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Walnut Creek Intermediate — Rating & test scores

2425 Walnut Boulevard, Walnut Creek · 940 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 87

StrongScope Score · 91st percentile. Higher than 91 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 above California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 73% and 71% 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: 969 in English, 967 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 Walnut Creek Intermediate a good middle school?

Strong. Walnut Creek Intermediate is higher than most California middle schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced9073%
Math, Proficient or Advanced9471%
English, Advanced8833%
Math, Advanced9449%

Progress in a year, 2025

English80+10 pts
Math89+17 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance7410 in 100
Walnut Creek Intermediate’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Walnut Creek Elementary’s other middle schoolBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 6–8 scored higher than California students who had the same scores the year before, in English (+10 pts) and math (+17 pts). The state calls both results Accelerated.

Each bar is Walnut Creek Intermediate’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 growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 884 in English, 882 in math. 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.

In its own words

What does Walnut Creek Intermediate say about itself?

We haven’t read Walnut Creek Intermediate’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?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 10 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 17 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

English

+10

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White431+9 points
Hispanic or Latino162+4 points
Low-income148+6 points
English learners137+3 points
Asian129+16 points

Math

+17

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White430+16 points
Hispanic or Latino162+11 points
Low-income148+15 points
English learners137+22 points
Asian129+29 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 884 students in English, 882 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 10 points above that expected score, and in math 17 points above 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 73rd 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 Walnut Creek Intermediate. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 4.2 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. M. H. StanleyLafayette Elementary · by addressScope Score 8893rd
  2. Walnut Creek IntermediateScope Score 8791st
  3. Stone ValleySan Ramon Valley Unified · by addressScope Score 8688th
  4. FoothillMt. Diablo Unified · by addressScope Score 8588th
  5. Pleasant HillMt. Diablo Unified · by addressScope Score 8281st
  6. Valley ViewMt. Diablo Unified · by addressScope Score 7969th
  7. SequoiaMt. Diablo Unified · by addressScope Score 7969th
  8. Oak GroveMt. Diablo Unified · by addressScope Score 6913th
Walnut Creek ElementaryA neighborhood school in another district

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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%

5 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 Walnut Creek Intermediate compare with schools like it?

Walnut Creek Intermediate’s Scope Score is 87. 159 California middle schools, counting Walnut Creek Intermediate, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 87. Walnut Creek Intermediate’s result is higher than 79 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 159

  1. Students from low-income families: 10%

    Scope Score 100Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 9%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 17%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 10%

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 15%

    South Pasadena Middle

    South Pasadena

    Scope Score 97Strong · 99th percentile

159 California public middle schools where 9% to 21% 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 9% to 21% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Walnut Creek Intermediate’s share. The count includes Walnut Creek Intermediate. 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 similar to 2025; math results were higher. English went from 70% to 73% and math from 65% to 71%.

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

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

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202672%74%Walnut Creek ElementaryDistrict73%Walnut Creek IntermediateThis school49%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202667%72%Walnut Creek ElementaryDistrict71%Walnut Creek IntermediateThis school37%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Walnut Creek Elementary’s line combines its 2 middle schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other school. 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. Walnut Creek Elementary’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringWalnut Creek IntermediateWalnut Creek ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201772%—48%1,114
201872%72%49%1,043
201971%73%50%1,022
202268%69%47%971
202366%67%46%973
202470%71%46%976
202570%72%49%946
202673%74%49%969
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringWalnut Creek IntermediateWalnut Creek ElementaryCaliforniaTested here
201767%—37%1,123
201868%68%37%1,050
201966%68%38%1,023
202256%58%31%974
202357%58%32%982
202460%60%33%987
202565%66%36%948
202671%72%37%967

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

English

73%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

10174033
Walnut Creek Elementary74%California49%

Math

71%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

11182249
Walnut Creek Elementary72%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 73% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 71% 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).

School pattern · grades 6–8 · spring 2026

Broad base
Most students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

What patterns mean

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 Advanced77%73%70%
Advanced36%34%29%
Proficient41%39%41%
Developing level16%15%19%
Minimal7%12%11%
Tested348302319
California48%51%49%
Difference+29+22+21

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 Advanced73%68%72%
Advanced46%47%53%
Proficient27%21%19%
Developing level18%19%15%
Minimal9%13%13%
Tested348300319
California37%38%36%
Difference+36+30+36

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 school33%40%17%10%969
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Walnut Creek Elementary36%38%17%9%1,129
Math, grades 6–8 · This school49%22%18%11%967
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Walnut Creek Elementary51%21%17%11%1,127

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 969 tested in English, 967 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?

