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Vista Del Mar — Rating & test scores

4885 Del Sol Boulevard, San Diego · 541 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 76

SolidScope Score · 56th percentile. Higher than 56 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

Above California in English (reading and writing), near in math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 56% and 38% 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: 594 in English, 596 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 Vista Del Mar a good middle school?

Solid. Vista Del Mar is higher than most California middle schools on test results and attendance. Vista Del Mar is lower than most on progress in English. Vista Del Mar is in the middle on progress in math.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced6956%
Math, Proficient or Advanced6238%
English, Advanced6920%
Math, Advanced6420%

Progress in a year, 2025

English39−2 pts
Math50−1 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance5714 in 100
Vista Del Mar’s place among California middle schools, out of 100San Ysidro Elementary’s other middle schoolBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

35% of the 106 English learners tested here reached the top level of the state’s English test in 2025–26, against 22% at the average California middle school.

Each bar is Vista Del Mar’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 ELPAC Summative, Overall Performance Level 4, 2025–26. English learners who took the summative ELPAC: 106. The California figure is an average of school rates (2,171 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Vista Del Mar say about itself?

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

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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 2 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 1 point lower, which the state calls Average.

English

−2

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

Hispanic or Latino388−4 points
Low-income334−2 points
English learners229−10 points
Students with disabilities77−13 points
Long-term English learners51−24 points

Math

−1

point 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

Hispanic or Latino387−3 points
Low-income334−1 points
English learners229−3 points
Students with disabilities78−14 points
Long-term English learners52−6 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 497 students in English, 495 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 2 points below that expected score, and in math 1 point 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 31st 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?

1 of the 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Vista Del Mar. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 4.7 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Rancho del ReySweetwater Union High · by addressScope Score 8485th
  2. Vista Del MarScope Score 7656th
  3. HilltopSweetwater Union High · by addressScope Score 7127th
  4. SouthwestSweetwater Union High · by addressScope Score 7124th
  5. MontgomerySweetwater Union High · by addressScope Score 7022nd
  6. Castle ParkSweetwater Union High · by addressScope Score 6915th
  7. Mar Vista AcademySweetwater Union High · by addressScope Score 6810th
  8. San YsidroNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 676th
San Ysidro ElementaryA neighborhood school in another district

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer.

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 Vista Del Mar compare with schools like it?

Vista Del Mar’s Scope Score is 76. 292 California middle schools, counting Vista Del Mar, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 80. Vista Del Mar’s result is higher than 74 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 292

  1. Students from low-income families: 34%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 37%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 39%

    Creekside Middle

    Castro Valley

    Scope Score 92Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 35%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 96th percentile

292 California public middle schools where 30% to 42% 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 30% to 42% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Vista Del Mar’s share. The count includes Vista Del Mar. 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 50% to 56% and math from 35% to 38%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2023 to 2026

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

English

25%50%75%202320242025202649%56%Vista Del MarThis school49%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

25%50%75%202320242025202626%38%Vista Del MarThis school37%CaliforniaCalifornia

Each spring tests a different group of students. 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.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringVista Del MarCaliforniaTested here
202349%46%555
202452%46%521
202550%49%529
202656%49%594
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringVista Del MarCaliforniaTested here
202326%32%555
202433%33%522
202535%36%535
202638%37%596

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Above California in English; near it in math.

English

56%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

24203620
San Ysidro Elementary40%California49%

Math

38%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

36261820
San Ysidro Elementary26%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 56% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 38% 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).

Grade 6 stands apart in English: 66% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 56% across grades 6–8 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class.

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 Advanced66%52%51%
Advanced32%16%14%
Proficient34%36%37%
Developing level13%20%26%
Minimal21%28%23%
Tested182197215
California48%51%49%
Difference+18+1+2

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 Advanced45%32%36%
Advanced25%16%18%
Proficient20%16%18%
Developing level26%30%23%
Minimal29%38%41%
Tested182197217
California37%38%36%
Difference+8−60

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 school20%36%20%24%594
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · San Ysidro Elementary12%28%22%38%1,357
Math, grades 6–8 · This school20%18%26%36%596
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · San Ysidro Elementary13%13%23%51%1,383

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 594 tested in English, 596 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 77% of students. 87 of 622 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

14in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (87 of 622 students).

