How does Scotts Valley Middle compare to other middle schools in Scotts Valley?

Scotts Valley Middle has a SchoolScope composite score of 56.8/100, placing it at the 84th percentile statewide. 32% of students exceed standard, with a total of 902 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Scotts Valley Middle?

31.6% of students at Scotts Valley Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 61.0% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Scotts Valley Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Scotts Valley Middle's proficiency rate increases by 7.0 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This suggests the school may be adding value over time.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Scotts Valley Middle?

8.5% of students at Scotts Valley Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Scotts Valley Middle

Middle School

Scotts Valley Unified Scotts ValleySanta Cruz County95066

📍 8 Bean Creek Road

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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Growth Engine

A growth engine — students gain measurably more here than at peer schools.

Composite scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

451 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

20:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

10%

Teachers

23 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Maintained

+0.6 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Increased

+4.5 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

31.3%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 16 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic20.0%

White65.4%

Asian6.7%

Other8.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Scotts Valley Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	31.6%
Met Standard	29.4%
Below Standard	39.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "61% proficient" for Scotts Valley Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

31.6% of students exceeded standard while 29.4% met it. That exceeded rate is 14.3 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 2.2 points below the Scotts Valley Unified district average of 33.9%. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Students here improve by 7.0 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance maintained and Math increased year-over-year. 31.3% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 8.5%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

31.6%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

61.0%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

+7.0pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

8.5%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

6.7%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

902

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	152	28.9%	42.8%	18.4%	9.9%	71.7%
7th	143	30.1%	36.4%	20.3%	13.3%	66.4%
8th	158	27.2%	43.0%	20.9%	8.9%	70.3%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	152	26.3%	17.8%	37.5%	18.4%	44.1%
7th	141	36.2%	17.7%	28.4%	17.7%	53.9%
8th	156	41.0%	18.6%	23.7%	16.7%	59.6%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Vine Hill Elementary

59.482nd pctile

Brook Knoll Elementary

56.978th pctile

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Middle

Scotts Valley Middle

56.884th pctile

This school

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High School

Scotts Valley High

54.661st pctile

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.