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Vineyard Junior High

Alta Loma, CA · Grades 6-8 · 933 students · Alta Loma Elementary

English learners reach fluency faster than the state rate. But math slips between grade 6 and grade 8.

66% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 48% in math. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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PrincipalJenny Vetere
Grades6-8
Enrollment933 students

Math

48%

Grades 6 & 8 · Proficient or Advanced

English

66%

Grades 6 & 8 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

933

Total enrollment

Chronic absence

16%

Students absent 10% or more of school days

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grades 6 & 8 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

Share at Proficient or Advanced

0%25%50%75%100%2019: 61%2022: 47%2023: 48%2024: 50%2025: 48%2019: 79%2022: 72%2023: 66%2024: 69%2025: 66%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 61%2022: 47%2023: 48%2024: 50%2025: 48%2019: 79%2022: 72%2023: 66%2024: 69%2025: 66%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201961%79%
202247%72%
202348%66%
202450%69%
202548%66%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

More than half of students here meet the standard. One in four clear it by a lot.

ELA69% met or exceeded
Exceeded 30%Met 39%Nearly Met 17%Not Met 14%
Math48% met or exceeded
Exceeded 28%Met 20%Nearly Met 26%Not Met 26%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California middle schools · average17% exceeded · 40% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2025–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+GrowthAbsenceSuspension
This school5729%58%—16.0%4.8%
CA average · Middle School3917%40%—18.1%3.6%
This schoolCA avg
Scope5739
% Exceeded29%17%
% Met+58%40%
Growth——
Absence16.0%18.1%
Suspension4.8%3.6%
California’s growth results and student groups
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25

California's own growth model splits here — the 67th percentile in reading against the 30th in math, among middle schools.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

California runs its own growth model — it follows individual children in grades 4 through 8 and compares each one against a prediction from their own prior scores. On that measure this school sits about at the middle of California middle schools in reading, and the 30th in math. We show it; we don't score it.

— pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California middle school lands at −1 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −8 and +6 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.

California's growth model, ranked against the schools it scores
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: +6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 67th percentile of 7,519 reported schools.67th pctile · +6 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: −6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 30th percentile of 7,518 reported schools.30th pctile · −6 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard ahead of the same group statewide.

61.3% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. This comparison does not tell us what caused the difference.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 58% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 58%, district —, state 40%58%
MaleMale: this school 56%, district 59%, state 42%56% · −2 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 50%, district 53%, state 32%50% · −8 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 60%, district 59%, state 44%60% · +2 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 49%, district 48%, state 32%49% · −9 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 65%, district 66%, state 56%65% · +7 vs school
AsianAsian: this school 73%, district 73%, state 72%73% · +15 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 18%, district 25%, state 15%18% · −40 vs school
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: this school 60%, district 65%, state 56%60% · +2 vs school
Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: this school 52%, district 44%, state 26%52% · −6 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 26%, district 22%, state 11%26% · −32 vs school

5 of 16 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
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Student-group results by grade

Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 4.0pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school. District average: +5.0pp.

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The state's growth model, by student group

California follows these children individually and predicts each one's score from their own prior year. Each row is read against the same group at a typical California middle school — not against zero, and not against this school's all-students figure, because the state's expectation already differs by group.

Reading
English Only682 studentsEnglish Only, reading: +2 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 682 students.+2 pts · +2 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students425 studentsHispanic or Latino students, reading: +3 scale-score points versus expectation, against −2 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 425 students.+3 pts · +5 vs typical
Low-income students353 studentsLow-income students, reading: +7 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 353 students.+7 pts · +10 vs typical
White215 studentsWhite, reading: +5 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 215 students.+5 pts · +5 vs typical
Asian101 studentsAsian, reading: +19 scale-score points versus expectation, against +6 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 101 students.+19 pts · +13 vs typical
Math
English Only681 studentsEnglish Only, math: −10 scale-score points versus expectation, against −3 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 681 students.−10 pts · −7 vs typical
Hispanic or Latino students424 studentsHispanic or Latino students, math: −14 scale-score points versus expectation, against −6 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 424 students.−14 pts · −8 vs typical
Low-income students352 studentsLow-income students, math: −8 scale-score points versus expectation, against −5 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 352 students.−8 pts · −3 vs typical
White215 studentsWhite, math: −2 scale-score points versus expectation, against +1 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 215 students.−2 pts · −3 vs typical
Asian101 studentsAsian, math: +22 scale-score points versus expectation, against +17 for the same group at a typical California middle school, 101 students.+22 pts · +5 vs typical
this school typical California middle school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— 1 more group is reported here with between 11 and 29 students. We hold those back on purpose: at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own, and a quarter of such groups land past the state's top or bottom cut point by chance alone. They are listed with their student counts in the data appendix. — A group not listed at all had fewer than 11 students with a growth score, so California published nothing for it here. That is a privacy protection, not a judgment about those students. — Context only. None of this enters the Scope Score.

The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 26 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher26 · district 25
Teaching staff41 teachers
Avg. experience17.2 years
Fully credentialed82%
PrincipalJenny Vetere
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Teacher salary schedule$56,659 – $126,233
Principal salaryFrom $154,567
Superintendent salary$273,125

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here show up more, and get suspended more, than the state average.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 16.0%, district 10.1%, state 18.1%16.0% · −2.1pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 4.8%, district —, state 3.6%4.8% · +1.1pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–616.4%
Grades 7–815.9%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

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What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $13,284 per student, less than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.

