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Vista Verde Middle — Rating & test scores

1199 Elm Avenue, Greenfield · 727 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 69

Needs SupportScope Score · 11th percentile. Higher than 11 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

Well below California in English and math: 24% and 15% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, against 50% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 7 and 8: 726 in English, 730 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 838,600 in English and 838,896 in math tested).

Overview

Is Vista Verde a good middle school?

Needs Support. Vista Verde is higher than most California middle schools on attendance. Vista Verde is lower than most on test results and progress in both subjects.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced824%
Math, Proficient or Advanced1615%
English, Advanced105%
Math, Advanced196%

Progress in a year, 2025

English4−21 pts
Math6−21 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance5714 in 100
Vista Verde’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Bar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

9.1% of students (71 of 777) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Each bar is Vista Verde’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 suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 777. The California figure is an average of school rates (2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Vista Verde say about itself?

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

Open vvms.greenfield.k12.ca.us (opens in a new tab)

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored 21 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Minimal. In math, they scored 21 points lower, which the state calls Minimal.

English

−21

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Minimal, the lowest of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino633−21 points
Low-income559−22 points
English learners483−24 points
Long-term English learners308−24 points
Students with disabilities99−19 points

Math

−21

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Minimal, the lowest of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Hispanic or Latino633−21 points
Low-income559−22 points
English learners483−21 points
Long-term English learners308−19 points
Students with disabilities99−15 points

Grades 7 and 8, 2025, 644 students 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 21 points below that expected score, and in math 21 points below it.

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.

Schools like it

How does Vista Verde compare with schools like it?

Vista Verde’s Scope Score is 69. 497 California middle schools, counting Vista Verde, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 72. Vista Verde’s result is higher than 99 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 497

  1. Students from low-income families: 76%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 75%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 74%

    Scope Score 88Strong · 92nd percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 85%

    Scope Score 86Strong · 90th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 86%

    Scope Score 86Strong · 90th percentile

497 California public middle schools where 74% to 86% 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 74% to 86% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Vista Verde’s share. The count includes Vista Verde. 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?

Results in both subjects were higher than in 2025. English went from 19% to 24% and math from 10% to 15%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 7 and 8. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202623%50%CaliforniaCalifornia24%Vista VerdeVista Verde

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202614%37%CaliforniaCalifornia15%Vista VerdeVista Verde

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. 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 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringVista VerdeCaliforniaTested here
201723%49%680
201827%50%721
201931%50%760
202230%48%687
202325%47%681
202425%47%647
202519%49%686
202624%50%726
Math, grades 7 and 8: share at the top two levels
SpringVista VerdeCaliforniaTested here
201714%37%687
201815%37%723
201917%37%762
202212%31%684
202311%32%674
202412%33%651
202510%35%695
202615%37%730

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

24%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

492719
California50%

Math

15%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

66199
California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 7 and 8, spring 2026, 24% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 15% in math, against 50% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 7 and 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).

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced26%22%
Advanced6%4%
Proficient20%18%
Developing level26%27%
Minimal48%51%
Tested355371
California51%49%
Difference−25−27

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 7 and 8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced16%14%
Advanced6%5%
Proficient10%9%
Developing level22%16%
Minimal62%70%
Tested359371
California38%36%
Difference−22−22

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 7 and 8 · This school5%19%27%49%726
English, grades 7 and 8 · California19%31%23%27%838,600
Math, grades 7 and 8 · This school6%9%19%66%730
Math, grades 7 and 8 · California21%16%23%40%838,896

Spring 2026, grades 7 and 8 combined: 726 tested in English, 730 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 99% of students. 109 of 773 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 (109 of 773 students).

At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

No district average: Vista Verde is the only regular middle school we rank in the Greenfield Union Elementary district with an attendance record.

Suspensions: 9.1% of students were suspended at least once (71 of 777). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

727

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 99%

Family income

80%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 585 of 727. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

36

teachers, with 8 years of experience on average.

31% were in their first year.

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

English learners

46%

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 (146 of 318 students).

Greenfield Union Elementary: 44%. 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.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino99%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
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: 27.6 of 31.9 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Five student groups scored below the same groups across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Hispanic or Latino719 tested15%California 25%
  • Low-income634 tested14%California 26%
  • Homeless167 tested11%California 17%
  • English learners323 tested4%California 7%
  • Students with disabilities98 tested1%California 9%

14% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 7 and 8, spring 2026), against 26% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino and homeless students, students with disabilities and English learners also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 7 and 8 math, 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 7 and 8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Greenfield Union Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 631 tested in English, 634 in math
English22%022%−1739%
Math14%014%−1226%
Hispanic or Latino · 717 tested in English, 719 in math
English24%024%−1640%
Math15%015%−1025%
English learners · 320 tested in English, 323 in math
English5%05%−27%
Math4%04%−37%
Students with disabilities · 99 tested in English, 98 in math
English4%04%−1014%
Math1%01%−89%
Homeless · 166 tested in English, 167 in math
English19%019%−928%
Math11%011%−617%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Greenfield Union Elementary, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better 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.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Vista Verde. 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.

Families

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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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Staff

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Money

Where does the money go?

$20,986 for each student in 2023–24. California’s middle schools spent $19,178 for each student. Greenfield Union Elementary’s plan for 2026–27 covers $16 million.

$20,986

for each student at this school, 2023–24
Spent at the school
$8,428
The school’s share of district office costs
$12,558
Of the total, from federal funds
$3,187
  • Vista Verde$20,986
  • California middle schools$19,178

The district and California figures combine their middle schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 1,200 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2023–24. Funding records ↓

Greenfield Union Elementary’s yearly plan

$16million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$14million

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 $16 million of $71 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Greenfield Union Elementary Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Vista Verde like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93927. They are not figures for the families at Vista Verde.