At the average middle school in the San Ysidro Elementary district: 25 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 2.2% of students were suspended at least once (14 of 631). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

541

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 77%Filipino 8%Black or African American 6%White 4%Not reported 2%Two or more races 2%

Family income

36%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 194 of 541. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

27

teachers, with 14 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

86% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

68%

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 (65 of 96 students).

San Ysidro Elementary: 48%. 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
16 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (29 of 186).
Grades 7–8
13 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (58 of 436).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino77%
Filipino8%
Black or African American6%
White4%
Not reported2%
Two or more races2%
Asian—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
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: 19.3 of 22.5 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino and low-income students here scored well above the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Filipino48 tested90%California 74%
  • Hispanic or Latino457 tested52%California 39%
  • Low-income359 tested50%California 39%
  • Homeless52 tested40%California 27%
  • Students with disabilities75 tested15%California 14%
  • English learners104 tested7%California 7%

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 52% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. Low-income students: 50% in English, against 39% for the same group across California. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 English, 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 Ysidro Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 359 tested in English, 360 in math
English50%+1634%+1139%
Math32%+1022%+626%
Hispanic or Latino · 457 tested in English, 460 in math
English52%+1537%+1339%
Math33%+1023%+825%
Filipino · 48 tested in English, 47 in math
English90%090%+1674%
Math68%+167%+860%
English learners · 104 tested in English, 107 in math
English7%+16%07%
Math10%+46%+37%
Students with disabilities · 75 tested in English, 74 in math
English15%+69%+114%
Math9%+36%−110%
Homeless · 52 tested
English40%+1426%+1327%
Math23%+716%+617%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in San Ysidro Elementary, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

Students of two or more races: fewer than 30 tested here. Black or African American students, 35 tested: no rate for grade 6 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Asian, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family 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 can answer a short set of questions about Vista Del Mar. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

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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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Money

Where does the money go?

$21,380 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. San Ysidro Elementary’s plan for 2026–27 covers $75 million.

$21,380

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$9,521
The school’s share of district office costs
$11,859
Of the total, from federal funds
$1,574
  • Vista Del Mar$21,380
  • San Ysidro Elementary middle schools$21,983
  • 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 Ysidro Elementary’s yearly plan

$75million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$51million

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 3 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $75 million of $79 million in total budgeted spending. Source: San Ysidro Elementary Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Vista Del Mar like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 92154. They are not figures for the families at Vista Del Mar.

Typical household income in a year

$94,901

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 92154.

Typical home value
$639,200
People who live in this ZIP code
80,445
Typical age
36.5 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
22%

What you can do

Who can act on Vista Del Mar’s results?

San Ysidro Elementary’s board decides Vista Del Mar’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 Vista Del Mar 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 Ysidro Elementary extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. The 2026 Dashboard flagged results for homeless students on two measures: English, and math; and for long-term English learners on two measures: English, and math. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for San Ysidro Elementary: CDE’s assistance status files for the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Vista Del Mar. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?2 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (497 students)
  2. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?7% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (104 students tested); the same group across California: 7%
  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 Vista Del Mar, and how do I get in?

Ask San Ysidro Elementary which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Ocean View Hills
    Scope Score 78Solid · 63rd percentile · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  2. Middle · this school
    Vista Del Mar
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 76Solid · 56th percentile
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Ocean View Hills

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 78 · Solid · 63rd percentile · elementary · 2026

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 Vista Del Mar?

Address
4885 Del Sol Boulevard, San Diego 92154Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Matthew BandyAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 28, 2025.

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 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask San Ysidro Elementary which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Vista Del Mar a good middle school?

Vista Del Mar has a Scope Score of 76. It scored higher than 56 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Solid, 56th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 14 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 25 in 100 at the average middle school in the San Ysidro Elementary district. 2.2% of students (14 of 631) 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 2 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 1 point lower, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 497 students in English, 495 in math

See the details ↓

How does grade 6 do in English?

