Public school · Bakersfield City

Walter Stiern Middle

Bakersfield · 6–8 · 891 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score
19 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
Not a grade or a test result.

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Well below California in English and math: 23% and 9% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. Source
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 860 in English, 867 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,266,619 in English and 1,272,526 in math tested).
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Academic achievement

Beyond a single score: who exceeds, meets or is still approaching the standard.

Learning

How strong are the foundations for high school?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
5%
Met standard
18%
Below standard
77%

23% met or exceeded · 860 tested

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LevelHereCaliforniaBakersfield City
Exceeded5%19%8%
Met18%30%21%
Nearly met27%23%25%
Not met50%28%46%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
2%
Met standard
7%
Below standard
91%

9% met or exceeded · 867 tested

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LevelHereCaliforniaBakersfield City
Exceeded2%20%4%
Met7%16%8%
Nearly met24%23%23%
Not met67%41%65%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

What these tests tell you · what to ask

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

Ask: How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school23%
California49%

Tested: 860 here · 1,266,619 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school23%
Bakersfield City29%

Tested: 860 here · 9,198 in Bakersfield City. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 30 schools.

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LevelHereCaliforniaBakersfield City
Exceeded5%19%8%
Met18%30%21%
Nearly met27%23%25%
Not met50%28%46%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school9%
California36%

Tested: 867 here · 1,272,526 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school9%
Bakersfield City12%

Tested: 867 here · 9,271 in Bakersfield City. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 30 schools.

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LevelHereCaliforniaBakersfield City
Exceeded2%20%4%
Met7%16%8%
Nearly met24%23%23%
Not met67%41%65%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

English

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

201931%3,102 tested
→
202523%860 tested

Walter Stiern

California, same grades50% → 49%2019 → 2025 · 1,390,416 → 1,266,619 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · all students tested

201917%3,078 tested
→
20259%867 tested

Walter Stiern

California, same grades38% → 36%2019 → 2025 · 1,394,239 → 1,272,526 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

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English and math have stayed well below California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grades 6–8
Walter StiernCalifornia
Math met or exceeded, grades 6–8
Walter StiernCalifornia

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

English went from 31% in 2019 to 23% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Math went from 17% in 2019 to 9% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
YearWalter StiernCalifornia
201931%
3,102 tested		50%
1,390,416 tested
202222%
2,685 tested		47%
1,277,584 tested
202328%
644 tested		46%
1,267,562 tested
202424%
778 tested		46%
1,269,432 tested
202523%
860 tested		49%
1,266,619 tested
Math · met or exceeded · grades 6–8
YearWalter StiernCalifornia
201917%
3,078 tested		38%
1,394,239 tested
20229%
2,715 tested		31%
1,279,506 tested
202312%
640 tested		32%
1,272,024 tested
202410%
778 tested		33%
1,277,570 tested
20259%
867 tested		36%
1,272,526 tested
The state’s growth measure808 students in English, 814 in math · grades 6–8 · 2025
English−19ptsCDE category: Moderate
Math−12ptsCDE category: Moderate

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

Ask: English is lower than in 2019 here (31% to 23%) and across California (50% to 49%). How does the school check what’s working in English?

Life at school

Explore the available evidence about the school day and opportunities.

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

24 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25
19in 100 at the average Bakersfield City school18in 100 at the average California middle school

226 of 931 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school24 in 100
at the average Bakersfield City school19 in 100
at the average California middle school18 in 100
2.8%of students were suspended at least once (28 of 1,015), 2024–25
4.6%at the average Bakersfield City school3.5%at the average California middle school
Attendance by grade
Chronically absent, 2024–25Per 100 studentsStudents
Grades 4–62364 of 278
Grades 7–825162 of 653

Reviews & community voices

Parents’ experience · the school as a workplace

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grades 6–8 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

806 English · 812 math tested

English20% / 38%
Math8% / 24%

Hispanic or Latino

759 English · 764 math tested

English22% / 38%
Math9% / 24%

White

62 tested per subject

English26% / 61%
Math19% / 49%

English learners

186 English · 187 math tested

English2% / 7%
Math1% / 6%

Students with disabilities

101 English · 103 math tested

English3% / 14%
Math1% / 10%
All group results, district comparisons and sources
Met or exceeded the standardgrades 6–8 · spring 2025
Group and subjectHerevs Bakersfield Cityvs California
Low-income · 806 tested in English, 812 in math
English20%−525%−1838%
Math8%−210%−1624%
Hispanic or Latino · 759 tested in English, 764 in math
English22%−628%−1638%
Math9%−211%−1524%
White · 62 tested
English26%−1743%−3561%
Math19%−827%−3049%
English learners · 186 tested in English, 187 in math
English2%02%−57%
Math1%01%−56%
Students with disabilities · 101 tested in English, 103 in math
English3%−36%−1114%
Math1%−34%−910%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Bakersfield City, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

Black or African American students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless 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.