$194 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.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $13,284, CA average $14,491$13,284 · spent at this school
Federal share$194 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$15,559 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 63%Instruction support 10%Student services 8%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 11%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

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district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$12,044 per pupil
2019$10,739 per pupil
2018$10,389 per pupil
2017$9,802 per pupil
2016$9,589 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

Two in five of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 39% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino49.2% · district 50.5% · CA 56.1%
White24.5% · district 26.4% · CA 19.9%
Asian14.0% · district 11.1% · CA 10.2%
Black3.9% · district 4.3% · CA 4.8%
Other8.4% · district 7.7% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch41.3% · CA 64%
Median income$122K · CA $85K
Median home value$878K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+41% · CA 35%
ZIP population22,958
Median age45 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

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Compare schools serving the same grade stage. Private schools have no comparable state-test score.

2025 · middle schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

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SchoolTypePerformance bandAdvancedProficient or AdvancedDistanceSelect
Vineyard Junior HighPublicStrong29%58%School being viewed
Alta Loma Junior HighPublicStrong26%54%1.6 mi
Ruth Musser MiddlePublicSolid20%43%1.6 mi
Cucamonga MiddlePublicDeveloping16%40%1.9 mi
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Frequently asked questions

Is Vineyard Junior High a good middle school?
Vineyard Junior High has a Scope Score of 57 out of 100, placing it in the 86th percentile of California middle schools and ranked #307 statewide. 28.7% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 11.5 percentage points above the California average of 17.2%. The Scope Score weights 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard (42%), met or exceeded (proficient) (23%), grade 6-to-8 growth (20%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Vineyard Junior High's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 58.2% of students at Vineyard Junior High met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 28.7% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 29.5% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 28.7% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 1,848 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Vineyard Junior High rank in California?
Vineyard Junior High ranks #307 among California middle schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 86th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), grade-level growth (Grade 6 to grade 8 growth), 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 is the attendance and school culture like at Vineyard Junior High?
16.0% of students at Vineyard Junior High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 18.1%. The suspension rate is 4.8%. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Vineyard Junior High compare to other schools in Alta Loma?
Vineyard Junior High scores 57/100 (86th percentile) among California middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 933 students. Use the schools in Alta Loma page or the map view to compare all middle schools nearby.
How does Vineyard Junior High serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Vineyard Junior High in Alta Loma, 61.3% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 54.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Vineyard Junior High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 6.9 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (36.6% Math proficient); Hispanic students (63.5% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 45.3 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 385 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

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How the Scope Score is calculated

On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

How fast English learners gain fluency carries this score. The test levels clear the state's too.

44.2% of English learners reached the top ELPAC level, versus 18.0% statewide.

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Exceeded standard28.7%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded58.2%40.0%23%
Chronic absenteeism16.0%18.1%5%
Suspension rate4.8%3.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)44.2%18.0%5%
Grade gap (G6→G8, different students)-2.8pp+1.5pp—

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

Vineyard Junior High: reading the evidence

Vineyard has real strengths and one number that complicates them. Most rating sites show you one or the other. Both belong on the same page.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

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.

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Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

Vineyard Junior High is ranked #307 statewide.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard28.7%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded58.2%40.0%23%
Chronic absenteeism16.0%18.1%5%
Suspension rate4.8%3.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)44.2%18.0%5%
Grade gap (G6→G8, different students)-2.8pp+1.5ppnot scored
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 17.2% · index 63 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 40.0% · index 65 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 53 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Suspension rate
↓ vs CA 3.6% · index 45 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 18.0% · index 81 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Grade gap (G6→G8, different students)
↓ vs CA +1.5pp
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 626427%38%19%16%65%+19
Grade 731935%39%15%11%74%+26
Grade 833826%40%17%16%67%+20
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 626433%19%28%19%52%+18
Grade 732324%23%29%25%46%+12
Grade 834027%18%23%32%45%+13

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.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide33918%21%49%12%

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 · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged38561.3%+7+23
Hispanic/Latino45763.5%+3+25
White22276.1%+3+14
03Nearest middle schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Vineyard Junior High ←—5728.7%58.2%−2.8pp—4.8%
Alta Loma Junior High1.6 mi5225.7%53.8%+5.8pp—3.3%
Ruth Musser Middle1.6 mi3820.0%43.2%+8.4pp—2.7%
Cucamonga Middle1.9 mi3315.9%39.8%−6.4pp—3.5%
California average—3917.2%40.0%+1.5pp—3.6%
04Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 04 — Climate by student group
Group20192025Δ
Female7.9%15.7%+7.8pp
Male5.4%16.4%+11.0pp
Asian1.2%9.2%+8.0pp
Black/African American9.4%25.0%+15.6pp
Filipino11.1%7.1%-4.0pp
Hispanic/Latino8.4%18.4%+10.0pp
Two or More Races0.0%18.3%+18.3pp
White4.7%13.7%+9.0pp
Students with Disabilities14.1%19.4%+5.3pp
English Learners4.8%14.0%+9.2pp
Homeless16.0%46.2%+30.2pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged9.8%20.9%+11.1pp
All Students6.6%16.0%+9.4pp
05California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
ShowHide table 05 — California growth model, by student group
GroupReadingnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students+6845Accelerated−6844Moderate
English Only+2682not categorised−10681not categorised
Hispanic or Latino+3425Average−14424Moderate
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged+7353Accelerated−8352Moderate
White+5215Accelerated−2215Average
Asian+19101Accelerated+22101Exceptional
Students with Disabilities082Average082Average
English Learner+1374Accelerated+1974Accelerated
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only+1469not categorised+2369not categorised
Two or More Races+253Average053Average
Black or African American+933Accelerated−733Moderate
Filipino−413Average−613Moderate

Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a growth score — published by CDE, held back from the narrative sections above because at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,177 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-09-18

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