Public school · Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified

Yorba Linda Middle — Rating & test scores

4777 Casa Loma Avenue, Yorba Linda · 818 students · Grades 6–8

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Scope Score 85

StrongScope Score · 87th percentile. Higher than 87 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 (reading and writing) and math, grades 6–8, spring 2026: 73% and 62% 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: 842 in English, 855 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 Yorba Linda Middle a good middle school?

Strong. Yorba Linda Middle is higher than most California middle schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced8973%
Math, Proficient or Advanced8962%
English, Advanced9138%
Math, Advanced9042%

Progress in a year, 2025

English68+6 pts
Math69+6 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance6412 in 100
Yorba Linda Middle’s place among California middle schools, out of 100Placentia-Yorba Linda 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 higher than California students who had the same scores the year before, in English (+6 pts) and math (+6 pts). The state calls both results Accelerated.

Each bar is Yorba Linda 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 growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 6–8: 739 in English, 737 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.

Progress

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

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

English

+6

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White277+6 points
Low-income2480 points
Hispanic or Latino210+4 points
Asian187+12 points
Students with disabilities90+5 points

Math

+6

points higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

White2760 points
Low-income246+3 points
Hispanic or Latino209−2 points
Asian187+25 points
Students with disabilities89−2 points

Grades 6–8, 2025, 739 students in English, 737 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 6 points above that expected score, and in math 6 points above 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 44th 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?

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

Scope Score

8 middle schools within 4.7 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. El Rancho CharterCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 9095th
  2. KraemerNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 9095th
  3. BreaBrea-Olinda Unified · by addressScope Score 8791st
  4. Col. J. K. TuffreeNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 8791st
  5. Yorba LindaScope Score 8587th
  6. Orange County School of Computer ScienceCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7867th
  7. Ladera Vista Junior High School of the ArtsFullerton Elementary · by addressScope Score 7866th
  8. Valadez Middle School AcademyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7336th
Placentia-Yorba Linda UnifiedA neighborhood school in another districtCharter

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer. A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

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%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 Yorba Linda Middle compare with schools like it?

Yorba Linda Middle’s Scope Score is 85. 269 California middle schools, counting Yorba Linda Middle, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 80. Yorba Linda Middle’s result is higher than 205 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 269

  1. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 99Strong · 99th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 34%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 36%

    Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 28%

    Scope Score 95Strong · 98th percentile

269 California public middle schools where 28% to 40% 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 28% to 40% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Yorba Linda Middle’s share. The count includes Yorba Linda 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?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 77% to 73% and math from 66% to 62%.

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%2017201820192022202320242025202662%70%73%Yorba Linda MiddleThis school62%Placentia-Yorba Linda UnifiedDistrict49%CaliforniaCalifornia

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202654%63%62%Yorba Linda MiddleThis school50%Placentia-Yorba Linda UnifiedDistrict37%CaliforniaCalifornia

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

English, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringYorba Linda MiddlePlacentia-Yorba Linda UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201770%62%48%926
201869%62%49%931
201974%63%50%861
202268%60%47%788
202365%60%46%803
202472%60%46%806
202577%64%49%782
202673%62%49%842
Math, grades 6–8: share at the top two levels
SpringYorba Linda MiddlePlacentia-Yorba Linda UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201763%54%37%929
201862%54%37%927
201966%52%38%863
202256%42%31%791
202359%45%32%803
202465%50%33%805
202566%49%36%781
202662%50%37%855

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

English

73%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

11163538
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified67%California49%

Math

62%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

16222042
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified56%California37%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 73% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 62% 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 11 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.

School pattern · grades 6–8 · spring 2026

Broad base
Most students here scored Proficient or Advanced, the state’s top two levels. The English and math cards above give each figure.

What patterns mean

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 Advanced71%70%76%
Advanced43%34%39%
Proficient28%36%37%
Developing level21%18%13%
Minimal8%12%11%
Tested220331291
California48%51%49%
Difference+23+19+27

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 Advanced62%58%66%
Advanced41%39%45%
Proficient21%19%21%
Developing level24%24%19%
Minimal14%18%15%
Tested223332300
California37%38%36%
Difference+25+20+30

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 school38%35%16%11%842
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified34%33%17%16%4,871
Math, grades 6–8 · This school42%20%22%16%855
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified38%18%21%23%4,908

Spring 2026, grades 6–8 combined: 842 tested in English, 855 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 35% of students. 112 of 913 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

12in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (112 of 913 students).

At the average Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified middle school: 14 in 100. At the average California middle school: 18 in 100.

Suspensions: 0.7% of students were suspended at least once (6 of 916). Average California middle school 3.7%.

Students, 2024–25

818

students in grades 6–8.

