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Woodland Park Middle — Rating & test scores

1270 Rock Springs Road, San Marcos · 1,184 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 77

SolidScope Score · 63rd percentile. Higher than 63 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

Above California in English (reading and writing), near in math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 57% and 41% 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: 1,124 in English, 1,126 in math
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 Woodland Park a good middle school?

Solid. Woodland Park is higher than most California middle schools on test results and attendance. Woodland Park is lower than most on progress in both subjects.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced7057%
Math, Proficient or Advanced6741%
English, Advanced7523%
Math, Advanced6420%

Progress in a year, 2025

English17−10 pts
Math26−9 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance5514 in 100
Woodland Park’s place among California middle schools, out of 100San Marcos Unified’s other middle schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 6–8 scored lower than California students who had the same scores the year before, in English (−10 pts) and math (−9 pts). The state calls both results Moderate.

Each bar is Woodland Park’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 growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 1,046 in English, 1,068 in math. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

In its own words

What does Woodland Park say about itself?

We haven’t read Woodland Park’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?

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 10 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 9 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

English

−10

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 Latino538−13 points
Low-income445−16 points
White320−7 points
English learners187−15 points
Students with disabilities143−21 points

Math

−9

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 Latino552−10 points
Low-income461−12 points
White328−10 points
English learners191−7 points
Students with disabilities148−21 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 1,046 students in English, 1,068 in math 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 10 points below that expected score, and in math 9 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 45th 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?

0 of the 4 middle schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Woodland Park. Each school is compared with every California middle school.

Scope Score

5 middle schools within 3.4 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Woodland ParkScope Score 7763rd
  2. San MarcosNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7656th
  3. RinconEscondido Union · by addressScope Score 7229th
  4. MissionEscondido Union · by addressScope Score 7022nd
  5. Del Dios Academy of Arts and SciencesMagnet · by applicationScope Score 689th
San Marcos UnifiedA neighborhood school in another districtMagnet or school of choice

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer. A magnet or other school of choice takes applications through its district.

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.

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

4 of 5 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 Woodland Park compare with schools like it?

Woodland Park’s Scope Score is 77. 339 California middle schools, counting Woodland Park, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 79. Woodland Park’s result is higher than 138 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 339

  1. Students from low-income families: 44%

    Elkhorn

    Stockton

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 43%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 37%

    Scope Score 93Strong · 97th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 48%

    Scope Score 92Strong · 97th percentile

339 California public middle schools where 36% to 48% 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 36% to 48% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Woodland Park’s share. The count includes Woodland Park. 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 similar to 2025. English went from 54% to 57% and math from 39% to 41%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202665%62%57%Woodland ParkThis school55%San Marcos UnifiedDistrict49%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202647%44%41%San Marcos UnifiedDistrict41%Woodland ParkThis school37%CaliforniaCalifornia

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. San Marcos Unified’s line combines its 5 middle schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. 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. San Marcos Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringWoodland ParkSan Marcos UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201762%65%48%1,335
201858%67%49%1,345
201964%68%50%1,344
202262%60%47%1,096
202356%57%46%1,137
202454%54%46%1,114
202554%55%49%1,087
202657%55%49%1,124
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringWoodland ParkSan Marcos UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201744%47%37%1,332
201843%51%37%1,348
201944%50%38%1,344
202239%40%31%1,087
202337%41%32%1,136
202436%40%33%1,111
202539%41%36%1,118
202641%41%37%1,126

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Above California in English; near it in math.

English

57%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

21223423
San Marcos Unified55%California49%

Math

41%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

33262120
San Marcos Unified41%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 57% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 41% 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 16 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 Advanced54%58%60%
Advanced24%23%22%
Proficient30%35%38%
Developing level25%22%19%
Minimal21%20%21%
Tested378383363
California48%51%49%
Difference+6+7+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 Advanced41%40%41%
Advanced21%16%23%
Proficient20%24%18%
Developing level25%29%25%
Minimal34%31%34%
Tested380383363
California37%38%36%
Difference+4+2+5

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 school23%34%22%21%1,124
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · San Marcos Unified22%33%22%23%3,988
Math, grades 6–8 · This school20%21%26%33%1,126
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · San Marcos Unified23%18%26%33%3,954

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 1,124 tested in English, 1,126 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 51% of students. 173 of 1,196 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

14in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (173 of 1,196 students).

At the average San Marcos Unified middle school: 14 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 7.0% of students were suspended at least once (84 of 1,204). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

1,184

students in grades 6–8.

Hispanic or Latino 51%White 31%Two or more races 10%Asian 4%Filipino 3%

Family income

42%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 501 of 1,184. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

50

teachers, with 11 years of experience on average.

8% were in their first year.

86% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

57%

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 (43 of 75 students).

