Independent charter school · Orange County Department of Education · Santa Ana, California

Vista Heritage Global Academy — Rating & test scores

Santa Ana · 6–8 · 369 students (2024–25)

2609 West Fifth Street, 92703vistaheritagems.org ↗(714) 988-2719
15thpercentileNeeds Support

The dots are California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
24

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 25% and 15% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 49% and 37%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 345
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).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

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Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Vista Heritage Global Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. Evidence ↓

Is Vista Heritage Global Academy a good middle school?

Vista Heritage Global Academy scores higher than 15 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools: 15th percentile, Needs Support, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 24 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 12 in 100 at the average Orange County Department of Education middle school. 1.3% of students (5 of 387) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. Evidence ↓

More questions (3)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, about as expected; in math, below what the state expected. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored +2 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored −13 points, which it calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 328 students in English, 324 in math

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 23% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Vista Heritage Global Academy in Santa Ana scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 25% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 15% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 345
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 6–8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English, 1,254,800 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 345 tested

Advanced
6%
Proficient
19%
Below the standard
75%
This school25%
California49%
Orange County Department of Education59%

25% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 345 tested

Advanced
6%
Proficient
9%
Below the standard
85%
This school15%
California37%
Orange County Department of Education48%

15% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 6–8 · every level, with tested counts

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 Advanced23%20%30%
Advanced3%6%9%
Proficient20%14%21%
Developing level28%21%25%
Minimal49%59%45%
Tested99123123
California48%51%49%
Difference−25−31−19

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 Advanced13%20%12%
Advanced4%9%6%
Proficient9%11%6%
Developing level18%12%21%
Minimal69%68%67%
Tested99123123
California37%38%36%
Difference−24−18−24

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.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 10 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.

Have results changed?

English results were lower than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 32% to 25% and math from 14% to 15%.

English · top two levels · grades 6–8

202532%360 tested
→
202625%345 tested

This school

California, same grades49% → 49%2025 → 2026 · 1,266,619 → 1,254,039 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 6–8

202514%362 tested
→
202615%345 tested

This school

California, same grades36% → 37%2025 → 2026 · 1,272,526 → 1,254,800 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

In English, about as expected; in math, below what the state expected. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored +2 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored −13 points, which it calls Moderate.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 328 in English, 324 in math
Comparison
Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 6–8 · 2025 · 328 students in English, 324 in math, with scores in both years

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

+2 pts

English

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

−13 pts

Math

The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in English?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school6%19%24%51%345
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Orange County Department of Education25%34%21%20%3,572
Math, grades 6–8 · This school6%9%17%68%345
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Orange County Department of Education31%17%22%30%3,568

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown · English and math have stayed well below California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 6–8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202625%49%
Math top two levels, grades 6–8
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202615%37%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 6–8, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 20% in 2017 to 25% in 2026. In math, it went from 11% in 2017 to 15% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201720%
230 tested		48%
1,377,836 tested
201832%
263 tested		49%
1,391,379 tested
201935%
260 tested		50%
1,390,416 tested
202230%
261 tested		47%
1,277,584 tested
202329%
273 tested		46%
1,267,562 tested
202423%
321 tested		46%
1,269,432 tested
202532%
360 tested		49%
1,266,619 tested
202625%
345 tested		49%
1,254,039 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 6–8
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201711%
229 tested		37%
1,383,609 tested
201817%
255 tested		37%
1,394,516 tested
201918%
265 tested		38%
1,394,239 tested
202216%
262 tested		31%
1,279,506 tested
20238%
281 tested		32%
1,272,024 tested
20248%
327 tested		33%
1,277,570 tested
202514%
362 tested		36%
1,272,526 tested
202615%
345 tested		37%
1,254,800 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

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 above that expected score, and in math 13 points below it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 8 scores here with the school’s grade 6 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

What you can do

Who can act on Vista Heritage Global Academy’s results?

Vista Heritage Global Academy’s own board decides its plan.

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

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Vista Heritage Global Academy extra help in 2026, because of results for English learners and long-term English learners.

Extra help for Vista Heritage Global Academy: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2026 California School Dashboard. Source 

Where is its yearly plan?

Its 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

Orange County Department of Education authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2028.

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

24 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average Orange County Department of Education middle school, 12 in 100 were. 1.3% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 89 of 376 students counted for it; suspension: 5 of 387 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Orange County Department of Education middle school 1.2%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

24 in 100This school
12 in 100At the average Orange County Department of Education middle school
18 in 100At the average California middle school

89 of 376 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

1.3%

of students were suspended at least once (5 of 387). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grade 6: 21 in 100, 23 of 107
  • Grades 7–8: 25 in 100, 66 of 269
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Vista Heritage Global Academy

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questionsResponder en español

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students scored well below the same groups across California in English.

Student groups, grades 6–8, spring 2026

23% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students: 24% in English, against 39% for the same group across California. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 6–8; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Vista Heritage Global AcademySame group, California
  • Hispanic or Latino330 tested24%Same group, California 39%
  • Low-income312 tested23%Same group, California 39%
  • Students with disabilities53 tested9%Same group, California 14%
  • English learners160 tested6%Same group, California 7%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 4% to 15%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 96%Unallocated share: 4%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino96%
  2. White—
  3. Asian—
  4. Black or African American—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share4%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

31% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 47 of 154 English learners31%
Orange County Department of Education · 123 of 42529%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

97%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 358 of 369. California: 63%.

