in 100——
Low-income7 in 10012 in 100+5 in 100
All students5 in 10010 in 100+5 in 100
Homeless—33 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. 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$12,310 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 51,318 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$362 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,203

Central federal expenditures attributed here$165 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,203

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,974 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 65%Instruction support 11%Student services 10%Administration 4%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$577,916,25364.91%65%
Instruction support$94,681,83310.63%11%
Student services$91,099,28010.23%10%
Administration$39,996,7264.49%4%
Buildings & maintenance$79,880,6998.97%9%
Other$6,777,3190.76%1%
Total$890,352,111100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $890,352,111 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$12,310 per pupil
2020$11,703 per pupil
2019$11,658 per pupil
2018$11,351 per pupil
2017$11,206 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 92880 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92880 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$151,155
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)43%
ZIP-area population75,043
Median age37.3 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 92880 →

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