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William Sheppard Middle

San Jose, CA · Grades 6-8 · 451 students (NCES Common Core of Data school directory; reporting year unverified) · Alum Rock Union Elementary

29thStatewide percentile · Developing

among 2,177 California middle schools · 2025 test results

At William Sheppard Middle, the average Standard Met or Exceeded rate is 26.4% across reported grade–subject rows (2025 CAASPP).

Scope Score 27 of 100 — built from exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. It places the school; it is not a grade. · How this is calculated

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Math

21%California 37%

English

34%California 49%
Sources, grades and tested counts for Math and English

Math: Grades 6 & 8 · 2025 · Met or Exceeded · 292 school test records. California 37% · 2,946,081 test records · all tested grades 3–8 and 11; a different grade population from this school figure.

English: Grades 6 & 8 · 2025 · Met or Exceeded · 288 school test records. California 49% · 2,931,356 test records · all tested grades 3–8 and 11; a different grade population from this school figure.

Source and calculation for this school’s result

Source: SchoolScope calculation from CDE CAASPP, 2024–25 academic year (test year 2025); available ELA and math rates for grades 6–8, averaged equally across grade–subject rows.

William Sheppard Middle · 2024-25 grades 6–8 ELA and math: 6 equally weighted Met or Exceeded rates for All Students tested with scores average 26.5%.

CDE / ETS CAASPP · 2024-25 · William Sheppard Middle, grades 6–8 ELA and math, All Students tested with scores: 6 Met or Exceeded grade–subject rate cells, equally weighted; not a distinct-student share.

Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

Across the reported grades and subjects, the average Met + Exceeded rate is 26.4% and the average Exceeded rate is 8.4%.

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What instruction helps students move beyond meeting the standard here, given the reported 26.4% Met + Exceeded and 8.4% Exceeded averages?

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ELA33% met or exceeded
Exceeded 7%Met 25%Nearly Met 28%Not Met 39%
California ◇ 48.81% met or exceeded · all tested grades 3–8 and 11 · CDE CAASPP 2025 · 2,931,356 tested with scores
This school · CDE CAASPP 2025 · all tested grades 6, 7, 8 · 444 tested with scores
Math20% met or exceeded
Exceeded 9%Met 11%Nearly Met 26%Not Met 54%
California ◇ 37.30% met or exceeded · all tested grades 3–8 and 11 · CDE CAASPP 2025 · 2,946,081 tested with scores
This school · CDE CAASPP 2025 · all tested grades 6, 7, 8 · 452 tested with scores
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California middle schools · average17% exceeded · 40% met or exceededSchoolScope calculation from CDE CAASPP 2025 · equal school mean of scored comprehensive middle school averages across configured grade–subject records · 2,177 schools (Exceeded) · 2,177 schools (Met or Exceeded)
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)AbsenceSuspension
This school278%26%Below avg · ≈p46 ref15.4%6.1%
CA average · Middle School3917%40%Average · ≈p50 ref18.1%3.6%
This schoolCA avg
Scope2739
% Exceeded8%17%
% Met+26%40%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)Below avg · ≈p46 ref
CA reference midpointAverage · ≈p50 ref
Absence15.4%18.1%
Suspension6.1%3.6%

Growth positions are approximate percentiles on a calibrated reference scale, not counted school ranks. The CA midpoint is the model's reference 50.

2025 results · Grades 6 & 8 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Share at Standard Met or Exceeded

0%25%50%75%100%2019: 34%2022: 18%2023: 20%2024: 17%2025: 21%2019: 44%2022: 33%2023: 24%2024: 29%2025: 34%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 34%2022: 18%2023: 20%2024: 17%2025: 21%2019: 44%2022: 33%2023: 24%2024: 29%2025: 34%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201934%44%
202218%33%
202320%24%
202417%29%
202521%34%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Grade comparisons and the full academic source record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025

Slipped from the 42nd to the 29th percentile of California comprehensive middle schools since 2019.

William Sheppard's reported results deserve a closer read. 71.4% of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch.

444 tested · 3 of 3 grades published · cohort of 148 tracked

William Sheppard Middle scores 27 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 29th percentile of 2,177 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

The average Standard Met or Exceeded rate across reported grade–subject rows is 26% in 2025, below 36% in 2019. These years test different student groups.

