Public school · Gilroy Unified

South Valley Middle

Gilroy · 6–8 · 784 students (2024–25)

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South Valleyhigher than 27 of the 100 California dots

California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

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South Valleyhigher than 27 of the 100 California dots

California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

South Valleyhigher than 27 of the 100 California dots

California’s public middle schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

The dots are California’s 2,177 scored public middle schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. South Valley Middle’s Scope Score is 26 of 100. It places the school; it isn’t a grade. How it’s built ›

Well below California in English and math: 32% and 25% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. Source

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8: 750 in English, 748 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,266,619 in English and 1,272,526 in math tested).

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Academic achievement

Beyond a single score: who exceeds, meets or is still approaching the standard.

Learning

How strong are the foundations for high school?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 9%
Met standard: 23%
Below standard: 68%

32% met or exceeded · 750 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Gilroy Unified
Exceeded	9%	19%	15%
Met	23%	30%	26%
Nearly met	26%	23%	22%
Not met	42%	28%	37%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 11%
Met standard: 14%
Below standard: 75%

25% met or exceeded · 748 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Gilroy Unified
Exceeded	11%	20%	18%
Met	14%	16%	15%
Nearly met	25%	23%	22%
Not met	50%	41%	45%

What these tests tell you · what to ask

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

Ask: How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?

Things worth knowing

Open a finding for the evidence

In 2025, students in grades 6–8 scored below what the state expected from their own earlier scores. The state calls them Minimal in English and Moderate in math.grades 6–8 · 2025

−24 ptsEnglish · below expected−12 ptsMath · below expected

Ask: Students scored below what the state expected from their earlier scores. What is the school doing differently for them?

Source: CDE growth model, 2025
Students: students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 697 in English, 693 in math
Comparison: 697 students in English and 693 in math in grades 6–8 with scores in both years. 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.

9% of students tested in English reached the top of the state’s four levels, about half California’s rate in the same grades (19%).grades 6–8 · spring 2025

9%English · exceeded the standard

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,266,619 in English tested).

13.1% of students (109 of 829) were suspended at least once in 2024–25, against 3.5% at the average California middle school.2024–25

13.1%of students were suspended at least once, 2024–25

Ask: When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?

Source: CDE suspension file, 2024–25
Students: all students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 829
Comparison: 109 of 829. District and California figures are averages of school rates (4 Gilroy Unified schools; 2,177 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school32%

California49%

Tested: 750 here · 1,266,619 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school32%

Gilroy Unified41%

Tested: 750 here · 2,309 in Gilroy Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 4 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Gilroy Unified
Exceeded	9%	19%	15%
Met	23%	30%	26%
Nearly met	26%	23%	22%
Not met	42%	28%	37%

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school25%

California36%

Tested: 748 here · 1,272,526 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school25%

Gilroy Unified33%

Tested: 748 here · 2,325 in Gilroy Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 4 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Gilroy Unified
Exceeded	11%	20%	18%
Met	14%	16%	15%
Nearly met	25%	23%	22%
Not met	50%	41%	45%

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

201938%2,616 tested

→

202532%750 tested

South Valley

California, same grades50% → 49%2019 → 2025 · 1,390,416 → 1,266,619 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

201930%2,643 tested

→

202525%748 tested

South Valley

California, same grades38% → 36%2019 → 2025 · 1,394,239 → 1,272,526 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

Explore every year, the trend charts & underlying data

English and math have been below California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grades 6–8

South ValleyCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202532%49%

Math met or exceeded, grades 6–8

South ValleyCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202525%36%

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

English went from 38% in 2019 to 32% in 2025. Math went from 30% in 2019 to 25% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	South Valley	California
2019	38% 2,616 tested	50% 1,390,416 tested
2022	37% 2,199 tested	47% 1,277,584 tested
2023	33% 686 tested	46% 1,267,562 tested
2024	36% 721 tested	46% 1,269,432 tested
2025	32% 750 tested	49% 1,266,619 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	South Valley	California
2019	30% 2,643 tested	38% 1,394,239 tested
2022	25% 2,190 tested	31% 1,279,506 tested
2023	27% 687 tested	32% 1,272,024 tested
2024	26% 722 tested	33% 1,277,570 tested
2025	25% 748 tested	36% 1,272,526 tested

The state’s growth measure697 students in English, 693 in math · grades 6–8 · 2025

English−24ptsCDE category: Minimal

Math−12ptsCDE category: Moderate

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

Ask: English is lower than in 2019 here (38% to 32%) and across California (50% to 49%). How does the school check what’s working in English?

