Public school · Monterey Peninsula Unified

Seaside Middle — Rating & test scores

Seaside · 7–8 · 521 students (2024–25)

31stpercentileDeveloping

The dots are California’s 2,532 scored public middle schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built ›

Scope Score
30 / 100

Weighted composite · 2026
Not a grade or a test result.

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Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Well below California in English and math: 40% and 20% met or exceeded the standard in grades 7 and 8, against 50% and 37% statewide. Source
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 492
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English and 838,896 in math tested).
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9% of students tested in math reached the top of the state’s four levels, against 21% across California in the same grades.grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026
9%Math · exceeded the standard
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,896 in math tested).

Academic achievement

Beyond a single score: who exceeds, meets or is still approaching the standard.

Learning

How strong are the foundations for high school?

Advanced (exceeded)Proficient (met)Below Proficient

English

grades 7 and 8Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced
11%
Proficient
29%
Below Proficient
60%

40% proficient or advanced · 492 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaMonterey Peninsula Unified
Advanced11%19%14%
Proficient29%31%30%
Developing26%23%26%
Minimal34%27%30%

Below Proficient combines Developing and Minimal. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

See each grade’s results →

Math

grades 7 and 8Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced
9%
Proficient
11%
Below Proficient
80%

20% proficient or advanced · 492 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaMonterey Peninsula Unified
Advanced9%21%12%
Proficient11%16%14%
Developing21%23%24%
Minimal59%40%50%

Below Proficient combines Developing and Minimal. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

See each grade’s results →

What these tests tell you · what to ask

Read English and math separately, then look at progress and the courses students can take.

Ask: How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 7 and 8Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school40%
California50%

Tested: 492 here · 838,600 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school40%
Monterey Peninsula Unified44%

Tested: 492 here · 1,304 in Monterey Peninsula Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 7 schools.

Math

grades 7 and 8Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school20%
California37%

Tested: 492 here · 838,896 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school20%
Monterey Peninsula Unified26%

Tested: 492 here · 1,289 in Monterey Peninsula Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 7 schools.

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

The state’s growth measure482 students in English, 478 in math · grades 7–8 · 2025
English+1ptsCDE level: Average (3 of 5)
Math−19ptsCDE level: Moderate (2 of 5)

What the number means. California predicts each student’s score from that student’s own English and math scores the year before, based on how students with similar scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as predicted. In English they scored 1 point above that prediction, and in math 19 points below it.

The levels. CDE sorts every school’s result into five levels, from Minimal to Exceptional. The bar under each number shows where this school landed.

Two years at once. For most schools, this one included, CDE’s figure blends the two most recent years of growth, so it moves more slowly than a single year’s scores.

Ask: Most students in grades 7 and 8 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?

Life at school

How often students miss school or are suspended, and how the school describes itself where its website does.

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

13 in 100students chronically absent, 2025–26
11in 100 at the average Monterey Peninsula Unified school18in 100 at the average California middle school

68 of 520 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school13 in 100
at the average Monterey Peninsula Unified school11 in 100
at the average California middle school18 in 100
5.7%of students were suspended at least once (30 of 529), 2025–26
3.4%at the average Monterey Peninsula Unified school3.7%at the average California middle school

What people here say

Answers from students, families and staff. Each source stays separate.

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Students

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Families

Family answers collected by SchoolScope

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Staff

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Proficient or Advanced · grades 7 and 8 · spring 2026. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

408 tested per subject

English38% / 39%
Math16% / 26%

Hispanic or Latino

387 tested per subject

English36% / 40%
Math15% / 25%

White

38 tested per subject

English68% / 62%
Math55% / 50%

English learners

131 tested per subject

English2% / 7%
Math0% / 7%

Students with disabilities

96 English · 97 math tested

English5% / 14%
Math3% / 9%

Homeless

162 tested per subject

English31% / 28%
Math12% / 17%

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students did worse than the same groups statewide in math. English learners and students with disabilities did worse than the same groups statewide.

