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Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa — Rating & test scores

1001 Leland Street, Spring Valley · 800 students · Grades 5–8

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Scope Score 73

DevelopingScope Score · 36th percentile. Higher than 36 in 100 of the 2,529 California public middle schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Well below California in English, below in math: 38% and 32% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8, spring 2026, against 49% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 726 in English, 728 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

Overview

Is this school a good middle school?

Developing. Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa is higher than most California middle schools on math test results and progress in math. Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa is lower than most on English test results, progress in English and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced3538%
Math, Proficient or Advanced5232%
English, Advanced329%
Math, Advanced5817%

Progress in a year, 2025

English460 pts
Math90+18 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance1130 in 100
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa’s place among California middle schools, out of 100La Mesa-Spring Valley’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 9% of students tested in English (reading and writing) scored Advanced, against 19% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa’s place among 2,529 California public middle schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 6–8. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 6–8. California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English tested).

Progress

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

In English, about the same. In math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored the same in English as California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 18 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

English

0

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

By student group · students counted

Low-income5900 points
Hispanic or Latino4860 points
English learners287−1 points
Students with disabilities158−5 points
Long-term English learners114+2 points

Math

+18

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income591+16 points
Hispanic or Latino490+16 points
English learners289+16 points
Students with disabilities160+8 points
Long-term English learners116+18 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 691 students in English, 692 in math with scores in both years. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored right at that expected score, and in math 18 points above it.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

4 of the 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 4.7 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. College PreparatoryCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 9397th
  2. La Mesa Arts AcademyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8486th
  3. Bonita VistaSweetwater Union High · by addressScope Score 7972nd
  4. Lemon Grove Academy for the Sciences and HumanitiesLemon Grove · by addressScope Score 7339th
  5. Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La PresaScope Score 7336th
  6. Spring Valley AcademyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7019th
  7. BellSan Diego Unified · by addressScope Score 6914th
  8. KIPP Adelante Preparatory AcademyCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 6912th
La Mesa-Spring ValleyA neighborhood school in another districtCharter

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer. A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%75%0%25%50%75%100%

5 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does this school compare with schools like it?

Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa’s Scope Score is 73. 497 California middle schools, counting Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 72. Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa’s result is higher than 283 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 497

  1. Students from low-income families: 76%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 75%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 74%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 92nd percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 85%

    Scope Score 86Strong · 90th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 86%

    Scope Score 86Strong · 90th percentile

497 California public middle schools where 74% to 86% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public middle school we score where 74% to 86% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa’s share. The count includes Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 37% to 38% and math from 28% to 32%.

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

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

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202652%43%52%La Mesa-Spring ValleyDistrict49%CaliforniaCalifornia38%Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La PresaThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202639%43%38%La Mesa-Spring ValleyDistrict37%CaliforniaCalifornia32%Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La PresaThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. La Mesa-Spring Valley’s line combines its 4 middle schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. La Mesa-Spring Valley’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringScience, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La PresaLa Mesa-Spring ValleyCaliforniaTested here
201743%52%48%654
201843%52%49%691
201944%52%50%706
202238%56%47%662
202339%54%46%658
202436%52%46%630
202537%48%49%762
202638%52%49%726
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringScience, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La PresaLa Mesa-Spring ValleyCaliforniaTested here
201743%39%37%656
201842%39%37%698
201940%39%38%715
202235%44%31%663
202335%43%32%661
202435%41%33%634
202528%34%36%774
202632%38%37%728

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in English; below it in math.

English

38%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

3527299
La Mesa-Spring Valley52%California49%

Math

32%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

42261517
La Mesa-Spring Valley38%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 38% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 32% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced43%31%40%
Advanced12%7%8%
Proficient31%24%32%
Developing level26%28%28%
Minimal31%41%32%
Tested250245231
California48%51%49%
Difference−5−20−9

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
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced29%28%39%
Advanced15%14%23%
Proficient14%14%16%
Developing level26%30%22%
Minimal45%42%39%
Tested248246234
California37%38%36%
Difference−8−10+3

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school9%29%27%35%726
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · La Mesa-Spring Valley19%33%23%25%3,036
Math, grades 6–8 · This school17%15%26%42%728
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · La Mesa-Spring Valley21%17%25%37%3,037

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 726 tested in English, 728 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 71% of students. 244 of 802 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

30in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (244 of 802 students).

At the average La Mesa-Spring Valley middle school: 23 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 6.4% of students were suspended at least once (53 of 826). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

800

students in grades 5–8.

Hispanic or Latino 71%Black or African American 11%White 7%Filipino 4%Two or more races 3%Asian 2%

Family income

80%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 638 of 800. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

45

teachers, with 13 years of experience on average.

