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Taft Middle — Rating & test scores

9191 Gramercy Drive, San Diego · 410 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 74

DevelopingScope Score · 41st percentile. Higher than 41 in 100 of the 2,529 California public middle schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Near California in English (reading and writing), below in math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 47% and 29% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 49% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 358 in English, 360 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).

Overview

Is Taft a good middle school?

Developing. Taft is higher than most California middle schools on English test results. Taft is lower than most on math test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced5247%
Math, Proficient or Advanced4429%
English, Advanced4412%
Math, Advanced4513%

Progress in a year, 2025

English460 pts
Math38−5 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance4916 in 100
Taft’s place among California middle schools, out of 100San Diego Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

9.1% of students (40 of 438) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Each bar is Taft’s place among 2,529 California public middle schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 6–8. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 438. District and California figures are averages of school rates (57 San Diego Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Taft say about itself?

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

Open taft.sandiegounified.org (opens in a new tab)

Progress

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

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored the same in English as California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 5 points lower, which the state calls Average.

English

0

The same as California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income225−2 points
Hispanic or Latino148+3 points
English learners66+3 points
Students with disabilities59−8 points
Black or African American52−10 points

Math

−5

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income219−8 points
Hispanic or Latino146−7 points
English learners66+4 points
Students with disabilities57−5 points
Black or African American50−23 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 340 students in English, 334 in math with scores in both years. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

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

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored right at that expected score, and in math 5 points below 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.

SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 51st percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

4 of the 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Taft. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 3.6 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Magnolia Science Academy San DiegoCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 8790th
  2. De PortolaNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8588th
  3. LewisNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8179th
  4. InnovationNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7446th
  5. TaftScope Score 7441st
  6. FarbNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7338th
  7. MontgomeryNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7232nd
  8. WilsonNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7125th
San Diego UnifiedCharter

A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

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

Scores and family income

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

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

6 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

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

Schools like it

How does Taft compare with schools like it?

Taft’s Scope Score is 74. 331 California middle schools, counting Taft, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 74. Taft’s result is higher than 153 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 331

  1. Students from low-income families: 64%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 71%

    Scope Score 94Strong · 98th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 71%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 65%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 95th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 61%

    Scope Score 90Strong · 94th percentile

331 California public middle schools where 60% to 72% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public middle school we score where 60% to 72% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Taft’s share. The count includes Taft. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

English results were higher than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 40% to 47% and math from 25% to 29%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 6–8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202654%43%53%San Diego UnifiedDistrict49%CaliforniaCalifornia47%TaftTaft

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202641%28%41%San Diego UnifiedDistrict37%CaliforniaCalifornia29%TaftTaft

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. San Diego Unified’s line combines its 56 middle schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

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

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringTaftSan Diego UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201743%54%48%449
201843%53%49%406
201942%55%50%438
202238%50%47%344
202345%50%46%352
202447%51%46%339
202540%54%49%402
202647%53%49%358
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringTaftSan Diego UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201728%41%37%447
201829%42%37%407
201936%44%38%444
202227%35%31%348
202330%38%32%359
202425%39%33%346
202525%40%36%407
202629%41%37%360

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in English; below it in math.

English

47%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

29243512
San Diego Unified52%California49%

Math

29%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

47241613
San Diego Unified40%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 47% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 29% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 18 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.

Results for each grade, spring 2026

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 Advanced39%50%50%
Advanced14%13%10%
Proficient25%37%40%
Developing level23%25%25%
Minimal38%25%25%
Tested103126129
California48%51%49%
Difference−9−1+1

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 Advanced30%27%28%
Advanced14%14%11%
Proficient16%13%17%
Developing level17%30%27%
Minimal53%43%45%
Tested105125130
California37%38%36%
Difference−7−11−8

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.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school12%35%24%29%358
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · San Diego Unified21%31%22%26%23,703
Math, grades 6–8 · This school13%16%24%47%360
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · San Diego Unified23%17%24%36%23,742

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 358 tested in English, 360 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 47% of students. 67 of 422 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

16in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (67 of 422 students).

At the average San Diego Unified middle school: 16 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 9.1% of students were suspended at least once (40 of 438). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

410

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 47%Black or African American 14%Two or more races 12%White 11%Asian 8%Filipino 6%

Family income

66%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 269 of 410. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

21

teachers, with 15 years of experience on average.

10% were in their first year.

67% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

56%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (22 of 39 students).

San Diego Unified: 44%. California: 47%.