White students are the largest group here, at 46% of students. 101 of 1,000 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

10in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (101 of 1,000 students).

At the average middle school in the Walnut Creek Elementary district: 7 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 5.7% of students were suspended at least once (58 of 1,021). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

940

students in grades 6–8.

White 46%Hispanic or Latino 18%Asian 15%Two or more races 12%Black or African American 4%Filipino 2%Not reported 2%

Family income

15%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 144 of 940. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

44

teachers, with 13 years of experience on average.

11% were in their first year.

87% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

69%

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 (45 of 65 students).

Walnut Creek Elementary: 59%. 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
5 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (17 of 357).
Grades 7–8
13 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (84 of 643).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White46%
Hispanic or Latino18%
Asian15%
Two or more races12%
Black or African American4%
Filipino2%
Not reported2%
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: 39.3 of 45 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Four student groups here scored well above the same groups across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Asian149 tested85%California 75%
  • White451 tested78%California 62%
  • Two or more races137 tested71%California 62%
  • Black or African American33 tested61%California 33%
  • Hispanic or Latino170 tested58%California 39%
  • Low-income170 tested54%California 39%
  • Students with disabilities99 tested29%California 14%
  • English learners60 tested15%California 7%

Hispanic or Latino, low-income and Black or African American students and students with disabilities all score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 58% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 39% for the same group across California. The chart gives each group’s figures. 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 Walnut Creek Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 170 tested
English54%054%+1539%
Math50%050%+2426%
White · 451 tested in English, 450 in math
English78%−179%+1662%
Math77%−178%+2750%
Hispanic or Latino · 170 tested in English, 169 in math
English58%058%+1939%
Math54%054%+2925%
Asian · 149 tested
English85%−186%+1075%
Math83%−184%+1271%
Two or more races · 137 tested
English71%071%+962%
Math66%−268%+1650%
Black or African American · 33 tested
English61%+457%+2833%
Math45%+243%+2520%
English learners · 60 tested
English15%+114%+87%
Math15%+114%+87%
Students with disabilities · 99 tested
English29%+128%+1514%
Math34%034%+2410%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Walnut Creek 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.

Filipino students: fewer than 30 tested here. Military-family 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 American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and homeless 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 Walnut Creek Intermediate. 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.
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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?

$15,133 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Walnut Creek Elementary’s plan for 2026–27 covers $2 million.

$15,133

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$7,979
The school’s share of district office costs
$7,154
Of the total, from federal funds
$670
  • Walnut Creek Intermediate$15,133
  • 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 ↓

Walnut Creek Elementary’s yearly plan

$2million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$2million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth
  • Academic Excellence & Global Competencies$1 million
  • Emotional Wellness & Equity and Belonging$505,454
  • Family & Community Connection$34,500

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. Each part of the bar is one goal in the plan, with the money for its actions added up (our calculation). The plan covers $2 million of $59 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Walnut Creek Elementary Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Walnut Creek Intermediate like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 94597. They are not figures for the families at Walnut Creek Intermediate.

Typical household income in a year

$132,063

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 94597.

Typical home value
$1,026,800
People who live in this ZIP code
23,129
Typical age
39.1 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
65%

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 7 questions to Walnut Creek Intermediate. 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?5.7% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (58 of 1,021 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?10 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (101 of 1,000 students); average middle school in the Walnut Creek Elementary district: 7 in 100
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. How do students get academic help and connect with a trusted adult?
  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 Walnut Creek Intermediate, and how do I get in?

Ask Walnut Creek Elementary which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Buena Vista Elementary
    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Walnut Creek Intermediate
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 87Strong · 91st 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

  • Buena Vista Elementary

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

    Scope Score 89 · Strong · 92nd percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Indian Valley Elementary

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

    Scope Score 83 · Strong · 82nd percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Murwood Elementary

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

    Scope Score 83 · Strong · 80th percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Walnut Heights Elementary

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

    Scope Score 83 · Strong · 81st percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Parkmead Elementary

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

    Scope Score 87 · Strong · 89th percentile · elementary · 2026

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

Middle-school links

  • Tice Creek

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

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

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares 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 Walnut Creek Intermediate?

Address
2425 Walnut Boulevard, Walnut Creek 94597Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Jason LawAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated February 9, 2023.

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Short answers to 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Walnut Creek Elementary which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Walnut Creek Intermediate a good middle school?

Walnut Creek Intermediate has a Scope Score of 87. It scored higher than 91 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Strong, 91st percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 10 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 7 in 100 at the average middle school in the Walnut Creek Elementary district. 5.7% of students (58 of 1,021) 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?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 10 points higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Accelerated. In math, they scored 17 points higher, which the state calls Accelerated.

