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Stephens Middle — Rating & test scores

Long Beach · 6–8 · 658 students (2024–25)

1830 West Columbia Street, 90810stephens.lbschools.net ↗(562) 595-0841
55thpercentileSolid

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

Scope Score
40

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Near California in English (reading and writing) and math: 48% and 38% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8, spring 2026, against 49% and 37%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 612 in English, 621 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

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

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On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 6–8 scored above what the state expected in English (+17 pts) and math (+8 pts). The state bases that expectation on each student’s earlier scores. 32 in 100 students (214 of 680) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That is about one and a third times the rate at the average Long Beach Unified middle school.

Sources
Sentence 1
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 585 in English, 586 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.
Sentence 2
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 680. District and California figures are averages of school rates (23 Long Beach Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Long Beach Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Stephens a good middle school?

Stephens Middle scores higher than 55 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 55th percentile, Solid, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 32 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 23 in 100 at the average Long Beach Unified middle school. 10.5% of students (72 of 687) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. Evidence ↓

More questions (4)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored +17 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +8 points, which it calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 585 students in English, 586 in math

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 44% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Stephens Middle in Long Beach scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2026 attendance boundaries, Stephens Middle is zoned to Cabrillo High. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Cabrillo High: 10th percentile (Needs Support) of California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 Scope Score

Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

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

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 48% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 38% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 612 in English, 621 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 6–8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English, 1,254,800 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 612 tested

Advanced
17%
Proficient
31%
Below the standard
52%
This school48%
California49%
Long Beach Unified53%

48% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 621 tested

Advanced
21%
Proficient
17%
Below the standard
62%
This school38%
California37%
Long Beach Unified39%

38% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

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

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced42%46%56%
Advanced16%15%19%
Proficient26%31%37%
Developing level24%22%22%
Minimal34%32%22%
Tested200214198
California48%51%49%
Difference−6−5+7

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced36%34%44%
Advanced22%18%23%
Proficient14%16%21%
Developing level31%23%25%
Minimal33%43%31%
Tested203219199
California37%38%36%
Difference−1−4+8

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

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

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 10 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 12 points across California. The grades 6–8 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

English results were lower than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 53% to 48% and math from 35% to 38%.

English · top two levels · grades 6–8

202553%621 tested
→
202648%612 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grades 6–8

202535%627 tested
→
202638%621 tested

This school

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

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Yes, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored +17 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Accelerated. In math, they scored +8 points, which it calls Accelerated.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 585 in English, 586 in math
Comparison
Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 6–8 · 2025 · 585 students in English, 586 in math, with scores in both years

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

+17 pts

English

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

+8 pts

Math

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

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

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school17%31%23%29%612
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Long Beach Unified21%32%22%25%13,373
Math, grades 6–8 · This school21%17%26%36%621
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Long Beach Unified21%18%24%37%13,358

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

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

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 6–8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202648%49%
Math top two levels, grades 6–8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202638%37%

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

In grades 6–8, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 31% in 2017 to 48% in 2026. In math, it went from 20% in 2017 to 38% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201731%
789 tested		48%
1,377,836 tested
201835%
765 tested		49%
1,391,379 tested
201936%
768 tested		50%
1,390,416 tested
202227%
748 tested		47%
1,277,584 tested
202337%
700 tested		46%
1,267,562 tested
202454%
653 tested		46%
1,269,432 tested
202553%
621 tested		49%
1,266,619 tested
202648%
612 tested		49%
1,254,039 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201720%
795 tested		37%
1,383,609 tested
201825%
770 tested		37%
1,394,516 tested
201930%
768 tested		38%
1,394,239 tested
202215%
758 tested		31%
1,279,506 tested
202323%
697 tested		32%
1,272,024 tested
202432%
660 tested		33%
1,277,570 tested
202535%
627 tested		36%
1,272,526 tested
202638%
621 tested		37%
1,254,800 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 17 points above that expected score, and in math 8 points above it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 8 scores here with the school’s grade 6 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

What you can do

Who can act on Stephens’ results?

Long Beach Unified’s board decides Stephens’ plan.

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

What has the state flagged?

