Public school · Vineland Elementary

Sunset

Bakersfield · 5–8 · 302 students (2024–25)

18thpercentileNeeds Support

The dots are California’s 2,177 scored public middle schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. How it’s built ›

Scope Score

23 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
Not a grade or a test result.

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Sunsethigher than 18 of the 100 California dots

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Sunsethigher than 18 of the 100 California dots

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Well below California in English and math: 33% and 13% 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: 237 in English, 238 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).

This rating covers grades 6–8. Sunset teaches 5–8: grade 5 results ↓

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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: 5%
Met standard: 28%
Below standard: 67%

33% met or exceeded · 237 tested

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Level	Here	California
Exceeded	5%	19%
Met	28%	30%
Nearly met	30%	23%
Not met	37%	28%

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: 3%
Met standard: 10%
Below standard: 87%

13% met or exceeded · 238 tested

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Level	Here	California
Exceeded	3%	20%
Met	10%	16%
Nearly met	24%	23%
Not met	63%	41%

English

grade 5Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 1%
Met standard: 15%
Below standard: 84%

16% met or exceeded · 67 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California
Exceeded	1%	23%
Met	15%	26%
Nearly met	23%	19%
Not met	61%	32%

Math

grade 5Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 1%
Met standard: 2%
Below standard: 97%

3% met or exceeded · 68 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California
Exceeded	1%	20%
Met	2%	16%
Nearly met	25%	25%
Not met	72%	39%

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?

Comparisons & progress

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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 school33%

California49%

Tested: 237 here · 1,266,619 in California.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California
Exceeded	5%	19%
Met	28%	30%
Nearly met	30%	23%
Not met	37%	28%

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school13%

California36%

Tested: 238 here · 1,272,526 in California.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California
Exceeded	3%	20%
Met	10%	16%
Nearly met	24%	23%
Not met	63%	41%

English

grade 5Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school16%

California49%

Tested: 67 here · 417,714 in California.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California
Exceeded	1%	23%
Met	15%	26%
Nearly met	23%	19%
Not met	61%	32%

Math

grade 5Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school3%

California36%

Tested: 68 here · 420,663 in California.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California
Exceeded	1%	20%
Met	2%	16%
Nearly met	25%	25%
Not met	72%	39%

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

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

201931%879 tested

→

202533%237 tested

Sunset

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

Math

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

201914%873 tested

→

202513%238 tested

Sunset

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

Grades 6–8 are well below California. Grade 5 are also well below it.

English met or exceeded, grades 6–8

SunsetCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202533%49%

Math met or exceeded, grades 6–8

SunsetCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202513%36%

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

English went from 31% in 2019 to 33% in 2025. Math went from 14% in 2019 to 13% 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	Sunset	California
2019	31% 879 tested	50% 1,390,416 tested
2022	20% 888 tested	47% 1,277,584 tested
2023	24% 219 tested	46% 1,267,562 tested
2024	35% 231 tested	46% 1,269,432 tested
2025	33% 237 tested	49% 1,266,619 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
Year	Sunset	California
2019	14% 873 tested	38% 1,394,239 tested
2022	10% 885 tested	31% 1,279,506 tested
2023	10% 220 tested	32% 1,272,024 tested
2024	12% 232 tested	33% 1,277,570 tested
2025	13% 238 tested	36% 1,272,526 tested

The state’s growth measure276 students in English, 277 in math · grades 5–8 · 2025

English+1ptsCDE category: Average

Math−13ptsCDE category: Moderate

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

Ask: Most students in grades 6–8 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?

Life at school

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What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

14 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

18in 100 at the average California middle school

46 of 324 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school14 in 100

at the average California middle school18 in 100

0.9%of students were suspended at least once (3 of 331), 2024–25

3.5%at the average California middle school

Attendance by grade

Chronically absent, 2024–25	Per 100 students	Students
Grades 4–6	16	23 of 146
Grades 7–8	13	23 of 178

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 5–8 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

298 English · 300 math tested

English30% / 38%

Math11% / 24%

Hispanic or Latino

295 English · 297 math tested

English30% / 38%

Math11% / 24%

English learners

165 English · 167 math tested

English16% / 8%

Math5% / 7%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Met or exceeded the standardgrades 5–8 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Vineland Elementary	vs California
Low-income · 298 tested in English, 300 in math
English	30%	030%	−838%
Math	11%	011%	−1324%
Hispanic or Latino · 295 tested in English, 297 in math
English	30%	030%	−838%
Math	11%	011%	−1324%
English learners · 165 tested in English, 167 in math
English	16%	016%	+88%
Math	5%	05%	−27%

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

Homeless students and students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, 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.

