Public school · Ontario-Montclair

Vina Danks Middle

Ontario · 7–8 · 544 students (2024–25)

28thpercentileDeveloping

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Scope Score

27 / 100

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

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Vina Dankshigher than 28 of the 100 California dots

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Vina Dankshigher than 28 of the 100 California dots

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Well below California in English and math: 36% and 21% met or exceeded the standard in grades 7 and 8, against 49% and 35% statewide. Source

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 522 in English, 529 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 848,364 in English and 851,806 in math tested).

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Academic achievement

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Learning

How strong are the foundations for high school?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 7 and 8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 7%
Met standard: 29%
Below standard: 64%

36% met or exceeded · 522 tested

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Level	Here	California	Ontario-Montclair
Exceeded	7%	18%	15%
Met	29%	31%	33%
Nearly met	30%	23%	27%
Not met	34%	28%	25%

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 7 and 8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 9%
Met standard: 12%
Below standard: 79%

21% met or exceeded · 529 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Ontario-Montclair
Exceeded	9%	20%	17%
Met	12%	15%	18%
Nearly met	27%	23%	25%
Not met	52%	42%	40%

What these tests tell you · what to ask

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

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

Things worth knowing

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8 in 100 reached the top of the state’s four levels, against 18% and 20% across California in the same grades.grades 7 and 8 · spring 2025

7%English · exceeded the standard9%Math · exceeded the standard

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 522 in English, 529 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 848,364 in English and 851,806 in math tested).

5.9% of students (35 of 596) were suspended at least once in 2024–25, against 3.5% at the average California middle school.2024–25

5.9%of students were suspended at least once, 2024–25

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

Source: CDE suspension file, 2024–25
Students: all students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 596
Comparison: 35 of 596. District and California figures are averages of school rates (7 Ontario-Montclair schools; 2,177 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Comparisons & progress

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

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 7 and 8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school36%

California49%

Tested: 522 here · 848,364 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school36%

Ontario-Montclair48%

Tested: 522 here · 3,860 in Ontario-Montclair. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 11 schools.

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Level	Here	California	Ontario-Montclair
Exceeded	7%	18%	15%
Met	29%	31%	33%
Nearly met	30%	23%	27%
Not met	34%	28%	25%

Math

grades 7 and 8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school21%

California35%

Tested: 529 here · 851,806 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school21%

Ontario-Montclair35%

Tested: 529 here · 3,890 in Ontario-Montclair. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 11 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Ontario-Montclair
Exceeded	9%	20%	17%
Met	12%	15%	18%
Nearly met	27%	23%	25%
Not met	52%	42%	40%

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8 · all students tested

201939%1,274 tested

→

202536%522 tested

Vina Danks

California, same grades50% → 49%2019 → 2025 · 932,985 → 848,364 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8 · all students tested

201923%1,274 tested

→

202521%529 tested

Vina Danks

California, same grades37% → 35%2019 → 2025 · 935,223 → 851,806 tested

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

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

English met or exceeded, grades 7 and 8

Vina DanksCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202536%49%

Math met or exceeded, grades 7 and 8

Vina DanksCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202521%35%

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

English went from 39% in 2019 to 36% in 2025. Math went from 23% in 2019 to 21% in 2025. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8
Year	Vina Danks	California
2019	39% 1,274 tested	50% 932,985 tested
2022	38% 1,236 tested	48% 852,094 tested
2023	36% 596 tested	47% 842,173 tested
2024	33% 578 tested	47% 849,026 tested
2025	36% 522 tested	49% 848,364 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 7 and 8
Year	Vina Danks	California
2019	23% 1,274 tested	37% 935,223 tested
2022	17% 1,236 tested	31% 853,132 tested
2023	18% 599 tested	32% 844,737 tested
2024	14% 581 tested	33% 853,781 tested
2025	21% 529 tested	35% 851,806 tested

The state’s growth measure485 students · grades 7–8 · 2025

English−3ptsCDE category: Average

Math−5ptsCDE category: Average

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

Ask: Most students in grades 7 and 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

15 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

9in 100 at the average Ontario-Montclair school18in 100 at the average California middle school

87 of 579 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school15 in 100

at the average Ontario-Montclair school9 in 100

at the average California middle school18 in 100

5.9%of students were suspended at least once (35 of 596), 2024–25

2.1%at the average Ontario-Montclair school3.5%at the average California middle school

Reviews & community voices

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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 7 and 8 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

