Public school with a magnet program · San Diego Unified · San Diego, California

San Diego SCPA — Rating & test scores

San Diego · 6–12 · 1,297 students (2024–25)

2425 Dusk Drive, 92139scpa.sandiegounified.org ↗(619) 470-0555

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Applying for 2027–28. From San Diego Unified’s site ↗.

86thpercentileStrong

The dots are California’s 1,498 scored public high schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. Why not spring 2026? High school scores include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score

Weighted composite · 2024–25
A weighted mix of seven measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓

San Diego SCPAhigher than 86 of the 100 California dots

California’s public high schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

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San Diego SCPAhigher than 86 of the 100 California dots

California’s public high schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

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

San Diego SCPAhigher than 86 of the 100 California dots

California’s public high schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

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

In 2024–25, 99% of the class graduated in four years (183 of 185); across California, 89%.

Source

Source: CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students: students who started 9th grade together: 185
Comparison: California: graduates divided by students who started 9th grade together, across 2,281 public schools’ rows (our combination, not CDE’s published state rate; 432,702 of 487,177).

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Academic achievement ↓

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106 of 1,361 students missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26: half the rate at the average San Diego Unified high school.

Sources

The sentence above: CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 1,361. District and California figures are averages of school rates (31 San Diego Unified schools; 1,492 scored California high schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask San Diego Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is San Diego SCPA a good school?

San Diego SCPA scores higher than 86 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 86th percentile, Strong, spring 2025.

Grades 6–8: higher than 38 in 100 California middle schools we score (38th percentile, Developing, spring 2026)

Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 8 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 16 in 100 at the average San Diego Unified high school. 0.3% of students (4 of 1,377) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 36 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 43% of low-income students in grades 6, 7, 8 and 11 at San Diego SCPA scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 41% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What could my child study here?

344 students took a college course for credit in 2023–24, by the federal Civil Rights Data Collection. Evidence ↓

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

76% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months, by CDE’s college-going records. 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?

Near California in English; well below it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 58% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 22% in math, against 57% and 32% across California.

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

Source

Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grade 11: 125 in English, 121 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English, 413,523 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.

AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 125 tested

Advanced: 22%
Proficient: 36%
Below the standard: 42%

This school58%

California57%

San Diego Unified60%

58% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 121 tested

Advanced: 11%
Proficient: 11%
Below the standard: 78%

This school22%

California32%

San Diego Unified34%

22% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 6–8 and 11 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced	46%	57%	45%
Advanced	13%	15%	9%
Proficient	33%	42%	36%
Developing level	30%	19%	24%
Minimal	24%	24%	31%
Tested	199	211	153
California	48%	51%	49%
Difference	−2	+6	−4

English, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 11
Proficient or Advanced	58%
Advanced	22%
Proficient	36%
Developing level	28%
Minimal	14%
Tested	125
California	57%
Difference	+1

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 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced	25%	36%	25%
Advanced	10%	15%	13%
Proficient	15%	21%	12%
Developing level	31%	23%	29%
Minimal	44%	41%	46%
Tested	199	211	147
California	37%	38%	36%
Difference	−12	−2	−11

Math, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 11
Proficient or Advanced	22%
Advanced	11%
Proficient	11%
Developing level	22%
Minimal	56%
Tested	121
California	32%
Difference	−10

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 →

How do the middle grades do?

Near California in English; below it in math. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 50% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 29% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 38th percentile (Developing) among California’s middle schools.

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 563 tested

Advanced: 13%
Proficient: 37%
Below the standard: 50%

This school50%

California49%

San Diego Unified52%

50% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 557 tested

Advanced: 13%
Proficient: 16%
Below the standard: 71%

This school29%

California37%

San Diego Unified40%

29% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 36 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. The grade 11 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were lower than in 2025. English went from 78% to 58% and math from 35% to 22%.

English · top two levels · grade 11

202578%196 tested

→

202658%125 tested

This school

California, same grades57% → 57%2025 → 2026 · 432,651 → 414,559 tested

Math · top two levels · grade 11

202535%194 tested

→

202622%121 tested

This school

California, same grades30% → 32%2025 → 2026 · 431,903 → 413,523 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in English?