White 35%Hispanic or Latino 31%Asian 25%Two or more races 6%Filipino 2%

Family income

34%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 279 of 818. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

37

teachers, with 12 years of experience on average.

14% were in their first year.

92% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

53%

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 (26 of 49 students).

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified: 53%. 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
13 in 100 students in grade 6 were chronically absent (30 of 239).
Grades 7–8
12 in 100 students in grades 7–8 were chronically absent (82 of 674).
Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
White35%
Hispanic or Latino31%
Asian25%
Two or more races6%
Filipino2%
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: 32.2 of 35 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

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

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Asian221 tested86%California 71%
  • Two or more races53 tested70%California 50%
  • White290 tested60%California 50%
  • Low-income291 tested51%California 26%
  • English learners59 tested46%California 7%
  • Hispanic or Latino264 tested41%California 25%
  • Students with disabilities78 tested22%California 10%

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students, English learners and students with disabilities all score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 51% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 6–8, spring 2026), against 26% 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 Placentia-Yorba Linda Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 287 tested in English, 291 in math
English60%+951%+2139%
Math51%+1338%+2526%
White · 290 tested
English71%−172%+962%
Math60%−262%+1050%
Hispanic or Latino · 267 tested in English, 264 in math
English60%+951%+2139%
Math41%+734%+1625%
Asian · 207 tested in English, 221 in math
English86%−288%+1175%
Math86%−187%+1571%
Two or more races · 53 tested
English87%+384%+2562%
Math70%−373%+2050%
English learners · 46 tested in English, 59 in math
English18%+108%+117%
Math46%+3214%+397%
Students with disabilities · 80 tested in English, 78 in math
English25%+520%+1114%
Math22%+616%+1210%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Placentia-Yorba Linda 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.

Homeless students, 37 tested in English and 38 in math: no rate for grade 8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. Military-family students, 36 tested in English and 37 in math: no rate for grades 6 and 8 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, 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 Yorba Linda Middle. These are not star ratings or reviews.

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Money

Where does the money go?

$18,652 for each student in 2024–25. California’s middle schools spent $19,269 for each student. Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified’s plan for 2026–27 covers $247 million.

$18,652

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$8,823
The school’s share of district office costs
$9,829
Of the total, from federal funds
$934
  • Yorba Linda Middle$18,652
  • Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified middle schools$19,094
  • 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 ↓

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified’s yearly plan

$247million

in the district’s plan for 2026–27

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 8 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $247 million of $390 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2026–27. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Yorba Linda Middle like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 92886. They are not figures for the families at Yorba Linda Middle.

Typical household income in a year

$153,397

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 92886.

Typical home value
$1,116,500
People who live in this ZIP code
49,704
Typical age
44.0 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
56%

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 5 questions to Yorba Linda Middle. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What extra help do Hispanic students get, and how do you know it’s working?41% of Hispanic students scored Proficient or Advanced in math, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (264 students tested); the same group across California: 25%
  2. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  3. 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 Yorba Linda Middle, and how do I get in?

Ask Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified which school serves your address.

  1. Elementary
    Mabel M. Paine Elementary
    Scope Score 85Strong · 86th percentile · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle · this school
    Yorba Linda Middle
    Grades 6–8Scope Score 85Strong · 87th percentile
  3. High
    El Dorado High
    Scope Score 84Strong · 84th percentile · 2025Its zone partly 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

  • Mabel M. Paine Elementary

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

    Scope Score 85 · Strong · 86th percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Rose Drive Elementary

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

    Scope Score 87 · Strong · 89th percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Linda Vista Elementary

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

    Scope Score 88 · Strong · 91st percentile · elementary · 2026

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

  • Lakeview Elementary

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

    Scope Score 90 · Strong · 94th percentile · elementary · 2026

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

High-school links

  • El Dorado High

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

    Scope Score 84 · Strong · 84th percentile · high · 2025

    42% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Yorba Linda High

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

    Scope Score 86 · Strong · 87th percentile · high · 2025

    34% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Esperanza High

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

    Scope Score 83 · Strong · 81st percentile · high · 2025

    24% 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: El Dorado High
El Dorado HighScope Score 84 · Strong · 84th percentile · 2025estimated path

The road from this school ends at El Dorado High. UC records 40 enrollees from El Dorado High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 21 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach El Dorado High around 2029, and a school can change a lot in 3 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 83% of the students who finished high school at El Dorado High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

40 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 21 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on El Dorado High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Yorba Linda Middle?

Address
4777 Casa Loma Avenue, Yorba Linda 92886Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Paige StillsAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 15, 2023.

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Short answers to 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Yorba Linda Middle a good middle school?

Yorba Linda Middle has a Scope Score of 85. It scored higher than 87 in 100 of California’s 2,529 scored public middle schools (Strong, 87th percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 12 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 14 in 100 at the average Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified middle school. 0.7% of students (6 of 916) 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?

