Washington Unified Virtual Academy: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
Washington Unified Virtual Academy posts low test scores — and suspensions run below the state rate (2.6% vs 3.7%). If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 28 | 0% | 36% | — | 17.6% | 2.6% |
| CA average · Middle School | 43 | 17% | 39% | +1.5 | 18.5% | 3.7% |
Washington Unified Virtual Academy scores 28 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 19th percentile of 2,238 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “36% proficient” and call it done. Washington Unified Virtual Academy deserves a closer read. The school sits in West Sacramento, where three in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 7th to the 19th percentile since 2022 — past roughly 200 middle schools.
| Grade | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 24% | 29% | — |
| Grade 6 | 30% | — | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 25% | 43% | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 0% | 20% | 41% |
| Grade | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 0% | 14% | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 13% | — | 15% | — |
| Grade 7 | 13% | 14% | 9% | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 0% | 7% | 18% | — |
The 4 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
Showing up, and staying in class
Grades 4–6 students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 7–8 students (14.8% vs 7.4%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the upper grades.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 57 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California middle school (≈860).
On the state's science test (CAST), 11% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 7 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 8 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 7 | 11 | 0% | 36% | 18% | 45% | 36% | +2 |
| Grade 8 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, no valid result was published, or the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schoolwide | 18 | 0% | 11% | 56% | 33% |
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.
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Unified Virtual Academy ← | — | 28 | 0.0% | 36.4% | — | 2.6% |
| California average | — | 43 | 16.8% | 39.3% | +1.5 | 3.7% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20 | 7 | #2003 | 4.2% | 13.5% | 18.9% | 0.1% | -21.7pp |
| 2023 | 27 | 13 | #1894 | 1.8% | 21.0% | 27.2% | 0.4% | — |
| 2024 | 41 | 59 | #905 | 6.3% | 26.4% | 25.2% | 1.1% | +2.5pp |
| 2025 | 28 | 19 | #1808 | 0.0% | 36.4% | 17.6% | 2.6% | — |
- — Growth data isn't available — the state needs matched grades across years to compute it.
- — Subgroup results are suppressed for small student counts (fewer than 15 tested), following CDE privacy rules.
- — Scored here as a middle school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | — | 13.2% | — |
| Male | — | 15.6% | — |
| Asian | — | 7.1% | — |
| Hispanic/Latino | — | 14.3% | — |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | — | 14.5% | — |
| All Students | — | 14.3% | — |
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