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Sierra Junior High — Rating & test scores

33326 Lodge Road, Tollhouse · 184 students · Grades 7–8

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Shared campus · © OpenStreetMap

Sierra Junior High and Sierra High share this address in the state’s school directory. The California School Campus Database maps the grounds as one campus. Which buildings each school uses here isn’t mapped.

The California School Campus Database records Sierra Alternative High, Oak Meadow Community Day and Sierra@Home on this campus too; it gives each school the whole campus, so this drawing doesn’t show which buildings each uses.

Drawn from OpenStreetMap, inside the campus outline from the California School Campus Database (2025). Volunteers map it, so a new building may be missing. Buildings with no mapped height are drawn one storey high.

A picture of the campus, not an attendance boundary or a rating.

Schools maintain a closed campus policy. For students’ safety, visitors may enter a campus only with the school’s official permission; this drawing implies no permission to enter.

Scope Score 74

DevelopingScope Score · 45th percentile. Higher than 45 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 and math: 58% and 35% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, against 50% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 153
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English and 838,896 in math tested).

Overview

Is Sierra Junior High a good middle school?

Developing. Sierra Junior High is higher than most California middle schools on test results. Sierra Junior High is lower than most on progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced7058%
Math, Proficient or Advanced5735%
English, Advanced6117%
Math, Advanced4312%

Progress in a year, 2025

English20−9 pts
Math15−14 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance1131 in 100
Sierra Junior High’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Sierra Unified’s other middle schoolBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 7 and 8 scored lower than California students who had the same scores the year before, in English (−9 pts) and math (−14 pts). The state calls both results Moderate.

Each bar is Sierra Junior High’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
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 7 and 8: 155. 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.

In its own words

What does Sierra Junior High say about itself?

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

Open sjhs.sierrausd.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored 9 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 14 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−9

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White90−7 points
Low-income60−7 points
Hispanic or Latino31−6 points
Students with disabilities25−27 points
American Indian or Alaska Native23−56 points

Math

−14

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White90−12 points
Low-income60−9 points
Hispanic or Latino31−12 points
Students with disabilities25−12 points
American Indian or Alaska Native23−23 points

Grades 7 and 8, 2025, 155 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 9 points below that expected score, and in math 14 points below 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.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

0 of the 1 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Sierra Junior High. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

2 middle schools within 0.1 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. SierraScope Score 7445th
  2. Sierra@HomeSchool of choice · by applicationScope Score 6916th
Sierra UnifiedMagnet or school of choice

A magnet or other school of choice takes applications through its district.

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 Sierra Junior High compare with schools like it?

Sierra Junior High’s Scope Score is 74. 333 California middle schools, counting Sierra Junior High, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 79. Sierra Junior High’s result is higher than 67 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 333

  1. Students from low-income families: 44%

    Elkhorn

    Stockton

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 43%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 37%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 39%

    Creekside Middle

    Castro Valley

    Scope Score 92Strong · 97th percentile

333 California public middle schools where 35% to 47% 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 35% to 47% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Sierra Junior High’s share. The count includes Sierra Junior High. 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 higher than in 2025. English went from 41% to 58% and math from 23% to 35%.

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

Grades 7 and 8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202646%58%Sierra Junior HighThis school50%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202632%37%CaliforniaCalifornia35%Sierra Junior HighThis school

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. 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, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringSierra Junior HighSierra UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201746%—49%168
201858%—50%194
201955%—50%188
202248%—48%167
202345%—47%176
202436%—47%170
202541%38%49%170
202658%—50%153
Math, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringSierra Junior HighSierra UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201732%—37%168
201840%—37%191
201931%—37%188
202228%—31%168
202329%—32%175
202425%—33%171
202523%22%35%170
202635%—37%153

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Above California in English (reading and writing); near it in math.

English

58%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

21214117
Sierra Unified54%California50%

Math

35%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

38272312
Sierra Unified33%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 58% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 35% in math, against 50% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 7 and 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).

How does math compare with English?