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 7 and 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Monterey Peninsula Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 408 tested
English38%−139%−139%
Math16%−420%−1026%
Hispanic or Latino · 387 tested
English36%−137%−440%
Math15%−419%−1025%
White · 38 tested
English68%+563%+662%
Math55%+847%+550%
English learners · 131 tested
English2%02%−57%
Math0%−11%−77%
Students with disabilities · 96 tested in English, 97 in math
English5%−611%−914%
Math3%−36%−69%
Homeless · 162 tested
English31%−233%+328%
Math12%−517%−517%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Monterey Peninsula Unified, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

Black or African American students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family 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.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2025–26 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

1. Hispanic or Latino: 78%2. White: 8%3. Black or African American: 5%4. Filipino: 3%5. Two or more races: 2%Unallocated share: 3%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino78%
  2. White8%
  3. Black or African American5%
  4. Filipino3%
  5. Two or more races2%
  6. Asian—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share3%
Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.
Full student mix, comparisons & sources
Eligible enrollment, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino78%
White8%
Black or African American5%
Filipino3%
Two or more races2%
Asian—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About 4 in 5 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (83%, 435 of 521). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers29
Average experience11 years
First-year teachers14%
79% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 79.49%: 19.3 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 24.3 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

English learners

Are English learners making progress in English?

45%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
This school45%
Monterey Peninsula Unified45%
California47%

62 of 137 English learners here; 770 of 1,698 in Monterey Peninsula Unified; 355,274 of 748,916 in California. This measures progress, not fluency. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Questions & evidence

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The school path beyond this campus

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Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district.

  1. ElementaryDel Rey Woods ElementaryHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
  2. MiddleSeaside MiddleThis campus · grades 7-8
  3. High schoolSeaside HighHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Del Rey Woods Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    28th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Martin Luther King

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    7th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • George C. Marshall Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    67th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Ord Terrace Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    22nd percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

Middle-school links

High-school links

  • Seaside High

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    29th percentile · Developing · high · 2025

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

High-school endpoint evidence · Seaside High
Seaside HighScope 49historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Seaside High. UC records 7 enrollees from Seaside High for fall 2025. Its AP Course Audit lists 10 authorized AP subjects for 2025 - 2026. Those figures come from dated records — a child starting here today would reach Seaside High around 2032, and 6 years is a long time for a school to hold still, and by the state's 2023 count 67% of Seaside High's graduates enrolled in college somewhere, UC or not.

7 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 10 authorized AP subjects (AP Course Audit 2025 - 2026) → full record on Seaside High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Getting in

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School website: sms.mpusd.net ↗Office: (831) 899-7080Principal: Jennifer Lyon

Location and visiting

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999 Coe Avenue, Seaside 93955

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Questions to ask

A short list for your school visit.

  1. Most students in grades 7 and 8 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?
  2. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  3. How do students get academic help and connect with a trusted adult?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Accountability

Who runs this school

Run by Monterey Peninsula Unified. The district writes the yearly plan (LCAP) for its schools. See what Monterey Peninsula Unified plans.

Common questions

Is Seaside Middle a good middle school?
Seaside Middle is in the 31st percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 30 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2026, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Seaside Middle was well below California in English and math: 40% and 20% met or exceeded the standard in grades 7 and 8, against 50% and 37% statewide. The 2026 Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Seaside Middle's CAASPP test scores?
In spring 2026, 40% of students tested in grades 7 and 8 met or exceeded the English standard and 20% the math standard; 11% and 9% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 50% and 37% met or exceeded, 19% and 21% exceeded. 492 students were tested in English and 492 in math (CDE CAASPP 2025–26; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).
How does Seaside Middle rank in California?
Seaside Middle is in the 31st percentile of 2,532 California comprehensive middle schools (Developing, 2026). Seaside Middle ranks #1,733 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. The 2026 Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See full methodology.
What do attendance and suspension records show for Seaside Middle?
CDE chronic absence 2025–26: 13.1% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 68 chronically absent of 520 eligible students. CDE suspension 2025–26: 5.7%; 30 unduplicated suspended students of 529 cumulative enrollment. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.
How does Seaside Middle compare to other schools in Seaside?
Seaside Middle is in the 31st percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 521 students. Use the schools in Seaside page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.
What do reported student-group results show at Seaside Middle?
At Seaside Middle in Seaside, 38% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) in grades 7–8 scored Proficient or Advanced (formerly Met or Exceeded) in reading and writing in spring 2026, compared with 39% across the district and 39% across California for the same group in the same grades. That is 1 point below the district rate for the same group. Also: low-income students, 16% in math; Hispanic students, 36% in reading and writing. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP, spring 2026. 408 low-income students tested in reading and writing. 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 Seaside Middle feed into?
In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Seaside Middle's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Seaside High. Seaside High is in the 29th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter high schools on its 2025 Scope Score. 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.
Source records