9% were in their first year.

92% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

52%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (77 of 149 students).

La Mesa-Spring Valley: 48%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grades 5–6
25 in 100 students in grades 5–6 were chronically absent (66 of 265).
Grades 7–8
33 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (178 of 537).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino71%
Black or African American11%
White7%
Filipino4%
Two or more races3%
Asian2%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 32.7 of 35.7 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups scored below the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • White52 tested54%California 62%
  • Military families80 tested51%California 51%
  • Black or African American73 tested41%California 33%
  • Low-income636 tested34%California 39%
  • Hispanic or Latino533 tested34%California 39%
  • Homeless30 tested33%California 27%
  • English learners152 tested13%California 7%
  • Students with disabilities175 tested8%California 14%

34% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students and students with disabilities also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 English, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs La Mesa-Spring Valleyvs California
Low-income · 636 tested in English, 635 in math
English34%−539%−539%
Math29%+227%+326%
Hispanic or Latino · 533 tested
English34%−842%−539%
Math30%030%+525%
Black or African American · 73 tested
English41%041%+833%
Math22%+418%+220%
White · 52 tested
English54%−1468%−862%
Math44%−1155%−650%
English learners · 152 tested
English13%+310%+67%
Math14%+410%+77%
Students with disabilities · 175 tested in English, 176 in math
English8%−513%−614%
Math3%−58%−710%
Homeless · 30 tested · grades 6 and 7 only
English33%−134%+627%
Math10%−1020%−717%
Military families · 80 tested
English51%−354%051%
Math43%+439%+439%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in La Mesa-Spring Valley, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Filipino students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native and Pacific Islander students, students of two or more races and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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Money

Where does the money go?

$19,754 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. La Mesa-Spring Valley’s plan for 2026–27 covers $68 million.

$19,754

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$9,237
The school’s share of district office costs
$10,517
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,298
  • Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa$19,754
  • La Mesa-Spring Valley middle schools$19,361
  • California middle schools$19,269

The district and California figures combine their middle schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 1,241 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

La Mesa-Spring Valley’s yearly plan

$68million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$29million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 4 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $68 million of $212 million in total budgeted spending. Source: La Mesa-Spring Valley Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around this school like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 91977. They are not figures for the families at Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa.

Typical household income in a year

$99,657

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 91977.

Typical home value
$665,600
People who live in this ZIP code
61,064
Typical age
35.8 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
28%

What you can do

Who can act on this school’s results?

La Mesa-Spring Valley’s board decides Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa’s plan.

How to take part

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

State support

The state hasn’t placed Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving La Mesa-Spring Valley 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 La Mesa-Spring Valley: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 7 questions to Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school?30 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (244 of 802 students); average California middle school: 18 in 100
  2. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?6.4% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (53 of 826 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  3. What extra help do students with disabilities get, and how do you know it’s working?3% of students with disabilities scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (176 students tested); the same group across California: 10%
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  5. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

At the office

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

Getting in

What comes after this school, and how do I get in?

Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask La Mesa-Spring Valley which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Rancho Elementary
    Scope Score 72Developing · 28th percentile · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  2. Middle · this school
    Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa
    Grades 5–8Scope Score 73Developing · 36th percentile
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

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

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Rancho Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 72 · Developing · 28th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • La Presa Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 72 · Developing · 28th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Kempton Street Literacy Academy

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 70 · Needs Support · 18th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Avondale Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 72 · Developing · 34th percentile · elementary · 2026

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

Where it is

Where is this school?

Address
1001 Leland Street, Spring Valley 91977Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Andrea RadmilovichAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 8, 2024.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask La Mesa-Spring Valley which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa a good middle school?

Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa has a Scope Score of 73. It scored higher than 36 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Developing, 36th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 30 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 23 in 100 at the average La Mesa-Spring Valley middle school. 6.4% of students (53 of 826) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. See the details ↓

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

In English, about the same. In math, yes. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored the same in English as California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 18 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 691 students in English, 692 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 34% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Academy at La Presa in Spring Valley scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,595 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #3 of 4 in La Mesa-Spring Valley
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math13%4542%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math35%4623%
Chronically absent30 in 100345%
Suspension rate6.4% (53 of 826)405%
English learners: top level18%465%
Grade gap (G6→G8, different students)+3.5pp—not scored

Index is where the school's value sits among the California middle schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. The weights above add to 80%: the remaining 20%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267336#1595California middle schools · 2,529 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–1911 in 10012.4% (125 of 1,010)+3
2021–22not on filenot on file+2
2022–23not on filenot on file−8
2023–2432 in 10010.1% (76 of 754)+1
2024–2535 in 10010.3% (92 of 890)+10
2025–2630 in 1006.4% (53 of 826)+3

