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1431 South Main Street, Willits · 123 students · Grades 6–12

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Scope Score 68

Needs SupportScope Score · 9th percentile. Higher than 9 in 100 of the 2,529 California public middle schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 32% and 8% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 49% and 37%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 71
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 6, 7 and 8 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

Overview

Is Willits Charter a good middle school?

Needs Support. Willits Charter is lower than most California middle schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced2332%
Math, Proficient or Advanced48%
English, Advanced94%
Math, Advanced124%

Progress in a year, 2025

English39−2 pts
Math22−11 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance248 in 100
Willits Charter’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Willits Unified’s other middle schoolBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

48 in 100 students (68 of 141) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That compares with 45 in 100 at the average Willits Unified middle school.

Each bar is Willits Charter’s place among 2,529 California public middle schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 6–8. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 141. District and California figures are averages of school rates (2 Willits Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Willits Charter say about itself?

We haven’t read Willits Charter’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open willitscharter.net (opens in a new tab)

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, about the same. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 2 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 11 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−2

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White52−3 points
Low-income46−9 points
Students with disabilities13−2 points

Math

−11

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White52−11 points
Low-income46−9 points
Students with disabilities13−12 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 66 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 2 points below that expected score, and in math 11 points below it.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

1 of the 1 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Willits Charter. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

2 middle schools within 0.4 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Baechtel GroveNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 6913th
  2. Willits CharterScope Score 689th
Willits Unified

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Schools like it

How does Willits Charter compare with schools like it?

Willits Charter’s Scope Score is 68. 367 California middle schools, counting Willits Charter, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 74. Willits Charter’s result is higher than 34 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 367

  1. Students from low-income families: 64%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 71%

    Scope Score 94Strong · 98th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 73%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 75%

    Scope Score 91Strong · 96th percentile

367 California public middle schools where 63% to 75% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public middle school we score where 63% to 75% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Willits Charter’s share. The count includes Willits Charter. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were lower than in 2025. English went from 38% to 32% and math from 17% to 8%.

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

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

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202630%52%49%CaliforniaCalifornia32%Willits CharterThis school25%Willits UnifiedDistrict

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202618%20%37%CaliforniaCalifornia8%Willits CharterThis school7%Willits UnifiedDistrict

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Willits Unified’s line combines its 2 middle schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other school. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. Willits Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringWillits CharterWillits UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201752%30%48%66
201847%28%49%68
201944%31%50%72
202239%23%47%75
202328%20%46%78
202423%15%46%77
202538%23%49%77
202632%25%49%71
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringWillits CharterWillits UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201720%18%37%64
201816%17%37%70
201917%17%38%72
202229%13%31%75
202322%9%32%77
202412%9%33%78
202517%9%36%76
20268%7%37%71

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

32%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

392928
Willits Unified25%California49%

Math

8%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

6626
Willits Unified7%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 32% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 8% in math, against 49% and 37% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

How does math compare with English?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, math trails English by 24 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 12 points across California. The grades 6–8 cards above give each subject’s share.

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced17%41%40%
Advanced0%5%8%
Proficient17%36%32%
Developing level33%18%32%
Minimal50%41%28%
Tested242225
California48%51%49%
Difference−31−10−9
English, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 11
Proficient or Advancedsuppressed
Advancedsuppressed
Proficientsuppressed
Developing levelsuppressed
Minimalsuppressed
Tested6
California57%
Difference—

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced0%14%12%
Advanced0%5%8%
Proficient0%9%4%
Developing level25%27%24%
Minimal75%59%64%
Tested242225
California37%38%36%
Difference−37−24−24
Math, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 11
Proficient or Advancedsuppressed
Advancedsuppressed
Proficientsuppressed
Developing levelsuppressed
Minimalsuppressed
Tested6
California32%
Difference—

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school4%28%29%39%71
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Willits Unified4%21%29%46%396
Math, grades 6–8 · This school4%4%26%66%71
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Willits Unified2%5%19%74%398

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 71 tested in English, 71 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

White students are the largest group here, at 65% of students. 68 of 141 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

48in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (68 of 141 students).

