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6077 Loma Avenue, Eureka · 44 students · Grades K–8

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Scope Score 70

Needs SupportScope Score · 18th percentile. Higher than 18 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: 45% and 25% 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: 58 in English, 57 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 South Bay Charter a good middle school?

Needs Support. South Bay Charter is higher than most California middle schools on progress in both subjects. South Bay Charter is lower than most on test results and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced4945%
Math, Proficient or Advanced3625%
English, Advanced5114%
Math, Advanced319%

Progress in a year, 2025

English68+6 pts
Math81+12 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance738 in 100
South Bay Charter’s place among California middle schools, out of 100South Bay Union Elementary’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 higher than California students who had the same scores the year before, in English (+6 pts) and math (+12 pts). The state calls both results Accelerated. 24 of 64 students missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That is twice the rate at the average middle school in the South Bay Union Elementary district.

Each bar is South Bay Charter’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.

Sentence 1
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 7 and 8: 40. 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.
Sentence 2
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 64. District and California figures are averages of school rates (2 South Bay Union Elementary schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does South Bay Charter say about itself?

These lines come from the school’s own website. They are the school’s description. They are not parent reviews or test results.

“Our mission is to provide student-centered learning opportunities that appropriately challenge and support every child to learn, grow, and thrive.”
sbs.southbayusd.org (opens in a new tab), read October 23, 2026

Every line here is from sbs.southbayusd.org, read October 23, 2026.

Progress

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

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored 6 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 12 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

English

+6

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income33+7 points
White19−1 points
Homeless Youth14+13 points
Hispanic or Latino12+25 points

Math

+12

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income33+16 points
White19+2 points
Homeless Youth14+30 points
Hispanic or Latino12+37 points

Grades 7 and 8, 2025, 40 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 6 points above that expected score, and in math 12 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.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

2 of the 2 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than South Bay Charter. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

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

  1. WinshipEureka City Schools · by addressScope Score 7442nd
  2. Catherine L. ZaneEureka City Schools · by addressScope Score 7233rd
  3. South Bay CharterScope Score 7018th
South Bay Union ElementaryA neighborhood school in another district

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

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

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%

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 South Bay Charter compare with schools like it?

South Bay Charter’s Scope Score is 70. 607 California middle schools, counting South Bay Charter, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 71. South Bay Charter’s result is higher than 199 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 607

  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: 96%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 89%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile

607 California public middle schools where 87% to 99% 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 87% to 99% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of South Bay Charter’s share. The count includes South Bay Charter. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

English results were higher than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 40% to 45% and math stayed at 25%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202664%79%50%CaliforniaCalifornia47%South Bay Union ElementaryDistrict45%South Bay CharterThis school

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202647%57%37%CaliforniaCalifornia25%South Bay CharterThis school24%South Bay Union ElementaryDistrict

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. South Bay Union Elementary’s line combines its 2 middle schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other school. 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. South Bay Union Elementary’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringSouth Bay CharterSouth Bay Union ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201779%64%49%63
201854%49%50%54
201956%48%50%62
202249%50%48%59
202348%43%47%56
202441%45%47%56
202540%47%49%40
202645%47%50%58
Math, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringSouth Bay CharterSouth Bay Union ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201757%47%37%63
201822%26%37%54
201939%29%37%62
202224%28%31%59
202343%31%32%56
202432%26%33%56
202525%25%35%40
202625%24%37%57

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Below California in English; well below it in math.

English

45%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

31243114
South Bay Union Elementary47%California50%

Math

25%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

3738169
South Bay Union Elementary24%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 45% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 25% 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 Advanced52%28%
Advanced18%6%
Proficient34%22%
Developing level23%28%
Minimal25%44%
Tested4018
California51%49%
Difference+1−21

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 Advanced26%22%
Advanced10%6%
Proficient16%16%
Developing level46%22%
Minimal28%56%
Tested3918
California38%36%
Difference−12−14

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 school14%31%24%31%58
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
English, grades 7 and 8 · South Bay Union Elementary9%38%25%28%137
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school9%16%38%37%57
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896
Math, grades 7 and 8 · South Bay Union Elementary10%14%32%44%136

Spring 2026, grades 7 and 8 combined: 58 tested in English, 57 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 47% of students. 24 of 64 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

24of 64

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. That is 38 in 100.

At the average middle school in the South Bay Union Elementary district: 19 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Students, 2024–25

44

students in grades K–8.

White 47%Hispanic or Latino 28%

Family income

93%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 41 of 44. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

3

teachers, with 10 years of experience on average.

33% were in their first year.

79% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

18.5%

of students were suspended at least once (12 of 65). Average California middle school 3.7%.

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

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White47%
Hispanic or Latino28%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

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

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 3.2 of 4.1 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

One student group at South Bay Charter has test results. Each bar compares one group with the same group across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 52 tested42%California 39%
  • Low-incomeMath · 51 tested24%California 26%

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 South Bay Union Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 52 tested in English, 51 in math
English42%042%+339%
Math24%024%−226%

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

White students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about South Bay Charter. 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?

$17,077 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student.