20teachers, 2024–25

9 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

20%in their first year, 2024–25

36%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there in English for low-income and Hispanic or Latino students, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Orange County Department of Educationvs California
Low-income · 312 tested
English23%—−1639%
Math15%—−1126%
Hispanic or Latino · 330 tested
English24%—−1539%
Math15%—−1025%
English learners · 160 tested
English6%—−17%
Math6%—−17%
Students with disabilities · 53 tested
English9%—−514%
Math4%—−610%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Orange County Department of Education, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Homeless students: fewer than 30 tested here. 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino96%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 36% of teaching positions, 6.5 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 18 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Vista Heritage Global Academy, and how do I get in?

No assigned next school.

Vista Heritage Global Academy is a charter, so a student’s later schools follow the family’s home address, not this campus, unless the family applies elsewhere. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary
    Vista Condor Global Academy
    22nd · Needs Support · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
  2. Middle · this school
    Vista Heritage Global Academy
    Grades 6–8
  3. High
    Samueli Academy
    68th · Solid · 2025Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

Not a next step: the school sharing this address. Vista Condor Global Academy (22nd percentile, Needs Support, among elementary schools, 2026) has the same street address in the state’s school directory.

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Vista Condor Global Academy

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    22nd percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

  • Tomorrow's Leadership Collaborative (TLC) Charter

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    29th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

High-school links

  • Samueli Academy

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    68th percentile · Solid · high · 2025

  • College and Career Preparatory Academy

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

  • Vista Meridian Global Academy

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    12th percentile · Needs Support · high · 2025

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.

How do I get in?

Ask Vista Heritage Global Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

Eligibility and entry grades
Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery
What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics
What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?
School website: vistaheritagems.org ↗Office: (714) 988-2719Administrator: Roxanne Allessandro

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
2609 West Fifth Street, Santa Ana 92703

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm enrollment with the school.

Questions for your visit

  1. How much of each day do English learners spend learning English, and how do families see their progress? 31% 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 (47 of 154 students); California: 47%
  2. How does the school check what’s working in English? English: 32% in 2025 to 25% in 2026 here; California: 49% to 49%
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  5. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (714) 988-27192609 West Fifth Street, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby middle schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest middle schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby middle schoolsPercentile among California middle schools, 2026

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,144 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #11 of 11 in Orange County Department of Education
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math6%3842%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math20%3423%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+39 scale-score pts3920%
Chronically absent24 in 100435%
Suspension rate1.3% (5 of 387)605%
English learners: top level6%305%

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
2025–262415#2144California 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)
2018–19not on filenot on file0
2021–22not on filenot on file−9
2022–23not on filenot on file+2
2023–2425 in 1000 of 355−2
2024–2516 in 1000.3% (1 of 397)0
2025–2624 in 1001.3% (5 of 387)+3

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 6 and grade 8 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English3456%25%
2026 · Math3456%15%
2025 · English3609%32%
2025 · Math3626%14%
2024 · English3214%23%
2024 · Math3272%8%
2023 · English2737%29%
2023 · Math2814%8%
2022 · English2617%30%
2022 · Math2624%16%
2019 · English2607%35%
2019 · Math2657%18%
2018 · English2636%32%
2018 · Math2556%17%
2017 · English2305%20%
2017 · Math2294%11%

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 · English11025%
2025 · Grade 7 · English13137%
2025 · Grade 8 · English11934%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math11517%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math13018%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math1176%
2024 · Grade 6 · English10920%
2024 · Grade 7 · English11332%
2024 · Grade 8 · English9916%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math1126%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math11511%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math1007%
2023 · Grade 6 · English10726%
2023 · Grade 7 · English8731%
2023 · Grade 8 · English7930%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math1105%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math8716%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math845%
2022 · Grade 6 · English8030%
2022 · Grade 7 · English7740%
2022 · Grade 8 · English10422%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math8120%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math7919%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math10210%
2019 · Grade 6 · English8032%
2019 · Grade 7 · English8935%
2019 · Grade 8 · English9138%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math8323%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math9013%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math9217%
2018 · Grade 6 · English8035%
2018 · Grade 7 · English8635%
2018 · Grade 8 · English9727%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math7722%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math8323%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math957%
2017 · Grade 6 · English7729%
2017 · Grade 7 · English9915%
2017 · Grade 8 · English5419%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math7714%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math989%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math549%

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
Schoolwide1243%10%64%23%

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-income31223%—−16
Hispanic or Latino33024%—−15
English learners1606%—−1
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+2328Average−13324Moderate
Low-income+1318Average−14314Moderate
Hispanic or Latino0315Average−14311Moderate
English learners−7182Moderate−13181Moderate
English learners only−16126not categorized−11125not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−1479Moderate−1878Moderate
English-only students073not categorized−1971not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+1356not categorized−1656not categorized
Students with disabilities−2151Minimal−1849Moderate
Homeless−226Average026Average

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
1%
exceeded standard · 20% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 109 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
9%
Advanced · 30% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 123 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 111 (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

328 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−13 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

324 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −13 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, 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 · 24 in 100 · +8 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.3% (1 of 397) → 2025–26 · 1.3% (5 of 387) · +1.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—26 in 100—
Male—22 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—24 in 100—
Students with disabilities—18 in 100—
English learners—26 in 100—
Low-income—24 in 100—
All students—24 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. 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$70,768 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 2,773 pupils

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 27%Instruction support 46%Student services 8%Administration 14%Buildings & maintenance 5%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$79,104,70426.41%27%
Instruction support$138,712,16646.31%46%
Student services$23,320,3387.79%8%
Administration$42,696,91114.26%14%
Buildings & maintenance$15,683,3375.24%5%
Total$299,517,456100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $299,517,456 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$70,768 per pupil
2020$67,286 per pupil
2019$61,708 per pupil
2018$32,576 per pupil
2017$30,374 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 holders2.9%

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 92703 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92703 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$84,437
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)13%
ZIP-area population62,447
Median age34.8 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 92703 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 2,529 middle schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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