Explore the data

Available score factors, grade-level results and student-group measures, with source details.

Downloads, sources & methodology

Seaside Middle is ranked #1,733 statewide · #5 of 6 in Monterey Peninsula Unified.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2025–26
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard10.2%17.7%42%
Met or exceeded30.3%40.6%23%
Chronic absenteeism13.3%17.8%5%
Suspension rate5.6%3.8%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)13.2%17.5%5%
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 17.7% · index 42 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 40.6% · index 42 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 57 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▲ 3.3pp higher vs 2025
Suspension rate
↓ vs CA 3.8% · index 43 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 2.1pp lower vs 2025
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↓ vs CA 17.5% · index 39 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2025–26 · % of tested students

From 2025–26 reporting, California calls Level 3 Proficient and Level 4 Advanced (formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded). “Proficient or Advanced” combines both levels in the 2025–26 results shown here. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
ELATestedAdvancedProficientDevelopingMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 724113%31%27%29%44%51%−7
Grade 82519%28%25%38%37%49%−12

California is the state's own English result for each grade, counting every student tested there.

Math · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
MathTestedAdvancedProficientDevelopingMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 724214%12%23%51%26%38%−12
Grade 82505%9%20%66%14%36%−22

California is the state's own math result for each grade, counting every student tested there.

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.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 7 · ELA26236.6%
2025 · Grade 8 · ELA25836.0%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math25916.6%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math25519.2%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA25732.3%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA27232.4%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math25717.5%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math27113.3%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA25635.2%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA22940.6%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math25319.4%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math22814.5%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA22135.3%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA24033.8%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math22013.2%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math24011.7%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA26625.6%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA27625.4%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA22726.0%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math25812.4%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math27210.7%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math2229.5%
2018 · Grade 6 · ELA26822.8%
2018 · Grade 7 · ELA23020.4%
2018 · Grade 8 · ELA21734.1%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math27112.9%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math22911.8%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math21710.1%
2017 · Grade 6 · ELA22416.1%
2017 · Grade 7 · ELA21422.9%
2017 · Grade 8 · ELA20934.0%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math2267.1%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math21619.0%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math21314.6%
2016 · Grade 6 · ELA22324%
2016 · Grade 7 · ELA21625%
2016 · Grade 8 · ELA24330%
2016 · Grade 6 · Math22316%
2016 · Grade 7 · Math21617%
2016 · Grade 8 · Math24415%
2015 · Grade 6 · ELA22917%
2015 · Grade 7 · ELA23926%
2015 · Grade 8 · ELA24336%
2015 · Grade 6 · Math23010%
2015 · Grade 7 · Math23820%
2015 · Grade 8 · Math24216%

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. The 2015–2018 rows were checked against original CDE files; independent re-verification of other stored historical years remains incomplete. The 2015 and 2016 percentages are rounded to whole numbers in the source. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDevelopingMinimal
Schoolwide2514%14%59%23%

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 · ELATestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged40838%−1−1
Hispanic/Latino38736%−1−4
English Learners1312%+1−4
More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders3.1%