At the average Willits Unified middle school: 45 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Students, 2024–25

123

students in grades 6–12.

White 65%Hispanic or Latino 18%Two or more races 11%

Family income

69%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 85 of 123. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

12

teachers, with 10 years of experience on average.

25% were in their first year.

32% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

2.0%

of students were suspended at least once (3 of 148). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grade 6
9 of 29 students in grade 6 were chronically absent.
Grades 7–8
24 of 52 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent.
Grades 9–12
35 of 60 students in grades 9–12 were chronically absent.
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White65%
Hispanic or Latino18%
Two or more races11%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 3 of 9.4 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income students scored well below the same group across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 44 tested25%California 39%
  • Low-incomeMath · 44 tested9%California 26%
  • WhiteEnglish · 50 tested28%California 62%
  • WhiteMath · 50 tested8%California 50%

9% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 26% for the same group across California. White students scored well below the same group across California in English and math.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 6–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Willits Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 44 tested
English25%+520%−1439%
Math9%+45%−1726%
White · 50 tested
English28%+622%−3462%
Math8%+17%−4250%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Willits Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

No published rate here for Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners, students with disabilities and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Willits Charter. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

Families

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

Answer the family questionsResponder en españolHow family answers work

The neighborhood

What is the area around Willits Charter like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95490. They are not figures for the families at Willits Charter.

Typical household income in a year

$79,594

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 95490.

Typical home value
$392,700
People who live in this ZIP code
14,677
Typical age
44.0 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
25%

What you can do

Who can act on Willits Charter’s results?

Willits Charter’s own board decides its plan.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Willits Charter in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 8 questions to Willits Charter. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school?48 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (68 of 141 students); average California middle school: 18 in 100
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?11 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (66 students)
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Before you apply

  1. Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
  2. What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

Getting in

How do I get in?

Ask Willits Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Where it is

Where is Willits Charter?

Address
1431 South Main Street, Willits 95490Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Erin VaccaroAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated February 9, 2023.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Willits Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. See the details ↓

Is Willits Charter a good middle school?

Willits Charter has a Scope Score of 68. It scored higher than 9 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Needs Support, 9th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 48 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 45 in 100 at the average Willits Unified middle school. 2.0% of students (3 of 148) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

In English, about the same. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 2 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 11 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 66 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 25% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Willits Charter scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $567,354 is planned for 32 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 18% of its $3.2 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

Its own plan

What does Willits Charter’s own plan commit to?

$567,354 is planned for 32 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 18% of its $3.2 million general fund budget.

$567,354

planned in the school’s own plan for 2026–27

The three largest actions in the plan

  • Enriching Courses/​Pathways$105,822
  • Increased access to counseling supports at WCS$52,205
  • Math Support$42,840

These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 98 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

The whole plan: every goal, what it measures and what it pays for

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 98 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 35% of the money. The plan itself puts 91% of it toward staff.

  • Enriching Courses/Pathways $105,822
  • Increased access to counseling supports at WCS $52,205
  • Math Support $42,840
  • 29 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

9 of the plan’s 32 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

  • Reading $61,196
  • Math $76,641
  • Catch-up help $55,310
  • English learners $24,991

An action naming two of these appears under both.

Largest of these

  • Math Support$42,840
  • Reading Supports$41,612
  • Bilingual Library Coordinator$24,991
For high-need students

It plans $314,853 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $314,853 and estimates it spent $307,419, $7,434 (2%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is the same as in the 2025–26 plan.

What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grades 6–8 only: 32% in English and 8% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
Chronically absentGoal 340 in 10048 in 1008 more in 100

Goals 1, 2, 4 and 5 aren’t shown because they track other measures.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Enriching Courses/​Pathways · $105,822
  • Increased access to counseling supports at WCS · $52,205
  • Math Support · $42,840
The full plan5 goals, 16 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($567,354).

