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Sierra Middle — Rating & test scores

4950 Central Avenue, Riverside · 829 students · Grades 7–8

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Scope Score 71

DevelopingScope Score · 27th percentile. Higher than 27 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

Below California in English, well below in math, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026: 41% and 21% scored Proficient or Advanced, 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: 826 in English, 831 in math
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 a good middle school?

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

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced4041%
Math, Proficient or Advanced2921%
English, Advanced298%
Math, Advanced247%

Progress in a year, 2025

English26−6 pts
Math26−9 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance4317 in 100
Sierra’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Riverside Unified’s other middle schoolsBar 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 (−6 pts) and math (−9 pts). The state calls both results Moderate.

Each bar is Sierra’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: 748 in English, 747 in math. 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 say about itself?

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

Open sierra.riversideunified.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 6 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 9 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−6

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

Low-income671−8 points
Hispanic or Latino625−6 points
English learners209−11 points
Long-term English learners123−12 points
Students with disabilities83−12 points

Math

−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

Low-income670−10 points
Hispanic or Latino624−10 points
English learners209−3 points
Long-term English learners123+2 points
Students with disabilities83−17 points

Grades 7 and 8, 2025, 748 students in English, 747 in math with scores in both years. 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 below that expected score, and in math 9 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?

3 of the 6 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Sierra. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

7 middle schools within 4.9 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Matthew GageNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7549th
  2. CentralNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7234th
  3. University HeightsNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7229th
  4. SierraScope Score 7127th
  5. ChemawaNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7021st
  6. WellsAlvord Unified · by addressScope Score 6810th
  7. MissionJurupa Unified · by addressScope Score 676th
Riverside UnifiedA 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

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%50%0%25%50%75%100%

6 of 7 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Sierra compare with schools like it?

Sierra’s Scope Score is 71. 628 California middle schools, counting Sierra, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 71. Sierra’s result is higher than 304 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 628

  1. Students from low-income families: 88%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 92%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 93rd percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 93%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 92nd percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 89%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 91%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 90th percentile

628 California public middle schools where 83% to 95% 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 83% to 95% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Sierra’s share. The count includes Sierra. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 39% to 41% and math from 20% to 21%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202648%32%50%CaliforniaCalifornia48%Riverside UnifiedDistrict41%SierraSierra

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202636%20%37%CaliforniaCalifornia33%Riverside UnifiedDistrict21%SierraSierra

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Riverside Unified’s line combines its 10 middle schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. Riverside Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringSierraRiverside UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201732%48%49%766
201831%50%50%761
201942%51%50%810
202236%47%48%733
202335%45%47%757
202437%45%47%811
202539%48%49%791
202641%48%50%826
Math, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringSierraRiverside UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201720%36%37%777
201822%34%37%763
201922%33%37%819
202220%27%31%728
202321%29%32%752
202423%30%33%825
202520%32%35%796
202621%33%37%831

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Below California in English (reading and writing); well below it in math.

English

41%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

3128338
Riverside Unified48%California50%

Math

21%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

5029147
Riverside Unified33%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 41% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 21% 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 20 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 Advanced40%41%
Advanced8%9%
Proficient32%32%
Developing level30%28%
Minimal30%31%
Tested419407
California51%49%
Difference−11−8

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 Advanced23%19%
Advanced7%7%
Proficient16%12%
Developing level31%27%
Minimal46%54%
Tested422409
California38%36%
Difference−15−17

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 school8%33%28%31%826
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · Riverside Unified15%33%26%26%5,685
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school7%14%29%50%831
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · Riverside Unified16%17%27%40%5,682

Spring 2026, grades 7 and 8 combined: 826 tested in English, 831 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?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 83% of students. 153 of 884 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

17in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (153 of 884 students).

At the average Riverside Unified middle school: 14 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 6.8% of students were suspended at least once (61 of 897). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

829

students in grades 7–8.

Hispanic or Latino 83%White 8%Black or African American 4%Not reported 2%Asian 1%

Family income

89%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 734 of 829. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

38

teachers, with 15 years of experience on average.

11% were in their first year.

82% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

62%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (91 of 147 students).

Riverside Unified: 46%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino83%
White8%
Black or African American4%
Not reported2%
Asian1%
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 29.6 of 36 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Four student groups scored below the same groups across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • White65 tested35%California 50%
  • Homeless34 tested26%California 17%
  • Hispanic or Latino693 tested20%California 25%
  • Low-income715 tested19%California 26%
  • Black or African American32 tested19%California 20%
  • Students with disabilities79 tested8%California 9%
  • English learners132 tested2%California 7%

19% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 7 and 8, spring 2026), against 26% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino and White students and English learners also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 8 math, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 7 and 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Riverside Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 710 tested in English, 715 in math
English37%−441%−239%
Math19%−625%−726%
Hispanic or Latino · 692 tested in English, 693 in math
English38%−543%−240%
Math20%−626%−525%
White · 63 tested in English, 65 in math
English57%−663%−562%
Math35%−1752%−1550%
Black or African American · 31 tested in English, 32 in math
English48%+840%+1434%
Math19%−120%−120%
English learners · 130 tested in English, 132 in math
English1%−23%−67%
Math2%−13%−57%
Students with disabilities · 78 tested in English, 79 in math
English12%−113%−214%
Math8%08%−19%
Homeless · 34 tested
English26%−632%−228%
Math26%+719%+917%

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

Students of two or more races: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students 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. 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.

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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

How much is spent on each student here?

$19,903 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student.

$19,903

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$13,081
The school’s share of district office costs
$6,822
Of the total, from federal funds
$939
  • Sierra$19,903
  • Riverside Unified middle schools$19,826
  • 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 ↓

The neighborhood

What is the area around Sierra like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 92504. They are not figures for the families at Sierra.

Typical household income in a year

$92,477

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 92504.

Typical home value
$562,600
People who live in this ZIP code
57,132
Typical age
37.3 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
21%

What you can do

Who can act on Sierra’s results?

The state took Sierra out of extra targeted support; Riverside 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?

The state took the school off the list for 2025–26. The school was on the list in 2024–25.

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

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving Riverside 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 Riverside Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 8 questions to Sierra. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?6.8% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (61 of 897 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?17 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (153 of 884 students); average Riverside Unified middle school: 14 in 100
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?9 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 7 and 8, 2025 (747 students)
  4. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?1% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026 (130 students tested); the same group across California: 7%
  5. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  6. 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, and how do I get in?

Ask Riverside Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Adams Elementary
    Scope Score 74Developing · 45th percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Sierra Middle
    Grades 7–8Scope Score 71Developing · 27th percentile
  3. High
    Ramona High
    Scope Score 72Developing · 33rd 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

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Adams Elementary

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

    Scope Score 74 · Developing · 45th percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Jefferson Elementary

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

    Scope Score 72 · Developing · 28th percentile · elementary · 2026

    91% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Mountain View Elementary

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

    Scope Score 78 · Solid · 63rd percentile · elementary · 2026

    90% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Madison Elementary

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

    Scope Score 70 · Needs Support · 21st percentile · elementary · 2026

    74% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Jackson Elementary

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

    Scope Score 68 · Needs Support · 8th percentile · elementary · 2026

    25% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Pachappa Elementary

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

    Scope Score 77 · Solid · 58th percentile · elementary · 2026

    16% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Magnolia Elementary

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

    Scope Score 76 · Solid · 53rd percentile · elementary · 2026

    12% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • Ramona High

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

    Scope Score 72 · Developing · 33rd percentile · high · 2025

    99% 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: Ramona High
Ramona HighScope Score 72 · Developing · 33rd percentile · 2025historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Ramona High. UC records 57 enrollees from Ramona High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 20 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Ramona High around 2028, and a school can change a lot in 2 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 62% of the students who finished high school at Ramona High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

57 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 20 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Ramona High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Sierra?

Address
4950 Central Avenue, Riverside 92504Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Renell RobinsonAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated September 3, 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 Riverside Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Sierra a good middle school?