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.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2025 and 2026; the change is 2026 minus 2025 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2025 · 9.7% → 2026 · 13.1% · +3.4pp
Suspension rate2025 · 7.8% → 2026 · 5.7% · −2.1pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresAdvancedProficient or Advanced
2026 · ELA49211.0%40.5%
2026 · Math4929.3%19.9%
2025 · ELA52011.2%36.4%
2025 · Math5148.0%17.9%
2024 · ELA5297.9%32.3%
2024 · Math5285.7%15.3%
2023 · ELA4858.4%37.7%
2023 · Math4815.4%17.1%
2022 · ELA4619.1%34.5%
2022 · Math4604.8%12.4%
2019 · ELA7694.8%25.6%
2019 · Math7523.6%10.9%
2018 · ELA7154.1%25.4%
2018 · Math7172.4%11.7%
2017 · ELA6473.1%24.1%
2017 · Math6553.5%13.4%
2016 · ELA6823%27%
2016 · Math6833%16%
2015 · ELA7113%27%
2015 · Math7104%15%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. The 2015–2018 rows were checked against CDE’s original research files. The 2015 and 2016 files report whole percentages; later rows round to one decimal here. Older stored rows from other years still need independent original-file re-verification. A dash is unavailable, not zero. Before spring 2026, Advanced was reported as Exceeded and proficient or advanced as met or exceeded.

YearScopePctileRankAbsentSuspGrade gap
2019———9.1%5.2%-1.3pp
2022———22.0%0.1%—
2023———19.7%8.2%—
2024———13.4%12.5%—
2025———10.0%7.7%—
20263031#173313.3%5.6%—

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

Grade gap = this year's grade 6 vs grade 8 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 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
What we can't show
  • — The same-year grade contrast is unavailable in this record; it is separate from the two-year aggregate comparison used for scoring.
Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2025–26 school years
Group2018–192025–26Δ
Female9.5%14.0%+4.5pp
Male8.8%12.3%+3.5pp
Asian5.6%——
Black/African American2.7%17.9%+15.2pp
Filipino6.5%6.3%-0.2pp
Hispanic/Latino9.6%12.1%+2.5pp
Pacific Islander0.0%——
Two or More Races7.5%25.0%+17.5pp
White15.2%19.0%+3.8pp
Students with Disabilities14.6%17.3%+2.7pp
English Learners11.2%11.3%+0.1pp
Homeless10.9%12.3%+1.4pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged9.7%14.7%+5.0pp
All Students9.1%13.1%+4.0pp

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

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
GroupELAnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students+1482Average−19478Moderate
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−2420Average−21416Minimal
Hispanic or Latino+2384Average−19382Moderate
English Learner−4288Average−23286Minimal
Homeless Youth−7177Moderate−29173Minimal
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only+6158not categorised−22158not categorised
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)−11138Moderate−24136Minimal
English Learners Only−18130not categorised−24128not categorised
English Only+2124not categorised−17124not categorised
Students with Disabilities−3476Minimal−3075Minimal
White+936Accelerated+235Average
Black or African American−1022Moderate−2723Minimal
Filipino+216Average−216Average
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander−3112Minimal−4811Minimal

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-Term English Learner counts cover grades 6-8 only (CDE), so that row is not comparable to the All Students row. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures
California growth model · reported-school field
State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

482 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,519 reported ELA ALL school records in its retained school inventory

California growth model, ELA: +1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 48th percentile of 7,519 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.48th pctile · +1 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

478 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,518 reported MATH ALL school records in its retained school inventory

California growth model, math: −19 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 6th percentile of 7,518 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.6th pctile · −19 pts
this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median ELA estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. 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 and is not part of the Scope Score.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$14,222 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 9,403 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$693 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 521

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,244 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 521

District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,953 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 56%Instruction support 13%Student services 13%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%

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$14,222 per pupil
2020$13,054 per pupil
2019$12,472 per pupil
2018$12,052 per pupil
2017$11,849 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

ZIP-area community recordRead census estimates for the surrounding ZIP area, not the school's students.ACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 93955
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 93955
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$85,282
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)29.61%
ZCTA population32,266
Median age33.9 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/ZCTA context does 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 93955 →

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Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 · n=2,532 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-10-15

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