Where does the money go?

33% to Goal 3. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2
G3
G4
G5

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Improve academic performance in mathematics within an equitable system that addresses the various identified…$134,21924% of action budgets

“Improve academic performance in mathematics within an equitable system that addresses the various identified needs of all WCS students” p. 15 ↗

8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $134,219 (unchanged)

Largest funded actions

  1. Math Support$42,840action 1.2 · p. 54 ↗
  2. Paraprofessionals in Math Classes$22,601action 1.3 · p. 54 ↗
  3. Summer School Programs$22,055action 1.5 · p. 54 ↗
  4. Co-planning time for teachers$13,855action 1.7 · p. 54 ↗
  5. Intern and Beginning Teacher Support and Development$13,000action 1.8 · p. 55 ↗

3 more funded actions in this goal

  • Math Tutoring · action 1.1 · p. 54 ↗$11,200
  • High Quality Online Programs · action 1.6 · p. 54 ↗$5,168
  • Curriculum in Support Classes · action 1.4 · p. 54 ↗$3,500

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Math Support · $42,840 → $42,840 · p. 54 ↗unchanged
  • Paraprofessionals in Math Classes · $22,601 → $22,601 · p. 54 ↗unchanged
  • Summer School Programs · $22,055 → $22,055 · p. 54 ↗unchanged
  • Co-planning time for teachers · $13,855 → $13,855 · p. 54 ↗unchanged
  • Intern and Beginning Teacher Support and Development · $13,000 → $13,000 · p. 55 ↗unchanged
  • Math Tutoring · $11,200 → $11,200 · p. 54 ↗unchanged
  • High Quality Online Programs · $5,168 → $5,168 · p. 54 ↗unchanged
  • Curriculum in Support Classes · $3,500 → $3,500 · p. 54 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 3 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 15 ↗.

Goal 2Improve academic performance in English Language Arts within an equitable system that addresses the various…$116,74221% of action budgets

“Improve academic performance in English Language Arts within an equitable system that addresses the various identified needs of all WCS students” p. 23 ↗

7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $116,742 (unchanged)

Largest funded actions

  1. Reading Supports$41,612action 2.1 · p. 55 ↗
  2. Bilingual Library Coordinator$24,991action 2.4 · p. 55 ↗
  3. Summer School Programs$22,055action 2.7 · p. 55 ↗
  4. Paraprofessionals in ELA Classes$15,708action 2.2 · p. 55 ↗
  5. Chromebooks$7,000action 2.5 · p. 55 ↗

2 more funded actions in this goal

  • Literacy Specialist · action 2.6 · p. 55 ↗$3,876
  • Curriculum in Support Classes · action 2.3 · p. 55 ↗$1,500

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Reading Supports · $41,612 → $41,612 · p. 55 ↗unchanged
  • Bilingual Library Coordinator · $24,991 → $24,991 · p. 55 ↗unchanged
  • Summer School Programs · $22,055 → $22,055 · p. 55 ↗unchanged
  • Paraprofessionals in ELA Classes · $15,708 → $15,708 · p. 55 ↗unchanged
  • Chromebooks · $7,000 → $7,000 · p. 55 ↗unchanged
  • Literacy Specialist · $3,876 → $3,876 · p. 55 ↗unchanged
  • Curriculum in Support Classes · $1,500 → $1,500 · p. 55 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 3 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 23 ↗.