California middle school percentile by year
Year detailsYear2019 · 42nd percentile · Scope Score 32 of 100California comprehensive middle schools · 2019 · 1,953 schools2022 · 32nd percentile · Scope Score 25 of 100California comprehensive middle schools · 2022 · 2,113 schools2023 · 27th percentile · Scope Score 22 of 100California comprehensive middle schools · 2023 · 2,125 schools2024 · 27th percentile · Scope Score 27 of 100California comprehensive middle schools · 2024 · 2,152 schools2025 · 29th percentile · Scope Score 27 of 100California comprehensive middle schools · 2025 · 2,177 schools
CA Dashboard · 2025
ELAYellow(Increased)· 2025MathYellow(Increased)· 2025
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 647%24%22%28%32%
Grade 738%35%25%25%31%
Grade 841%41%27%30%36%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 640%17%26%18%22%
Grade 720%12%15%16%18%
Grade 828%18%14%15%20%
State growth model · CDE 2025 Dashboard growth

California's 2025 Dashboard growth model: ELA −2 and math −8 scale-score pts vs expected.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

For the 2023→2025 school-grade groups (minimum rounded subject-mean endpoint n=148), SchoolScope's middle cohort gain sits approximately at the 46th percentile on its calibrated reference scale. California's 2025 Dashboard weighted matched-student growth estimate reports ELA −2 pts vs expected and math −8 pts vs expected for this school. These are scale-score points relative to predictions from students' prior results. The measures use different methods and units; one published year cannot establish a lasting pattern.

— pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; it is not two independent annual observations. It covers grades 4–8 only. SchoolScope shows it separately from the Scope Score: California follows matched students, while our scored cohort measure compares school-grade groups across years.

SchoolScope school-grade cohort proxy, 2023 to 2025: n=148 minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the two endpoints. These are school grade groups, not matched children. See the dated ELA endpoint records.

Two growth measures · different reference scales
Our growth measurecalibrated school-grade cohort proxy, G6→G8
SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 46th 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.≈46th reference pctile

CDE ELA, 2025 Dashboard: −2 pts vs expected for matched students in grades 4–8. Source detail

CDE math, 2025 Dashboard: −8 pts vs expected for matched students in grades 4–8. Source detail

29th percentile · Developing · California comprehensive middle schools · 2025

Statewide rank: #1,528 of 2,177 · California comprehensive middle schools · 2025

#6 of 8 in Alum Rock Union Elementary · Statewide percentile: 29th · Ranked comprehensive middle schools · 2025

What helps students meet or exceed the standard in ELA and math across grades 6–8?

William Sheppard Middle vs. California · 2024-25 grade 6 ELA Met or Exceeded rates for socioeconomically disadvantaged students tested with scores: 29.5% vs. 37.1%.

CDE / ETS CAASPP · 2024-25 · William Sheppard Middle and California, socioeconomically disadvantaged students tested with scores in grade 6 ELA: same-group, grade and subject Met or Exceeded rates; no causal inference.

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Students classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged here meet the ELA standard behind the same group statewide in grades 6–8.

At William Sheppard Middle in San Jose, 26.2% of socioeconomically disadvantaged students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 6, 7 and 8, compared to 25.9% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. William Sheppard Middle's rate for socioeconomically disadvantaged students exceeds its district average by 0.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: socioeconomically disadvantaged students (14.5% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (21.7% met or exceeded the ELA standard). Among the reported ELA and Math proficiency gaps supplied for this school, the largest is 28.4 percentage points: English learners trail the school-wide rate in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 328 ELA grade test records.

Students classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged here trail the state average for their group by 11 points in ELA in grades 6–8 — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.

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What support reaches students classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged in ELA, given their reported results in grades 6–8 are behind the same group statewide?

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Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 26% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 26%, district —, state 40%26%
How the all-students rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; school: 896 eligible test records, ELA and math, all school tested grades. state: equal school mean of 2,177 comprehensive middle composites. The district all-students reference is unavailable here.

Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 20%, district 20%, state 32%20% · −6 vs school
How socioeconomically disadvantaged rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 660 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

328 known ELA test records

  • school: 660 eligible test records across 6 published grade–subject rate records
  • district: 7,350 eligible test records across 12 published grade–subject rate records
  • state: 3,798,521 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 14%, district 19%, state 32%14% · −12 vs school
How hispanic/latino rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 530 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

263 known ELA test records

  • school: 530 eligible test records across 6 published grade–subject rate records
  • district: 7,459 eligible test records across 12 published grade–subject rate records
  • state: 3,304,057 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
FemaleFemale: this school 29%, district 26%, state 44%29% · +2 vs school
How female rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 465 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

231 known ELA test records

  • school: 465 eligible test records across 6 published grade–subject rate records
  • district: 4,688 eligible test records across 12 published grade–subject rate records
  • state: 2,872,108 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
MaleMale: this school 24%, district 23%, state 42%24% · −3 vs school
How male rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 431 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

