Independent charter school · Madera Unified · Madera, California

Sherman Thomas STEM Academy — Rating & test scores

Madera · 6–8 · 75 students (2024–25)

101 West Adell Street, 93638stcsca.org ↗(559) 871-5490
92ndpercentileStrong

The dots are California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
69

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of four of the six middle school measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
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 above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 76% and 69% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 49% and 37%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 74
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).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

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On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 6–8 scored above what the state expected in English (+40 pts) and math (+48 pts). The state bases that expectation on each student’s earlier scores.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 73. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Sherman Thomas STEM Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. Evidence ↓

Is Sherman Thomas STEM Academy a good middle school?

Sherman Thomas STEM Academy scores higher than 92 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 92nd percentile, Strong, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 4 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 22 in 100 at the average Madera Unified middle school. 0 of 76 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. Evidence ↓

More questions (4)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored +40 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Exceptional. In math, they scored +48 points, which it calls Exceptional.

  • Included in this measure: 73 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 76% of Hispanic or Latino students in grades 6–8 at Sherman Thomas STEM Academy in Madera scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $448,466 is planned for 11 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 51% of its $871,935 general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 76% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 69% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 74
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 6–8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English, 1,254,800 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 74 tested

Advanced
35%
Proficient
41%
Below the standard
24%
This school76%
California49%
Madera Unified31%

76% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 74 tested

Advanced
46%
Proficient
23%
Below the standard
31%
This school69%
California37%
Madera Unified18%

69% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 6–8 · every level, with tested counts

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 Advanced67%85%75%
Advanced29%35%42%
Proficient38%50%33%
Developing level21%11%21%
Minimal12%4%4%
Tested242624
California48%51%49%
Difference+19+34+26

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 Advanced67%69%71%
Advanced38%42%58%
Proficient29%27%13%
Developing level8%19%17%
Minimal25%12%12%
Tested242624
California37%38%36%
Difference+30+31+35

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.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

School pattern · grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · What patterns mean

Broad baseMost students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

Have results changed?

English results were lower than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 85% to 76% and math from 73% to 69%.

English · top two levels · grades 6–8

202585%75 tested
→
202676%74 tested

This school

California, same grades49% → 49%2025 → 2026 · 1,266,619 → 1,254,039 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 6–8

202573%75 tested
→
202669%74 tested

This school

California, same grades36% → 37%2025 → 2026 · 1,272,526 → 1,254,800 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Yes, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored +40 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Exceptional. In math, they scored +48 points, which it calls Exceptional.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 73
Comparison
Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 6–8 · 2025 · 73 students with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

+40 pts

English

The state calls it Exceptional, the highest of its five growth levels.

+48 pts

Math

The state calls it Exceptional, the highest of its five growth levels.

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in English?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school35%41%17%7%74
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Madera Unified7%24%29%40%4,847
Math, grades 6–8 · This school46%23%15%16%74
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Madera Unified7%11%25%57%4,846

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20187 tested years shown · English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2018

Chart and table: 2018–2026.

English top two levels, grades 6–8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20182022202676%49%
Math top two levels, grades 6–8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20182022202669%37%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 6–8, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 74% in 2018 to 76% in 2026. In math, it went from 54% in 2018 to 69% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201874%
72 tested		49%
1,391,379 tested
201976%
75 tested		50%
1,390,416 tested
202285%
74 tested		47%
1,277,584 tested
202387%
75 tested		46%
1,267,562 tested
202482%
76 tested		46%
1,269,432 tested
202585%
75 tested		49%
1,266,619 tested
202676%
74 tested		49%
1,254,039 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201854%
72 tested		37%
1,394,516 tested
201965%
75 tested		38%
1,394,239 tested
202264%
74 tested		31%
1,279,506 tested
202364%
75 tested		32%
1,272,024 tested
202474%
76 tested		33%
1,277,570 tested
202573%
75 tested		36%
1,272,526 tested
202669%
74 tested		37%
1,254,800 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

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 40 points above that expected score, and in math 48 points above it.

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

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

What you can do

Who can act on Sherman Thomas STEM Academy’s results?

Sherman Thomas STEM Academy’s own board decides its plan.

The state hasn’t placed Sherman Thomas STEM Academy in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Where is its yearly plan?

What its plan pays for ↓

Madera Unified authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2028.

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

4 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average Madera Unified middle school, 22 in 100 were. 0 of 76 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 3 of 76 students counted for it; suspension: 0 of 76 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Madera Unified middle school 4.4%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

4 in 100This school
22 in 100At the average Madera Unified middle school
18 in 100At the average California middle school

3 of 76 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0 of 76

students were suspended at least once. Average California middle school 3.7%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grade 6: 4 in 100, 1 of 26
  • Grades 7–8: 4 in 100, 2 of 50
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Sherman Thomas STEM Academy

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino students here scored well above the same group across California.

Student groups, grades 6–8, spring 2026

76% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 63% in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 39% and 25% for the same group across California.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 6–8; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Sherman Thomas STEM AcademySame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 49 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 76%Same group, California 39%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 49 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 63%Same group, California 25%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 64%2. White: 30%Unallocated share: 6%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino64%
  2. White30%
  3. Asian—
  4. Black or African American—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share6%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Who are the families and teachers?