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, math trails English by 23 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 13 points across California. The grades 7 and 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 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced64%51%
Advanced21%13%
Proficient43%38%
Developing level18%25%
Minimal18%24%
Tested7776
California51%49%
Difference+13+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 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced38%32%
Advanced9%16%
Proficient29%16%
Developing level28%26%
Minimal34%42%
Tested7776
California38%36%
Difference0−4

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 7 and 8 · This school17%41%21%21%153
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · Sierra Unified16%38%21%25%169
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school12%23%27%38%153
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · Sierra Unified11%22%25%42%169

Spring 2026, grades 7 and 8 combined: 153 tested in English, 153 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 61% of students. 56 of 180 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

31in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (56 of 180 students).

At the average Sierra Unified middle school: 24 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Students, 2024–25

184

students in grades 7–8.

White 61%Hispanic or Latino 17%American Indian or Alaska Native 13%Two or more races 8%

Family income

41%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 75 of 184. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

21

teachers, with 12 years of experience on average.

24% were in their first year.

84% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

10.7%

of students were suspended at least once (20 of 187). Average California middle school 3.7%.

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

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White61%
Hispanic or Latino17%
American Indian or Alaska Native13%
Two or more races8%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
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: 7.4 of 8.8 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Two student groups at Sierra Junior High have test results. Each bar compares one group with the same group across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 56 tested39%California 39%
  • Low-incomeMath · 56 tested18%California 26%
  • WhiteEnglish · 92 tested65%California 62%
  • WhiteMath · 92 tested45%California 50%

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 8, 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 7 and 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Sierra Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 56 tested
English39%+534%039%
Math18%+414%−826%
White · 92 tested
English65%+263%+362%
Math45%+540%−550%

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

Hispanic or Latino and American Indian or Alaska Native students and students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, 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 Sierra Junior High. 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.

Answer the family questionsResponder en españolHow family answers work

Staff

Staff can’t answer for this school yet

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Money

Where does the money go?

$4,321 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Sierra Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $20 million.

$4,321

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$2,070
The school’s share of district office costs
$2,251
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,321
  • Sierra Junior High$4,321
  • Sierra Unified middle schools$3,724
  • 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 ↓

Sierra Unified’s yearly plan

$20million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$2million

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 $20 million of $24 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Sierra Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Sierra Junior High like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93667. They are not figures for the families at Sierra Junior High.

Typical household income in a year

$75,272

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 93667.

Typical home value
$366,300
People who live in this ZIP code
2,218
Typical age
38.1 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
23%

What you can do

Who can act on Sierra Junior High’s results?

The state has Sierra Junior High in extra targeted support; Sierra Unified’s board decides its 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.

What has the state flagged?

2025–26 is its 4th year in a row in this support. The state named it because results were low for low-income students and students with disabilities. This support comes with a school improvement plan, which must use approaches with evidence behind them and look at how money and staff are divided among schools. Ask the principal to see the school improvement plan.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving Sierra Unified 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 Sierra Unified: 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 Sierra Junior High. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school?31 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (56 of 180 students); average California middle school: 18 in 100
  2. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?10.7% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (20 of 187 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?14 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 7 and 8, 2025 (155 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 Sierra Junior High, and how do I get in?

Ask Sierra Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Foothill Elementary
    Scope Score 79Solid · 66th percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Sierra Junior High
    Grades 7–8Scope Score 74Developing · 45th percentile
  3. High
    Sierra High
    Scope Score 79Solid · 66th percentile · 2025Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

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. Sierra High (66th percentile, Solid, among high schools, 2025) has the same street address in the state’s school directory.

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Foothill Elementary

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

    Scope Score 79 · Solid · 66th percentile · elementary · 2026

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

High-school links

  • Sierra High

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

    Scope Score 79 · Solid · 66th percentile · high · 2025

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

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares 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 the path ends: Sierra High
Sierra HighScope Score 79 · Solid · 66th percentile · 2025historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Sierra High. The AP Course Audit lists 6 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. That figure comes from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Sierra High around 2028, and a school can change a lot in 2 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 72% of the students who finished high school at Sierra High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

6 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Sierra High's page
Source: College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Sierra Junior High?