213 known ELA test records

  • school: 431 eligible test records across 6 published grade–subject rate records
  • district: 4,645 eligible test records across 12 published grade–subject rate records
  • state: 3,005,929 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
AsianAsian: this school 52%, district 56%, state 72%52% · +26 vs school
How asian rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 221 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

109 known ELA test records

  • school: 221 eligible test records across 6 published grade–subject rate records
  • district: 986 eligible test records across 12 published grade–subject rate records
  • state: 613,603 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 4%, district 5%, state 11%4% · −23 vs school
How english learners rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 183 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

87 known ELA test records

  • school: 183 eligible test records across 6 published grade–subject rate records
  • district: 3,199 eligible test records across 12 published grade–subject rate records
  • state: 945,854 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
FilipinoFilipino: this school 28%, district 43%, state 65%28% · +2 vs school
How filipino rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 96 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

48 known ELA test records

  • school: 96 eligible test records across 6 published grade–subject rate records
  • district: 459 eligible test records across 12 published grade–subject rate records
  • state: 131,726 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 3%, district 6%, state 15%3% · −23 vs school
How students with disabilities rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 58 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

37 known ELA test records

  • school: 58 eligible test records across 4 published grade–subject rate records; school ELA grade 8: rate not published; school MATH grade 8: rate not published
  • district: 1,280 eligible test records across 12 published grade–subject rate records
  • state: 773,488 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records

6 of 15 student groups have no published rate here. That can reflect privacy suppression or missing source data; it is not evidence of a gap.

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Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: this school rate not published, district —, state 26%Not published
How black/african american rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 0 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

ELA tested count not published

2 ELA grade records with unavailable tested counts

  • school: 0 eligible test records across 0 published grade–subject rate records; school: 4 unavailable tested counts; school ELA grade 7: rate not published; school MATH grade 7: rate not published; school ELA grade 8: rate not published; school MATH grade 8: rate not published
  • district: 0 eligible test records across 0 published grade–subject rate records; district: 2 unavailable tested counts; district ELA grade 3: rate not published; district MATH grade 3: rate not published; district ELA grade 4: rate not published; district MATH grade 4: rate not published; district ELA grade 5: rate not published; district MATH grade 5: rate not published; district ELA grade 6: rate not published; district MATH grade 6: rate not published; district ELA grade 7: rate not published; district MATH grade 7: rate not published; district ELA grade 8: rate not published; district MATH grade 8: rate not published
  • state: 282,988 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
WhiteWhite: this school rate not published, district 44%, state 56%Not published
How white rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 0 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

5 known ELA test records

2 ELA grade records with unavailable tested counts

  • school: 0 eligible test records across 0 published grade–subject rate records; school: 4 unavailable tested counts; school ELA grade 6: rate not published; school MATH grade 6: rate not published; school ELA grade 7: rate not published; school MATH grade 7: rate not published; school ELA grade 8: rate not published; school MATH grade 8: rate not published
  • district: 80 eligible test records across 6 published grade–subject rate records; district ELA grade 5: rate not published; district MATH grade 5: rate not published; district ELA grade 6: rate not published; district MATH grade 6: rate not published; district ELA grade 7: rate not published; district MATH grade 7: rate not published
  • state: 1,163,964 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
American Indian/Alaska NativeAmerican Indian/Alaska Native: this school rate not published, district —, state 29%Not published
How american indian/alaska native rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 0 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

ELA tested count not published

1 ELA grade records with unavailable tested counts

  • school: 0 eligible test records across 0 published grade–subject rate records; school: 2 unavailable tested counts; school ELA grade 7: rate not published; school MATH grade 7: rate not published
  • district: 0 eligible test records across 0 published grade–subject rate records; district: 12 unavailable tested counts; district ELA grade 3: rate not published; district MATH grade 3: rate not published; district ELA grade 4: rate not published; district MATH grade 4: rate not published; district ELA grade 5: rate not published; district MATH grade 5: rate not published; district ELA grade 6: rate not published; district MATH grade 6: rate not published; district ELA grade 7: rate not published; district MATH grade 7: rate not published; district ELA grade 8: rate not published; district MATH grade 8: rate not published
  • state: 24,255 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
Pacific IslanderPacific Islander: this school rate not published, district —, state 33%Not published
How pacific islander rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 0 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