Sierra Middle has a Scope Score of 71. It scored higher than 27 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Developing, 27th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 17 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 14 in 100 at the average Riverside Unified middle school. 6.8% of students (61 of 897) 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 6 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 9 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 748 students in English, 747 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 37% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at Sierra Middle in Riverside 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 Middle's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Ramona 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.

  • Ramona High: Scope Score 72, Developing, 33rd 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 #1,837 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #9 of 10 in Riverside Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math8%3942%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math31%4223%
Chronically absent17 in 100515%
Suspension rate6.8% (61 of 897)385%
English learners: top level24%525%

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 80%: the remaining 20%, 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
2025–267127#1837California 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
2018–1913 in 10010.9% (102 of 934)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2421 in 1009.8% (87 of 892)
2024–2520 in 1009.1% (79 of 871)
2025–2617 in 1006.8% (61 of 897)

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 · English8268%41%
2026 · Math8317%21%
2025 · English79110%39%
2025 · Math7966%20%
2024 · English81110%37%
2024 · Math82510%23%
2023 · English7579%35%
2023 · Math7528%21%
2022 · English7337%36%
2022 · Math7287%20%
2019 · English81010%42%
2019 · Math8199%22%
2018 · English7616%31%
2018 · Math7637%22%
2017 · English7666%32%
2017 · Math7778%20%

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 7 · English39843%
2025 · Grade 8 · English39336%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math40121%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math39520%
2024 · Grade 7 · English39736%
2024 · Grade 8 · English41437%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math40521%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math42024%
2023 · Grade 7 · English41735%
2023 · Grade 8 · English34034%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math41121%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math34121%
2022 · Grade 7 · English34738%
2022 · Grade 8 · English38633%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math34519%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math38320%
2019 · Grade 7 · English41345%
2019 · Grade 8 · English39738%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math42121%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math39823%
2018 · Grade 7 · English40428%
2018 · Grade 8 · English35735%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math40618%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math35725%
2017 · Grade 7 · English36335%
2017 · Grade 8 · English40329%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math37119%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math40622%

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
Schoolwide4096%23%58%13%

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-income71037%−4−2
Hispanic or Latino69238%−5−2
English learners1301%−2−6
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−6748Moderate−9747Moderate
Low-income−8671Moderate−10670Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−6625Moderate−10624Moderate
English-only students−5383not categorized−11382not categorized
English learners−11209Moderate−3209Average
English learners only−17133not categorized0133not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−12123Moderate+2123Average
Students with disabilities−1283Moderate−1783Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−176not categorized−776not categorized
White−762Moderate−762Moderate
Homeless−2138Minimal−1238Moderate
Black or African American−637Moderate−337Average

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. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. 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−6 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

748 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −6 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−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

747 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −9 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 · 20 in 100 → 2025–26 · 17 in 100 · −3 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 9.1% (79 of 871) → 2025–26 · 6.8% (61 of 897) · −2.3 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female12 in 10019 in 100+7 in 100
Male14 in 10016 in 100+2 in 100
Asian0 of 190 of 11—
Black or African American9 of 4210 of 37—
Hispanic or Latino13 in 10017 in 100+4 in 100
White14 of 9314 of 68—
Students with disabilities25 in 10027 in 100+2 in 100
English learners14 in 10012 in 100−2 in 100
Foster youth4 of 11——
Homeless11 of 5713 of 40—
Low-income14 in 10020 in 100+6 in 100
All students13 in 10017 in 100+4 in 100

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$13,951 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 39,443 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$540 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 829

Central federal expenditures attributed here$399 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 829

District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,502 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 61%Instruction support 12%Student services 11%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$446,634,81361.32%61%
Instruction support$87,639,49312.03%12%
Student services$76,655,74710.53%11%
Administration$42,565,4725.84%6%
Buildings & maintenance$67,762,9939.30%9%
Other$7,058,6810.97%1%
Total$728,317,199100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $728,317,199 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$13,951 per pupil
2020$12,918 per pupil
2019$13,303 per pupil
2018$12,332 per pupil
2017$11,811 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 holders2.8%

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 92504 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92504 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$92,477
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)21%
ZIP-area population57,132
Median age37.3 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 92504 →

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