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Sequoia Union Elementary — Rating & test scores

23958 Avenue 324, Lemon Cove · 43 students · Grades 8

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Sequoia Union Elementary and Sequoia Elementary Charter share this address in the state’s school directory. OpenStreetMap maps the grounds as one campus. Which buildings each school uses here isn’t mapped.

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Scope Score 71

DevelopingScope Score · 28th percentile. Higher than 28 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

Near California in English (reading and writing) and math: 35% and 27% scored Proficient or Advanced in grade 8, spring 2026, against 49% and 36%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 8: 37
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 421,354 in English and 421,472 in math tested).

Overview

Is Sequoia Union Elementary a good middle school?

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

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced2835%
Math, Proficient or Advanced4127%
English, Advanced288%
Math, Advanced3811%

Progress in a year, 2025

English68+6 pts
Math530 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance3620 in 100
Sequoia Union Elementary’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

Each bar is Sequoia Union Elementary’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.

In its own words

What does Sequoia Union Elementary say about itself?

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

Open sequoiaunion.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

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

English

+6

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

White250 points
Low-income20+3 points
Hispanic or Latino13+18 points

Math

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

White25+13 points
Low-income20−11 points
Hispanic or Latino13−24 points

Grade 8, 2025, 42 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 6 points above that expected score, and in math right at that expected score.

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?

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

Scope Score

2 middle schools within 4.8 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Woodlake ValleyWoodlake Unified · by addressScope Score 7230th
  2. Sequoia UnionScope Score 7128th
Sequoia Union ElementaryA neighborhood school in another district

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer.

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

Schools like it

How does Sequoia Union Elementary compare with schools like it?

Sequoia Union Elementary’s Scope Score is 71. 328 California middle schools, counting Sequoia Union Elementary, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 78. Sequoia Union Elementary’s result is higher than 33 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 328

  1. Students from low-income families: 44%

    Elkhorn

    Stockton

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 43%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 48%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 97th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 47%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 96th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 46%

    Elevate

    San Diego

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

328 California public middle schools where 43% to 55% 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 43% to 55% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Sequoia Union Elementary’s share. The count includes Sequoia Union Elementary. 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?

English results were lower than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 48% to 35% and math from 24% to 27%.

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

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

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202649%49%CaliforniaCalifornia35%Sequoia Union ElementaryThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202653%36%CaliforniaCalifornia27%Sequoia Union ElementaryThis school

The hatched block marks years with no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Between 29 and 42 students were tested here each year in each subject. With 29 students, one student is 3 points, so each year is a dot and no line joins them. 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.

English, grade 8: share at the top two levels
SpringSequoia Union ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201749%49%37
201862%49%29
201944%49%34
202244%47%34
202345%46%42
202459%46%32
202548%48%42
202635%49%37
Math, grade 8: share at the top two levels
SpringSequoia Union ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201753%36%38
201855%37%29
201914%37%35
202224%29%34
202348%30%42
202434%32%32
202524%34%42
202627%36%37

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in English; below it in math.

English

35%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

3827278
California49%

Math

27%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

43301611
California36%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grade 8, spring 2026, 35% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 27% in math, against 49% and 36% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grade 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).

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, grade 8 · This school8%27%27%38%37
English, grade 8 · California19%30%24%27%421,354
Math, grade 8 · This school11%16%30%43%37
Math, grade 8 · California22%14%22%42%421,472

Spring 2026, grade 8 combined: 37 tested in English, 37 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 50% of students. 8 of 40 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

8of 40

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. That is 20 in 100.

At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

No district average: Sequoia Union Elementary is the only regular middle school we rank in the Sequoia Union Elementary district with an attendance record.

Students, 2024–25

43

students in grades 8.

White 50%Hispanic or Latino 42%

Family income

49%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 21 of 43. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

7

teachers, with 14 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

80% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

9.8%

of students were suspended at least once (4 of 41). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White50%
Hispanic or Latino42%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
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. 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: 4 of 5 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Sequoia Union Elementary. 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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Staff

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Money

Where does the money go?

$37,663 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Sequoia Union Elementary’s plan for 2026–27 covers $177,434.

$37,663

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$20,941
The school’s share of district office costs
$16,722
Of the total, from federal funds
$2,090
  • Sequoia Union Elementary$37,663
  • 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 ↓

Sequoia Union Elementary’s yearly plan

$177,434

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$70,127

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 $177,434 of $731,337 in total budgeted spending. Source: Sequoia Union Elementary Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27.

The neighborhood

What is the area around Sequoia Union Elementary like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93244. They are not figures for the families at Sequoia Union Elementary.

