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San Lorenzo Valley Middle

Felton, CA · Grades 6-8 · 396 students · San Lorenzo Valley Unified

This school runs ahead of the state average. The bar itself is the harder conversation.

49% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 35% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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Math

35%

Grades 6 & 8 · Proficient or Advanced

English

49%

Grades 6 & 8 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

396

Total enrollment

Chronic absence

22%

Students absent 10% or more of school days

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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: 41%2022: 33%2023: 30%2024: 24%2025: 35%2019: 60%2022: 42%2023: 43%2024: 37%2025: 49%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 41%2022: 33%2023: 30%2024: 24%2025: 35%2019: 60%2022: 42%2023: 43%2024: 37%2025: 49%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201941%60%
202233%42%
202330%43%
202424%37%
202535%49%

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
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025

Has stayed near the 58th percentile since 2019.

Most rating sites would stop at “42% proficient” and call it done. San Lorenzo Valley deserves a closer read. It sits at the 58th percentile of 2,177 California middle schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.

387 tested · 3 of 3 grades published · cohort of 106 tracked

San Lorenzo Valley Middle scores 40 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 58th percentile of 2,177 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 42% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.

Percentile among 2,177 middle schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 52nd percentile · Scope Score 36 of 1002022 · 53rd percentile · Scope Score 34 of 1002023 · 55th percentile · Scope Score 33 of 1002024 · 41st percentile · Scope Score 32 of 1002025 · 58th percentile · Scope Score 40 of 100
ELAYellow(Increased Significantly)MathYellow(Increased Significantly)
ShowHide the by-grade tables, year by year
ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 660%38%43%32%46%
Grade 738%48%47%45%43%
Grade 860%46%42%43%52%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 643%31%33%22%30%
Grade 727%35%31%44%42%
Grade 839%36%27%26%40%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

Two in five of students here meet the standard. One in ten clear it by a lot.

ELA47% met or exceeded
Exceeded 13%Met 33%Nearly Met 28%Not Met 26%
Math38% met or exceeded
Exceeded 17%Met 20%Nearly Met 32%Not Met 30%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California middle schools · average17% exceeded · 40% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)AbsenceSuspension
This school4015%42%Above avg · p7622.2%6.0%
CA average · Middle School3917%40%Average · p5018.1%3.6%
This schoolCA avg
Scope4039
% Exceeded15%17%
% Met+42%40%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)Above avg · p76Average · p50
Absence22.2%18.1%
Suspension6.0%3.6%
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25

California's own growth model splits here — the 31st percentile in reading against the 76th in math, among middle schools.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

California runs its own growth model, following individual children in grades 4 through 8 rather than comparing school-wide averages the way we do — and its two subjects part company here. It puts this school around the 31st percentile of California middle schools in reading and the 76th in math; ours, which blends the subjects, lands around the 76th. A gap that size between math and reading in one building is worth asking about directly — one year of data can't tell you whether it is the teaching, the cohort, or noise.

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.

The returning cohort, two years on
ELA · 2023 · Grade 6
10%
exceeded standard · 43% met or exceeded
ELA · 2025 · Grade 8
16%
exceeded standard · 52% met or exceeded

Percent exceeded, ELA only. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different metric — mean scale-score change across ELA and Math; California's own matched-student model is below.

Both measures, each ranked in its own field
Our growth measurereturning cohort, G6→G8SchoolScope growth measure: 76th percentile among California middle schools.76th pctile
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: −4 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 31st percentile of 7,519 reported schools.31st pctile · −4 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: +10 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 76th percentile of 7,518 reported schools.76th pctile · +10 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 San Lorenzo Valley Middle in Felton, 32.7% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 38.1% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. San Lorenzo Valley Middle trails its district average for low-income students by 5.4 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (27.9% Math proficient); White students (47.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 30.1 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 104 students tested.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 42% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 42%, district —, state 40%42%
WhiteWhite: this school 44%, district 52%, state 56%44% · +2 vs school
MaleMale: this school 41%, district 48%, state 42%41% · −1 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 44%, district 53%, state 44%44% · +2 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 30%, district 36%, state 32%30% · −12 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 27%, district 35%, state 32%27% · −15 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 16%, district 21%, state 15%16% · −26 vs school
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: this school 41%, district 59%, state 56%41% · −1 vs school

7 of 15 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.

Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 6.8pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school. District average: +17.1pp.

ShowHide California's growth model by student group
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 Only356 studentsEnglish Only, reading: −3 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 356 students.−3 pts · −3 vs typical
White286 studentsWhite, reading: −3 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 286 students.−3 pts · −3 vs typical
Low-income students103 studentsLow-income students, reading: −13 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 103 students.−13 pts · −10 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students57 studentsHispanic or Latino students, reading: −7 scale-score points versus expectation, against −2 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 57 students.−7 pts · −5 vs typical
Students with disabilities49 studentsStudents with disabilities, reading: −14 scale-score points versus expectation, against −13 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 49 students.−14 pts · −1 vs typical
Math
English Only356 studentsEnglish Only, math: +10 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 356 students.+10 pts · +13 vs typical
White286 studentsWhite, math: +12 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 286 students.+12 pts · +11 vs typical
Low-income students103 studentsLow-income students, math: +5 scale-score points versus expectation, against −5 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 103 students.+5 pts · +10 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students57 studentsHispanic or Latino students, math: +5 scale-score points versus expectation, against −6 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 57 students.+5 pts · +11 vs typical
Students with disabilities49 studentsStudents with disabilities, math: +7 scale-score points versus expectation, against −8 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 49 students.+7 pts · +15 vs typical
this school typical California middle school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— 2 more groups are reported here with between 11 and 29 students. We hold those back on purpose: at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own, and a quarter of such groups land past the state's top or bottom cut point by chance alone. They are listed with their student counts in the data appendix. — 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 21 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher21 · district 23
Teaching staff29 teachers
Avg. experience14.4 years
Fully credentialed88%
First-year teachers7%
PrincipalShanna Urbancic
ShowHide what the district pays
Teacher salary schedule$55,478 – $115,555
Principal salary$132,894 – $150,078
Superintendent salary$259,186

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here miss more school, and get suspended more, than the state average.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 22.2%, district 15.2%, state 18.1%22.2% · +4.1pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 6.0%, district —, state 3.6%6.0% · +2.4pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–617.2%
Grades 7–824.5%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

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What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $17,665 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$153 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: $17,665, CA average $14,491$17,665 · spent at this school
Federal share$153 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,226 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 55%Instruction support 10%Student services 13%Administration 11%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%

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

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district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$12,091 per pupil
2019$11,492 per pupil
2018$11,012 per pupil
2017$5,736 per pupil
2016$5,633 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

One 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 396 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California middle school (≈860).

On the state's science test (CAST), 38% 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 Latino16.2% · district 24.4% · CA 56.1%
White75.8% · district 51.9% · CA 19.9%
Asian0.3% · district 5.4% · CA 10.2%
Other7.8% · district 17.4% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch24.0% · CA 64%
Median income$129K · CA $85K
Median home value$839K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+58% · CA 35%
ZIP population6,594
Median age45 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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2025 · middle schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

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Private schools do not receive a Scope Score or statewide ranking on SchoolScope.

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Schools across the K–12 journey

San Lorenzo Valley HighScope 65direct feeder

The road from this school ends at San Lorenzo Valley High, which sent 9 graduates to UC campuses last fall and teaches 15 AP subjects. Those numbers describe past cohorts — a child starting here today would reach San Lorenzo Valley High around 2031, and 6 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 77% of San Lorenzo Valley High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

9 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 15 AP subjects taught full record on San Lorenzo Valley High's page
Source: UC & 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