ELA tested count not published

2 ELA grade records with unavailable tested counts

  • school: 0 eligible test records across 0 published grade–subject rate records; school: 4 unavailable tested counts; school ELA grade 7: rate not published; school MATH grade 7: rate not published; school ELA grade 8: rate not published; school MATH grade 8: rate not published
  • district: 0 eligible test records across 0 published grade–subject rate records; district: 4 unavailable tested counts; district ELA grade 3: rate not published; district MATH grade 3: rate not published; district ELA grade 4: rate not published; district MATH grade 4: rate not published; district ELA grade 5: rate not published; district MATH grade 5: rate not published; district ELA grade 6: rate not published; district MATH grade 6: rate not published; district ELA grade 7: rate not published; district MATH grade 7: rate not published; district ELA grade 8: rate not published; district MATH grade 8: rate not published
  • state: 23,896 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: this school rate not published, district 39%, state 56%Not published
How two or more races rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 0 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

10 known ELA test records

  • school: 0 eligible test records across 0 published grade–subject rate records; school ELA grade 6: rate not published; school MATH grade 6: rate not published; school ELA grade 7: rate not published; school MATH grade 7: rate not published
  • district: 143 eligible test records across 10 published grade–subject rate records; district ELA grade 8: rate not published; district MATH grade 8: rate not published
  • state: 337,620 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
HomelessHomeless: this school rate not published, district 6%, state 22%Not published
How homeless rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 0 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

12 known ELA test records

  • school: 0 eligible test records across 0 published grade–subject rate records; school ELA grade 7: rate not published; school MATH grade 7: rate not published; school ELA grade 8: rate not published; school MATH grade 8: rate not published
  • district: 265 eligible test records across 12 published grade–subject rate records
  • state: 235,862 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
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Met or Exceeded by student group and subject · CDE CAASPP 2025
Student group · subjectTestedSchoolDistrictCaliforniaVs district
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged · English32826.2%25.9%37.7%+0.3pp vs district
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged · Math33214.5%13.4%24.2%+1.1pp vs district
Hispanic/Latino · English26321.7%24.4%38.2%-2.7pp vs district
Hispanic/Latino · Math2677.1%11.2%23.6%-4.1pp vs district
Asian · English10957.8%61.4%76.2%-3.6pp vs district
Asian · Math11247.3%53.7%70.5%-6.4pp vs district
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Student-group results by grade

Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Among students classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged at this school, the grade 8 percentage meeting or exceeding the ELA standard is 0.2 percentage points higher than the grade 6 percentage. CDE CAASPP 2025; separate grade-level student groups, not matched children. The school-level results are from the same year: grade 6 had 105 tested students; grade 8 had 111. District grade-group difference for the same subject and grades: +2.8 percentage points.

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The state's growth model, by student group

CDE reports ELA and math growth for available student groups in scale-score points versus its model’s prediction. The diamond marks SchoolScope’s median among imported California school records matched by year, subject, group and primary middle level. It is our comparison, not a CDE benchmark.

