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Willard Middle

Berkeley · 6–8 · 596 students (2024–25)

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The dots are California’s 2,177 scored public middle schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. Willard Middle’s Scope Score is 81 of 100. It places the school; it isn’t a grade. How it’s built ›

Well above California in English and math: 80% and 73% 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: 563 in English, 559 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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StrengthSource+16 ptsEnglishabove expected+20 ptsMathabove expectedIn 2025, students in grades 6–8 scored above what the state expected from their own earlier scores. The state calls them Accelerated in English and Exceptional in math.

Source: CDE growth model, 2025
Students: students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 531 in English, 529 in math
Comparison: 531 students in English and 529 in math in grades 6–8 with scores in both years. 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.

StrengthSource48%Englishexceeded the standard53%Mathexceeded the standardHalf reached the top of the state’s four levels, against 19% and 20% across California in the same grades.

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grades 6–8: 563 in English, 559 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).

Kids like mine· low-income studentsSource61%Englishmet or exceeded47%Mathmet or exceededLow-income students here (155 tested in English, 153 in math, grades 6–8, spring 2025) met or exceeded the standard far more often than low-income students across California in the same grades (38% and 24%).

Source: CDE CAASPP research file, spring 2025
Students: low-income students (CDE: “socioeconomically disadvantaged”) in grades 6–8: 155 in English, 153 in math
Comparison: California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s statewide rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation). Both gaps are more than twice the margin of error for 155 students in English and 153 in math.

Is it good?

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

Not metNearly met

MetExceeded

WillardCalifornia, same gradesthe standard

English563 tested · grades 6–8 · spring 2025

80% met or exceeded · California 49%

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Math559 tested · grades 6–8 · spring 2025

73% met or exceeded · California 36%

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Share of students tested.

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	Exceeded	Met	Nearly met	Not met
English, grades 6–8 · Willard	48%	32%	12%	8%
English, grades 6–8 · California	19%	30%	23%	28%
Math, grades 6–8 · Willard	53%	20%	15%	12%
Math, grades 6–8 · California	20%	16%	23%	41%

English · met or exceeded, grades 6–8

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tests20%40%60%80%20192022202578%50%80%Willard49%California

Math · met or exceeded, grades 6–8

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tests20%40%60%80%20192022202570%38%73%Willard36%California

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Met or exceeded	2019	2022	2023	2024	2025
English · Willard	78%	74%	74%	77%	80%
English · California	50%	47%	46%	46%	49%
Math · Willard	70%	69%	70%	71%	73%
Math · California	38%	31%	32%	33%	36%

2025 was the highest year in this series in both subjects. Each year is a different group of students.

School pattern, spring 2025High CeilingThe average Exceeded rate across the reported grades and subjects is at least 50%.

School pattern, spring 2025Growth EngineThe school’s aggregate cohort-change index clears our stronger-gains threshold. This is a school-level comparison across years, not tracking of individual children.

School pattern, spring 2025Strong All-AroundAt least half of students met or exceeded the standard in every tested grade, in both subjects, and the state’s growth measure was Average or above in both.

Kids like mine

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students and students with disabilities here did far better than the same groups statewide.

Met or exceeded the standardgrades 6–8 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Berkeley Unified	vs California
Low-income · 155 tested in English, 153 in math
English	61%	+1348%	+2338%
Math	47%	+641%	+2324%
White · 254 tested in English, 251 in math
English	87%	087%	+2661%
Math	80%	−181%	+3149%
Hispanic or Latino · 110 tested
English	75%	+1758%	+3738%
Math	62%	+755%	+3824%
Two or more races · 83 tested
English	89%	+683%	+2762%
Math	88%	+979%	+3949%
Asian · 56 tested
English	86%	+878%	+1076%
Math	80%	+674%	+1070%
Black or African American · 54 tested in English, 53 in math
English	37%	+829%	+532%
Math	32%	+1121%	+1418%
Students with disabilities · 75 tested in English, 74 in math
English	39%	+1227%	+2514%
Math	42%	+1527%	+3210%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Berkeley Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind statewide does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

No published rate here for Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, English learners 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.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Willard Middle in Berkeley, 61.3% 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 47.9% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. Willard Middle’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 13.4 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (47.1% met or exceeded the Math standard); White students (87.0% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 47.4 percentage points: Black students in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 155 ELA grade test records.