Typical home value

$164,600

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 93244.

People who live in this ZIP code
117
Typical age
56.4 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
12%

What you can do

Who can act on Sequoia Union Elementary’s results?

Sequoia Union Elementary’s board decides its plan.

When the plan is set

Sequoia Union Elementary’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

Read the 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

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 Union Elementary in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Sequoia Union Elementary. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What is the school doing about chronic absence?8 of 40 students chronically absent, 2025–26; 5 in 100 in 2024–25
  2. How does the school check what’s working in English?English: 48% in 2025 to 35% in 2026 here; California: 48% to 49%
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. 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 Union Elementary, and how do I get in?

Ask Sequoia Union Elementary which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Sequoia Elementary Charter
    Scope Score 79Solid · 67th percentile · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
  2. Middle · this school
    Sequoia Union Elementary
    Grades 8Scope Score 71Developing · 28th 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

Not a next step: the school sharing this address. Sequoia Elementary Charter (67th percentile, Solid, among elementary schools, 2026) has the same street address in the state’s school directory.

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Sequoia Elementary Charter

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

    Scope Score 79 · Solid · 67th 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 Sequoia Union Elementary?

Address
23958 Avenue 324, Lemon Cove 93244Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Scott PickleAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 29, 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 5 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Sequoia Union Elementary which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Sequoia Union Elementary a good middle school?

Sequoia Union Elementary has a Scope Score of 71. It scored higher than 28 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Developing, 28th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 8 of 40 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 18 in 100 at the average California middle school. 9.8% of students (4 of 41) 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, yes. In math, about the same. In 2025, students here in grade 8 scored 6 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored the same, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 42 students

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 #1,798 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math10%4242%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math31%4323%
Chronically absent8 of 40485%
Suspension rate9.8% (4 of 41)335%

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 75%: the remaining 25%, 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
2025–267128#1798California 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 absenceSuspension
2018–19not on filenot on file
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–247 of 3722.5% (9 of 40)
2024–252 of 4315.9% (7 of 44)
2025–268 of 409.8% (4 of 41)

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

No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Results by gradeEnglish and math · grade 8 · spring 2026 · % of tested students

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
EnglishTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 8378%27%27%38%35%49%−14

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 · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
MathTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 83711%16%30%43%27%36%−9

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.

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 · English378%35%
2026 · Math3711%27%
2025 · English4217%48%
2025 · Math4217%24%
2024 · English3212%59%
2024 · Math3212%34%
2023 · English4221%45%
2023 · Math4221%48%
2022 · English3415%44%
2022 · Math349%24%
2019 · English3412%44%
2019 · Math3514%14%
2018 · English2910%62%
2018 · Math2928%55%
2017 · English3724%49%
2017 · Math3821%53%

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 8 · English4248%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math4224%
2024 · Grade 8 · English3259%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math3234%
2023 · Grade 8 · English4245%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math4248%
2022 · Grade 8 · English3444%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math3424%
2019 · Grade 8 · English3444%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math3514%
2018 · Grade 8 · English2962%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math2955%
2017 · Grade 8 · English3749%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math3853%

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. “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
Schoolwide375%27%46%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: 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+642Accelerated042Average
English-only students+738not categorized+238not categorized
White025Average+1325Accelerated
Low-income+320Average−1120Moderate
Hispanic or Latino+1813Accelerated−2413Minimal

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 grade 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 · English+6 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 8

42 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math0 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grade 8

42 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: 0 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 grade 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 · 2 of 43 → 2025–26 · 8 of 40
Suspension rate2024–25 · 15.9% (7 of 44) → 2025–26 · 9.8% (4 of 41) · −6.1 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—4 of 16—
Male—4 of 24—
Hispanic or Latino—2 of 17—
White—5 of 20—
Low-income—8 of 26—
All students—8 of 40—

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$12,085 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 340 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$1,088 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 43

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,002 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 43

District current expense · FY 2024–25$22,827 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 51%Instruction support 7%Student services 6%Administration 19%Buildings & maintenance 16%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$385,89151.17%51%
Instruction support$54,7767.26%7%
Student services$47,1016.25%6%
Administration$143,90919.08%19%
Buildings & maintenance$115,60115.33%16%
Other$6,7970.90%1%
Total$754,074100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $754,074 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$12,085 per pupil
2020$10,477 per pupil
2019$10,145 per pupil
2018$10,628 per pupil
2017$9,883 per pupil
Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders20.0%

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 93244 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93244 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income—
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)12%
ZIP-area population117
Median age56.4 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 93244 →

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