The Studios @ Central: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
The Studios @ Central posts low test scores — and test scores are one lens among several. If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 22 | 3% | 17% | -6.0 | 38.0% | 12.1% |
| CA average · Middle School | 43 | 17% | 39% | +1.5 | 18.5% | 3.7% |
The Studios @ Central scores 22 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 7th percentile of 2,238 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “17% proficient” and call it done. The Studios @ Central deserves a closer read. The school sits in Oroville, where three in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 29.4% of English learners reached the top ELPAC level, versus 18.0% statewide.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 16th to the 7th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 17% meet the standard today, versus 27% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 31% | 22% | 29% | 10% | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 31% | 22% | 17% | 29% | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 31% | 25% | 16% | 18% | 24% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 25% | 11% | 16% | 7% | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 19% | 10% | 10% | 13% | 0% |
| Grade 8 | 23% | 14% | 6% | 6% | 13% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask what typically leads to a suspension, and what happens before it gets there.
- Ask what changes between grade 6 and grade 8 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
How every group of students does here
At The Studios @ Central in Oroville, 20.7% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 23.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. The Studios @ Central trails its district average for low-income students by 3.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (8.2% Math proficient); White students (21.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 15.9 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 246 students tested.
8 of 17 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 4.4pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school. District average: -3.2pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$658 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 300 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California middle school (≈860).
On the state's science test (CAST), 22% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Middle Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 34
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 79 | 3% | 30% | 20% | 47% | 33% | −14 |
| Grade 7 | 104 | 1% | 12% | 21% | 66% | 13% | −35 |
| Grade 8 | 115 | 4% | 20% | 30% | 45% | 24% | −22 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 78 | 8% | 9% | 24% | 59% | 17% | −18 |
| Grade 7 | 104 | 0% | 0% | 13% | 88% | 0% | −34 |
| Grade 8 | 114 | 4% | 10% | 17% | 70% | 13% | −19 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 117 | 6% | 16% | 61% | 17% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 246 | 20.7% | −3 | −17 |
| White | 124 | 21.0% | −7 | −41 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 70 | 24.3% | −3 | −15 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Studios @ Central ← | — | 22 | 3.2% | 16.6% | −6.0 | 12.1% |
| Nelson Avenue Middle | 2.6 mi | 40 | 8.4% | 31.4% | +8.6 | 6.2% |
| Ishi Hills Middle | 0.7 mi | 28 | 5.2% | 22.7% | +3.1 | 17.0% |
| California average | — | 43 | 16.8% | 39.3% | +1.5 | 3.7% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 26 | 16 | #1683 | 8.1% | 26.6% | 24.0% | 14.6% | -0.7pp |
| 2022 | 17 | 5 | #2060 | 4.3% | 17.3% | 54.4% | 18.0% | +3.3pp |
| 2023 | 13 | 0 | #2172 | 3.2% | 15.6% | 45.3% | 20.2% | -11.0pp |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | #2172 | 3.3% | 14.0% | 38.6% | 23.1% | +3.4pp |
| 2025 | 22 | 7 | #2085 | 3.2% | 16.6% | 38.0% | 12.1% | -6.0pp |
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 17 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 21.7% | 36.3% | +14.6pp |
| Male | 26.4% | 41.4% | +15.0pp |
| Asian | 7.8% | 9.1% | +1.3pp |
| Black/African American | 38.5% | 33.3% | -5.2pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 23.2% | 35.4% | +12.2pp |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 29.2% | — | — |
| Two or More Races | 25.8% | 52.8% | +27.0pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 30.9% | 45.6% | +14.7pp |
| English Learners | 11.1% | 25.0% | +13.9pp |
| Homeless | 50.0% | 73.1% | +23.1pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 24.9% | 41.2% | +16.3pp |
| All Students | 24.1% | 39.0% | +14.9pp |
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