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is San Lorenzo Valley Middle a good middle school?
San Lorenzo Valley Middle has a Scope Score of 40 out of 100, placing it in the 58th percentile of California middle schools and ranked #909 statewide. 15.2% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is near the California average of 17.2%. The Scope Score weights 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard (42%), met or exceeded (proficient) (23%), grade 6-to-8 growth (20%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are San Lorenzo Valley Middle's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 42.1% of students at San Lorenzo Valley Middle met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 15.2% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 26.8% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 15.2% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 774 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does San Lorenzo Valley Middle rank in California?
San Lorenzo Valley Middle ranks #909 among California middle schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 58th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), same-cohort growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
Is San Lorenzo Valley Middle getting better or worse?
SchoolScope follows the same cohort of students across grades rather than comparing two different grades in the same year. At San Lorenzo Valley Middle that cohort is 2023 G6 → 2025 G8, measured in SBAC scale-score points. Its gain ranks above avg among California middle schools — roughly the 76th percentile, ahead of the typical school at this level. Read the ranking, not the raw point gain: scale scores rise with age, so nearly every school posts a positive number and only the relative position tells you anything. Growth is weighted at 20% in the middle Scope Score because it is the least demographically confounded signal available — it tracks change over time rather than the level students arrived at. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at San Lorenzo Valley Middle?
22.2% of students at San Lorenzo Valley Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 18.1%. The suspension rate is 6.0%. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does San Lorenzo Valley Middle compare to other schools in Felton?
San Lorenzo Valley Middle scores 40/100 (58th percentile) among California middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 396 students. Use the schools in Felton page or the map view to compare all middle schools nearby.
How does San Lorenzo Valley Middle serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At San Lorenzo Valley Middle in Felton, 32.7% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 38.1% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. San Lorenzo Valley Middle trails its district average for low-income students by 5.4 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (27.9% Math proficient); White students (47.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 30.1 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 104 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
What high school does San Lorenzo Valley Middle feed into?
By attendance boundary, San Lorenzo Valley Middle is zoned to San Lorenzo Valley High. San Lorenzo Valley High has a Scope Score of 65 out of 100. 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 is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.

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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.

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

The 6 things our score weighs

The school's returning cohort — mostly, not exactly, the same kids two years on — gained 53 scale-score points across the span. Almost every school gains points, so we rank the gain against every other California school in this level.

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Exceeded standard15.2%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded42.1%40.0%23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)Above avgaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism22.2%18.1%5%
Suspension rate6.0%3.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)23.1%18.0%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

San Lorenzo Valley Middle: reading the evidence

San Lorenzo Valley posts 42% meeting the standard against 40% statewide — ahead of most, with real headroom above the bar.

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

Ask how many years the improvement has held, not just the latest one — one strong cohort and a real turnaround can look identical in a single year of data.

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Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

San Lorenzo Valley Middle is ranked #909 statewide · #3 of 3 in San Lorenzo Valley Unified.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard15.2%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded42.1%40.0%23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)Above avgaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism22.2%18.1%5%
Suspension rate6.0%3.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)23.1%18.0%5%
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 17.2% · index 48 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 40.0% · index 52 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)
↑ vs CA average · 76th pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 18.1% · index 45 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▲ 0.3pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate
↓ vs CA 3.6% · index 40 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 3.2pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 18.0% · index 52 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 61169%37%28%26%46%−0
Grade 715315%28%28%29%43%−4
Grade 811816%36%26%22%52%+5
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 611612%18%36%34%30%−4
Grade 715318%24%30%28%42%+8
Grade 811821%19%30%31%40%+8

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide11815%23%50%12%

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.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged10432.7%−5−6
White29547.8%−8−14
Hispanic/Latino6035.0%−5−4
03Nearest middle schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
San Lorenzo Valley Middle ←4015.2%42.1%+7.8pp+53 pts6.0%
California average3917.2%40.0%+1.5pp3.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
ShowHide table 04 — More measures
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20193652#92815.4%44.7%13.2%8.3%-2.0pp
20223453#99513.8%38.8%31.5%8.7%+6.8pp
20233355#95915.2%37.3%31.4%8.6%-4.0pp
20243241#126513.4%35.3%21.8%9.2%+6.9pp
20254058#90915.2%42.1%22.2%6.0%+7.8pp
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
Group20192025Δ
Female15.6%22.7%+7.1pp
Male10.8%21.9%+11.1pp
Hispanic/Latino11.1%23.4%+12.3pp
Two or More Races14.3%17.9%+3.6pp
White12.7%22.1%+9.4pp
Students with Disabilities25.0%33.3%+8.3pp
English Learners6.3%
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged21.7%35.8%+14.1pp
All Students13.2%22.3%+9.1pp
06California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
ShowHide table 06 — California growth model, by student group
GroupReadingnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students−4372Average+10372Accelerated
English Only−3356not categorised+10356not categorised
White−3286Average+12286Accelerated
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−13103Moderate+5103Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino−757Moderate+557Accelerated
Students with Disabilities−1449Moderate+749Accelerated
Two or More Races−1326Moderate−326Average
English Learner−1212Moderate+412Average

Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a growth score — published by CDE, held back from the narrative sections above because at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,177 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-09-18

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