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Riverdale Elementary — Rating & test scores

3700 Stathem Street, Riverdale · 507 students · Grades 4–8

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Scope Score 75

DevelopingScope Score · 49th percentile. Higher than 49 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

Below California in English (reading and writing) and math: 41% and 29% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8, spring 2026, against 49% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 287 in English, 286 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

This rating covers grades 6–8. Riverdale Elementary teaches 4–8.

Overview

Is Riverdale Elementary a good middle school?

Developing. Riverdale Elementary is higher than most California middle schools on attendance. Riverdale Elementary is lower than most on test results and progress in both subjects.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced4141%
Math, Proficient or Advanced4529%
English, Advanced3910%
Math, Advanced5115%

Progress in a year, 2025

English32−4 pts
Math44−3 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance6911 in 100
Riverdale Elementary’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 4 and 5, spring 2026, 32% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 26% in math, against 47% and 40% across California.

Each bar is Riverdale Elementary’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 4 and 5: 160. California: CDE’s grade 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 817,970 in English and 819,757 in math tested).

In its own words

What does Riverdale Elementary say about itself?

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

Open res.rjusd.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 4 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 3 points lower, which the state calls Average.

English

−4

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income425−4 points
Hispanic or Latino422−4 points
English learners236−6 points
Long-term English learners53−7 points
Students with disabilities41−16 points

Math

−3

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income425−2 points
Hispanic or Latino422−2 points
English learners237−3 points
Long-term English learners54−10 points
Students with disabilities41−25 points

Grades 4–8, 2025, 466 students 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 4 points below that expected score, and in math 3 points below it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 8 scores here with the school’s grade 6 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 67th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Schools like it

How does Riverdale Elementary compare with schools like it?

Riverdale Elementary’s Scope Score is 75. 637 California middle schools, counting Riverdale Elementary, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 71. Riverdale Elementary’s result is higher than 484 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 637

  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

637 California public middle schools where 85% to 97% 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 85% to 97% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Riverdale Elementary’s share. The count includes Riverdale Elementary. 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 39% to 41% and math from 31% to 29%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 6–8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202631%49%CaliforniaCalifornia41%Riverdale ElementaryThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202621%37%CaliforniaCalifornia29%Riverdale ElementaryThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. 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.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringRiverdale ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201731%48%345
201832%49%378
201939%50%362
202239%47%297
202339%46%308
202437%46%299
202539%49%318
202641%49%287
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringRiverdale ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201721%37%345
201826%37%376
201929%38%363
202228%31%297
202335%32%308
202429%33%305
202531%36%321
202629%37%286

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Below California in both subjects.

English

41%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

33263110
California49%

Math

29%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

45261415
California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 41% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 29% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 6–8 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).

Grade 6 stands apart in math: 16% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 29% across grades 6–8 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class.

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 12 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 12 points across California. The grades 6–8 cards above give each subject’s share.

How do the elementary grades do?

Well below California in both subjects. In grades 4 and 5, spring 2026, 32% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 26% in math, against 47% and 40% across California.

English

32%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

37311814
California47%

Math

26%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

4430179
California40%
Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 4 and 5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced28%36%
Advanced11%16%
Proficient17%20%
Developing level31%31%
Minimal41%33%
Tested7585
California46%49%
Difference−18−13
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced26%46%51%
Advanced5%15%11%
Proficient21%31%40%
Developing level26%28%23%
Minimal48%26%26%
Tested9210095
California48%51%49%
Difference−22−5+2

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 4 and 5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced23%29%
Advanced7%11%
Proficient16%18%
Developing level38%23%
Minimal39%48%
Tested7585
California42%37%
Difference−19−8
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced16%36%34%
Advanced8%14%22%
Proficient8%22%12%
Developing level26%27%26%
Minimal58%37%40%
Tested929995
California37%38%36%
Difference−21−2−2

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 6–8 · This school10%31%26%33%287
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
Math, grades 6–8 · This school15%14%26%45%286
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
English, grades 4 and 5 · This school14%18%31%37%160
English, grades 4 and 5 · California24%23%20%33%817,970
Math, grades 4 and 5 · This school9%17%30%44%160
Math, grades 4 and 5 · California21%19%26%34%819,757

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 287 tested in English, 286 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 91% of students. 51 of 465 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

11in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (51 of 465 students).

At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

No district average: Riverdale Elementary is the only regular middle school we rank in the Riverdale Joint Unified district with an attendance record.