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

Missing school, by grade
Grade 6
12 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (15 of 122).
Grades 7–8
17 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (52 of 300).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino47%
Black or African American14%
Two or more races12%
White11%
Asian8%
Filipino6%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

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

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 13.1 of 19.7 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Students of two or more races scored well below the same group across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • White30 tested43%California 49%
  • Military families37 tested32%California 38%
  • Two or more races44 tested30%California 50%
  • Low-income254 tested24%California 26%
  • Hispanic or Latino174 tested23%California 25%
  • Black or African American45 tested13%California 20%
  • English learners47 tested11%California 7%
  • Students with disabilities60 tested3%California 10%

30% of students of two or more races scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 50% for the same group across California. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 math, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

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

Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs San Diego Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 254 tested
English44%+539%+539%
Math24%−327%−226%
Hispanic or Latino · 173 tested in English, 174 in math
English39%+138%039%
Math23%−225%−225%
Black or African American · 44 tested in English, 45 in math
English36%+729%+333%
Math13%−417%−720%
Two or more races · 44 tested
English66%+165%+462%
Math30%−2353%−2050%
White · 30 tested · grades 6 and 8 only
English50%−2171%−1161%
Math43%−1962%−649%
English learners · 44 tested in English, 47 in math
English5%+23%−27%
Math11%+65%+47%
Students with disabilities · 60 tested
English12%−719%−214%
Math3%−1013%−710%
Military families · 37 tested · grades 7 and 8 only
English62%062%+1151%
Math32%−1446%−638%

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

Asian students, 30 tested: no rate for grades 7 and 8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and homeless students and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families and staff can answer a short set of questions about Taft. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Staff answers show once 5 people have answered.Until then this page shows no staff answers.
  2. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  3. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  4. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.
  5. Staff confirm a work email.Staff answers come only from people who confirmed an email address at San Diego Unified.

Families

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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Staff

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  • Would you send your own child to this school?Yes · Maybe · No
  • Do you plan to work at this school next year?Yes · Not sure · No
  • Do you have the materials and supplies you need to teach?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • And 5 more questions.

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Money

Where does the money go?

$20,516 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. San Diego Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $505 million.

$20,516

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$13,513
The school’s share of district office costs
$7,003
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,904
  • Taft$20,516
  • San Diego Unified middle schools$20,087
  • California middle schools$19,269

The district and California figures combine their middle schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 1,241 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

San Diego Unified’s yearly plan

$505million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$186million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 5 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $505 million of $2.0 billion in total budgeted spending. Source: San Diego Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Taft like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 92123. They are not figures for the families at Taft.

Typical household income in a year

$132,534

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 92123.

Typical home value
$865,600
People who live in this ZIP code
33,041
Typical age
35.3 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
49%

What you can do

Who can act on Taft’s results?

San Diego Unified’s board decides Taft’s plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

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

Extra state help for the district

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

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Taft. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?9.1% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (40 of 438 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?5 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (334 students)
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

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

Ask San Diego Unified which school serves your address.

In the district’s boundaries, Taft Middle draws from 7 elementary schools. Boundaries split some neighborhoods. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Elementary · fed by
Middle · this school
Taft Middle

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. Shares are our estimate of where the zone’s children live. We use 2020 Census child counts, or land area where few children were counted. A share counts children living in the zone, not a school’s enrolled students. A boundary doesn’t guarantee a place. 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

  • Nipaquay Elementary

    Option for this area, by application · district-published, source year 2026; no single school is assigned

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

  • Angier Elementary

    Option for this area, by application · district-published, source year 2026; no single school is assigned

    Scope Score 80 · Solid · 71st percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Cubberley Elementary

    Option for this area, by application · district-published, source year 2026; no single school is assigned

    Scope Score 75 · Developing · 48th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Jones Elementary

    Option for this area, by application · district-published, source year 2026; no single school is assigned

    Scope Score 79 · Solid · 68th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Juarez Elementary

    Option for this area, by application · district-published, source year 2026; no single school is assigned

    Scope Score 73 · Developing · 34th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Wegeforth Elementary

    Option for this area, by application · district-published, source year 2026; no single school is assigned

    Scope Score 77 · Solid · 60th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Foster Elementary

    Option for this area, by application · district-published, source year 2026; no single school is assigned

    Scope Score 73 · Developing · 39th percentile · elementary · 2026

    42% of the zone’s children

High-school links

  • Kearny Digital Media & Design

    Option for this area, by application · district-published, source year 2026; no single school is assigned

    Scope Score 80 · Solid · 71st percentile · high · 2025

  • Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology

    Option for this area, by application · district-published, source year 2026; no single school is assigned

    Scope Score 79 · Solid · 68th percentile · high · 2025

  • Kearny College Connections

    Option for this area, by application · district-published, source year 2026; no single school is assigned

    Scope Score 83 · Strong · 81st percentile · high · 2025

  • Kearny Eng Innov & Design

    Option for this area, by application · district-published, source year 2026; no single school is assigned

    Scope Score 82 · Strong · 78th percentile · high · 2025

  • Henry High

    Option for this area, by application · district-published, source year 2026; no single school is assigned

    Scope Score 85 · Strong · 85th percentile · high · 2025

    13% of the zone’s children

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 it is

Where is Taft?

Address
9191 Gramercy Drive, San Diego 92123Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Hortencia Garcia-RubioAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated March 5, 2024.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask San Diego Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Taft a good middle school?