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students did worse than the same groups statewide.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Sunset in Bakersfield, 29.9% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 5, 6, 7 and 8, compared to 29.9% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. Sunset’s rate for low-income students matches its district average in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (11.3% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (30.2% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 13.3 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 298 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

Hispanic or Latino98%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share2%

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	98%
White	—
Asian	—
Black or African American	—
Filipino	—
Two or more races	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—
Not reported	—

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

About 9 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (100%, 302 of 302). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers17

Average experience9 years

First-year teachers12%

61% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 61.11%: 8.2 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 13.5 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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Elementary links

Vineland Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

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Getting in

Sunset runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move.

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Location and visiting

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8301 Sunset Boulevard, Bakersfield 93307

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Questions

Questions to ask

A short list for your school visit.

Most students in grades 6–8 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?
Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
How do students get academic help and connect with a trusted adult?
Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

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Schools to explore

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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

Watts Learning Center Charter MiddleLos Angeles Unified · 400 enrolled · 100% meal eligibility24thNeeds Support
City Heights Preparatory CharterSan Diego Unified · 160 enrolled · 100% meal eligibility12thNeeds Support
Frick United Academy of Language MiddleOakland Unified · 392 enrolled · 99.7% meal eligibilitybottom 1%Needs Support
California School for the Deaf-FremontCalifornia School for the Deaf-Fremont ( · 279 enrolled · 99.3% meal eligibilitybottom 1%Needs Support
Aspire Centennial College Preparatory AcademyLos Angeles Unified · 527 enrolled · 99.1% meal eligibility48thDeveloping
Public Safety AcademySan Bernardino City Unified · 396 enrolled · 98.7% meal eligibilitybottom 1%Needs Support

How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 92–100% meal eligibility and 151–604 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 Sunset a good middle school?

Sunset is in the 18th percentile (Needs Support) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 23 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Sunset was well below California in English and math: 33% and 13% 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 Sunset's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 33% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 13% the math standard; 5% and 3% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 237 students were tested in English and 238 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Sunset rank in California?

Sunset is in the 18th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Needs Support, 2025). Sunset ranks #1,783 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 Sunset getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Sunset'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 42nd 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 Sunset?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 14.2% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 46 chronically absent of 324 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 0.9%; 3 unduplicated suspended students of 331 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 14.5%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 1.1%. 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 Sunset compare to other schools in Bakersfield?

Sunset is in the 18th percentile (Needs Support) 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 302 students. Use the schools in Bakersfield page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Sunset?

Source records

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

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Sunset is ranked #1,783 statewide.

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

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	3.7%	17.2%	42%
Met or exceeded	22.4%	40.0%	23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)	Below avg	average	20%
Chronic absenteeism	14.5%	18.1%	5%
Suspension rate	1.1%	3.6%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	6.9%	17.8%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↓ vs CA 17.2% · index 35 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↓ vs CA 40.0% · index 36 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8): ↓ vs CA average · ≈42nd calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 56 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 0.2pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate: ↑ vs CA 3.6% · index 60 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · → no change vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↓ vs CA 17.8% · index 31 · 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 5	67	1%	15%	22%	61%	16%	−31
Grade 6	68	3%	16%	41%	40%	19%	−27
Grade 7	99	6%	35%	25%	33%	41%	−6
Grade 8	70	4%	31%	26%	39%	36%	−11

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

State grade 5 ELA equal-school mean: 47.7%; n=5721 reporting schools

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 5	68	1%	1%	25%	72%	3%	−32
Grade 6	69	3%	4%	29%	64%	7%	−27
Grade 7	99	3%	16%	20%	61%	19%	−15
Grade 8	70	3%	9%	23%	66%	11%	−21