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

9 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

11in 100 at the average Berkeley Unified school18in 100 at the average California middle school

54 of 606 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Chronically absent, 2024–25	Per 100 students	Students
Grades 4–6	5	10 of 195
Grades 7–8	11	44 of 411

3.3%of students were suspended at least once (20 of 608), 2024–25

2.4%at the average Berkeley Unified school3.5%at the average California middle school

Who goes here

Students and staff

Students, 2024–25	Here
White	44%
Hispanic or Latino	20%
Two or more races	15%
Black or African American	11%
Asian	10%

About 3 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (28%, 164 of 596). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers43

Average experience12 years

First-year teachers5%

Getting in

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High school after 8th gradeStatewide percentile

Berkeley HighHistorical boundary link (2015–16). Confirm with Berkeley Unified.86thStrong

Nearby middle schoolsStatewide percentile

Claremont Middle1.0 mi82ndStrong
Martin Luther King Middle1.8 mi88thStrong
Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle2.1 mi90thStrong

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

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Common questions

Is Willard Middle a good middle school?

Willard Middle is in the 97th percentile (Strong) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 81 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2025, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Willard Middle was well above California in English and math: 80% and 73% 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 Willard Middle's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 80% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 73% the math standard; 48% and 53% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 36% met or exceeded, 19% and 20% exceeded. 563 students were tested in English and 559 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Willard Middle rank in California?

Willard Middle is in the 97th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Strong, 2025). Willard Middle ranks #55 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), aggregate cohort comparison (2023 G6 → 2025 G8), 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.

Is Willard Middle getting better or worse?

SchoolScope compares Willard Middle's grade 6 results in 2023 with its grade 8 results in 2025, using school-level test aggregates. Students are not matched across years, and enrollment changes can affect the comparison. SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 92nd percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across ELA and Math, not matched students in California's separate growth model. It describes an aggregate change; it cannot establish how individual students progressed or what caused it. See full methodology.

What do attendance and suspension records show for Willard Middle?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 8.9% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 54 chronically absent of 606 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 3.3%; 20 unduplicated suspended students of 608 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 9.2%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 3.3%. 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 Willard Middle compare to other schools in Berkeley?

Willard Middle is in the 97th percentile (Strong) 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 596 students. Use the schools in Berkeley page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Willard Middle?

What high school does Willard Middle feed into?

By attendance boundary, Willard Middle is zoned to Berkeley High. Berkeley High has a Scope Score of 72 out of 100. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education's School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary is also not a placement guarantee: magnet, charter, open-enrollment and inter-district transfer options mean students from one school often continue to several different ones. Confirm your address with the district before making an enrollment or housing decision. Data source: NCES School Attendance Boundary Survey, analyzed by SchoolScope.

Data and sources · For the data nerds

Explore the data

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

CSV report issue methodology data updates CDE CAASPP research files

Willard Middle is ranked #55 statewide · #1 of 3 in Berkeley Unified.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25

ShowHide table 01 — Score factors

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Exceeded standard	50.1%	17.2%	42%
Met or exceeded	76.5%	40.0%	23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)	Strong	average	20%
Chronic absenteeism	9.2%	18.1%	5%
Suspension rate	3.3%	3.6%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	55.6%	17.8%	5%

Exceeded standard: ↑ vs CA 17.2% · index 87 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded: ↑ vs CA 40.0% · index 80 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8): ↑ vs CA average · ≈92nd calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 63 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 2.0pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate: ↑ vs CA 3.6% · index 51 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▲ 0.2pp higher vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 97 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint

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.

02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

ShowHide table 02 — By grade & subgroup

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
ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 6	186	45%	34%	11%	10%	78%	+32
Grade 7	170	45%	33%	14%	8%	78%	+31
Grade 8	207	53%	30%	9%	7%	84%	+37

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
Math	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 6	185	49%	21%	16%	14%	70%	+35
Grade 7	168	50%	21%	17%	11%	71%	+38
Grade 8	206	59%	18%	11%	11%	78%	+46

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 · subject	Students with scores	Met+
2024 · Grade 6 · ELA	170	74.1%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA	207	81.2%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA	172	73.8%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	170	64.7%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	203	74.4%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	166	74.1%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA	210	75.7%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA	179	73.2%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA	196	73.0%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	209	71.8%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	176	68.8%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	197	68.0%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA	572	67.4%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA	572	73.6%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA	572	79.5%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	568	59.5%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	568	73.0%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	568	74.9%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA	640	79.6%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA	640	76.3%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA	640	76.6%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	638	67.8%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	638	73.5%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	638	68.6%

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)	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT
Schoolwide	204	39%	29%	25%	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.

Subgroup · ELA	Tested	MET+	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	155	61.3%	+13	+24
White	254	87.0%	+0	+26
Hispanic/Latino	110	75.5%	+18	+37

03Nearest middle schoolsnearest 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

ShowHide table 03 — Nearest middle schools

School	Dist	Scope · percentile · band	EXC	MET+	Grade gap	Cohort growth	Susp
Willard Middle ←	—	8197th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	50.1%	76.5%	+6.5pp	+63 pts	3.3%
Claremont Middle	1 mi	5382nd percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	30.6%	58.9%	−6.8pp	—	3.7%
Martin Luther King Middle	1.8 mi	6088th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	40.1%	69.1%	−0.1pp	—	2.7%
Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle	2.1 mi	6390th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	34.4%	60.9%	−6.7pp	—	1.3%
California average	—	39School average · no percentile	17.2%	40.0%	+1.5pp	—	3.6%

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

04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score

ShowHide table 04 — More measures

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.