ELA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged297 students
Source and benchmark
CDE California growth model 2025estimate WEIGHTEDSchoolScope benchmark — same-group ELA primary middle population: 1,146 school recordsSchoolScope lower empirical median −3 pts
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged, ela: −4 scale-score points versus expectation, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for matching California middle school records, 297 students.−4 pts · −1 vs matched median
Hispanic or Latino students242 students
Source and benchmark
CDE California growth model 2025estimate WEIGHTEDSchoolScope benchmark — same-group ELA primary middle population: 1,113 school recordsSchoolScope lower empirical median −2 pts
Hispanic or Latino students, ela: −5 scale-score points versus expectation, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for matching California middle school records, 242 students.−5 pts · −3 vs matched median
English Learner169 students
Source and benchmark
CDE California growth model 2025estimate WEIGHTEDSchoolScope benchmark — same-group ELA primary middle population: 1,027 school recordsSchoolScope lower empirical median −5 pts
English Learner, ela: −8 scale-score points versus expectation, against SchoolScope's −5-point median for matching California middle school records, 169 students.−8 pts · −3 vs matched median
English Only133 students
Source and benchmark
CDE California growth model 2025estimate WEIGHTEDSchoolScope benchmark — same-group ELA primary middle population: 1,151 school recordsSchoolScope lower empirical median 0 pts
English Only, ela: −9 scale-score points versus expectation, against SchoolScope's 0-point median for matching California middle school records, 133 students.−9 pts · −9 vs matched median
Asian98 students
Source and benchmark
CDE California growth model 2025estimate WEIGHTEDSchoolScope benchmark — same-group ELA primary middle population: 584 school recordsSchoolScope lower empirical median +6 pts
Asian, ela: +3 scale-score points versus expectation, against SchoolScope's +6-point median for matching California middle school records, 98 students.+3 pts · −3 vs matched median
Math
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged297 students
Source and benchmark
CDE California growth model 2025estimate WEIGHTEDSchoolScope benchmark — same-group MATH primary middle population: 1,147 school recordsSchoolScope lower empirical median −5 pts
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged, math: −11 scale-score points versus expectation, against SchoolScope's −5-point median for matching California middle school records, 297 students.−11 pts · −6 vs matched median
Hispanic or Latino students242 students
Source and benchmark
CDE California growth model 2025estimate WEIGHTEDSchoolScope benchmark — same-group MATH primary middle population: 1,113 school recordsSchoolScope lower empirical median −6 pts
Hispanic or Latino students, math: −18 scale-score points versus expectation, against SchoolScope's −6-point median for matching California middle school records, 242 students.−18 pts · −12 vs matched median
English Learner169 students
Source and benchmark
CDE California growth model 2025estimate WEIGHTEDSchoolScope benchmark — same-group MATH primary middle population: 1,026 school recordsSchoolScope lower empirical median −3 pts
English Learner, math: −12 scale-score points versus expectation, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for matching California middle school records, 169 students.−12 pts · −9 vs matched median
English Only133 students
Source and benchmark
CDE California growth model 2025estimate WEIGHTEDSchoolScope benchmark — same-group MATH primary middle population: 1,152 school recordsSchoolScope lower empirical median −3 pts
English Only, math: −13 scale-score points versus expectation, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for matching California middle school records, 133 students.−13 pts · −10 vs matched median
Asian98 students
Source and benchmark
CDE California growth model 2025estimate WEIGHTEDSchoolScope benchmark — same-group MATH primary middle population: 582 school recordsSchoolScope lower empirical median +17 pts
Asian, math: +13 scale-score points versus expectation, against SchoolScope's +17-point median for matching California middle school records, 98 students.+13 pts · −4 vs matched median
this school SchoolScope median, matching California middle schools| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

An unlisted group may have no usable record here for several reasons; its absence does not establish its size or performance. These CDE growth figures are context; SchoolScope does not use them in its Scope Score.

What support reaches socioeconomically disadvantaged students in grade 6 ELA?

What it’s like

Attendance & discipline · CDE climate 2024–25

CDE reported 15.3% chronic absenteeism (below SchoolScope's equal-school mean for scored comprehensive California public/charter middle schools with reported CDE rates) and 6.2% suspension (above its corresponding mean) in 2024–25.

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How does the school follow up when students begin missing days, given its reported 15.3% chronic-absence rate in 2024–25?

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CDE reported rates
Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 15.3%, district 13.8%, state 19.7%. CDE reported 2024–25.15.3% · −4.4pp vs state
CDE reported · 2024–25 · all students · 73 chronically absent · 477 eligible students · District · middle · equal-school mean across 5 comprehensive scored schools: 13.8% · California · middle · equal-school mean across 1,136 comprehensive scored schools: 19.7%
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 6.2%, district 3.5%, state 4.8%. CDE reported 2024–25.6.2% · +1.4pp vs state
CDE reported · 2024–25 · all students · 30 students suspended · 487 cumulative enrollment · District · middle · equal-school mean across 5 comprehensive scored schools: 3.5% · California · middle · equal-school mean across 1,138 comprehensive scored schools: 4.8%
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SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs

These scoring inputs may differ from CDE's reported all-students rates. Their comparisons also average model inputs, not raw CDE rates.

Adjusted chronic absence inputSchoolScope adjusted chronic absence input: this school 15.4%, district 18.7%, state 18.1%15.4%
Adjusted suspension inputSchoolScope adjusted suspension input: this school 6.1%, district —, state 3.6%6.1%
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Chronic absenteeism, all students · since 2019
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–615.8%24 of 152 eligible students chronically absent
Grades 7–815.1%49 of 325 eligible students chronically absent
Teachers and the staffing source record
The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 17 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

School staffing2024–25: about 17 enrolled students per teacher FTE · SchoolScope reporting-district average 20

2024–25: about 17 enrolled students per teacher FTE. CDE school-total enrollment divided by the school's reported teacher full-time equivalents in the NCES CCD 2024–25 final school staff file. SchoolScope rounds the result to a whole student per teacher; the CDE staffing year above dates separate teacher facts. The SchoolScope reporting-district average covers verified schools in our directory under this school's 2024–25 CDE reporting parent; school ratios are weighted by enrollment. The California figure, where shown, also averages available school ratios weighted by enrollment. This schoolwide staffing ratio is not class size.

