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Sequoia Middle — Rating & test scores

1805 Sequoia Street, Redding · 461 students · Grades 4–8

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Scope Score 74

DevelopingScope Score · 43rd percentile. Higher than 43 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 (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 39% and 26% scored Proficient or Advanced, 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: 471 in English, 468 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 Sequoia a good middle school?

Developing. Sequoia is lower than most California middle schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced3839%
Math, Proficient or Advanced3826%
English, Advanced4913%
Math, Advanced3710%

Progress in a year, 2025

English39−2 pts
Math41−4 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance3420 in 100
Sequoia’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Redding Elementary’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, 10% of students tested in math scored Advanced, about half California’s rate (21%). Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Sequoia’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; 1,254,800 in math tested).

In its own words

What does Sequoia say about itself?

We haven’t read Sequoia’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open sequoia.reddingschools.net (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 2 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 4 points lower, which the state calls Average.

English

−2

points lower than 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-income276−7 points
White197+1 points
Hispanic or Latino81−3 points
Students with disabilities52−20 points
Two or More Races26−22 points

Math

−4

points lower than 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-income276−5 points
White197−2 points
Hispanic or Latino81−13 points
Students with disabilities52−13 points
Two or More Races26−23 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 361 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. 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 2 points below that expected score, and in math 4 points below it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 8 scores here with the school’s grade 6 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 79th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

1 of the 3 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Sequoia. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

4 middle schools within 3.3 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. ParsonsEnterprise Elementary · by addressScope Score 7762nd
  2. SequoiaScope Score 7443rd
  3. Mountain ViewColumbia Elementary · by addressScope Score 7123rd
  4. Monarch Learning CenterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 663rd
Redding ElementaryA 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%0%25%50%75%100%

3 of 4 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 Sequoia compare with schools like it?

Sequoia’s Scope Score is 74. 440 California middle schools, counting Sequoia, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 73. Sequoia’s result is higher than 262 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 440

  1. Students from low-income families: 76%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 71%

    Scope Score 94Strong · 98th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 75%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

440 California public middle schools where 69% to 81% 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 69% to 81% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Sequoia’s share. The count includes Sequoia. 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 43% to 39% and math from 29% to 26%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202649%52%49%CaliforniaCalifornia44%Redding ElementaryDistrict39%SequoiaSequoia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202638%42%37%CaliforniaCalifornia28%Redding ElementaryDistrict26%SequoiaSequoia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Redding Elementary’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. Redding Elementary’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringSequoiaRedding ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201752%49%48%609
201848%47%49%587
201948%43%50%525
202244%43%47%403
202339%39%46%401
202443%43%46%403
202543%44%49%427
202639%44%49%471
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringSequoiaRedding ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201742%38%37%603
201840%38%37%590
201939%36%38%513
202224%25%31%401
202325%24%32%399
202423%28%33%401
202529%30%36%426
202626%28%37%468

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

39%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

38232613
Redding Elementary42%California49%

Math

26%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

49251610
Redding Elementary28%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 39% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 26% 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).

Grade 8 stands apart in math: 37% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 26% across grades 6–8 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class.

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 13 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 12 points across California. The grades 6–8 cards above give each subject’s share.

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 Advanced29%40%51%
Advanced9%16%16%
Proficient20%24%35%
Developing level27%17%22%
Minimal44%43%27%
Tested176141154
California48%51%49%
Difference−19−11+2

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 Advanced19%22%37%
Advanced5%9%18%
Proficient14%13%19%
Developing level24%28%24%
Minimal57%50%39%
Tested176140152
California37%38%36%
Difference−18−16+1

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 school13%26%23%38%471
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Redding Elementary13%29%23%35%775
Math, grades 6–8 · This school10%16%25%49%468
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Redding Elementary12%16%26%46%772

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 471 tested in English, 468 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?

White students are the largest group here, at 57% of students. 110 of 546 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

20in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (110 of 546 students).

At the average middle school in the Redding Elementary district: 10 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 8.8% of students were suspended at least once (50 of 565). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

461

students in grades 4–8.