Typical household income in a year

$82,500

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 93927.

Typical home value
$532,000
People who live in this ZIP code
21,574
Typical age
29.2 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
8%

What you can do

Who can act on Vista Verde’s results?

Greenfield Union Elementary’s board decides Vista Verde’s plan.

When the plan is set

Greenfield Union Elementary’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

Read the 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

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 Verde in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 7 questions to Vista Verde. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?9.1% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (71 of 777 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?21 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 7 and 8, 2025 (644 students)
  3. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working?4% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 7 and 8, spring 2026 (323 students tested); the same group across California: 7%
  4. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  5. 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 Verde, and how do I get in?

Ask Greenfield Union Elementary which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Mary Chapa Academy
    Scope Score 69Needs Support · 11th percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Vista Verde Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 69Needs Support · 11th 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

  • Mary Chapa Academy

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 69 · Needs Support · 11th percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Cesar Chavez Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 75 · Developing · 47th percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Oak Avenue Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 69 · Needs Support · 15th percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Arroyo Seco Academy

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

    Scope Score 70 · Needs Support · 19th 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. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where it is

Where is Vista Verde?

Address
1199 Elm Avenue, Greenfield 93927Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Veronica HernandezAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated November 19, 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 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Greenfield Union Elementary which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Vista Verde a good middle school?

Vista Verde Middle has a Scope Score of 69. It scored higher than 11 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 11th 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 18 in 100 at the average California middle school. 9.1% of students (71 of 777) 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?

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 7 and 8 scored 21 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Minimal. In math, they scored 21 points lower, which the state calls Minimal.

  • Included in this measure: 644 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 22% of low-income students in grades 7 and 8 at Vista Verde Middle in Greenfield 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
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,226 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math5%3642%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math20%3323%
Chronically absent14 in 100555%
Suspension rate9.1% (71 of 777)295%
English learners: top level20%475%

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. The weights above add to 80%: the remaining 20%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

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
2025–266911#2226California 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 absenceSuspension
2018–1915 in 1005.5% (45 of 811)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2415 in 10010.6% (76 of 714)
2024–2515 in 1009.3% (70 of 756)
2025–2614 in 1009.1% (71 of 777)

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

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 · English7265%24%
2026 · Math7306%15%
2025 · English6864%19%
2025 · Math6954%10%
2024 · English6474%25%
2024 · Math6513%12%
2023 · English6815%25%
2023 · Math6744%11%
2022 · English6878%30%
2022 · Math6843%12%
2019 · English7606%31%
2019 · Math7625%17%
2018 · English1,1155%26%
2018 · Math1,1236%16%
2017 · English1,0683%23%
2017 · Math1,0845%14%

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 7 · English37820%
2025 · Grade 8 · English30819%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math38310%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math31211%
2024 · Grade 7 · English31525%
2024 · Grade 8 · English33225%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math31812%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math33312%
2023 · Grade 7 · English33928%
2023 · Grade 8 · English34223%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math33313%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math3419%
2022 · Grade 7 · English34730%
2022 · Grade 8 · English34029%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math34610%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math33813%
2019 · Grade 7 · English37635%
2019 · Grade 8 · English38426%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math37816%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math38418%
2018 · Grade 6 · English39425%
2018 · Grade 7 · English39229%
2018 · Grade 8 · English32924%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math40018%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math39314%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math33016%
2017 · Grade 6 · English38822%
2017 · Grade 7 · English33924%
2017 · Grade 8 · English34122%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math39715%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math34011%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math34717%

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
Schoolwide3703%6%46%45%

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-income63122%0−17
Hispanic or Latino71724%0−16
English learners3205%0−2
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−21644Minimal−21644Minimal
Hispanic or Latino−21633Minimal−21633Minimal
Low-income−22559Minimal−22559Minimal
English learners−24483Minimal−21483Minimal
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−24308Minimal−19308Moderate
English learners only−26290not categorized−14290not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−20193not categorized−28193not categorized
Students with disabilities−1999Moderate−1599Moderate
English-only students−995not categorized−2595not categorized
Homeless−2480Minimal−2580Minimal

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. “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 7 and 8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−21 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 7 and 8

644 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, English: −21 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Minimal, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−21 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 7 and 8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 7 and 8

644 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, math: −21 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Minimal, 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 7 and 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 · 15 in 100 → 2025–26 · 14 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 9.3% (70 of 756) → 2025–26 · 9.1% (71 of 777) · −0.2 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female15 in 10012 in 100−3 in 100
Male15 in 10016 in 100+1 in 100
Hispanic or Latino15 in 10014 in 100−1 in 100
Students with disabilities24 of 8822 in 100—
English learners15 in 10017 in 100+2 in 100
Homeless17 in 10017 in 1000 in 100
Military families5 of 379 of 81—
Low-income15 in 10015 in 1000 in 100
All students15 in 10014 in 100−1 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$13,788 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 3,465 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$322 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2023–24 (2024) · source denominator: 690

Central federal expenditures attributed here$2,865 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2023–24 (2024) · source denominator: 690

District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,855 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 60%Instruction support 10%Student services 11%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 12%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$39,466,52259.98%60%
Instruction support$6,423,0059.76%10%
Student services$7,481,01811.37%11%
Administration$4,598,1546.99%7%
Buildings & maintenance$7,778,23411.82%12%
Total$65,795,138100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $65,795,138 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$13,788 per pupil
2020$13,306 per pupil
2019$13,526 per pupil
2018$12,020 per pupil
2017$11,528 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 93927 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93927 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$82,500
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)8%
ZIP-area population21,574
Median age29.2 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 93927 →

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