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Teaching staff27 teachers
Avg. experience15.7 years
Proper credential and placement68%

Proper credential and placement: CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22. The publisher rate is 68.20%; 16.7 teaching-position FTE had proper credential and placement out of 24.5 total teaching-position FTE. This denominator is positions, not the teacher count above.

First-year teachers0%
PrincipalDoug Kleinhenz

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This school · attributed spending$24,359 per pupil

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Address480 Rough and Ready Road, San Jose 95133 (opens in new tab)
Phone(408) 928-8800
Websitesheppardpainter.arusd.org (opens in new tab)
DistrictAlum Rock Union Elementary
PrincipalDoug Kleinhenz
Grades6-8
Enrollment451 students
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71.4% of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch.

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On the state's science test (CAST), 19% 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.

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Hispanic or Latino59.6% · district 80.0% · CA 56.1%
White2.0% · district 1.4% · CA 20.0%
Asian23.9% · district 11.5% · CA 10.1%
Black0.7% · district 0.7% · CA 4.9%
Other13.7% · district 6.4% · CA 9.0%

CDE Census Day · 2024–25 · school 451 students · district 8,598 students · CA 5,806,221 students. CDE Census Day enrollment files. Other includes Filipino, American Indian, Pacific Islander, two or more races, and not reported.

GenderFemale 51.4% (232) · Male 48.6% (219) · Non-binary 0.0% (0)CDE Census Day · 2024–25 · 451 students
Students eligible for free or reduced-price meals71.4% at this school · 62.8% CaliforniaSchool: 322 eligible of 451 enrolled · California: 3,647,037 eligible of 5,806,221 enrolledRates = eligible ÷ enrolled · CDE Census Day · TK/K–12 enrollment · 2024–25 · California total includes district-office records · CDE free/reduced-price meals file
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Elementary · K–5

Millard McCollam ElementaryHistorical zoned-area majority link · NCES SABS 2015–16 · verify current assignment · Also about 0.7 mi straight-lineScope Score 30/100 · 34th percentile · Developing · statewide · 2025
Ben Painter ElementaryHistorical zoned-area majority link · NCES SABS 2015–16 · verify current assignment · Also about 0.0 mi straight-lineScope Score 35/100 · 49th percentile · Developing · statewide · 2025
Russo/McEntee AcademyHistorical zoned-area majority link · NCES SABS 2015–16 · verify current assignment · Also about 0.6 mi straight-lineScope Score 37/100 · 54th percentile · Solid · statewide · 2025
Lyndale ElementaryHistorical partial-area overlap · NCES SABS 2015–16 · verify current assignmentScope Score 23/100 · 15th percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 2025

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No outgoing high-school boundary is established in this record. These nearby campuses are options to check, not confirmed next schools.

Foothill High 2nd percentile · Needs Support · California continuation high schools · within-class comparison · 2025Nearby, unverified — not a confirmed feeder or address assignmentIndependence High 43rd percentile · Developing · California comprehensive high schools · 2025Nearby, unverified — not a confirmed feeder or address assignmentJames Lick High 9th percentile · Needs Support · California comprehensive high schools · 2025Nearby, unverified — not a confirmed feeder or address assignment

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3 nearby middle schools — see all options →

  1. This school
    Public
    27Developing
  2. Piedmont Middle
    1.1 mi · Public
    54Strong
  3. Renaissance at Mathson
    1.6 mi · Public
    30Developing
  4. ACE Empower Academy
    1.8 mi · Charter
    22Needs Support
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K-12 feeder path

Elementary
Russo/McEntee Academy
54th percentile · Solid · statewide · 2025
37/100
Historical zoned-area majority link · NCES SABS 2015–16
Historical zone overlap: 100% of origin attendance-zone area
Ben Painter Elementary
49th percentile · Developing · statewide · 2025
35/100
Historical zoned-area majority link · NCES SABS 2015–16
Historical zone overlap: 100% of origin attendance-zone area
Millard McCollam Elementary
34th percentile · Developing · statewide · 2025
30/100
Historical zoned-area majority link · NCES SABS 2015–16
Historical zone overlap: 100% of origin attendance-zone area
Other recorded or nearby links
Lyndale Elementary
15th percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 2025
23/100
Historical partial-area overlap · NCES SABS 2015–16
Historical zone overlap: 25% of origin attendance-zone area
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William Sheppard Middle
29th percentile · Developing · statewide · 2025
27/100
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2025 · middle schools · combined reading and math measures. Comprehensive schools are compared statewide; alternative and continuation schools are compared within their own class.