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
Students	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Tested
English, grade 11 · This school	22%	36%	28%	14%	125
English, grade 11 · California	27%	30%	21%	22%	414,559
English, grade 11 · San Diego Unified	29%	31%	20%	20%	7,161
Math, grade 11 · This school	11%	11%	22%	56%	121
Math, grade 11 · California	16%	16%	20%	48%	413,523
Math, grade 11 · San Diego Unified	16%	18%	21%	45%	7,162
English, grades 6–8 · This school	13%	37%	24%	26%	563
English, grades 6–8 · California	19%	30%	23%	28%	1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · San Diego Unified	21%	31%	22%	26%	23,703
Math, grades 6–8 · This school	13%	16%	28%	43%	557
Math, grades 6–8 · California	21%	16%	23%	40%	1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · San Diego Unified	23%	17%	24%	36%	23,742

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.

Grade 11 tests are one part of the picture. Graduation, readiness and college destinations answer different questions below.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grade 11

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202658%57%

Math top two levels, grade 11

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202622%32%

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

2026 was the lowest year in this series in both subjects. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 11
Year	This school	California
2017	81% 181 tested	60% 444,040 tested
2018	65% 127 tested	56% 439,134 tested
2019	71% 187 tested	57% 439,947 tested
2022	91% 173 tested	55% 427,007 tested
2023	83% 163 tested	55% 442,128 tested
2024	81% 163 tested	56% 435,296 tested
2025	78% 196 tested	57% 432,651 tested
2026	58% 125 tested	57% 414,559 tested

Math · top two levels · grade 11
Year	This school	California
2017	44% 177 tested	32% 442,457 tested
2018	30% 140 tested	31% 437,883 tested
2019	30% 187 tested	32% 438,107 tested
2022	33% 172 tested	27% 424,390 tested
2023	32% 161 tested	27% 440,912 tested
2024	29% 153 tested	28% 434,711 tested
2025	35% 194 tested	30% 431,903 tested
2026	22% 121 tested	32% 413,523 tested

What you can do

Who can act on San Diego SCPA’s results?

The state has San Diego SCPA in targeted support; San Diego Unified’s board decides its plan.

What has the state flagged?

The state named it because results were low for English learners. 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

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

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

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

How to take part

Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
Read San Diego Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

Life at school

How many students here graduate, and where do they go next?

99% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

State graduation, readiness, college-going, attendance and suspension records

That compares with 89% across California. 92% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 76% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

99%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 183 of 185 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

92%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 171 of 185 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

89%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 163 of 183 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

76% enrolled in college within 12 months · 172 students who finished high school

University of California16 · 9%
California State University CSU detail ↓31 · 18%
California community college63 · 37%
In-state private2 · 1%
Out-of-state, 4-year18 · 11%
Out-of-state, 2-year0 · 0%
Not enrolled42 · 24%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: each count divided by all high-school completers (graduates and other students who finished), rounded together so they total 100. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

What could my child study here?

What other courses and pathways are on record?

College courses in high school (dual enrollment)

344 students took one

2023–24

Students taking a college course for credit while in high school, often through a community college. Federal Civil Rights Data Collection, school-reported.

Ask: How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition

Graduated in four years: 2024–25 · 183 of 185 students who started 9th grade together. California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.
Ready for college or career (state measure): 2024–25 · 171 of 185 students in the state’s measure. California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator (CCI), overall “Prepared” rate, among the students in the indicator’s group. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.
Finished the UC/CSU course list: 2024–25 · 163 of 183 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment.
Where students who finished high school went: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

A closer look: CSU admission recordsApplied, admitted and enrolled, from each university system’s own records

CSU’s own records

California State University

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied: 97
Admitted: 91
Enrolled: 45

By campus · falls 2021–2025 added together

Five years in each number, not one. CSU publishes campus counts only as five-year totals, so these aren’t comparable to the fall 2025 figures above or to UC’s one-fall campus bars.