White 57%Hispanic or Latino 21%Two or more races 8%American Indian or Alaska Native 4%Asian 4%Black or African American 3%Not reported 2%

Family income

75%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 345 of 461. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

26

teachers, with 12 years of experience on average.

15% were in their first year.

97% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

23%

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 (3 of 13 students).

Redding Elementary: 43%. 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 4–6
16 in 100 students in grades 4–6 were chronically absent (32 of 200).
Grades 7–8
23 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (78 of 346).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White57%
Hispanic or Latino21%
Two or more races8%
American Indian or Alaska Native4%
Asian4%
Black or African American3%
Not reported2%
Filipino—
Pacific Islander—
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: 23.9 of 24.6 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 math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Two or more races50 tested36%California 50%
  • White263 tested26%California 50%
  • Hispanic or Latino96 tested19%California 25%
  • Low-income322 tested19%California 26%
  • Students with disabilities77 tested1%California 10%

26% of White students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 50% for the same group across California. Low-income students and students with disabilities also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 math, 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 Redding Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 325 tested in English, 322 in math
English33%−639%−639%
Math19%−322%−726%
White · 263 tested
English38%−543%−2462%
Math26%−228%−2450%
Hispanic or Latino · 98 tested in English, 96 in math
English35%−540%−439%
Math19%−524%−625%
Two or more races · 51 tested in English, 50 in math
English53%053%−962%
Math36%+234%−1450%
Students with disabilities · 77 tested
English9%−514%−514%
Math1%−34%−910%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Redding Elementary, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

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

Families

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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?

$21,274 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Redding Elementary’s plan for 2026–27 covers $10 million.

$21,274

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$15,234
The school’s share of district office costs
$6,040
Of the total, from federal funds
$45
  • Sequoia$21,274
  • 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 ↓

Redding Elementary’s yearly plan

$10million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$8million

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 5 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $10 million of $57 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Redding Elementary Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Sequoia like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 96001. They are not figures for the families at Sequoia.

Typical household income in a year

$72,484

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 96001.

Typical home value
$401,500
People who live in this ZIP code
33,817
Typical age
41.5 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
29%

What you can do

Who can act on Sequoia’s results?

Redding Elementary’s board decides Sequoia’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 Sequoia 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 Redding Elementary 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 Redding Elementary: 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 Sequoia. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?8.8% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (50 of 565 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?20 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (110 of 546 students); average middle school in the Redding Elementary district: 10 in 100
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?4 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (361 students)
  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 Sequoia, and how do I get in?

Sequoia runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Redding Elementary which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Bonny View Elementary
    Scope Score 75Developing · 47th percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Sequoia Middle
    Grades 4–8Scope Score 74Developing · 43rd 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

  • Bonny View Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 75 · Developing · 47th percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Cypress Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 69 · Needs Support · 13th percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Manzanita Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 79 · Solid · 70th percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Sycamore Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 80 · Solid · 71st percentile · elementary · 2026

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

Middle-school links

  • Juniper

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

  • Turtle Bay

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

High-school links

  • Stellar Charter

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

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. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where it is

Where is Sequoia?

Address
1805 Sequoia Street, Redding 96001Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
John MoserAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated February 9, 2023.

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 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Sequoia runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Redding Elementary which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Sequoia a good middle school?

Sequoia Middle has a Scope Score of 74. It scored higher than 43 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Developing, 43rd percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 20 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 10 in 100 at the average middle school in the Redding Elementary district. 8.8% of students (50 of 565) 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?

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 2 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 4 points lower, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 361 students

See the details ↓

How does grade 8 do in math?

Grade 8 stands apart in math: 37% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 26% across grades 6–8 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class. See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 33% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Sequoia Middle in Redding 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 #1,417 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #3 of 5 in Redding Elementary
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math12%4442%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math33%4423%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+57 scale-score pts6220%
Chronically absent20 in 100475%
Suspension rate8.8% (50 of 565)305%
English learners: top level8%325%

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. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

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
2025–267443#1417California 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)
2018–1916 in 10010.9% (67 of 613)+8
2021–22not on filenot on file0
2022–23not on filenot on file−5
2023–2426 in 10011.2% (55 of 490)−3
2024–2522 in 10012.6% (66 of 525)+7
2025–2620 in 1008.8% (50 of 565)+20