Suspensions: 4.5% of students were suspended at least once (21 of 468). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

507

students in grades 4–8.

Hispanic or Latino 91%White 8%

Family income

91%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 459 of 507. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

32

teachers, with 12 years of experience on average.

3% were in their first year.

90% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

55%

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 (77 of 139 students).

Riverdale Joint Unified: 41%. 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.

Missing school, by grade
Grades 4–6
15 in 100 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent (38 of 262).
Grades 7–8
6 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (13 of 203).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino91%
White8%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
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: 23.6 of 26.3 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups at Riverdale Elementary have test results. Each bar compares one group with the same group across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 413 tested36%California 38%
  • Low-incomeMath · 412 tested26%California 27%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 406 tested37%California 39%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 406 tested26%California 26%
  • English learnersEnglish · 138 tested5%California 10%
  • English learnersMath · 138 tested7%California 10%

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 4–8, 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 4–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Riverdale Joint Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 413 tested in English, 412 in math
English36%036%−238%
Math26%026%−127%
Hispanic or Latino · 406 tested
English37%037%−239%
Math26%+125%026%
English learners · 138 tested
English5%05%−510%
Math7%07%−310%

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

Students with disabilities, 43 tested: no rate for grades 5, 7 and 8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless 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 Riverdale Elementary. 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.

Families

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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?

$19,295 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Riverdale Joint Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $30 million.

$19,295

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$12,954
The school’s share of district office costs
$6,341
Of the total, from federal funds
$2,022
  • Riverdale Elementary$19,295
  • 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 ↓

Riverdale Joint Unified’s yearly plan

$30million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$7million

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 6 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $30 million of $34 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Riverdale Joint Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27.

The neighborhood

What is the area around Riverdale Elementary like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93656. They are not figures for the families at Riverdale Elementary.

Typical household income in a year

$72,333

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 93656.

Typical home value
$294,600
People who live in this ZIP code
7,172
Typical age
30.8 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
8%

What you can do

Who can act on Riverdale Elementary’s results?

Riverdale Joint Unified’s board decides Riverdale Elementary’s plan.

When the plan is set

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

Read the 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

How to take part

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

State support

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

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Riverdale Elementary. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?4 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4–8, 2025 (466 students)
  2. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?5% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grades 4–8, spring 2026 (138 students tested); the same group across California: 10%
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

At the office

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

Getting in

What comes after Riverdale Elementary, and how do I get in?

Riverdale Elementary runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Riverdale Joint Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Fipps Primary
    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Riverdale Elementary
    Grades 4–8Scope Score 75Developing · 49th percentile
  3. High
    Riverdale High
    Scope Score 72Developing · 35th percentile · 2025Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Fipps Primary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

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

High-school links

  • Riverdale High

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 72 · Developing · 35th percentile · high · 2025

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

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where the path ends: Riverdale High
Riverdale HighScope Score 72 · Developing · 35th percentile · 2025historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Riverdale High. UC records 5 enrollees from Riverdale High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 11 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Riverdale High around 2031, and a school can change a lot in 5 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 78% of the students who finished high school at Riverdale High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

5 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 11 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Riverdale High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Riverdale Elementary?

Address
3700 Stathem Street, Riverdale 93656Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Sandra KirkAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated February 9, 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 8 common questions

How do I get in?

Riverdale Elementary runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Riverdale Joint Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Riverdale Elementary a good middle school?

Riverdale Elementary has a Scope Score of 75. It scored higher than 49 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Developing, 49th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 11 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 18 in 100 at the average California middle school. 4.5% of students (21 of 468) 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?

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored 4 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 3 points lower, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 466 students

See the details ↓

How does grade 6 do in math?

Grade 6 stands apart in math: 16% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 29% across grades 6–8 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class. See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 36% of low-income students in grades 4–8 at Riverdale Elementary scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 38% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Riverdale Elementary's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Riverdale High. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education’s School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement; confirm your address with the district.