$17,077

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$14,181
The school’s share of district office costs
$2,896
Of the total, from federal funds
$0
  • South Bay Charter$17,077
  • 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 South Bay Charter like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95503. They are not figures for the families at South Bay Charter.

Typical household income in a year

$71,855

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 95503.

Typical home value
$444,700
People who live in this ZIP code
25,054
Typical age
41.4 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
29%

What you can do

Who can act on South Bay Charter’s results?

South Bay Charter’s own board decides its plan.

Where is its yearly plan?

South Bay Charter is a charter school that CDE lists as locally funded, through its district. South Bay Union Elementary authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2027.

What its plan pays for ↓

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

State support

The state hasn’t placed South Bay Charter in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 10 questions to South Bay Charter. 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?24 of 64 students chronically absent, 2025–26; average California middle school: 18 in 100
  2. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?18.5% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (12 of 65 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  3. What extra help do low-income students get, and how do you know it’s working?24% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026 (51 students tested); the same group across California: 26%
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  5. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?
  6. How does this approach show up in an ordinary lesson?From its own words, on how it teaches.

Before you apply

  1. Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
  2. What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

Getting in

How do I get in?

Ask South Bay Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Where it is

Where is South Bay Charter?

Address
6077 Loma Avenue, Eureka 95503Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Heather BeckstedAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated May 23, 2025.

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 South Bay Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓

Is South Bay Charter a good middle school?

South Bay Charter has a Scope Score of 70. It scored higher than 18 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 18th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 24 of 64 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 19 in 100 at the average middle school in the South Bay Union Elementary district. 18.5% of students (12 of 65) 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?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored 6 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 12 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 40 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 42% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at South Bay Charter in Eureka scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $761,946 is planned for 8 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 75% of its $1.0 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

Its own plan

What does South Bay Charter’s own plan commit to?

$761,946 is planned for 8 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 75% of its $1.0 million general fund budget.

$761,946

planned in the school’s own plan for 2026–27

The three largest actions in the plan

  • System of Supports$623,545
  • High-Quality Instruction$46,100
  • Social-Emotional and Behavior Supports$38,976

These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 76 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

The whole plan: every goal, what it measures and what it pays for

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 76 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 93% of the money. The plan itself puts 93% of it toward staff.

  • System of Supports $623,545
  • High-Quality Instruction $46,100
  • Social-Emotional and Behavior Supports $38,976
  • 5 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

1 of the plan’s 8 funded actions names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in its title.

  • Catch-up help $21,606

Largest of these

  • Personalized Intervention$21,606
For high-need students

For English learners, low-income students and foster youth: For 2025–26, it planned $186,505 and estimates it spent $105,752, $80,753 (43%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

Ask: Why did estimated spending on these services come in $80,753 under the 2025–26 plan, and where does that money go in 2026–27?

What changed

The total is $124,717 (14%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is High-Quality Instruction, which went from $602,830 to $46,100.

Largest cuts

  • High-Quality Instruction−⁠$556,730
  • Social-Emotional and Behavior Supports−⁠$109,350
  • Personalized Intervention−⁠$10,600

Largest increases

  • System of Supports+⁠$527,028
  • Enrichment+⁠$15,633
  • Collaborative Partnerships+⁠$2,302

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • Professional Collaboration$7,000

Ask: What did High-Quality Instruction pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $556,730 less?

What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grades 7 and 8 only: 45% in English and 25% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1 · Enriched Learning40%45%up 5 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1 · Enriched Learning25%25%no change
Chronically absentGoal 2 · Supportive Environment34 in 10038 in 1004 more in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 2 · Supportive Environment6.5%18.5%up 12.0 pts

Goal 3 isn’t shown because it tracks other measures.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • System of Supports · $623,545
  • High-Quality Instruction · $46,100
  • Social-Emotional and Behavior Supports · $38,976
The full plan3 goals, 19 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($761,946).

Where does the money go?

87% to Goal 2, Supportive Environment. Each segment is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a segment to open its goal.

System of Supports · $623,545 · +⁠$527,028

System of Supports is 82% of the plan.

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals
  • small actions drawn together

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Enriched Learning$96,31213% of action budgets

“We create an enriched learning experience that provides equitable access so that all students can fully participate in their academic and personal success” p. 13 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $641,009 (−⁠$544,697)

Largest funded actions

  1. High-Quality Instruction$46,100action 1.1 · p. 39 ↗
  2. Personalized Intervention$21,606action 1.3 · p. 39 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Enrichment$21,606action 1.4 · p. 39 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Professional Collaboration$7,000action 1.2 · p. 39 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. High-Quality Instruction−⁠$556,730$602,830 → $46,100 · p. 39 ↗
  2. Enrichment+⁠$15,633$5,973 → $21,606 · p. 39 ↗
  3. Personalized Intervention−⁠$10,600$32,206 → $21,606 · p. 39 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Professional Collaboration · $7,000 · p. 39 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 9 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 13 ↗.