Grade 6 stands apart in English: 66% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 56% across grades 6–8 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class. See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 50% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Vista Del Mar 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
2019–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,098 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math20%5342%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math47%5623%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+33 scale-score pts3120%
Chronically absent14 in 100555%
Suspension rate2.2% (14 of 631)565%
English learners: top level35%675%

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
2025–267656#1098California 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)
2018–195 in 1007.0% (31 of 444)—
2021–22not on filenot on file—
2022–23not on filenot on file−4
2023–2417 in 1002.3% (13 of 569)−4
2024–2516 in 1004.0% (23 of 577)−8
2025–2614 in 1002.2% (14 of 631)−12

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 year2019–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English59420%56%
2026 · Math59620%38%
2025 · English52919%50%
2025 · Math53518%35%
2024 · English52118%52%
2024 · Math52217%33%
2023 · English55517%49%
2023 · Math55513%26%
2022 · English42913%48%
2022 · Math43011%28%
2019 · English40518%54%
2019 · Math40416%35%

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 · English14856%
2025 · Grade 7 · English20843%
2025 · Grade 8 · English17352%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math15442%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math21036%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math17129%
2024 · Grade 6 · English14352%
2024 · Grade 7 · English18549%
2024 · Grade 8 · English19354%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math14339%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math18633%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math19328%
2023 · Grade 6 · English14452%
2023 · Grade 7 · English21454%
2023 · Grade 8 · English19742%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math14422%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math21431%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math19723%
2022 · Grade 7 · English18745%
2022 · Grade 8 · English24250%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math18827%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math24229%
2019 · Grade 7 · English19058%
2019 · Grade 8 · English21551%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math19033%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math21436%

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
Schoolwide2174%22%56%18%

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-income35950%+16+11
Hispanic or Latino45752%+15+13
English learners1047%+10
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 students−2497Average−1495Average
Hispanic or Latino−4388Average−3387Average
Low-income−2334Average−1334Average
English learners−10229Moderate−3229Average
English-only students+4212not categorized0210not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−5159not categorized0158not categorized
Students with disabilities−1377Moderate−1478Moderate
English learners only−1870not categorized−871not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−2451Minimal−652Moderate
Homeless−1145Moderate−1045Moderate
Filipino+1538Accelerated+1238Accelerated
Black or African American+632Accelerated−1032Moderate
White−1315Moderate+814Accelerated

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. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. 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
21%
exceeded standard · 52% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 143 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
14%
Advanced · 51% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 215 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 143 (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 · English−2 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

497 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: −2 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−1 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

495 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −1 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 · 14 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 4.0% (23 of 577) → 2025–26 · 2.2% (14 of 631) · −1.8 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female4 in 10013 in 100+9 in 100
Male6 in 10014 in 100+8 in 100
Black or African American3 of 203 of 37—
Filipino2 of 422 of 48—
Hispanic or Latino5 in 10016 in 100+11 in 100
Two or more races0 of 191 of 14—
White0 of 166 of 23—
Students with disabilities8 of 5920 of 93—
English learners5 in 10015 in 100+10 in 100
Homeless8 of 5016 of 62—
Low-income6 in 10016 in 100+10 in 100
All students5 in 10014 in 100+9 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$15,345 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 4,419 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$1,464 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 541

Central federal expenditures attributed here$110 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 541

District current expense · FY 2024–25$22,604 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 65%Instruction support 8%Student services 9%Administration 9%Buildings & maintenance 9%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$57,315,88365.19%65%
Instruction support$6,666,6017.58%8%
Student services$7,625,0098.67%9%
Administration$7,871,6588.95%9%
Buildings & maintenance$8,402,8929.56%9%
Total$87,916,543100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $87,916,543 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$15,345 per pupil
2020$14,025 per pupil
2019$15,000 per pupil
2018$14,474 per pupil
2017$12,292 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 92154 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92154 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$94,901
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)22%
ZIP-area population80,445
Median age36.5 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 92154 →

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