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

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Long Beach Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Long Beach Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

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

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average Long Beach Unified middle school, 23 in 100 were. 10.5% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 214 of 680 students counted for it; suspension: 72 of 687 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Long Beach Unified middle school 5.6%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

32 in 100This school
23 in 100At the average Long Beach Unified middle school
18 in 100At the average California middle school

214 of 680 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

10.5%

of students were suspended at least once (72 of 687). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Ask: How do you support kids who arrive ahead, and kids who arrive behind?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grade 6: 31 in 100, 67 of 219
  • Grades 7–8: 32 in 100, 147 of 461
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Stephens

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

Questions for your visit ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questionsResponder en español

Work here? Answer the staff questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

English learners here scored well above the same group across California in English.

Student groups, grades 6–8, spring 2026

21% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 7% for the same group across California. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 6–8; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
StephensSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • Filipino68 tested72%Same group, California 74%
  • Hispanic or Latino436 tested46%Same group, California 39%
  • Low-income474 tested44%Same group, California 39%
  • Homeless38 tested42%Same group, California 27%
  • Black or African American65 tested32%Same group, California 33%
  • English learners133 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 21%Same group, California 7%
  • Students with disabilities82 tested9%Same group, California 14%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 11% to 60%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 70%2. Black or African American: 12%3. Filipino: 10%4. Asian: 3%5. Two or more races: 2%6. Pacific Islander: 2%Unallocated share: 1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino70%
  2. Black or African American12%
  3. Filipino10%
  4. Asian3%
  5. Two or more races2%
  6. Pacific Islander2%
  7. White—
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share1%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

69% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 90 of 130 English learners69%
Long Beach Unified · 3,165 of 7,09145%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

77%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 506 of 658. California: 63%.

37teachers, 2024–25

9 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

5%in their first year, 2024–25

79%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep English learners on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Long Beach Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 474 tested in English, 480 in math
English44%+143%+539%
Math33%+528%+726%
Hispanic or Latino · 436 tested in English, 441 in math
English46%−147%+739%
Math35%+332%+1025%
Filipino · 68 tested
English72%−577%−274%
Math60%−1070%060%
Black or African American · 65 tested in English, 67 in math
English32%−638%−133%
Math27%+423%+720%
English learners · 133 tested in English, 135 in math
English21%+129%+147%
Math13%+76%+67%
Students with disabilities · 82 tested in English, 81 in math
English9%−918%−514%
Math11%−213%+110%
Homeless · 38 tested
English42%+1032%+1527%
Math32%+1121%+1517%

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

No published rate here for Asian, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students, students of two or more races and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino70%
Black or African American12%
Filipino10%
Asian3%
Two or more races2%
Pacific Islander2%
White—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Not reported—

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

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 79% of teaching positions, 29.3 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 37.2 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Stephens, and how do I get in?

Cabrillo High.

In the district’s boundaries, Stephens Middle draws from 2 elementary schools. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Elementary · fed by
Middle · this school
Stephens Middle
High · next
Cabrillo High 10th · Needs Support · 2025

Assigned

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement: transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

Middle-school links

High-school links

  • Cabrillo High

    Assigned

    10th percentile · Needs Support · high · 2025

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.

Where the path ends: Cabrillo High
Cabrillo High10th · Needs Support · 2025 · Scope Score 41district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at Cabrillo High. UC records 8 enrollees from Cabrillo High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 15 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Cabrillo High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 73% of the students who finished high school at Cabrillo High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

8 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 15 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Cabrillo High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

How do I get in?

Ask Long Beach Unified which school serves your address.

School website: stephens.lbschools.net ↗Office: (562) 595-0841Administrator: Eric Cabacungan

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
1830 West Columbia Street, Long Beach 90810

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Long Beach Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school? 32 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (214 of 680 students); average California middle school: 18 in 100
  2. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family? 10.5% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (72 of 687 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  3. How does the school check what’s working in English? English: 53% in 2025 to 48% in 2026 here; California: 49% to 49%
  4. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working? 13% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (135 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?

