San Juan Choices Charter: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
San Juan Choices Charter posts low test scores — and grade 8 tests above grade 6 here this year, by 9.9pp. If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 27 | 6% | 25% | +9.9 | 12.1% | 0.6% |
| CA average · Middle School | 43 | 17% | 39% | +1.5 | 18.5% | 3.7% |
San Juan Choices Charter scores 27 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 14th percentile of 2,238 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “25% proficient” and call it done. San Juan Choices Charter deserves a closer read. The school sits in Sacramento, where two in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.
As a charter, San Juan Choices Charter enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 31st to the 14th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 25% meet the standard today, versus 36% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 39% | 60% | 40% | 41% | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 64% | 53% | 28% | 32% | 40% |
| Grade 8 | 45% | 45% | 35% | 39% | 34% |
| Grade 11 | 36% | 51% | 49% | 36% | 38% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 28% | 25% | 27% | 18% | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 21% | 16% | 15% | 21% | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 18% | 21% | 9% | 18% | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 14% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 10% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At San Juan Choices Charter in Sacramento, 29.5% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 29.1% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. San Juan Choices Charter outperforms its district average for low-income students by 0.4 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (13.1% Math proficient); White students (38.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 10.9 percentage points for hispanic students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 61 students tested.
7 of 13 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 1.9pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school. District average: -3.2pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Grades 7–8 students miss school at roughly three times the rate of Grades 4–6 students (14.9% vs 3.4%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the upper grades.
Where the path goes
San Juan Choices Charter serves grades 6-12 — students can complete middle and high school here, without a separate middle-to-high transition.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$55 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.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 246 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 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 42
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 25 | 4% | 20% | 40% | 36% | 24% | −23 |
| Grade 7 | 25 | 8% | 32% | 48% | 12% | 40% | −8 |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 10% | 24% | 38% | 28% | 34% | −12 |
| Grade 11 | 60 | 12% | 27% | 33% | 28% | 38% | −9 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 25 | 8% | 0% | 48% | 44% | 8% | −27 |
| Grade 7 | 25 | 4% | 24% | 28% | 44% | 28% | −6 |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 3% | 14% | 34% | 48% | 17% | −15 |
| Grade 11 | 60 | 3% | 7% | 22% | 68% | 10% | −13 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 90 | 4% | 12% | 69% | 14% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 61 | 29.5% | +0 | −9 |
| White | 70 | 38.6% | −9 | −23 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 17 | 23.5% | −11 | −15 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan Choices Charter ← | — | 27 | 6.3% | 25.3% | +9.9 | 0.6% |
| Winston Churchill Middle | 1.7 mi | 55 | 40.9% | 61.8% | −18.0 | 6.3% |
| Arden Middle | 1.5 mi | 40 | 16.8% | 41.8% | +7.2 | 6.8% |
| Arcade Fundamental Middle | 2.4 mi | 31 | 6.5% | 20.0% | +2.6 | 3.0% |
| California average | — | 43 | 16.8% | 39.3% | +1.5 | 3.7% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 32 | 31 | #1378 | 7.8% | 35.7% | 18.1% | 0.3% | -2.1pp |
| 2022 | 28 | 26 | #1607 | 7.7% | 36.7% | 28.7% | 0.1% | -9.7pp |
| 2023 | 28 | 16 | #1826 | 6.9% | 25.6% | 26.9% | 0.2% | -11.6pp |
| 2024 | 23 | 14 | #1895 | 5.8% | 28.2% | 24.4% | 0.8% | -0.7pp |
| 2025 | 27 | 14 | #1919 | 6.3% | 25.3% | 12.1% | 0.6% | +9.9pp |
- — Scored here as a middle school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 15.8% | 11.4% | -4.4pp |
| Male | 20.5% | 10.3% | -10.2pp |
| Asian | 0.0% | 12.5% | +12.5pp |
| Black/African American | 23.1% | 12.5% | -10.6pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 17.7% | 13.3% | -4.4pp |
| Two or More Races | 17.6% | 12.5% | -5.1pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 21.4% | 14.3% | -7.1pp |
| Homeless | 35.3% | 25.0% | -10.3pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 21.9% | 12.4% | -9.5pp |
| All Students | 18.3% | 10.8% | -7.5pp |
| English Learners | — | 5.6% | — |
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