Life at school

Explore the available evidence about the school day and opportunities.

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

22 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

19in 100 at the average Gilroy Unified school18in 100 at the average California middle school

183 of 815 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school22 in 100

at the average Gilroy Unified school19 in 100

at the average California middle school18 in 100

13.1%of students were suspended at least once (109 of 829), 2024–25

8.1%at the average Gilroy Unified school3.5%at the average California middle school

Attendance by grade

Chronically absent, 2024–25	Per 100 students	Students
Grades 4–6	17	48 of 278
Grades 7–8	25	135 of 537

Reviews & community voices

Parents’ experience · the school as a workplace

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

499 tested per subject

English24% / 38%

Math19% / 24%

Hispanic or Latino

598 English · 596 math tested

English27% / 38%

Math21% / 24%

Two or more races

59 tested per subject

English34% / 62%

Math27% / 49%

White

42 tested per subject

English57% / 61%

Math45% / 49%

English learners

193 tested per subject

English2% / 7%

Math3% / 6%

Students with disabilities

122 English · 119 math tested

English11% / 14%

Math11% / 10%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Met or exceeded the standardgrades 6–8 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Gilroy Unified	vs California
Low-income · 499 tested
English	24%	−327%	−1438%
Math	19%	−221%	−524%
Hispanic or Latino · 598 tested in English, 596 in math
English	27%	−229%	−1138%
Math	21%	−122%	−324%
Two or more races · 59 tested
English	34%	−1044%	−2862%
Math	27%	−936%	−2249%
White · 42 tested
English	57%	−461%	−461%
Math	45%	−752%	−449%
English learners · 193 tested
English	2%	−13%	−57%
Math	3%	+12%	−36%
Students with disabilities · 122 tested in English, 119 in math
English	11%	+110%	−314%
Math	11%	+38%	+110%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Gilroy Unified, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless 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.

Low-income students and students of two or more races did worse than the same groups statewide. Hispanic or Latino students and English learners did worse than the same groups statewide in English.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At South Valley Middle in Gilroy, 24.4% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 6, 7 and 8, compared to 27.4% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. South Valley Middle’s rate for low-income students trails its district average by 2.9 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (19.2% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (26.6% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 30.2 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 499 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

Hispanic or Latino80%
Not reported6%
White5%
Asian3%
Filipino3%
Two or more races2%
Black or African American—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Unallocated share1%

Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.

Full student mix, comparisons & sources

Eligible enrollment, 2024–25	Here
Hispanic or Latino	80%
Not reported	6%
White	5%
Asian	3%
Filipino	3%
Two or more races	2%
Black or African American	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About 3 in 5 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (56%, 436 of 784). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers34

Average experience11 years

First-year teachers12%

81% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 81.45%: 29.3 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 36 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Questions & evidence

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The school path beyond this campus

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

ElementaryRod Kelley ElementaryHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
MiddleSouth Valley MiddleThis campus · grades 6-8
High schoolChristopher HighHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

Rod Kelley Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
44th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Eliot Elementary
Historical partial-area overlap · NCES SABS 2015–16
22nd percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025
27% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

Christopher High
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
55th percentile · Solid · high · 2025
95% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy
Historical partial-area overlap · NCES SABS 2015–16
99th percentile · Strong · 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 its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

Getting in

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Location and visiting

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7881 Murray Avenue, Gilroy 95020

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Questions

Questions to ask

A short list for your school visit.

Students scored below what the state expected from their earlier scores. What is the school doing differently for them?
When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?
English is lower than in 2019 here (38% to 32%) and across California (50% to 49%). How does the school check what’s working in English?
Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?

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Other options

Schools to explore

Nearby means close to this campus. It does not establish an attendance boundary or a similar student population.

Nearby middle schoolsStatewide percentile

Brownell Middle0.7 mi42ndDeveloping
Solorsano Middle1.8 mi48thDeveloping

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

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar middle schools2025 statewide percentile

Blair HighPasadena Unified · 1,053 enrolled · 55.5% meal eligibility46thDeveloping
San Jose IntermediateNovato Unified · 559 enrolled · 55.8% meal eligibility45thDeveloping
Claremont MiddleOakland Unified · 487 enrolled · 55.9% meal eligibility82ndStrong
El Portal MiddleEscalon Unified · 587 enrolled · 55.4% meal eligibility30thDeveloping
Evergreen MiddleEvergreen Union · 399 enrolled · 55.9% meal eligibility43rdDeveloping
Granada MiddleEast Whittier City Elementary · 989 enrolled · 55.2% meal eligibility82ndStrong

How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 47.6–63.6% meal eligibility and 392–1,568 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is South Valley Middle a good middle school?