District salary records

Teacher salary schedule$56,370 – $119,053

Average elementary principal salary$151,577

Average middle school principal salary$160,449

Average high school principal salary$196,464

Superintendent salary$302,736

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 year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2019	74/100	94	#110	California comprehensive middle schools · 1,953 schools
2022	75/100	95	#94	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,113 schools
2023	76/100	95	#88	California comprehensive middle schools · 2,125 schools
2024	75/100	95	#95	California 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 · 10.9% → 2025 · 8.9% · −2.0pp
Suspension rate2024 · 3.1% → 2025 · 3.3% · +0.2pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	563	48.0%	80.3%
2025 · Math	559	53.0%	73.2%
2024 · ELA	549	40.1%	76.7%
2024 · Math	539	48.4%	71.2%
2023 · ELA	585	41.2%	74.0%
2023 · Math	582	48.3%	69.6%
2022 · ELA	572	40.0%	73.8%
2022 · Math	568	45.8%	69.5%
2019 · ELA	640	42.2%	77.5%
2019 · Math	638	47.0%	70.2%

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.

Year	Scope	Pctile	Rank	Exc	Met+	Absent	Susp	Grade gap
2019	—	—	—	44.4%	73.7%	6.1%	2.4%	-1.1pp
2022	—	—	—	42.5%	71.3%	12.6%	3.1%	+13.7pp
2023	—	—	—	44.4%	71.7%	10.8%	3.6%	-3.3pp
2024	—	—	—	43.8%	73.7%	11.1%	3.1%	+4.6pp
2025	81	97	#55	50.1%	76.5%	9.2%	3.3%	+6.5pp

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

05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years

ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group

Group	2018–19	2024–25	Δ
Female	8.2%	11.0%	+2.8pp
Male	3.7%	7.0%	+3.3pp
Asian	0.0%	3.4%	+3.4pp
Black/African American	3.3%	18.8%	+15.5pp
Hispanic/Latino	10.7%	15.0%	+4.3pp
Two or More Races	5.0%	8.0%	+3.0pp
White	5.6%	5.2%	-0.4pp
Students with Disabilities	10.9%	16.7%	+5.8pp
English Learners	3.1%	8.7%	+5.6pp
Homeless	15.8%	44.4%	+28.6pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	8.7%	16.2%	+7.5pp
All Students	6.0%	8.9%	+2.9pp

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

06California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored

ShowHide table 06 — California growth model, by student group

Group	ELA	n	CDE band	Math	n	CDE band
All Students	+16	531	Accelerated	+20	529	Exceptional
English Only	+16	434	not categorised	+22	433	not categorised
White	+12	244	Accelerated	+19	243	Accelerated
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	+11	147	Accelerated	+11	145	Accelerated
Hispanic or Latino	+16	101	Accelerated	+13	101	Accelerated
Two or More Races	+25	79	Exceptional	+33	79	Exceptional
Students with Disabilities	+11	69	Accelerated	+13	68	Accelerated
Asian	+24	54	Exceptional	+30	53	Exceptional
Black or African American	−3	47	Average	+4	47	Average
English Learner	+7	41	Accelerated	+2	40	Average
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only	+9	25	not categorised	+10	25	not categorised
English Learners Only	−4	16	not categorised	−8	15	not categorised
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)	−21	13	Minimal	−18	12	Moderate
Homeless Youth	+14	12	Accelerated	+24	12	Exceptional

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.

07Growth source detailCDE matched-student model and school-grade cohort record · distinct measures

ShowHide table 07 — Growth source detail

School-grade cohort proxy · ELA endpoints

ELA · 2023 · Grade 6

46%

exceeded standard · 76% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2023 · 210 ELA test records with scores

ELA · 2025 · Grade 8

53%

exceeded standard · 84% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2025 · 207 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 207 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe ELA 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 ELA and Math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

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

531 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

90th pctile · +16 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

529 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

92nd pctile · +20 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.

08Funding source detailCDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

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Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$18,919 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 9,409 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$179 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 596

Central federal expenditures attributed here$167 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 596

District current expense · FY 2024–25$26,397 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 61%Instruction support 12%Student services 9%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 10%

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$18,919 per pupil

2020$16,909 per pupil

2019$17,280 per pupil

2018$15,081 per pupil

2017$15,042 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 94705

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 94705
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$167,970
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	79.77%
ZCTA population	13,991
Median age	44.1 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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