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Wiseburn Middle — Rating & test scores

5504 West 135th Street, Hawthorne · 953 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 80

SolidScope Score · 72nd percentile. Higher than 72 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 above California in English, above in math: 59% and 45% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8, spring 2026, 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: 945
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 Wiseburn Middle a good middle school?

Solid. Wiseburn Middle is higher than most California middle schools on test results and attendance. Wiseburn Middle is lower than most on progress in math. Wiseburn Middle is in the middle on progress in English.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced7359%
Math, Proficient or Advanced7245%
English, Advanced7724%
Math, Advanced6923%

Progress in a year, 2025

English50+1 pts
Math14−15 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance7111 in 100
Wiseburn Middle’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Wiseburn Unified’s other middle schoolBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

1.6% of students (16 of 975) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 3.7% at the average California middle school.

Each bar is Wiseburn Middle’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 suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 975. District and California figures are averages of school rates (2 Wiseburn Unified schools; 2,529 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Wiseburn Middle say about itself?

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

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Progress

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

In English (reading and writing), about the same. In math, lower. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 1 point higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 15 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

+1

point higher 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

Hispanic or Latino492+2 points
Low-income358−4 points
Black or African American128−2 points
English learners110−7 points
White105−5 points

Math

−15

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

Hispanic or Latino492−17 points
Low-income358−20 points
Black or African American128−18 points
English learners110−5 points
White105−9 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 881 students with scores in both years. 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 1 point above that expected score, and in math 15 points below it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

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.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 8 scores here with the school’s grade 6 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope middle standardized cohort gain: approximately 48th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

3 of the 7 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Wiseburn Middle. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 2.2 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. El SegundoEl Segundo Unified · by addressScope Score 9095th
  2. Manhattan BeachManhattan Beach Unified · by addressScope Score 8892nd
  3. Jane AddamsLawndale Elementary · by addressScope Score 8074th
  4. WiseburnScope Score 8072nd
  5. Prairie VistaHawthorne · by addressScope Score 7760th
  6. Will RogersLawndale Elementary · by addressScope Score 7657th
  7. HawthorneHawthorne · by addressScope Score 7446th
  8. LennoxLennox · by addressScope Score 7441st
Wiseburn UnifiedA neighborhood school in another district

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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

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

50%75%0%25%50%75%100%

5 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 6–8. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Wiseburn Middle compare with schools like it?

Wiseburn Middle’s Scope Score is 80. 296 California middle schools, counting Wiseburn Middle, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 79. Wiseburn Middle’s result is higher than 152 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 296

  1. Students from low-income families: 44%

    Elkhorn

    Stockton

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 34%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 43%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 37%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

296 California public middle schools where 32% to 44% 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 32% to 44% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Wiseburn Middle’s share. The count includes Wiseburn Middle. 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?

English results were lower than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 65% to 59% and math from 41% to 45%.

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%20172018201920222023202420252026Both 75%60%Wiseburn UnifiedDistrict59%Wiseburn MiddleThis school49%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%20172018201920222023202420252026Both 56%46%Wiseburn UnifiedDistrict45%Wiseburn MiddleThis school37%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Wiseburn 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. Wiseburn Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringWiseburn MiddleWiseburn UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201775%75%48%1,006
201876%75%49%988
201978%78%50%1,013
202269%70%47%953
202368%69%46%955
202464%64%46%948
202565%65%49%927
202659%60%49%945
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringWiseburn MiddleWiseburn UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201756%56%37%1,005
201858%58%37%990
201963%63%38%1,013
202247%49%31%954
202350%50%32%957
202444%44%33%950
202541%43%36%928
202645%46%37%945

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in English; above it in math.

English

59%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

18233524
Wiseburn Unified60%California49%

Math

45%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

25302223
Wiseburn Unified46%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 59% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 45% 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 14 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 Advanced65%52%60%
Advanced29%20%24%
Proficient36%32%36%
Developing level18%24%25%
Minimal17%24%15%
Tested313323309
California48%51%49%
Difference+17+1+11

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 Advanced49%40%44%
Advanced24%18%26%
Proficient25%22%18%
Developing level30%29%31%
Minimal21%31%25%
Tested314322309
California37%38%36%
Difference+12+2+8

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 school24%35%23%18%945
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Wiseburn Unified25%35%22%18%1,150
Math, grades 6–8 · This school23%22%30%25%945
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Wiseburn Unified25%21%29%25%1,149

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 945 tested in English, 945 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?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 56% of students. 105 of 974 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

11in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (105 of 974 students).