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

State grade 5 Math equal-school mean: 35.0%; n=5724 reporting schools

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 5 · ELA	71	16.9%
2024 · Grade 6 · ELA	93	33.3%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA	64	50.0%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA	74	25.7%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math	71	8.4%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	93	12.9%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	65	16.9%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	74	6.8%
2023 · Grade 5 · ELA	95	16.8%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA	65	26.1%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA	73	21.9%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA	81	24.7%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math	95	6.3%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	65	6.2%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	74	10.8%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	81	13.6%
2022 · Grade 5 · ELA	296	34.4%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA	296	14.9%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA	296	34.2%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA	296	12.2%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math	295	7.8%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	295	8.2%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	295	15.8%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	295	6.1%
2019 · Grade 5 · ELA	293	13.9%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA	293	28.0%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA	293	37.7%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA	293	27.3%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math	291	5.7%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	291	10.7%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	291	16.2%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	291	15.4%

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	137	1%	15%	64%	19%

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	298	29.9%	+0	−8
Hispanic/Latino	295	30.2%	+0	−8
English Learners	165	15.8%	+0	+8

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
Sunset ←	—	2318th percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 2025	3.7%	22.4%	+10.4pp	+39 pts	1.1%
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 holders22.2%

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.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2019	24/100	19	#1563	California comprehensive middle schools · 1,953 schools
2022	19/100	15	#1779	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,113 schools
2023	19/100	18	#1726	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,125 schools
2024	30/100	37	#1351	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 · 14.3% → 2025 · 14.2% · −0.1pp
Suspension rate2024 · 0.9% → 2025 · 0.9% · +0.0pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	304	4.0%	29.6%
2025 · Math	306	2.6%	11.1%
2024 · ELA	302	5.0%	31.1%
2024 · Math	303	2.3%	11.2%
2023 · ELA	314	5.7%	22.0%
2023 · Math	315	4.1%	9.2%
2022 · ELA	296	6.8%	23.3%
2022 · Math	295	3.0%	9.5%
2019 · ELA	293	4.4%	26.6%
2019 · Math	291	4.5%	12.0%

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	—	—	—	5.7%	22.5%	7.2%	3.1%	+2.0pp
2022	—	—	—	5.1%	15.2%	21.6%	7.8%	-2.4pp
2023	—	—	—	5.7%	17.2%	18.4%	9.6%	+3.0pp
2024	—	—	—	4.0%	24.3%	14.6%	1.1%	-6.9pp
2025	23	18	#1783	3.7%	22.4%	14.5%	1.1%	+10.4pp

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

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	6.8%	13.8%	+7.0pp
Male	6.9%	14.5%	+7.6pp
Hispanic/Latino	6.9%	13.3%	+6.4pp
Students with Disabilities	11.8%	21.2%	+9.4pp
English Learners	7.6%	11.4%	+3.8pp
Military-Connected	9.1%	12.0%	+2.9pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	6.9%	14.3%	+7.4pp
All Students	6.9%	14.2%	+7.3pp
Homeless	—	10.3%	—

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	+1	276	Average	−13	277	Moderate
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	+1	276	Average	−13	277	Moderate
Hispanic or Latino	+1	271	Average	−12	272	Moderate
English Learner	+3	182	Average	−10	183	Moderate
English Learners Only	0	148	not categorised	−12	149	not categorised
English Only	0	73	not categorised	−13	73	not categorised
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)	+6	70	Accelerated	−11	70	Moderate
Students with Disabilities	+2	42	Average	−24	42	Minimal
Homeless Youth	+7	39	Accelerated	0	39	Average
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	+25	34	not categorised	+7	34	not categorised

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. “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 · 26% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2023 · 65 ELA test records with scores

ELA · 2025 · Grade 8

exceeded standard · 36% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2025 · 70 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 65 (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

276 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

48th pctile · +1 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

277 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

14th pctile · −13 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$14,174 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 666 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$686 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 302

Central federal expenditures attributed here$386 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 302

District current expense · FY 2024–25$24,807 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 52%Instruction support 9%Student services 13%Administration 11%Buildings & maintenance 14%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$14,174 per pupil

2020$12,368 per pupil

2019$12,788 per pupil

2018$10,880 per pupil

2017$11,712 per pupil

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 93307

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 93307
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$56,446
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	7.72%
ZCTA population	85,945
Median age	28.4 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/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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