467 English · 471 math tested

English35% / 38%

Math20% / 24%

Hispanic or Latino

480 English · 486 math tested

English36% / 38%

Math20% / 23%

English learners

93 English · 99 math tested

English3% / 6%

Math0% / 6%

Students with disabilities

82 tested per subject

English5% / 14%

Math4% / 9%

Homeless

60 English · 63 math tested

English28% / 27%

Math14% / 15%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Met or exceeded the standardgrades 7 and 8 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Ontario-Montclair	vs California
Low-income · 467 tested in English, 471 in math
English	35%	−1247%	−338%
Math	20%	−1333%	−424%
Hispanic or Latino · 480 tested in English, 486 in math
English	36%	−1147%	−238%
Math	20%	−1333%	−323%
English learners · 93 tested in English, 99 in math
English	3%	−36%	−36%
Math	0%	−66%	−66%
Students with disabilities · 82 tested
English	5%	−914%	−914%
Math	4%	−59%	−59%
Homeless · 60 tested in English, 63 in math
English	28%	−937%	+127%
Math	14%	−1024%	−115%

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

No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, 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 students and English learners did worse than the same groups statewide in math. Students with disabilities did worse than the same group statewide in English.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Vina Danks Middle in Ontario, 35.3% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 7 and 8, compared to 46.6% district-wide for those same grades and 38.0% statewide for those same grades. Vina Danks Middle’s rate for low-income students trails its district average by 11.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (19.5% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (36.2% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 33.3 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 468 ELA grade test records.

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Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

Hispanic or Latino91%
Black or African American3%
White2%
Asian—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share4%

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	91%
Black or African American	3%
White	2%
Asian	—
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.

9 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (90%, 491 of 544). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers39

Average experience14 years

First-year teachers8%

92% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 91.78%: 35 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 38.2 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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ElementaryBerlyn ElementaryHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
MiddleVina Danks MiddleThis campus · grades 7-8
High schoolLink not recordedAsk the district about this stage.

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

Berlyn Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
37th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Hawthorne Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
63rd percentile · Solid · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Lincoln Elementary
Historical partial-area overlap · NCES SABS 2015–16
56th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2025
41% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

Middle-school links

Edison Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Central Language Academy
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Euclid Elementary
Historical partial-area overlap · NCES SABS 2015–16
13% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

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Location and visiting

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1020 North Vine Avenue, Ontario 91762

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Questions

Questions to ask

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When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?
Most students in grades 7 and 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?

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Schools to explore

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

Nearby middle schoolsStatewide percentile

Ray Wiltsey Middle2.0 mi36thDeveloping

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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

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Johnson MiddleWestminster · 505 enrolled · 90.3% meal eligibility51stSolid
Oakland Military Institute, College Preparatory AcOakland Unified · 480 enrolled · 90.2% meal eligibility32ndDeveloping
Montebello IntermediateMontebello Unified · 733 enrolled · 90.3% meal eligibility28thDeveloping
Katherine Johnson MiddleSan Juan Unified · 612 enrolled · 90.2% meal eligibilitybottom 1%Needs Support
Emerson MiddleBakersfield City · 813 enrolled · 90.2% meal eligibility2ndNeeds Support

How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 82.3–98.3% meal eligibility and 272–1,088 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 Vina Danks Middle a good middle school?

Vina Danks Middle is in the 28th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 27 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Vina Danks Middle was well below California in English and math: 36% and 21% met or exceeded the standard in grades 7 and 8, against 49% and 35% 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 Vina Danks Middle's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 36% of students tested in grades 7 and 8 met or exceeded the English standard and 21% the math standard; 7% and 9% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 35% met or exceeded, 18% and 20% exceeded. 522 students were tested in English and 529 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Vina Danks Middle rank in California?

Vina Danks Middle is in the 28th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Developing, 2025). Vina Danks Middle ranks #1,563 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), 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.

What do attendance and suspension records show for Vina Danks Middle?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 15.0% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 87 chronically absent of 579 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 5.9%; 35 unduplicated suspended students of 596 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 15.1%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 5.8%. 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 Vina Danks Middle compare to other schools in Ontario?

Vina Danks Middle is in the 28th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 544 students. Use the schools in Ontario page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Vina Danks Middle?

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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Vina Danks Middle is ranked #1,563 statewide · #7 of 7 in Ontario-Montclair.