Address
33326 Lodge Road, Tollhouse 93667Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Matt ToewsAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 1, 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 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Sierra Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Sierra Junior High a good middle school?

Sierra Junior High has a Scope Score of 74. It scored higher than 45 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Developing, 45th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 31 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 24 in 100 at the average Sierra Unified middle school. 10.7% of students (20 of 187) 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?

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored 9 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 14 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 155 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 39% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at Sierra Junior High in Tollhouse scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Sierra Junior High's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Sierra High. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education’s School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement; confirm your address with the district.

  • Sierra High: Scope Score 79, Solid, 66th percentile among California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 results

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 #1,377 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math15%4742%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math46%5523%
Chronically absent31 in 100345%
Suspension rate10.7% (20 of 187)255%

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
2025–267445#1377California 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
2018–1914 in 1006.2% (13 of 209)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2433 in 10013.3% (28 of 210)
2024–2532 in 10017.4% (35 of 201)
2025–2631 in 10010.7% (20 of 187)

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
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 · English15317%58%
2026 · Math15312%35%
2025 · English17012%41%
2025 · Math1708%23%
2024 · English17010%36%
2024 · Math1716%25%
2023 · English17612%45%
2023 · Math17511%29%
2022 · English16713%48%
2022 · Math16810%28%
2019 · English18818%55%
2019 · Math18814%31%
2018 · English19421%58%
2018 · Math19115%40%
2017 · English16816%46%
2017 · Math16814%32%

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 · English0—
2025 · Grade 7 · English7154%
2025 · Grade 8 · English9932%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math0—
2025 · Grade 7 · Math7130%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math9918%
2024 · Grade 7 · English10439%
2024 · Grade 8 · English6632%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math10430%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math6718%
2023 · Grade 7 · English8251%
2023 · Grade 8 · English9439%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math8235%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math9324%
2022 · Grade 7 · English8752%
2022 · Grade 8 · English8044%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math8936%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math7919%
2019 · Grade 7 · English8449%
2019 · Grade 8 · English10461%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math8426%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math10436%
2018 · Grade 7 · English10760%
2018 · Grade 8 · English8756%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math10741%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math8438%
2017 · Grade 7 · English8349%
2017 · Grade 8 · English8544%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math8329%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math8534%

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
Schoolwide765%18%49%28%

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-income5639%+50
White9265%+2+3
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−9155Moderate−14155Moderate
English-only students−8149not categorized−15149not categorized
White−790Moderate−1290Moderate
Low-income−760Moderate−960Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−631Moderate−1231Moderate
Students with disabilities−2725Minimal−1225Moderate
American Indian or Alaska Native−5623Minimal−2323Minimal

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 7 and 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−9 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 7 and 8

155 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −9 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−14 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 7 and 8

155 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −14 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, 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 7 and 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 · 32 in 100 → 2025–26 · 31 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 17.4% (35 of 201) → 2025–26 · 10.7% (20 of 187) · −6.7 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female8 in 10028 of 77—
Male19 of 9727 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino5 of 359 of 30—
American Indian or Alaska Native5 of 2314 of 23—
White12 in 10027 in 100+15 in 100
Students with disabilities4 of 3218 of 36—
Low-income14 of 8535 of 74—
All students14 in 10031 in 100+17 in 100
Two or more races—3 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$16,345 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 1,204 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$771 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 184

Central federal expenditures attributed here$550 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 184

District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,945 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 57%Instruction support 8%Student services 14%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 13%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$13,662,07256.90%57%
Instruction support$2,014,6158.39%8%
Student services$3,332,31913.88%14%
Administration$1,859,1897.74%8%
Buildings & maintenance$3,141,14913.08%13%
Total$24,009,345100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $24,009,345 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$16,345 per pupil
2020$14,549 per pupil
2019$14,484 per pupil
2018$13,358 per pupil
2017$12,847 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 holders11.3%

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 93667 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93667 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$75,272
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)23%
ZIP-area population2,218
Median age38.1 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 93667 →

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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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