Taft Middle has a Scope Score of 74. It scored higher than 41 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Developing, 41st percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 16 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 16 in 100 at the average San Diego Unified middle school. 9.1% of students (40 of 438) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. See the details ↓

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

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored the same in English as California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 5 points lower, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 340 students in English, 334 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 44% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Taft Middle in San Diego scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

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

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,479 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #33 of 57 in San Diego Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math12%4442%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math37%4823%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+48 scale-score pts5120%
Chronically absent16 in 100535%
Suspension rate9.1% (40 of 438)295%
English learners: top level11%365%

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
2025–267441#1479California 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)
2018–1911 in 10015.9% (83 of 522)+6
2021–22not on filenot on file+4
2022–23not on filenot on file+16
2023–2417 in 10011.3% (49 of 432)+8
2024–2516 in 1009.0% (42 of 469)+5
2025–2616 in 1009.1% (40 of 438)+4

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 · English35812%47%
2026 · Math36013%29%
2025 · English40210%40%
2025 · Math40711%25%
2024 · English33915%47%
2024 · Math34611%25%
2023 · English35217%45%
2023 · Math35915%30%
2022 · English3449%38%
2022 · Math34810%27%
2019 · English43810%42%
2019 · Math44416%36%
2018 · English4068%43%
2018 · Math40714%29%
2017 · English44912%43%
2017 · Math44712%28%

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 · English13735%
2025 · Grade 7 · English13844%
2025 · Grade 8 · English12742%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math14223%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math14026%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math12526%
2024 · Grade 6 · English11945%
2024 · Grade 7 · English11447%
2024 · Grade 8 · English10648%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math11917%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math11729%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math11030%
2023 · Grade 6 · English12135%
2023 · Grade 7 · English12546%
2023 · Grade 8 · English10655%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math12325%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math13029%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math10637%
2022 · Grade 6 · English11429%
2022 · Grade 7 · English9852%
2022 · Grade 8 · English13234%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math11621%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math10039%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math13223%
2019 · Grade 6 · English16734%
2019 · Grade 7 · English13348%
2019 · Grade 8 · English13847%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math16636%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math13638%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math14235%
2018 · Grade 6 · English12543%
2018 · Grade 7 · English15144%
2018 · Grade 8 · English13041%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math12434%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math15432%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math12921%
2017 · Grade 6 · English15841%
2017 · Grade 7 · English13547%
2017 · Grade 8 · English15642%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math15933%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math13326%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math15523%

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
Schoolwide1297%19%57%16%

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-income25444%+5+5
Hispanic or Latino17339%+10
Students with disabilities6012%−7−2
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 students0340Average−5334Average
English-only students−1238not categorized−10234not categorized
Low-income−2225Average−8219Moderate
Hispanic or Latino+3148Average−7146Moderate
English learners+366Average+466Average
Students with disabilities−859Moderate−557Average
Black or African American−1052Moderate−2350Minimal
Two or more races+1250Accelerated+250Average
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+249not categorized−249not categorized
White−444Average−443Average
Homeless+725Accelerated−1924Moderate
Asian023Average+1323Accelerated
Filipino+1919Accelerated+1018Accelerated
English learners only+1317not categorized+2617not categorized

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 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
16%
exceeded standard · 45% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 119 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
10%
Advanced · 50% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 129 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 119 (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 · English0 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

340 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: 0 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−5 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

334 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −5 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, 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 · 16 in 100 → 2025–26 · 16 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 9.0% (42 of 469) → 2025–26 · 9.1% (40 of 438) · +0.1 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female13 in 10015 in 100+2 in 100
Male9 in 10017 in 100+8 in 100
Asian1 of 363 of 34—
Black or African American12 in 10010 of 60—
Filipino0 of 182 of 24—
Hispanic or Latino14 in 10020 in 100+6 in 100
Two or more races8 of 685 of 50—
White8 of 996 of 48—
Students with disabilities20 in 10019 of 78—
English learners4 of 669 of 61—
Homeless15 of 2813 of 35—
Low-income13 in 10019 in 100+6 in 100
All students11 in 10016 in 100+5 in 100

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

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,976 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 97,968 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$1,374 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 410

Central federal expenditures attributed here$530 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 410

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,967 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 63%Instruction support 12%Student services 12%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 7%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$1,223,482,46063.42%63%
Instruction support$225,845,21211.71%12%
Student services$233,097,57212.08%12%
Administration$95,033,7834.93%5%
Buildings & maintenance$141,086,5867.31%7%
Other$10,769,2860.56%1%
Total$1,929,314,899100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $1,929,314,899 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$15,976 per pupil
2020$14,540 per pupil
2019$14,457 per pupil
2018$11,416 per pupil
2017$11,708 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 holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 92123 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92123 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$132,534
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)49%
ZIP-area population33,041
Median age35.3 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 92123 →

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