At the average Wiseburn Unified middle school: 7 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 1.6% of students were suspended at least once (16 of 975). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

953

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 56%Black or African American 16%White 14%Two or more races 7%Asian 5%Filipino 1%

Family income

38%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 359 of 953. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

39

teachers, with 13 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

82% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

59%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (22 of 37 students).

Wiseburn Unified: 57%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Missing school, by grade
Grade 6
8 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (26 of 326).
Grades 7–8
12 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (79 of 648).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino56%
Black or African American16%
White14%
Two or more races7%
Asian5%
Filipino1%
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. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . 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: 30 of 36.6 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups here scored well above the same groups across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Asian41 tested78%California 70%
  • White129 tested63%California 50%
  • Two or more races69 tested61%California 50%
  • Hispanic or Latino527 tested37%California 25%
  • Black or African American153 tested37%California 20%
  • Low-income322 tested34%California 26%
  • Students with disabilities90 tested21%California 10%

Hispanic or Latino and Black or African American students and students with disabilities all score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 37% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 25% for the same group across California. The chart gives each group’s figures. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 math, 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 Wiseburn Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 321 tested in English, 322 in math
English47%047%+839%
Math34%034%+826%
Hispanic or Latino · 527 tested
English52%052%+1339%
Math37%037%+1225%
Black or African American · 153 tested
English56%+155%+2333%
Math37%+136%+1720%
White · 129 tested
English74%+173%+1262%
Math63%+162%+1350%
Two or more races · 69 tested
English77%+176%+1562%
Math61%061%+1150%
Asian · 41 tested · grades 6 and 8 only
English85%085%+1075%
Math78%078%+870%
Students with disabilities · 90 tested
English23%023%+914%
Math21%021%+1110%

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

English learners, 36 tested in English and 37 in math: no rate for grade 8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students 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 and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Wiseburn Middle. 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.

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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.

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Money

Where does the money go?

$14,636 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Wiseburn Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $31 million.

$14,636

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$9,112
The school’s share of district office costs
$5,524
Of the total, from federal funds
$816
  • Wiseburn Middle$14,636
  • California middle schools$19,269

The district and California figures combine their middle schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 1,241 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

Wiseburn Unified’s yearly plan

$31million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$2million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth
  • Organizational Strength$18 million
  • Future Ready$6 million
  • Safety$3 million
  • Student-Centered/Whole Child$3 million
  • Community Engagement$2 million

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. Each part of the bar is one goal in the plan, with the money for its actions added up (our calculation). The plan covers $31 million of $46 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Wiseburn Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Wiseburn Middle like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 90250. They are not figures for the families at Wiseburn Middle.

Typical household income in a year

$78,331

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 90250.

Typical home value
$874,600
People who live in this ZIP code
93,826
Typical age
34.4 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
27%

What you can do

Who can act on Wiseburn Middle’s results?

Wiseburn Unified’s board decides Wiseburn Middle’s plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Wiseburn Middle 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 6 questions to Wiseburn Middle. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?11 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (105 of 974 students); average Wiseburn Unified middle school: 7 in 100
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?15 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (881 students)
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Wiseburn Middle, and how do I get in?

Ask Wiseburn Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Aviation Elementary
    Scope Score 82Strong · 78th percentile · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  2. Middle · this school
    Wiseburn Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 80Solid · 72nd percentile
  3. High
    Da Vinci Connect
    Scope Score 73Developing · 38th percentile · 2025Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Aviation Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 82 · Strong · 78th percentile · elementary · 2026

  • Del Aire Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 81 · Strong · 77th percentile · elementary · 2026

High-school links

  • Da Vinci Connect

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    Scope Score 73 · Developing · 38th percentile · high · 2025

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

Where it is

Where is Wiseburn Middle?

Address
5504 West 135th Street, Hawthorne 90250Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Lisa WilbergAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated July 17, 2025.

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 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Wiseburn Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Wiseburn Middle a good middle school?

