Enrollment
151
Middle
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLLISTER·NCES 061734012565
Accelerated Achievement Academy
1151 Buena Vista Rd., Hollister, CA 95023 · (831) 636-4460 · San Benito County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL151 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of California public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
27.4:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
72 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 31 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 35 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 34% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
92.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.2pp since 2014
Math
85.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +24.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 39.9% | 52.3% | 7.2% | 0.7% |
| Math | 56.2% | 29.4% | 12.4% | 2.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.2% | 85.6% |
| 2023-24 | 89.3% | 84.9% |
| 2022-23 | 87.8% | 80.5% |
| 2021-22 | 83.6% | 74.1% |
| 2018-19 | 93.0% | 92.4% |
| 2017-18 | 95.7% | 88.7% |
| 2016-17 | 96.9% | 85.4% |
| 2015-16 | 95.0% | 85.0% |
| 2014-15 | 78.0% | 61.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
88.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+36.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 37 points, placing it in California's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Accelerated Achievement Academy
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accelerated Achievement Academy this school | 151 | 47.7% | 88.2% |
| Oak Grove Middle Jamul | 215 | 39.1% | 26.3% |
| Piner-Olivet Charter Santa Rosa | 212 | 55.7% | N/A |
| Mayacamas Countywide Middle Napa | 127 | 44.1% | N/A |
| High Tech Middle Chula Vista Chula Vista | 335 | 49.6% | N/A |
| Mountain Empire Junior High Pine Valley | 245 | 60.4% | 14.4% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Accelerated Achievement Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.2% | #7 of 1,224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.6% | #10 of 1,227 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.2% | #3 of 1,227 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #72 of 1,214 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 151 | #1,312 of 1,377 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.7% | #958 of 1,329 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
151
-62 (-29%) vs 2020
+47% since 2010-11, when it was 103
Student : Teacher
27.4:1
was 26.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 151 | 5.5 | 27.4:1 | 48% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 162 | 6.5 | 24.9:1 | 44% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 164 | 8.5 | 19.3:1 | 35% (58) |
| 2020-21 | 213 | 8 | 26.6:1 | 45% (95) |
| 2017-18 | 137 | 6.3 | 21.6:1 | 51% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 139 | 5 | 27.8:1 | 54% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 103 | N/A | N/A | 50% (51) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Accelerated Achievement Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (137 to 151); teachers down 13% (6.3 to 5.5).
About Accelerated Achievement Academy
Accelerated Achievement Academy is a small middle school in Hollister, California, one of the schools in Hollister. Classes run from 5 through 8, and the school has 151 students. The average for middle schools in California is about 659 students, so this school is 77% smaller than average.
Accelerated Achievement Academy is one school in a 10-school district, Hollister, which enrolls 5,908 students.
Accelerated Achievement Academy is 72% Hispanic by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 11% White, 11% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of San Benito County's population at about 62%. The school's diversity index is 45%, meaning two students picked at random have a 45% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 5.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 27.4:1. That is higher than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 48%. That is 12 points below the 60% average for public schools in San Benito County.
Accelerated Achievement Academy is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 99% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Accelerated Achievement Academy is among the top 10% of schools in California. Predicted: 51.6%. Actual: 88.2%.
In San Benito County (population about 67,290), the median household income is $114,394, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Accelerated Achievement Academy is one of 28 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Calaveras Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 88.2% is above the 23.4% average for nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Accelerated Achievement Academy is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
2024-25 enrollment was 151, a 29% decrease from 213 in 2020-21.
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San Benito County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,290
Census ACS
Median income
$114,394
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
11,633 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Calaveras Elementary0.0 mi · 556
- Hollister Prep0.7 mi · 538
- R. O. Hardin Elementary0.7 mi · 461
- San Andreas Continuation High1.1 mi · 74
- Pinnacles Community1.1 mi · 15
- San Benito County Opportunity1.1 mi · 32
Frequently asked questions
About Accelerated Achievement AcademyHow many students attend Accelerated Achievement Academy?
Accelerated Achievement Academy enrolls approximately 151 students in grades 05-08.
Is Accelerated Achievement Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Accelerated Achievement Academy is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Accelerated Achievement Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Accelerated Achievement Academy is approximately 27.4:1 (6 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Accelerated Achievement Academy?
Accelerated Achievement Academy reports a student body of 11% White, 72% Hispanic, 1% Black, 11% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Accelerated Achievement Academy?
Accelerated Achievement Academy is overseen by Hollister in San Benito County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.