Goal 2Supportive Environment$665,52387% of action budgets

“We create learning environments with integrated supports so that our students are able to productively participate in their school community” p. 21 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $245,543 (+⁠$419,980)

Largest funded actions

  1. System of Supports$623,545action 2.1 · p. 39 ↗
  2. Social-Emotional and Behavior Supports$38,976action 2.2 · p. 39 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Collaborative Partnerships$3,002action 2.3 · p. 39 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. System of Supports+⁠$527,028$96,517 → $623,545 · p. 39 ↗
  2. Social-Emotional and Behavior Supports−⁠$109,350$148,326 → $38,976 · p. 39 ↗
  3. Collaborative Partnerships+⁠$2,302$700 → $3,002 · p. 39 ↗

How the plan measures it · 7 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 21 ↗.

Goal 3Family Engagement$111under 1% of action budgets

“We proactively engage our families to build authentic relationships and opportunities for involvement that meet their needs” p. 28 ↗

1 funded action · 2025–26 plan: $111 (unchanged)

Largest funded actions

  1. Family Needs$111action 3.3 · p. 40 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Family Needs · $111 → $111 · p. 40 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 3 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 28 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

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 #2,069 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math10%4242%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math32%4423%
Chronically absent24 of 64295%
Suspension rate18.5% (12 of 65)35%

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
2025–267018#2069California 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
2018–199 of 822.2% (2 of 89)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–249 of 7511.9% (10 of 84)
2024–2515 of 446.5% (3 of 46)
2025–2624 of 6418.5% (12 of 65)

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 · English5814%45%
2026 · Math579%25%
2025 · English4010%40%
2025 · Math408%25%
2024 · English6110%41%
2024 · Math6111%31%
2023 · English7010%51%
2023 · Math7011%43%
2022 · English7111%46%
2022 · Math707%26%
2019 · English6522%57%
2019 · Math6520%40%
2018 · English5413%54%
2018 · Math544%22%
2017 · English6333%79%
2017 · Math6322%57%

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 · English2040%
2025 · Grade 8 · English2040%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math2025%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math2025%
2024 · Grade 3 · English——
2024 · Grade 4 · English——
2024 · Grade 5 · English——
2024 · Grade 6 · English——
2024 · Grade 7 · English2931%
2024 · Grade 8 · English2752%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math——
2024 · Grade 4 · Math——
2024 · Grade 5 · Math——
2024 · Grade 6 · Math——
2024 · Grade 7 · Math2921%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math2744%
2023 · Grade 3 · English4—
2023 · Grade 4 · English——
2023 · Grade 5 · English4—
2023 · Grade 6 · English5—
2023 · Grade 7 · English2662%
2023 · Grade 8 · English3037%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math4—
2023 · Grade 4 · Math——
2023 · Grade 5 · Math4—
2023 · Grade 6 · Math5—
2023 · Grade 7 · Math2642%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math3043%
2022 · Grade 3 · English——
2022 · Grade 4 · English——
2022 · Grade 5 · English5—
2022 · Grade 6 · English——
2022 · Grade 7 · English3551%
2022 · Grade 8 · English2446%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math——
2022 · Grade 4 · Math——
2022 · Grade 5 · Math5—
2022 · Grade 6 · Math——
2022 · Grade 7 · Math3526%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math2421%
2019 · Grade 4 · English——
2019 · Grade 5 · English——
2019 · Grade 6 · English——
2019 · Grade 7 · English3382%
2019 · Grade 8 · English2928%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math——
2019 · Grade 5 · Math——
2019 · Grade 6 · Math——
2019 · Grade 7 · Math3358%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math2917%
2018 · Grade 7 · English2631%
2018 · Grade 8 · English2875%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math268%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math2836%
2017 · Grade 7 · English2972%
2017 · Grade 8 · English3485%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math2948%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math3465%

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
Schoolwide186%17%44%33%

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-income5242%0+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+640Accelerated+1240Accelerated
Low-income+733Accelerated+1633Accelerated
English-only students+131not categorized+731not categorized
White−119Average+219Average
Homeless+1314Accelerated+3014Exceptional
Hispanic or Latino+2512Exceptional+3712Exceptional

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+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

40 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

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

State model · math+12 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

40 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +12 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, 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 · 15 of 44 → 2025–26 · 24 of 64
Suspension rate2024–25 · 6.5% (3 of 46) → 2025–26 · 18.5% (12 of 65) · +12.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female8 of 559 of 22—
Male1 of 2714 of 41—
Hispanic or Latino1 of 156 of 18—
White5 of 4610 of 30—
Students with disabilities3 of 208 of 19—
Homeless1 of 136 of 11—
Low-income6 of 5121 of 58—
All students9 of 8224 of 64—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$12,363 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 482 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$23,140 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 10%Administration 11%Buildings & maintenance 6%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$4,221,10560.93%61%
Instruction support$789,60411.40%12%
Student services$709,69810.24%10%
Administration$761,51610.99%11%
Buildings & maintenance$441,9826.38%6%
Total$6,927,914100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $6,927,914 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$12,363 per pupil
2020$13,344 per pupil
2019$12,869 per pupil
2018$10,239 per pupil
2017$10,306 per pupil
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 95503 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95503 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$71,855
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)29%
ZIP-area population25,054
Median age41.4 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 95503 →

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