Office (562) 595-08411830 West Columbia Street, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby middle schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

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

Nearby middle schoolsPercentile among California middle schools, 2026

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

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,113 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #12 of 23 in Long Beach Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math19%5242%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math43%5323%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+52 scale-score pts5620%
Chronically absent32 in 100325%
Suspension rate10.5% (72 of 687)245%
English learners: top level18%455%

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. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

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
2025–264055#1113California middle schools · 2,529 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–1917 in 10011.0% (93 of 842)+1
2021–22not on filenot on file−10
2022–23not on filenot on file−8
2023–2436 in 1009.1% (67 of 734)0
2024–2534 in 10011.4% (81 of 711)+7
2025–2632 in 10010.5% (72 of 687)+11

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 6 and grade 8 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested 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 · English61217%48%
2026 · Math62121%38%
2025 · English62118%53%
2025 · Math62716%35%
2024 · English65315%54%
2024 · Math66013%32%
2023 · English70010%37%
2023 · Math6977%23%
2022 · English7487%27%
2022 · Math7585%15%
2019 · English76811%36%
2019 · Math76813%30%
2018 · English7659%35%
2018 · Math77011%25%
2017 · English7897%31%
2017 · Math7957%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 6 · English21547%
2025 · Grade 7 · English20355%
2025 · Grade 8 · English20359%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math21630%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math20644%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math20531%
2024 · Grade 6 · English21749%
2024 · Grade 7 · English20056%
2024 · Grade 8 · English23656%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math21634%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math20536%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math23926%
2023 · Grade 6 · English20733%
2023 · Grade 7 · English24143%
2023 · Grade 8 · English25235%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math20829%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math24028%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math24911%
2022 · Grade 6 · English24633%
2022 · Grade 7 · English24328%
2022 · Grade 8 · English25920%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math24918%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math24915%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math26012%
2019 · Grade 6 · English25635%
2019 · Grade 7 · English25233%
2019 · Grade 8 · English26038%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math25730%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math25131%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math26028%
2018 · Grade 6 · English24835%
2018 · Grade 7 · English26332%
2018 · Grade 8 · English25437%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math25026%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math26422%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math25627%
2017 · Grade 6 · English27330%
2017 · Grade 7 · English26835%
2017 · Grade 8 · English24827%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math27522%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math27120%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math24918%

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
Schoolwide2015%21%57%17%

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-income47444%+1+5
Hispanic or Latino43646%−1+7
English learners13321%+12+14
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+17585Accelerated+8586Accelerated
Low-income+17484Accelerated+8485Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+16393Accelerated+9394Accelerated
English-only students+17315not categorized+10315not categorized
English learners+11142Accelerated+8142Accelerated
English learners only+5105not categorized+8105not categorized
Students with disabilities−1281Moderate+681Accelerated
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)+267Average+367Average
Black or African American+2065Exceptional065Average
Filipino+2765Exceptional+1765Accelerated
Homeless+843Accelerated−242Average
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+3137not categorized+1437not categorized
Asian+1921Accelerated+2221Exceptional
Pacific Islander+2019Exceptional019Average
Two or more races+2316Exceptional+1916Accelerated

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. 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 6–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 8 against the same school’s grade 6 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 8 in 2026 against grade 6 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 6
12%
exceeded standard · 49% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 217 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
19%
Advanced · 56% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 198 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 199 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English 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 English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+17 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

585 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +17 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+8 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

586 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +8 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 6–8, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 34 in 100 → 2025–26 · 32 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 11.4% (81 of 711) → 2025–26 · 10.5% (72 of 687) · −0.9 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female17 in 10030 in 100+13 in 100
Male18 in 10032 in 100+14 in 100
Asian14 in 10017 in 100+3 in 100
Black or African American22 in 10046 in 100+24 in 100
Filipino11 in 1009 in 100−2 in 100
Hispanic or Latino18 in 10032 in 100+14 in 100
Pacific Islander19 in 10054 in 100+35 in 100
Students with disabilities26 in 10045 in 100+19 in 100
English learners17 in 10032 in 100+15 in 100
Foster youth9 in 100——
Homeless30 in 10063 in 100+33 in 100
Low-income17 in 10035 in 100+18 in 100
All students17 in 10032 in 100+15 in 100
Two or more races—35 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$13,498 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 69,413 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$1,185 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 658

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,564 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 658

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,199 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 60%Instruction support 13%Student services 11%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$736,219,82160.54%60%
Instruction support$153,542,20912.63%13%
Student services$131,230,78810.79%11%
Administration$60,939,0305.01%5%
Buildings & maintenance$126,665,71510.42%10%
Other$7,400,6280.61%1%
Total$1,215,998,191100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $1,215,998,191 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$13,498 per pupil
2020$12,985 per pupil
2019$13,175 per pupil
2018$12,489 per pupil
2017$12,227 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 holders2.7%

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 90810 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 90810 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$84,350
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)22%
ZIP-area population35,833
Median age37.2 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 90810 →

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