Low-income, Hispanic or Latino and White students, English learners and students with disabilities did worse than the same groups statewide.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Walter Stiern Middle in Bakersfield, 20.3% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 6, 7 and 8, compared to 25.5% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. Walter Stiern Middle’s rate for low-income students trails its district average by 5.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (8.4% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (22.3% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 20.9 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 808 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

1. Hispanic or Latino: 88%2. White: 7%3. Black or African American: 4%Unallocated share: <1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino88%
  2. White7%
  3. Black or African American4%
  4. Asian—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share<1%
Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.
Full student mix, comparisons & sources
Eligible enrollment, 2024–25Here
Hispanic or Latino88%
White7%
Black or African American4%
Asian—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About 4 in 5 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (81%, 726 of 891). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers46
Average experience10 years
First-year teachers20%
70% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 69.60%: 29.2 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 42 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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The school path beyond this campus

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  1. ElementaryHort ElementaryHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
  2. MiddleWalter Stiern MiddleThis campus · grades 6-8
  3. High schoolLink not recordedAsk the district about this stage.
All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Hort Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    14th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025

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

  • Jefferson Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    4th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025

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

  • Williams Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    15th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025

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

  • Voorhies Elementary

    Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16

    14th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025

    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 its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

Getting in

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Location and visiting

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2551 Morning Drive, Bakersfield 93306

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Questions

Questions to ask

A short list for your school visit.

  1. English is lower than in 2019 here (31% to 23%) and across California (50% to 49%). How does the school check what’s working in English?
  2. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  3. How do students get academic help and connect with a trusted adult?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar middle schools2025 statewide percentile
How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 73.5–89.5% meal eligibility and 446–1,782 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Walter Stiern Middle a good middle school?
Walter Stiern Middle is in the 9th percentile (Needs Support) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 19 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Walter Stiern Middle was well below California in English and math: 23% and 9% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 36% statewide. The Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Walter Stiern Middle's CAASPP test scores?
In spring 2025, 23% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 9% the math standard; 5% and 2% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 860 students were tested in English and 867 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).
How does Walter Stiern Middle rank in California?
Walter Stiern Middle is in the 9th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Needs Support, 2025). Walter Stiern Middle ranks #1,979 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
What do attendance and suspension records show for Walter Stiern Middle?
CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 24.3% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 226 chronically absent of 931 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 2.8%; 28 unduplicated suspended students of 1,015 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 24.2%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 2.8%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.
How does Walter Stiern Middle compare to other schools in Bakersfield?
Walter Stiern Middle is in the 9th percentile (Needs Support) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 891 students. Use the schools in Bakersfield page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.
What do reported student-group results show at Walter Stiern Middle?
At Walter Stiern Middle in Bakersfield, 20.3% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 6, 7 and 8, compared to 25.5% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. Walter Stiern Middle’s rate for low-income students trails its district average by 5.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (8.4% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (22.3% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 20.9 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 808 ELA grade test records. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
Source records

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Available score factors, grade-level results, student-group measures, and nearby-school context, with source details.

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Walter Stiern Middle is ranked #1,979 statewide · #3 of 7 in Bakersfield City.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard3.4%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded16.4%40.0%23%
Chronic absenteeism24.2%18.1%5%
Suspension rate2.8%3.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)16.8%17.8%5%
Grade gap (G6→G8, different students)-3.2pp+1.5ppnot scored
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 17.2% · index 35 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 40.0% · index 31 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 18.1% · index 42 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 2.4pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 3.6% · index 53 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 2.5pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↓ vs CA 17.8% · index 44 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Grade gap (G6→G8, different students)
↓ vs CA +1.5pp

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 62567%17%30%47%23%−23
Grade 72555%23%24%48%28%−20
Grade 83493%15%28%54%18%−28

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 6 ELA equal-school mean: 46.1%; n=4084 reporting schools

State grade 7 ELA equal-school mean: 47.6%; n=2631 reporting schools

State grade 8 ELA equal-school mean: 46.2%; n=2658 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 62583%6%24%67%9%−26
Grade 72542%11%24%64%12%−22
Grade 83551%7%22%70%8%−24

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 6 Math equal-school mean: 34.5%; n=4086 reporting schools

State grade 7 Math equal-school mean: 33.7%; n=2630 reporting schools

State grade 8 Math equal-school mean: 32.1%; n=2658 reporting schools

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet+
2024 · Grade 6 · ELA11718.8%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA38023.2%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA28127.1%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math1166.9%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math38110.0%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math28111.0%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA10716.8%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA26829.5%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA26930.1%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math1072.8%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math26613.9%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math26713.1%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA89515.6%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA89528.7%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA89522.1%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math9058.3%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math90512.1%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math9055.3%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA1,03421.9%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA1,03435.1%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA1,03436.5%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math1,02610.6%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math1,02617.5%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math1,02623.2%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide3593%8%66%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.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged80820.3%−5−17
Hispanic/Latino76122.3%−5−16
English Learners1862.2%+1−5
Nearest middle schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 6 vs grade 8, this year, different students; Cohort growth = school-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights

SchoolDistScope · percentile · bandEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Walter Stiern Middle ←—199th percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 20253.4%16.4%−3.2pp—2.8%
Sierra Middle2.2 mi188th percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 20252.8%15.7%+4.6pp—5.8%
Edison Middle3 mi2113th percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 20253.3%16.7%−2.4pp—3.2%
California average—39School average · no percentile17.2%40.0%+1.5pp—3.6%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders7.1%

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.