  • Included in this measure: 884 students in English, 882 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 54% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Walnut Creek Intermediate 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 #215 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math41%7642%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math72%7623%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+54 scale-score pts5920%
Chronically absent10 in 100615%
Suspension rate5.7% (58 of 1,021)425%
English learners: top level33%665%

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
2025–268791#215California 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 1003.4% (37 of 1,084)−1
2021–22not on filenot on file−1
2022–23not on filenot on file−8
2023–249 in 1001.6% (16 of 1,015)−7
2024–2512 in 1002.4% (24 of 986)+1
2025–2610 in 1005.7% (58 of 1,021)−4

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 · English96933%73%
2026 · Math96749%71%
2025 · English94635%70%
2025 · Math94840%65%
2024 · English97628%70%
2024 · Math98736%60%
2023 · English97330%66%
2023 · Math98234%57%
2022 · English97129%68%
2022 · Math97434%56%
2019 · English1,02232%71%
2019 · Math1,02338%66%
2018 · English1,04328%72%
2018 · Math1,05042%68%
2017 · English1,11429%72%
2017 · Math1,12340%67%

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 · English30473%
2025 · Grade 7 · English32669%
2025 · Grade 8 · English31670%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math30560%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math32770%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math31665%
2024 · Grade 6 · English32274%
2024 · Grade 7 · English31067%
2024 · Grade 8 · English34468%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math32363%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math31661%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math34855%
2023 · Grade 6 · English29971%
2023 · Grade 7 · English33869%
2023 · Grade 8 · English33660%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math30560%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math33957%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math33855%
2022 · Grade 6 · English31468%
2022 · Grade 7 · English32967%
2022 · Grade 8 · English32870%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math31658%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math33157%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math32754%
2019 · Grade 6 · English34572%
2019 · Grade 7 · English32974%
2019 · Grade 8 · English34868%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math34563%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math33070%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math34866%
2018 · Grade 6 · English32274%
2018 · Grade 7 · English34970%
2018 · Grade 8 · English37271%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math32570%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math35063%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math37570%
2017 · Grade 6 · English34869%
2017 · Grade 7 · English37075%
2017 · Grade 8 · English39673%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math35664%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math37169%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math39669%

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
Schoolwide32034%32%28%6%

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-income17054%0+15
White45178%−1+16
Hispanic or Latino17058%0+19
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+10884Accelerated+17882Accelerated
English-only students+11625not categorized+15624not categorized
White+9431Accelerated+16430Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino+4162Average+11162Accelerated
Low-income+6148Accelerated+15148Accelerated
English learners+3137Average+22137Exceptional
Asian+16129Accelerated+29129Exceptional
Students with disabilities+3109Average+17108Accelerated
Two or more races+1295Accelerated+1795Accelerated
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+1571not categorized+1771not categorized
English learners only−866not categorized+3166not categorized
Black or African American−627Moderate+727Accelerated
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−626Moderate+3226Exceptional
Filipino+821Accelerated+1321Accelerated

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
35%
exceeded standard · 74% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 322 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
29%
Advanced · 70% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 319 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 319 (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+10 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

884 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +10 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math+17 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

882 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +17 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, 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 · 12 in 100 → 2025–26 · 10 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 2.4% (24 of 986) → 2025–26 · 5.7% (58 of 1,021) · +3.3 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female5 in 10011 in 100+6 in 100
Male5 in 10010 in 100+5 in 100
Asian4 in 1006 in 100+2 in 100
Black or African American5 of 328 of 36—
Filipino1 of 290 of 25—
Hispanic or Latino4 in 10015 in 100+11 in 100
Two or more races3 of 7520 in 100—
White5 in 1007 in 100+2 in 100
Students with disabilities10 in 10023 in 100+13 in 100
English learners5 of 7614 of 89—
Low-income14 in 10021 in 100+7 in 100
All students5 in 10010 in 100+5 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$11,522 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 3,467 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

Central federal expenditures attributed here$670 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 940

District current expense · FY 2024–25$15,656 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 64%Instruction support 13%Student services 9%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 8%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$34,544,86863.74%64%
Instruction support$7,051,64613.01%13%
Student services$4,874,3068.99%9%
Administration$3,054,5555.64%6%
Buildings & maintenance$4,675,2048.63%8%
Total$54,200,579100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $54,200,579 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$11,522 per pupil
2020$11,294 per pupil
2019$11,373 per pupil
2018$11,430 per pupil
2017$10,437 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 94597 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94597 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$132,063
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)65%
ZIP-area population23,129
Median age39.1 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-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 94597 →

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