San Diego StateApplied 356 · Admitted 234 · Enrolled 119
Cal State Long BeachApplied 120 · Admitted 49 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State FullertonApplied 107 · Admitted 93 · Enrolled 13
Cal State San MarcosApplied 91 · Admitted 89 · Enrolled 8
San Francisco StateApplied 62 · Admitted 60 · Enrolled under 6
Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied 49 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled —
Cal State LAApplied 42 · Admitted 39 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State NorthridgeApplied 35 · Admitted 32 · Enrolled under 6
Cal Poly PomonaApplied 35 · Admitted 30 · Enrolled under 6
Chico StateApplied 27 · Admitted 27 · Enrolled under 6
Cal Poly HumboldtApplied 24 · Admitted 21 · Enrolled —
San José StateApplied 15 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled under 6
Sacramento StateApplied 14 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled —
Sonoma StateApplied 14 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled —
CSU Channel IslandsApplied 13 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled —
Cal State East BayApplied 12 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled —
CSU BakersfieldApplied 11 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled —
Cal State Monterey BayApplied 10 · Admitted 9 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State Dominguez HillsApplied 9 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled —
Cal State San BernardinoApplied 9 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled —
Fresno StateApplied 8 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled —
Stanislaus StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. CSU withholds counts under 6; a dash is unavailable. Students who reach CSU from a community college aren’t counted here. Source: CSU High School Success dashboard.

Each fall since 2021

Fall 2025Applied 97 · Admitted 91 · Enrolled 45
Fall 2024Applied 91 · Admitted 91 · Enrolled 34
Fall 2023Applied 69 · Admitted 60 · Enrolled 31
Fall 2022Applied 85 · Admitted 77 · Enrolled 29
Fall 2021Applied 61 · Admitted 54 · Enrolled 19

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

8 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average San Diego Unified high school, 16 in 100 were. 0.3% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

Source

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students: chronic absence: 106 of 1,361 students counted for it; suspension: 4 of 1,377 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 San Diego Unified high school 2.3%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

8 in 100This school

16 in 100At the average San Diego Unified high school

22 in 100At the average California high school

106 of 1,361 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.3%

of students were suspended at least once (4 of 1,377). Average California high school 2.9%.

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

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts

Grade 6: 5 in 100, 11 of 203
Grades 7–8: 9 in 100, 36 of 394
Grades 9–12: 8 in 100, 59 of 764

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at San Diego SCPA

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.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Work here? Answer the staff questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income students scored well below the same group across California in math.

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

11% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grade 11, spring 2026), against 23% for the same group across California.

Source

Source: California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students: grade 11; 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).

San Diego SCPASame group, California

Low-incomeEnglish · 58 tested48%Same group, California 49%
Low-incomeMath · 54 tested11%Same group, California 23%
Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 60 tested52%Same group, California 49%
Hispanic or LatinoMath · 59 tested17%Same group, California 21%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted

Hispanic or Latino47%
Filipino18%
White15%
Two or more races11%
Black or African American6%
Asian1%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share2%

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. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

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

52% 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 · 15 of 29 English learners52%

San Diego Unified · 4,839 of 10,94944%

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?

58%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 757 of 1,297. California: 63%.

63teachers, 2024–25

14 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

92%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there in math for low-income students, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Proficient or Advancedgrade 11 · spring 2026

Group and subject	Here	vs San Diego Unified	vs California
Low-income · 58 tested in English, 54 in math
English	48%	−250%	−149%
Math	11%	−1223%	−1223%
Hispanic or Latino · 60 tested in English, 59 in math
English	52%	+547%	+349%
Math	17%	−320%	−421%

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

Filipino, White and homeless students and students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners 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, 2025–26	Here
Hispanic or Latino	47%
Filipino	18%
White	15%
Two or more races	11%
Black or African American	6%
Asian	1%
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—
Not reported	—

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: 92% of teaching positions, 53.3 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 58.2 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask San Diego Unified which school serves your address.

School website: scpa.sandiegounified.org ↗Office: (619) 470-0555Administrator: Tim Farson

Location and visiting

Get directions

2425 Dusk Drive, San Diego 92139

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with San Diego Unified.

Questions for your visit

How does the school check what’s working in English? English: 78% in 2025 to 58% in 2026 here; California: 57% to 57%
How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (619) 470-05552425 Dusk Drive, directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby high schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

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

Nearby high schoolsPercentile among California high schools, 2025

Morse High1.6 mi
50thSolidScope Score 56
The O'Farrell Charter1.8 mi · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
79thStrongScope Score 68

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 · 2024–25 · ranked #199 of 1,498 California high schools we score · #8 of 31 in San Diego Unified

Score factors, 2024–25
Factor	School	Index	Weight
Graduation rate	99%	63	25%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math	23%	58	22%
Ready for college or career (state measure)	92%	80	20%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math	56%	65	18%
Chronically absent	8 in 100	67	5%
Suspension rate	0.3% (4 of 1,316)	64	5%
English learners: top level	35%	81	5%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California high schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2024–25. 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.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2024–25 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

The 2024–25 Scope Score, in the current-formula row below, uses the state’s college-or-career readiness measure, 2024–25. No verified earlier Scope Scores are available here.