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

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	8.5%	17.2%	42%
Met or exceeded	28.7%	40.0%	23%
Chronic absenteeism	15.1%	18.1%	5%
Suspension rate	5.8%	3.6%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	15.0%	17.8%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↓ vs CA 17.2% · index 41 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↓ vs CA 40.0% · index 41 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 55 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Suspension rate: ↓ vs CA 3.6% · index 41 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↓ vs CA 17.8% · index 42 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint

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

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

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

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Grade 7	251	11%	28%	29%	31%	39%	−9
Grade 8	271	4%	30%	30%	36%	34%	−12

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

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

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

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

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
Math	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Grade 7	256	13%	14%	23%	50%	27%	−7
Grade 8	273	6%	9%	31%	54%	15%	−17

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

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

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

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

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

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met+
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA	270	30.0%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA	308	34.7%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	271	17.0%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	310	11.6%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA	301	34.2%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA	295	38.3%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	304	17.4%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	295	19.0%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA	618	36.6%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA	618	38.6%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	618	21.5%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	618	13.2%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA	637	40.1%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA	637	37.7%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	637	26.4%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	637	19.8%

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	273	2%	8%	65%	25%

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	468	35.3%	−11	−3
Hispanic/Latino	481	36.2%	−11	−2
English Learners	94	3.2%	−2	−3

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
Vina Danks Middle ←	—	2728th percentile · Developing · statewide · 2025	8.5%	28.7%	—	—	5.8%
Ray Wiltsey Middle	2 mi	3136th percentile · Developing · statewide · 2025	10.0%	30.3%	−0.9pp	—	4.3%
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 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.

District salary records

Teacher salary schedule$69,782 – $129,830

Average elementary principal salary$179,153

Average middle school principal salary$179,977

Superintendent salary$386,975

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

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 · 19.6% → 2025 · 15.0% · −4.6pp
Suspension rate2024 · 2.3% → 2025 · 5.9% · +3.6pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	523	7.5%	36.3%
2025 · Math	530	9.3%	20.8%
2024 · ELA	578	4.2%	32.5%
2024 · Math	581	4.1%	14.1%
2023 · ELA	596	7.5%	36.2%
2023 · Math	599	5.7%	18.2%
2022 · ELA	618	6.5%	37.7%
2022 · Math	618	5.2%	17.1%
2019 · ELA	637	7.7%	38.9%
2019 · Math	637	7.1%	23.1%

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
2025	27	28	#1563	8.5%	28.7%	15.1%	5.8%	—

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.

What we can't show

— The same-year grade contrast is unavailable in this record; it is separate from the two-year aggregate comparison used for scoring.

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	17.4%	16.2%	-1.2pp
Male	10.3%	13.9%	+3.6pp
Black/African American	33.3%	18.8%	-14.5pp
Hispanic/Latino	13.3%	15.0%	+1.7pp
White	10.8%	21.4%	+10.6pp
Students with Disabilities	19.7%	17.3%	-2.4pp
English Learners	13.6%	16.0%	+2.4pp
Homeless	19.3%	27.4%	+8.1pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	13.3%	16.4%	+3.1pp
All Students	13.5%	15.0%	+1.5pp

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	−3	485	Average	−5	485	Average
Hispanic or Latino	−3	449	Average	−6	449	Moderate
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	−3	439	Average	−4	439	Average
English Only	−3	229	not categorised	−8	229	not categorised
English Learner	−9	161	Moderate	−5	161	Average
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)	−6	99	Moderate	−8	99	Moderate
English Learners Only	−9	83	not categorised	−6	83	not categorised
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	−3	78	not categorised	−5	78	not categorised
Students with Disabilities	−7	78	Moderate	+2	78	Average
Homeless Youth	−8	54	Moderate	+7	54	Accelerated
Black or African American	+18	11	Accelerated	−2	11	Average

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-Term English Learner counts cover grades 6-8 only (CDE), so that row is not comparable to the All Students row. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

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

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

485 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

34th pctile · −3 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

485 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

33rd pctile · −5 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$15,539 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 19,286 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$1,539 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 544

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,286 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 544

District current expense · FY 2024–25$24,903 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 68%Instruction support 9%Student services 10%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 8%

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$15,539 per pupil

2020$14,549 per pupil

2019$14,721 per pupil

2018$13,829 per pupil

2017$12,471 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 91762

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 91762
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$83,850
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	23.22%
ZCTA population	64,235
Median age	34.1 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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