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 · English47113%39%
2026 · Math46810%26%
2025 · English42712%43%
2025 · Math42611%29%
2024 · English40311%43%
2024 · Math4017%23%
2023 · English40110%39%
2023 · Math3998%25%
2022 · English40311%44%
2022 · Math4018%24%
2019 · English52514%48%
2019 · Math51321%39%
2018 · English61312%49%
2018 · Math61520%41%
2017 · English66614%52%
2017 · Math66120%43%

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 · English14539%
2025 · Grade 7 · English13944%
2025 · Grade 8 · English14346%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math14424%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math14032%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math14230%
2024 · Grade 6 · English13742%
2024 · Grade 7 · English12639%
2024 · Grade 8 · English14046%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math13726%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math12628%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math13817%
2023 · Grade 6 · English13942%
2023 · Grade 7 · English13842%
2023 · Grade 8 · English12432%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math13922%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math13633%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math12420%
2022 · Grade 6 · English13945%
2022 · Grade 7 · English12441%
2022 · Grade 8 · English14045%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math13723%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math12525%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math13924%
2019 · Grade 6 · English16342%
2019 · Grade 7 · English20252%
2019 · Grade 8 · English16049%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math16031%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math19544%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math15841%
2018 · Grade 5 · English2673%
2018 · Grade 6 · English21343%
2018 · Grade 7 · English16950%
2018 · Grade 8 · English20550%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math2564%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math21636%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math16944%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math20542%
2017 · Grade 3 · English——
2017 · Grade 4 · English1644%
2017 · Grade 5 · English3868%
2017 · Grade 6 · English17248%
2017 · Grade 7 · English19353%
2017 · Grade 8 · English24453%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math——
2017 · Grade 4 · Math1638%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math3969%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math17235%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math19148%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math24042%

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
Schoolwide1526%18%54%22%

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-income32533%−6−6
White26338%−5−24
Hispanic or Latino9835%−5−4
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 students−2361Average−4361Average
English-only students−3332not categorized−3332not categorized
Low-income−7276Moderate−5276Average
White+1197Average−2197Average
Hispanic or Latino−381Average−1381Moderate
Students with disabilities−2052Moderate−1352Moderate
Two or more races−2226Minimal−2326Minimal
American Indian or Alaska Native−2521Minimal−621Moderate
English learners−1717Moderate−3117Minimal
Asian+915Accelerated−1215Moderate
Black or African American−2914Minimal−714Moderate

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. 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, and grade 8 against the same school’s grade 6 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 8 in 2026 against grade 6 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 6
12%
exceeded standard · 42% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 137 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
16%
Advanced · 51% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 154 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 137 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−2 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

361 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −2 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−4 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

361 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −4 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, 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 · 22 in 100 → 2025–26 · 20 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 12.6% (66 of 525) → 2025–26 · 8.8% (50 of 565) · −3.8 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female14 in 10018 in 100+4 in 100
Male17 in 10022 in 100+5 in 100
Asian0 of 150 of 21—
Black or African American1 of 112 of 15—
Hispanic or Latino24 in 10019 in 100−5 in 100
American Indian or Alaska Native4 of 218 of 24—
Two or more races6 of 3811 of 45—
White14 in 10021 in 100+7 in 100
Students with disabilities20 of 8928 in 100—
English learners4 of 192 of 14—
Homeless7 of 269 of 22—
Low-income20 in 10024 in 100+4 in 100
All students16 in 10020 in 100+4 in 100
Foster youth—6 of 14—

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$14,647 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 2,950 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

Central federal expenditures attributed here$45 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 461

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,861 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 64%Instruction support 12%Student services 8%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 9%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$33,685,08063.98%64%
Instruction support$5,998,64011.39%12%
Student services$4,201,4707.98%8%
Administration$3,758,2887.14%7%
Buildings & maintenance$4,847,1869.21%9%
Total$52,647,862100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $52,647,862 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$14,647 per pupil
2020$12,568 per pupil
2019$12,853 per pupil
2018$12,057 per pupil
2017$12,025 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 96001 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 96001 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$72,484
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)29%
ZIP-area population33,817
Median age41.5 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 96001 →

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