36%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 27 of 75. California: 63%.

3teachers, 2024–25

15 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

100%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino students on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Madera Unifiedvs California
Hispanic or Latino · 49 tested
English76%+4630%+3739%
Math63%+4716%+3825%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Madera Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

Low-income students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners, students with disabilities 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino64%
White30%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 100% of teaching positions, 2.7 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 2.7 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Sherman Thomas STEM Academy, and how do I get in?

No assigned next school.

Sherman Thomas STEM Academy is a charter, so a student’s later schools follow the family’s home address, not this campus, unless the family applies elsewhere. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary
    Nishimoto Elementary
    1st · Needs Support · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  2. Middle · this school
    Sherman Thomas STEM Academy
    Grades 6–8
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

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

Not a next step: the school sharing this address. Sherman Thomas Charter (32nd percentile, Developing, among elementary schools, 2026) has the same street address in the state’s school directory.

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Nishimoto Elementary

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

    1st percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

  • James Monroe Elementary

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

    23rd percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

  • George Washington Elementary

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

    33rd percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

Middle-school links

  • Sherman Thomas Charter

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

High-school links

  • Sherman Thomas Charter High

    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.

How do I get in?

Ask Sherman Thomas STEM Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

Eligibility and entry grades
Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery
What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics
What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?
School website: stcsca.org ↗Office: (559) 871-5490Administrator: Tera Napier

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
101 West Adell Street, Madera 93638

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm enrollment with the school.

Questions for your visit

  1. How does the school check what’s working in English? English: 85% in 2025 to 76% in 2026 here; California: 49% to 49%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  3. Why did estimated spending on these services come in $13,850 under the 2025–26 plan, and where does that money go in 2026–27?
  4. What did Field Trip Program & Guest Presenters pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $23,628 less?
  5. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  6. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (559) 871-5490101 West Adell Street, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby middle schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest middle schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby middle schoolsPercentile among California middle schools, 2026

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #178 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #1 of 10 in Madera Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math41%7542%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math72%7523%
Chronically absent4 in 100665%
Suspension rate0 of 76635%
Grade gap (G6→G8, different students)+6.2pp—not scored

Index is where the school's value sits among the California middle schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. The weights above add to 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
2025–266992#178California 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)
2018–19not on filenot on file+11
2021–22not on filenot on file+16
2022–23not on filenot on file−3
2023–241 in 1000 of 76+31
2024–250 in 1000 of 76+18
2025–264 in 1000 of 76+6

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 year2018–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English7435%76%
2026 · Math7446%69%
2025 · English7547%85%
2025 · Math7553%73%
2024 · English7653%82%
2024 · Math7654%74%
2023 · English7544%87%
2023 · Math7544%64%
2022 · English7442%85%
2022 · Math7435%64%
2019 · English7532%76%
2019 · Math7543%65%
2018 · English7228%74%
2018 · Math7231%54%

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 · English2580%
2025 · Grade 7 · English2479%
2025 · Grade 8 · English2696%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math2568%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math2462%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math2688%
2024 · Grade 6 · English2361%
2024 · Grade 7 · English2584%
2024 · Grade 8 · English2896%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math2357%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math2580%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math2882%
2023 · Grade 6 · English2483%
2023 · Grade 7 · English2896%
2023 · Grade 8 · English2378%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math2467%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math2861%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math2365%
2022 · Grade 6 · English2979%
2022 · Grade 7 · English2282%
2022 · Grade 8 · English2396%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math2959%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math2259%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math2374%
2019 · Grade 6 · English2255%
2019 · Grade 7 · English2889%
2019 · Grade 8 · English2580%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math2264%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math2871%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math2560%
2018 · Grade 6 · English2774%
2018 · Grade 7 · English2673%
2018 · Grade 8 · English1974%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math2759%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math2665%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math1932%

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
Schoolwide2442%29%25%4%

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
Hispanic or Latino4976%+46+37
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+4073Exceptional+4873Exceptional
English-only students+3761not categorized+4661not categorized
Hispanic or Latino+4549Exceptional+5049Exceptional
Low-income+5027Exceptional+4727Exceptional
White+3318Exceptional+5218Exceptional

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
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+40 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

73 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

California growth model, English: +40 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Exceptional, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math+48 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

73 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

California growth model, math: +48 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Exceptional, 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 · 0 in 100 → 2025–26 · 4 in 100 · +4 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 76 → 2025–26 · 0 of 76 · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—2 in 100—
Male—6 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—4 in 100—
White—4 in 100—
Low-income—7 in 100—
All students—4 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. 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$14,158 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 19,941 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

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,575 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

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 53%Instruction support 11%Student services 14%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 5%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$211,232,62053.15%53%
Instruction support$44,557,63711.21%11%
Student services$53,493,73513.46%14%
Administration$27,199,6256.84%7%
Buildings & maintenance$40,317,69710.15%10%
Other$20,611,8565.19%5%
Total$397,413,169100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $397,413,169 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$14,158 per pupil
2020$12,750 per pupil
2019$13,001 per pupil
2018$12,013 per pupil
2017$11,204 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 93638 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93638 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$62,374
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)8%
ZIP-area population50,571
Median age30.0 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 93638 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 2,529 middle schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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