South Valley Middle is in the 27th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 27 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), South Valley Middle was well below California in English and math: 32% and 25% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are South Valley Middle's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 32% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 25% the math standard; 9% and 11% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 750 students were tested in English and 748 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does South Valley Middle rank in California?

South Valley Middle is in the 27th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Developing, 2025). South Valley Middle ranks #1,573 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2023 G6 → 2025 G8), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

Is South Valley Middle getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares South Valley Middle's grade 6 results in 2023 with its grade 8 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 44th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.

What do attendance and suspension records show for South Valley Middle?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 22.5% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 183 chronically absent of 815 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 13.1%; 109 unduplicated suspended students of 829 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 22.4%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 12.9%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

How does South Valley Middle compare to other schools in Gilroy?

South Valley Middle is in the 27th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 784 students. Use the schools in Gilroy page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

What do reported student-group results show at South Valley Middle?

What high school does South Valley Middle feed into?

By attendance boundary, South Valley Middle is zoned to Christopher High. Christopher High has a Scope Score of 57 out of 100. 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 is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.

Source records

Explore the data

Available score factors, grade-level results, student-group measures, and nearby-school context, with source details.

Downloads, sources & methodology

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South Valley Middle is ranked #1,573 statewide · #4 of 4 in Gilroy Unified.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	9.9%	17.2%	42%
Met or exceeded	28.4%	40.0%	23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)	Below avg	average	20%
Chronic absenteeism	22.4%	18.1%	5%
Suspension rate	12.9%	3.6%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	24.2%	17.8%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↓ vs CA 17.2% · index 42 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↓ vs CA 40.0% · index 41 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8): ↓ vs CA average · ≈44th calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism: ↓ vs CA 18.1% · index 45 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▲ 1.3pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate: ↓ vs CA 3.6% · index 13 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▲ 2.8pp higher vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 54 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 6	259	9%	21%	28%	42%	30%	−16
Grade 7	249	10%	22%	22%	47%	32%	−16
Grade 8	242	7%	26%	29%	38%	33%	−13

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 6 ELA equal-school mean: 46.1%; n=4084 reporting schools

State grade 7 ELA equal-school mean: 47.6%; n=2631 reporting schools

State grade 8 ELA equal-school mean: 46.2%; n=2658 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
Math	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 6	259	11%	10%	27%	51%	21%	−13
Grade 7	248	11%	16%	25%	48%	27%	−7
Grade 8	241	12%	15%	22%	51%	27%	−5

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 6 Math equal-school mean: 34.5%; n=4086 reporting schools

State grade 7 Math equal-school mean: 33.7%; n=2630 reporting schools

State grade 8 Math equal-school mean: 32.1%; n=2658 reporting schools

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met+
2024 · Grade 6 · ELA	245	35.1%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA	239	34.7%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA	237	38.0%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	245	23.7%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	239	29.3%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	238	26.5%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA	246	29.3%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA	225	36.4%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA	215	32.6%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	237	22.8%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	232	34.5%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	218	24.8%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA	733	34.8%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA	733	41.9%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA	733	35.7%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	730	26.2%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	730	31.6%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	730	16.6%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA	872	39.9%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA	872	36.2%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA	872	38.3%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	881	31.2%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	881	32.0%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	881	27.3%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT
Schoolwide	244	5%	17%	66%	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.

Subgroup · ELA	Tested	MET+	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	499	24.4%	−3	−13
Hispanic/Latino	598	26.6%	−2	−12
English Learners	193	1.6%	−2	−5

Nearest middle schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 6 vs grade 8, this year, different students; Cohort growth = school-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights

School	Dist	Scope · percentile · band	EXC	MET+	Grade gap	Cohort growth	Susp
South Valley Middle ←	—	2727th percentile · Developing · statewide · 2025	9.9%	28.4%	+4.5pp	+41 pts	12.9%
Brownell Middle	0.7 mi	3342nd percentile · Developing · statewide · 2025	17.4%	36.2%	+3.0pp	—	10.2%
Solorsano Middle	1.8 mi	3648th percentile · Developing · statewide · 2025	17.9%	37.7%	+3.2pp	—	8.0%
California average	—	39School average · no percentile	17.2%	40.0%	+1.5pp	—	3.6%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders5.5%

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.