San Marcos Unified: 51%. 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
10 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (41 of 400).
Grades 7–8
17 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (132 of 796).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino51%
White31%
Two or more races10%
Asian4%
Filipino3%
Black or African American—
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: 46 of 53.5 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Seven student groups at Woodland Park have test results. Each bar compares one group with the same group across California.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Asian45 tested76%California 75%
  • White357 tested70%California 62%
  • Two or more races109 tested70%California 62%
  • Hispanic or Latino574 tested45%California 39%
  • Low-income470 tested40%California 39%
  • Students with disabilities157 tested15%California 14%
  • English learners72 tested4%California 7%

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 6–8 English, 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 San Marcos Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 470 tested in English, 468 in math
English40%+535%+139%
Math22%+121%−426%
Hispanic or Latino · 574 tested
English45%+738%+639%
Math27%+324%+225%
White · 357 tested in English, 358 in math
English70%+169%+862%
Math55%+154%+550%
Two or more races · 109 tested in English, 108 in math
English70%+268%+862%
Math54%−357%+450%
Asian · 45 tested in English, 46 in math
English76%−884%+175%
Math63%−1477%−871%
English learners · 72 tested in English, 75 in math
English4%−26%−37%
Math3%−25%−47%
Students with disabilities · 157 tested in English, 158 in math
English15%015%+114%
Math9%09%−110%

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

Military-family students: fewer than 30 tested here. Filipino students, 32 tested: no rate for grades 6 and 7 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. Homeless students, 37 tested in English and 38 in math: no rate for grade 7 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native and Pacific Islander 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 Woodland Park. 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.
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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?

$16,561 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. San Marcos Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $25 million.

$16,561

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$11,375
The school’s share of district office costs
$5,186
Of the total, from federal funds
$917
  • Woodland Park$16,561
  • San Marcos Unified middle schools$16,386
  • 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 ↓

San Marcos Unified’s yearly plan

$25million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

$20million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 4 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $25 million of $333 million in total budgeted spending. Source: San Marcos Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Woodland Park like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 92069. They are not figures for the families at Woodland Park.

Typical household income in a year

$96,771

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 92069.

Typical home value
$800,700
People who live in this ZIP code
47,335
Typical age
36.1 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
36%

What you can do

Who can act on Woodland Park’s results?

The state has Woodland Park in targeted support; San Marcos Unified’s board decides its 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.

What has the state flagged?

The state named it because results were low for students with disabilities. This support comes with a school improvement plan, which must use approaches with evidence behind them. Ask the principal to see the school improvement plan.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving San Marcos Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. The 2026 Dashboard flagged results for long-term English learners on two measures: English, and math; and for students with disabilities on two measures: English, and math. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for San Marcos Unified: CDE’s assistance status files for the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Woodland Park. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?7.0% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (84 of 1,204 students); average California middle school: 3.7%
  2. What changes for a student who falls behind in English?10 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 6–8, 2025 (1,046 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 Woodland Park, and how do I get in?

Ask San Marcos Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Richland Elementary
    Scope Score 81Solid · 74th percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Woodland Park Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 77Solid · 63rd percentile
  3. High
    Mission Hills High
    Scope Score 77Solid · 58th percentile · 2025Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

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

  • Richland Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 81 · Solid · 74th percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Twin Oaks Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 78 · Solid · 62nd percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Knob Hill Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 80 · Solid · 72nd percentile · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Discovery Elementary

    Its zone partly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 91 · Strong · 95th percentile · elementary · 2026

    33% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • San Marcos Elementary

    Its zone partly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 72 · Developing · 30th percentile · elementary · 2026

    24% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

High-school links

  • Mission Hills High

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    Scope Score 77 · Solid · 58th percentile · high · 2025

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

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. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

Where the path ends: Mission Hills High
Mission Hills HighScope Score 77 · Solid · 58th percentile · 2025historical direct overlap

The road from this school ends at Mission Hills High. UC records 77 enrollees from Mission Hills High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 24 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Mission Hills High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 80% of the students who finished high school at Mission Hills High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

77 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 24 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Mission Hills High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Woodland Park?

Address
1270 Rock Springs Road, San Marcos 92069Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Katie BuffumAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated June 27, 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 San Marcos Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Woodland Park a good middle school?

Woodland Park Middle has a Scope Score of 77. It scored higher than 63 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Solid, 63rd percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 14 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 14 in 100 at the average San Marcos Unified middle school. 7.0% of students (84 of 1,204) 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?

Lower, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 6–8 scored 10 points lower in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Moderate. In math, they scored 9 points lower, which the state calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 1,046 students in English, 1,068 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 40% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Woodland Park Middle in San Marcos scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 39% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

In the 2015–16 federal attendance-boundary survey, most of Woodland Park Middle's attendance area fell inside the attendance area of Mission Hills High. Boundaries come from the U.S. Department of Education’s School Attendance Boundary Survey, a 2015-16 collection and the most recent national one — they are approximate and may since have changed. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement; confirm your address with the district.