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

  • Included in this measure: 739 students in English, 737 in math

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 60% of low-income students in grades 6–8 at Yorba Linda Middle 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 #318 of 2,529 California middle schools we score · #4 of 7 in Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math40%7542%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math67%7223%
8th graders in 2026 against 6th graders in 2024 (partly different children)+43 scale-score pts4520%
Chronically absent12 in 100585%
Suspension rate0.7% (6 of 916)625%
English learners: top level20%475%

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
2025–268587#318California 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)
2018–196 in 1003.6% (33 of 914)+3
2021–22not on filenot on file−11
2022–23not on filenot on file−6
2023–2410 in 1000.7% (6 of 856)−9
2024–2510 in 1000.6% (5 of 843)−1
2025–2612 in 1000.7% (6 of 916)+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 · English84238%73%
2026 · Math85542%62%
2025 · English78237%77%
2025 · Math78143%66%
2024 · English80635%72%
2024 · Math80539%65%
2023 · English80329%65%
2023 · Math80334%59%
2022 · English78829%68%
2022 · Math79130%56%
2019 · English86132%74%
2019 · Math86337%66%
2018 · English93131%69%
2018 · Math92739%62%
2017 · English92630%70%
2017 · Math92940%63%

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 · English23274%
2025 · Grade 7 · English28078%
2025 · Grade 8 · English27079%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math23269%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math28066%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math26963%
2024 · Grade 6 · English25273%
2024 · Grade 7 · English27077%
2024 · Grade 8 · English28466%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math25171%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math27166%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math28359%
2023 · Grade 6 · English25170%
2023 · Grade 7 · English27360%
2023 · Grade 8 · English27966%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math25164%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math27357%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math27957%
2022 · Grade 6 · English26366%
2022 · Grade 7 · English26674%
2022 · Grade 8 · English25964%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math26364%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math26860%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math26043%
2019 · Grade 6 · English24570%
2019 · Grade 7 · English30574%
2019 · Grade 8 · English31177%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math24765%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math30668%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math31064%
2018 · Grade 6 · English29972%
2018 · Grade 7 · English30272%
2018 · Grade 8 · English33064%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math29969%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math30163%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math32754%
2017 · Grade 6 · English28974%
2017 · Grade 7 · English33172%
2017 · Grade 8 · English30665%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math29071%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math33363%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math30656%

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
Schoolwide30133%29%31%7%

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-income28760%+9+21
White29071%−1+9
Hispanic or Latino26760%+9+21
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+6739Accelerated+6737Accelerated
English-only students+5590not categorized+4588not categorized
White+6277Accelerated0276Average
Low-income0248Average+3246Average
Hispanic or Latino+4210Average−2209Average
Asian+12187Accelerated+25187Exceptional
Students with disabilities+590Accelerated−289Average
English learners+179Average+2279Exceptional
Recently reclassified as fluent in English+357not categorized+2257not categorized
Homeless+1145Accelerated+1844Accelerated
Two or more races+843Accelerated+943Accelerated
English learners only−1322not categorized+2122not categorized
Filipino+1516Accelerated+1016Accelerated
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)+311Average+611Accelerated

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
43%
exceeded standard · 73% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 252 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 8
39%
Advanced · 76% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 291 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 252 (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+6 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

739 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, English: +6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math+6 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

737 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

California growth model, math: +6 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Accelerated, 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 · 10 in 100 → 2025–26 · 12 in 100 · +2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.6% (5 of 843) → 2025–26 · 0.7% (6 of 916) · +0.1 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female6 in 10013 in 100+7 in 100
Male5 in 10012 in 100+7 in 100
Asian1 in 1005 in 100+4 in 100
Black or African American4 of 16——
Filipino1 of 221 of 21—
Hispanic or Latino8 in 10019 in 100+11 in 100
Two or more races3 of 361 of 53—
White5 in 10014 in 100+9 in 100
Students with disabilities21 in 10022 in 100+1 in 100
English learners5 of 517 of 67—
Homeless8 of 418 of 46—
Low-income13 in 10016 in 100+3 in 100
All students6 in 10012 in 100+6 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$12,415 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 24,296 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$129 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 818

Central federal expenditures attributed here$805 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 818

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,635 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 12%Student services 8%Administration 4%Buildings & maintenance 10%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$251,228,04566.35%66%
Instruction support$44,130,93411.66%12%
Student services$30,162,1107.97%8%
Administration$14,097,5203.72%4%
Buildings & maintenance$36,708,3199.70%10%
Total$378,625,863100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $378,625,863 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$12,415 per pupil
2020$11,178 per pupil
2019$11,385 per pupil
2018$11,108 per pupil
2017$10,858 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 holders2.9%

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 92886 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92886 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$153,397
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)56%
ZIP-area population49,704
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 92886 →

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