District salary records

Teacher salary schedule$69,898 – $130,809

Average elementary principal salary$174,781

Average middle school principal salary$187,506

Average high school principal salary$198,815

Superintendent salary$289,563

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2019	30/100	36	#1246	California comprehensive middle schools · 1,953 schools
2022	27/100	38	#1301	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,113 schools
2023	25/100	36	#1344	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,125 schools
2024	26/100	25	#1594	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,152 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 21.2% → 2025 · 22.5% · +1.3pp
Suspension rate2024 · 10.2% → 2025 · 13.1% · +2.9pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	750	8.5%	31.7%
2025 · Math	748	11.2%	25.0%
2024 · ELA	721	8.2%	35.9%
2024 · Math	722	11.4%	26.4%
2023 · ELA	686	7.1%	32.6%
2023 · Math	687	8.7%	27.4%
2022 · ELA	733	10.4%	37.4%
2022 · Math	730	9.0%	24.5%
2019 · ELA	872	10.6%	38.1%
2019 · Math	881	15.8%	30.2%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

Year	Scope	Pctile	Rank	Exc	Met+	Absent	Susp	Grade gap
2019	—	—	—	13.2%	34.1%	13.7%	12.3%	-2.8pp
2022	—	—	—	9.7%	31.1%	25.7%	10.4%	-4.3pp
2023	—	—	—	8.0%	30.1%	25.0%	8.1%	+2.6pp
2024	—	—	—	9.8%	31.2%	21.2%	10.1%	+2.8pp
2025	27	27	#1573	9.9%	28.4%	22.4%	12.9%	+4.5pp

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

Grade gap = this year's grade 6 vs grade 8 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.

NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD

What we can't show

— Students classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged here trail the state average for their group by 13 points in ELA in grades 6–8 — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.

Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years

Group	2018–19	2024–25	Δ
Female	11.8%	20.4%	+8.6pp
Male	15.5%	24.3%	+8.8pp
Asian	5.0%	9.1%	+4.1pp
Black/African American	0.0%	—	—
Filipino	0.0%	14.3%	+14.3pp
Hispanic/Latino	14.7%	23.2%	+8.5pp
Two or More Races	12.5%	12.5%	+0.0pp
White	9.7%	18.2%	+8.5pp
Students with Disabilities	19.8%	29.6%	+9.8pp
English Learners	13.2%	24.5%	+11.3pp
Homeless	47.4%	54.8%	+7.4pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	15.8%	26.8%	+11.0pp
All Students	13.7%	22.5%	+8.8pp

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored

Group	ELA	n	CDE band	Math	n	CDE band
All Students	−24	697	Minimal	−12	693	Moderate
Hispanic or Latino	−25	561	Minimal	−12	558	Moderate
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	−26	465	Minimal	−14	463	Moderate
English Only	−22	331	not categorised	−13	329	not categorised
English Learner	−29	279	Minimal	−13	277	Moderate
English Learners Only	−29	165	not categorised	−16	163	not categorised
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)	−25	141	Minimal	−9	138	Moderate
Students with Disabilities	−28	118	Minimal	−13	115	Moderate
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	−23	114	not categorised	−7	114	not categorised
White	−7	38	Moderate	+1	38	Average
Filipino	0	20	Average	+9	20	Accelerated
Asian	−17	17	Moderate	−17	17	Moderate
Two or More Races	−10	16	Moderate	−2	16	Average

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-Term English Learner counts cover grades 6-8 only (CDE), so that row is not comparable to the All Students row. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2023 · Grade 6

exceeded standard · 29% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2023 · 246 ELA test records with scores

ELA · 2025 · Grade 8

exceeded standard · 33% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2025 · 242 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 242 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe ELA results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · reported-school field

State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

697 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,519 reported ELA ALL school records in its retained school inventory

2nd pctile · −24 pts

State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8

Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

693 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,518 reported MATH ALL school records in its retained school inventory

16th pctile · −12 pts

this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median ELA estimate is −1 and the middle half fall between −8 and +6 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. 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 and is not part of the Scope Score.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$12,571 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 10,821 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$734 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 784

Central federal expenditures attributed here$287 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 784

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,856 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.

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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 60%Instruction support 12%Student services 10%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 1%

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.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021

2021$12,571 per pupil

2020$11,655 per pupil

2019$12,490 per pupil

2018$11,239 per pupil

2017$10,573 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 95020

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 95020
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$137,117
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	28.54%
ZCTA population	67,181
Median age	37.6 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/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,177 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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