Scope Score

School year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2024–25	73	86	#199	California high schools · 1,498 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24 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 year	Chronic absence	Suspension
2018–19	8 in 100	3.7% (54 of 1,453)
2021–22	not on file	not on file
2022–23	not on file	not on file
2023–24	11 in 100	2.5% (32 of 1,299)
2024–25	8 in 100	0.3% (4 of 1,316)

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 · subject	Students with scores	Top level	Top two levels
2026 · English	688	14%	51%
2026 · Math	678	12%	28%
2025 · English	737	21%	59%
2025 · Math	729	13%	35%
2024 · English	660	21%	55%
2024 · Math	648	9%	30%
2023 · English	597	24%	63%
2023 · Math	593	11%	31%
2022 · English	606	30%	70%
2022 · Math	598	10%	28%
2019 · English	783	22%	60%
2019 · Math	780	11%	30%
2018 · English	727	16%	54%
2018 · Math	747	7%	24%
2017 · English	792	23%	58%
2017 · Math	787	11%	31%

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 · subject	Students with scores	Met or exceeded
2025 · Grade 6 · English	190	52%
2025 · Grade 7 · English	156	53%
2025 · Grade 8 · English	195	54%
2025 · Grade 11 · English	196	78%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math	190	35%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math	155	39%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math	190	31%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math	194	35%
2024 · Grade 6 · English	149	42%
2024 · Grade 7 · English	192	52%
2024 · Grade 8 · English	156	46%
2024 · Grade 11 · English	163	81%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	149	27%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	191	37%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	155	25%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math	153	29%
2023 · Grade 6 · English	141	54%
2023 · Grade 7 · English	142	53%
2023 · Grade 8 · English	151	61%
2023 · Grade 11 · English	163	83%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	139	37%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	142	27%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	151	27%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math	161	32%
2022 · Grade 6 · English	125	52%
2022 · Grade 7 · English	144	66%
2022 · Grade 8 · English	164	65%
2022 · Grade 11 · English	173	91%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	123	28%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	146	26%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	157	27%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math	172	33%
2019 · Grade 6 · English	166	53%
2019 · Grade 7 · English	212	58%
2019 · Grade 8 · English	218	59%
2019 · Grade 11 · English	187	71%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	164	35%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	213	34%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	216	24%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math	187	30%
2018 · Grade 6 · English	177	52%
2018 · Grade 7 · English	202	50%
2018 · Grade 8 · English	221	53%
2018 · Grade 11 · English	127	65%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math	166	31%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math	224	24%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math	217	16%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math	140	30%
2017 · Grade 6 · English	199	53%
2017 · Grade 7 · English	217	46%
2017 · Grade 8 · English	195	54%
2017 · Grade 11 · English	181	81%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math	198	29%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math	217	24%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math	195	29%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math	177	44%

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)	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal
Schoolwide	267	4%	25%	57%	14%

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 · English	Tested	Proficient or Advanced	vs district	vs California
Low-income	394	43%	+1	+2
Hispanic or Latino	349	41%	0	−1
Filipino	136	63%	−9	−12

Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score

Group	English	n	CDE category	Math	n	CDE category
All students	−8	516	Moderate	−25	513	Minimal
English-only students	−7	397	not categorized	−25	395	not categorized
Low-income	−12	331	Moderate	−29	328	Minimal
Hispanic or Latino	−12	260	Moderate	−28	259	Minimal
Filipino	−7	98	Moderate	−16	96	Moderate
Students with disabilities	−23	79	Minimal	−15	77	Moderate
White	−8	59	Moderate	−27	60	Minimal
Homeless	−21	56	Minimal	−34	56	Minimal
English learners	−18	55	Moderate	−31	55	Minimal
Two or more races	−1	52	Average	−26	52	Minimal
Recently reclassified as fluent in English	−19	47	not categorized	−30	47	not categorized
Black or African American	−13	38	Moderate	−36	37	Minimal

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. 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 6–8. 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−8 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