Wiseburn Middle has a Scope Score of 80. It scored higher than 72 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Solid, 72nd percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 11 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 7 in 100 at the average Wiseburn Unified middle school. 1.6% of students (16 of 975) 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 1 point higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 15 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 881 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 47% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Wiseburn Middle in Hawthorne scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

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

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 #695 of 2,529 California middle schools we score
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math24%5742%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math52%6023%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+46 scale-score pts4820%
Chronically absent11 in 100605%
Suspension rate1.6% (16 of 975)595%
English learners: top level32%645%

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. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

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
2025–268072#695California 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)
2018–194 in 1001.8% (19 of 1,034)+11
2021–22not on filenot on file+8
2022–23not on filenot on file+17
2023–2412 in 1003.8% (38 of 993)+8
2024–2511 in 1002.0% (19 of 967)+4
2025–2611 in 1001.6% (16 of 975)−5

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 · English94524%59%
2026 · Math94523%45%
2025 · English92724%65%
2025 · Math92819%41%
2024 · English94825%64%
2024 · Math95021%44%
2023 · English95526%68%
2023 · Math95723%50%
2022 · English95326%69%
2022 · Math95422%47%
2019 · English1,01333%78%
2019 · Math1,01334%63%
2018 · English98831%76%
2018 · Math99032%58%
2017 · English1,00628%75%
2017 · Math1,00526%56%

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 · English30962%
2025 · Grade 7 · English31365%
2025 · Grade 8 · English30566%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math31037%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math31343%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math30542%
2024 · Grade 6 · English32158%
2024 · Grade 7 · English30465%
2024 · Grade 8 · English32368%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math32240%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math30547%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math32345%
2023 · Grade 6 · English30458%
2023 · Grade 7 · English32767%
2023 · Grade 8 · English32480%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math30544%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math32850%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math32455%
2022 · Grade 6 · English31157%
2022 · Grade 7 · English32576%
2022 · Grade 8 · English31774%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math31143%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math32557%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math31842%
2019 · Grade 6 · English34868%
2019 · Grade 7 · English33080%
2019 · Grade 8 · English33585%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math34859%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math33065%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math33565%
2018 · Grade 6 · English32367%
2018 · Grade 7 · English33582%
2018 · Grade 8 · English33078%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math32349%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math33769%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math33057%
2017 · Grade 6 · English34169%
2017 · Grade 7 · English33078%
2017 · Grade 8 · English33579%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math34154%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math32855%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math33658%

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
Schoolwide30921%34%43%2%

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-income32147%0+8
Hispanic or Latino52752%0+13
Black or African American15356%+1+23
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+1881Average−15881Moderate
English-only students0661not categorized−18661not categorized
Hispanic or Latino+2492Average−17492Moderate
Low-income−4358Average−20358Moderate
Black or African American−2128Average−18128Moderate
English learners−7110Moderate−5110Average
White−5105Average−9105Moderate
Students with disabilities−10103Moderate−22103Minimal
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−685not categorized−885not categorized
Two or more races−559Average−1459Moderate
Asian+636Accelerated+1536Accelerated
English learners only−1225not categorized+225not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−225Average+425Average
Filipino+1115Accelerated−1415Moderate

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. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. 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, and grade 8 against the same school’s grade 6 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 8 in 2026 against grade 6 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 6
23%
exceeded standard · 58% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 321 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
24%
Advanced · 60% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 309 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 309 (school-grade cohort proxy).

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

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+1 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

881 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: +1 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−15 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

881 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −15 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 · 11 in 100 → 2025–26 · 11 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 2.0% (19 of 967) → 2025–26 · 1.6% (16 of 975) · −0.4 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female4 in 10010 in 100+6 in 100
Male4 in 10011 in 100+7 in 100
Asian1 of 383 of 52—
Black or African American4 in 1007 in 100+3 in 100
Filipino0 of 160 of 11—
Hispanic or Latino5 in 10013 in 100+8 in 100
Two or more races1 of 736 of 70—
White4 in 10010 in 100+6 in 100
Students with disabilities10 of 8720 in 100—
English learners5 of 7112 of 38—
Low-income4 in 10015 in 100+11 in 100
All students4 in 10011 in 100+7 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$12,185 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 2,498 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$410 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 953

Central federal expenditures attributed here$406 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 953

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,467 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.

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 66%Instruction support 9%Student services 9%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 8%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$27,177,91765.63%66%
Instruction support$3,895,0509.41%9%
Student services$3,641,8038.79%9%
Administration$3,516,5858.49%8%
Buildings & maintenance$3,178,1907.67%8%
Total$41,412,333100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $41,412,333 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$12,185 per pupil
2020$12,008 per pupil
2019$12,098 per pupil
2018$6,428 per pupil
2017$6,654 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 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.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 90250 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 90250 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$78,331
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)27%
ZIP-area population93,826
Median age34.4 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 90250 →

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