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SchoolTypePerformance bandStandard ExceededStandard Met or ExceededDistanceSelect
William Sheppard MiddlePublic
Developing29th percentile · statewide
8%26%School being viewed
Piedmont MiddlePublic
Strong82nd percentile · statewide
27%52%1.1 mi
Renaissance at MathsonPublic
Developing36th percentile · statewide
7%22%1.6 mi
ACE Empower AcademyCharter
Needs Support16th percentile · statewide
3%12%1.8 mi
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Is William Sheppard Middle a good middle school?
William Sheppard Middle has a Scope Score of 27 out of 100, placing it in the 29th percentile of California comprehensive middle schools and ranked #1,528 statewide. Across the available ELA and Math grade-subject results for grades 6–8 on the 2025 CAASPP, William Sheppard Middle's average Standard Exceeded rate is 8.4%. Available ELA and Math grade-subject rates are averaged equally. That is 8.8 percentage points below the 17.2% equal-school average across scored California comprehensive middle schools at this level. 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 William Sheppard Middle's CAASPP test scores?
Across available ELA and Math grade-subject rates combined in CDE CAASPP 2025 (2024–25), William Sheppard Middle's average Standard Met or Exceeded rate is 26.4%; its average Standard Exceeded rate is 8.4%. Available grade-subject rates are averaged equally. The 18.0 percentage-point difference is the average Standard Met-only share across those same rows. These are averages of result rows, not the share of distinct students at the school. 896 student-subject test results underpin the school's assessment record.
How does William Sheppard Middle rank in California?
William Sheppard Middle is in the 29th percentile of 2,177 California comprehensive middle schools (Developing, 2025). William Sheppard Middle ranks #1,528 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 William Sheppard Middle getting better or worse?
SchoolScope compares William Sheppard 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 46th 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 William Sheppard Middle?
CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 15.3% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 73 chronically absent of 477 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 6.2%; 30 unduplicated suspended students of 487 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 15.4%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 6.1%. 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 William Sheppard Middle compare to other schools in San Jose?
William Sheppard Middle scores 27/100 (29th percentile) among California comprehensive middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 451 students. Use the schools in San Jose page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.
What do reported student-group results show at William Sheppard Middle?
At William Sheppard Middle in San Jose, 26.2% of socioeconomically disadvantaged students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grades 6, 7 and 8, compared to 25.9% district-wide for those same grades and 37.7% statewide for those same grades. William Sheppard Middle's rate for socioeconomically disadvantaged students exceeds its district average by 0.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: socioeconomically disadvantaged students (14.5% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (21.7% met or exceeded the ELA standard). Among the reported ELA and Math proficiency gaps supplied for this school, the largest is 28.4 percentage points: English learners trail the school-wide rate in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 328 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.

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Methods, source tables and limitations

How the Scope Score is calculated

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

The 6 things our score weighs

The school's earlier and later grade-level groups differ by 43 scale-score points across 2023 G6 → 2025 G8. Individual students are not matched; changes in enrollment can affect the comparison. SchoolScope compares this aggregate change with other California schools at the same level.

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Exceeded standard8.4%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded26.4%40.0%23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)Below avgaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism15.4%18.1%5%
Suspension rate6.1%3.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)14.7%17.8%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

Interpretation and source limits

William Sheppard has an average Met + Exceeded rate of 26% and an average Exceeded rate of 8.4% across the reported grades and subjects, against 40% and 17.2% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

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

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William Sheppard Middle is ranked #1,528 statewide · #6 of 8 in Alum Rock Union Elementary.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
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Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard8.4%17.2%42%
Met or exceeded26.4%40.0%23%
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)Below avgaverage20%
Chronic absenteeism15.4%18.1%5%
Suspension rate6.1%3.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)14.7%17.8%5%
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 17.2% · index 40 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 40.0% · index 40 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Growth (2023 G6 → 2025 G8)
↓ vs CA average · ≈46th calibrated reference pctile
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 18.1% · index 54 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▼ 7.7pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↓ vs CA 3.6% · index 40 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint · ▲ 2.4pp higher vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↓ vs CA 17.8% · index 41 · 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
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 61409%24%26%41%32%−14
Grade 71568%23%29%40%31%−17
Grade 81486%30%29%35%36%−10

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 614512%10%22%56%22%−12
Grade 71608%10%34%49%18%−16
Grade 81479%12%22%57%20%−12