516 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

State model · math−25 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

513 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

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 6–8, 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 · 8 in 100 → 2025–26 · 8 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.3% (4 of 1,316) → 2025–26 · 0.3% (4 of 1,377) · 0.0 percentage points

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Change
Female	8 in 100	8 in 100	0 in 100
Male	7 in 100	6 in 100	−1 in 100
Asian	7 in 100	5 in 100	−2 in 100
Black or African American	6 in 100	2 in 100	−4 in 100
Filipino	2 in 100	1 in 100	−1 in 100
Hispanic or Latino	9 in 100	10 in 100	+1 in 100
Two or more races	9 in 100	8 in 100	−1 in 100
White	13 in 100	11 in 100	−2 in 100
Students with disabilities	10 in 100	11 in 100	+1 in 100
English learners	9 in 100	12 in 100	+3 in 100
Homeless	17 in 100	9 in 100	−8 in 100
Low-income	7 in 100	8 in 100	+1 in 100
All students	8 in 100	8 in 100	0 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Graduation and readinessstate records · each rate for its own year and class of students

Measure	Source record
This school · CCI overall Prepared	CDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · all students in the current four-year graduation cohort, plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Overall CCI Prepared rate 92% · numerator 171 students classified Prepared · denominator 185 CCI students.
California · CCI overall Prepared	CDE statewide CCI cohort · CCI source year 2025 · all students · overall Prepared rate 52% · numerator 257,567 students classified Prepared · denominator 497,814 CCI students.

AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · AP pathway rate 13% · AP-pathway numerator 22 · denominator 171 (CCI Prepared students). This measure uses Prepared students as its denominator, not the whole CCI cohort; it is not an AP exam-taking rate or a count of AP courses offered. That cohort includes all students in the current four-year graduation cohort plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. In 2025 the pathway accepts two qualifying AP exams, two qualifying AP courses, or a combination of one of each in different subjects.

CDE's overall Prepared rate is the college-readiness factor in the Scope Score (20% of the high school score). The school rate is 171 of 185 CCI students, not the AP-only pathway or A–G completion rate. The California figure is CDE's statewide CCI student cohort, not an average of SchoolScope's comparable high schools or the SchoolScope school-rank pool.

Graduation rate

99%

AP route, among those ready for college or career

13%

2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students ready for college or career (CDE’s “Prepared”), not course offerings

Finished the UC/CSU course list (A–G)

89%

A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility

College-going rate

76%

These source periods and populations differ: graduation uses an adjusted cohort, while A–G completion and college-going use separately reported groups. The rates are shown individually, without a shared performance tier.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot

Measure	This school
AP offered	offered
AP course count	1
AP enrollment (male/female)	25
IB participation	not reported
Dual enrollment	offered · 344 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8	offered
Calculus sections	0
Physics sections	8
Chemistry sections	9
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)	1,254

These counts aren’t part of the Scope Score. “Not reported” means the federal record has no value for that item; it isn’t a zero. Enrollment counts add the male and female students the survey reports.

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation

Destination	Completers	% (derived)
University of California	16	9%
California State University	31	18%
California community college	63	37%
In-state private	2	1%
Out-of-state, 4-year	18	11%
Out-of-state, 2-year	0	0%
Not enrolled	42	24%

172 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 76% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ all who finished high school; CDE calls them completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match.

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,976 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 97,968 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$1,641 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,297

Central federal expenditures attributed here$530 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,297

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,967 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 63%Instruction support 12%Student services 12%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 7%Other 1%

The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
Group	Dollars	Share, to two decimals	Printed
Instruction	$1,223,482,460	63.42%	63%
Instruction support	$225,845,212	11.71%	12%
Student services	$233,097,572	12.08%	12%
Administration	$95,033,783	4.93%	5%
Buildings & maintenance	$141,086,586	7.31%	7%
Other	$10,769,286	0.56%	1%
Total	$1,929,314,899	100.00%	100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $1,929,314,899 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$15,976 per pupil

2020$14,540 per pupil

2019$14,457 per pupil

2018$11,416 per pupil

2017$11,708 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 holders1.7%

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 92139 · not the school’s students

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92139 area
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$95,653
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	26%
ZIP-area population	34,703
Median age	36.9 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 92139 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2024–25 results, compared across 1,498 high schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · federal civil rights data (CRDC) 2023–24, a past snapshot · state college-going records, class of 2023, matched to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment · Data updated October 15, 2026

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