  • Mission Hills High: Scope Score 77, Solid, 58th percentile among California’s regular public and charter high schools, 2025 results

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 #916 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #2 of 5 in San Marcos Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math22%5542%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math49%5723%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+44 scale-score pts4520%
Chronically absent14 in 100555%
Suspension rate7.0% (84 of 1,204)375%
English learners: top level26%565%

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
2025–267763#916California 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)
2018–197 in 1003.8% (55 of 1,432)+2
2021–22not on filenot on file−6
2022–23not on filenot on file−1
2023–2418 in 1005.2% (63 of 1,216)−10
2024–2517 in 1005.5% (67 of 1,220)−7
2025–2614 in 1007.0% (84 of 1,204)+3

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 · English1,12423%57%
2026 · Math1,12620%41%
2025 · English1,08721%54%
2025 · Math1,11819%39%
2024 · English1,11418%54%
2024 · Math1,11117%36%
2023 · English1,13724%56%
2023 · Math1,13617%37%
2022 · English1,09627%62%
2022 · Math1,08718%39%
2019 · English1,34428%64%
2019 · Math1,34424%44%
2018 · English1,34524%58%
2018 · Math1,34823%43%
2017 · English1,33524%62%
2017 · Math1,33224%44%

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 · English38156%
2025 · Grade 7 · English33857%
2025 · Grade 8 · English36849%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math38642%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math36140%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math37135%
2024 · Grade 6 · English36758%
2024 · Grade 7 · English38552%
2024 · Grade 8 · English36252%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math36642%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math38537%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math36029%
2023 · Grade 6 · English39757%
2023 · Grade 7 · English35957%
2023 · Grade 8 · English38153%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math39737%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math35737%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math38238%
2022 · Grade 6 · English35463%
2022 · Grade 7 · English37665%
2022 · Grade 8 · English36657%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math35139%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math37343%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math36333%
2019 · Grade 6 · English46261%
2019 · Grade 7 · English46566%
2019 · Grade 8 · English41764%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math46443%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math46446%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math41645%
2018 · Grade 6 · English46259%
2018 · Grade 7 · English41764%
2018 · Grade 8 · English46652%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math46346%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math41844%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math46738%
2017 · Grade 6 · English41263%
2017 · Grade 7 · English46460%
2017 · Grade 8 · English45962%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math41044%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math46339%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math45949%

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
Schoolwide36812%26%46%15%

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-income47040%+5+1
Hispanic or Latino57445%+7+6
White35770%+1+8
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−101,046Moderate−91,068Moderate
English-only students−9745not categorized−10762not categorized
Hispanic or Latino−13538Moderate−10552Moderate
Low-income−16445Moderate−12461Moderate
White−7320Moderate−10328Moderate
English learners−15187Moderate−7191Moderate
Students with disabilities−21143Minimal−21148Minimal
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−12137not categorized−8139not categorized
Two or more races−4102Average−5103Average
English learners only−2350not categorized−452not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−2445Minimal−947Moderate
Asian046Average+145Average
Homeless−2430Minimal−1432Moderate
Filipino−724Moderate+525Accelerated

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
20%
exceeded standard · 58% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 367 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
22%
Advanced · 60% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 363 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 363 (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−10 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

1,046 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −10 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−9 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

1,068 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −9 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 · 17 in 100 → 2025–26 · 14 in 100 · −3 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 5.5% (67 of 1,220) → 2025–26 · 7.0% (84 of 1,204) · +1.5 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female8 in 10014 in 100+6 in 100
Male7 in 10015 in 100+8 in 100
Asian3 of 865 of 49—
Black or African American5 of 39——
Filipino1 of 465 of 33—
Hispanic or Latino7 in 10019 in 100+12 in 100
Pacific Islander1 of 11——
White8 in 1008 in 1000 in 100
Students with disabilities12 in 10024 in 100+12 in 100
English learners12 in 10014 of 84—
Homeless1 of 1912 of 41—
Low-income10 in 10022 in 100+12 in 100
All students7 in 10014 in 100+7 in 100
Two or more races—11 in 100—
Military families—0 of 11—

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$13,048 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 19,767 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$595 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,184

Central federal expenditures attributed here$322 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,184

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,110 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 63%Instruction support 10%Student services 10%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$190,342,65962.62%63%
Instruction support$31,519,31410.37%10%
Student services$29,922,9039.84%10%
Administration$16,446,8385.41%5%
Buildings & maintenance$29,610,6729.74%10%
Other$6,118,0122.01%2%
Total$303,960,400100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $303,960,400 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$13,048 per pupil
2020$12,040 per pupil
2019$11,775 per pupil
2018$11,157 per pupil
2017$10,669 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 92069 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92069 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$96,771
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)36%
ZIP-area population47,335
Median age36.1 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-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 92069 →

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