Goal 3Foster a positive school culture and provide a variety of supports and enriching learning experiences for…$185,50533% of action budgets

“Foster a positive school culture and provide a variety of supports and enriching learning experiences for Willits Charter School students and families” p. 31 ↗

8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $185,505 (unchanged)

Largest funded actions

  1. Enriching Courses/​Pathways$105,822action 3.7 · p. 56 ↗
  2. Increased access to counseling supports at WCS$52,205action 3.1 · p. 55 ↗
  3. Field Trips$10,089action 3.6 · p. 56 ↗
  4. Curriculum Coordinator for "Wellness, Community, and Service" classes$6,120action 3.2 · p. 56 ↗
  5. Friday Academy Coordinator$4,227action 3.5 · p. 56 ↗

3 more funded actions in this goal

  • Student Incentives and Rewards · action 3.4 · p. 56 ↗$3,000
  • Positive Behavior Coordinator · action 3.3 · p. 56 ↗$2,842
  • Driver's Education Program · action 3.8 · p. 56 ↗$1,200

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Enriching Courses/​Pathways · $105,822 → $105,822 · p. 56 ↗unchanged
  • Increased access to counseling supports at WCS · $52,205 → $52,205 · p. 55 ↗unchanged
  • Field Trips · $10,089 → $10,089 · p. 56 ↗unchanged
  • Curriculum Coordinator for "Wellness, Community, and Service" classes · $6,120 → $6,120 · p. 56 ↗unchanged
  • Friday Academy Coordinator · $4,227 → $4,227 · p. 56 ↗unchanged
  • Student Incentives and Rewards · $3,000 → $3,000 · p. 56 ↗unchanged
  • Positive Behavior Coordinator · $2,842 → $2,842 · p. 56 ↗unchanged
  • Driver's Education Program · $1,200 → $1,200 · p. 56 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 4 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 31 ↗.

Goal 4Promote the social, emotional, and physical well-being of students through increased access to health…$48,7449% of action budgets

“Promote the social, emotional, and physical well-being of students through increased access to health education and opportunities for physical activity” p. 37 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $48,744 (unchanged)

Largest funded actions

  1. Athletic Program Personnel$25,500action 4.2 · p. 56 ↗
  2. Before and After School Physical Activity Opportunities$11,084action 4.3 · p. 56 ↗
  3. Friday Academy Classes involving Physical Activity$8,160action 4.4 · p. 56 ↗
  4. Athletic Equipment$4,000action 4.1 · p. 56 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Athletic Program Personnel · $25,500 → $25,500 · p. 56 ↗unchanged
  • Before and After School Physical Activity Opportunities · $11,084 → $11,084 · p. 56 ↗unchanged
  • Friday Academy Classes involving Physical Activity · $8,160 → $8,160 · p. 56 ↗unchanged
  • Athletic Equipment · $4,000 → $4,000 · p. 56 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 3 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 37 ↗.

Goal 5WCS will continue to increase the number of high school graduates who are prepared for success in…$82,14414% of action budgets

“WCS will continue to increase the number of high school graduates who are prepared for success in postsecondary education and a career” p. 41 ↗

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $82,144 (unchanged)

Largest funded actions

  1. College and Career Counseling$40,250action 5.1 · p. 56 ↗
  2. CTE Pathways$31,894action 5.4 · p. 56 ↗
  3. College textbooks and materials$5,000action 5.2 · p. 56 ↗
  4. College Visits$4,000action 5.3 · p. 56 ↗
  5. Create Alumni Program$1,000action 5.5 · p. 57 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • College and Career Counseling · $40,250 → $40,250 · p. 56 ↗unchanged
  • CTE Pathways · $31,894 → $31,894 · p. 56 ↗unchanged
  • College textbooks and materials · $5,000 → $5,000 · p. 56 ↗unchanged
  • College Visits · $4,000 → $4,000 · p. 56 ↗unchanged
  • Create Alumni Program · $1,000 → $1,000 · p. 57 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 3 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 41 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,284 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math4%3642%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math20%3523%
Chronically absent48 in 100165%
Suspension rate2.0% (3 of 148)565%
Grade gap (G6→G8, different students)+17.7pp—not scored