  • Riverdale High: Scope Score 72, Developing, 35th 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 #1,279 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math12%4442%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math35%4623%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+52 scale-score pts5620%
Chronically absent11 in 100595%
Suspension rate4.5% (21 of 468)475%
English learners: top level19%465%

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. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

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
2025–267549#1279California 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)
2018–197 in 1004.2% (26 of 614)−12
2021–22not on filenot on file+12
2022–23not on filenot on file+19
2023–2412 in 1005.1% (28 of 546)+12
2024–2511 in 1005.1% (27 of 533)−6
2025–2611 in 1004.5% (21 of 468)+21

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 · English44712%38%
2026 · Math44613%28%
2025 · English4928%35%
2025 · Math49711%27%
2024 · English4908%34%
2024 · Math49911%29%
2023 · English5139%35%
2023 · Math51511%31%
2022 · English5169%36%
2022 · Math5159%24%
2019 · English5859%38%
2019 · Math5868%29%
2018 · English5889%36%
2018 · Math5868%27%
2017 · English5786%34%
2017 · Math5796%22%

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 4 · English8226%
2025 · Grade 5 · English9232%
2025 · Grade 6 · English10248%
2025 · Grade 7 · English9939%
2025 · Grade 8 · English11730%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math8417%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math9220%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math10426%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math9735%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math12032%
2024 · Grade 4 · English9023%
2024 · Grade 5 · English10136%
2024 · Grade 6 · English9932%
2024 · Grade 7 · English11735%
2024 · Grade 8 · English8347%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math9223%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math10232%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math10126%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math11828%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math8635%
2023 · Grade 4 · English10533%
2023 · Grade 5 · English10027%
2023 · Grade 6 · English11931%
2023 · Grade 7 · English8638%
2023 · Grade 8 · English10349%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math10534%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math10214%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math11924%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math8641%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math10344%
2022 · Grade 4 · English10031%
2022 · Grade 5 · English11934%
2022 · Grade 6 · English9033%
2022 · Grade 7 · English10345%
2022 · Grade 8 · English10439%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math10024%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math11814%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math9017%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math10331%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math10434%
2019 · Grade 4 · English11338%
2019 · Grade 5 · English11038%
2019 · Grade 6 · English10549%
2019 · Grade 7 · English12644%
2019 · Grade 8 · English13126%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math11337%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math11021%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math10531%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math12626%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math13230%
2018 · Grade 4 · English10443%
2018 · Grade 5 · English10642%
2018 · Grade 6 · English13136%
2018 · Grade 7 · English13231%
2018 · Grade 8 · English11530%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math10427%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math10631%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math12919%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math13224%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math11537%
2017 · Grade 4 · English10540%
2017 · Grade 5 · English12838%
2017 · Grade 6 · English13434%
2017 · Grade 7 · English11631%
2017 · Grade 8 · English9526%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math10528%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math12921%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math13419%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math11618%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math9525%

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
Schoolwide1797%24%56%13%

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-income41336%0−2
Hispanic or Latino40637%0−2
English learners1385%0−5
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−4466Average−3466Average
Low-income−4425Average−2425Average
Hispanic or Latino−4422Average−2422Average
English learners−6236Moderate−3237Average
English-only students−3160not categorized−7159not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+3123not categorized+1123not categorized
English learners only−18113not categorized−6114not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−753Moderate−1054Moderate
Students with disabilities−1641Moderate−2541Minimal
White−936Moderate−936Moderate
Homeless−521Average+721Accelerated

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. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 8 against the same school’s grade 6 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 8 in 2026 against grade 6 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 6
9%
exceeded standard · 32% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 99 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
11%
Advanced · 51% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 95 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 95 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−4 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–8

466 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−3 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 4–8

466 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −3 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, 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 · 11 in 100 → 2025–26 · 11 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 5.1% (27 of 533) → 2025–26 · 4.5% (21 of 468) · −0.6 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female8 in 10011 in 100+3 in 100
Male6 in 10011 in 100+5 in 100
Hispanic or Latino7 in 10011 in 100+4 in 100
White8 of 845 of 35—
Students with disabilities5 of 5110 of 55—
English learners5 in 10010 in 100+5 in 100
Homeless7 of 275 of 30—
Military families2 of 145 of 20—
Low-income8 in 10011 in 100+3 in 100
All students7 in 10011 in 100+4 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$15,706 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 1,488 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$1,477 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 507

Central federal expenditures attributed here$545 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 507

District current expense · FY 2024–25$23,214 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 59%Instruction support 7%Student services 10%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 15%Other 3%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$18,472,24158.84%59%
Instruction support$2,312,9107.37%7%
Student services$3,204,06710.21%10%
Administration$1,890,6116.02%6%
Buildings & maintenance$4,600,15914.65%15%
Other$915,4612.92%3%
Total$31,395,448100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $31,395,448 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$15,706 per pupil
2020$13,640 per pupil
2019$14,576 per pupil
2018$13,126 per pupil
2017$12,323 per pupil
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 93656 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93656 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$72,333
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)8%
ZIP-area population7,172
Median age30.8 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 93656 →

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