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Riverview Middle

Helendale, CA · Grades 7-8 · 141 students · Helendale Elementary

A closer look at learning, opportunity and fit.

34% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 15% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

Math

15%

Grades 6 & 8 · Proficient or Advanced

English

34%

Grades 6 & 8 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

141

Total enrollment

Chronic absence

Students absent 10% or more of school days

What are you trying to decide?

The overall score is a starting point.

Look at subject results, trends and student groups, then consider the opportunities your child would use.

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grades 6 & 8 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

Share at Proficient or Advanced

0%25%50%75%100%2019: 29%2022: 22%2023: 21%2024: 23%2025: 15%2019: 44%2022: 35%2023: 26%2024: 47%2025: 34%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 29%2022: 22%2023: 21%2024: 23%2025: 15%2019: 44%2022: 35%2023: 26%2024: 47%2025: 34%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201929%44%
202222%35%
202321%26%
202423%47%
202515%34%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

Where its students land

ELA35% met or exceeded
Exceeded 6%Met 29%Nearly Met 23%Not Met 42%
Math20% met or exceeded
Exceeded 6%Met 14%Nearly Met 30%Not Met 50%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California middle schools · average17% exceeded · 40% met or exceeded
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25

California's own growth model places it near the 1st percentile of middle schools.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

California runs its own growth model — it follows individual children in grades 4 through 8 and compares each one against a prediction from their own prior scores. On that measure this school sits well below the middle of California middle schools in reading and math together. We show it; we don't score it.

pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California middle school lands at −1 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −8 and +6 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.

California's growth model, ranked against the schools it scores
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: −36 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 1st percentile of 7,519 reported schools.1st pctile · −36 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: −28 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 2nd percentile of 7,518 reported schools.2nd pctile · −28 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard behind the same group statewide.

At Riverview Middle in Helendale, 23.6% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 29.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Riverview Middle trails its district average for low-income students by 6.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (16.7% Math proficient); Hispanic students (30.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 11.8 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 72 students tested.

Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 15 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 28% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 28%, district —, state 40%28%
MaleMale: this school 29%, district 32%, state 42%29% · +1 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 26%, district 29%, state 32%26% · −2 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 20%, district 26%, state 32%20% · −8 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 26%, district 33%, state 44%26% · −2 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 30%, district 38%, state 56%30% · +2 vs school

8 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
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Student-group results by grade

Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

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The state's growth model, by student group

California follows these children individually and predicts each one's score from their own prior year. Each row is read against the same group at a typical California middle school — not against zero, and not against this school's all-students figure, because the state's expectation already differs by group.

Reading
English Only110 studentsEnglish Only, reading: −36 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 110 students.−36 pts · −36 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students64 studentsHispanic or Latino students, reading: −37 scale-score points versus expectation, against −2 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 64 students.−37 pts · −35 vs typical
Low-income students62 studentsLow-income students, reading: −39 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 62 students.−39 pts · −36 vs typical
White53 studentsWhite, reading: −33 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 53 students.−33 pts · −33 vs typical
Math
English Only110 studentsEnglish Only, math: −27 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 110 students.−27 pts · −24 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students64 studentsHispanic or Latino students, math: −26 scale-score points versus expectation, against −6 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 64 students.−26 pts · −20 vs typical
Low-income students62 studentsLow-income students, math: −17 scale-score points versus expectation, against −5 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 62 students.−17 pts · −12 vs typical
White53 studentsWhite, math: −35 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 53 students.−35 pts · −36 vs typical
this school typical California middle school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— A group not listed at all had fewer than 11 students with a growth score, so California published nothing for it here. That is a privacy protection, not a judgment about those students. — Context only. None of this enters the Scope Score.

The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 18 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher18 · district 24
Teaching staff16 teachers
Avg. experience11.8 years
Fully credentialed67%
First-year teachers6%
PrincipalScott Bates
ShowHide what the district pays
Teacher salary schedule$52,126 – $135,696
Principal salary$159,982 – $167,869
Superintendent salary$231,276

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

Explore school spending and the district budget
What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $15,555 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.

$1,570 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $15,555, CA average $14,491$15,555 · spent at this school
Federal share$1,570 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,003 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 60%Instruction support 10%Student services 7%Administration 14%Buildings & maintenance 8%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$11,199 per pupil
2019$11,312 per pupil
2018$11,793 per pupil
2017$10,508 per pupil
2016$11,851 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

Two in five of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 141 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California middle school (≈860).

On the state's science test (CAST), 17% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino52.5% · district 49.5% · CA 56.1%
White41.1% · district 35.0% · CA 19.9%
Asian0.7% · district 2.7% · CA 10.2%
Black3.5% · district 4.4% · CA 4.8%
Other2.1% · district 8.4% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch45.4% · CA 64%
Median income$115K · CA $85K
Median home value$379K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+24% · CA 35%
ZIP population7,606
Median age36 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

What is the school’s approach?

School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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Family voices

What would you want another family to know about the daily experience here?

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Educator voices

What should families understand about teaching, support and the school community?

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What are the alternatives?

Compare schools serving the same grade stage. Private schools have no comparable state-test score.

2025 · middle schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

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Schools across the K–12 journey

The road from this school ends at Academy of Careers and Exploration, which teaches 3 AP subjects. That number describes past cohorts — a child starting here today would reach Academy of Careers and Exploration around 2031, and 6 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 62% of Academy of Careers and Exploration's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

Source: College Board

Source: sabs_2016. Schools are grouped by grade stage. Nearby schools are not confirmed feeder links or address assignments. Verify the current path and eligibility with the district.

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Worth a school visit

With no score to read, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.

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Behind the evidence

Inspect the full record

Public sources, visible methods and the underlying school record. Source years and limitations stay attached to the evidence.

How the Scope Score is calculated

On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.

A closer look at the evidence

Riverview Middle: reading the evidence

Riverview is a middle school in Helendale. We publish no Scope Score, band or rank for it this year — the composite they are all built from isn't on file. Here's what we can show.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

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SchoolScope scores and verdicts are our interpretation of public California Department of Education data — independent analysis, not an official rating. How we analyze · Request a correction

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