District salary records
Teacher salary schedule$59,232 – $118,012
Average elementary principal salary$162,751
Average middle school principal salary$162,407
Superintendent salary$278,192

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
201922/10017#1607California comprehensive middle schools · 1,953 schools
202215/1005#2002California comprehensive middle schools · 2,113 schools
202317/10014#1827California comprehensive middle schools · 2,125 schools
202425/10022#1665California comprehensive middle schools · 2,152 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 26.7% → 2025 · 24.3% · −2.4pp
Suspension rate2024 · 5.3% → 2025 · 2.8% · −2.5pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresExcMet+
2025 · ELA8604.8%22.6%
2025 · Math8671.9%9.5%
2024 · ELA7783.2%23.9%
2024 · Math7782.3%9.9%
2023 · ELA6445.9%27.6%
2023 · Math6403.3%11.7%
2022 · ELA8955.9%23.5%
2022 · Math9052.0%8.5%
2019 · ELA1,0346.4%32.5%
2019 · Math1,0266.3%17.9%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
2019———5.8%24.1%14.3%4.5%+13.6pp
2022———4.0%15.3%53.2%7.9%+1.7pp
2023———4.0%17.7%30.7%6.2%+11.8pp
2024———3.0%16.1%26.6%5.3%+6.2pp
2025199#19793.4%16.4%24.2%2.8%-3.2pp

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

Grade gap = this year's grade 6 vs grade 8 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
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  • — Students classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged here trail the state average for their group by 17 points in ELA in grades 6–8 — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years
Group2018–192024–25Δ
Female15.2%22.5%+7.3pp
Male13.3%26.1%+12.8pp
Black/African American30.0%24.2%-5.8pp
Hispanic/Latino12.4%24.0%+11.6pp
White23.2%26.1%+2.9pp
Students with Disabilities21.3%38.5%+17.2pp
English Learners14.5%21.8%+7.3pp
Foster Youth17.6%26.7%+9.1pp
Homeless38.5%20.0%-18.5pp
Military-Connected5.2%20.5%+15.3pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged14.6%25.1%+10.5pp
All Students14.3%24.3%+10.0pp

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

California growth model, by student groupInspect CDE growth-model records and group sample sizes.2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
GroupELAnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students−19808Moderate−12814Moderate
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−20759Moderate−12764Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−20716Moderate−13721Moderate
English Only−16376not categorised−11380not categorised
English Learner−20341Moderate−13343Moderate
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only−14175not categorised−11176not categorised
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)−18173Moderate−14174Moderate
English Learners Only−25166not categorised−14167not categorised
Students with Disabilities−2895Minimal−1096Moderate
White−1457Moderate−1357Moderate
Black or African American−728Moderate−1529Moderate

CDE reports scale-score points versus its growth-model prediction — 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 categorised” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-Term English Learner counts cover grades 6-8 only (CDE), so that row is not comparable to the All Students row. CDE labels at least one imported estimate here WEIGHTED; that describes its aggregation method, 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. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth source detailSeparate historical trends, cohort comparisons and matched growth.CDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures
California growth model · reported-school field
State model · ELAmatched students, grades 4-8
Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

808 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,519 reported ELA ALL school records in its retained school inventory

California growth model, ELA: −19 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 4th percentile of 7,519 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.4th pctile · −19 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8
Source and benchmark

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

ALL students, grades 4–8

814 students

estimate WEIGHTED

SchoolScope midrank among 7,518 reported MATH ALL school records in its retained school inventory

California growth model, math: −12 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 16th percentile of 7,518 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.16th pctile · −12 pts
this school| center tick: 50th percentile in SchoolScope's retained-school field, calculated separately for ELA and Math

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points versus its prediction for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median ELA estimate is −1 and the middle half fall between −8 and +6 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read its position among reported schools, not the sign. 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 and is not part of the Scope Score.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,168 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 29,307 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$1,916 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 891

Central federal expenditures attributed here$2,161 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 891

District current expense · FY 2024–25$22,638 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.

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SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 65%Instruction support 11%Student services 10%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 9%

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.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$15,168 per pupil
2020$13,998 per pupil
2019$14,646 per pupil
2018$13,609 per pupil
2017$12,715 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 93306
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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 93306
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$69,805
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)18.29%
ZCTA population74,116
Median age33.1 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/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,177 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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