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 · ELA15728.0%
2024 · Grade 7 · ELA15424.7%
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA16130.4%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math15718.5%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math15516.1%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math16315.3%
2023 · Grade 6 · ELA15321.6%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA16624.7%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA15426.6%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math15225.7%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math16615.1%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math15414.3%
2022 · Grade 6 · ELA48724.4%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA48735.5%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA48740.7%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math49316.9%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math49312.4%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math49318.1%
2019 · Grade 6 · ELA57247.2%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA57238.2%
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA57241.4%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math57340.3%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math57319.9%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math57327.8%

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
Schoolwide1473%16%61%20%

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 Disadvantaged32826.2%+0−11
Hispanic/Latino26321.7%−3−17
Asian10957.8%−4−18
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
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SchoolDistScope · percentile · bandEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
William Sheppard Middle ←—2729th percentile · Developing · statewide · 20258.4%26.4%+1.0pp+43 pts6.1%
Piedmont Middle1.1 mi5482nd percentile · Strong · statewide · 202527.1%51.8%−1.0pp—2.9%
Renaissance at Mathson1.6 mi3036th percentile · Developing · statewide · 20257.3%21.9%+9.1pp—3.1%
ACE Empower Academy1.8 mi2216th percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 20253.1%11.7%+6.2pp—1.2%
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.

04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
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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$69,440 – $129,227
Average elementary principal salary$141,402
Average middle school principal salary$155,896
Superintendent salary$253,750

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
201932/10042#1123California comprehensive middle schools · 1,953 schools
202225/10032#1436California comprehensive middle schools · 2,113 schools
202322/10027#1535California comprehensive middle schools · 2,125 schools
202427/10027#1556California 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 · 23.2% → 2025 · 15.3% · −7.9pp
Suspension rate2024 · 3.7% → 2025 · 6.2% · +2.5pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresExcMet+
2025 · ELA4447.4%32.9%
2025 · Math4529.3%19.9%
2024 · ELA4726.6%27.8%
2024 · Math4757.0%16.6%
2023 · ELA4735.9%24.3%
2023 · Math4725.7%18.2%
2022 · ELA4879.4%33.7%
2022 · Math4934.7%16.0%
2019 · ELA57210.8%42.3%
2019 · Math57312.0%29.5%

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———11.4%35.8%11.3%2.5%-9.2pp
2022———6.9%24.6%5.7%8.7%+8.8pp
2023———5.8%21.3%15.8%5.5%-3.2pp
2024———6.7%22.2%23.1%3.7%-0.4pp
20252729#15288.4%26.4%15.4%6.1%+1.0pp

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
What we can't show
  • — Students classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged here trail the state average for their group by 11 points in ELA in grades 6–8 — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
Group2018–192024–25Δ
Female11.7%17.9%+6.2pp
Male10.9%12.6%+1.7pp
Asian2.8%3.5%+0.7pp
Filipino2.1%12.0%+9.9pp
Hispanic/Latino16.7%18.7%+2.0pp
Pacific Islander9.1%——
White25.0%——
Students with Disabilities22.6%26.7%+4.1pp
English Learners12.3%21.5%+9.2pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged12.6%17.3%+4.7pp
All Students11.3%15.3%+4.0pp
Homeless—57.1%—
Two or More Races—36.4%—

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
GroupELAnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students−2404Average−8404Moderate
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−4297Average−11297Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−5242Average−18242Moderate
English Learner−8169Moderate−12169Moderate
English Only−9133not categorised−13133not categorised
Asian+398Average+1398Accelerated
Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only−296not categorised−1296not categorised
English Learners Only−1673not categorised−973not categorised
Long-Term English Learner (grades 6-8 only)−1047Moderate−2247Minimal
Filipino−745Moderate−445Average
Students with Disabilities−1633Moderate−1233Moderate

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. “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
6%
exceeded standard · 22% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2023 · 153 ELA test records with scores
ELA · 2025 · Grade 8
6%
exceeded standard · 36% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2025 · 148 ELA test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 148 (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

404 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

California growth model, ELA: −2 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 37th percentile of 7,519 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.37th pctile · −2 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

404 students

estimate WEIGHTED

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

California growth model, math: −8 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 24th percentile of 7,518 reported schools in SchoolScope's retained inventory.24th pctile · −8 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
ShowHide table 08 — Funding source detail

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$16,303 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 8,652 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$375 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 451

Central federal expenditures attributed here$816 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 451

District current expense · FY 2024–25$24,712 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 62%Instruction support 9%Student services 12%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%

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$16,303 per pupil
2020$15,527 per pupil
2019$16,178 per pupil
2018$13,726 per pupil
2017$12,634 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 95133
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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 95133
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$142,170
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)45.59%
ZCTA population29,710
Median age38.1 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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