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 6 and grade 8 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English7269%38%
2026 · Math72817%32%
2025 · English7629%37%
2025 · Math77415%28%
2024 · English6578%36%
2024 · Math66115%34%
2023 · English69510%39%
2023 · Math69817%35%
2022 · English75011%38%
2022 · Math75217%34%
2019 · English88813%43%
2019 · Math89818%38%
2018 · English92310%41%
2018 · Math93117%39%
2017 · English89910%39%
2017 · Math90517%36%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 6 · English25332%
2025 · Grade 7 · English25141%
2025 · Grade 8 · English25838%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math25719%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math25633%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math26132%
2024 · Grade 5 · English2730%
2024 · Grade 6 · English5439%
2024 · Grade 7 · English28637%
2024 · Grade 8 · English29035%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math2715%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math5531%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math28933%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math29037%
2023 · Grade 5 · English3741%
2023 · Grade 6 · English7447%
2023 · Grade 7 · English31139%
2023 · Grade 8 · English27337%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math3730%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math7544%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math31131%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math27538%
2022 · Grade 4 · English3647%
2022 · Grade 5 · English5233%
2022 · Grade 6 · English9942%
2022 · Grade 7 · English27637%
2022 · Grade 8 · English28738%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math3639%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math5323%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math9935%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math27725%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math28744%
2019 · Grade 4 · English7436%
2019 · Grade 5 · English10843%
2019 · Grade 6 · English12947%
2019 · Grade 7 · English31343%
2019 · Grade 8 · English26444%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math7430%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math10934%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math13139%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math31534%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math26947%
2018 · Grade 4 · English9847%
2018 · Grade 5 · English13427%
2018 · Grade 6 · English13638%
2018 · Grade 7 · English27445%
2018 · Grade 8 · English28145%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math9940%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math13419%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math13927%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math27736%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math28255%
2017 · Grade 4 · English11924%
2017 · Grade 5 · English12634%
2017 · Grade 6 · English12534%
2017 · Grade 7 · English27347%
2017 · Grade 8 · English25643%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math12019%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math12916%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math12728%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math27539%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math25454%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide2365%24%55%17%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income63634%−5−5
Hispanic or Latino53334%−8−5
Students with disabilities1758%−5−6
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students0691Average+18692Accelerated
Low-income0590Average+16591Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino0486Average+16490Accelerated
English-only students+1342not categorized+20340not categorized
English learners−1287Average+16289Accelerated
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+7166not categorized+21167not categorized
Students with disabilities−5158Average+8160Accelerated
English learners only−12121not categorized+12122not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)+2114Average+18116Accelerated
Black or African American−1062Moderate+1161Accelerated
White+259Average+2857Exceptional
Homeless+143Average−542Average
Two or more races−136Average+1936Accelerated
Filipino+229Average+3429Exceptional
Asian+614Accelerated+2914Exceptional

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; 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 · English0 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

691 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: 0 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math+18 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

692 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +18 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for California middle school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median English estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; 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 · 35 in 100 → 2025–26 · 30 in 100 · −5 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 10.3% (92 of 890) → 2025–26 · 6.4% (53 of 826) · −3.9 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female11 in 10034 in 100+23 in 100
Male11 in 10027 in 100+16 in 100
Asian2 of 142 of 20—
Black or African American13 in 10031 of 86—
Filipino1 of 477 of 31—
Hispanic or Latino13 in 10031 in 100+18 in 100
Two or more races4 of 4410 of 25—
White3 of 8612 of 59—
Students with disabilities15 in 10035 in 100+20 in 100
English learners11 in 10033 in 100+22 in 100
Homeless13 of 4624 of 54—
Low-income12 in 10033 in 100+21 in 100
All students11 in 10030 in 100+19 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$13,669 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 11,203 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$285 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 800

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,013 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 800

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,552 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 61%Instruction support 11%Student services 13%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 9%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$115,875,93660.52%61%
Instruction support$21,660,28011.31%11%
Student services$25,290,78013.21%13%
Administration$11,814,0206.17%6%
Buildings & maintenance$16,558,7048.65%9%
Total$191,476,581100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $191,476,581 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$13,669 per pupil
2020$12,574 per pupil
2019$12,472 per pupil
2018$11,347 per pupil
2017$11,306 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 holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 91977 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 91977 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$99,657
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)28%
ZIP-area population61,064
Median age35.8 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 91977 →

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