Index is where the school's value sits among the California middle schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. The weights above add to 75%: the remaining 25%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–26689#2284California middle schools · 2,529 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–19not on filenot on file+17
2021–22not on filenot on file−7
2022–23not on filenot on file+1
2023–2445 in 10014.9% (22 of 148)−13
2024–2540 in 1009.0% (13 of 144)−4
2025–2648 in 1002.0% (3 of 148)+18

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 6 and grade 8 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English776%34%
2026 · Math775%12%
2025 · English898%39%
2025 · Math885%17%
2024 · English859%28%
2024 · Math866%14%
2023 · English898%31%
2023 · Math886%22%
2022 · English8110%38%
2022 · Math804%29%
2019 · English809%45%
2019 · Math804%15%
2018 · English7411%49%
2018 · Math765%17%
2017 · English8218%57%
2017 · Math809%26%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 6 · English2836%
2025 · Grade 7 · English2952%
2025 · Grade 8 · English2020%
2025 · Grade 11 · English1250%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math287%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math2829%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math2015%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math1217%
2024 · Grade 6 · English2438%
2024 · Grade 7 · English258%
2024 · Grade 8 · English2825%
2024 · Grade 11 · English8—
2024 · Grade 6 · Math2520%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math248%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math297%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math8—
2023 · Grade 6 · English2227%
2023 · Grade 7 · English2825%
2023 · Grade 8 · English2832%
2023 · Grade 11 · English1155%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math2232%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math277%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math2829%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math1118%
2022 · Grade 6 · English2631%
2022 · Grade 7 · English2857%
2022 · Grade 8 · English2124%
2022 · Grade 11 · English6—
2022 · Grade 6 · Math2627%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math2839%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math2119%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math5—
2019 · Grade 6 · English2335%
2019 · Grade 7 · English2642%
2019 · Grade 8 · English2357%
2019 · Grade 11 · English8—
2019 · Grade 6 · Math234%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math2627%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math2317%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math8—
2018 · Grade 6 · English2438%
2018 · Grade 7 · English2250%
2018 · Grade 8 · English2255%
2018 · Grade 11 · English——
2018 · Grade 6 · Math2412%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math2227%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math248%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math——
2017 · Grade 6 · English2148%
2017 · Grade 7 · English2442%
2017 · Grade 8 · English2167%
2017 · Grade 11 · English1681%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math2129%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math2326%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math205%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math1650%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide2516%16%56%12%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income4425%+5−14
White5028%+6−34
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students−266Average−1166Moderate
English-only students−159not categorized−959not categorized
White−352Average−1152Moderate
Low-income−946Moderate−946Moderate
Students with disabilities−213Average−1213Moderate

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−2 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

66 students

CDE growth category: Average

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

State model · math−11 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

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

All students, grades 6–8

66 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −11 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for California middle school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median English estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 40 in 100 → 2025–26 · 48 in 100 · +8 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 9.0% (13 of 144) → 2025–26 · 2.0% (3 of 148) · −7.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—27 of 62—
Male—37 of 71—
Hispanic or Latino—15 of 25—
Two or more races—9 of 15—
White—40 of 92—
Students with disabilities—14 of 29—
Low-income—50 of 96—
All students—48 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$13,882 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 1,504 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

District current expense · FY 2024–25$22,689 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

How the California mean was selected

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

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 58%Instruction support 11%Student services 10%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 12%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$17,975,88258.12%58%
Instruction support$3,458,41411.18%11%
Student services$3,177,09310.27%10%
Administration$2,398,9977.76%8%
Buildings & maintenance$3,602,13911.65%12%
Other$316,0241.02%1%
Total$30,928,550100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $30,928,550 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$13,882 per pupil
2020$13,132 per pupil
2019$14,219 per pupil
2018$11,286 per pupil
2017$10,756 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders6.6%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 95490 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95490 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$79,594
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)25%
ZIP-area population14,677
Median age44.0 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 95490 →

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